Mystere Order verses Chaos: Haunted
The door slams behind me as I hear the laughter echoing in my head.
As I threw him out the door, his smug grin implanted itself in my head.
He said "You may have gotten me out…but they love me, not you."
I threw him out, the door slammed shut again.
Hat against the wall, jacket on the floor,
My body against the bed, my puppet asks 'What's wrong?"
Yet it's my voice that asks, and the answer I already know,
"Why that clown torments me, I'll probably never know."
That smug grin, and their cruel laughs implanted in my head…
It's too much…
Will the suffering know no end?
Why do they laugh WITH him, he who is not part of this world,
Yet they laughed AT me, the true ring leader?
Yet what is so shocking is that they laughed still,
As one of our own fell at that clown's so-called "good-will"
One of his stunts hurt someone…they could have been KILLED-!
…Yet I couldn't help but wonder…
If I had gotten out to the stage a little faster…and not fetched the stage manager…
Could this have been prevented?
No, what's happened is all due to that…that SCOUNDREL!
Intruder, trickster…villain!
He shouldn't have been on stage…
What transpired was his doing, not mine…
"It's not my fault…it's not my fault."
"MEA CULPA! MEA MAXIMA CULPA!"
(My fault! My extreme fault!)
I whip around in shock at my puppet's sudden cry,
As its head leans over, and it falls of the chair…
Did my familiar companion, my one true friend,
Just blame me for that immoral intruder's torment…
Or was I blaming myself?
'It's not my fault…it's his…"
(MEA CULPA)
"He's the one who came without invitation…it's his fault others get hurt…"
(MEA MAXIMA CULPA)
"It's NOT my fault! It's in the God's plan…"
(MEA MAXIMA CULPA)
"THEY'VE MADE HADES SERVANTS MUCH STRONGER THAN THIS MAN!"
I collapse to the floor, holding myself as emotion shakes by very being…
Protect me, someone…anyone!
Why I thought I alone could protect this place from a maniac whose antics are deadly…
I need help…
"Zeus Eleison…Zeus have mercy…someone help me…"
A knock at the door…
My heart jumped as I whipped around…
Aphrodite's blessing… "La Belle…"
Her words are sweeter than any song…
"Are you alright? I heard you up here…he didn't hurt you, did he?"
Her concern-for me, of all beings!-comforts me,
"I'm fine…he didn't hurt you, did he?"
She shakes her head, "no, I'm fine…"
"The Ruby bird, how is she?" I remember…the REAL victim, not me or La Belle…
"She's fine…her leg will need to heal, and she's a little shaken, but…"
I nod, "Good, good…La Belle, do me a favor…?"
"Yes?" She seems shaken, I don't blame her, all that has happened…
I take her hands and whisper lovingly into her ear…
"Never trust him again, he did this, and I'll try harder to protect you-all of you-from now on…"
She pulls away, and nods…but the look on her face still concerns me…
She leaves before I can ask.
I'll stop him…so help me…
He did this, and I will stop him from entering this world…
Even if I must leave this world and make certain he stays out…
I would not dare take a life…
I wouldn't spill any blood or break any law…
But I would make sure he stayed out of this world even if I had to banish myself along with him.
Anything…for MY family, MY world…MY MYSTERE.
*And THIS is what it would be like if Moha-Samedi had a mental/emotional breakdown. Hey, Brian's antics have to send him over the edge SOONER or later…