A Mia Monologue
I'm terrified. But not of you.
Poor Yuli doesn't feel the same. The cold chains pinch my skin
as you pull them tighter around us.
I'm not afraid of dying. I know where my soul would reside.
I'm afraid of what you will do to those I leave behind.
Behind that cold mask I see insane eyes. I keep myself from getting
eye-contact with you, but am I staring?
I want to get closer, I want to see behind the eyes.
Ryo...what is he saying? He's looking at me, screaming something...but
I can't make it out! All I can think about is seeing behind the
mask, behind the Master of Cruelty.
The chains tighten as you threaten Ryo with Yuli's and my safety.
I feel my bones on the verge of being crushed. Yuli is handling
it so much better than I thought. I try to resist the constricting
chains with what little might I have, but it does no good. You
sense my struggle, and smirk. With a sharp yank, you throw Yuli
and me on the ground. You toy with our well-being...just to get
a fight out of Ryo!
The dirt sticks onto my sweaty face. My mouth has a dry, bitter
taste to it. Are you through yet? There's plenty left to do to
me!
But nothing that you could do to frighten me.
Am I being lifted off the ground? Is it over? Did Ryo win? No,
wait...the chains aren't coming off. You couldn't have won!
What will you do to us?!
Yuli is crying out for Ryo. I wish I could silence him, but, then
again, that's what you want, isn't it?
Then, as I dreaded, we locked glances. The chains loosen for a
moment, but then they become tighter than ever before. I can't
hold back my scream, as pathetic and exhausted as it sounded.
You smile. Do you enjoy watching me scream? I glare at you. I
instantly regret it. Any wrong move, and my life is yours.
...I wonder...how many women's lives have you taken in your life?
How many children whose bedrooms you've broken into, and silently
slaughtered?
Your musky scent evades my senses. It's strangly humane, oddly
masculine. You're speaking to me...what is it you say? My ears
are closed to all outside stimulation...all tongues are foreign
to me except for my own...
Is there something behind those ice blue eyes? Behind that insensate
smile? I wish I knew.
You're staring straight through me. Can you see my thoughts on
my face? I try to read any trace of thought in your impervious
eyes...but you are so well hidden behind your intricate and intimidating
armor.
You're reading me like a book. I feel exposed, naked. Like I'm
dying over and over again.
No. I'm not afraid of you.
It's just, whenever I close my eyes now, that stare...that brief
moment penetrated straight into my soul...it stays with me. It
won't leave my mind.
The others, maybe...
I'm terrified.
But not of you.
Fin.
"I just close my eyes, and it's all I see,
Your eyes, cold as ice, staring right through me,
I'm stuck in a trance, and I can't break free,
Things aren't appearing as they used to be..."
---Ice Blue Eyes~Karaoke version (English lyrics by M. Johnson)
