Skid Row Beginnings
Chapter 4
What Led To An Obsession With Pain
Inspired by the lyrics to the deleted song I Found a Hobby
People may wonder what led Orin Scrivello to be as sadistic as he is. There is very little to speculate on. Despite the physical pain that his father inflicted on his mother he enjoyed seeing others wither in pain.
When he was ten years old an older brother of one of his friends snuck Orin, his friend Jake and four others into an R rated horror movie. He never told his mother that movie was R rated only that it was one of the best movies he ever saw. Perhaps because it showed a side that proved being harmful to others was okay.
There was a scene in the movie where the characters are led into a torture chamber. Jake and his other friends looked squeamish but not Orin. For him this was a sexual experience that no one would be able to understand except for him. He couldn't even tell his mother about.
This led him to be fascinated by other people's pain. When he opened his own dentist office at the age of 17 the thought of being to inflict pain on others gave him an orgasm. People were very suspicious of his practices but they thought he was such a good dentist that they rarely called him on it. While most dentist gave their patients Novocain for pain he was often found to get satisfaction out of other people's pain and to boot got a high from the nitrous oxide in the gas masks that his patients were supposed to be using.
The violence he experience in his home life would also have a negative effect on him much to his mother's disappointment. While she was proud of him for his hard work ethic as a dentist she was often concerned that the way her husband was so violent to her would bounce off to him and he would treat whatever girl he met the same way.
Orin met Audrey Fullerton at The Gutter the bar where he often went to unwind after work. Audrey was new to town and looked very shy and innocent and was a waitress at The Gutter. She was also hoping to get a job at Mushnik's Skid Row Florists a place where Orin rarely went. He wasn't all that interested in Botany.
"Hi there." Orin said
Hi, what can I get you to dreink?" Audrey asked
"Jack Daniels. What's your name pretty lady?"
"My name's Audrey. What's your name?"
"Orin."
"Nice to meet you Orin. I'll go get your drink."
Audrey disappeared into the musty shadows of The Gutter to the bar where the drink would be prepared.
When she returned Orin was quick to make the first move.
"You got a boyfriend?"
Audrey was shocked at this question from a guy she just met.
"No. I just moved here from Long Island three days ago. I don't know very many people."
"How would you like to go home with me?" Orin asked
Audrey was a little uncomfortable
"I just met you."
"We could get to know each other."
"Okay. My shift gets over at 9:30."
The first date was laid back and relaxed. It was after the third date that Audrey realized she had made a big mistake choosing to get involved with Orin. Weeks turned into months. Orin was rarely nice to her. He reminded her of how her mother treated her father when she was drunk. Did she really want a relationship like that? She wasn't sure. She did love Orin but did he really love her? This was her inner confliction and she wondered if she would ever meet a nice guy on Skid Row.