Into Madness

(Told from Professor Cerise's POV)

Hello, whoever you are. You just found a cassette tape hidden in my bedroom. Isn't that strange? A man like Jon Cerise, someone so simple and plain, hiding a cassette tape. Why would he be hiding anything?

I'm sure that, if you're from around here, you've heard of the somewhat recent happenings with my family. My wife, daughter, son, and my Yamper. All of that adds up to the "missing person's reports".

That was me. I'll elaborate on that later.

And you know, I wouldn't call myself plain, either. I mean, people may think I'm plain when they first meet me. Just a promising young Pokemon professor whose loving family abruptly disappeared into thin air, right?

Wrong. They're not missing.

And the fact that I know where they are isn't the only reason.

You see, only my daughter is missing. The other three are dead.

Now, you may be thinking that my wife and son, as well as Yamper, died in some sort of tragic accident. But that's not the case.

You see, as a Pokemon professor, I'm quite dedicated to my work, and I can't have little...distractions interfering with that. And my family, well...they were pretty huge distractions.

And you know, that's why I really didn't love them in the first place. They were always annoying and not worth my time.

But each of them had their own reasons for irritating me.

My daughter Chloe wasn't settled with being a failure, and how I loved my Yamper so much more than her, so she tried to get rid of it. She's done so much to hurt my soul in one day alone. Even when it came back to protect her from some Venonat, she was still as ungrateful as before.

As for my wife Talia and my son Parker, well...I guess they were too lenient with Chloe, not willing to punish her as much as I was.

Ever since that day, I wanted to put my hands around Chloe's neck and just squeeze the life out of her lungs, but of course, if I ever did that, I'd get caught.

The breaking point came when I canceled a family vacation upon hearing a clutch of Pokemon eggs had been delivered to my laboratory. Of course, Chloe was furious with me, but I was unwilling to let that little bitch back to me the way she did.

Then, I had an idea. Maybe it didn't necessarily have to be Chloe. It could be Parker and Talia. Hey, they were like Chloe, so they deserved it.

I waited until my daughter left for Sinnoh, took my wife, son, and Yamper back, and I gave it to them. I couldn't do much, of course, they'd start screaming. So, I made it quick enough to be efficient, but long enough to make it last...

...it was hell for them, but it was heaven for me.

Then I disposed of their remains in a rather gruesome manner. Not going into the details, I...gave their bodies a little upgrade. Made them...different.

And then I left them that way, without the slightest bit of guilt.

So, there you go.

And, now that you've heard this, you should know that I check this spot every day to see if this tape is moved. I've seen it so many times, I'll be able to notice even the slightest difference.

I will know.

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