The hunched being wandered Jasper and went into the edge of it. This being was none other than the Skin-Taker. A skeleton with a top hat, hunched back, glass eyes that were too big for their sockets and a cape.
The cape that it wore was thick and leathery and had stitches in it. The being known as the Skin-Taker walked around for a bit until he saw something out of the corner of its eye.
He saw a wolf. A normal wolf eating caribou. It went up to it as the wolf ate. It bent down and covered the sun from the wolf. The wolf looked up in terror.
The Skin-Taker then took out a rusty knife. He began to mutilate the wolf. Organs spilling out, the wolf's eyes being ripped out of their head.
The Skin-Taker then did what he did best. He gutted the wolf and skinned him alive. Once he got most of the skin out, he began to devour some of it.
The way he chewed was unnatural. Instead of an up and down motion, he made a side to side motion. He was grinding the bloody and dismembered skin of the now partly alive wolf.
Skin-Taker then finished the wolf off. As he walked away, the grinding noise was still heard. The Skin-Taker had one goal to do.
Aaron watched the group of wolves worked hard on the show. All they did was look over their scripts.
"What's this?" Michal asked. "We enter with everyone….. screaming…"
Grimes didn't speak. He kept pulling out his hair. He had a distinct bald spot now.
"Just follow the script." He said. "This script is what makes the show."
Everyone including Aaron looked at him in shock and disbelief. The group went to the microphones that were placed for recording.
It was at this time that Aaron noticed the set of Candle Cove. There was a background with the picture of the sea.
On the left, he saw more puppets and a ship. On the side of the ship, it simply read "The Laughing Stock".
"Mister?" The cub named Janice spoke to Grimes. "What's the point in screaming?"
He didn't speak to her. He kept talking to himself and eventually….
"Ok, in three, two, one…."
Everyone hesitated but they went on with the show. The group screamed their heads off.
Author's note: I usually don't interrupt the story, but if you like to know the tone of their screams and how bad it was click the link.
watch?v=qtAxK50boUw
While they screamed, Michal gave a gut wrenching scream that soon became a problem. As he screamed and screamed, he throat became hoarser.
In time he stopped screaming. He fell down to the floor and coughed up blood.
The others were still screaming. Janice was in the corner crying and Aaron was dumbfounded by this. He went over to Michal who was on the floor puking up blood.
"Don't worry. I'll help." He whispered into his ears.
"What's the point?" He gave a gravelly answer. It hurt to talk and blood was pooling in his throat.
With the screaming still going, Grimes smiled sadistically at this. He began to pace back and forth.
Aaron went up to the crying Janice and tried to comfort her.