Post by TFP on Sept 6, 2008 9:23:31 GMT -4
It's night-time and a man sits on a log that is lying and rotting away on the beach. The tide comes in and breaks on the shore, washing away grains of sand in return for garbage and waste that came from far out in the sea. The beach isn't polluted with things such as beer-cans, chip-bags and other sorts of things, but it does get an odd piece of trash every now and then. Some of these objects are noticeable due to the light given off by an open fire about five feet in front of the log and the man. The red glow on an aluminum can shines onto his body and nearly blinds him, but he can't take his eyes off of the brightness that it can give off. What is odd about the man is that if you look at him from afar, you wouldn't think that he is really human. But when you get closer you notice that he's wearing a foolish Pig Mask that hides his identity and face. A black trench coat is what covers his upperbody and the hood is placed over the back of his head. He's an odd human being, maybe even one of the most weird and unusual kind of people that you would see on a beach. Raising his left hand, he looks at a brown puppet that is worn like a winter-glove but is given a personality of its own.
"Look at our planet and look at yourself. A place this size looks to be invulnerable to people that are of your size, but we're proven wrong all the time. Take a good look around you. Do you see what I see? I see a world that is treated as if it is insignificant, and I see a society of people that are insouciant. The world has changed for the worse and it will continue to do so. Look ahead - the ocean - do you see what I see? A vast stretch of blue and each year, each day, each hour, each minute and each second has people inseminating their trash and evils into it. Has the human race gone insipid? Have you lost the will to continue and make the best of things? Because if you have, there's one thing that I request you do."
"Die."
"But that's something you won't do, Eigenschaft - I admire that. When I look at you, I don't see a being that is an ignominious ignoramus to anybody. In your eyes, the world is an idyllic sphere. I know what you think, I know what you believe - but I hate to be the one to burst your bubble, but this world isn't all that you believe it is. The human race doesn't get along with one another anymore - all they want to do is hate, hate, hate. The government doesn't want to do things for the benefit of their country - all they want to do is lie, lie, lie. Your parents, as much as you love them, their relationship was never real - all they wanted to do was fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. We only know half the truth, but we know that what we are told is full of shit. Eigenschaft, my son; you can, you will, you must make a difference. You can't ignore it any longer, you must illuminate people of what is right and what is wrong."
"Nobody is safe."
"Society is a horrible thing - they do no good for the world. They are all wrong, even the most intelligent ones in the bunch. Look at them as if they are a large school of guppies in a tank. What's the best way to kill them all? What's the best way to make them - DIE? Would you rather watch them suffer as you stand idly by, watching them as they starve themselves to death? Or - would you rather pour in a teaspoon of motor oil, then watch them all die from the toxins produced by it? Eigenschaft - this is your choice and this is your decision. I'm not going to be the one to tell you to do this or that. However - I will tell you some things that will be good to think about. It's up to you to do something about it, and if you do not do a thing - no harm done."
"I present a grimace to this planet."
"Set the world on a gridiron and turn the barbecue up to the highest that it can go. Watch them roast, watch them burn - hear them scream, hear them cry. Punish them for all that they are doing wrong and pour salt on their wounds. Purify them and white-out their memory, you can make a difference. Place you in a middle of a busy city and you look like a granule. But even the smallest things can make a big chance and a big difference. Eigenschaft, I know that you're a granule that is full of potential. A gradual difference is still a difference - make one no matter how small or big it can be. You'll be a hero - you'll be a legend."
"A Legendary Hero."
Soon enough, the fire burns itself out since the wood has all burnt to ash. A faint red glow is emitted by the blackened wood that rests in the sand. Eigenschaft stands up and kicks the ash, producing a large amount of red "sparks" that spread in almost every direction. Finally he walks off in the distance, disappearing out of sight. Keen on making a difference - big or small - Eigenschaft very well might do what he is being pressured into doing. But can we consider it being pressure if he wants to do it?
"Look at our planet and look at yourself. A place this size looks to be invulnerable to people that are of your size, but we're proven wrong all the time. Take a good look around you. Do you see what I see? I see a world that is treated as if it is insignificant, and I see a society of people that are insouciant. The world has changed for the worse and it will continue to do so. Look ahead - the ocean - do you see what I see? A vast stretch of blue and each year, each day, each hour, each minute and each second has people inseminating their trash and evils into it. Has the human race gone insipid? Have you lost the will to continue and make the best of things? Because if you have, there's one thing that I request you do."
"Die."
"But that's something you won't do, Eigenschaft - I admire that. When I look at you, I don't see a being that is an ignominious ignoramus to anybody. In your eyes, the world is an idyllic sphere. I know what you think, I know what you believe - but I hate to be the one to burst your bubble, but this world isn't all that you believe it is. The human race doesn't get along with one another anymore - all they want to do is hate, hate, hate. The government doesn't want to do things for the benefit of their country - all they want to do is lie, lie, lie. Your parents, as much as you love them, their relationship was never real - all they wanted to do was fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. We only know half the truth, but we know that what we are told is full of shit. Eigenschaft, my son; you can, you will, you must make a difference. You can't ignore it any longer, you must illuminate people of what is right and what is wrong."
"Nobody is safe."
"Society is a horrible thing - they do no good for the world. They are all wrong, even the most intelligent ones in the bunch. Look at them as if they are a large school of guppies in a tank. What's the best way to kill them all? What's the best way to make them - DIE? Would you rather watch them suffer as you stand idly by, watching them as they starve themselves to death? Or - would you rather pour in a teaspoon of motor oil, then watch them all die from the toxins produced by it? Eigenschaft - this is your choice and this is your decision. I'm not going to be the one to tell you to do this or that. However - I will tell you some things that will be good to think about. It's up to you to do something about it, and if you do not do a thing - no harm done."
"I present a grimace to this planet."
"Set the world on a gridiron and turn the barbecue up to the highest that it can go. Watch them roast, watch them burn - hear them scream, hear them cry. Punish them for all that they are doing wrong and pour salt on their wounds. Purify them and white-out their memory, you can make a difference. Place you in a middle of a busy city and you look like a granule. But even the smallest things can make a big chance and a big difference. Eigenschaft, I know that you're a granule that is full of potential. A gradual difference is still a difference - make one no matter how small or big it can be. You'll be a hero - you'll be a legend."
"A Legendary Hero."
Soon enough, the fire burns itself out since the wood has all burnt to ash. A faint red glow is emitted by the blackened wood that rests in the sand. Eigenschaft stands up and kicks the ash, producing a large amount of red "sparks" that spread in almost every direction. Finally he walks off in the distance, disappearing out of sight. Keen on making a difference - big or small - Eigenschaft very well might do what he is being pressured into doing. But can we consider it being pressure if he wants to do it?