"No. Nononononono. No-o-no. Noooo-no-no."
They were laughing. The pale, undead faces of the hunters were, without pity or remorse or shame, laughing, like their souls (or lack thereof) were lapping up every last drop of the blood seeping out of his metaphorical heart. Dead, dead, dead, they say. Permanent this time, you sick little scrap of nothing, another one spits. You beg them to take your life too, and for a minute, they seem to consider it, before acting. The most handsome, tallest, and depraved of them all steps toward you, brandishing his blade. As if in slow motion, the blade lurches up towards the sky with intent to cleave you in twain. You ears can percieve it cutting through the air, much like a guillotine scraping its way down thirstility to a neck. You no longer see it, as your eyes are crashed shut in a desparate prayer that his aim be true and your dealings with this unforgiving earth would soon be done with. It was a kindness, they were allowing you this request.
And yet, the air-cutting stops, all of a sudden. The wind of the blade's halt tickles against your forehead, and you cringe. Not in fear, but in confusion. The deep timbre of your executioner rumbles out in a rolling of damning laughter. Believing that you would be deserving of the same quick end that your domitor had met was ambitious folly. You think too highly of yourself. So nice of him to let you know what you are doing wrong.
You are to suffer, boy. Suffer long without the master of your little world.
Some days are easier than others, it is said. It'd been a good while since he'd believed that tripe. No day is easy. If it were a gift to be simple, hell, if it was, he had no such luck or charity bestowed upon him. Daylight broke, and he was sluggish. Moonrise came, darkness fell, and he was none the better. Going through the motions, and it had been a fair measure of time since he'd given up trying to seem like he cared. He'd been hungry those many weeks afterward - so hungry. The source was missing, and his break from the sands of time and the licks of mortality caught up with him. Thirty years of age, and still pining. Ten years of addiction can near literally tear a person apart but Mortie was managing, barely, just barely. At least he was still quite the looker. It counted for something, for sure.***
"Hey Mortie! Mort? Dude...Whoa, hey hey hey. Snap out of it, put the knife down. Jesus, you alright man?"
Mordecai blinked once, twice, again and again, then clapped the back of his hand to his head, knife and all, and shook that head. "Sorry, Jeff. Yeah. Uh...fine. Girls. You know, right...?" He dropped that hand. Jeff laughed, obviously still slightly nervous, his heart rate still racheting back down from the surprise. The man had a tasty look to him.
Nonono. Are you out of your fucking mind? No coworkers, nobody familiar. That was the deal, remember? REMEMBER? Goddammit, you are such a fucking spare.
"Oh yeah, Mort. I know. Believe me, man, I know." Jeff kept laughing, and Mordecai frowned, and gritted his his teeth, then forced a grin.
"Shutthefuckup." The knife was up again. Jeff backed away two or three steps, almost stumbling, his hands up, palms forward.
"Ok. Shit. Calm down, man. Just tryin' to cheer your ass up." Hands posed on his hips now, Jeff nodded at the cuts Mortie was making, eyeing them as if pleased. The blood was still fresh on the knife, and leant Mortie an eerie air. "I ever told ya you shoulda been a butcher?"
Huh. How about that...Mortie blnked, caught a little off-guard with the comment. He lowered the knife again. "You did. Yesterday. And the day before...Come to think of it, the day before that. Don't know if that's something to be proud of."
Jeff grinned triumphantly. "You should be. Don't prove me wrong, Mort."
Yes. Don't prove him wrong, butcher-boy.
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