Board Thread:Off-Topic Posts/@comment-209.237.118.34-20180912193213

So I got bored and remembered a story written by Edgar Allen Poe called "The Tell-Tale Heart" that we read in class. I started writing town of salem stories, role ideas, and some custom setups and I decided to write a little thing based on the works of "The Tell-Tale Heart," more specifically his way of conveying how truly insane the character was.

'''Oh, to kill a man. I shall tell you! It’s the most exhilarating, heart pounding, adrenaline fueling thing all rolled up into a few quick slashes and dashed the glinting edge of your knife. The gutteral sound of the knife penetrating the skin, them hopelessly wriggling around your crushing grasp, incapable of saving themselves. The holy sensation of murder is one that is tempting, but few have the will to properly kill a man. To plunge his heart with the sharp end of a fresh, shining, beautiful blade, why, I’m getting worked up just telling you! They say “There’s a mad serial killer on the loose!” but I assure you, I am anything but mad. Why, I’m joyous! With each coming kill I do a little giddy before getting down to business. I assure you, I am sane. I was insane not knowing the thrill of having a collection of lives politely taken from the innocent man! I couldn’t ask for anything more than the sweet release of murder, to stab the foolish jailor who actually believed I was the doctor. Or to kill the tramp the mafia hires to seduce poor men into their wicked claws to distract them from what they actually must do to save their doomed town. When they say the Serial Killer has killed another man each morning, I snicker lightly as they thoughtlessly accuse their closest friends. Soon, your friend will be found dead, a gash across their throat, a simple puncture through the chest. But until that day comes, you hang innocent men until each of you slowly dwindle away. It's not that I want them to die. I need them to die. They call me sick. I'm as healthy as ever! They call me twisted, but at least my head is still on straight, unlike the poor medium. They question my motives, and those who do hear this same story as you before I show them my true motive. This town is mad, but I will show them true madness.''' 