[ VIDEO / killed the radio star ]

[supercilious]

[ Arthur is seated on the crumbled base of a statue, one leg drawn up and his chin on his hands on his knee. It's grey with pre-dawn; the fire that's lit just offscreen casts golden shadows over his features. ]

[ He is pensive and silent for just long enough that this could be an accidental piece of video - but then he yawns, stretches his arms

Comments

Text | 6/6

[iwithoutaname]

A variation on a very old tale. Perhaps one of the oldest.

I wonder if it is true, in some form.

Of course, in some of the others the girl is rescued, or escapes. Strange how the endings always change.

[ Voice | SCREAM gtfo johan this isn't creepypasta. ]

[supercilious]

[ Arthur listens politely, though he is silent well past the length of the tale. ]

I've never heard a nursery tale to end so abruptly. It's certainly an... interesting choice. You tell it well, however.

[Text | LISTEN. ...it could have been creepier. Maybe. ]

[iwithoutaname]

Do you think it's a nursery tale?

It probably is. In generations past, children had a higher tolerance for darkness than those today.

Still, I think it's greatest benefit is as a cautionary tale. We should all be wary in a new and dangerous situation.

You can never really know what lurks beneath the skin.

[ Voice. | YEAH. OF COURSE. :| XD ]

[supercilious]

Most nursery tales are cautionary, and fantastical. Though it's perhaps a little more gruesome than any I was told.

If that's your interpretation, then I find it even more interesting that you should choose to tell it. Do you caution me?

[Text | There could have been MORE cannibalism....]

[iwithoutaname]

I wouldn't say that. Though it does make me think of our situation.

Call it association.

[ Voice. | :( ]

[supercilious]

I suppose monster tales are a little less fantastical here than they might otherwise be. Personally I find it hard to believe the young girl wouldn't notice something odd going on.

[Text | Arthur raises the very problem I have with that story, LMAO]

[iwithoutaname]

You would think so. Still, people can be very blind.

[ Voice | ironicly, he's terrible at noticing when things are amiss. ]

[supercilious]

Sometimes it's easier to see only what you wish.