Theatrical Muse » Birthdays of Past and Present
#237 - It's your birthday! If anything were possible, what would be your perfect way to celebrate?
When Kristoff is five years old, all he wants is his mother, the return of his father and a small toy. He doesn't want for much, only his country and mother's happiness.
When the boy's ninth birthday approaches, he is not in his right mind. He dreams of sovereignty, humiliation, and his enemies submission. When asked of his most prominent desire, he declares his wishes of vengeance towards a certain man named "Richards" and the man's worthless family.
While Kristoff is in stasis, he happens to turn both ten and eleven. In his coma, he dreams of birthday cakes, his adoptive father's approving gaze, and his mother's unlikely return from the dead. Despite the impossibilities, anything is possible in a dream, and the boy will never have another birthday as wonderful as those he's having now.
His twelfth birthday is approaching when Nathanial awakens him from his slumber. The boy's mind reeling with the events of a past that was not his own, the disappearance of a former master, and the wary trust of people he's been trained to despise. It's at this time he meets a young blonde named Cassie, and tries hard to ignore the feelings he's developing. She's the sole person who remembers his birthday, and as he blows out the imaginary candle he's been assured is there, he wishes for a kingdom, a queen, and a jester. Roles that can only be filled by the girl, her father and himself.
He's not allowed the luxury of making his wish a reality.
When he returns again, things have changed once more. He's long forgotten the need for birthdays or celebrations. His enemies have since forgotten him, and it appears his former friends as well. Yet for some reason he doesn't understand, he feels the need to celebrate this occasion.
So once more, the boy sits alone, and muses over his situation. Eighteen years of age and he's become both his fathers. How fitting. He makes a toast with the silence and wishes for another chance.
Kristoff Vernard is eighteen years old and all he wants is to escape the fate that he's certainly doomed to live.
Kristoff Vernard
Fantastic Four (Marvel Comics)
352 words
When Kristoff is five years old, all he wants is his mother, the return of his father and a small toy. He doesn't want for much, only his country and mother's happiness.
When the boy's ninth birthday approaches, he is not in his right mind. He dreams of sovereignty, humiliation, and his enemies submission. When asked of his most prominent desire, he declares his wishes of vengeance towards a certain man named "Richards" and the man's worthless family.
While Kristoff is in stasis, he happens to turn both ten and eleven. In his coma, he dreams of birthday cakes, his adoptive father's approving gaze, and his mother's unlikely return from the dead. Despite the impossibilities, anything is possible in a dream, and the boy will never have another birthday as wonderful as those he's having now.
His twelfth birthday is approaching when Nathanial awakens him from his slumber. The boy's mind reeling with the events of a past that was not his own, the disappearance of a former master, and the wary trust of people he's been trained to despise. It's at this time he meets a young blonde named Cassie, and tries hard to ignore the feelings he's developing. She's the sole person who remembers his birthday, and as he blows out the imaginary candle he's been assured is there, he wishes for a kingdom, a queen, and a jester. Roles that can only be filled by the girl, her father and himself.
He's not allowed the luxury of making his wish a reality.
When he returns again, things have changed once more. He's long forgotten the need for birthdays or celebrations. His enemies have since forgotten him, and it appears his former friends as well. Yet for some reason he doesn't understand, he feels the need to celebrate this occasion.
So once more, the boy sits alone, and muses over his situation. Eighteen years of age and he's become both his fathers. How fitting. He makes a toast with the silence and wishes for another chance.
Kristoff Vernard is eighteen years old and all he wants is to escape the fate that he's certainly doomed to live.
Kristoff Vernard
Fantastic Four (Marvel Comics)
352 words