

shredded woes .&. aliria
who will save you from the reality that is
such terrifying fright?
who will rescue you from your own fate
as it plays with you in the dead of the night?
"A sweet little toy."
"A murderous madman!"
"Y-You're insane."
"Oh?" the chilling breath tickled my neck, sending shivers running through me. The voice that spoke was just as cold as the Halloween night eve and just as smooth as a strip of flawless dark velvet. "Perhaps it is I who is normal, and you who is insane." the voice continued in a musing tone.
"That makes no sense." I insisted, my fear pumping fire into my veins, the heat cooling down each time the man spoke. He was obviously crazy - Just some creepy madman with a razory smile, sharp silver eyes, and a totally cliché devil costume. His eyes matched the color of his hair. It looked as though the moon itself had bled silver liquid locks onto this man, dripping down to drizzle into the depths of his eyes and bury itself there, shining brightly. Those eyes were almost a blizzardy white in the direct downpour of the moon's light.
"How can you be so sure? I do not speak senselessly. I speak in riddles, child. I was not resurrected into this world to babble like a fool." he said, his voice persuasive and silky, as if he were preparing to talk a junk-addicted child into eating their vegetables by order of a hefty bribe. "Now, tell me - What do I look like to you?"
"A crazy dude with a tacky costume." I replied in a snappy tone, tiring of these games quite quickly. I just wanted to get to the biggest party of the year, a Halloween bash thrown by the guy of my dreams. Not get harassed by some idiot who was probably hopped up on some crazy drug.
"Costume?" he replied, glancing down at himself. He was wearing a black tuxedo, one that looked like the kind Count Dracula would wear. Velvety, authentically torn devil wings - inky black and deep crimson, with small curved claws at their points - hung at his sides, and very sharp-looking horns sprouted from the center of his head. He had a few cobwebs strewn about him, and he looked very eerie standing here in the cemetary. I was startled by the shrill cry of midnight-black bats as they went swooping down, very close to him, before flying off with high-pitched shrieks. He didn't even flinch.
I stood silent for a moment. Surely he was joking. But he looked generally surprised at my remark about his costume. I then let my features fall back into a fierce, demanding frown, my chestnut tan-brown eyes level and narrowed. "Look, don't you toy with me. I've a party to get to."
"Mmm, like one of those parties with those ridiculous getups and false portrayals of demons?'
"And how can you be so sure they're false?" I said with a challenging look, my arms crossing across my chest.
"Personal experience. We don't look like that, or act like that. And most of the time you don't even notice us. When you do, it's impossible to kill us. People believe that holy power will save them." he snorted as if it were something that was so obviously completely incorrect that it was laughable. "You mortals are so naive."
"W-What are you?" I stuttered, swallowing hard. He couldn't be normal... Couldn't be mortal...
"Your greatest nightmare."