Post by Big Homunculus on Jul 25, 2020 9:39:01 GMT -5
Gordon drives a car with Big Homunculus in the passenger seat.
Gordon
She's traumatised, she's not speaking normally. I-I feel like I failed. I should have been able to protect her, I just...I don't know what to do, I thought you might be able to help, I know how much she respects you.
She's traumatised, she's not speaking normally. I-I feel like I failed. I should have been able to protect her, I just...I don't know what to do, I thought you might be able to help, I know how much she respects you.
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In their living room, Hayley and Gordon sit on opposite ends of a sofa. She has her knees pulled up to her chest and head dipped down, hair obscuring her face. Gordon just looks at her. He has bags under his eyes from a stressful night with not much sleep. Homunculus refuses to sit down.
Gradually, Hayley Littleton reveals her face, and the burn that has had cream applied to it, conspicuously adorning her forehead. Homunculus just stares.
The silence in the room is absolutely suffocating.
Hayley takes a breath.
In their living room, Hayley and Gordon sit on opposite ends of a sofa. She has her knees pulled up to her chest and head dipped down, hair obscuring her face. Gordon just looks at her. He has bags under his eyes from a stressful night with not much sleep. Homunculus refuses to sit down.
Gradually, Hayley Littleton reveals her face, and the burn that has had cream applied to it, conspicuously adorning her forehead. Homunculus just stares.
The silence in the room is absolutely suffocating.
Hayley takes a breath.
Hayley Littleton
It's fine. I was wanting to try a fringe anyway. I had one a few years ago and it suited me.
Gordon
I'm trying to convince her to call the police.
Hayley/Homunculus
No.
Big Homunculus
I will not have him held in custody where I cannot get to him. He knows his fate his sealed. He's being locked in a cage with me regardless and wants to do as much damage to me as he can before the door closes, the pod opens, and it all goes black. This changes nothing. He's one of five who are going to be carried out of the chamber before I am finished.
Gordon
What do you mean nothing's changed!? That's easy for you to say. He's not just scarred the woman you love-
Big Homunculus
Yes he has!
It's fine. I was wanting to try a fringe anyway. I had one a few years ago and it suited me.
Gordon
I'm trying to convince her to call the police.
Hayley/Homunculus
No.
Big H still does not raise his voice.
Big Homunculus
I will not have him held in custody where I cannot get to him. He knows his fate his sealed. He's being locked in a cage with me regardless and wants to do as much damage to me as he can before the door closes, the pod opens, and it all goes black. This changes nothing. He's one of five who are going to be carried out of the chamber before I am finished.
Gordon
What do you mean nothing's changed!? That's easy for you to say. He's not just scarred the woman you love-
Big Homunculus
Yes he has!
Silence.
Hayley looks at Homunculus in shock as he desperately tries to suck in the words he just said, but it's too late, they're out in the universe now.
Hayley looks at Homunculus in shock as he desperately tries to suck in the words he just said, but it's too late, they're out in the universe now.
Gordon
What...did you just...no it's ok, you're close friends. You have love for each other, I understand. It's fine.
What...did you just...no it's ok, you're close friends. You have love for each other, I understand. It's fine.
Hayley breathes a silent sigh of relief.
Big Homunculus
No. We are not close friends. I love her and she hates me.
Gordon
I...thought we were friends...
Big Homunculus
You have been nothing but kind to me Gordon and I'd take her from you in a heart beat if our feelings were mutual, but she sees me as a reprehensible, deluded, violent idiot. She respects me only as a subject for a story about a freak and I was willing to let her pillage my life experience for a story as long as I could spend time with her. Have you read any of what she's written?
Gordon
No, I...hang on-
Big Homunculus
If you read a word you'd see you do not need to worry about losing her. She hates me. And I am realising she is a good judge of character. This would never have happened if you hadn't met me. I am so sorry to both of you. This is the last you will hear of me. I am gangrene, it is best to cut me off while your lives are still beautiful.
No. We are not close friends. I love her and she hates me.
Gordon
I...thought we were friends...
Big Homunculus
You have been nothing but kind to me Gordon and I'd take her from you in a heart beat if our feelings were mutual, but she sees me as a reprehensible, deluded, violent idiot. She respects me only as a subject for a story about a freak and I was willing to let her pillage my life experience for a story as long as I could spend time with her. Have you read any of what she's written?
Gordon
No, I...hang on-
Big Homunculus
If you read a word you'd see you do not need to worry about losing her. She hates me. And I am realising she is a good judge of character. This would never have happened if you hadn't met me. I am so sorry to both of you. This is the last you will hear of me. I am gangrene, it is best to cut me off while your lives are still beautiful.
Homunculus turns to leave.
Hayley Littleton
No.
No.
He stops.
Hayley Littleton
You don't get to shirk responsibility by declaring yourself a scum bag and walking away. That's not how it works. I'm not finished with you.
You don't get to shirk responsibility by declaring yourself a scum bag and walking away. That's not how it works. I'm not finished with you.
She reaches into a draw and pulls out a cigar.
Hayley Littleton
I'd been saving this for...something altogether less morbid, but I've got a better idea. I know nothing is getting between you and the belt. I know this is bigger than you and me, but once you've finished tearing that scum bag apart, I want this lit cigar shoved up his ass. I want to hear him squeal like a fucking piglet. I want him to be so traumatised he seeks solace in donuts until he dies of a heart attack.
Big Homunculus
That will not happen.
Hayley Littleton
Why!?
Big Homunculus
Because when I am finished with him he will be consuming meals through a straw. Also...
I'd been saving this for...something altogether less morbid, but I've got a better idea. I know nothing is getting between you and the belt. I know this is bigger than you and me, but once you've finished tearing that scum bag apart, I want this lit cigar shoved up his ass. I want to hear him squeal like a fucking piglet. I want him to be so traumatised he seeks solace in donuts until he dies of a heart attack.
Big Homunculus
That will not happen.
Hayley Littleton
Why!?
Big Homunculus
Because when I am finished with him he will be consuming meals through a straw. Also...
Homunculus reaches into a his pocket and pulls out a cigar of his own.
Hayley Littleton
We're on the same wavelength for once.
We're on the same wavelength for once.
Big Homunculus
It's good to have a spare. One in his rectum, one in his eye.
It's good to have a spare. One in his rectum, one in his eye.
Homunculus turns to Gordon, who stares stoically.
Gordon
I think myself and Hayley need to have a long conversation without you here. Good luck in your match. I don't know what to make of you anymore but there's a man out there who scarred Hayley, and you're the only one who can do anything about it. One thing, before he did it, she says he said, "I'm sorry".
Big Homunculus
He will be. He will beg for mercy and I will show none. His body will be carried out of the cage but his soul will stay there forever. The others will not interfere if they care for their health. Their time will come.
Gordon
It'll be nice to see Priscilla Kelly get her comeuppance too after what she did to Max Ironside.
Big Homunculus
Yes, even though she overcame her self esteem issues and felled the villainous bastard Max Ironside she is just another body to be destroyed now. She'll find her self esteem one day.
Hayley Littleton
Before you go, here's a few more pages I wrote. It's a work in progress.
I think myself and Hayley need to have a long conversation without you here. Good luck in your match. I don't know what to make of you anymore but there's a man out there who scarred Hayley, and you're the only one who can do anything about it. One thing, before he did it, she says he said, "I'm sorry".
Big Homunculus
He will be. He will beg for mercy and I will show none. His body will be carried out of the cage but his soul will stay there forever. The others will not interfere if they care for their health. Their time will come.
Gordon
It'll be nice to see Priscilla Kelly get her comeuppance too after what she did to Max Ironside.
Big Homunculus
Yes, even though she overcame her self esteem issues and felled the villainous bastard Max Ironside she is just another body to be destroyed now. She'll find her self esteem one day.
Of all the shocking and confusing things Gordon has seen/heard/learned in the past 24 hours, this one barely makes a dent.
Hayley Littleton
Before you go, here's a few more pages I wrote. It's a work in progress.
She hands him a folder, he nods and leaves.
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Homunculus sits on a bench and reads from the folder.
Homunculus sits on a bench and reads from the folder.
Hayley Littleton voice over
When a lost child seeks to bring smiles to faces not there, it speaks to an instinct in humans that separates us from beasts; that even before we've been socialised into needing each other we are born with the desire to love; to give and to receive. When faced with an endless darkness we don't just seek light, we create it. In some this bioluminescence flourishes as great works of art and in others it fuels flames that consume the world they were never taught to understand. When we are creating light for ourselves the soul can run dry and create a heart of darkness. The story of Big Homunculus is one of a tiny spark in a sea of obsidian, of a lost child seeking the approval of a father figure who was only there for the briefest of flickers, and who - as a child - rejected with nothing but himself in his corner has been deemed a laughing stocked, loved for his foolishness and reviled for his indiscretions. He seeks a title that he believes will earn him an approval than can never be granted. Will winning a strap of decorated leather heal him? We don't know, but we are going to find out.
When a lost child seeks to bring smiles to faces not there, it speaks to an instinct in humans that separates us from beasts; that even before we've been socialised into needing each other we are born with the desire to love; to give and to receive. When faced with an endless darkness we don't just seek light, we create it. In some this bioluminescence flourishes as great works of art and in others it fuels flames that consume the world they were never taught to understand. When we are creating light for ourselves the soul can run dry and create a heart of darkness. The story of Big Homunculus is one of a tiny spark in a sea of obsidian, of a lost child seeking the approval of a father figure who was only there for the briefest of flickers, and who - as a child - rejected with nothing but himself in his corner has been deemed a laughing stocked, loved for his foolishness and reviled for his indiscretions. He seeks a title that he believes will earn him an approval than can never be granted. Will winning a strap of decorated leather heal him? We don't know, but we are going to find out.