The Window Man - Monologue
I lean back in my chair and look at the view from my
window. My window in my office. The office which I now occupy as befitting my
status. For so many years, I have merely
existed at the whim of others and allowed myself to be used by others. No more.
A change has been wrought and the balance of power has moved in my
favour.
I have achieved the infamy which I desired all along. People may curse me or fear me but they will
never forget my name. I will live on in
the tales they tell their offspring at night (why do so many species do
this? Frighten the little ones half to
death, THEN expect them to drift happily off into sleep?) and the rumours which
spread like forest fires.
If you ever see me in your window, you know you are doomed. Even if you don't see me, and I am there, it
still spells your swift demise. The
missions are similar, the reasons are similar, only the chain of command has
changed. I now call the shots. I have minions waiting to do my bidding and
apprentices hanging on my every word. I
rule my own private empire.
A God? No, I still prefer to think of myself as a man. Not just any man, I am the Window Man. Closing the shutters will not keep me from
your window. I know the deepest secrets
of the soul, I know the lies, I made them myself. And I will not hesitate to use that knowledge
against you. In fact I will delight in
it. If I were given to dancing, I would
dance on your grave. In reality I prefer
to celebrate my victories in a far more modest and seemly manner. I get blind drunk ... alone ...
Alone. Still
alone. Even after all this notoriety,
there is still nobody to fill the endless void which threatens to consume me
with all the might of a black hole.
There is a vast black hole where my soul is supposed to reside.
There have been interested individuals over the years, but
none of them have survived their liaisons with me. To be touched by me is to embrace death.
Alone. Lonely at the
top. The fact I am so remote from all
who cower beneath me only serves to reaffirm my status. I can trust nobody, admit nobody into my
inner sanctum.
I am the Window Man. I come with a lifetime guarantee ... yours or
mine?
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