Ai-chan
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So there's this dude, let's call him Joseph. He is a very hardworking man, always taking care of his sick little brother ever since their religious grandmother passed away in his youth. Despite working so hard, he is still poor. His grandmother said, "Believe in the Lord, and the Lord will take care of you."
But he stopped believing in the Lord long ago. Every misfortune brought him further from the Lord. First it was his parents, who died at sea. Then it was his older brother who died from being mugged on the streets. Then it was his younger brother, who suffered an unknown illness and had been bedridden since Joseph was 12. Then it was his grandmother, who died from being trampled by a nobleman's horse when she came home from church.
So he dedicated his entire life to working, and working, and working. Both to buy medicine for his sick brother and also to elevate himself in wealth. And so, even despite his grandmother's wishes, he accepted working even on the holy day of the Lord, which is Sunday. One day, as he came home from work on Sunday, a young boy came to him.
The young boy said, "You work so hard and yet you are not rich. How does that feel?"
He ignored the young boy and walked away.
The boy said again, "Your hard work is useless, nay?"
He ignored the young boy again.
"Maybe your brother's illness is due to your sins?" the boy said.
In anger, Joseph pushed the boy away. The boy laughed and said something that Joseph himself couldn't remember, but it enraged him so much that he unsheathed his blade. As the boy kept laughing and taunting, Joseph slashed at the boy, decapitating the boy on the spot.
When his anger subsided, he realized what he did and in order to avoid from being arrested, he threw away the decapitated boy's body and head into the river from the large stone bridge. But as soon as he threw the body down the river, the boy returned, taunting him. But this time, the boy has no body, just a head, sitting on the bridge.
"How does that feel? Doing something pointless?" the head of the boy said,
Joseph thought he forgot to throw away the head as well, so he was about to pick it up when the head jumped and bit a chuck of flesh off his cheek. In shock, Joseph covered his cheek as the boy munched on his cheek flesh. When he finally registered what was going on, he ran away, hiding in his shack as his sick brother asked what was wrong.
He didn't answer and went under his covers. He finally fell asleep and went to work in the morning. He thought it was all just a dream and so he pushed the nightmare away and went to work.
It was on his second day going home that he saw it, the head of the boy, from the corner of his eyes. It was just sitting there, eyes open, not doing anything or saying anything. Simply watching him. But every day, the head came closer, and closer and closer. Until on the 16th day of the 4th month, the head was waiting for him in front of his door, making a rotting grin.
This time the boy spoke, he said, "How does it feel to have your sins come back for you?"
Joseph kicked the head away, but it jumped back. He would punch it away, but still it returns. He catch it, but it would bite his fingers. He would try to drown it, but it was he who would drown. He would try to tie it down and burn it, but it was Joseph who felt the heat.
And so Joseph contemplated suicide. But fear that it is forbidden in his faith, despite his lacking faith and he was afraid of going straight to Hell and never meeting his parents again. He also can't leave his sick brother alone.
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So how should this end? This is actually Ai-chan's nightmare just now. Except without the church thing. Had to flesh out the story. It's a dream after all.
But he stopped believing in the Lord long ago. Every misfortune brought him further from the Lord. First it was his parents, who died at sea. Then it was his older brother who died from being mugged on the streets. Then it was his younger brother, who suffered an unknown illness and had been bedridden since Joseph was 12. Then it was his grandmother, who died from being trampled by a nobleman's horse when she came home from church.
So he dedicated his entire life to working, and working, and working. Both to buy medicine for his sick brother and also to elevate himself in wealth. And so, even despite his grandmother's wishes, he accepted working even on the holy day of the Lord, which is Sunday. One day, as he came home from work on Sunday, a young boy came to him.
The young boy said, "You work so hard and yet you are not rich. How does that feel?"
He ignored the young boy and walked away.
The boy said again, "Your hard work is useless, nay?"
He ignored the young boy again.
"Maybe your brother's illness is due to your sins?" the boy said.
In anger, Joseph pushed the boy away. The boy laughed and said something that Joseph himself couldn't remember, but it enraged him so much that he unsheathed his blade. As the boy kept laughing and taunting, Joseph slashed at the boy, decapitating the boy on the spot.
When his anger subsided, he realized what he did and in order to avoid from being arrested, he threw away the decapitated boy's body and head into the river from the large stone bridge. But as soon as he threw the body down the river, the boy returned, taunting him. But this time, the boy has no body, just a head, sitting on the bridge.
"How does that feel? Doing something pointless?" the head of the boy said,
Joseph thought he forgot to throw away the head as well, so he was about to pick it up when the head jumped and bit a chuck of flesh off his cheek. In shock, Joseph covered his cheek as the boy munched on his cheek flesh. When he finally registered what was going on, he ran away, hiding in his shack as his sick brother asked what was wrong.
He didn't answer and went under his covers. He finally fell asleep and went to work in the morning. He thought it was all just a dream and so he pushed the nightmare away and went to work.
It was on his second day going home that he saw it, the head of the boy, from the corner of his eyes. It was just sitting there, eyes open, not doing anything or saying anything. Simply watching him. But every day, the head came closer, and closer and closer. Until on the 16th day of the 4th month, the head was waiting for him in front of his door, making a rotting grin.
This time the boy spoke, he said, "How does it feel to have your sins come back for you?"
Joseph kicked the head away, but it jumped back. He would punch it away, but still it returns. He catch it, but it would bite his fingers. He would try to drown it, but it was he who would drown. He would try to tie it down and burn it, but it was Joseph who felt the heat.
And so Joseph contemplated suicide. But fear that it is forbidden in his faith, despite his lacking faith and he was afraid of going straight to Hell and never meeting his parents again. He also can't leave his sick brother alone.
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So how should this end? This is actually Ai-chan's nightmare just now. Except without the church thing. Had to flesh out the story. It's a dream after all.