My cape dragged on the ground because it was a tad bit too long so I cut it, made a few other alterations to the original design and had my sidekick sew it up on the Singer, for real though, I assume that you're already familiar with what is that I do here, good, so I’m not going to go into any further details, outside a siren wailed, inside a tea kettle whistled, Rikoria removed it from the burner I said be careful not to burn yourself, they each took a sip, the liquid within was hot to the lips and remained the same as it made its way down their esophagus, a process known as drinking, she asked if we were ready, I whispered not yet honey and got up from my seat to kiss her on the cheek, the legs of the chair squeaked on the floor, her legs opened under the table like doors, I forced my phallus in her hand after presenting it like look at this, presentation, I heard her say we're gonna be late babe and something else that was muffled because her mouth now was stuffed like a mushroom or pepper, everywhere is a bedroom when I’m inside her cunt like a vegetable, I moaned in her ear like lobe that, I’m gonna cum soon, with her bare chest exposed I can’t help but to check her out like an expo, I could tell she wanted to go soon but not before I exploded in her womb like a shaken up can of soda, or Diet Coke and Mentos, most girls are mental and this one’s no exception, I came buckets pulled out and got a couple droplets of jizz on her stomach, as I was grabbing a rag to clean it she said leave it, I R-M-Ed at the statement then lowered my head and kissed her belly like it was pregnant, Rey can we stop at the store for cigarettes? sure thing, the invitation laying in the kitchen atop the shelf holding the wines and spirits read, you are cordially invited, we had a lengthy discussion about whether to attend or not, figured it'd be worth a shot since we don’t really do anything else, Rikoria put on a different blouse, the one we picked out, because girls have a hard time doing most things by themselves I got behind her and tied the knot, she said thanks for the help, not a problem my darling I think we should be going, another siren rings outside our building like drying wet clothing, our feet on the pavement like litter, frame to frame like a picture scene to scene like a movie we made our way to this party dressed like André and Erykah Badu, get a clue, we're cool like ice cold, five blocks later and we arrived at our destination, little shorty Rikoria wanted to go home right then and there and like nothing ever happened we turned around and retraced our footsteps backwards

I remember we used to kick it different, back in the day we never hanged out in a basement, usually outside like a picnic around a bowl like a table a young white bull not even yet eligible for his permit, under the trees smoking the trees no greener than Kermit, mid grade strain had to remove the seeds like a surgeon, still sometimes got a migraine in the morning, one time hit the fragrance before it was banned don’t remember how we landed it, next day I said kid I’m never doing this again, digital records we would spin, on an Infinite loop like Eminen, the album that is because the playlists would mainly consist of Canibus and instrumentals, I was heavy into hip hop during this period now I don’t really listen to it, our thoughts would span an area that was once barren and fill it with conversation, usually laced in the air was laughter like it were pollen, a solid crew of two to five dudes always on the move making moves like a Cruiser, PT, drank the liquor straight no chaser, would get Blackout! drunk, Funk Doctor, drove when I should not of and learned that everyone’s a cunt, I still kick it like punt except now it’s more by myself, the few I keep close know no verbal recognition, real wolves eat no matter the occasion, some of my old best friends now feel like complete strangers, I’ve came to the conclusion that if you have pull you better use it, true love is an illusion and I say this out of experience, talked a lot of shit that was expensive but I backed it up with action, cold reflection in the mirror like an assassin, the time spent as a kid has a definite end, stuck in a finite loop of work sleep and food don’t really wanna hang out with you because I’m not in the mood, that’s just how life goes I guess, oh wait I haven’t seen you in a while how about we go out and grab some dinner? A couple of days later plans cancelled, that’s just how life goes I guess, a personal anecdote, it’s Rey Tosim on the net.

The map said head due west, sand dunes surrounded my every step I paused for a second and questioned how I got myself into this mess, there was a group of girls to my left, none of my friends were near I took this trip on a whim, being the only male here they probably figured I’d be good guidance to them like a father, how much farther? we can rest once we find shelter but we are not staying here in the wide open that would be wild, Lauren got closer her hair was incredibly short I mistook her for a lesbian, I never meant these chicks before yesterday, it was either use my vacation or not get paid, I boarded a train Thursday not a plane on Friday and I overheard these girls say, get that man another drink, then all three of ‘em got up and filled the vacant seats, near me, one explained all their names there was Lauren the leader and Alaura from Georgia the reserved one was Kimora, tomorrow were going on an expedition if you have no other plans how would you like to come with us? What is this I haven’t even introduced myself do I have written in my expressions that I am a chump? but I answered quick enough, yeah sure I’ll come, you know If you don’t want to sleep in a hotel tonight your more than welcomed to stay at my house, confidence bounced off of Lauren more so than myself he wasn’t worried at first but if it mattered I was outnumbered from the start, another round of drinks were brought and we all drank up, to our new friend... Rey, let us cheers to a planetary escape, giggling now a smile made its way onto everyone’s face, once they made it back to Lauren’s place all Rey wanted to do was sleep, the smell of breakfast woke him up at six, let's eat, no thanks, you’re going to need your strength Rey were going hiking today, my strength comes from within Lauren I usually only eat one meal per day anyway, on the table there lays our outline for the day, starting soon we were to head to the park follow these co ordinates until we reach this mark, a full weekend excursion shouted Alaura as she poured coffee for the four of us, what the fuck am I doing here? I’m underprepared, his traveling bag was stuffed to the brim, that was the singular possession he carried on him, clothes and a knife, one in his pocket and one that was quite longer than a human’s forearm, after they all finished packing the group was gone, we took a car to the spot and now that leads to us being lost, the drawings did not match any of the formations located in this park, something was off, Rey stopped to check the compass, the girls felt this was their moment, Kimora fell over on purpose Lauren falsely exclaimed, heat exhaustion, we all instinctively rushed in, poured water in her mouth but she wouldn’t swallow, so it all dribbled down her chin, chest soaked, Rey spoke, solemnly, we should rest here for the time being and before evening we can leave if she is ready, by then Kimora awoke, the sun still glowed even though it was dimly, our itinerary had us reaching an old abandoned village that was once the scene of a rampage, according to history a man hid his family far away from society and raised them inhumanely, inbred and in captivity, it is said that at night you can still hear their screams echoing amongst the trees, an unpleasant breeze as brisk as tea greeted us upon entering this crude looking collection of huts, the full moon it now shun, my blood it runned cold, I turned when I felt the cold pinch of a warm liquid that dripped, affecting the actions of my central nervous system, kid I couldn’t react for shit, Lauren was standing there holding a syringe, obviously the culprit, her girlfriends surfaced at once from one of the huts facing up north, no shirts were worn still every inch of their skin was covered in blackness, tattoos of which I couldn’t even begin to distinguish any sort of fimilarance, altogether they resembled a cult or a small group of Satanists, his head was sensitive like the tip of a clitoris, the fire illuminated their movements, all three shadows danced in unison around Rey Tosim as he sit, or rather lay, the girls were just getting ready to play, with his body, suddenly the flames cracked loudly swayed back and forth uncontrollably, a visually appealing mist did spray and his screams joined those that were first heard among the trees

She came in covered in soot looking like Beatrix Kiddo from Kill Bill Vol. 2, the booth was bigger than where she came from in the womb she manifested the embryo that was beside her so upon birth mom and dad decided she was evil and left the blanketed bundle somewhere out in the outbacks of Australia, somehow she remembered her name was Angelina her hair grew quicker and before not too long she was the size of an adult, that was the first, ordering a water now because she was dying of thirst, will I be taking a menu today? I suppose, even though I already know I’ll be having the special, a casual dinner quiet save for the chatter of some of the customers, the regulars sat at the counter and drank their coffee black, I could feel their eyes, inside their minds they surely judged me, the skirt I wore was short, the last time I was seen alive was during work, a surfer found me on his way to the shore in the morning, I waited for the corners after the news reporters and bounced once we reached the hospital’s morgue, woke up thinking about George and regretting not leaving that message on his desk next to the type writer, I left faster than a Nascar driver on the track like hangers this life style involved payment in exchangement for pleasure, I came in highly recommended, all I’ve ever known before this was vengeance, the female assassin in attire from Paris who could also speak French, no hit was a miss a private militias greatest weapon because she didn’t even need to escape death, cold calculate the risks before I would accept kid there's only so many different wigs to select if I wanted to start again fresh, Thaddeus Thaddeus Thaddeus Beaumont, the name kept running through my head like sprint but for what? I must, pull myself together he knew me as Eva a weaker individual might fret at the mere thought of the impending storm ahead, I stood up and paid the cashier with a tip, have a nice day is what she said as I left, not looking backwards I had things to do and people to screw, over, outside wet from the rain with no poncho, I travel back to where it all happened the guest suite at the Hyatt Quiet as a Riot I snuck past the doormen looking elegant and then pressed the top button in the elevator, they was waiting for somebody else, dinged the bell and they were surprised as hell, nervous as well, the Romanian Jeremy was especially worried, I could tell, they had me held helpless tied to the sides of the mattress with soft cotton bondage restraints while all four of them penetrated my anus, I had plenty of experience yet lacked in the amount I could stretch my ass in comparison to the chicks who practiced, like Monika Wild and Violet Monroe, those are my girls, but nevertheless once I stepped foot in that bitch I was coming for heads, pulled the Kershaw from my boot and slashed the neck of the guy who stood nearest, his blood it flew onto the cheek of he who was closest, I moved like a cobra to him bent the arm he was using to defend and with the bone that protruded I put it through his chest, at least as far as it could go, reached down to pull another Kershaw from my other boot and clapped both sides of his skull like a round of applause, he fell to the ground, obstacles now make slithering around feel more like some sort of course, she wiped her hands on her skirt retrieved the tools used for a close quarters war and threw, the third guy dropped to the floor after his blood splattered like opening a bag of flour, my knife flew faster than an al Qaeda jet attacker suicidal bomber child, the impact was nasty, I heard his voice get raspy and then nothing, it was like he was trying to communicate something to me but like I already said, nothing, Jeremy standing shocked from the events like an electric eel kid which made him an easy target to hit, I slid into his shins like catcher vs. runner got on top of him like cowboy straddle and asked if he remembered about Eva, the response was trivial, four bodies at the minimal, she continued to joke until there was a knock on the door but not long before like a sous-chef she filleted the flesh of Jeremy’s mid sec and then got up to check what she had heard, the peep hole showed a fish eye lens view of the whore these dudes were probably waiting for just moments ago, if this were a phone I’d have hit ignore, fuck that, unlocked it, then walked right past her like what about it? My hands I didn’t even wash ‘e m just wiped ‘em on my skirt again proceeded with caution to the lowest level exit the stairs were probably my best option, my heels click clacked on the linoleum luckily no one was around I averted my eyes down to avoid any unnecessary contact with the locals, and hid my accent just in case because it didn’t sound normal, still I wanted to be cordial, almost to the entrance doors now ma'am, it was the bellhop, we hope you enjoyed your stay with us, I responded most definitely, it was lovely, I’m sure my escapade made front page paper the next day

when he was just ten years old he witnessed a tragedy unfold not old enough to know but old enough to learn he opened the door and walked in on his mother alone, well not really alone what used to be his father could be seen laying unresponsive on the floor, something like thirty some stab wounds the dude wasn’t making any moves soon, his mother she crooned, a sad tune that sounded familiar, from the cradle to the dinner table that melody always escaped her, arms now spread like she wanted him to join the blade made its second to last impact in the middle of her chest, before she lay to rest she said in a bloody mess “I tried my best, you’re destined for greatness” as the blade made its way to her pancreas and she thrust yet again, Rey just stands there blank expression, to lose something precious, his parents, I held them dear to me, could this have ever had anything to do with me? 911 what’s your emergency? Hello ahh yes I’d like to report a murder suicide maybe you guys could send an ambulance to 305 Courtside Drive *click* maybe the youngster cried, maybe he held in his pride and calmly sighed, small town so it didn’t take long for the rescue team to arrive, the news it made front page paper, the sirens they drew attention from all the neighbors, here comes Akuba running to his side like a sister, clinging to his arm tight like glitter on tinsel, all I could envision were them first two stab wounds bleeding holes that spiral and moving mouths that don’t talk, I thought out loud to myself, what in the actual fuck? Officer Patterson stepped down from the porch and put his hand dangerously close to my neck then he removed it real quick like what the heck, rubbing his knuckles together vigorously visibly in pain like he's just been electrocuted by something huge, strange to say the least, almost eleven years old with not a place to sleep or eat, and this feeling that keeps to seep out from deep, a combination of grief, confusion and disbelief, boy do you have any place to stay? Family, grandparents? Akuba then quietly mentioned that Rey can stay with me for the night, we only live right across the street and I’ll make sure everything will be all right, I’m afraid that’s not going to work little girl if he has no legal guardians to get involved It'll have to be taken up amongst the courts, a man of slender stature approached and respectfully spoke, sir I think we found a note

An unlikely friendship began when another one ended, in the mortuary I hanged until all the shifts ended, what do you need kid? Just trying to tempt spirits like a Ouija board but I didn’t say it, nothing and my voice sounded empty like the space between Mercury and Venus, there was a void in my heart and I was feeling it, all day I was lingering in these hospital hallways like death, it’s a wonder like woman that no one’s mentioned my presence like Christmas, I wouldn’t be here had this tragic event not happened, flashes of the accident play back in his head Shake It like Metro Station to rid him the burden of guilt for not being there, I doubt anyone was prepared, the weather was fair, a pale skin maiden with hair the color of lemons drove by in a van, a gypsy lady wearing purple lipstick had nose rings like Denis Rodman, my friend asked me out to lunch, I sat at home and played Overwatch on the couch said I feel like being by myself how about tomorrow or Friday I’m trying to level up this second account, well word up sun I guess I’ll just go for a walk, okay then bruv I’ll talk to you tomorrow, oh how I couldn’t have been wronger, even if Regina Spektor kissed me where it was sore it wouldn’t make me feel any better, at the funeral parlor I was the one in charge of the arrangements, decorations hanged and flowers sat in vases, the directors name was Raymond, the age of the deceased man was 23, same as me, the FD Rey T had to be pushing fifty, in all his years of service he's never experienced a coincidence quite similar to this, two victims with no known relatives no living next of kin, the mortician observed and wrote in his report, he gave it to me for a look, now what I can’t figure out is this strange mutation you don’t just change blood types over night and to add to the facts this has happened twice since I’ve first started here in the 70’s, before this I just didn’t draw like Ponder any correlation like a graph comparing two sets of information, he had a crude sense of humor like oil he said we may need to investigate further especially seeing as how we're both single bachelors like Bam Margera’s uncle Don Vito, so with that we went full detective mode like Inspector Go Go Gadget, none of us carried badges, Rey Tosim had access to a medicinal practice and many multipurpose instruments that could prove useful in our search, the funeral director tucked in his shirt after hiking up his white lab coat like the scientist Moria O'Deorain, I grabbed a pair of pliers that could cut through wires and pieces of metal like it were butter, we probably shouldn’t meddle in what doesn’t involve us, your right except, we could be next, I know of a doctor in Portland Oregon whose never set foot in an operating room, curses like fuck you dolls with the human hairs made of porcelain and jars of salt for the shrunken heads, charms like cereal most people would eat in the AM, or bracelets girls would wear given to them from their best friend, kid we leave tomorrow, at the airport we checked in, I popped three Xanax and fell asleep waiting to take off on the tarmac, last thing I remembered was the flight attendant had fake breasts like Christy Mac and looked like she got abused by her ex, if only I hadn’t have slept I would have made a passing attempt like NFL quarterback Bret Farve when he played for the Packers, kid I get them numbers, now up from my slumber already in the Uber like what the fuck happened to taxis? Traffic was a bit of a drag but not really as bad as I had initially expected, Rey Tosim texted, I sat motionlessly in the back seat looking deader than a possum, feelin’ like I just ran a gauntlet, powerful options should I wake up or wait it out like walk it, Rey said please leave the vehicle running, I do not know how long I will be, decision made, in the car I will stay, later that day he relayed to me like race what had transpired during the brief encounter between two doctors on the opposite ends of the spectrum like autism, indeed I listened like class was in session, after I decided I needed some medication reached inside of my front pocket unscrewed the lid took two and proceeded to pop them like lock and drop it, kid at the Super 8 I had to have ate up to at least eight, everything Rey had to say went in one ear and out the other, out our motel room door I stumbled and fumbled like a bad hand off with the handle on the way out, not giving a single fuck if the door was closed or not, found a café that looked shabby right off of the front main entrance sign in desk lobby and grabbed me a bruski, longing for someone to just hold me, one beer turned into three then four, no one near to hear me slur my words enabling me to drink another four more, not for better but for the worse, big tips like white French when I spend so I said to the tender of drinks no questions, in walked a women whose birth origins were hard to pinpoint, possibly because I was drunk at this point, fetched myself another Xanax and drained what was left in the glass as she talked about my past, this doesn’t add up, I stood up, and almost collapsed… Rey moved fast like a raccoon digging in trash, where’s this kid at? Followed his same path by instinct asked the barkeep had you seen a man about 5’ 10’’ wearin’ all black glasses kinda looks like John or Sean Lennon in passing, the sentence came out hot like vomit, yeah he went with some vagabond lookin’ broad responded the guy behind the high rise counter with not a stain on his apron and a red handkerchief hanging like he was making some sort a statement, how long ago chief if you don’t mind me asking? About fifteen minutes I’d reckon, can I catch up to them was the question, hesitant in his demeanor when he finally decided to answer, well they weren’t on foot that chick is known to travel around here in an RV van with three other people lookin’ like the Devil’s Rejects, rumor has it they might be psychopathic like Sid Haig or Captain Spaulding, the door flew wide open, the bell didn’t even have time to chime, There’s a guy all bloodied, moving slowly like a zombie in the parking lot scaring everybody, Rey ran to the rescue before the concerned individual could scream any more, wheezing They said my blood was too thin then threw me out of their moving vehicle like garbage, someone shouted dial nine eleven in a panic, the air was cool, it was the afternoon, I assumed the light winds blew in from the Pacific, even farther out west than our present location, Rey Tosim took a deep breath of oxygen and as his lungs expanded he tasted perfloracarbon based chemicals which are often used as a substitute in blood transfusions, but first it should be duly noted, I am a doctor he alerted the still watching crowd of spectators, he held his new friends head in position because it wanted to keep rolling back like prices at K-Mart, Let’s go he whispered… but the kids been unresponsive since I don’t know when…

I got home and she already started sucking, her big bro off and it aint nothing sexual, my little sis has just got a hunger for human blood like a vampire, not that it matters at all but we live in a castle inherited from our ancestors in Romania, I’m just telling ya, she likes to wear all black like a hole as a whole we turn in increments increasing the population of the undead for no rhyme or reason kid, but that’s not the point of this, we had no master until that is a mastiff barked out in the distance before that there was only silence, on our doorsteps stood a figure, who would've thought our lives were about to change forever, into the underground tunnel system I pushed my little sister, then turned to the front door and answered, Mister Tosim rang in his brain like migraine until he let this man inside the place where he stayed, mini ‘T’ on his chest like a priest, lookin’ like he hasn’t ate a meal in weeks, first time he communicated my name it was unspoken, big robes on like a merchant who would sell pocket watches to children, if I wasn’t a hardened criminal I’d have been intimated, but I’ve committed multiple instances of murder before so I didn’t feel very threatened, instead asked a question, what do you think it is that you are doing? His lips moved like a ventriloquist again I felt that same sense of a buildup of pressure in my head like a compressor, under the totalitarian authority of the thirty or some librarians Rey and Sena Tosim are to be apprehended before the day’s end, and with that I fled, twenty some bats from Africa flapped as a form of cover mean while I changed into vapor like boiled water, around back hid my little sister who has now shape shifted into a statue holding a pot, she said eventually they will find us, I pulled up my pants so what then and thought long and hard about our options, tried to call Marcus but the phone kept ringing so I stopped it, for six days we lived in the mountains like Ted Bundy when he was wanted off of berries that were sweeter than chocolate and the remnants of carcass' like a vulture, except this decision had a reverse effect on the way my younger sisters enzymes would process what she was fed, unfortunately we had to make our return to the city, waiting was nobody it looked and felt like a complete and total quarantine had taken place occurring within less than a week, but even more to our dismay waiting were members of this mysterious organization apparently out to get us, it appears we were captured at last, alas we woke up cuddling in a cell smaller than a cubicle, “Are you okay big bro?” Two guards came in and gave us both drinks, the look on my sisters face was great, the taste of what we drank was a relief, it was exactly what she needed, her cheeks blossomed then I let her finish my cup but with the last gulp she took the goblet and raised it to my mouth, she poured it back too, Sena said I love you Rey, Rey said I love you too, they held each other tenderly as the guards swayed like the breeze and paced like they were the ones caged awaiting further instructions from their superior council men and or women, if I could help it I would have tried to escape, but why tempt fate? Sena’s head now rested in the center of my lap, I gave it a tiny pat and stroked her hair like petting a cat, I coulda swore I heard her purr, keys jangled then were roughly inserted into a slot to unlock, “Stand up, the time has come, you have both been summoned”, down a dark corridor we followed where each footstep grew more hollow than hollow, another left turn another hallway, a candelabra was lit positioned above a round table in the chamber we just entered where seated neat and orderly were seven individuals, three female and four male, presumably members of this strange group we still had so many questions about, a man with long hair like Lestat stood up and asked if we were aware where we were at? I think the fuck not buddy would you be kind enough to tell me? His response was incoming like luggage “Here we are in, what I would call, The Sanctuary of Knowledge, or The Sanctuary for short and in it one learns, we lecture adolescents…” Cut off promptly like an alarm ringing abruptly in the morning oh well was all of this necessary? and Rey waved his finger in the air like the universal signal for crazy by the ear, “Indeed It was my young one, neither one of you two siblings will be leaving until you both complete what it is we are teaching and you receive a grade we deem acceptable of achieving”, a lift revealed itself from the ceiling, Sena’s grip tightened around my arm like a tourniquet, “Come come now, your training shall commence.”

It happened gradually, I repeatedly tried to stay away but being a man of routine it wasn’t hard to find me and I eventually breaked, the chemistry was sudden between us a passionate rush of lust mistaken for love, anyone could have seen you needed protecting from yourself, from the jump, from an outsiders perspective I had to have looked dumb, we started dating later that month, I felt happy to be stuck put all your needs before myself and only asked you to get down on your knees and suck my cock, our relationship was doomed from the start, Cupid’s arrow didn’t hurt at first but the mark it left on my heart looked worse than a second degree burn, Lupin the Third, I straight looped into third, looking to score, on a bunt down the line, my attention to detail was excellent, refined, I fired off my shots in rapid succession, cunt you never surprised me with your actions, the merciful tactician plans on being ambushed and it’s because of folks like him I always am alert, mindful of the day our separation would approach yet hopeful in thinking that it won’t ,in hindsight it was mostly my fault for trying to make these things work, I treated you like a problem, which you were, the only one I couldn’t solve. Rey with an e Tosim dot com

We had it in our grasp, the great golden mask of legend, we trekked through the desert to find it in a pyramid shaped like an Anubis, Rey Tosim and Stanley Ipkiss partake in a tale packed full of action and adventure like Indiana Jones and the Philosopher’s Stone, dry heat like Orlando but yo I’m in Pennsylvania where I wish it were winter, I get a call on my cell phone with an area code of 954 from some guy in Florida probably wearing a Marlins hat like he thinks he's Derek Jeter, Rey’s on the other end of the receiver like who is this, an avid adventuring enthusiast seeking my assistance on a site I previously visited, which is fine kid except I’ve long since retired, let me make it your worth your while… a slight pause followed by a barely audible breath And so the journey began, not a member of any agency my frequent flyer miles accumulated enough for two round trips, expense free, Rey said put it on me, the bags we carried were Gore-Tex waterproof up to thirty feet deep, at best, you never know what lies ahead, on the charter plane now we had to watch our heads, we couldn’t understand the pilot as his accent was thick from our end came a lot of come agains, the English speaking natives from North America were in it for the long haul, grounded now like you caught your daughter in that internet chat room you told her not to be in, but little do you know she frequents, hopped on our camels saddle back like Walker Texas Ranger and rode off into the sun set like The End, was given a muzzle loader from the aviator for protection, then I reached into my little back pack like Dora the Explorer and retrieved the same exact map I used last time, barely visible lines, a piece of paper damaged by time ,and stained by age, and temperature change, all because Rey didnt take care of it, he never thought he'd have to use this thing again, especially seeing as how he hardly made it out alive his partner didn’t survive and they definitely didn’t find what they set out for, the great golden mask of legend, started to wonder if it was just a thing of legend, but the information presented based on factual evidence by Mister Ipkiss laid stakes in my wavering opinions, radiation levels that rival those of Chernobyl except for it was heavily concentrated in just one area, I was interested to say the least,