Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-35280243-20150323011352

'''“A Dagger of the Mind” '''

(2.1.38)

I’ve done this job for a very long time. I’m what they call a master of my trade. The experience that I have gained over the centuries perfecting my craft could fill libraries upon libraries of books. The only problem is that this knowledge is something that you would never find written in the text of a book. Oh no… this is only knowledge that you can obtain by watching and listening. Only by keen observation and studying how people act towards each other, and towards themselves.

Now you may be wondering dear listener, what exactly my trade consists of. Well, let me start off by telling you that I’m a salesman of sorts. I’m not some cheap street corner peddler trying to persuade people to buy my wares. Nor am I a luxurious businessman with a multibillion dollar company selling the general population the next new, “technological breakthrough.”  No, I am neither of these. I am unique, a one of a kind merchant that preys on the weak.

You may be quietly asking yourself why I’m so unique compared to others within my trade. Well let me tell you, it’s the experience that the others lack. What the others try to sell you are all fractured and jaded, a true blur, like trying to look at your reflection in the water of rushing rapids. It’s there for a moment, but then taken away, washed down stream with the furious current making its way towards an uncertain fate.

But what I sell you never cracks and is crystal clear. “It’s like an innocent flower, but also a serpent underneath it.” (1.6.65-66) What I sell you is magnificent, a TRUE work of art. It’s greater than anything ever created by Da Vinci or Picasso. This masterpiece has something molded within it, “for it is a knell, [an entity more outstanding than any spirit summoned from the gates of Heaven, and more terrifying than a being from the depths of Hell].” (2.1.64-65) It has something special within its mold and something so powerful that very few can shield themselves from its finesse.

I thrive off of selling my art to billions across the planet. My creations control the world by turning men into sheep. My work guides the very future of the human race. Many blindly embrace the will within my wares. They believe in it like some ancient deity declaring who they are, and allowing it to cover their true selves. I reside within the weak and I am the reason why a small few have lost faith in humanity.

My name is Masquerade. I am a dealer of charade, camouflage, and deception. <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in;">  <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in;">People cover themselves with my cloak of deceit that shadows their innocence. I allow the weak to facade themselves from confronting the likes of reality and from uncovering who they truly are. I am the “false face [that] must hide what the false heart know[s].” (1.7.83) <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in;">  <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in;">Yes dear listener, I am a salesman and what they call a master of my trade. <span style="font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;text-indent:0.5in;">

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:16px;line-height:18.3999996185303px;font-family:'TimesNewRoman',serif;text-indent:0.5in;">I originally wrote this when I got bored and turned it into a English assignment I had to hand in about Macbeth. I just wanted to possibly get some feed back about my writing and if you guys/girls think its suited for creepier stories. Thank you for reading and any advice you have towards writing stories is much apperciated!

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">- TysonRichardAlexander <ac_metadata title="A Dagger of the Mind"> </ac_metadata>