Johnny: Why are people so unpleasant?
Victim: I don't know.
Johnny: Honestly, it's so difficult to truly care about so many things without, first, knowing the answers to some of the most fundamental, mind ravaging questions! How can one possibly respect the existence of something, people in this case, when that something seems to defy respect? They do such trivial things, and find amusement, even up to "So-Called" maturity, in the incessant mistreatment of their own kind.
Victim: That's a very general statement. Not all people are the way you describe them to be.
Johnny: Hmm... Yes, but keep in mind; It's possible that I'm quite horrendously insane. That's the fuck of it; You know, the old thing about the crazy person who never knows they're crazy. It could just be an imperceptible shifting of accepted realities. It's all really interesting.
Victim: Yes... Yes it is. But I don't suppose that your, um, current reality would allow you to let me go, would it?
Johnny: No. I don't think so.
Victim: I see. Well, could you, at least, loosen these restraints some? This hurts quite a bit. Very painful.
Johnny: Think of the sensation as reassurance that you are not dead yet. What you are feeling is life in you! I would hate to lessen that for you. I will take you from one extreme to the other. I would never deprive you of this; Your final awareness.
Victim: That's very nice of you. Could you tell me what it was, exactly, that I did to you? What I said? I mean, up until I awoke here, I've never met you. It's one of those nagging questions a person gets before being torn apart by, um, whatever this thing is.
Johnny: Mmm... What did you do? You know, I can't really say. Nothing, I guess. But you are a person, and I can't say I'm fond of that. My days are less than enjoyable because of people. You will be the effigy I burn, infused with all the traits that make them the detestable little goblins they are. You won't really burn, though; Ripped to strips is more accurate.
Victim: But, you're a person. Why don't you kill yourself?
Johnny: Trust me, I know what self loathing is, but to kill myself? That would put a damper on my search for answers. Not at all productive. Besides, I've become increasingly doubtful as to whether or not I can die at all. But let's not get into that.
Victim: Okayyy. What if I'm not like all those goblin people? You just randomly picked me out, when you could've taken someone more deserving. You could've picked one of those street performers who impersonate robots and make that irritation wheezy whistle noise.
Johnny: I thought of that, but I wasn't in the mood to go look for one: I just wanted to get back home. I probably could have done better because you do seem like a nice person. I'm sorry.
Victim: Thank you, that's very kind. By the way, my name's Edgar. Edgar Vargas.
Johnny: Pleased to meet you, Edgar, I'm am Johnny C., but, seeing as how we are sharing this intimate moment and all, you can call me "Nny."
Edgar: Is that with a K, like in "knee cap"?
Johnny: No, but it's pronounced the same.
Edgar: OK, well then! Does this mean I can go now? Because, and I mean no offense by this, I would like to go.
Johnny: Oh... Oh, no, I'm still going to kill you. Though you are my bestest, bestest friend in the room, currently, dire circumstanced require me to end your life. I haven't the time to find anyone else, and I really need more blood.
Edgar: Blood? You need my blood?
Johnny: Not yours specifically, but, yes, I do need some blood. Not for myself, no; I'm not particularly fond of any bodily fluid...
There is a wall in a room on one of the upper levels. You're underground right now; I found these lower rooms when I came here, as well as more devices like the one you're in. But anyhow, if I don't keep "painting" the wall, it goes soft, and something from the other side begins to push through. My curiosity is not so much that I would find out what that "thing" is. So, you see, I can't wait any longer.
Edgar: I ask you, once again, to please reconsider this. You can let me go, and I...
Johnny: NO! NO! NO! STOP IT!! JUST SHUT UP!! I HAVE NO CHOICE! SAVE YOUR NOISE FOR LATER!!
Edgar: I see.
Johnny: You know, your not exactly reacting the way I'd expect a person in your situation to react! Death usually has a much more profound impact on a person. Where is your fear!
Edgar: I would rather not die, but I don't seem to have much to say in the matter. But, I'm also not like you; I'm not clouded. I have no family, no friends, really; Nothing. But I do have faith; You know, God and all that. A Heaven for me, and a Hell for you. So fuck fear.
I have nothing to fear.
Johnny: I envy your conviction.
KLIK
KKCHNNK!
Johnny: Well, that did nothing for me.
--Excerpt from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac #2 by Jhonen Vasquez
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