unhappy: (Do you want to know a secret?)
Emerald Sustrai ([personal profile] unhappy) wrote in [community profile] genessia2018-06-17 06:40 pm

anon text

i'm going to tell you a story, people of genessia. you may want to take a seat, this one is a little unnerving. it's a true story, after all.

many years ago, in genessia's earliest days, there was a young boy. it's a familiar story- he had his life uprooted, woke up in the bay, had strangers offer to help take care of him in a strange new world. but people kept disappearing on him, and he'd get shoved off from one person to another, too young to really fend for himself.

one day, the person who ended up with became someone very important to him, despite the coldness he had started feeling from repeatedly losing those around him. their smile lit up his face in return, and he wanted to do everything he could to keep them happy.

that is, until one day when he came home from his job a little early and witnessed something he shouldn't- his special person was a killer. and so, to keep him quiet, his special person killed him.

he tried to tell people, but no one believed him. the child, after all, had a habit of lying and playing pranks. they told him it wasn't funny, that it was mean to joke like that.

and he kept trying, so his special person killed him again.

and again.

and again.

finally, as his memories started to fade and he started to lose his sense of self, people were taking notice. they noticed something wrong with him when they would see him each morning, that his attitude had changed little by little.

but sure enough, those people who noticed seemed to disappear from genessia before they could solve the mystery.

but for some reason, his tormenter never did.

so he died, again.

and again.

and again.

that is until he didn't really know what he was doing, but there were things he never forgot- things he learned in genessia after arriving were things he couldn't seem to forget, and as he lost track of who he once was, he became something new.

a boy who couldn't be killed, a boy without memories left to give.

a boy who each morning saw the smiling faces of those who forgot who he was meant to be as they came outside to pick up their papers.

a boy whose memories told him the one thing that always made him happy, no matter what he went through.

a boy who cannot understand the anger within him for he cannot remember it, only pedaling and pedaling and remembering the one happiness that never quit on him.

the one thing he asks for. and yet people would kill him for a dislodged garden gnome, never seeking justice for whatever got him here, a man whose identity is long forgotten but the anger within will never subside.

again.

and again.

and again.

and to this day, he lives on, not knowing who he is beyond a singular moniker and a burning desire to receive tips:

the paperboy


[ ooc note: any and all of em's responses will be anon ]
alwaysimpaled: (Yeah and?)

[personal profile] alwaysimpaled 2018-06-18 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Cool story, and definitely something worth keeping in the back of everyone's heads, but I'm calling bullshit unless you can prove he has an amulet like the rest of us.
alwaysimpaled: (Yeah and?)

[personal profile] alwaysimpaled 2018-06-18 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Dunno. But I've seen weirder shit. And I've never seen him with an amulet.
alwaysimpaled: (Yeah and?)

[personal profile] alwaysimpaled 2018-06-18 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
And then there's the whole thing of where apparently only two people supposedly know this story - the paperboy and the killer - and yet you somehow have knowledge of all the details. You couldn't be the paperboy in this scenario because he wouldn't remember. If you were the killer you wouldn't be spreading the tale for fear of giving away details of their crimes.

Which only leaves two options. The first being that you're someone who watched all this go down without telling anyone, making you just as guilty as the killer, or you're someone doing a little creative writing.

It's not just one thing. Nice try though.
alwaysimpaled: (You gonna do something?)

[personal profile] alwaysimpaled 2018-06-18 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
If this one wanted someone to know their tale, then why kill the paperboy to keep him quiet?

Also yeah I do know stuff about killers. I hunt 'em for a living.
alwaysimpaled: (Yeah and?)

[personal profile] alwaysimpaled 2018-06-18 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Good job dodging the question. Still not an answer though.
alwaysimpaled: (Yeah and?)

[personal profile] alwaysimpaled 2018-06-18 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
I love good stories, and this is a good story. Just don't claim it's true, especially when it's a very real possibility.
alwaysimpaled: (Yeah and?)

[personal profile] alwaysimpaled 2018-06-18 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
I mean, you're not wrong. But considering some of the weird shit that happens 'round here? I'd prefer people not go spreading stories like this when it could actually happen.
hot_handed: (angry?  happy? both???)

[personal profile] hot_handed 2018-06-18 05:35 am (UTC)(link)
Don't be a gullible butthurt bitch
terriblemovies: (Default)

[personal profile] terriblemovies 2018-06-18 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
there's no way that can be true.
i mean, come on.
you can't know all that.
there's no way.
but maybe i'll tip him next time.
just to be nice and not because i'm scared.
terriblemovies: (Default)

[personal profile] terriblemovies 2018-06-21 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
well no, but i bet you can't prove it.
what if you're actually the paper boy and you're doing this to get extra money?
hot_handed: (a real hands-on approach)

[personal profile] hot_handed 2018-06-18 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
Let's kill his killer
hot_handed: (haaaaah?)

[personal profile] hot_handed 2018-06-18 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
The Avengers...

Sounds pretty badass. Not intimidating enough. The Avengers of Explodo-kills.
hot_handed: (being a jerk)

[personal profile] hot_handed 2018-06-18 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
They can fight me for it.
demonofbadluck: (05)

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[personal profile] demonofbadluck 2018-06-18 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
An unkillable person. The paperboy sure is something.

I like him.


[Whether or not he actually believes it is another story. But he does like the guy regardless.]
demonofbadluck: (07)

[personal profile] demonofbadluck 2018-06-21 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
he is a hard working person. Sure he might hit people and items. But he's still as hard working as the next person.

Plus he is more than willing to help a person.
demonofbadluck: (08)

[personal profile] demonofbadluck 2018-06-26 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
If I want it to hit me though, would that be fine?

Just a question because you never know who might want that.
demonofbadluck: (14)

[personal profile] demonofbadluck 2018-07-02 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Good point. I'll do it on the weeks I want to play a game of attempting to dodge the newspaper.

It just sounds like so much fun.
inthedriversseat: (Default)

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[personal profile] inthedriversseat 2018-06-18 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
Woah

If you ever de-anon I'll buy you a drink
fierybluebird: [Marco arching an eyebrow leaning on an arm with blue background] (Is that so?)

[personal profile] fierybluebird 2018-06-18 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
What a beautiful story. I'm so touched.

Though not as much as the paperboy touches the lives of us all.
generalgrievous: (Close quarters)

[personal profile] generalgrievous 2018-06-18 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you this killer?
generalgrievous: (Close quarters)

[personal profile] generalgrievous 2018-06-20 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
You know too much and imply anyone who discovers this disappeared.

Logically, you are the villain or you are lying.

Or you are the paperboy.

If you are the killer then you will be brought to justice.
yoyoofdoom: ([shock; no.. please.])

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[personal profile] yoyoofdoom 2018-06-18 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
that's a depressing story.

poor paper boy. :(
yoyoofdoom: ([19])

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[personal profile] yoyoofdoom 2018-06-20 04:53 pm (UTC)(link)
yes. tip the paper boy. lets all tip him ;o;