Ready for Darkness
Okay so I saw a writing prompt and I was thoroughlyyyyy inspired. I’m wanting to pursue writing in the future and I would love feedback to help me. I have no idea where to post this to get feedback so I thought why not here? This is a first draft and barely edited but I have so many ideas and want to continue this. Please let me know what you think.
Prompt: You’re a serial killer who hunts down other serial killers, not out of nobility, but because you love the thrill of outsmarting them.
Darkness is way too convenient. Having your own form of invisibility is too convenient. Who knows what happens under it’s veil. Well… I know a few who may have an idea but they’re not available to tell the tale at the moment. Oh so cocky, every single one, I can’t really speak on the matter, so I’ve been told. Maybe it’s a trait you need to proclaim to be in this… field? I wouldn't really call this a field of work, actually more of a hobby? A Passtime? A gift? Obviously I have the cliche ‘day job’ I would never leave but the activities I pursue during the night are much more fulfilling. A whole new persona takes place when the sun retreats, the light leaves much more than the sky I’d say.
Understandably, I’m no Robin Hood, I’m not trying to be, but egotistically I think I’m right. I’m simply eliminating a portion of stupidity from the world, what's so bad about that? The law would suggest otherwise but I know I’m right. To begin, they’re messy, with no control in they’re motives. Do they even try to be discrete? Way too much emotion involved, pick someone you have no connection with, don’t be weird about it, just get the job done and get out, bloody amateurs… I guess there’s no step-by-step guide for the whole ordeal but truely how hard do they need to make it for themselves? I guess many things could go wrong, speaking from experience, that is, it’s about thinking of the complications before they happen, basic problem solving.
You’re taught from a young age to treat others how you would like to be treated, then why can’t they take it? I’m only giving back what they preach, hand feeding them they’re own bullshit but in an educated way. Why do they act so shocked when it’s their time? Surely they know they’ve been followed for weeks, especially with the lovely little trail of breadcrumbs they leave me. Oh, of course they don’t know they’re being followed. They don't know what to look for, who to look for. Like I said… Idiots. Thinking they’re so invincible because the law can’t seem to figure out they’re little games, well I like games. Love them even. Someone like me, I know the ins and outs of the art, I know things the law doesn't know. I always find them. With their big doe eyes and empty head trying to scrounge up a valid reason how they were found. How they came to be where they are at this moment in time.
Like I said, the darkness is convenient.