so i looked into your eyes and i saw the reflection / of a coward you and i both hate very much / and then i grabbed the knife / and i let the blood out of your throat / and i smashed those tiny mirrors inside of your skull / and i got to thinking that / if i don't go to hell when i die i might go to heaven.
“…. Shouldn’t you be taking barely disguised ‘you’re an alcoholic’ comments as compliments at work right now, Mr. Mayor?” Orel, on the other hand, basically works from home– and will continue to do so until Bloberta gets her act together. He’s actually multitasking: having this stupid conversation with Clay and making Shapey and Block’s breakfast! There’s nothing better than homemade waffles.
“ uh -- , ” with another sip , an opportunity is given to briefly take a glance at his watch. to which he gives up after deciding the effort is probably spent better elsewhere. and besides, it’s five o’clock somewhere. “ nope ! don’t think so , buddy ! ” silence dawns, only to be met with ice cubes bumping against his now-empty glass. “ shouldn’t you be at school at this time of day , orel ? ”
NAME. clayton michael puppington
DOB. 12 april 1970
SPAN OF CRIMES. est jan 1990 - oct 1999
DATE APPREHENDED. 21 december 1999
SEXUALITY. bisexual
LOCATION. moralton state hospital for the criminally insane
OCCUPATION. city councilman ( 1992 - 1993 ) ; mayor ( 1993 - 1999 )
RELIGION. protestant
RELATIONS. orel puppington ( son ) // shapey puppington ( step-son ) // bloberta puppington ( ex-wife, divorced )
VERSE FC mat.t letsche.r
002.
1970 - clay puppington is born to arthur & angela puppington
1981 - angela puppington passes away from a heart attack
1982 - clay is sent to a boarding school
1988 - clay attends moralton university ( history major ; political studies minor )
1990 - arthur puppington is shot & killed by an intruder
1992 - clay puppington graduates cum laude
1992 - clay becomes a council member at the city hall
1992 - clay puppington meets bloberta hymentact & marries after five months of dating
1993 - orel puppington is born
1993 - clay is elected as mayor of moralton
1997 - clay takes orel on a father-son hunting trip for the first time
1999 - clay is arrested in connection to the serial murders that have terrorised moralton for the past 9 years
2000 - bloberta files for an emergency divorce
2009 - rumours about a copycat killer emerges
003.
“... serial killer known as moralton’s hunter may finally be behind bars. the moralton police department has arrested the town’s mayor, clayton puppington, in connection with at least twenty murders ...”
you got sloppy at the end , leaving tracks and witnesses alive . perhaps deep down you desired to be noticed -- for your work to be recognised as yours ( glory ? was it all for glory ? you can’t seem to remember ... ) instead , the silver cufflinks that once were the talk of the town are replaced with steel handcuffs and your name – with numbers.
bloberta doesn’t even give you a glance when the police ( once sworn to protect you ) escort you out . it comes as no surprise ; the two of you were never meant to be -- leeches can’t survive off one another and you are all drained . she pretends everything is fine -- almost masterfully , as if you are heading off to one of your long , late dinner galas , and you play along with her performance . but there are no forehead kisses or empty ‘ i love you ’s .
you see your boy , half awake , slowly stepping down the stairs , his hand tightly gripped around the wooden railings . when his eye meets yours and panic shoots in his . the same panic you felt when you watched your mother die . there isn’t much time for farewells but you know this won’t be the last you will see him .
“ always remember, orel : i love you so very much , ” you say just loud enough for him to hear , “ because we’re the same . ”
you profess and they send you to moralton state hospital where they can keep an eye on you at all times . here , your name is only said in small whispers and you are nothing more than a shameful secret hidden in the basement from the outside world .
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