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[aoi24.livejournal.com]

Title: The Quality of Mercy
Word Count: 300
Character(s): Killer
Topic: Mental Illness
Media: fic
Spoiler(s): Supernovas
Rating: M

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He showed mercy once.

The pirate had thrown himself at his feet, blubbering shamefully, as he begged for his life. They had attacked their island and they show remorse once they discover a capable defender? How utterly revolting.

Nonetheless he had stayed his hand and told the man to leave and never return. It was a generous quality in a man, as they had told him, to be merciful.

He had sailed to a neighbouring island and returned to a smouldering ruin. The people had been killed or rather, he noted with a detached sense for detail, tortured. The women…he would not do such things himself, only the weakest sort of men used them like that, and as for the children…

He had followed the trail until he found them. The crew that had destroyed the only life he knew.

He recognised their leader, he had spared that man so he could return his mercy with monstrosity.

He cast aside his name then, his life, his home and the cruel self-destructive lie of mercy.

He spared a man once and his revenge was brutal and complete.

Never again, he swore, never would he be so foolish as to stay his blade against an opponent. To leave a man alive only to breathe in bile and hatred cursing the one who had preserved their pitiful existence.

He showed mercy once and only once reminding himself of the cost every day until the day came when he was commanded to stay his hand and he found he couldn't. He wanted to obey his Captain but it was beyond his capabilities in this matter.

He sprayed the blood far and was somewhat surprised that it was no longer that he refused the benefit of mercy.

Killer had lost the freedom to dispense it.

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A/N: I don't like insulting your intelligence but someone (you know who you are) read this and claimed it doesn't fit the theme. Well it does. It really does but not being a psychologist nor an expert in the complicated field known as 'mental health' I'm afraid I don't actually know the technical name for what's going on with (one of) my favourite supernova(s) but I'm pretty sure it has 'compulsion', 'psychosis' or 'trauma' in the name. XD

 

Comments

[dandywonderous.livejournal.com]

I think it fits the theme when it gets to the point where Killer simply can't stop himself no matter what anyone says.

THAT ASIDE.

This was creepy and yet totally believable. I really liked his change from willing to be merciful to just cold-hearted killing. Nice. ^^

[aoi24.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm having way too much with the masked man this weather. XD

[featheredtips.livejournal.com]

IT FITS, IT DOES. Besides, this comm is all about creativity, gaiz. It's how we take the prompts and create something USING it. Creativity has no restrictions, mun. *peace and love sign*

Eh. This was beautifully written. +_+ I like how you used the prompt for a minor character, and turned it into something so... IDK. It fits wonderfully into canon. (Somehow, no sane parent would name their kid 'killer'. That's just asking for it when the kid hits his teenage years, really.)

YOU DID GOOD, BB DOLL. ♥

[aoi24.livejournal.com]

Praise from above!! *flails at your feet* Thank you so much. XD

i have a thing for minor characters and I crave backstory for the Supernovas so bad.

(Well, I personally believe that Meatloaf was born meatloaf and never had any other name. It's lies I tell you, LIES!)

[aoi24.livejournal.com]

Why thank you. ^_^ Yeah, I do seem to do that to killer an awful lot.

When and who? Who knows! hahahahaaa~

'Killer' probably took his name from someone going "You killer, how could you?" And he went "Yes, I am Killer. What else?" XD

Traumatic backstory FTW!