Melody and Macabre

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Cut the Silver Thread, Page 9

Xiam

on Sept. 3, 2008

"Inspector,

As you may already know,
my presence looms like a shadow over you. I
Should say, however, that I was surprised
and apalled by the names used for me by the
media. It hurts me to hear myself spoken of
as something so simple as the 'Harridan Killer.'
elegantly I have been spoken of as 'Iris Killer,'
least of which truly applies to me. I
Am not merely a 'Throat-Eye-Heart Cutter,' and
now you yourself speak of me as the 'Tin Man.'

guarantee me that you will not use such a name
ever again. Although I will continue to
let you play this game with me, I will not allow
Oversimplification or belittlement degrade the
foundations of my Work. Soon, you will see how
Dangerous it is to cross me, and my place in
eternity will forever outlast your mere existance.

as you see fit,

the
harridan Killer."



"Yo, Cap'n!

Okay, so I hear you're having some trouble.
Ugly events happening, with many of these
Gruesome murders taking place in your city.
Optimism is key, though! Just keep full
Track of the death pattern, and their wounds.
I should probably mention, too, that I noticed
There was a parcel delivered to you recently.
You should probably look closer into that.

-Ace of Spades.
Your Buddy.

P.S. Pay close
Attention to the CAPITAL
LETTERS."

…I'm not filling in quotation marks for each paragraph. Too lazy.

Anyway, this was actually pretty rough for me to do. Particularly because I didn't want to make the killer's handwriting PERFECTLY LIKE FRANKLIN GOTHIC, so I had to… well, make his handwriting into Squire. I might make this his voice, what do you folks think?

Anyway, I originally wrote these letters in April for filler on "The Other Hosting Site," but I had no real means to post them here, so I took this opportunity.

Just know that I fixed the quotation marks in the first letter since I'm now enclosing it in… yeah, quotation marks. I unintentionally misspelled "appalled," but although Firefox caught it as a mistake, I left it to point out that the Harridan Killer is not some clever mastermind. Hell, sending in the heart and letter (IN HIS OWN HANDWRITING) was probably a major mistake. Makes me wonder if he wore gloves…

So… do all of you see what Ace saw, but the police didn't? :3