Post by Paradiso on Nov 30, 2021 16:34:41 GMT -6
CANTO III
Mortui Homines
Through me the way is to the city Dolent;
Through me the way is to eternal dole;
Through me the way among the people lost.
Inhale
Exhale
Awoken, Paradiso looks around and sees nothing but blue. On a small boat, Sailing across an ocean. Across from him he sees Beatrice who is also currently sleeping. Most importantly there is Chiron still rowing away. For such an old skinny man his endurance and arm strength is incredible. Chiron notices Paradiso awakening.
"Mornin', glad ya got some sleep but oh boy were you twitching about. Bad dreams?"
"You could say that."
Paradiso said that in a low, almost whispering tone. He looks over and sees Beatrice now starting to move.
"Are we there yet? My ass is killing me."
Chiron laughs and finally stops rowing for a second. To grab a small sack which was the one thing he brought with him. He pulls out two cans of beans.
"Well I know it ain't much but y'all still gots ta eat."
Chiron hands each of them a can of beans and nods at them. Beatrice looks annoyed as she looks at the can and slowly places it near her feet. Paradiso rips off the top and starts gulping down the beans. Beatrice looks at Paradiso with such a puzzled look.
"What? I haven't eaten"
Beatrice puts her hands up without saying anything but her face reads "Don't let me stop you"
A bit of time passes without so much as a word between any of them. All of a sudden Chiron speaks up with a stirn tone. Completely different from how he normally speaks.
"We're comin up on it… The fog. Be prepared for anythin"
Paradiso goes from his relaxed lounging on the boat to now sitting normal with his elbows on his knees focusing on his surroundings. Beatrice looks at the both of them completely confused.
"Hold up, Hold up. Is this fog dangerous? I thought it was just a shortcut?"
"Aye, it definitely can be. Ye can get through fine most times but it is possible for Pirates to be on patrol. Though we have nothin they do have a bloodlust and… other urges. So let's avoid that shall we?"
"I'd like to see them try…"
They have entered the fog.
Can't even see 5 feet in front of them so now they only have Chirons intuition and knowledge of the area to get them through this.
Nothing eventful happens other than the sounds of the waves. Until the sound of another boat creaking not far off is heard. Chiron slows his paddling and shooshes so he can listen. He crouches down in the direction of the creaking.
It is now in sight, a larger boat with several armed men on top.
"Stay quiet, we're in a tough spot here. These aren't Pirates… Not sure whose boat this is."
Chiron paddles slowly to not make a noise closer to the much larger boat.
Closer they can hear the sounds of walking upon the wood floors and it's a lot of walking. Suddenly they hear a familiar voice speak.
"They HAVE to be out 'ere somewhere!! I know damn well they were going to see that weird old fuck! We will burn that witch and prop that big fucker on a cross and let the birds have 'im."
Paradiso stops and looks at Beatrice.
"It's that Ulysses guy from the village isn't it?"
"Sounds like it… Fuck. Didn't think they'd chase us."
"We'll take care of this one way or another"
"Keep it down a tad. Those folk scare me. Would hate to see em getcha."
"Well, what are we doing? I'm down to go up there and take them all down."
"They have weapons, Lad. I'm sure you could take a good chunk of em but you can't fight a bullet."
"What other choice we got? Try and paddle away so they can see or hear us and they just shoot us from there? I'll take my chances on fuckin em up on their own ship"
"I don't recommend it but… I'll wait right here if ya do"
Chiron Winks at them and takes a seat. He grabs a chunk of bread out of his sack and waves them off.
"You sure you wanna do this?"
"Of course I do. However we gotta do this quietly if we wanna not die right away ok?"
"Fine…"
They both step into the water quietly and lightly swim over to the ladder several feet away. Before climbing Beatrice stops Paradiso.
"Wait! I see a loose board into the bottom of the ship. Way easier to sneak in that way!"
"Good catch. I'll rip the boards off and get us in there."
Paradiso takes his wet shirt off and throws it away and dives back into the water and swims towards the broken boards. Beatrice watched and couldn't help but get a little flustered.
Paradiso grabs the primary broken board and slowly and quietly peeled it away from the nails. He gets the 1st board off and peers inside. Mostly dark other than a lantern or two down there but also with a single guard who was taking a nap.
Two more boards and they could both slide in pretty easily. The next one comes off smoothly as well and with little noise. The last one was a bit more stuck. Paradiso pulled on it and it cracked quite a bit making a sound along with it. The guard who was sleeping opened his eyes but still groggy, slowly stood up to go check out the new hole in the ship.
"Well dats weird. How'd dat happen?"
The guard asked himself before getting pulled into the water by Paradiso. Paradiso got his hands wrapped around the guards neck pushing his thumbs into the jugular. He dunked his head under water and looked at him in the eyes as he slowly passed away.
He looks up and sees Beatrice looking at him in shock, almost terror.
"Let's… get on the boat."
To be continued...
UNKNOWN LOCATION. JAIL CELL?
As my story is told you learn more about me. The story of self discovery! Who am I? Why am I even fucking here? I've killed people and yet here I am. I'm free and yet I'm not, I have never felt free ever in my life. I've always been held down by my own demons, the ones I fight on a daily fucking basis. I can't escape from what goes on in my head, there's only one cure for that. One I am not quite ready for.
We all fight these thoughts, Demons, anxieties, there is no running because they're in our fucking head. Telling us to do things we're not sure about. Things we would never do in the right state of mind. That is why I'm here. Traveling where ever the fuck BPW goes. Because my head tells me to, not that I want to. I want my story heard, I want to inflict the same pain upon others that I feel every.single.day.
This cell? This is where I belong but where I will never be. I have these demons in my head but they aren't driving... I am. I'm the fucking driver of this vessel, I'm the one who says what I do, I'm the one who still feels the pain I recieve and most importantly give. This is who I god damn am and I hate it... See ya soon, Joule... Ortiz.
UNKNOWN LOCATION. JAIL CELL?
As my story is told you learn more about me. The story of self discovery! Who am I? Why am I even fucking here? I've killed people and yet here I am. I'm free and yet I'm not, I have never felt free ever in my life. I've always been held down by my own demons, the ones I fight on a daily fucking basis. I can't escape from what goes on in my head, there's only one cure for that. One I am not quite ready for.
We all fight these thoughts, Demons, anxieties, there is no running because they're in our fucking head. Telling us to do things we're not sure about. Things we would never do in the right state of mind. That is why I'm here. Traveling where ever the fuck BPW goes. Because my head tells me to, not that I want to. I want my story heard, I want to inflict the same pain upon others that I feel every.single.day.
This cell? This is where I belong but where I will never be. I have these demons in my head but they aren't driving... I am. I'm the fucking driver of this vessel, I'm the one who says what I do, I'm the one who still feels the pain I recieve and most importantly give. This is who I god damn am and I hate it... See ya soon, Joule... Ortiz.
