“AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGH”
[A scream full of extreme pain echoes in the distance as we approach.]
[The scream is followed by sounds of wincing and cries. Just beyond this door is the source of all this commotion.]
[THUD!]
[We step through the door, Damien Solus laying on the floor in the center of the room.]
[He starts to slowly pick himself up, allowing us to see all of the pain that he’s been caused.]
[There’s lacerations around all of his torso and arms. Blood flows freely as he carefully leans down to pick up the chair that he had fallen out of.]
“Most people hide from their pain.”
[A quiver is in his voice as he tries to position himself back into the chair very uneasily.]
“To them, pain is something that causes them great fear.”
“The agony and despair of being broken is something that can weigh heavily on one man’s mind.”
[Damien picks up a lighter from next to him, as well as a metal rod.]
[With a flick of the lighter, Damien continues as he heats the end of the probe.]
“Some of us have been burned before.”
“They have felt the warmth of the flames as it engulfs their body. They have felt the anguish caused by losing their most loved in that same fire.”
“And now, they hide under tethered wraps.”
“They say that they want nothing more than to bring the one who is responsible for their suffering to justice, giving their own son nothing but false hope because deep down inside, they allow their fear of misery to prevent them from ever achieving such.”
[Damien drops the lighter as the end of the metal rod glows red hot.]
“The Burned Man..”
“Allow me to share your suffering.”
[Solus takes the hot end of the rod and jams it straight into his forearm.]
“AAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGH!”
[Another scream of pain is given. Solus flinches as he screams but his gaze never leaves us.]
“Hiding from the pain is fruitless.”
“You’ll spend your entire life hiding from anything that can cause you misfortune.”
“I embrace the pain.”
[He rolls the hot poker down the length of his forearm through gritted teeth.]
“At Vendetta, our paths will indeed cross.”
“But I know your weakness, Burned Man.”
“I know that you will avoid what you fear at all cost.”
“This week, I will take you past your limits.”
“And I will bring unto you a black cloud of suffering that you cannot escape.”
“You’ve been hiding under those wraps for far too long.”
“It’s time for us to confront the pain that you’ve spent all these years running away from.”
[Clang!]
[Damien drops the metal rod to the ground before running his hand across the fresh burned mark on his arm.]
“At Vendetta, we will confront that pain together.”
“But unlike you, I will not break.”
[Solus takes a deep breath, falling into a relaxed state of mind in the confides of his chair.]
“Allow me to ease your pain..”
[Fade.]