Ahh...40. The age of mid-life crisis...oh and madness as well ig.

What I'm going to do/have done! (Section)

Planning to re-read everything up to this point and make a few notes about character descriptions/lore/etc.

Things getting a bit too complex too wing it.

Plus, it could be future patreon stuff!

Things I wrote just for you (And the others here as well!...Section.)

Is that...me?

...Yes, it was. But I was seeing myself from another...perspective.

Sometimes from above, sometimes from below, sometimes close, and plenty far away.

Yet no matter how far it went, it remained only me, in the darkness.

And that could only mean-

???: "Yes yes, enough with the wide eyes. After all, who else could've made you remember, but the one within your mind?"

At the center of my forehead, a giant eye opened. And It slid down my head and neck, stopping at my hand.

???: "In your palm I am, yet don't forget-'

My next change of perspective brought a gun to my hand.

???: "Who gives you the tools to kill-"

My eyesight changed to my sides, I could faintly see a red dot on my ear

???: "Who always has its scope on you-"

My vision returned to normal.

Bullseye: "Who in the end-"

And all I could see was the eye.

???: "Calls the shots...?"

I sighed.

Agent Instakill: "Bullseye?"

Bullseye smiled in its special way.

Bullseye: "Good girl. Though, Bullseye thinks you're in a veeeryy baaadd situation! Why, I had to use a LOT of whammy zammy demon hammy to slow down your mind enough to even talk to you. Y'know what that means, don't you?"

I stayed quiet, I didn't have the energy left to play its clever word games.

Bullseye frowned.

Bullseye: "It means your going to bleed like Mrs.Carrie's classmates after their heads went pop Pop POP!!! HAHAHAHA! And with all that blood you're bound to die! Wither princess does it or...?"

I rolled my eyes.

Agent Instakill: "Bullseye?"

Bullseye: "That's bullseye! Hahahaha-"

!!!

My perspective flipped again.

Now I was looking from above. And I saw the demon of tales pressing its head against my gun's barrel. Its blade was already halfway into my neck.

Below us was Bullseye, as it was the ground we stood on.

Bullseye: "So if you're gonna die, no matter what you try, then why not go ahead and hit-"

My perspective moved to my gun.

Bullseye: "Bullseye?"

...

The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation.

I steadied my hands, steadied my breath, and steadied my resolve at what must be done next.

For though I was cold, a weapon needs no warmth.

All it needs is a target, for it to hit-

BANG!

Bullseye!

...

...I pulled my head back as much as I could.

The blade was out of my throat, but still firmly in my jaw.

...Fuck it!

SSSSHHRIK!

fuck Fuck FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!

My jaws in half! My jaws in half! My jaws in half-

c-CCCRRREEEK!

I bit down so hard that I could feel my teeth splitting my gums apart.

But I controlled that pain, it was my own.

Control...that's it!

Blood trailed down my chin, my fingers, and even my eyes.

Yet none of that could stop me from smiling.

Agent Instakill: "Iuu ghHHUUT iTTT! WOU, WOU STURIES! WOUUU ULL STUURIES! HuHUHUHUHUAHAHAUH-"

I laughed and laughed and laughe-

Agent Instakill: "g-GCHK!"

And choked on my own blood. It was just too funny.

I mean, how did I miss it? It was so obvious! It's like I wanted to hurt this bad!

Hehaha...its...its like...stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself! STOP-

Agent Instakill: "Ghg-HhaahaahAHAHAHAHA-"

I laughed and cried at how ridiculous it was.

The demon of tales: "...Well, it seems you've gone mad. I suppose my job-"

BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG-

Fwoosh!

The Demon's eyes widened as the souls rushed away.

And so, I spun in the air. Falling with laughs and tears.

SwoooKCH!

The demon's slash would've killed me if I hadn't blocked it with my guns.

Once more the force dented my weaponry and flung me across the trees like a thrown pebble in a river stream.

THUD!

I laughed at how my back throbbed from the collision against the tree branch. The luck of me not just snapping my neck on it was incredible. Thanks to that, I could keep fighting for a while longer. And that made me cry all the harder.

At the same time, my bullets fell from the sky. Shining white like a shooting star, I made a wish for a pony and a heavenly song.

The demon of tales: "No!"

Agent Instakill: "YUUUUUSS!"

I laughed even louder as the demon swatted my silver bullets away. So obvious, isn't it?

It's the demon of tales after all. So of course its powers come from the stories.

And therefore, so must those stories' weaknesses.

Ooooh! No wonder it kept trying to break my will! To scare me into believing I could do nothing!

After all, the more people believe that the story's monsters are unbeatable...the more they truly are!

hehahah, its...its basically made us all buy into its own...HYPE! HAhahaHAHAHAHAH!

Holy shit! I'm such an idiot! I'm such a fucking idiot for not seeing it sooner!

Hahah...its so...so obvious. Hahuuuguhghhhh!

The demon of tales: "...Whatever, you're already too weak and mad for it to matter. I'll just-"

BANG!

My bullet curved around the demon's head, then moved a dozen meters before smashing into a shadow I barely even realized was there.

...thump.

The shadow dropped to the floor. Wait...no. Looking closely, I realized it was not a shadow at all. But a man with a rather large knife.

At the same time, near the demon a scythe dropped to its feet, slashing in one more mark before vanishing from sight.

Ah...haha...so...my gut was right...

No wonder my bullets couldn't reach it, death itself was guarding it from its demise.

WAS.

...The demon was staring at the man's body, its mouth gaping.

The demon of tales: "but...But how? The...the story! He snuck past the guards of that rich bitch, he was as hidden as a shadow! How could you-"

Agent Instakill: "IDIUUT!"

With my head bowed and arms limp, I struggled to my feet.

Agent Instakill: "Cuntruct...uluwsy....BULLSYS! BULLSYS! BULLSYS!!!"

I took a step forward.

Agent Instakill: "u-Und du Yuuu tINK, ur...ur unly une, whuu-"

I let go of my guns, raised my hands to my jaw, and-

SCCCRRRRK!

smashed it back together.

Agent Instakill: "Who...who has a story they want to follow? An idea or outline of their lives they'd like to stick to? You...YOU THINK I DON'T HAVE MY OWN!?"

With a stomp of my foot and a growl, two more guns slid into my hands.

Agent Instakill: "I...I am Instakill...a weapon...that kills everything! So... whether my story ends in tragedy or not... it's not ending until y-your-"

Raising my head, I screamed so hard that my jaw trembled, that the blood in my eyes shot out, that my entire body shook under the weight of my conviction.

As it knew it could not drop until it was fulfilled. Until the demon was-

Instakill: "DEEAAAAD!"

The final section! (Section.)

THIS CHAPTER IS DEAAAAAD...nah its just ended ig lol.