"3: singularly evil or productive of evil"
And... we're off:
“Hello! I’m Wink
Barkercrest, welcoming you back to ‘America’s
Next Top Serial Killer.’ Recapping last week, we saw two contestants go down,
as they just didn’t meet your high
standards of macabre mayhem. So, we said
goodbye to ‘Hacksaw’ Hank Hannigan and Marie Guadolo, AKA ‘The Angel of Death.’”
“That leaves us with three finalists for the interview
round. Please give a warm welcome to ‘The
Sheboygan Slasher,’ Sergei ‘Bullseye’ Wackoffski
, and… Eugene.”
“OK, first up, ‘The Sheboygan Slasher.’ Sir, can I call you ‘slash?’
“No.”
“All right… can you tell me your real name?”
“No.”
“Mr. Slasher it is,
then. Tell America: what compels you to
kill?”
“My goldfish, Aristotle.
He tells me who he wants for dinner, then I capture and filet that
person.”
“Wow, sounds grisly!
Any idea who might be next?”
“Well, Aristotle’s been on a T.V. Personality kick recently…”
“O.K! We’ll move on
to contestant number two. Mr. Wackoffski…”
“Please, call me Sergei, my last name does not translate
well from Cyrillic.”
“I’ll say. Now, Sergei,
how do you keep track of how many people you have ‘offed?’”
“Say hello to my little friend… In this digital tablet, I
have stored the particulars of all my contracts.”
“Hmmmm. Bet Interpol would
love to get their hands on that!”
“Absolutely. That is
why I would blow up this building rather than be taken alive.”
“Right! Now, on to contestant
three. It says here you go by “Eugene.”
Is that it?"
“That’s right; just Eugene.
I think it sounds more sinister that way, don’t you?”
“Uh-huh. So, Eugene,
what do you do for a living?”
“I’m a political consultant.
I recruit people for focus groups, lock them in a room and show them
many political campaign commercials to gauge their reactions.”
“It’s a good thing we’re out of time, because I think I’m
going to be sick. We’ll see you next time, and…Sergei, where are you going?”
“I am not sitting next to him. He makes me feel dirty…”
Oh, ha ha ha ha ha. I LOVE this ... I'm so glad to not be the only one who wrote about politicians this week! This is so fun ... I was waiting for the host to get filleted by the first guy, I was so sure that was going to happen I didn't even see this coming! Brilliant!
ReplyDeleteWhat a timely twist! Love it!
ReplyDeleteI love this! Very imaginative.
ReplyDeletelol this is great :D I thought Eugene was going to be a crazy killer but he's even worse! ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is a great premise. I love the names and each with their quirky personalities. You should write more!
ReplyDeleteSinister Eugene!
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