The Ring

Ah! Welcome, welcome. I've been so absorbed with trimming my ingredients that I was delayed. I hope my Albina has been a most wonderful host to you all in my absence?

...!

You...

Yes, Maestro. They've denied my offer of friendship, but I've been trying nonetheless.

I see. Oh, it's such a pleasure to meet you all again. This gallery hardly ever sees visitors... so I was at once its only audience and Maestro.

.......

So, tragically, this humble gallery is yet to taste the piquancy of an unbiased critique.

Perhaps you could be my first?

... *gag*

Ah, I see that this piece here has captured your interest.

They were all people who have left me with such striking inspirations.

Loneliness, anxiety, weakness... Observe these raw facets of suffering - the inevitable state of existence that is most fittingly human.

Please direct your attention to this frontmost figure. You would be impressed to hear how those hands refused to let go of the partner's, even as I placed them atop this pedestal.

An unbreakable bond that remains unsevered, even as death comes to bear the subject away in its gentle embrace... I find such values utterly noble.

It would indeed have been a waste to let that precious little moment slip away, so I endeavored to preserve every second of it... down to the smallest capillaries, muscle tissues, and the quivering thereout.

Ah... aah...

Miss Alyssa...?

Perspective... has a way of transforming art, as the state of one's heart alters the evocative qualities of a piece.

So please, please do take your time as you tour through my gallery. Tell me how it all appears in your eyes -

My eyes...?

I'd rather gouge out my own eyeballs, you murdering fuck...!