Altair – A Letter
LETTER
To whom it may concern,
Good evening. Forgive me for my lack of etiquette as to skipping all introductions and formalities, but I would like to believe that I am a man of business, my time is precious as is yours, so let me cut to the chase.
As you may know, a certain valuable of yours has come to my possession and I would like to discuss how we may arrive at an even compromise. Just to let you know, I take no pride in this trade but the world is a bleak place and one must bleed to make a living…No pun intended.
But nevertheless, I am a man of my word, so you can rest assured that as long as all my humble requests are met, everything will come along accordingly, with the least amount of distress for all parties involved.
I do trust that you, my friend, honor the value of your word as much as I do. For though our relationship may be brief, it is a most precarious one, and I would hate for us to end it in a distasteful manner. And believe you me, if things do turn out that way, it will be far more distasteful for you than it will be for me.
Though I admit I have never really been fond of blonds before I imagine that your little precious one will be quite a tasty morsel. I hope that you will be able to satiate my desires before dinner, lest I change my mind and seek satisfaction elsewhere…and we wouldn’t want that, now would we?
It has been a pleasure doing business with you. And after tonight, I only pray, for the love of God, that we will never meet again.
Sincerely yours,
Anonymous
Whoa. Hannibal?
Interesting read.
I wanted to veer in between a cannibal or a rapist but i guess i leaned over to one side at the last few sentences. Yummy.
Very exquisitely written, with just the right amount of distance in the letter from the reader, and poise in the tone. I can hear Anthony Hopkins talking as my eyes move across the text.
Elegant. A great flow of words.
*Because you mentioned it Oracle, yeah. I can hear him too.