[Video] An accidental, personal rant

[mysterioisthetruth]

[warning: threads could potentially contain manipulation, emotional abuse, violence]

[In complete rejection of the vulnerability within himself - the sadness and weakness that he felt his unwanted shadow version had projected - Beck has become more unstable, spurred on by the feeling of lacking control. He's been working with his tech and while frantically pushing buttons, he's accidentally switched on to broadcast.]

Okay, let's do this one more time...

[He's speaking to the side, at something not seen by the camera. His voice is tense.]

It isn't enough that you made me feel like I was this small.

[His fingers close down to nothingness.]

No, not even that small. That I didn't exist.

Or that it felt like I was dead and gone and still should only be spoken about as a waste of space.

No. No, no no...

[He shakes his head, grimacing and the tension is starting to boil up and over.]

No, now you have to bring that into it--

[He points at something again out of camera range.]

Something that really, really shouldn't exist. I'm past that. I'm better than that. Despite your best efforts to keep me invisible, I'm not. People see me. People know who I am, for better or... for worse.

[He clenches his jaw at those words, fists forming at his sides.]

I'm noticed. That's what's important here.

Right? Right?

[His voice is rising, passionately angry.]

I am a known entity. I am Mysterio!

[He makes a grand sweeping gesture and his formerly regular clothing instantly transforms and reveals he's actually wearing his flashy hero suit.]

This is who I am now. It's who I'm meant to be - and you are not going to stop me. Not by your words. Not by your memory. Nothing you can do can stop me.

[He's glaring angrily past the camera then he raises his hands, green energy forming around them. His voice is quieter but now deadly.]

I should have killed you in more than just a story.

[And he lets the energy flash across the room in a bright, destructive blast. The shock of it is enough to jar the device and cut off the feed.]

Comments

[mysterioisthetruth]

An audience of one. This was for me.

So I could watch him die over and over and over...

[redcosmedic]

[ Knock Out makes a mildly interested sound. ]

Well, self-therapy's better than none, I suppose.

[ Not judging. Faintly amused, if anything. ]

[mysterioisthetruth]

I'll do what has to be done.

[redcosmedic]

And has your need for illusory vengeance been filled?

[mysterioisthetruth]

No.

It's not nearly satisfying enough yet.

[redcosmedic]

[ Knock Out's nonchalant at this answer. He wouldn't have been satisfied raging at a holo of Silas either, not if the real one was out there somewhere. Thankfully, Knock Out had enjoyed a much more hands-on method. ]

Unsurprising.

I'll let you get back to your self-remediation, then.

[mysterioisthetruth]

I think my next order of business is fixing my wall....

[redcosmedic]

[ Knock Out laughs. ]

Assuming people will let you have enough peace and quiet to do so.

[mysterioisthetruth]

Oh, they'll regret it if they don't.

[redcosmedic]

Ah ah, careful with statements like those. You're the one who made a spectacle of yourself, now own up to it.

[mysterioisthetruth]

Then I'll just have to make an even greater spectacle in the future, so nobody will even remember this.

[redcosmedic]

[ This is like dealing with a small, fleshy Starscream. Knock Out's almost, almost, impressed... in the worst way possible. ]

A word of advice: you might want to craft one that doesn't bring into question your mental stability.

[mysterioisthetruth]

Appearances can be deceiving. People will believe what they're shown.