Jackie's Book of Shadows (CH2)

Chapter 2    
   
I  
   
Cipher stands with dragon cane, admiring    
the archway to Netherwoods Boardwalk, as    
mercurial moonshine glitters over the surface    
of the water, a sight, washing over his    
perception like catharsis born and reborn,  
a wave machine of purification of perception,  
wave after wave, a constant source.  
   
Eyes closed, he delves further into the frequency,  
enhancing the senses.  
   
It is the Frequency of Leviathan.  
   
II  
   
The Leviathan Meditations increase one’s    
powers by exploring the formlessness of    
the void, delving ever deeper, over time,    
modifying one in ways beyond the    
practitioner's imaginings.    
   
Cipher breathes deeply, in and out, through    
his nostrils, opening his eyes, feeling    
the power expanding.  
   
So many sources of power, hiding in plain  
sight    
   
His black leather boots touch plank after    
plank, having a cadence of a forward march.  
   
III  
   
The boardwalk goes along the shores of    
Netherwoods Cove, having periodic    
viewing areas.  
   
This time of night was normally empty.  
   
There is someone standing.  
   
As an advocate for privacy, Cipher seldom    
read minds, but certain folks...  
   
He would catch flashes of things.  
   
This man, standing, had a mind infected    
with sick perversions.  
   
The Book of the Spiral Path requires sacrifices…  
   
He was The Caller of the Text.  
   
IV  
   
“Nice night.”  Cipher said.    
   
Startled, the man resembles someone    
caught on camera in some sort of    
sting for deviants, which seemed    
understandable, considering the things    
he had in mind for that night.  
   
Before the man could speak, Cipher    
extracts sword from sword cane,  
impaling it through the man’s heart,  
sticking out tongue.  
   
“Shhh…”  
   
Touching his lips with right, gloved    
finger, he cradles the body, quickly    
going limp, into the seat, sitting next    
to the man, placing arm over shoulder,  
looking out into darkness as abyss.  
   
“What a great view.”  
   
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