In Cold Blood Quotes

“As I look down upon this massive gathering I see success. What is our birth creed,” asked the octopus on Bodabwoopi’s arm. Its voice boomed from speakers attached to the unimaginably tall poles that held the tent up. “Laugh, kill, recruit, and feed,” the clowns all answered as I climbed up the scaffold. “That’s right. Above all else make them laugh. Happy food is more delicious. Why then do we kill,” it questioned. “Unhappy food is distasteful and unfit for our lord,” they all answered. “The salty tears of sadness should never grace his perfect taste buds. Why then do we recruit,” it asked. By now I was a quarter of the way up and I was grumbling about having to listen to this evil creature’s speech. “To recruit is to use food to get more food,” they answered in unison. “Our master is insatiably hungry. Why do we feed him?” “Our lord is perfect and we are all made from him and for him. We exist to feed his hunger,” they answered. “We all are perfect because we come from perfection. It is only right that we help feed him the world, so that the whole world can be perfect,” the little octopus cheered and likewise all the clowns did too. I took a moment to sit on a bar and relax my arms. “Let us welcome some new brothers and sisters to our fellowship today and then I will make a big announcement.” A spotlight …show more content…
Soon the victims were freaking out as octopi slithered their tentacles all over them. The octopi fought amongst themselves for a spot on the victims’ faces and were so caught up in their sumo-wrestling that death came to them when they were grabbed and bashed by the caged victims in the primitive fray. Honoring the ancient clown apparently was worth any sacrifice to these little freaks. When one of the octopi managed to get into position, the victims would immediately become limp, and the other octopi would exit the cage looking as downtrodden as an octopus could