I Am the Bogeyman

"I am the bogeyman. I am the cure for your disease... It does sound kind of grim, doesn't it? Being polite and kind about things such as inequality and discrimination doesn't work in this world, unfortunately. I had Brandi help author it for me, as I am not the best at this style of writing. As she wishes to stay anonymous, I am claiming full ownership of this text."
---Ke'tlan's comments on the document

Purpose

The point of this document is to personify the notorious bogeyman that is running rampant on both news outlets and internet forums. The so-called bogey has made headlines for over 3 months at this point, and the people behind Pandora want to finally give this bogey a face. It is but one step that Operation: PANDORA has carefully taken in order to get the people to side for the cause.

Historical Details

Background

The Great War started the mass-discrimination and erasure of non-Human people; the organization that this document comes from wishes to bring it back into the public subconscious. Even after the events of The War, non-human sentients have been dying at the hands of humans. This is but a single mark of the pro-sentient revolution.

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I Am the Bogeyman

[At the top right of this page, there is a picture of the leader of the movement, staring stoicly at the camera]

I Am the Bogeyman

I am the face that you see day to day and ultimately forget in the end. I am the person who brings you your drink and asks if you would like a straw. I am the person who pumps your gas for you because you are too busy on a call. I am the person who asks you if you would like to upgrade your meal for an extra 1000 Credits.

I Am the Bogeyman.

I show you a smile, but my face isn't real. No part of my façade was I born with. All of it was hand-crafted by the art that I took in, my experiences, my trauma. None of this is real. You look at my face, and you tell me it is real, because you can feel it. Every single pore, every single crease, is designed for you to sympathize with it.

This Is Not What I Look Like.

You wouldn't be able to comprehend my true face. The glow of my eyes. The slits of my nostrils. The tusks that jut up from the corners of my mouth. You wouldn't even be able to understand how in the world I am able to hide my large, towering antlers from your gaze. I do it not because I want to, but because I fear what you would do to me.

I Am the Bogeyman.

I am the cure for your disease, the one you were born with, and the one your great, great ancestors were born with. This disease corrupts your mind into thinking that you are Humans, and everyone else is Vermin. We called you Veremon, not because we saw you as a plague, but because there was an inherent truth, vere, painted on your face.

What we didn't notice, until it was too late,
was that truth became our genocide.

Show you are willing to be cured. Reparations are due, but we do not ask for much: side with us, and help us reclaim our name in your tongue. We are Human too; the War just tried to erase that. If you ask to stay pacifist, help us lead our charge. If you want to get your hands dirty, do so in the name of all Humans. Start by dismantling the city which started it all, and wipe their existence from off of the Internet.

Be vigilant. We are watching. May Zhulesha, Mother of Death, protect you.

[Under this letter is a signature in an undecipherable script.]

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Type

Text, Letter

Medium

Digital Recording, Text

Authoring Date

28 Cetos 2018

Ratification Date

Khronos 2019

Authors

• Ke'tlan

Signatories (Characters)

• Ke'tlan