Clown the Jester
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Dr. Adrian Powell’s Private Notes. Source: Dr. Adrian Powell's Written Effects Entry Date: August 20th Beginning of Entry My first session with Clown the Jester was certainly unique. His every word, hand motion, twitch of the eye was deliberate. Perhaps staged, planned ahead of time. Nothing he did was without meaning. He spoke with hand gestures to emphasize every word he said. My first impression of Clown the Jester was shocking. I saw his picture many times in the news; however, seeing his picture or news clipping of him, is nothing like seeing Clown the Jester face to face. I was rather taken aback by his appearance. It struck me how grotesque the face of a clown could truly be, causing me to ponder the many effects such a freakish face could bare on Clown the Jester’s mentality. I have evaluated the mental state of convicts about to go on trial many times before this, 46 times in fact. The convicts usually try to persuade me that they were not mentally responsible for their actions and ask for the insanity plea. Others bragged about their crimes claiming proudly that they did what they did and did not wish to be tried insane because they wanted the world to know their acts. The sessions with those claiming to be insane followed similar patterns. They give similar bad childhood stories or mumble nonsense and animal noises, convinced their unoriginal acts could trick an experienced doctor that they were mentally unstable. I would declare to the court my opinion that they were in sound mind and under their own control when they committed their crimes and they would experience justice. However, there were those few among the dozens that had true mental problems that made the defendants unaccountable for their actions. For those few I would recommend treatment and usually they received the treatment they required. However, my interview with Clown the Jester was as I stated above, unique. He was not trying to persuade me that he was insane nor did he deny it. To be honest, I don’t think he cared that his life was on the line. He told me many times during our interview that the trial would be nothing more than a joke. When I asked him how he felt, knowing he could face the death penalty, Clown the Jester burst out laughing saying, “I’d like to see them try and kill me. How do they ice men in orange now days? Fry them? Inject goo into their arms? Firing squad that throw their guns at their targets? Chop their heads open with an axe? Tickle them to death with a big purple feather? How do they do it nowadays? HOO HOO HOO! More importantly…which of the methods do they think would actually work? Heh heh…How dirty are they willing to do me in? Do you think they’ll let Drakkoniss kill me? I’d bet he’d like that…heh heh. Maybe they’d let me kill him too. HEE HEE!” I asked him how he felt about families of his victims; he burst out laughing again and said, “Can’t believe they’re charging me with 325 accounts of murder. I must have killed at least three times more than that. And who gives a snap about their folks and relatives? Why don’t we cut out the middle man and talk about my victims? Why did I do it? Is it because I’m CRAZY? Did I kill so many people just for kicks?” Clown the Jester answered, “They were never alive. Never. Those people filling the cemetery were merely puppets. They had no lives no souls. They were slaves to routine. Marching left and right, going to the store, picking up milk and bread, feeding their cats, paying bills, driving children to school. My victims didn’t even have thoughts! They thought the same old thoughts society brainwashes us with. Need to buy the newest gadgets. Need to pay the bills. How much longer till their shift at work is over? What should they do tonight? They were empty husks! Puppets! Puppets without a proper puppet master. Nothing but illusions that trick our eyes. I didn’t cut the throats of people. I cut the strings of puppets.” Throughout our interview, Clown the Jester was surprisingly calm and most cooperative. True he showed no guilt nor concern over the atrocities he committed; however he did not seem like the deranged serial killer I read about in the news. The only bizarre attribute he showed was his occasional lack of focus. His eyes darting across the room as if noticing something that I could not. He would resume talking to me, bending his head to the side as nonchalant as he could and clamping his hand over his left ear. Clown the Jester began to chuckle softly, asking me to repeat my last question. Delusions and hallucinations. When I asked him if he was alright, Clown the Jester was quick to answer, “I didn’t get much sleep last night. Heh…the guy next cell over to mine was telling me with very imaginative detail how he planned to slice me up. Heh heh…say what you will about the riff raff…Hee hee…they’re a creative bunch.” “The other inmates seem to take a negative attitude towards you,” I said. “If you feel threatened, I can recommend to the Warden that you be transferred to a more secluded cell.” “Tempting, but it don’t matter where I hide if the world’s against me Doc,” Clown the Jester replied. “The only place I can hide is IN-SANE. WA HA HA HA HA! No Doc…I can’t run from my new community.” “Are you sure?” I asked him. “The residents here are a lot like a pack of wild animals in a jungle,” Clown the Jester explained. “They are a scared little tribe trying to be as powerful as they can while being locked up in a zoo. They usually cling to a king of the jungle. A lion if you will. I just gotta find the crowned king of the petting zoo and…reach out to him.” “Reach out to him?” I asked, unsure of his meaning. “Talk to him, see what we have in common, give him a hug,” Clown the Jester explained. “It’s like in school. I befriend the popular kid and feed of his coolness like a leech. I don’t think it’ll be hard. I know a bunch of cool magic tricks that will make me the king the ant hill! Heh heh…and I know a few good jokes.” “These are not small time thugs,” I explained to Clown the Jester. “They’re harden killers who love jumping new guys. You won’t last five minutes among the general populace.” “Oh but I have some killer magic tricks,” Clown the Jester assured. “They’ll have no choice but to love me!” I must admit I expected him to be thrashing around in his Smasher Neutralizer Suit and restraints destroying everything like a wild beast. He had two highly trained guards watching over him, however they were unneeded. Clown the Jester sat properly in his seat, answering all my questions with thoughtful and intelligent answers. Our topics of conversation changed from his court case to our views of the politics, religion, and mind. I found his view of accepting his insanity and using it to benefit his entire life astounding. His perspectives on the labels of sanity and insanity were enlightening. I soon began to see the albino skinned serial killer anarchist not as a monster on trial for crimes against humanity but as a rational, intelligent, perhaps even a misunderstood individual. We continued our fascinating debate until the guards informed me that they had to take Clown the Jester back to his cell. I had no idea that my conversation with Clown the Jester had lasted a full four hours. Four hours of debating, chatting, analyzing. As he was escorted out of the Interrogation room, Clown the Jester said to me, “We’ll have to chat some other time Doc, you won’t see what’s inside here (points at the side of his head) in just one session. But don’t worry; you’ll get to see all that you’re looking for soon enough.” As he was led down the Medical Staff Wing, Clown the Jester’s entire nature changed. He began letting out wild shrieks of laughter, spitting into the helmet visor of Officer O’Donald (one of the guards escorting him,) and started telling a monstrous joke about sawing the legs off a small child. The intelligent thinking individual that I interviewed had changed into that of a savage cruel maniac that the world perceived him. His sudden mood swing seemed to fit the symptoms of multiple personality disorder that was enacted under a certain trigger. I feel this trigger that caused his violent behavior was due to his sudden change in scenery and surroundings. While in his interrogation room he was able to discuss with an intellect his theories, thus adopting a controllable man debating his views. As soon as he was exposed to the aggressive natures of the Convicts threatening to kill him, his mind reverted to a savage state to adapt to his surroundings. Paranoid Schizophrenia. The hallucinations, the paranoia, inability to show empathy over his victims, the changes in personality might even go as far as dissociative identity disorder all pointed towards paranoid schizophrenia. However some attributes didn’t add up. Clown the Jester’s genius level intelligence and ability to enunciate his speech with clarity. However, I cannot make a final diagnosis in one session. I need to find out the extent of Clown the Jester’s madness, the traumas and causes, and most important the treatment. I’ve set up a series of interviews with Clown the Jester. A session every other day. I thought about our discussions. His incredible knowledge of psychology. Surly he would also be able to diagnose this condition or maybe he wanted me to so quickly choose Paranoid Schizophrenia. Could it be Clown the Jester had acted the entire scene? The hints of hallucinating, the striking transformation scene. What if Clown the Jester had no mental disorder? Besides the fact he slaughters random people for his amusement. Termination of Entry
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