Monologue - Chronic Regret

One of my writing assignments required the creation of a monologue from the perspective of a villain or antagonist in our next play. I decided to write from the perspective of a cult leader known as the Prophet of Repentance. Here it goes.

Prophet of Repentance: My children, today the Darkness comes as close to consuming us as it ever has in our trialed past. You may think the Prime Construct near destruction, but this is not so. The Interloper has been killed and the threat from the Dark Authority quelled, for the time being. The pigs still remain unenlightened to our grand Purpose, so our projects are safe from prying eyes. We must continue down the Path, fighting the oblivion of darkness, and embark on our Great Journey.

Some among us speak blasphemies against the Path, but this is the result of ignorance so I shall forgive such transgressions. The blasphemies consist of misplaced pity, the result of confusion and fear spawned by the Darkness and planted in our midst by the Interloper. I nipped the seed of discord in the bud, a necessary action to preserve our movement along the Path. Some said the Interloper should have been quarantined, but I say infections need to be inoculated against. Hence the death of the Interloper saved us from infection and his blood cleanses the Path and allows the light to shine for one more day.

I sacrificed the Interloper for a greater Purpose as all animals should be used. Those who serve the Dark Authority gave up their humanity when they prostrated before the Darkness. We must continue down the Path and fulfill our goal of enlightening humanity and moving beyond the weakness of human instinct. The Interloper sought to subject us to the urges and impulses of our darker nature, the pity and fear you may feel must be discarded as evil. The Path requires us to rise above human emotion lest we fall down to our hands and knees as the Interloper had. We remain on the Path; we’re dedicated to the Truth. We will persevere.