บท 372: 372. Saints and Sinners Part II ~Nice Guys Finish L...
Back then...
Welcome, Miguel Ibarra!
"H-Hello...?" asked a nervous Miguel Ibarra. "Where... am I?"
You drowned, Miguel. Trying to save a child. I have some news for you!
"I'm in Hell, aren't I...?" he's about to cry.
No! You... are the one and only good person in the entire Universe who is alive right now at this very moment. You... are the Messiah! The only person who has a heart of gold... is you.
"That sounds... lonely..."
You... aren't going to boast, huh? This is the seventh time, after all. I understand.
Of course, he won't boast! He's perfect! He's my son! My one and only favorite!
"I'm your favorite? That doesn't sound very fair..."
You are among seven of my favorites...
"Won't people get jealous of me? That's awful! I don't want that!"
Well...
"And I don't want to be special... I don't want people to love and respect me just because I'm the Messiah...!"
But...!
"I want to be... a person... treated as one... I don't want this! I DON'T WANT-!!!"
LOOK HERE!!! YOU'RE ALL WE'VE GOT, YOU GOT THAT!? WE CHOSE YOU!!! WE DECIDED FOR YOU TO EXIST!!! WE DECIDED THAT YOU'RE OUR INCARNATION SO ACCEPT IT!!!
Miguel bows his head, crying. "I don't deserve this...I don't..."
Well... You're a good person. We chose you... Accept that...
Miguel's eyes go yellow. "I don't think so..." his voice morphed into MABUS'.
Miguel sighs in relief, being away from everything, staying in the grasslands. He stayed in a beautiful aetherial world with beautiful rainbow stars. He stayed quietly on top of a tall mountain as the wind blows in his hair. He lays on a cliff and slept there.
Suddenly, he is awakened by footsteps, but he isn't bothered by this.
"Anne doesn't deserve you. No one deserves you," said MABUS, speaking in his normal voice.
"Because I'm too good for humanity?"
MABUS sighs. "Your first incarnation... in accordance with the 11th World Timeline... Jesus... The first thing they did to you was be disgusted by you. Every incarnation... They were so very disgusted by you... They laughed at you. Because you thought differently. 'Why does he get special treatment by this... God?' They don't deserve who you are... To be in their world."
"They do... Because I'm just a person. We are people, okay!? No one gets to say otherwise... That we're just a symbol... an object... an idol... We're people..."
"Keep telling yourself that.You're not a person...I need a hero..." said MABUS. "We all do. We all need a hero to pick us up when we're humiliated... Beaten to the ground. But we fall to pick ourselves up.But what if we can't...? You... become... me...The person we love... doesn't deserve us. An unfaithful prostitute found in the slums of your barangay..."
"She's the one I love..."
"Bad guys don't get the girls. Bad girls don't get the guys. Because you know what they are!? Traitors! Scum!The first thing I was told becoming this person is that I'm the only good person in the universe."
"Same."
"And you know what we argued! We both argued to God that what he told us was lonely! Because it's lonely on top! I refused to believe that.But if no one loves you... if everyone hates you... if no one ever loved you... if everybody decided to continue hating you... you would've been me."
"There is a difference between being 'nice' and being a good person."
"And you're a good person?"
Miguel shakes his head. "I'm a person. There is no such thing as good or bad. There are only good and bad actions. We're good because we do good. But you're a bad guy... because... I know what you've done... you fucking piece of shit... Our own family...!? Dad!? Erica!? Anne!? Kariel!?" Miguel spits on the ground.
"You just say that because they cried for you on your timeline... And you just hate me because you would've been me."
"No. I would've chosen better."
"When I was on that cross, no one cheered. No one cried. Because I wasn't there to advertise it. The one who killed me in my timeline was Dio Salvi, and he fought for fascism, not anarchy. I returned with a vengeance, to kill everyone.No one sees me... No one ever did... see me..."
"Yes... No one saw us..." said Miguel, correcting him. "But that doesn't mean the Omniverse deserves our punishment for that."
"God brought Hitler to the Jews for killing Christ."
"Fuck you for saying that."
"WHY NOT BRING ANARCHY TO THE WORLD WHO KILLED US!?"
"FUCK YOU!!! People don't deserve to be punished. Killed to be stopped? That's okay. But to punish them!? That's fucking sick. People deserve redemption."
"Even me? I killed our family!"
"Yes... Even... Even you..."
"Pfft!"
"Even Adolf could've been given redemption if he had the chance... But he was a monster... So God decided to punish him. Punishment? No... I say that was his consequence... To burn in Hell... It's because of his actions... Because his intentions were right... But the way he hurt people..."
"You think you get to redeem me as well? I genocided an entire Universe. I used everyone's favorite love stones."
"You've mastered control over all Six Infinity Stones? Have you stopped the arm-burn problem?"
"I know that you also don't get affected by these stones."
"Well... Yeah! Just didn't wanna brag... Using them doesn't really hurt me anymore... But saying that would be like-... 'Ooh... Look at this dude... What a bragging bitch...'"
"Alright... Alright... Just know that we're all out for your blood..."
"Alright... But I may be the chosen one... Yet I'm not the main character. We're... We're never gonna really be the main character... and you know that...I'm only slightly bitter about it... Or... actually, I'm over it.But you... I can sense that rage in you... Struggling... to have everything you want. While the world forces you into that position. I know how that feels. You know I know..."
"No... shut up. I've had worse. I've felt worse. Fuck off. Fuck off. No... You don't get to try to UNDERSTAND HOW I FEEL!!!"
"Okay..." whispered Miguel, nodding softly.
"I'm... We're alone..." said MABUS. "Because God said so."
"We're not alone... We pushed away everyone who did care about us... by getting all this Messiah junk over our head... We got egotistical... We got addicted to the love, the power, and the attention... leading everyone to continue hating us...But I found people... Who do love me. I'm fixing my relationship with Anne. I learned to trust again. And we can love you, too."
MABUS goes back to his original, creepy, Dr. Claw voice. "Love me, too... HehehehehAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Impressive... You fool... Sooner or later... they'll betray you... and they'll enjoy it. They'll enjoy your pain... They'll be happy about it... Those sadists... They'll be happy to see you die... Until you're nothing than a piece of flesh..."
"I already am flesh... I became flesh... to experience... love... Because I was a word... called out to the cosmos...You expect that this is transactional... Love... Respect... It's not... What you're doing is out of pettiness... You're a...Nice Guy..."
"Exactly..."
Song begins to play.
"Oh, God... This is gonna be cringe..." sighed Miguel. "You're the one who says that musicals suck! You've sung way more songs than I did in this book-!!!"
(song begins)
“Nice guys finish last,That's why I'll treat you like trash,It's not what I really wanna do.But, you only date bad guys so,I'll give it my best try to,Treat you the way you want me to.I never open a door,Or pull out a chair.You can tell me how your day wasBut I don't really care.And if you ever get cold,You'll just have to hack it,Cause I'd be cold tooIf I gave you my jacket.Like whoa, you ain't sittin' up... front,The front is for the homies you can sit in the trunk.I never answer my phone,Whenever you call itAnd when the waiter brings the billI never reach for my wallet.Nice guys finish last,That's why I'll treat you like trash,It's not what I really wanna do.But, you only date bad guys so,I'll give it my best try to,Treat you the way you want me to.And Ima beat you!(ORA!!!)At every competition.Going out with the girlsYou better get my permission.Wait no, I take that back, you can't go,House is on tonightAnd that's my favorite show!”
“(Do I look fat in this dress?)”
“Hell yeah, you do!Wait lemme speak your languageCows go Moo!Mooo... Moooo... Mooo... Mooo!Nice guys finish last,That's why I'll treat you like trash,It's not what I really wanna do.But, you only date bad guys so,I'll give it my best try to,Treat you the way you want me to.But behind the scenes, she means the world to me.Wanna tell her that she's beautiful, and show her that she's loved.Hold her hand when she's scared, tell her how much I care...But that won't win her heart because...Nice guys finish last,That's why I'll treat you like trash,It's not what I really wanna do.But, you only date bad guys so,I'll give it my best try to,Treat you the way you want me to.Ho!Yeah!”
(song ends at 2:37)
"I'm beginning to see why your friend thinks this book has cringe humor..." said Miguel.
I know... *sniff...* I hate you, John B.
"He never said it straight to your face, though."
I don't need to hear him say it to know what he's thinking. Man thinks my Deltarune voices are cringe. Fuck that, man. I'm beautiful, baby. Look at you punk-ass cringes at everything I like because he thinks he's so cool. Stop criticizing people in their faces. ESPECIALLY THE FOOD THEY COOK FOR YOU!!! DUDE!!! WHO DOES THAT!? AND STOP CRITICIZING THE FOOD SERVED IN RESTAURANTS WE GO TO!!! You don't criticize it like, "This food sucks." Say it like, "Maybe you could actually try this..." IT'S NOT CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM IF YOU ONLY TALK ABOUT HOW BAD IT IS!!! DON'T YOU SEE THAT THEY'RE GIVING YOU DEATH STARES!? HAVE SOME SHAME, MAN!!!
"You really need to talk to your friend about how annoying he can be," said Miguel.
"Sounds like Jedan," said MABUS. "Wait a minute..."
ANYWAY!!!
"Alright..." said Miguel. "I kinda get it. The anger of not being given reassurance to other people...But do realize... the only ones who could give that to is ourselves. Like what you said. We deserve to be loved, too. So people out there could pick up back up if we can't stand right back up."
"So... everyone's just a little bit lonely."
"Yep... And we have to accept that they don't owe us anything. They owe us jackshit. We owe it all to ourselves. Love yourself, MABUS."
"Psh... You're such a fucking hippie."
"Well... It's true. We're all we've got, MABUS. And even though the world isn't counting on us. We still gotta do it."
"I decline."
Miguel nods softly. "Your choice."
MABUS opens a portal and walks away.
Miguel continues staring at the beautiful landscape.
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