If you look into a book, more likely than not you are going to find a fairy tale, a happy uplifiting story about a hero who defeats evil and saves an innocent girl from certain doom. This is not such a story. This is a story of a man who was responsible for the accidental deaths of his wife and daughter, and the pill that took the pain away.
After seeing his patient consumed with laughter Doctor Ellison momentarily lost his sense of self control.
"This pill, its not natural. Look at you John, you shouldn't laugh at your daughter's funeral, deep down you know you are responsible for her death, and you must carry that burdon for the rest of your life. Emotion is what makes you human goddamn it!"
"I understand your distress, you lack the proper balance, there is a pill for thoughts like those, what is it again doctor? Alleracil?"
Doctor Ellison composed himself
"Yes, that's the one, perhaps you're right, perhaps I have been too rash."
John began to whistle the familiar Allericil jingle.
"There's a pill for every problem, and a problem with every pill. for bitter thoughts and bad moods try Al-er-a-cil"
"You're not going to take me off the pill against my will, will you doctor?" John asked.
Doctor Ellison tried to stare into John's eyes, but the man he once knew was gone.
"You know what will happen don't you? I'll kill myself doctor. You know it don't you, nearly all patients kill themselves after coming off the pill." John laughed hysterically.
"You can't do it! you'll lose your license."
14 Aug 2011, 7:54 pm
