As I was reading the comments on YouTube, I heard someone calling me from behind. I turned and saw David standing behind me. I was quite shocked as I saw him standing in my room suddenly. He said to me,

“So, what are you doing?”

I wasn’t expecting him and so, I asked him,

“How did you get inside my house?”

“The door was left open,” he answered.

“Oh, my God!” I got worried, “Did you shut it?”

“Yes, I did. Don’t worry, nobody would come and harm you at this hour.”

“Are you kidding?” I asked. “People are dying to steal from me. There are plenty of people out there who want my content.”

“Forget about that, tell me about your videos. Do they like your show?”

“Who?” I asked getting confused for a moment.

“The audience, obviously. What is their response?”

“Come on, you know it, they are liking the first episode more than they have liked any movie of mine.”

“Great! Are you proud of yourself? Or do you want more?”

“How can I be proud already? I just started, the show hasn’t even actually begun.”

“Hmm… What about the revenue?”

“I am not focusing on money right now. I am doing this for my satisfaction.”

“Then, why is your channel monetised?”

I was left speechless for a while, but I answered him anyway,

“That’s not the point, I am on a mission that I do not want to disclose. Not even to you. So, please just sit back and enjoy my show.”

He chuckled and said,

“I actually like it. In fact, I have never enjoyed any show of yours as much as this one.”

“Great, this is exactly what I want from my audience.”

I asked him to read the comments with me and so, we did.

**********

Two days later, I uploaded the next episode. Among the most interesting parts of the episode, there were the first five minutes where a house with mirrors all around the place was displayed on the screen. This house had mirrors everywhere. These mirrors had no side frames which made the reflections look like a part of the house. It wasn’t easy to tell which one was the reflection. My two cameramen were also easily seen in this episode as the reflections of the house were not easy to hide.

While, showing the house on the screen, I was narrating,

“This woman Eva lives alone in her house and she has been like this for several years now. The surprising truth about this woman is that she was married once and she had a daughter. But now, we have no clue about her family. This woman was perfectly normal a few years ago but something happened with her that made her choose this lifestyle eventually. She doesn’t earn on her own and yet, she has enough money to make ends meet. This is quite surprising, isn’t it? Or maybe she is faking this entire drama to gain some kind of sympathy. Let’s find out.”

Next minute, the blonde haired woman with blue eyes was walking around the house and she was constantly looking at herself in the mirrors. She could not spare even a single second without looking at herself in the mirror. If she couldn’t look at her reflection, she would feel uncomfortable. The pain and uneasiness was clearly visible from her face.

After showing her for two minutes, her one on one interview was presented before the audience.

I asked her,

“So, Miss Eva, tell us a bit about you?”

“I am obsessed with reflections. I like to see different things with different angles.”

“But the way you were walking, it seemed as if you couldn’t get your eyes off yourself.”

“So, what?” she got infuriated. “Fine, I am obsessed with myself.”

“With yourself or with your reflections?”

She was irritated and before she could answer, I asked her again,

“Is this how you have been living for several years?”

“Yes, for around three years now.” she responded.

Her bipolar nature was visible on the screen now.

I asked her in the middle of the episode,

“So, you keep on looking at yourself all day long?”

“I try to do so, but I cannot. It’s not easy. In fact, it’s not even possible.”

“So, how far can you manage to look at yourself in a day?”

She stuttered and said,

“It’s only when I am sleeping, that I cannot look myself. But I spent remaining hours of my day looking at myself, each and every single moment.”

“When you’re eating food as well?”

“Yes, I keep a small mirror in front of myself. I keep on looking at myself while I chew and swallow my food.”

“Wow, that’s impressive. But I still want to ask, are you comfortable with this lifestyle? I mean, don’t you feel alone, all by yourself.”

“No, I like this silence and I enjoy my own company.”

Moving a little forward, I asked her,

“What is your objective? I mean, have you thought that how far you can go with this?”

“Shut up! I do not intend to answer you,” she said getting enraged quite unexpectedly.

“I am only asking and it’s not that offensive.”

“I don’t want to answer you.”

“Then, may I ask what do you get out of this?” I asked hesitantly.

“Out of what?”

“This lifestyle of yours, you don’t have anything to do except for looking at your own self.”

“I have plenty to do with my life. I live my life better than the people who are involved in disastrous relationships.”

“So, your relationship with your husband turned out to be a disaster?”

She got angry and threw a glass of water on the ground, causing the shattered pieces of the glass to fly all over the place.

Well, this is it. This was the entire episode or at least the most important part of the episode.

I gave this woman an entire episode, so that people could see in detail which kind of people I am dealing with. I know that my new job is not an easy one, but unfortunately pride is not earned that easily.

I am among those YouTubers who have earned maximum subscribers within a short period of time, and what really pleases me is how other producers and directors envy my fame. I want to remind them that underestimating my skills would just be a loss for them and not for me. One of the rejoicing moments of the current days was when one of the producers called me and I had this conversation with him,

“Yes, what do want?”

“I am surprised with your work,” the producer said. “I have been following your work since the first episode. I got to admit, I have never seen anything like this before.”

“So, what do you want from me now?”

“Well, I was thinking if we could… I mean, I could offer you a deal. We can sign a contract and then, you can direct a movie that I will invest in.”

“Oh, you need me now? Why? Few weeks back, you weren’t even considering me, isn’t that true?”

“Come on, my dear, you know how showbiz works. We can put our differences behind and have a fresh start? Can’t we?”

“Well, best of luck with that,” I said with sarcasm. “I hope you find someone who can forgive you after you upset him.”

“Look, are you working with me or not?”

I disconnected the call and refused to speak anymore. Yes, I was satisfied now.

Anyways, I sat on my computer and decided to edit the episode that I was planning to upload after a few days.

Four Days Later

The third episode was uploaded. After quite a long time, I had found a person for the interview who was extrovert and slightly normal unlike the others I interviewed. This interview was about a person who was all normal but with a dark obsession.

This person was obsessed with villains and the people who have played a negative role in the society. He admired their personality a lot and was obsessed with them to a huge extent. He not just hung their posters but he also practically followed their lifestyle.

“Who are you?” I asked him when we were walking on the streets, “Please tell us a little about yourself.”

“Well, my name is Raven Norton. What else do you want to know about me?”

“We want to know, what do you do for a living? Also please tell us about your family?”

“Well, I have an elder sister. Apart from her, I have my mother and I live with her.

“What about your father?”

“My father passed away, quite a long time ago. He died of food poisoning.”

“Oh, I’m sorry to hear about your loss. Well, what is your occupation?”

“I work as a salesman at a show room.”

“I see. That’s great!”

Next moment, we were sitting in his room. His room was filled with posters on almost every wall. But, his obsession seemed to be a little mellow because this person was also sparing time for other things as well.

I asked him,

“So, tell us something about your obsession?”

“I really admire the bad guys. To be honest, I love them. I don’t care what damage they have caused to the society, but I simply admire them for their courage and cunningness.”

“So, can you define your admiration? I mean, you admire them as…?”

“Well, if you want to understand the definition of admiration in my terms then, I would simply say that I want to become one of them.”

“Become like them?” I asked trying to make it clear.

“Yes.”

“You mean to say that you want to cause damage to the society, by following their footsteps.”

“Yes, and I believe there’s nothing wrong with that. I like their style and I would create my own as well.”

“Interesting.”

“I like the way these people walk. I like the way people are terrified of them.”

I filmed his room’s walls where there were posters of negative characters from comic books all over. There were pictures of Joker from Batman, Dr Octopus from Spider Man and some monsters from Scooby Doo. The selected pictures presented the dominance of villain fictional characters over the heroes of the cartoons.

I asked him in the episode,

“So, who’s your favourite among these?”

“They all are. I just want to be a part of their team.”

“Well, these are mostly fictional characters. Are there any real life characters that you have seriously admired?”

“Yes, there are plenty.”

“Can you name some?”

I censored his voice while, he was telling some of the infamous names but I did not censor his face. So, the audience could understand those names by themselves.

We talked a little more, while, we were in his house and later, he asked me to have lunch at his place. I also showed the scene in the video where I was having lunch with him. My purpose was to show the audience that this guy was absolutely normal apart from his obsession.

This was also an entire episode dedicated to a single person. I was expecting that this episode would be spicier than the previous ones and people would give nice comments, but unfortunately I was wrong.

**********

One day after this episode was uploaded, David entered in my house somehow and woke me up. I suddenly woke up and asked him,

“How did you get inside the house this time? I had locked the door.”

“Listen, we don’t have time for this. There’s a bad news for you.”

I sat up instantly and without having concern for anything else, I asked him,

“What happened? Is it about my show?”

“Yes, your audience seems to be quite upset about something. They have responded very badly to the latest episode that you’ve uploaded.”

“Oh, my God!”

“You better go and read the comments.”

I rushed towards my laptop.

to be continued...