Pardon-Miracle(s)

A Story by Abishai100

Daddy and adopted-girl of Homeland-Jersey contend with a masked 'stranger' for an examination requiring ultra-brains.

An offbeat tale of home-securities paranoia, inspired (very loosely) by the dark-vision aesthetic/design of the original home-invasion 'colored' film The Strangers (Liv Tyler). Hope you like it,

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AMLAN: Wow, this Echelon-Voorhees townhouse as the amenity-chess look of sanity!

PENNY: You're the best dad a girl would want to have moved to a new-town/school.

AMLAN: Just because you're adopted, Penny, doesn't mean you're not my little-girl!

PENNY: Alright, Mr. Amlan Satan; I'll decorate our new Jersey haven with color(s).

AMLAN: As Halloween fast approaches, Penny, I craft a new writer's concept for IQ.

PENNY: Maybe a superstitious tale of social-media friendly residence-magic in USA.

AMLAN: Sounds like 'good' photo-synthesis, my little-girl (thanx).

Mr. Satan (Amlan), an Ivy-prof now living in South Jersey, delighted in the simplified comforts of his new (shared) home with adopted-daughter/darling (Penny) who'd inspired him to 'craft' a new writer's concept he might 'reference' or inference for his local cyber-homeschooling project (NewActiVision) and seek a community welcome laurel 'expression' as Halloween fast approached. Their (shared) home had everything dad/daughter could want, and Amlan created a nice social-media commentary about new-town move(s) in this Homeland Selfie-culture of 'wrought' incomplete-distances to (real) folk-personality for securities/sanity!

However, it wouldn't be the writing that would 'catch' the eye of the community members who read Amlan Satan's posts about new-town superstitions but his shared/online recipes of great 'instant' magic, since he was (after all) a self-taught 'master-class' chef, and besides boasted other nifty (ultra-American) hobbies like sports-cards collecting (ha). Penny remarked how her (adopting) beloved-father (Amlan Satan) had become something of an Echelon-Voorhees-Homeland 'micro-cyber-celebrity' for social-media photo-synthesis drawing hospitality readings for 'basic' and gorgeous American comforts/psychology (surely).

PENNY: Daddy, there's a 'stranger' knocking on the door, an adult (in mask); eerie!

AMLAN: Don't fear a thing, little-girl; I trust he's nothing to do with our life-locks.

PENNY: This guy looks really strange, Mr. Satan --- he complimented me on my hair.

AMLAN: Nah, he's just noticing your nice school-uniform (Eustace), Penny girl.

PENNY: He said he demands to speak with the owner of the household (you)!

AMLAN: Alright, alright...wait in your bedroom and take Selfies and relax (now).

PENNY: I'll do that, dad...just think of something else; please be wise, man.

AMLAN: Hey, all I wanna do is make a nice Halloween-Selfie post for kids tonight!

STRANGER: Thanx for coming to the door, Mr. Satan.

AMLAN: You know my name, masked fellow?

STRANGER: What's so stranger about masked-knock on Halloween, Amlan?

AMLAN: You know me (or something), stranger?

STRANGER: I've read your posts (recipes, hobbies, fun-stuff, stories, etc.).

AMLAN: Thanx...I'm a teacher you know, fellow.

STRANGER: I require something very dire from your residence-claim of happiness!

AMLAN: What's that?
STRANGER: I have a concealed weapon, and I'll force may way in; bloody-murder.

AMLAN: Are you being nasty with me for no 'good' reason, man?

STRANGER: I'll pardon you and your darling (adopted) girl on one test-condition.

AMLAN: How can I refuse such a new-town 'proposal' of bad-welcoming threat?

STRANGER: You can't, Mr. Dad...I want you two procure two items of great value.

AMLAN: Two items of value...for you...with some, what, patriot-IQ color/cool?

STRANGER: If I'm impressed...your haven's pardoned, by me (and by my clan).

AMLAN: Your clan...of what the Cave-Wolf?

STRANGER: Just do as I request, and you'll be considered a 'pardoned' haven-house.

AMLAN: Fine, fine...please give me 30 minutes to select the right magical things.

STRANGER: Good.

Well, the Stranger that Halloween-eve really did like Amlan's first 'trophy' he presented, hoping to impress the masked/evil home-invader with this new-town 'welcome-threat' for test-passage/rites (on behalf of his mystery-wolf clan!). This first item, a mod-classic patriot-comic book issue highlighting an 'American' Homeland love of intelligence-warfare and infiltrations 'chess-stalemates' seemed to 'catch' all the fine matter of a world-at-stake in this new millennium. The Stranger was pleased, thinking he'd feel 'enriched' about reading the comic about 'wrought' art-of-materialism. However, the 2nd 'trophy' item (from Western media 'culture') didn't please the evil-man (one iota).

STRANGER: What's the hell is this, dad?

AMLAN: Why, it's a 'fantastic' Redick-Philadelphia (basketball) diamond, man.

STRANGER: Who's the hell's Redick, Mr. Amlan Satan?
AMLAN: Why, he'd been a 'canonized' college-athletics (Duke) prince, fellow!

STRANGER: So...what?

AMLAN: A grad of competition/education, now part of the City of Brothers, see.

STRANGER: You want me to accept this 76ers-item for what message of Americans?

AMLAN: I think you might guess it, fellow...it's one of (pure) sportsmanship-IQ.

STRANGER: What's the message to take (for my clan), Mr. Satan?

AMLAN: Tell your 'buddies' (for me/Penny)...this visit was (all) Halloween-TV.

Amlan Satan had received his pardon-miracle(s), for himself/Penny, when the masked/evil 'stranger' consented to accept the 'trophies' he presented as worthy of Homeland culture 'excellence' (for ornamentation/bureaucracy). In fact, he wrote (the following-day) on social media, "There's a magic in the symbols/art of wrought 'American' culture/education for those (incomplete) icons of what's simply a capitalism-race 'chess' gratuity (for encounters with towers)."