and now for another Gunther Goth vs The World update
For those unaware of the ongoing story, go to pages 3095 and 3096. I would link them myself but GOG breaks the links for some reason.
It had been just around a week since Gunther had warmly welcomed Elliott into his home. At the time Elliott just seemed like a friendly old man new to the city and in need of friends. Gunther, being the kind man he was, took it upon himself to be the friend that he thought Elliott needed.
In just the past few days Gunther had paid gravely for this mistake. Elliott had stolen his wife Cornelia from him, beaten him up and insulted him in public, moved into the Goth family home forcing Gunther to share the same roof with him, Elliott had even cost him his son Mortimer due to taking up all of Cornelia's attention, leaving Mortimer neglected, eventually to be taken away.
Gunther often cried over not being able to see Mortimer anymore, and over Cornelia leaving him. Gunther still cared a lot about Cornelia and hoped that she would return to him, that Mortimer could come back, that Elliott would be trapped into a room with four walls, five stoves and no toilet, and they could be a family again.
When he wasn't crying then he was burying himself in work even at home. He remembered when he got the news that Cornelia was pregnant and that Elliott was the father. He wasn't even shocked or saddened anymore, he was quickly becoming numb.
Gunther sat in his room thinking about how his life had been flipped upside down when he heard yells coming from the room down the hall. Fearing that a robber had broken into the house, he rushed into the room to discover Cornelia was in labor! He let out a quick scream, it felt as though the entire weight of the world crashed even harder down upon his shoulders! Gunther felt that he had to leave, get some fresh air and away he went, but not before spying Elliott still sleeping through the noise.
He wanted to just run away, maybe move to a different city right at that very second, but he didn't. Instead he just retired to his room and waited. For what he waited, even he wasn't sure. After a while he just lost himself in thought. He considered restarting somewhere else, leaving the Goth mansion behind, giving himself time to find out who he was, to lose the pressure of being from the illustrious Goth family, to maybe find someone that he loved and who loved him, to start again. His thoughts were eventually interrupted, as he received news that Cornelia had given birth to twin girls.
Upon hearing this news Gunther barely reacted, not out of shock or sadness or anything like it, rather he realized...he just didn't care. He was the Goth, the rightful heir to the Goth mansion...but he realized that he truly didn't belong there anymore. Tinges of happiness washed over him, he was free.
The kitchen sink was still broken.
Post edited August 15, 2015 by NoNewTaleToTell