He had been briefly famous for putting random statues of children around the town, calling them beacons of the unseen dangers that children face every day. They looked to be made of wax embedded with turquoise stones and plastic eyes that followed you wherever you went. The general consensus was that they were just a little too creepy to carry his message across, even more so when they seemed to multiply.
Over the next few weeks we went from having a couple along the mains street, a few in the parks and one in the woods to over fifty of those strange little figures. The artist released a statement saying he would keep adding them until the dangers were dealt with and the town made safer for all children.
The public finally lost their collective cool when the statues began appearing in people's homes. From there everything spiralled, abusers were suddenly brought to justice, the parks were made utterly spotless, the streetlights were left on all night and more were added every day.
Only then did the figures stop appearing in town, the artist gradually took them all away but kept releasing statements saying he was adding more still. Nobody understood until they were all discovered at once in the woods. Three days later the police announced the site of a mass grave, all bodies under the age of five and every single one seemed to have been killed this year.
The statues were gone completely for the first time in almost six months. This morning seventy five of the statues (all new) were placed in the town centre. He hasn't released any kind of statement but rumour has it the police visited him last night.
Over the next few weeks we went from having a couple along the mains street, a few in the parks and one in the woods to over fifty of those strange little figures. The artist released a statement saying he would keep adding them until the dangers were dealt with and the town made safer for all children.
The public finally lost their collective cool when the statues began appearing in people's homes. From there everything spiralled, abusers were suddenly brought to justice, the parks were made utterly spotless, the streetlights were left on all night and more were added every day.
Only then did the figures stop appearing in town, the artist gradually took them all away but kept releasing statements saying he was adding more still. Nobody understood until they were all discovered at once in the woods. Three days later the police announced the site of a mass grave, all bodies under the age of five and every single one seemed to have been killed this year.
The statues were gone completely for the first time in almost six months. This morning seventy five of the statues (all new) were placed in the town centre. He hasn't released any kind of statement but rumour has it the police visited him last night.
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