Alara Bulur, Staff Reporter
Tuesday, September 5, 1944
NEW YORK- A man by the name of Alan Austen is pleading for funds to help him reverse the lunacy that has consumed his lover, Diana Rizchek.
When later questioned, Mr. Austen admitted he had purchased a love potion for a modest dollar from an unnamed old man who resided on Pell Street. He continued, saying that he had given Diana the strange concoction when he had served her a drink at the restaurant he worked at, as a waiter, and Ms. Rizchek, as a customer. It was later confirmed by Alan that Diana had been unaware of the potion being served to her.
“It was all just a t-terrible mistake on my part,” the man, Alan, stuttered “I should have never bought that dreadful potion. The man –t-that sneaky old coot, he spoke about it as if it was the very elixir of l-life. He said that Diana would love me –b-but this is not love. I don’t feel love. I feel suffocated so vividly I can feel her ‘affection’ –as if they were hands, around my throat!”
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Austen requests any financial aid anybody might be able to offer him, to purchase the antidote to his complicated situation. He states that this antidote was referred to as a ‘life-cleaner’ by the old man who had sold him the love potion, and that it was priced at $5,000. He begs the public to help, as he assures them he is suffering
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...controlled proposal to her sudden and unanticipated refusal. Therefore despite all Mr Collin’s well thought out arguments his declaration of love has failed.
Nevertheless, he continues on, as if driven by necessity. Once inside, his attitude begins to change quite rapidly. Though his initial apprehension is evidenced by his stuttering and his incomplete sentences, this quickly evolves into a keen interest, almost an infatuation, with the old man's goods. While he tries to avoid discussion of the poisons ("I want nothing of the sort," he states with an ironic air of finality,) he is consumed with the powers of the love potion.
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Alan Austen simply wants someone Diana to fall in love with him. He wants a companion and someone to enjoy life with. Austen does not want to work for it. He wants it to just appear for him. True love takes time and two people perfect for each other. Austen wants to force love so he buys the potion. He does not listen to the old man and buys the potion. The old man knows its only a matter of time before he is back .Aan returns to purchase the expensive glove-cleaner. Alan Austen desire for love ends up killing him because he will understand that it is impossible to find true love and will use the glove cleaner as his escape.
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