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animus_network2014-01-15 09:35 pm
doctor_dismemberment) wrote in animus_network2014-01-15 09:35 pm
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[The feed clicks on abruptly. Richtofen glances up at the camera, then down at the keyboard, and scowls.]
Wha- No, you stupid thing, I did not mean-!
[He heaves a sigh. He's silent for about three seconds, then looks back up at the camera wearing a grin that's more predatory than anything. He raises both hands, fingers spread, and gives them a little wiggle.]
...My hands are not cooperating with me today. [He balls them into fists. His smile is tight-lipped, eyes shining with annoyance.] Ah, well. Video will work just as well as text, I suppose...
[He sucks in a big breath, and lets it out in a high-pitched whine of air that trails into a word.]
Soooooo, Tower, mein kleine friends. It has been a little bit, has it not? Two weeks, perhaps three? [He moves one hand around in the air as if grasping for words, and a shiver of a laugh creeps into his voice.] You know, it is just so hard to tell the time when you are trapped in a desolate wasteland without even bugs to keep you company!
[He ends in a shout that wipes the smile off his face, so Richtofen - chest heaving just a bit - takes care to twist his lips upward before he goes on.]
But I digress.
[He leans back in his seat, hoists his boots up onto the terminal. With his arms folded behind his head, he looks confident, even if he's too high-strung to ever be considered "relaxed."]
Tell me, what have I missed? It feels like it has been forever since I have been around all of you lovely people. Please, I implore you, I want to know everything that has happened while I have been away. [He lifts an index finger and gives it a little wave.] The doctor does not like being out of the loop, you know!
[It's unclear why he's asking this on the network, of all places. Surely nothing too secret can be revealed in public... Maybe he just wants attention.]
Wha- No, you stupid thing, I did not mean-!
[He heaves a sigh. He's silent for about three seconds, then looks back up at the camera wearing a grin that's more predatory than anything. He raises both hands, fingers spread, and gives them a little wiggle.]
...My hands are not cooperating with me today. [He balls them into fists. His smile is tight-lipped, eyes shining with annoyance.] Ah, well. Video will work just as well as text, I suppose...
[He sucks in a big breath, and lets it out in a high-pitched whine of air that trails into a word.]
Soooooo, Tower, mein kleine friends. It has been a little bit, has it not? Two weeks, perhaps three? [He moves one hand around in the air as if grasping for words, and a shiver of a laugh creeps into his voice.] You know, it is just so hard to tell the time when you are trapped in a desolate wasteland without even bugs to keep you company!
[He ends in a shout that wipes the smile off his face, so Richtofen - chest heaving just a bit - takes care to twist his lips upward before he goes on.]
But I digress.
[He leans back in his seat, hoists his boots up onto the terminal. With his arms folded behind his head, he looks confident, even if he's too high-strung to ever be considered "relaxed."]
Tell me, what have I missed? It feels like it has been forever since I have been around all of you lovely people. Please, I implore you, I want to know everything that has happened while I have been away. [He lifts an index finger and gives it a little wave.] The doctor does not like being out of the loop, you know!
[It's unclear why he's asking this on the network, of all places. Surely nothing too secret can be revealed in public... Maybe he just wants attention.]
private;
[She almost looks disappointed.]
It's a shame, he was rather suicidal about it all.
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Oh? [He starts to smile - a genuine one, not the fake one he'd been using - but it falters.] Wait, what is a shame? Did he not die?
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It's a shame he didn't stay dead.
I was hoping that Jason would have a special gift for his attempted assassination.
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Ja, that would have been a nice present to come back to. This just goes to show you: you cannot trust that rat Jason to do anything nice.
[A beat.]
Or that rat Ganondorf to do anything effective. [A smirk crawls onto his face.] But I suppose the knowledge that they have both failed in equal amounts is somewhat comforting.
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However, I did manage to harm Jason before he killed me. He's still weakened, if Aria is to be believed. It's only a matter of time before the two of them finish each other off.
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You hurt him? Really?
[Abruptly, he looks angry.]
Damn. I would have wanted to shove a-- No matter.
[Then he's all smiles again.]
How badly? Does he scream when he's hurt? Oh, you simply must give me details!
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He did bleed, though.
It proves he's mortal.
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[Even a private feed like this must still be accessible by the administrators, but he doesn't care enough to censor himself. He wants Jason to eavesdrop on this conversation, actually. If he can't threaten him to his face, might as well do it in a roundabout way.]
That is good to hear, though. It is hopeful, ja? I'm sure we are one step closer to figuring out how to off him once und for all.
[His eyes go half-lidded and unfocused for a second, and he bites his lip.]
Oh, the sweet satisfaction of seeing him writhing in pain... [His voice drops to something just above a raspy whisper.] It will be so delightful...
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Unfortunately, Ocelot spent much of her career in FOXHOUND torturing people for fun as much as to get information.]
We'll make him scream. He'll pay for what he's done.
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n people could sort of get their real powers back i guess lol
but it still did nothing against the beak monsters
0/10 would not fight again
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And what did the beak monsters do? Was there carnage?
I ask for scientific reasons, of course.
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they went around killing people
very bloodily
and supoosedly jason made them
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Ugh, talking about him leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Did anything else of interest happen, or has he stolen the spotlight this entire time?
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so he showed off
i dont think anyone else was doing anything besides killing him and trying not 2 get eaten
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[He so badly wants to ask about specific deaths, but manages by some miracle to resist. It leaves his fingers feeling a bit twitchy, though.]
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but i dont think anyone fought
and WELP i ended up in the infirmary anyway so i didnt see it
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If only, you know, to spectate and whatnot.
[Yeah, right.]
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sort of
so i crawled ^_^
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Well, in that case, ah... Congratulations. You must be very resilient.
And have a great deal of blood in you.
Well done.
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it wasnt hard once i got far enough away from the monsters
i couldnt heal while they were touching me
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It went as w-well as you could expect.
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You all actually tried to kill him? For real? Oh, I would have loved to see that.
[He wipes a finger across his eye as if he'd laughed himself to tears, though he's not nearly worked up enough to have done so.]
The temptation to sink your weapons into his jugular must have been immense, I am sure, but did you really believe you would get away with it? I know things were rather chaotic right before I left. Did it get that bad?
[Look at him, trying to play it cool like he wouldn't have been right there with them. What a dick.]
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We actually h-had it p-planned out. Everyone t-teamed up to hold h-him off until Zo c-could arrive and b-bring his power down to where we could take him out.
Unfortunately, he didn't get there in time. W-we still hurt him b-bad, but he took all of us out with his w-watch and escaped for now.
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Of course. He cannot face us without that damned watch of his, can he? [He scoffs.] What a coward.
Well, how badly did you hurt him, in any case? Bad enough that he bled? Please tell me you all managed at least that much.
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Cuts and s-scrapes. I managed a stab every once in a w-while.
W-we hurt him enough that even though h-he killed us he still had to retreat.
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It doesn't work.]
Wunderbar. Ha!
[He throws his head back and cackles. He's in no mood to pretend like he doesn't take pleasure in Jason's pain. It's not like anyone can hold it against him in this particular case, he's sure.]
I hope he is wallowing in sadness und despair down there! [His voice is condescending, a sour mockery of the kind of voice someone would use to speak to a baby.] Poor little Jason, licking his wounds all by himself. What a sorry sight that must be!
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She's... surprisingly okay with that. Reminds her of old company.]
Yeah, I'm certainly feeling better after d-dying pretty painfully because of a d-damn w-watch.
We even t-tried to get it from him. You c-can tell how that turned out.
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Oh, come now. Do not think of this as a bad experience. [He waves a hand around in the air.] I mean, suuure, you died, but you got to hurt Jason a bit, didn't you?
[The smile falls off of his face.]
Some of us would have loved that opportunity. Stupid Jason, with his stupid watch, und stupid eyes-! Um.
[He coughs.]
That is to say, think of it as a learning experience, ja? Now you know what will und will not work if you try to go for his watch again! [He sits up and leans close to the terminal abruptly.] What, um, what is it that does not work, specifically? For future reference.
[He wants to stab Jason so bad...]
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What didn't work was our trust in Zo, who arrived too late to do anything. Jason had already used his watch by then.
[A scowl appeared on her face, but it quickly dispersed.]
We also tried to get the watch from him, like I said. You know how that turned out.
I feel like we were close though.
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[There's a hint of bitterness on his face, but his voice is smug.]
Perhaps you people will trust my judgment now, hmm?
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Sometimes people should be trusted, even if they fail to deliver once in a while.
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[He rolls his shoulders in a
passive-aggressiveshrug.]Und as I recall, that carnival did not remain in a pristine state for very long, did it?
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I think we saw some things that happened in the tower before any of us arrived here.
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The vision ended before he could do anything.
Richtofen bites down on his tongue.]
...It is best not to think so hard about those things, isn't it? Why don't we discuss something else?
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Y-yeah.... okay.
Everyone's been getting things from home after the battle. They're a lot bigger than the usual stuff we've gotten.
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But you know! There are lots of bugs on the forty-first floor! I know they're not real but they're close enough. If you ever get lonely again you should pay us a visit!
[Completely missing the point]
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Lonely-? I was not lonely!
[He adjusts first his hat, then his tie, and huffs out a breath.]
You misunderstand, child. I found the solitude charming. I was simply a bit disappointed with the lack of shambling corpses to use for target practice.
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I just- just get bored, that is all! Do you have any idea how tedious it is to wander around for hours und not get attacked by a single zombie?
[Abruptly, his expression changes from anger to overblown sadness.]
All of my pretty little ones are already dead, und I had nothing to do with it! [His voice steadily raises in pitch, practically cracking on the last syllable.] How awful!
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All she wanted was for someone to get excited about bugs with, geez]
I don't know anything about zombies...
Sorry you couldn't kill your dead fiends either. I'll be sure not to make friends with you.
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...I'm sorry you had to experience that.
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Ah-- Hahaha. [His laughter is stilted, awkward.] Do not worry about me. It is nothing I haven't experienced before.
[Sure, this marks only the twice time he's landed on his dead world, and the frequency of it is starting to worry him, but he refuses to crumble because of it.]
Besides, it was a bit like a vacation, ja? No protein bars, no Jason, nobody to jabber at me endlessly about stupid things. Nobody at all. [A beat.] Except for the voices.
[His smile doesn't falter.]
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Voices?
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No.
[He is 4000% done with you, Mitchell.]
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Certainly more interesting than the alternative, in any case.
[He is loads of bitter right now.]