http://patchworkdoctor.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] patchworkdoctor.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] animus_network2011-12-06 04:15 pm

⇝001 // video

[the video's dark, but it's definitely video; the screen is completely black. there's the snap and clink of a lighter, but the fire isn't seen on the video, as if he's pointing it elsewhere from himself, or isn't aware the video's on; there's a deep inhalation and a deep exhalation, which sounds more like someone breathing through their teeth. it quickly degrades into soft, under-the-breath giggling. his voice is soft enough that someone might not be able to hear him unless they're trying.]

...eeeeveryone's... gone.

[he keeps that low soft breathy giggling up for a moment, and it almost sounds desperate.]


That's what it says. It says, everyone's gone.

I've never thought about it. What happens when everyone goes away.

But now, now... they're all gone. Gone, gone... gone.

[his giggling starts to get more frantic but it never gets louder; it sounds more and more desperate, and suddenly-- it stops. he makes a quiet noise, his voice low and quiet. for reference, it's the first four or so seconds.]

zhuzhuzhuzhu...

...but still so noisy.

[identity profile] weaponiser.livejournal.com 2011-12-16 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm... [She reaches over, touching him on the shoulder] You feel real enough to me.

[identity profile] weaponiser.livejournal.com 2011-12-20 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
[She squeezes his shoulder, trying to reassure him. She sits up, making sure to not move her hand away from him.]

What can I do to reassure you that I'm not just a hallucination? Anything? Or do you just need to see me not disappear for a while?

[identity profile] weaponiser.livejournal.com 2011-12-23 09:47 am (UTC)(link)
[She shifts, trying to turn him over do he could at least not be huddled over on his side, because that obviously wasn't helping him.]

What do I have to do to stop the noise? What does Medusa usually do about it? [She was a bit worried about the answer, but maybe it wasn't so bad? A girl could hope.]

Tell me and I'll try to replicate.

Oh boy :|

[identity profile] weaponiser.livejournal.com 2011-12-24 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Gently, she rubs the pad of her thumb along his jawline.]

I'm not surprised. She's a witch, all they know is destruction. ...What specifically is she asking you to destroy? The sound? Your hearing...?

[identity profile] weaponiser.livejournal.com 2011-12-26 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
How would you even do that? Can you actually do that?

[identity profile] weaponiser.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 11:13 am (UTC)(link)
Medusa can't be telling you anything that will help you. He just wants you as a pet, he couldn't care less about your well-being. You don't matter in the slightest as far as he's concerned.

...She. As far as she's concerned.

[She shifts uncomfortably, resisting the urge to flop over on the bed or start wailing. Or both maybe. Both at once was a little tempting.] What's it like? Being trapped with her like that?

[identity profile] weaponiser.livejournal.com 2011-12-28 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[She actually feels bad for him. He probably sits around a lot just waiting for her to be able to spare a minute to be with him. It would drive her crazy, appropriately enough.]

Like what we're doing right now?

[identity profile] weaponiser.livejournal.com 2011-12-29 08:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[She feels it, and doesn't want to press. As much as she wants to know, she doesn't want to know.

She combs fingers through his hair gently.]


Right before you came here, the person who runs the tower sent us all home, to the wasteland home had become... [She shudders momentarily and takes a deep, shaking breath before continuing] Medusa was there, and no one else as far as I knew. I was curious if that was what your world was like. That's partially why I keep asking questions.