[Avalon hadn't seemed like a sadist when they'd helped him build the couch, but that was only one conversation. And with someone Avalon wanted on his side.]
[Using Will’s pendulum to separate him from the friend is the kind of thing they have never needed to do before. The whole attack was almost improvised, exactly as it was when they chose to occupy a victim’s body.]
It worked the first time. And the time after that, and the time after that, and every time, except for a few. If it works, I might as well keep doing it.
I mean I learned how to make people feel things. I decided that I wanted to make them feel those things. No one ever found out, except for two people and…
[Behind their eyes, they watch the friend’s silhouette form across from them in the Rift.]
I know. I attacked Will because I wanted to see what would happen without the Rift. I will likely not do anything else here, because now I know that staying hidden is no longer an option.
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Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 06:52 pm (UTC)[They lie on their bed, the communicator on their chest. The Barge is silent for the first time since they tested their powers here.]
I guess I should have expected that.
Re: Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 07:06 pm (UTC)You terrorized a man by making him think he went mad. For a week. Be glad you're only losing your powers.
Re: Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 07:56 pm (UTC)Yes. I suppose I did. [Another bead gone. Though this was someone they are still interested in coming to understand.]
Re: Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 08:06 pm (UTC)[Avalon hadn't seemed like a sadist when they'd helped him build the couch, but that was only one conversation. And with someone Avalon wanted on his side.]
Re: Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 09:26 pm (UTC)I wanted to see what I could do without the Rift.
[Using Will’s pendulum to separate him from the friend is the kind of thing they have never needed to do before. The whole attack was almost improvised, exactly as it was when they chose to occupy a victim’s body.]
Improvising these things is never a good idea.
Re: Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 09:44 pm (UTC)Re: Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 09:56 pm (UTC)It worked the first time. And the time after that, and the time after that, and every time, except for a few. If it works, I might as well keep doing it.
Re: Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 10:12 pm (UTC)[Is the cruelty just an end in itself?]
Re: Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 11:03 pm (UTC)I mean I learned how to make people feel things. I decided that I wanted to make them feel those things. No one ever found out, except for two people and…
[Behind their eyes, they watch the friend’s silhouette form across from them in the Rift.]
…something else.
Re: Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 11:09 pm (UTC)People here don't generally take kindly to people making them feel things, like that. Will Graham isn't the only one who'd react like that.
Re: Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 11:18 pm (UTC)If people never know I exist, then they have no reason to “not take kindly” to it.
Re: Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 11:22 pm (UTC)Re: Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 11:43 pm (UTC)I know. I attacked Will because I wanted to see what would happen without the Rift. I will likely not do anything else here, because now I know that staying hidden is no longer an option.
Re: Audio, after Rawne requests to remove their powers
Date: 2023-05-15 11:54 pm (UTC)