[Would they hurt him?] ::I could hurt you, if I wanted to.:: [Avalon stares at him, trying to think about him the way they used to think about their victims. If they had met him before he graduated, he would have been someone they would push to commit murder, not someone they would target directly.
The idea of attacking him is strange, though. They know they feel connected to him, and they like that connection. They want to keep it, if only so that they can understand its nature.]
::I know you can. But that's why it's trust. Knowing someone can do something against you and knowing they won't.:: [Rawne looks back and Avalon, trying to read their expression. He doesn't think they'd hurt him, just to prove a point. They've stopped doing that kind of thing.]
::I think it would be difficult to know for certain. Anyone can be unpredictable.:: [They have no intention of hurting him just to prove a point, but people can have a habit of defying expectations.]
::If I knew for certain, it wouldn't be trust. Trust is required in the face of uncertainty and unpredictability.::. [That's a lesson it took Rawne a long time to learn.]
::Partly because I have power over you. Partly because... I think it's important, to trust that you're changing. If I trust you, then you won't start hurting people again. Does that make sense?::
::I think so.:: [In a way. It feels more like he trusts them to want to avoid punishment, but they may be wrong.]
::Out of curiosity, how close do you think I am to graduating?:: [Their identity seems to be in a gray area. They can think of being a murder as something they were rather than something they are, but they also have no idea who they are without that.]
[They glance at the bucket on the floor, and their head disappears from the frame for a moment while they search through the items the Flood has created. When they straighten, three bracelets are in their hand.] ::I have a few of those now.::
[They pull out the other bracelet and offer it to him.] ::We can, though you might sense my emotions more strongly or feel them like you would feel your own.:: [Their telepathic conversations have always been one-sided, but others’ emotions sometimes felt stronger when they were closer.]
::That might be worth it.:: [When he takes the bracelet, he feels a strange rush of nostalgia and happiness. At times like these, he really does miss Quentin.]
[Their chest feels warm, and their body seems to be lighter than usual. The lightness is Rawne’s, they think. A sense of disconnect accompanies it, the same way it would feel if they were in the Rift.
The warmth is theirs. Their emptiness hovers behind it, but the warmth belongs to them. They glance at the bracelet. Connected.]
::Your figurines seem harmless, at least, and possibly less revealing than others.:: [A lot of the objects are more metaphorical than literal.]
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Date: 2024-02-29 01:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-05 01:36 am (UTC)[Would they hurt him?] ::I could hurt you, if I wanted to.:: [Avalon stares at him, trying to think about him the way they used to think about their victims. If they had met him before he graduated, he would have been someone they would push to commit murder, not someone they would target directly.
The idea of attacking him is strange, though. They know they feel connected to him, and they like that connection. They want to keep it, if only so that they can understand its nature.]
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Date: 2024-03-05 02:16 am (UTC)Sorry for the late tag!
Date: 2024-03-10 06:40 pm (UTC)::I think it would be difficult to know for certain. Anyone can be unpredictable.:: [They have no intention of hurting him just to prove a point, but people can have a habit of defying expectations.]
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Date: 2024-03-10 06:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-12 02:07 am (UTC)::Why do you trust me?::
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Date: 2024-03-12 04:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-14 03:39 pm (UTC)::I think so.:: [In a way. It feels more like he trusts them to want to avoid punishment, but they may be wrong.]
::Out of curiosity, how close do you think I am to graduating?:: [Their identity seems to be in a gray area. They can think of being a murder as something they were rather than something they are, but they also have no idea who they are without that.]
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Date: 2024-03-14 03:47 pm (UTC)[It's a bit of trusting them to want to avoid punishment and a bit of not knowing how to articulate why he's confident they won't hurt him.]
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Date: 2024-03-20 12:59 am (UTC)::Recognizing my emotions is becoming easier.:: [They wonder if the orb will ever show them what the combinations of colors mean.]
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Date: 2024-03-20 02:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-22 12:01 am (UTC)::Shaw has an orb, too. It was a good idea.::
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Date: 2024-03-22 12:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-24 06:08 pm (UTC)[They glance at the bucket on the floor, and their head disappears from the frame for a moment while they search through the items the Flood has created. When they straighten, three bracelets are in their hand.] ::I have a few of those now.::
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Date: 2024-03-24 06:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-25 01:00 am (UTC)::The Flood created them. As far as I can tell, they work. Do you want one back?::
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Date: 2024-03-25 01:37 am (UTC)Video -> Action
Date: 2024-03-25 06:40 pm (UTC)::Okay.::
[A few minutes later, they knock on his door. One of the bracelets is around their wrist, another in the bag that holds their orb.]
Re: Video -> Action
Date: 2024-03-25 07:02 pm (UTC)::We can still talk like this, right?::
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Date: 2024-03-25 08:38 pm (UTC)[They pull out the other bracelet and offer it to him.] ::We can, though you might sense my emotions more strongly or feel them like you would feel your own.:: [Their telepathic conversations have always been one-sided, but others’ emotions sometimes felt stronger when they were closer.]
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Date: 2024-03-25 08:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-26 01:32 am (UTC)[Their chest feels warm, and their body seems to be lighter than usual. The lightness is Rawne’s, they think. A sense of disconnect accompanies it, the same way it would feel if they were in the Rift.
The warmth is theirs. Their emptiness hovers behind it, but the warmth belongs to them. They glance at the bracelet. Connected.]
::Your figurines seem harmless, at least, and possibly less revealing than others.:: [A lot of the objects are more metaphorical than literal.]
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Date: 2024-03-26 01:56 am (UTC)[A small Dreamwidth figure falls to the floor.]
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Date: 2024-03-26 02:17 am (UTC)[The lightness that they had sensed vanishes, and the warmth remains.] They all look angry. [The one on the floor looks like it wants to kill them.]
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Date: 2024-03-26 02:29 am (UTC)(no subject)
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