::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: 2024-03-12 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.]
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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
Date: 2024-03-27 12:00 am (UTC)::Internal chaos?:: [They decide to avoid spawning another cat. Some of the items they are producing have been useful, but the animals are not.]
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Date: 2024-03-27 12:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-27 09:28 pm (UTC)[They nod.] ::The Flood seems to only be creating smaller objects. That may be why.:: [A pause, and then,] ::“Someone?”::
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Date: 2024-03-27 09:52 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-03-27 10:03 pm (UTC)::Ah.:: [They had been understanding this Flood differently.] ::I thought the Flood was creating the objects. You think it could be summoning them?::
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