؟ ([personal profile] dramatispersonae) wrote2015-03-28 03:57 pm

TURQUOISE

[The Ring tilts under your feet, and with a sudden, gut-wrenching twist you're falling. A sense of how someone might have come to be in this position wraps around you as you fall; you (no, not you, but someone) could have leapt from a cliff to avoid something chasing them, and in the sick vertigo of freefall thought only that this could not possibly be as bad as what was behind them catching up--

You land with a thump. That phantom hunted feeling stays with you, leaving your hands shaky and your mouth dry.

You're in a perfectly circular and thoroughly strange workroom. The floor is made of polished rosewood and the walls are clear glass, but they're both hard to see because of how packed and active the space is - a clear brook bubbles incongruously over stones through the center, while shelves and tables crowd the walls and books and clock-or-wirework projects crowd the shelves and tables. Unfinished clockwork dummies stand here and there with a faintly gloomy air. A brand-new pottery wheel is turning slowly in the corner, its movement driven by the current of the water through the room.

Despite the cheerful clutter, the feeling of dread is still very strong here - papers have been rifled through frantically and left in heaps, and a few of the little mechanical toys have been broken, as though they were handled with too much haste and not enough care.

When you look around to identify the source of your unease, you see that the one broad uncovered section of glass shows a mirror hanging on the white wall beyond, out of reach beyond the glass. An indistinct dark shape lurks in it, and when you approach it you can hear whispers:

it's been summoned
did you say its name three times?
it's coming.
]
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Re: discussion

[personal profile] autorejoin 2015-03-29 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
Is "get drunk" an option?

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[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-03-29 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Is that what you do.
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[personal profile] autorejoin 2015-03-29 12:18 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes!

[ Clue shrugs. ]

Honestly, it depends on what I'm afraid of. I think more often, I would like to just flip off whatever's scaring me and go ahead anyway.

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[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-03-29 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
When I feel fear, I try to destory the thing scaring me. Can't upset me if it's dead.
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[personal profile] autorejoin 2015-03-29 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
I like the way you think. What about the two together? Flip it off, then destroy it? It's got a little flair to it that way.

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[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-03-29 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
I like that.
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[personal profile] autorejoin 2015-03-29 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
Let's have that be our answer, then! It's short, sweet, and to the point.

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[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-03-29 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
I'll leave the honor to you. You've got more experience telling things to fuck off, I'm sure.
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[personal profile] autorejoin 2015-03-29 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
Heh! You're not wrong.
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[personal profile] autorejoin 2015-03-29 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Well, the answer to this one is simple. You flip them off and then you destroy them! After all, it's better to laugh in the face of your fears and then crush them. They can't scare you anymore that way!
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[personal profile] autorejoin 2015-03-29 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
With middle fingers to flip 'em off and a sword to slice through them. How would you do it?

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[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-03-29 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
[pokes the clay]

If we're using an actual sword, I just need to bleed to get one of those.

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[personal profile] ninetyninelives 2015-03-29 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Huh.

[tries to make a vase. very badly.]
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[personal profile] autorejoin 2015-03-29 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
Wait, you can create a sword from blood?

[ He pauses. ]

That is so cool.

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