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Hello, this is Carlisle. I mean, it's not Carlisle as in I'm actually answering you right now, so if you're trying to reply to me at the second, you should probably save your breath because I'm not really here. This is some kind of a recording of my voice, but this is my communicator. I'm going to assume these devices are as common here as they are in other places — not my world, but others, ones more technologically advanced than where I come from— so if you'd like to leave me a message, then you may do so here, or er... Right. Here is fine. So just leave yo— [beep] |
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Date: 2016-06-26 04:23 am (UTC)Have possessed other bodies over the last century, all of them built similar to this one. Though "crisis of identity" isn't too inaccurate.
[Considering that she has other people's memories.]
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Date: 2016-06-26 04:35 am (UTC)I don't believe you ever told me you were some kind of a construct. It's no wonder certain, ah.
[Shouldn't have said that, but now that it's mostly out—]
That, er. Certain abilities didn't work on you.
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Date: 2016-06-26 04:40 am (UTC)[She stops to think about the last part that he just said.]
And what do you mean by "certain abilities"?
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Date: 2016-06-26 04:48 am (UTC)[Some people. Not him. Definitely not him. Not that he's entirely sure this Rey of the other world was immune, but the fact she hadn't come immediately to his aid when he'd so easily reached to Firo and Harris -- not unless she'd turned around, found a beast to ride in on, then come back -- hadn't gone unnoticed.
He has no way to test his hypothesis now, and nor does he really want to, but it is worth noting, especially now that a potential answer for an oddity he'd noticed long ago has been found.]
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Date: 2016-06-26 04:59 am (UTC)[Actually, she's seen something similar back in her world. Though it was less "mind control" and more like a method a cult leader had used to make his followers malleable to his suggestions, insane that they had been.]
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Date: 2016-06-26 05:01 am (UTC)[Got it in one, Rey.]
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Date: 2016-06-26 05:06 am (UTC)[As much as Rey wants to disassociate herself from this other version of her, she can't help but be curious. Especially now that she knows Carlisle isn't completely full of shit. Well done, Carlisle.]
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Date: 2016-06-26 05:25 am (UTC)[It had been an accident at first, but Carlisle is not about to say that. Too personal. Too close. It wasn't him. He isn't ready to admit it was him just yet, not when he has a chance to start over... that, and Rey can be truly terrifying.]
As I recall, you were in the area, but were somehow unaffected by his tricks. Where I come from, such abilities would have no dominion over constructs. I assume it to be the same for him. Either that, or perhaps he simply could not exert himself over your will while dominating others.
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Date: 2016-06-26 04:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-26 05:51 pm (UTC)[She actually listens to what Carlisle has to say, though. This time not arguing or interjecting with rhetoric on how insane that is, how he's lying and making shit up to mess with her. He doesn't really strike her as the devious sort, anyway.]
Mn. Suppose that would make sense, then.
[While Rey isn't a stranger to being controlled, supposedly that aspect of her function has been removed when she had been revived four years ago. It's somewhat good to know that it holds true in some cases. Hell if she's going to reveal that to just anyone.]
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Date: 2016-06-26 09:30 pm (UTC)Ah, Kate. I was not expecting visitors.
[Like he ever does.]
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Date: 2016-06-26 09:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-26 09:59 pm (UTC)I am alive. I suppose that is what matters.
[He cracks the door open a hair more and steps aside to let her come in, if she'd like. It must be laundry day, as his usual jacket and tabard are both missing -- what he's wearing is a dark, skintight undershirt that covers him from his neck all the way down his arms, his hands covered by gloves attached to the ends of the sleeves.
Or one glove is still attached, at least. The other sleeve is the one usually hidden under an ink-stained bandage, and it's barely held together, most of the fabric riddled with tears. The punctures have stretched over time, and there is hardly any material left by now.]
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Date: 2016-06-26 10:09 pm (UTC)she's tired of fighting, too exhausted to go the caves even if she wasn't, and her bruised ribs make running for too long hard.
so, trying to interact with others it was, then? ] Wouldn't have been very pleased if I saved your arse and you died. [ she's trying to make a joke, trying to get away from the increasingly heavy guilt pressing down on her.
it probably doesn't work when your voice sounds that leaden. ]
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Date: 2016-06-26 10:14 pm (UTC)[Although...]
Are you immune to the influence of the false gods, as well?
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Date: 2016-06-26 10:29 pm (UTC)I am grateful for your help. I don't know what would have happened if I'd been left to my own devices.
[He knows: he'd have died.]
You look exhausted. Would a drink help?
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Date: 2016-06-26 10:31 pm (UTC)Well, sort of. It's possible to shut off any emotional connection for a time, but it's only temporary and it may not always be the best solution.
[Pause.] Actually, um. That's what happened when we first met. The second time as well.
[Which would be all the times that they've met, actually.]
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Date: 2016-06-26 10:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-26 10:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-26 10:40 pm (UTC)You had a visitor while you were away. Short fellow, red and black. I thought him to be one of the Forest Folk from back home, for a moment.
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Date: 2016-06-26 10:43 pm (UTC)[Even if it made Miriam utterly terrified of her for some time. Better scared than dead.]
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Date: 2016-06-26 10:46 pm (UTC)[Miriam had described Rey as "a crazy lady who tried to kill her for no reason." He's going three-for-three on getting answers today.]
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Date: 2016-06-26 10:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-26 10:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-06-26 11:02 pm (UTC)[Not surprising, considering she was openly telling people on the network to punch Rey in the face and shit. Sigh.]
It was Rage, though can't entirely blame it all on her. Probably shouldn't have approached the girl in the first place. [That's easy enough to say when you're no longer being controlled by a godlike influence, Rey.]