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voice } locked from Norman Osborn & Victoria Hand

Sep 04, 2010 05:28

[ the voice is that of a male teenager, American. it sounds... a little tired, but mostly kind of dead. somewhere under all of that, though, is a banked ember of anger. he's probably not even aware of it. ]I was wondering the other day: why do adults lie ( Read more... )

† harry osborn | n/a

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voice; encrypted enigmaestro September 4 2010, 09:44:25 UTC

This is more than just a confusing time for you, Harry, isn't it?

voice; encrypted osborncomplex September 4 2010, 09:51:58 UTC

[ an acrid note of wariness enters his voice. ]

I don't know what you mean.

voice; encrypted enigmaestro September 4 2010, 09:55:42 UTC

Oh, let's not play that game. Bit trite, isn't it?

Is it him, Harry? Did your father disappoint you again?

voice; encrypted osborncomplex September 4 2010, 10:00:48 UTC

[ it's troubling to be so transparent. ]

He there's nothing to. Disappoint. I know what he is.

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secondhandwebs September 4 2010, 12:31:18 UTC

Maybe just because it hurts the other person less than the truth, sometimes. Depends on the lie.

You okay over there?

osborncomplex September 4 2010, 22:21:12 UTC

To protect. And that's what heroes do, isn't it? Protect people.

I'm Harry Osborn. I'm never okay, apparently in any universe ever. Cue My Chemical Romance.

secondhandwebs September 5 2010, 03:56:51 UTC

Everyone can protect someone, I think. It's just easier for some of us to do it for more.

And, hey, a name's not a curse or anything. Whatever happened to them or...or with any other Osborn, for that matter, isn't your fault.

osborncomplex September 5 2010, 04:57:18 UTC

The other me who was here had a drug problem.

My dad is crazy. My dad who's here is crazy. I'm crazy. I'm just not a complete jerk.

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voice. tothecloud September 4 2010, 14:22:51 UTC

Um. [ A little hesitation. ] Are you okay, Harry?

voice. osborncomplex September 4 2010, 22:22:31 UTC

I talked to my dad.

He makes me feel... like someone else.

voice. tothecloud September 5 2010, 01:04:52 UTC

Like-- someone else? What'dyou mean?

voice. osborncomplex September 5 2010, 01:11:43 UTC

I don't know, Abby. [Helpless little laugh.] I'm not very... not very put together, mentally.

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video & text brevipennate September 4 2010, 14:54:40 UTC

[Concern is all over her face. She doesn't like it when people she likes are angry. This just reminds her of Heine.]

I do not know why people lie but I do not like it either. I do not think Heine has ever lied to me. I would know if he did. I am sorry someone lied to you Harry.

video osborncomplex September 4 2010, 22:27:27 UTC

[Harry smiles to see her, though. He's wearing a nice black button-up shirt and he's sitting by the MAC's pool.]

How would you know? Is that just something you can do?

brevipennate September 4 2010, 22:31:50 UTC

[She is maroon today! And she smiles back a bit.]

I am good at listening because I cannot talk. I know how people sound.

osborncomplex September 4 2010, 22:52:34 UTC

Do you have to know them pretty well first? Or could you tell if I was lying?

[His smile has a hint of teasing. The initial topic is not one he wishes to discuss with Nill, and this is more interesting anyway.]

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permavoice. sorcerously September 4 2010, 15:03:16 UTC

[British accent. Also, she sounds kind of sad.]

Because it is a cold, hard world, no matter what they want us to believe.

osborncomplex September 4 2010, 22:41:46 UTC

It's cold and hard, so that's why they have to lie? Or they lie because they want us to believe otherwise?

sorcerously September 4 2010, 22:44:32 UTC

Both, I suppose. Sometimes, people lie for themselves, too. To make fictions that they can believe instead of facing the truth of things.

osborncomplex September 4 2010, 22:54:12 UTC

[Pause.]

You do what you can to go on.

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