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Mademoiselle, I heard that there may have been an...[a slight click of teeth] incident at the baseball diamond the day before. I was called away to an appointment so I was unable to see it for myself. I hear there may have been a medical curiosity...But I suppose you shall tell me about it when you are able.
Until then.
['Click'.]
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[There were a few of them, some spam, some for work, some for school and one... ah, she settled back and saved this one, replaying it first before deciding that 17 minutes wasn't too late to call back tonight. If anything she could leave a message as well.]
[Calling back she let it ring, a hand rubbing over her forehead again to stave off the headache that had started to grow. Yesterday was weird as hell and today wasn't any better.]
[She waited for him to pick up, or she would leave a message for him in return]
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So it was that he was reading over something when her call came through, and flipping open the cell phone he held it to his ear to speak into the receiver gently:]
Bon soir.
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Bon soir misure Gremil [she said in her best French, smiling at the NV receiver.] I'm returning your call. [a small pause] You said you were interested in... ah, the incident, yesterday?
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Yes...Was there something unusual about it?
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Other then it was a talking head and scattered body parts? [Because that there was rather unusual to her... very much!] He... wasn't in pain or anything. Just angry. Though I really can't blame him for that, considering he was just... ah, a head.
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Just a head? A talking, disembodied head? How peculiar.
[And fascinating. If she could've seen him his eyes would've been smoldering. He would've liked to have seen it. Defying death was always a rather interesting concept to him, especially given his apparent love of unusual and what others would consider morbid subjects.]
Oh? How do you surmise he survived?
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[she paused, rubbing at her forehead and frowning. Talking to Sylar in the same day as that also made things... hard. She tried to ignore the headache, tilting back into the couch to calm herself]
I'm not really sure. It seems like he might be immortal? Though I head if you take the head off of an immortal they die, so I'm not sure. Then again legends everywhere are different but--oh, I'm sorry, I'm rambling. It was just very... well, it was the strangest pull I've seen.
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[A nasally breathing sound. He was imagining it in vivid detail, though he would put a Totenkopf in place of the victim's face. A skull would have been a bit more..poetic. But the fact that it was a living...part of a being which had not died made him quiver, perhaps in delight.]
Immortal..? There are different cultural beliefs on this, to be certain...But please do go on.
Did it disturb you? Frighten and sicken you?
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There are cultural beliefs of all types, but there are also living facts wandering around in this city. [this was pointed out lightly, though she was sure he already understood that. Hell, to Himawari, they (the Newcomers) were all immortal, if they continued to return after death and death. She had after all.]
I... [These questions were the ones that made her feel as if something was different and yet... she shook her head, frowning. How to explain] I... will admit. It did make me feel sick. I was scared, yes, but worried for him. It looked... horrible. I thought it must be very painful too.
[Why was Robert so easy to talk to, even with morbid things?] It... did frighten me but it was also... ah, interesting. [she felt a little guilty for saying so]
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I haven't seen a full menagerie as to what you call living examples, but you seem like you have much more knowledge than I do regarding such matters.
[Still, the concept would take some getting used to. Lecter might take such things in stride, to a point.]
Did he seem in pain? Or express any discomfort?
[A measured breathiness in his tone, though he was heavily invested in gathering information which...tickled his imagination.]
Yes. It is, isn't it?
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I've met a few people who seem unable to die. Immortal in most cases. Searching the news of the past as well as history points out a few. It's fascinating, really.
[unseen to the other, she shifted in her seat, moving to flop over, like a teen on a phone, only much less oblivious or relaxed. She lay down in the couch, NV still in place and frowned, thinking over what to say]
Discomfort only in the fact that he was mad and a little helpless. Just a head after all. He was very mad when someone he knew showed up as well but... no, he didn't seem in pain. Just said he... or someone, would Bless the person who put him back together. That will take a damn lot of work, considering how many parts he seemed to be in. I couldn't really count it, really. He was... fine. No discomfort other then Miss Castor picking his head up.
[ ( ... )
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In the case of most who have arrived here, yes. I've been told as much. But not necessarily those who are considered to be 'local'?
[Lecter was not one who was easily riled; in fact, he barely budged an inch from the comment, letting his eyes wander about the room in which he currently occupied. The heavy draperies were emerald and gold-embroidered, smothering the pane of glass with the thickness of fabric. He reached out to touch it, the velvety texture rubbing smooth against his fingertip.]It rather reminds me of a story written by the Brothers Grimm. Darker fairytales, you might say ( ... )
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Not all of the of course, but there are some cases of it. The darkness man, the one who writes about the beasts? Darwin Watts. I've bear that he's been here since the start of the island. Or so it seems. We've seen birthday parties for people who were 300 or older. It's... kind of interesting.
[Oh but the Brothers Grimm? She smiled, loving the strange fairy tails and such. How witches ate children and evil queens had failed princesses for breakfast before the next one showed up. Japan had some really messed up tails as well, some about the headless, no less]
It reminds me of a few stories, actually. I wish i had some of the older darker fairytales though. At least those stories don't make me feel sick. but I suppose yo're right. It's just... human nature.
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Imagine his amusement if he knew God-or a version thereof-was here in the City?]
I'll have to tell you one from France, some time.
[Or from Germany, which is where the Grimm tales originated.]
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I would like that, very much. Old fables and folklore was always interesting to me. A friend of mine was studying it, last I heard.
[Besides, folk lore was a easier topic then body-less men and talking heads. She some how went from talking to Sylar in jail to dealing with a blown up body at work It had truly been a strange and messed up day.]
Have you ever had to deal with a body that was blown up? I don't think i should bother asking if he was alive still but... [he is a medical student after all]
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