Video + Possessed Technology

[godchild]

[The Dreamberry hits the ground and flickers on, the red light blinking as the video call starts to record.

[A few seconds before something blunt pokes at the phone. A scoff, followed by another jab. Is that a cane?]

...

[Another keysmash and resulting series of beeps, then a frowning face comes into view]

What the devil?

Comments

[mudbloodhater]

I don't recommend hitting the Dreamberry. It doesn't work very well after that point. [yes, he remembers you. No, he doesn't think you remember him. There are signs one notes after a while.]

[godchild]

[This face.

[Congratulations, Draco. Your charm is such that Cain has forgotten about the loathsome device altogether]

Excuse me?

[mudbloodhater]

[well, good. That works just as well.]

You heard me: don't hit it. Particularly with a cane, since then the likelihood of breaking it is fairly good, and I'm not really sure there's anyone around here who knows how to fix it.

And you wouldn't be able to call for help either.

[godchild]

[Does this face look afraid?]

I think I can manage.

[mudbloodhater]

I'm sure. You could last time, after all. [sarcasm and a vague statement!]

[godchild]

Last time...?

[His distrust in you in rising, Draco. Surprisingly fast, even for Cain]

Who are you? [Obv we are past the point of being polite]

[mudbloodhater]

Draco Malfoy. We've met, not that you recall it. Unsurprising, I have to say. [he lives for rising distrust.]

[godchild]

I try to avoid rude people, especially if they have nothing useful to share.

[mudbloodhater]

Who said I had nothing useful to share? I think you'll find I know far more than you seem to think I do.

[godchild]

And why should I be inclined to trust you?

[mudbloodhater]

I never said you should. I doubt you'd do what I suggested anyway.

I merely said I knew more than you think I do.

[godchild]

Is that why you're so smug?

[mudbloodhater]

I see no reason why I can't be smug. You're the one who's been treated to an unfortunate case of amnesia and now has to go through relearning everything.

[godchild]

[Brings his cane down against the Dreamberry, clearly not heeding Draco's advise about not abusing it]

You're a nuisance.

If you have anything useful to say, have out with it. You're wasting my time.

[mudbloodhater]

You haven't asked me anything. I can't just out with something useful; how am I to know what you want?

[godchild]

[Scoffs]

Where are we, to begin with - and what is this? [Raps none too gently against the Dreamberry again with the end of his cane]