|01| to catch a monster, we make a movie

[seesyou]

[The hallway monitor at first picks up nothing but the window behind it. And then a low buzzing begins, and the image on the screen seems to split for a moment, the bottom segment blurring

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[video]

[timisnotme]

*Masky sees the video on the screen in the hallway, his head snapping up, eyes widening in terror. He immediately turns to run but his body freezes and refuses to obey him. He grits his teeth and tries again, to no avail. His feet are moving him ever closer to the screen. He lets out a soft whimper. He at least can avert his eyes from the screen, staring carefully at the floor.*

Where?

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[seesyou]

[The Masked Man is speaking now? Interesting.

The static from the screen on the wall rises to a dull roar, and the electronic snow is interspersed with quick flickers of a grainy image of bare trees.]

[video]

[timisnotme]

*He nods.*

Coming. Now.

*He turns purposefully and heads down the stairs. Soon he's in the forest, having almost no memory of how he got there. He shakes his head trying to clear it.*

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[seesyou]

[And the Masked Man is alone.

And then he is not alone. The Operator glides from behind a tree much too narrow to have hidden him, propelled smoothly by the black tendrils extending from his body. His blank head is tilted as if in skepticism, perhaps amusement.

Satisfied with his inspection of his servant, he spreads his many arms wide in welcome.]

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[timisnotme]

*Behind the mask he smiles, his eyes glinting with absolute devotion. All was well. His master had arrived. He obediently trails after him as the Operator moves further into the trees, blending with them, until only the Masked Man is visible.*