Oct 26, 2011 22:07
+helios sprensonne,
+hamato leonardo,
professor emo,
!report,
+hamato donatello,
logic rage,
+grune,
wtf is going on,
this'll end well,
time for a panic attack,
holy crap physical activity for once,
+dr. robotnik,
not what prior statements were implying,
super awkward
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[ Besides they all knew it was an experiment. There's a few seconds pause before he responds again. ] I'm sorry a-about Splinter...
[ What a terrible time to have someone leave. Just after the effects of the malnosso kidnapping worn off. He can't even imagine how Donatello and his brother must be feeling. ]
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E-everything has been... t-terrible, Helios.
[Softly, wetly:] I am s-so sorry I forgot you... you, of all people...
... A-are, are the others alright at least? Are you, with... with this latest a-abomination occurring?
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As for the others? We're c-coping yes. These mask some, some of them are dangerous. Y-You should be wary just, just to be careful around them.
[ He says his reply far too quickly when Robert asks that question. ] And I'm fine.
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[He shudders at the memory of how he acted with the Garo Mask on. He remembers trying to hurt Eggman, and that person, and others...]
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... I... t-tried to attack people...
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You didn't...though. Did you? [ It's a hard question to ask but he has to ask it. ]
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I... I hurt people.
[It's hard to admit this. Painfully hard. But he says it anyway, as though talking about it will clear his mind.]
... I-It was... a dark hood. I... I felt like I had to f-fight them. That... that I was in danger, and Audubon - he, I... ... he w-wasn't accepted because of wh-what he was, and, a-and as a result... [Choking a sob down, now.]
...
... I... I d-did not manage to... to kill or maim anybody s-severely. But... but I attacked p-perfectly innocent people. For... for no reason.
[He feels... disgusting, honestly. Even if it was two experiments in one muddling him up.]
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It's this, this experiment. [ There's a tinge of anger and pain in his voice. ] You couldn't help it. People can't help themselves when they wear those masks. [ Like Giles and now Robert. They'd never hurt people they cared about. ]
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Robert forces himself to breathe again, to calm himself. Helios' voice has... has something in it, but it's distant and he can't tell and...]
... I kn-know, but... but I am still ashamed. I... it was not... a-acceptable behaviour.
... A-At least, at least I never hurt you or Don... though, I... [Softly:] I-I hated Don. Or... I h-hated who Don was.
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[ His voice is calming or at least as much as he wills it to be. ] He'll understand.
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... His brother and he are... [... Devastated isn't even beginning to describe it.]
... H-Helios, I... I c-cannot stop the family from being... t-torn apart in front of me. I am so helpless.
[He knows he's not even the only one, but it's hard to see past the haze of depression that's settled over him.]
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We can't predict these things no matter how much we want to. But we can...we can be there for each when they do. It'll get better... [ it has to get better. This would be where he'd offer to come over, offer to help in anyway possible but he...he can't go out looking like this. Not with the questions it would raise so he stays silent. ]
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... I... I h-hope so. ... The Hamatos are... p-practically my family too, now. I am c-closer to them than I was to even my own parents...
... To see them feeling this way is... u-unspeakably painful. I will do everything I c-can, but... [He's afraid it isn't enough.]
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They'll need your support. So you have to stay strong for them. Unfortunately most of us have had...people close to us taken before. [ Frederic for one. Giles another. Thinking about the ex-watcher makes him stop on his end. ]
You'll have everyone's support. M-Mine definitely.
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[Always being there for him. Even now. Even when things are hard for everybody in Luceti.
He has to stay strong. So he pushes the waver in his voice down and tries to make himself seem a little more collected.]
... Is everyone else here? Giles...? I, I spoke to him earlier. As... Audubon. [... Coincidentally, in the very same mask that injured Helios - not that Robert will ever know.]
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He-he left. [ There's a slight hitch when he says that. ] T-To get his penalty r-removed I mean. [ His voice is wavering but he moves away from the communicator to catch and steady his breathing. ]
He'll be alright though.
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