The Joker//Opening Act: The Funhouse of Mirrors//Video

[gotthesescars]

[The feed turns on, giving the facility a disorienting view of a strange, bloody room, disturbingly akin to something they might have seen a few weeks ago, in the torture chambers. there's what looks like steel wire spread across the floor, hooked to the walls at random intervals, and the room seems to go on infinitely... On closer inspection there

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[empyreanistic]

Sh--

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[empyreanistic]

Shit. Shit, shit, where the hell are you-- just-- [There's banging as Alfred scrambles up, unseen but clearly panicked. He doesn't know where they are or how to help, but he can try]

[star_charm]

I, I don't... I don't know. I-I'm afraid if I leave him to go and look h-he might....

[empyreanistic]

Hang on, hang on, just-- okay, can you look around for me? Is it an empty room besides the shit that's like, mirrors, or is there something that might tell you? There's only a couple empty rooms. Stay calm for me, please.

[seasalt_sunset]

K-K-Kairi! I'm...I don't know where you are but I'm coming! I promise!

[Oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh oh no she's just running through the facility screaming your name.]

[star_charm]

Xion, I'm really scared...

[audio]

[bucky_cap]

[Bucky is stunned, horrified. He's used to blood, and truthfully, it was disturbing but nowhere near this level when he first started to watch the feed. He could handle it if it were anyone else.

But he knows that shield. He can see very well that it's missing from their room. And only one other person could throw it like that. He's scrambling out of their room in a hurry, not caring that he knocks things over in the process. Blind panic is taking over everything else he might be feeling.]

Location! Now! Rogers, talk to me goddamn it!

[star_charm]

I-i'm sorry, he's not... he won't respond. To me.

[bucky_cap]

Shit. [Ever heard a grown man this scared and panicky? Probably not.] Where are you? Does he have a pulse?

Answer me, Steve, or so help me god I will kill you myself!

[star_charm]

....Barely.

[You probably have never heard a girl so sincerely broken hearted in her life, either. This guy just died to save her-- someone he didnt even know.]

I-I... I can go find out if I can find the door, b-but... I'm afraid of leaving him alone.

[the_daybreak]

[No, no no no.

Sora's gone -- and now he knows why he hasn't seen Kairi. He chokes back his emotions -- Kairi.]

Kairi -- t-tell me where you are. Please.

[And he begins to move.]

[star_charm]

I don't.. know. I think it's an empty room. Somewhere. I don't know how I got here a-and...
[Her voice is starting to choke with tears.]
He's gone one day and I'm already such a failure... I can't even protect myself...

[the_daybreak]

I'm gonna -- I'm gonna come get you, okay?

[That's all he can do. He owes her -- he should never have left her.

But then she mentions Sora and he falters, just for a moment, in his search. He's... not doing well.]

... you're... don't think you have to...

[He chokes then, pushes all thoughts out of his mind and moves.]

[Audio]

[artemisaim]

[Oh shit] Kairi? Kairi, what happened?

[star_charm]

I-I don't know! I was in my room and.. suddenly i woke up here and I couldnt move... then someone saved me and I think h-he...
[Her voice is choked with tears.]
I think he's dying. I can't help.

[artemisaim]

It's okay, Kairi. Calm down. [Well, it's NOT but getting mad at her won't fix anything] Do you have any idea where you are? Is someone coming to find you guys already?

[star_charm]

A-Alfreds trying to find the room number... since we're inside an empty room somewhere... I'll tell you when I know, okay?