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Clue #002 :.: L (Ryuzaki) :.: [Accidental Video]

Jul 02, 2010 11:06

[The feed cuts it on L pacing. Godiva is pacing beside him, looking almost as unkempt as her human. L is mumbling to himself as he shuffles along the same stretch of floor, more worked up than usual.]

.... If the Alethiometer can measure the truth but nothing here is reality, truth and fiction combine and what can ever be real? We cannot be alive ( Read more... )

comment: mello, plot: his dark materials, subplot: the subtle knife, l lawliet

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[Video] worldsrunnerup July 2 2010, 16:04:07 UTC

[Hear that? That is the sound of Mello's brain exploding and his heart shattering. Bubastis looks at Mello who nods. They're coming to L's room]

[In Person] worldsrunnerup July 8 2010, 03:16:17 UTC

[Mello doesn't say anything. He looks down at the ground before he manages]

I shouldn't have said anything. It's not my place to tell you your future.

Re: [In Person] hunch_ofjustice July 8 2010, 03:51:42 UTC

[L swallows hard.] I see.

[He is silent for a grave moment. Godiva comes over to him and nuzzles his ankle. Then they both look up, again seemingly startled by something only they can hear. Their eyes scan the ceiling.]

Did you hear that? Surely you must have...

I heard it. It is undeniably real.

[In Person] worldsrunnerup July 8 2010, 18:18:35 UTC

[And Successor and Daemon exchange an anxious look]

We didn't hear anything.

Not a sound.

[In Person] hunch_ofjustice July 9 2010, 01:05:22 UTC

It was quite loud. In the... ceiling.

[L and Godiva continue staring.] Impossible to miss.

[In Person] worldsrunnerup July 9 2010, 13:21:32 UTC

Think about it, L. Just think, no one else heard anything, what could possibly be in the ceiling? Try to stay rational! We'll get through this.

Re: [In Person] hunch_ofjustice July 9 2010, 16:18:42 UTC

[Almost sheepishly, L turns back to Mello. He's right. L turns his gaze to the floor and tries to switch gears in his brain.] Evidence of paranoia and auditory hallucinations suggests... early onset of schizophrenia...

Re: [In Person] worldsrunnerup July 9 2010, 20:57:53 UTC

[Hearing it said out loud makes Mello's breath catch]

You're not a schizophrenic. It's an episode at most.

[Leaving out the word "psychotic"]

We can get through this, L. You're L! If there's anyone who can reason his way out of this it's you!

[In Person] hunch_ofjustice July 10 2010, 00:44:27 UTC

An episode, which, if it persists, is evidence of a disease.

[And no, he doesn't want to believe it, either. It's his biggest fear, the blurring between brilliance and insanity. Between L and B. But he can't ignore blatant symptoms.]

I am L, but I was never meant to be L forever. That is why the successors were lined up. In the case of my demise, either physical or mental... you and the others were trained to take my place.

[He hesitates.] I always did suspect it would be sooner rather than later, in either case...

[In Person] worldsrunnerup July 10 2010, 00:52:23 UTC

[Mello's face softens]

I'm not supposed to tell you your future, but I will tell you this, you do not lose your mind.

[If that helps. More than physical death Mello fears losing control. Losing control of his mind, his body, his actions. Being owned by someone, something else, from the inside out. No longer being his own man terrified him.

Mello would much rather be dead than insane and he wondered if L was the same way. If not he was just makign things worse but it was worth a goddamn try]

[In Person] hunch_ofjustice July 10 2010, 01:37:16 UTC

[That might be a hint of a smile on L's face. Just for a second. He appreciates the sentiment.] This is not my future. This is... an alternate timeline... or perhaps even a sort of purgatory. It operates independently from our normal lives. I cannot eliminate the possibility that something will befall me here simply because it does not under typical circumstances.

[As if to help prove his point, he hears something else, in a corner or even the wall behind Mello. L snaps his head in that direction, and Godiva's fur bristles.]

Dear... it... said your name...

[L swallows.] It is not real.

It sounds real! [Godiva leaps into his arms and he catches her, surprisingly, and allows her to curl up nuzzling his shoulder.]

[In Person] worldsrunnerup July 11 2010, 16:34:27 UTC

[He was just trying to be reassuring. Mello's jaw clenches. It was true, everything he said, and it unnerves Mello how unsurprised he is by these circumstances. Separating L from their time-line like this causing a psychotic breakdown.]

Sounding real and being real are not the same thing. The only voices in here are yours, mine, and the fucking Daemons. Remember that.

[In Person] hunch_ofjustice July 11 2010, 23:33:22 UTC

That is easier to say than believe it.

[He backs away from Mello a bit, as if something behind Mello is advancing toward him. Godiva gives a plaintive shriek.]

[In Person] worldsrunnerup July 12 2010, 02:32:38 UTC

[Mello jumps to his feet]

What is it? What's happening?

[Bubastis arches her back, tail twitching madly]

[In Person] hunch_ofjustice July 12 2010, 16:30:26 UTC

[There is a prolonged pause while L forces himself to look away from the blank space behind Mello.]

It is irrelevant.

[In Person] worldsrunnerup July 13 2010, 02:11:41 UTC

It's not! L, tell me! I can help you if you talk to me!

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