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[darknessb4me]

[Video. A an eye, startlingly piercing and pale-lashed, pupils dialated unnaturally, darts back and forth as if trying to see you through the camera. It pulls back to reveal a staring man, skull-pale, with his head cocked to the side.]

Hello.

[He takes a deep breath and licks his lips, as if unsure what to say. It hisses out through his teeth and

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[fanged_aleera]

You are dead?!

[darknessb4me]

Better than dead. Certainly better than alive.

[He smiles.]

See, now, that's how I reacted at first, but... I couldn't maintain it. I...tried to have the sort of reaction that I know is normal. Scared, or shocked or something.

[The smile vanishes.]

The horror literally will not come. I can't cue up the emotion at all.

[fanged_aleera]

Why not?

[darknessb4me]

I have no idea. It's like trying to draw from a dry well - there just isn't anything there. Maybe I'm on some kind of anti-anxiety drug.

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[darknessb4me]

[Well, that breaks the creepy. He laughs warmly.]

Thank you...I guess you don't remember your name, or I'd ask....

[He trails off.]

I don't want to be fixed. God, that sounds weird.

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[darknessb4me]

Well, when you don't have a damn heartbeat, I think the normal reaction is at least...mild concern...

No, I don't know either. Even the ghosts have amnesia - did you see that guy with the writing Shadow?