Sep 12, 2011 16:43
#thanoodles,
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itamplified: lewis puckett ( au. ),
*action,
jedimindkink: john buchanan | oxford,
fromxerox: pledge,
mystorysucks: ben bellamy,
eventhegood: teagan,
bewhat: jeremy redmond,
sailtothe: solen roux,
finallytouches: robert s. hargreaves
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[ Her words are muffled by her hand, and she sounds like she's on the verge of tears, though for now her eyes are only glassy, unfocused. ]
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That... that's a pretty inherent part of being a monster, yeah? It's in their nature, they don't care. [ She can feel a dull ache starting up in her forehead as she forcefully holds back her emotions. She still can't say it straight. Her words a little ambiguous, hopeless. ] They don't care that they pass it on, either. Always, without fail.
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She does get a growing frown, however. He's trying not to make the dread too obvious, he really is.]
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I'm only half human. The other half of me is something horrible that I only have to deal with every so often. Routinely. [ Another involuntary laugh, wobbly, this time accompanied by a few gathering tears. ] Every five weeks, just about, I feel something in the pit of my stomach that isn't human, and I tell it to go away. Because of that, I get angry. I get rude, destructive, until it becomes too much. [ She ignores the wetness of her cheeks. ] Then I kill someone. [ And eat them. But she hopes Jeremy can guess that without her having to spell it out. ] The feeling goes away. I pretend I'm normal again for another five weeks.
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His expression shifts into a grimace, incredulous and dazed--it almost looks like a very deceitful smile. Somewhere in his silence he manages to gather enough of his voice to mutter.]
You kill people?
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But as we can see, he's been wrong before.]
You can't kill people. [She's just a girl, and he's just in denial.]
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Can't I? Is this just another something I'm making up, then? [ She's speaking through her hands, incredulous and frustrated. It would be better if he just ran away screaming instead of trying to convince himself that what she's saying isn't true. A little painfully: ] You said so yourself - we barely know each other.
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I-I know what I said. But--
[--Jeremy looks dazed for a fraction of a second, interrupting himself with a frown. The first signs of what looks like blood starts to run down from his nose. Quietly, slowly, he has only enough time to bring his fingers up to brush it off his face, almost knowing.
Before he can say anything else, his eyes roll back and he collapses on the floor.]
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Jeremy! [ With a strangled yelp she leaps towards him as he falls, grabbing him by the arm and the collar in order to try and stop him from toppling over completely, but all she really down is sink down next to him. Suddenly a little frightened and rather alarmed, she slips her arm around his shoulders, trying to hold him up - which isn't hard, considering that he really feels rather light to her. ] Jeremy! Wake up, wake up- [ helplessly, practically wailing: ] -Christ, trust you to faint instead of run away!
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But he finally mutters something, lips shaping into a smile under the blood. It's still rather indiscernible, though...]
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The smile worries her. This isn't a smiling situation. God, she hopes that this isn't her fault, but what else could it be? ]
Jeremy- Jeremy, I can't understand a word you're saying. Come on, speak to me properly, enunciate, whatever, just- [ her voice falters a little, her damp face now drained of colour. ] What's wrong? Tell me what's wrong, Jeremy.
[ It's as if she wishes that saying his name over and over will help, even though she knows it won't. ]
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Just get it over with, then! [His tone is crazed, delirious, yelling at a distance even though she's standing right there. FAMILIAR, ANYONE? Because I just copy pasted it big whoop wanna fight about it.] You're not getting any younger!
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