08 - [Video] First of several paintings

[nuclear_ted]

[Ted bumps the communicator off his desk and it clicks on video. He's unaware of it because he's currently zombie-eyed and painting frantically like a frantic painting... thing. His usually unkempt appearance is even more messy, with a sleeveless white shirt marked in several spots with paint, as if he had used it to wipe off his brush

Comments

Voice, private

[nuclear_ted]

I... huh? What are you talking about?

Voice, private

[nuclear_ted]

I wasn't trying to. It doesn't make any sense.

Why you? And what are you doing with a vial? I'm sorry. I'm just trying to figure this out.

Private

[future_games]

...Can you control it?

Private

[nuclear_ted]

No, I can't. What's worse is when I'm not painting, when the images flash in my head. Things that don't make sense.

I... didn't know it was going to be like this.

How are you doing with my ability? Any better?

Private

[future_games]

I never remember the visions if I don't get them down on canvas or paper, but I still remember that I saw something. It's almost like a slot machine. I can only focus on one at a time.

...Is it supposed to...to burn?

Private

[nuclear_ted]

Yeah, like that. Just a flash of something and its gone. Then the need to paint. It's like... like being disconnected, in a way.

How bad, Isaac? Do you need help?

[heavenonthemind]

That's... that's Adam.

[nuclear_ted]

So I've been told.

[heavenonthemind]

Why did you paint him? Are you like Sylar?

he's too tired to raaage at the comparison

[nuclear_ted]

No, I'm not.

I wasn't trying to paint him at all.