patient file 008 [video]

[ornithophobia]

[good morning! it looks like someone's got a present for you all today, in the form of a quivering wreck that appears to have been Cloud Strife at one point. someone speaks.]

It's been a while, Death City.

[and it's not as if anyone needed any clarification, but the view spins and lo and behold -- an elusive Jonathan Crane that's apparently

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[video]

[hatesafrica]

You are such a creep.

voice

[ornithophobia]

Ah yes, I remember you.

Full name please, for the record.

voice

[hatesafrica]

Why should I tell you anything?!

voice

[ornithophobia]

Of course you're not obligated to do anything, but would you honestly prefer me to take a more active interest in you to get the information I want?

[video]

[lavenderglasses]

...You know, perhaps you should look into finding yourself a better hobby.

voice

[ornithophobia]

[pleasantly!] How are you keeping?

voice

[lavenderglasses]

[Just as pleasant:] Very well, thank you, and I'm certainly looking better than you are, if that's any indication.

voice

[ornithophobia]

Fortunately my research isn't based so much on appearances than what's in that head of yours.

I find it noteworthy that so many patients find it in them to be just as arrogant now as they were before.

[video]

[cursedwithagift]

[he's looking you up and down, Crane, not making any pretenses of not. you, the background, everything. and then, after a few minutes of silence--]

How does it work?

voice

[ornithophobia]

[he responds politely enough.]

I'm afraid that's something I can't divulge. For the sake of the exercise, you understand.

[video]

[cursedwithagift]

No, no, I don't mean chemically. I mean-

[he flutters his hands uselessly]

How does it show it?

voice

[ornithophobia]

[a short pause, and then--]

Hallucinations, generally recalling traumatic experiences. "Generally" because one does not necessarily fear that which has already happened to them, but it's been common among experimental groups so far.

Voice;

[ornithophobia]

Yes, twelve years of schooling among other necessary qualities.

[he simply ignores the outrage!]

Voice;

[ornithophobia]

It sounds paradoxical, but it's in the grip of fear when one has the least inhibitions. If you're looking for truth, you won't find it anywhere faster than in someone who has neither the will nor presence of mind to lie.

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[loves_humanity]

[The camera is recording the view from his window at the Communal, but not his face.]

Vigilantism is a poorly thought revenue, sadly. There are always better ways to do things, far more... professional too.

One does wonder why, however, would a serious and dedicated man of science such as yourself accept input from his own control group.

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[loves_humanity]

...unless, of course, this is not your control group?

voice, private

[ornithophobia]

My message was meant both for those involved and otherwise.

In any case, if the point of the exercise is fear-- I suspect there are very few people left that I could consider a control group.

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[loves_humanity]

Ah, of course. Fear is such a volatile thing, of course not even you could control such a delicate balance.

[Is that mocking in his tone, perhaps?]