10th Explosion // Mello // [Video/Audio] ((BACKDATED to yesterday)

[worldsrunnerup]

[Mello's sitting on the couch while a nervous young woman paces behind him, a bag of ice pressed against her swollen lip. She's attractive and no older than twenty-five. Her long hair is pulled back into a high ponytail. She's not wearing any makeup, no attempt to look nice. She's still in her pajamas, a pair of boxers and a pink t-shirt,

Comments

okay, third time's a charm

[gamer_anon]

Want me to follow the guy?

[worldsrunnerup]

Yeah, I can't even...

[He shakes his head even thinking about it is making him angry.]

[gamer_anon]

Yeah, he's a real winner. Probably only gonna get worse too.

[worldsrunnerup]

Guy punches his girlfriend in the face and we can do anything about it.

Can't wait to see how this works out.

[The couple's Persian cat stares up at Mello as if it can see him. It hops up on the couch next to him]

Fucking cat.

Voice

[crystalore]

...What happened to that woman?

[Video]

[worldsrunnerup]

Her FUCKING boyfriend!! That goddamn fucking scum deserves to be fucking castrated with a rusty knife!

[His voice rises in anger. His fingers tighten around his gun]

[Video]

[crystalore]

[Itsuki looks shocked.]

...Why? Why on earth would a friend...

[Video]

[worldsrunnerup]

Her romantic partner actually. Classy guy, huh?

[tophatcandycane]

Oh, that's reassuring. I figured that out when I walked through the door.

[He's wearing a sheet over his head and giggles.]

I'm still trying to figure it all out.

[worldsrunnerup]

Yeah, me too.

[Stares at him]

The sheet really necessary?

[tophatcandycane]

[The hat on top shakes back and forth.]

Not really but it's fun. I can see myself in the mirror now....sort of.

[worldsrunnerup]

You look like an idiot.

[moarcrusadesplx]

JUST LIKE JESUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [ multiple exclamation points denote his absolute joy at the thought. ]

[worldsrunnerup]

...Except without the whole dying for the world's Sins thing, and the Lamb of God thing, the betrayal of Judas, the Holy thing, and all the other stuff aside from the fact that I used the word resurrection.

/because i apparently have lost the capability to read properly

[moarcrusadesplx]

It is Good Friday tomorrow!

*pat, pat* happens to the best of us.

[worldsrunnerup]

[And this strikes Mello suddenly. His hand goes to the crucifix around his neck. It was just hitting him that he wouldn't be going to church tomorrow or on Saturday or on Easter. That he might never go to church again. It's like he can't even hear the other, he's so wrapped up in his own thoughts, horror, fear, sadness. Religion was a powerful force in Mello's life and suddenly it felt so far away]

[petalsofdeath]

Suppose there's a message in all of this?

Or rather, an "EVIDENT AGENDA"?

[worldsrunnerup]

[A slow smile, even if he is still ready to break something]

You're thinking it's not from the ghosts, the message, it's from whatever's controlling this whole place? Makes sense. But the agenda in this case doesn't seem evident, unless they want us to see what happened.

[petalsofdeath]

Perhaps we just are not looking closely enough.

Certainly, all of the pieces must be here, but I suppose the trick is figuring out how they fit together.

Did you ever discover where the signal was coming from?

[worldsrunnerup]

No but Matt's still got the information on it, everything we could gather.

Do you have anything?

[The fact that they couldn't do it is clearly pissing Mello off]