savetheearth | 03 ❧ video; iphone

[It was intentional. Stupid, but intentional. He'd wanted to get just close enough for an echo: to get some control over what was happening to him, rather than just waiting for it to happen.

[Then he'd gotten too close. His expensive clothes may as well have been a bright, flashing sign. The guy moved in, and then....

[The redhead trembles, staring at the thing that had appeared. It took the man down like it was nothing. Just a few quick slashes of its bladed arms, and the guy was down. Dead.

[And now, the creature stares at him, like he's supposed to do something. Like it's waiting for him.

[If it got away from the body, he could show it to the network. Much as he scoffs at most of those idiots, maybe—

[As though reading his thoughts, the creature moves obediently away from the body.]

... Fuck.

[The screen is dark, camera currently covered by a hand. When Axel speaks, his voice is calm and measured.]

Alright, Numbers Club. Let's see if any of you know.

[The hand moves, and the camera struggles to focus on ... something. It's not human, that's for sure. The combination of bad lighting and a slightly shaking camera makes it a little tough to see, but eventually, the creature comes into view. It bobs gently, appearing to be floating slightly above the ground. The four blades on each arm look like they're colored slightly different than the rest of it.

[Look closer: it's blood.

[Axel speaks again. Despite the slight shakiness of his hand, his voice is still stubbornly calm.]

What the fuck is this thing?

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I guess that's a good point!

[You are a terrible influence, Axel. So have a Cowardly Maya filling your screen. It... seems to be pretty goddamn scared of Phillip.]

[STAAAAARING AT IT.]

... It doesn't look familiar.

[~~Yet.~~]

D'you know what it does?

Um, well--

[It sort of sprouts claws and slashes at Phillip's bedpost.]

--that.

Oh.

[Well. Whoops.]

Is it mad or something?

I dunno. I can't really control them or anything. They always kind of run away from me though.

Wait, what? You can't control them?

[WELL SHIT.]

Haven't you ever ... summoned them up before?

[There's no better word for it, is there?]

Nope. Or, at least I haven't figured it out yet.

Yeah! I summoned them on Halloween when we got attacked by dogs, and then the other day when we got attacked by a Blood Key person.

[FFFFFFFFF]

You can unsummon it, right?

Um.... I've never tried. Usually they get destroyed.

[Loooooking at Phillip's bedpost, there.]

Why don't you give it a shot?

Ok!

[Phillip looks over at it for several moments, before looking back at the camera.]

How do you unsummon something?

... Focus real hard.

[The best advice.]

I did. It didn't work.

Well, what'd you do to summon it in the first place?

I focused real hard.

So it doesn't work in reverse, huh.

[Well. Shit.]

I guess not. What should I do?

... Ask it to go away.

Ok. [Phillip turns around to face the Shadow, who has now taken to scurrying around his room in a frantic attempt to get away from him.] Please leave!

...That didn't work either.

[Is that thing ... seriously running from Phillip...?]

Trying scaring it away.

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[look to this thing phillip is fucking terrifying]

Scare it where? I can't let it into the rest of my house.

Scare it back to wherever it was before.

Tell it to go back, and scare it.

[He's trying!]

Um... ok!

[And now you get a minute long video of Phillip chasing the Shadow around the room, trying to get it to 'go back.']

[What is this even.]

Just — do you have a closet or something to shove it in?

Well, yeah. But what if it starts scratching at everything in there?

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