04 | [Video]

[chalicejoker]

[The webcam feed opens to show Hajime's darkened apartment. The lights are off, the curtains are drawn, and a hulking figure can be seen moving around in the shadows. He's moving too fast and too much to get a clear look at him for very long, though the green orb on his chest is slightly luminescent. He's so distraught, he hasn't realized he even activated the webcam. He thought he was just switching on the mic for audio.]

I...I can't stay here. I can't let anyone find me like this. But I don't think I can get out of here on my own without anyone seeing me...

[Hajime is doing his best to keep his voice calm, but there's no denying the fact that he sounds quite shaken. It's still recognizable as his voice, although it sounds a little rougher than usual.]

I changed. I...tried to fight it, but...it...it was just like I remembered...and I can't hide the belt anymore, not that it matters...

[He is this close to having a massive freakout right then and there. Staying calm after turning into some kind of a bug monster is really hard, especially when you were normal--or as close to normal as Hajime gets these days--an hour ago. He's going through the room, trying to figure out what, if anything, he'll be bringing with him when he leaves. It's at this point that he realizes the webcam's on, and a green, clawed, and definitely inhuman hand will reach out to cover it.]

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[chalicejoker]

[That is most certainly not helping. Especially with that one memory where he saw himself changing and knew that this form was the truth, that this was his original form, and that the human disguise he had taken on just wasn't enough to hold it back.]

No, I'm not.

[That possibly came out to sound a bit more defensive than Hajime would have liked.]

I'm going to find a way to change back.

[The memory still pulls at him, taunting him with the knowledge that he was only pretending, wasn't really human, could never be one, Joker's instincts were too strong...]

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[birdinthehand]

Okay, okay, you're not, you're not...

[Hajime was pretty scary when he was angry, that much he remembered.]

Yeah, hey, if things are crazy enough to change you into this, there's gotta be something to change you back. Just... if it takes a while, you got enough stuff to hold out where you are?

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[chalicejoker]

[Hajime settles down a little at that, at least. He's still somewhat wound up, but at least there's no sign of a really worked up bug-man.]

I'm...kind of not sure. I grabbed some stuff before I left, but I don't know how long I'll be here...

[There's a pause.]

I'm also not really sure if I'd still eat the same stuff or what...haven't had much of an appetite.

[Let's face it, turning into a giant bug is enough to turn anyone's stomach for a bit.]