03 ❧ video; iphone

[poisonousflame]

[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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[poisonousflame]

[It sounds kinda ... well, harsh. Maybe because he's started putting the pieces together, and he's pretty sure his other-self was a Nobody. But he remembers what he said, during that first echo: "We are just Nobodies who have no one to be, yet we still 'are.' But now you can be nothing instead of just being a Nobody."

[Nothing, instead of just being a Nobody. And he remembers, now, how Nobodies come to be.]

kinda harsh, but i get it

[As for the rest:]

i got a coat and some pizza. not really exciting

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[darkinferno]

yeah

[It is harsh. Dante's still got a vague feeling of unease about it all, especially because he's got the idea that he heard the man's arguments multiple times.

And in particular he'd been arguing that it was the human-like Nobodies that didn't have the right to existence. At least, Dante can't remember him ever railing against the lesser forms.]

then about time you got something a little more interesting

so what's it done aside from just float there? i don't remember those guys being content to just hang out

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[poisonousflame]

a few flips. curled into a floating disk. i don't know how it's so flexible

[Super casually leaving out how it got blood all over its blades. SUPER CASUALLY.]

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[darkinferno]

[HE CAN SEE THE BLOOD ON ITS BLADES IT'S NOT HARD TO FIGURE OUT although

he doesn't necessarily know how everything went down. BUT IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT SOMEONE GOT SLICED AND JUDGING BY ALL THE COMMENTS ABOVE HE CAN GUESS IT WASN'T THE GUY HE'S TALKING WITH.]

apparently it thinks you're a friend then

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[poisonousflame]

yeah. lucky me

[Really. Lucky him.]