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drymonster) wrote2024-06-08 01:47 pm
drymonster) wrote2024-06-08 01:47 pm
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[ todomatsu is done being an extra in midsommar and is back in his pink hoodie and jeans, taking some pictures of the profiles with his phone so that he has a portable reference for when he runs into someone he hasn't met — or, more likely, someone he has met whose name he doesn't remember.
he may be disinterested in most people but at least he's considerate enough that he doesn't want to be obvious about it. ]
he may be disinterested in most people but at least he's considerate enough that he doesn't want to be obvious about it. ]
[ turns toward her to— OH wow okay he'd thought that profile picture had just been the result of bad lighting, but she actually looks like that. huh. ]
—Ah! [ NOT GOING TO BE RUDE ABOUT IT........... ] My phone, you mean?
[ holds it up! ]
—Ah! [ NOT GOING TO BE RUDE ABOUT IT........... ] My phone, you mean?
[ holds it up! ]
[ ... that was a reaction, but if he's not going to say anything then neither will she! ]
Yes. I've never seen anything like it.
Yes. I've never seen anything like it.
[ it's fine.... ]
Huh, really?
[ he was figuring she was just into egl fashion and not like, actually victorian. there is so much going on here. ]
Well, technically its primary function is to be a telephone, which— do you know what a telephone is?
Huh, really?
[ he was figuring she was just into egl fashion and not like, actually victorian. there is so much going on here. ]
Well, technically its primary function is to be a telephone, which— do you know what a telephone is?
Mmm... okay. It's a thing you can talk into that lets you talk to someone far away in real time. You hold it up to your ear like this [ demonstrates! ] to hear what they're saying, and there's a microphone down at the bottom that you talk into so they can hear you.
And then this is like, a way more advanced version of that.
And then this is like, a way more advanced version of that.
All the way across the ocean, usually! Though, uh, this one actually can't do it at all right now since it's not connected to anything.
Uh... well, the old ones used cables, similar to telegrams. But most phones are wireless now, so they just transmit things through, like, waves in the air or something, I think...?
I think I understand...
[ as much as a victorian cryptid can. ]
So you'd need something that can... make those waves in the air?
[ as much as a victorian cryptid can. ]
So you'd need something that can... make those waves in the air?
Yeah, pretty much! Well, and other devices that can pick them up. Doesn't do a lot of good if you're the only person on a network.
I see... So it wouldn't be possible to reach anyone I know.
... Though it may be better that way, anyway. Do you have anyone you would like to try speaking to?
... Though it may be better that way, anyway. Do you have anyone you would like to try speaking to?
I mean, yeah, the police, for one.
[ to alert them to this MASS CROSS-DIMENSIONAL KIDNAPPING ]
But I'd also want to let my mom know what's going on.
[ to alert them to this MASS CROSS-DIMENSIONAL KIDNAPPING ]
But I'd also want to let my mom know what's going on.
Oh... hmm.
[ imagine having police. ]
Are you and your mother close?
[ imagine having police. ]
Are you and your mother close?
Well, normal close, I guess. I mean, I still see her pretty often, and we mostly get along okay?
[ yeah you see her every fucking day because you STILL LIVE WITH HER ]
[ yeah you see her every fucking day because you STILL LIVE WITH HER ]
[ After the trial, Kate walked very quickly away from the pyre and ducked behind a building. Maybe it's the one Totty's staying at. Or he just happened to turn the same corner...
Here, she has her back pressed to the wall and her hands against her chest. She takes slow, deep breaths, one after another, like she's trying to regulate herself. ]
Here, she has her back pressed to the wall and her hands against her chest. She takes slow, deep breaths, one after another, like she's trying to regulate herself. ]
[ honestly i don't know where he's staying tonight because it's sure as hell not going to be the theater, so he is in fact probably turning down random corners while he anxiously wanders around and tries to figure out what to do.
...ah. ]
Kate-chan...? Are you okay?
[ not that he can blame her if she isn't after all that. ]
...ah. ]
Kate-chan...? Are you okay?
[ not that he can blame her if she isn't after all that. ]
[ another breath... and she bobs her head in a shaky nod. ]
Yes.
I just... needed a moment. We just condemned a person to death...
Yes.
I just... needed a moment. We just condemned a person to death...
[ he blinks; somehow out of all the things he's freaked out about right now, that one didn't even really make the list. ]
Ah... Yeah, we did.
I don't think we had much of a choice, though, you know?
Ah... Yeah, we did.
I don't think we had much of a choice, though, you know?
It didn't feel like it at the time, no...
[ ... ]
... What happened to Boothill could have happened to any of us, couldn't it?
[ ... ]
... What happened to Boothill could have happened to any of us, couldn't it?
[ nods ]
I think so. If whatever ritual they'd done had set off someone else's monster instead.
...Kind of feels now like we've all got ticking time bombs inside of us.
I think so. If whatever ritual they'd done had set off someone else's monster instead.
...Kind of feels now like we've all got ticking time bombs inside of us.
It does.
Our only source of power in this place, and it's already been turned against us...
Our only source of power in this place, and it's already been turned against us...
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