I'm the ghost of roads untaken
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Who: Medrau and Voices
When: a few nights after Medrau was violently assaulted by Song
Where: A place that is not a place
Note: I'm not making a second lj. I'm too lazy.
Darkness snaked outward from the Stone. It had waited too long for its purpose to be fulfilled. Many of those who once had linked it it were gone, out of its reach. Only two thread remained. The dominant one had waned recently, and the Stone's power reached out to it, seeking the servant who had gone astray.
It found her deep within her other self and injured gravely.
"Weak." "Poor child, whatever have you done to yourself?" "Pathetic." "No worse than you deserve, traitor child." "Go away." "The heart has taken substantial damage, likely from a psychic wound of an internal source." The voices came all at once, overlapping and strange. Only the first voice was strong, the others scarcely more than echoes.
When: a few nights after Medrau was violently assaulted by Song
Where: A place that is not a place
Note: I'm not making a second lj. I'm too lazy.
Darkness snaked outward from the Stone. It had waited too long for its purpose to be fulfilled. Many of those who once had linked it it were gone, out of its reach. Only two thread remained. The dominant one had waned recently, and the Stone's power reached out to it, seeking the servant who had gone astray.
It found her deep within her other self and injured gravely.
"Weak." "Poor child, whatever have you done to yourself?" "Pathetic." "No worse than you deserve, traitor child." "Go away." "The heart has taken substantial damage, likely from a psychic wound of an internal source." The voices came all at once, overlapping and strange. Only the first voice was strong, the others scarcely more than echoes.
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Date: 2012-06-22 11:15 am (UTC)"If I'm so weak, then help me. Free me. You know I'll give you the worlds."
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Date: 2012-06-22 08:11 pm (UTC)(Also, I didn't realize I wouldn't have options to easily color-code when replying, so my original intention of making it easy for you has fallen by the wayside.)
"Weak," it repeated. "She isn't strong enough." "We should tend her wounds at least." "We can't trust her." "The impulse for survival is still strong, so the construct attempts bargaining behaviors." "You could have easily delivered on that promise if you had obeyed orders."
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Date: 2012-06-23 02:54 am (UTC)"Besides, I think loyalty counts as a trait of the Light-hearted, and Song kept all of those. Perhaps... you ought to bind me to your will." It sounded almost like a genuine offer.
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Date: 2012-06-23 05:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-23 06:50 pm (UTC)"What do you want of me, then?!" she shouted at the sky of her little mental world. "What, exactly, will convince you to assist me?"
She'd get herself out of this mess if she had to - had been working on it before this intrusion, even - but the Cornerstone would make it all immensely easier and less painful, if she could just coerce it into helping.
Unfortunately she was in a few too many pieces to concentrate on negotiations right now.
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Date: 2012-06-23 07:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-24 02:41 am (UTC)"Then stop beating around the bush and tell me what to do. Much as I love dragging things out, now isn't the best time," she hissed.
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Date: 2012-06-24 05:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-28 11:27 am (UTC)"In case the lot of you haven't noticed, I can't do anything at the moment. Put me back in control, or tell me how to get there myself, and I'll owe you. Nice little debt to make me feel obligated not to betray you and such. Sounds like a sweet deal to me," she grumbled.
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Date: 2012-06-28 09:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-29 11:32 am (UTC)"Can we just get on with this?" she asked wearily. "I don't have many options here."
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Date: 2012-06-30 05:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-06-30 08:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-01 01:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-01 02:46 pm (UTC)"So, either you help me, or you wait for me to recover on my own. All bargains and lies aside, I'd prefer the first option if I were you. Waiting is just a bore."
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Date: 2012-07-01 09:52 pm (UTC)"I wouldn't mind being bored." "In spite of immortality, the shadow shows no indication of patience." "I don't care." "It would be so little effort to help her." "I might even be willing to help you, but you seem to have chosen to ignore me."
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Date: 2012-07-01 10:28 pm (UTC)Did the Cornerstone ever make up its mind? (Well, with so many, perhaps not.)
Medrau threw up her hands and considered turning and storming away, but it seemed like too much effort, subconscious projection or not.
"Fine, alright, if you all can't decide, then I will. I am done. You are dismissed. I'd sooner deal with this on my own than risk being driven to new heights of madness by the voices in my head."
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Date: 2012-07-02 08:35 pm (UTC)Maleficent's voice cut through the babble of the others. "Would all of you be silent?"
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Date: 2012-06-25 03:20 pm (UTC)