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eastbound2022-10-14 10:11 am
descendency) wrote in eastbound2022-10-14 10:11 am
video; un: peekaboo
[ the video feed flicks on to a young man's grim, steel-eyed gaze. he strikes as a man who might be more attractive were he not so severe and dour, a natural softness to his features that does not take easily to his fury. rosy lips pulled taut in displeasure, he stares out as though scrutinizing an audience he has not yet gathered, who yet remains unseen. ]
It's Gabriel.
[ he states his own name with distaste, as though he would rather be doing anything but giving his name to these circumstances and that much is the plain truth of the matter. ]
I require the statuses of Beitang Moran [ insufferable know it all ], Wei Wuxian [ insufferable busybody ], and Five [ insufferable ].
As for the rest of you, would someone like to kindly tell me where the fuck we are and what the hell we're doing here?
It's Gabriel.
[ he states his own name with distaste, as though he would rather be doing anything but giving his name to these circumstances and that much is the plain truth of the matter. ]
I require the statuses of Beitang Moran [ insufferable know it all ], Wei Wuxian [ insufferable busybody ], and Five [ insufferable ].
As for the rest of you, would someone like to kindly tell me where the fuck we are and what the hell we're doing here?
private ; @taken for granite | i'm so sorry, let me know if this isn't okay
You wouldn't happen to be the guy who wiped my sister from my brother's memory, are you? Because if so we're going to have a conversation you're probably not going to like.
[Look, she saw the beginning of Five's conversation and given that he's asking about Five now, she's willing to bet she's right. Because Five may be a paranoid asshole, but he's rarely ever wrong.]
ur so good hello
[ he's so tired of your entire family, allison. five is his favorite of you lot and look at where we are with that. ]
okay good <3
You do realize that you didn't just erase his memory of Vanya's presence here, in zombie land. You fucking erased her from his entire life. He didn't even know he had another sister.
[She's trying to give you the benefit of the doubt here, Mingyu, but if you prove her wrong, she'll really make you tired of the Hargreeves. Hopefully Five hasn't told him about her particular power.]
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[ that actually catches mingyu off-guard and he blinks. pain lances through his temples and he grimaces, bringing a hand up to cradle his head. ]
I what? No, he—
[ he tries to remember himself. he remembers. he remembers, doesn't he?
five's twitchiness, the desperation in his eyes. the wards of the room. no, that was before. after. after what happened after? he can feel five's arm gripped in his hand, slender, thin as a branch, stronger than it should be. there's a crackle. he tastes something like blood, like meat searing, like smoke and ash. time pushes back, and he—
he doesn't remember. there's only the before, none of the after. ]
He fought me. I wasn't— I didn't get to finish. He pushed back, and I woke up here.
[ mingyu looks unsettled, an emotion he rarely lets surface but cannot bite back in this moment. he shakes his head. ]
He wasn't right. He was going to do something stupid. I was just trying to calm him down until it was less raw. It's what I would've wanted done for me.
Did the memories come back?
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No. Anytime he tries to remember he gets these nosebleeds.
[And then, the question of the hour:]
Can you fix it?
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Of course I can. The question is will he let me without killing me or literally punching me into next year? Again.
[ he mops a hand over his face, eyes squeezing shut. he can't remember the last time he felt quite so tired. ]
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I can keep him in line. Don't let him meet you without me.
[She'll rumor him if she has to but she doesn't want to have to.]