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Tim Stoker ([personal profile] kayakking) wrote2020-12-21 09:43 am

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YET ANOTHER PSL AU POST BECAUSE WE ARE MONSTERS.



LITERALLY.


Kinda the premise.

[personal profile] eyediot 2021-01-12 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
...I will, Tim. I will.

[Another drink, remembering bits and pieces he skimped over.]

Didn't even mention Melanie trying to kill me after I woke up. Got Basira to help me get the bullet out of her leg while she was asleep, woke up swinging. Got a good stab into me.

After that, Basira and I went to Ny-Ă…lesund on some intel about a ritual for the Dark. I saw-

[Lord. His breath catches again, remembering it. The sheer magnitude of it, the depths...]

I saw the Dark Star. The Dark's ritual had already collapsed in on itself during Gertrude's time, and. That was left behind. I.... I destroyed it.
eyediot: (if I could stop myself I would)

[personal profile] eyediot 2021-01-12 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[He rubs at his eye - no red there, just an itch.]

Right. She - before the Unknowing happened, she went to India. Checking out some story. Turns out the, um. Ghosts there weren't keen on her being there and shot at her. A literal. Ghost bullet in her leg. Didn't show up on any hospital scans, but I could see it. It was... infected, it was infecting her. She was always angry, but this.... made it worse. By the time I woke up, she was almost taken by the Slaughter, and was.

[Sighs.]

Angry at me for a lot of reasons. Doing a surgery on her in her medically induced sleep was top of the list.
eyediot: (if I get drunk well I know I'm gonna be)

[personal profile] eyediot 2021-01-12 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Funny how that trend goes.]

And I'm fairly certain he hates me.

I think right now, she hasn't gone yet. I doubt she'd listen to me, but maybe things can play out a bit differently.

Where was I... Destroyed the Dark Sun. Melanie was starting to go to therapy and ... [A chuff of a laugh.] Seeing Georgie. Daisy started inviting me out to drinks with her and Basira, and it was... It wasn't bad. For a little while. Daisy had broken into Elias' office to sign employment papers, and she... never fixed the lock. So I was able to sneak in a few times and get some other statements he hadn't trusted me with.

After we got back from Ny-Ă…lesund though is... When I. Started losing myself. I was... Hungry. After four people, the fifth went to complain to Martin as the assistant to Peter Lukas about me. He still wouldn't even be in the same room as me, but got everyone else to hold an intervention.

I- I don't mean that as a bad thing, it was good. I'm glad he did. It was just... [He sort of sinks into himself a bit, further into his seat not daring to look at Tim.] Accepting I'm.. Not as good as I'd like to think I am.
eyediot: (that it's me who was to blame)

[personal profile] eyediot 2021-01-13 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
.... Even if we try to as much good with this as we can, it's still... Coming from that source.

[He rubs absently at one of the pock scars on his cheek, finished his drink off.]

After that was. When I found Eric's statement. A recording of him speaking to Gertrude. He was Gerry's father, worked for the Institute. He was... The one who found a way out and took it. And it worked.

[A slow inhale.] As soon as I flistened to it, I. I ran to Martin. Asked him to.... To go with me.

[At this, he sounds... Miserable. A little heartbroken, but trying to talk past it, through it.]

He laughed. Said no. That. That I had only gone to him for an excuse not to.

[He hadn't. But Martin didn't want to.]

After that was... Just. Waiting. Reading more statements. Melanie took the way out after I told them all. Gave them the choice.

And then everything went wrong. Peter took Martin to the Pabopticon to... I still don't fully know what he was doing. Elias walked out of prison to get there, Trevor and Julia were trying to get in to get at me, Not Them was let out in the tunnels. It.. It got to be a lot. But I got there too late, Peter had taken Martin to the Lonely and I... Followed their trail.

I confronted Peter, destroyed him. And... Then I couldn't find Martin. Anywhere.
eyediot: (that it's me who was to blame)

[personal profile] eyediot 2021-01-13 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[A heavy breath through his nose, just. Staring at the table.]

Yeah. Because he'd come here.

And. You know the rest.
eyediot: (but my memory could not be saved)

[personal profile] eyediot 2021-01-13 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
A lot, I know.

[He sort of tilts his empty can onto its edge.]

You know, I've never laid it all out before. Never just... Told anyone. Algric doesn't even know a lot of that.
eyediot: (if I could stop myself I would)

[personal profile] eyediot 2021-01-13 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's quiet, considering everything. All of it, orchestrated by Jonah Magnus, even when it wasn't entirely planned, the man knew how to adapt a situation to what he needed. Could they really go against that? Could they get around his sight and cunning?

A tall order.

It takes a moment to register being asked, blinking up to Tim.]

Um. Yes. Yes, please.
eyediot: (I'm gonna be the man who's growin old wi)

[personal profile] eyediot 2021-01-13 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course, Tim.

[He appreciates the comfort, that warmth Tim's hand brings him through that bad shoulder.]

Thank you. For listening.
eyediot: (s5; my soul is useless without you)

[personal profile] eyediot 2021-01-13 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm.

[He doesn't make to reach for the can yet, just. Lingering on thoughts. Hesitantly rests a hand over Tim's.]

I do... Hope things here can turn out differently.
eyediot: (in the dark)

[personal profile] eyediot 2021-01-14 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
I meant.

[Huff. Shakes his head, picking the can up now to pop it open.]

Hopefully he won't have to suffer anywhere near as much.
eyediot: (believe me I'll always be there so)

[personal profile] eyediot 2021-01-14 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little terrified myself. I'm not sure what's going to happen to him.
eyediot: (s5; with my grin spread. and my arms out)

[personal profile] eyediot 2021-01-14 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. Yes, you've caught it early enough.

[He can tell, Jon's right on the tip of the needle, waiting, balancing.]

Just, with his current marks and all, I'm not sure what's going to come next.
eyediot: (I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next)

[personal profile] eyediot 2021-01-14 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
....The possibility is always there.

[Takes a long drink from that can in front of him.]

I'll keep a watch on him after. Make sure nothing happens.

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