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May 06, 2009 11:21

[Light was sleeping when the shockwave hit. It's deep, childlike, just as it always is: the sleep of the innocent, or the truly psychopathic. Except that as the wave creeps over him with tenuous fingers, remaking and rewiring him, out of the corners of his mind scuttle ... spiders. Some tiny, some the size of a fist, on black, spiny legs. Some are ( Read more... )

~ou toph [runawaybandit], now you know why i don't post, ~ou gambit [cajuncardtrick], ~ou azula [azula_fbp], ~ou ciel [bitchyshota], ~ou faust [necrodoctor], ~ou seven [sevenofnine], ~ou belphegor [royal_ripper], ~disturbed ishida [greyedfront], see what you did there, !psychic shockwave, ~ou l [non_veritas], ~ou eve [x_whitewings_x], ~disturbed mello [fortheoldworld], ~ou yoite [antiderivatives], we were always being batshit

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non_veritas May 6 2009, 10:59:08 UTC

[The voice, when it comes through, is soft, but it sounds annoyed, as if it belongs to a man in his mid-twenties who has just woken up.]

Light: is there a reason why you are sending loud messages to the network in the middle of the night? Maybe you are injured?

[audio] misdirector May 6 2009, 11:05:27 UTC

Wh-

[The handset's beep, and the low reprimand, catch his attention the way little else could, because it's L, who was infuriating, but who's dead, because Light killed him.]

Ryuuzaki. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I didn't mean it.

[audio] non_veritas May 6 2009, 11:21:57 UTC

[A pause, and a faint sigh, as if he isn't sure what to say. Ryuuzaki isn't him -- people have called him Ryuuga, but that isn't him either -- ]

Please call me L.

Apologies are well and good, but I would prefer that you make a point of not doing it again. I do not sleep well.

[audio | screened | unhackable] misdirector May 6 2009, 11:37:10 UTC

[The delay before Light comes back is significant, and he's a great deal more composed. He can't see his own mist for being in it, but he can see L's. An unscreened post to the network with his name in it?]

L. I see.

I think we should speak about this in the morning. I'm sorry if I've disturbed you.

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[audio] greyedfront May 6 2009, 11:07:27 UTC

[Bored, as if the person on the other end is just this short from rolling his eyes.] A problem?

[audio] misdirector May 6 2009, 11:12:13 UTC

N-no. No problem.

[It's a lie, and Ishida will more than know it - waves of horrified guilt that stem from the top floor like a siren.]

[audio] greyedfront May 6 2009, 11:14:46 UTC

Ohh? What is with that hesitation then? The... ah, guilt?

[audio] misdirector May 6 2009, 11:18:58 UTC

[The response is delayed by a few minutes: Light is composing himself, and applying the word to his situation. Guilt is not one of his usual travelling companions.]

Why do you care?

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royal_ripper May 6 2009, 11:24:45 UTC

It's not polite to curse over the network.

[audio] misdirector May 6 2009, 11:32:10 UTC

And politeness is a great concern of yours, of course.

[It's curt, and sounds a little defeated. Light still hates Bel with a passion, but he's no better, is he? No, I'm still better than him - or - was I? Was I, really?]

[audio] royal_ripper May 6 2009, 11:54:53 UTC

Not really. But boss wouldn't like it.

[Bel's not too sure about that one, actually. But- no matter. He could assume, as long as that man wasn't here.]

You sound upset. [An idle observance, nothing more.]

[audio] misdirector May 6 2009, 12:36:52 UTC

[Light was - not happy, exactly, but content to ignore Bel. Given the weird behaviours others are demonstrating, though, he comes back to him.]

You sound as if you're having a good morning.

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erasing May 6 2009, 11:25:02 UTC

What's wrong with you?

[audio] misdirector May 6 2009, 11:28:41 UTC

[Light is somewhat more composed by now, and is able to give a far calmer response.]

Nothing, Yoite. Thank you for your concern.

Did I wake you?

[audio] erasing May 6 2009, 11:30:39 UTC

I did wake up, but I was having trouble sleeping anyway. I don't feel so good. It seems like you don't either.

[audio] misdirector May 6 2009, 11:39:29 UTC

Everyone nightmares once in a while. It's nothing that should worry you.

[It's too hollow to sound truly calm.]

I'll need to remember to keep the communicator out of my reach, that's all.

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[audio] sevenofnine May 6 2009, 11:37:24 UTC

[Seven's regeneration cycle inexplicably terminated a short while ago. She believes in cause and effect, not random flukes, but there's obviously nothing amiss with her.

Light's transmission to the network is a welcome diversion, until she actually listens to it. She's quick to remind herself that a terrified scream is nothing new to her, and that thought is like scalding herself on purpose.]

Kiyoshi. Are you damaged?

[In her case, employing the alias is nothing short of expected.]

[audio] misdirector May 6 2009, 11:43:19 UTC

No, Seven. I'm sorry for waking you.

[He expects to be fielding these comments for the rest of the night. It's not a worry; he needs the diversion too.]

[audio] sevenofnine May 6 2009, 11:54:34 UTC

Your apology is unnecessary. You did not wake me.

Explain the noise.

[The scream or the swearing, whichever he prefers. He may recognize her tone of demand. She's predictably interested rather than concerned.]

[audio] misdirector May 6 2009, 12:01:28 UTC

[He does recognise it - the insistence on being informed, the need to know. The curiosity of it: it's part of him too.]

You don't dream?

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