The Black Sword ✧ Prelude, Act Two [video]

[bringingdeath]

[Oswald is a wreck. He's already bad at taking care of himself, separating him from his wife while claiming ownership of him and shocking him really hasn't improved his will to survive. He looks tired, and whatever they've been giving him to eat he's barely touched. The knight looks at the camera, his expression hollow.Gwendolyn... are you still

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[Audio]

[u_n_asplode]

[The voice of a little girl answers.]

Who's Gwendolyn? Your sister?

[Audio] sorry he is such a douche

[bringingdeath]

I was not addressing you.

Leave me be.

[Audio] It's okay :D

[u_n_asplode]

That wasn't very nice.

[Audio]

[bringingdeath]

Just leave me alone.

[video]

[neverlovedawake]

Oswald...! I am here.

[Her eyes are heavy as she looks over the screen with the saddest of smiles, smiling only for him.] Do not worry...we will be together soon. I will find a way to you...

Please...will you smile for me?

[video]

[bringingdeath]

[He's just quiet, staring at the screen longingly. He seems to relax just slightly when she appears on the computer, as if a portion of his troubles had been lifted.] Have they hurt you?

[Upon her request... he can only look away.] I want to smile for you, Gwendolyn, but... [if he did, he'd more likely just break down completely.]

[video]

[neverlovedawake]

[Gwendolyn wants to see you cry And her fingertips rest on the screen then, knowing that he can't feel her touch or even really see it... She hopes her hopeful vibes get through to him.] 'Tis nothing worthy of mentioning. I am unharmed.

If you have the desire, then smile for me... even if it's for just a brief moment.

[video]

[bringingdeath]

You were not harmed, but you... you were... [He trails off, as if he had planned to finish the sentence but lost the courage to say it. His expression only becomes more distressed, his gaze falling to the floor.]

Gwendolyn, I... [He wants to make her happy. More than anything. But to force on such an empty smile, when there is truly nothing to be happy about...?

He buries his face in his hands, trembling ever so slightly. He might be crying.]

[Video]

[dragonraging]

[Wagner's word of the day is om nom nom delicious schadenfreude. He's no longer openly laughing by the time he manages to open a video connection, but his voice is full of definite good humor.]

So this is what the great and terrible Shadow Knight has been reduced to? You would have my pity, were such as you deserving of it.

[video]

[bringingdeath]

[He glares at the camera.]

I have no need for something as useless as a lizard's pity. Leave me be.

Re: [video]

[dragonraging]

If I cannot strip and burn the flesh from your bones, I shall watch as you grind your own spirit to the ground.

[A sort of... restless claw-scraping gesture.]

'Tis a poor substitute.