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second ✧ [video] ❝all in the hands of a bitter, bitter man❞

Jun 09, 2011 13:52

[The Doctor is no stranger to violence, despite his personal views. He's certainly not managed to overlook the fact that they're all stuck here because of this war. But it's different, even for him--especially for him--to see what this one entails up close and personal, when he has to stop running away and watch. The journal is open against the ( Read more... )

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[Voice] semper_cogitans June 9 2011, 19:08:07 UTC

[Robert's voice is small, sad, afraid... but there's a sliver of hope.]

...

I-If you remember...

... th-then perhaps you could teach others, a-about this place. And w-we could remember, too.

...

I-I... I want to remember. E-Even if there are m-more horrors here than I c-could have ever imagined... I-I want to remember.

Re: [Voice] shoutsgeronimo June 9 2011, 19:16:27 UTC

Don't you worry, Robert. It might take some time, but I've got all the time in the world. Nothing is ever really forgotten.

[Voice] semper_cogitans June 9 2011, 19:24:49 UTC

I c-certainly hope that is true, Doctor... th-there is too much here to lose.

...

L-like the knowledge of... the fact I c-can make friends, now...

[And the knowledge of his partner. Don. He can't leave Don.]

[Voice] shoutsgeronimo June 9 2011, 19:32:39 UTC

Of course it's true. [his voice is much kinder than it's previously been, much more the tone everyone is used to hearing.] Trust me. Even if you don't think you do, you'll always remember that, deep down in your heart, buried on your mind so deep you can't get rid of it if you tried.

[Voice] semper_cogitans June 9 2011, 21:26:10 UTC

My o-one endeavour is to... keep the data I have collected here with me s-somehow, and take it back. I could r-return, if I did that... it would be possible. Difficult, but p-possible.

...

Then w-we could all escape this place, and these wars.

[Robert's voice is full of disgust.] Violence... I h-hate how prevalent it is. Only T-Terrans seem able to surmount it, so far... and this war is so... [He trails off, full of something that might actually be anger.] ... A-Almost all my friends, t-taken to war - including one the Malnosso blinded themselves in their b-bloody experiments...

... a-and non-combatants...

...

S-Such barbarism. [He exhales, a long, soft noise that is the sound of four days of constant panic. And he might not even know Helios is dead at this point.]

[Voice] shoutsgeronimo June 10 2011, 02:39:52 UTC

Aah, brave heart, Robert. We'll work it all out, don't you worry. Take a deep breath.

[Voice] semper_cogitans June 10 2011, 03:30:38 UTC

["Brave heart" indeed. It would almost be funny if this situation wasn't so damn sickening.]

...

I-I... I will try.

... [Robert inhales shakily - it turns into a sob somewhere in the middle, though.]

... J-Just, just so m-much has... happened...

... They e-even took my partner... b-but, he seems to have... m-made it out alright...

(OOC: I think Robert might know Helios is dead by this point, if I can judge from Giles' post... since Giles was on the stairs when he met Robert... :|a)

[Voice] shoutsgeronimo June 10 2011, 03:57:02 UTC

Ahh, see? If he made it he's going to need you to be strong for him, isn't he? Can't help him if you're all torn up. [his tone gets even softer, and he smiles a little sadly to himself] It's hard, to watch people you care about get hurt, isn't it? The least we can do is be there to help them get back up, eh?

[Voice] semper_cogitans June 10 2011, 03:59:41 UTC

I... I-I am not strong... I-I have never been strong...

...

A-And, and my cl-close friend, Mr. S-Sprensonne...

... [Robert's voice chokes up again and falters.] ... H-He was... k-killed.

... I, I kn-know people r-return, but... b-but... he died f-fighting...

[Voice] shoutsgeronimo June 10 2011, 06:46:23 UTC

Ooh Robert. [he sighs, knowing how the poor kid feels] You've survived thus far, haven't you? That's a strength, even if you don't know it.

[Voice] semper_cogitans June 10 2011, 07:08:39 UTC

[Perhaps merely surviving takes some strength, but it certainly doesn't feel like it. In many ways, Robert is like a little lost child in this situation, grasping desperately for safety and comfort. Terra never prepared him for this. Isolation for five years never prepared him for how to interact with people without becoming completely dependent.]

B-but, s-since I came h-here I have... o-only ever d-depended on others...

... S-Surviving is one thing, but... I h-have not even done anything useful. Just... j-just... [... Sat here and cried.]

... I-I do not understand how others... manage.

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