[twenty-eighth quest | elegante (take two) | audio] Being Human - forward dated to evening of 7/22

[teethofneedles]

[The communicator clicks on and for a few moments the only sounds are the distant rumble of the engines, the faint splashing of the water against the hull and the breeze. Then Karis speaks up, but her voice has lost its usual gravelly undertones, its rasp. She sounds... human, actually.]...you never think about the little stuff. Like the breeze on

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I'm shameless.

[fistsofmagic]

[Torin.. doesn't really know much about Karis. But she comments on this, because, well... she sympathizes.]

Or the things that you take for granted, until you don't have them.

Probs.

[teethofneedles]

[There's some silence before Karis replies.]

Pretty much.

hi, online games are distracting.

[fistsofmagic]

[A pause, thinking.]

What's making you think about those things, on this particular evening?

I know this well.

[teethofneedles]

...hmm. Nothing. Nothing that you'd really understand.

[dormant_beast]

Or the feel of sun. Or rain.

[teethofneedles]

Yep.

[dormant_beast]

You are human again.

[It isn't a question.]

[teethofneedles]

Yep!

[Locked to Karis // 30% Unhackable]

[brynkitten]

[Bryn likes to think she knows Karis well enough to deduce a few things from the change of voice, tone, and subject matter in Karis' post, compared to her usual ones.]

Maybe because you want someone to talk to?

[She pauses.]

Alive again, Karis?

[Locked to Karis // 30% Unhackable]

[teethofneedles]

Why the Hell would I want to talk to anyone? All a bunch of Breather scum.

[Beat.]

...Maybe.

[Locked to Karis // 30% Unhackable]

[brynkitten]

And yet, here you are breathing just like the rest of us.

[She sits there, grinning at her comm, even if Karis can't see it.]

Let me know if you want to hang out. Can show you that movie thing I was talking about or something.

[Because Karis, Bryn is going to be your friend, despite yourself.]

[Locked to Karis // 30% Unhackable]

[teethofneedles]

It won't last.

[Hmmph.]

Sure. Whatever.

[wiserthanusall]

Perhaps it is because you are not dead. Yet.

[teethofneedles]

Duh. I'm undead. Usually....

[lamortdeshommes]

What happened, Rot?

[teethofneedles]

[Karis laughs nastily.]

I'm alive.

[audio]

[lamortdeshommes]

[The feed cuts in as Isabella finishes choking on her blood.]

What did you say?

[video]

[teethofneedles]

[Karis clicks on a short video feed, grinning.]

I said I'm alive.