video. (seelie court only) | a vision.

[rube]

[ben is nervous, but not because he's about to share another vision, but because of what he knows is about to come. he's not entirely sure if it's all relative, but he'd been hoping it wouldn't happen so soon. the winter had been a harsh one. for a lot of people, this may be the first time they've seen, let alone spoken to, ben in a long time.

he finally speaks, his voice even but urgent. he seems to finally be ready to speak of his vision.]

It might be too late to change anythin', but I saw somethin' over the winter. It's hard to describe if you haven't seen it, but it's all important, even if it ain't gonna happen right away.

[he lets out a sigh, rubbing his temples,]

Black line in the horizon, only gettin' bigger. Far as I know, it's the Void-- that ain't news. It's comin'. There was-- there was a head, no body, and arrows hittin' the beach. There was some kinda noise there, too. Damn loud, if you ask me. Then the birds came, bigger than anythin' I've seen before, grabbin' at snakes as big as them.

[he pauses; he doesn't look thrilled at what he's about to say.]

The Shuck was eatin' the White Hart. [he licks his lips, gaze hardening,] Whatever's out there, we got to prepare ourselves.

[the feed ends.]

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[rube]

[a year ago, if someone had called him a freak, he would have lashed out, or ended the conversation. now? now, he's comfortable with himself. his tone is stern and confident:]

No. I want to make I do everythin' I can to stop people from dyin'. You don't have to believe me, that ain't my problem.

[babbylon]

Visions are received only by the very special or the very stupid.

[Because for all his accusations of freakishness, once upon a time he was in the same boat drifting across the same sea. He can't judge him too much. Just enough to keep standing on that forever towering pillar of his above the meager masses.]

So I ask again: which are you?

[rube]

That don't matter.

[and it shouldn't, especially with what ben is sure to come. isn't the vision alarming enough? shouldn't that be the priority?]

[babbylon]

It does.

[Gilgamesh seems rather insistent about this. Or simply that stubborn.]

We've enough insanity floating about as it is. We don't need more of it from the mouth of a fool.

[rube]

I warned you about what's comin', and that's all the business I got with you. Your problems ain't mine.

[he ends the conversation there, shutting the locket. he's 100% done.]