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eachdraidh2014-08-03 08:49 pm
greenies) wrote in eachdraidh2014-08-03 08:49 pm
Entry tags:
- anthony: eternal darkness,
- ao fukai: eureka seven ao,
- harry dresden: the dresden files,
- jason grace: pjo,
- jem walker: in the flesh,
- minho: the maze runner,
- percy jackson: pjo,
- piper mclean: pjo,
- ryan evans: high school musical,
- stiles stilinski: teen wolf,
- teresa: the maze runner,
- thomas: the maze runner,
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A1. video. [ open to both courts ]
[ it doesn't immediately occur to thomas that he could probably just communicate through a text system--as far as he knows, the locket is a lot easier to use by video, and so he does. the network is presented with a pair of big, brown doe eyes before he leans backwards a little, revealing a face that could be rather familiar to some--dark hair, a button nose, moles like spots littering his face.
this is not the man you are looking for, however: this is thomas "murphy", and he clears his throat before he introduces himself. ]
Hi. I'm Thomas Murphy, and I'm--kind of a new arrival. I guess they'd call me a greenie if this was back home. [ there's no hint of humor on his face, but he did actually just try and make a joke, and his tone is a little lighter, for it. ]
Can anyone tell me about the Seelie and Unseelie--in your own words, if that makes any sense? What you know about it...you don't have to tell me any secrets or anything, but, maybe why you're there, I guess. [ he's not going to say which court he is (though it's obvious eventually, by the background of caer scima), but he just needs to know. ] Or, if you're okay with where you are. Not that I'm not, but...I don't know. Is there any reason why someone wouldn't be? They apparently brought us here for a reason-- [ again. ] --since we have these "shards", or whatever they are, but I don't have a lot of trust for anybody who says that, because it's usually a load of klunk.
I guess that's all I've got to ask. [ a beat. ] Actually, that's not true. Is there another map around here? Besides the one they gave me, I mean, it's not very good. [ ... ] No offense.
[ thomas is just going to shut his trap now. he almost physically winces and shakes his head. ] That's it, honestly. I'm just going to... hang up now. Thanks.
[ thomas does hang up, and the feed ends--for all of five seconds, before he snaps it back on. ] Oh, wait--also, I want to know if anyone here's ever heard the phrase "WICKED is good." It has to look like this. [ after a second, there's a typed out phrase that appears instead, with WICKED fully capitalized. ] That's really all this time. Um, thanks.
[ click! for real this time. ]
this is not the man you are looking for, however: this is thomas "murphy", and he clears his throat before he introduces himself. ]
Hi. I'm Thomas Murphy, and I'm--kind of a new arrival. I guess they'd call me a greenie if this was back home. [ there's no hint of humor on his face, but he did actually just try and make a joke, and his tone is a little lighter, for it. ]
Can anyone tell me about the Seelie and Unseelie--in your own words, if that makes any sense? What you know about it...you don't have to tell me any secrets or anything, but, maybe why you're there, I guess. [ he's not going to say which court he is (though it's obvious eventually, by the background of caer scima), but he just needs to know. ] Or, if you're okay with where you are. Not that I'm not, but...I don't know. Is there any reason why someone wouldn't be? They apparently brought us here for a reason-- [ again. ] --since we have these "shards", or whatever they are, but I don't have a lot of trust for anybody who says that, because it's usually a load of klunk.
I guess that's all I've got to ask. [ a beat. ] Actually, that's not true. Is there another map around here? Besides the one they gave me, I mean, it's not very good. [ ... ] No offense.
[ thomas is just going to shut his trap now. he almost physically winces and shakes his head. ] That's it, honestly. I'm just going to... hang up now. Thanks.
[ thomas does hang up, and the feed ends--for all of five seconds, before he snaps it back on. ] Oh, wait--also, I want to know if anyone here's ever heard the phrase "WICKED is good." It has to look like this. [ after a second, there's a typed out phrase that appears instead, with WICKED fully capitalized. ] That's really all this time. Um, thanks.
[ click! for real this time. ]
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Back home--way back home [ he has to clarify, because the glade feels so far away now, but there's a hint of warmth to his tone as he recalls it. ] -- we had a big maze we had to solve. Me and my friend, we were Runners, which meant that we kind of explored the maze every day, because it changed. And then we'd come back home and make a map of what we found and where we went. The maps the imps or whatever gave us were kind of lame in comparison, so we thought we'd start trying to map out the whole place in more detail.
[ thomas shrugs his shoulders. ] I guess it's just habit, you know?
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her eyebrows knit together as she listens, but she nods when he shrugs.]
Guess so.
[not like she's any judge of dropping habits is she, with all the longing when she thinks back to the days of patrols, how long it was before she got rid of her guns. she doesn't get having to solve a giant maze, makes her think vaguely of textbooks talking about lab rats, but her assumption's that maybe it was a hobby. or a normal way of living, in his world.]
It's not a bad idea. [could make the difference between life and death, knowing your surroundings well; has in roarton.] Maybe I should make one, myself.
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You seem like good runner material to me. [ it's a lot lighter than their former conversation--maybe it's just easier to speak on things like this here. thomas is a fan of face to face speaking, but it's harder to draw from that well of memories that he has than he thought it might be. things are too soon, too near. ]
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[her return smile is sincere, and she straightens slightly at the thought. it's more fun than patrols at any rate, with the worst dangers involving being pestered to death by the fucking imps as she ventures around the grounds. she snorts when he calls her good runner material, feeling — a bit mixed up at that, if she's being honest. it's a compliment on his part, but she'll never forget just what a good runner she is — some good and proper war hero she makes, running away when she'd had the chance to stop her brother. not feeling sorry for it, not like she should.]
Don't worry; I'm the fastest girl in my year.