[video, voice] what goes around comes around

[maddest]

[The device flicks on. Static.

Then, purple- only purple. White. Break's coat, the beautiful off-the-shoulder, white one that he lost almost a year ago during that episode with all of the blood. It's back in one piece.]

What-

[Then the feed flicks off. On again, very briefly, as he bangs it on the table. Sound.

Then to video- there's Break's elbow, Emily's dress.

On. Rap rap rap. Someone's knocking it against a table to see if it can be broken open.]

-why does it keep chirping, Emily?

[This is almost exactly how he arrived, nearly two years ago to the day. And here we are, come full circle, about to smash the PCD on a table corner in idle, non-technologically oriented curiosity.]

Comments

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Do you not know me very well?

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

I know you're rather unpleasant.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid not. We know each other?

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

[Chortling.]

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

-Is it that amusing?

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Maybe not quite yet, but the day is about to get better.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

What do you mean?

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

You're tempted.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

Obviously. But I'm not yet suicidal.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I won't kill you. I promise.

[law-of-reason.livejournal.com]

And why should I trust that?

[saucey]

... Yeah. I'm Sasuke.

[waterbends]

Then be precise and tell me what you mean.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

You shouldn't, I'm lying.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Nice to meet you! Again. Should I reintroduce Emily, too?

[offline]

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

What would a piece cost me?

[thelightbringer]

[And then Lucifer dons his Buttinski cap...]

A friendly warning, Mayuri, from one neighbor to another. I know you're brilliant for what you are [which is like complimenting an aphid on how it eats leaves, but whatever] and I know how eager you are to unearth all the secrets of existence.

But if you do try dissection, vivisection, or any form of experimentation on him, I will leave you as a helpless heap of scraps. When I'm done killing you, over and over and over, all your memories will be lost. Forever. If I ever get bored with torturing you, I can promise it will only be after you've forgotten how to pick up a scalpel.

[And then he smiles calmly, like a mayor inviting the underlings to discuss.]

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I mean I don't know you and you seem a little irritating, frankly.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Aaaaaaw.

[thelightbringer]

Hello, Xerxes.

Let the grown ups talk.

[waterbends]

[She bristles slightly. Not the first time she's been called that, but still, from Break..]

You don't know anyone else here, either, do you?

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

That doesn't mean I'm going to go belly up and wag my tail for the person who offers me tea.

[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

That's funny. There seems to be only one person having a tantrum in this post, and I don't think it's me.

[waterbends]

-- oh, excuse me. "You're lost and confused. We used to be friends. Would you like to stay with us in this strange new world filled with monsters and demons?" I didn't realize I was being that much of an imposition.

[thelightbringer]

There is also one person who wants to cut you open. [But you can up that to two right quick, just keep talking.]