[ do you ever just fucking lose it inside and go a little catatonically silent as you watch everything unfold? yeahhhhh. percy's just moving beside vax wordlessly, clutching his coat. ]
Absolutely.
There were two bodies, two culprits, and we only could vote for one for execution from what we've seen. Someone's gotten away, and someone else has to die.
[ he may clutch his coat. actually, he can clutch on a little tighter if he wants, because it's touch week, so vax just reaches down and grabs percy's hand. all of that shit from earlier - don't trust me, i can't promise anything - feels like even more horse shit than it did in sort of a passive way, then. maybe that's just hindsight talking.
...or maybe it's the familiarity, of seeing how horrified someone can be when they realize what a part of them has done.
(for not the first or the last time, he misses vex.) ]
Rigged system from the start. [ his voice has a little gravel to it, there, a little heat. ] Don't even think the Prism needed to mess with Marie.
[ he knows precisely where the heat comes from, and he feels it too, low and roiling in his stomach like a steadily-burning furnace, rage. when vax's hand grabs his own, he sticks closer. percy doesn't know where he wants to walk or to go, he simply wants to go away, and the only safe place to do that is with the one person who knows him to his terrible core. ]
I'm here.
[ i'm here, nothing else, just percy. there's nothing else here. he knows it, saw the gun go in the acid. the only thing left inside of him is his very own soul and the dregs of whatever orthax didn't consume like a parasitic leech. scars. ]
And it didn't. The circumstances fell into place. Which means that whoever killed 9S likely was the one who was under the influence of the Prism if that's the case.
[ away, away. they're going up. that's vax's favorite spot, in moments like these - as far away from the rest of the world as possible. he's seen percy in this state enough times to know he's stepping to the edge, and he'll do the best that he can to calm him down.
i'm here. in all of their horrible little fucked up glory, they both are. ]
Yeah. [ whether that's to percy or to the second part about 9S, he doesn't bother specifying, instead just focusing on pulling percy along, up towards the apartment buildings and to the quiet of the roof. ] 've got a suspicion who it might've been, now.
But - we don't. [ he pauses, briefly, frowning, brows knit together. ] We're not talking about it right now. Come on.
[ percy nods quietly. because he most certainly has a suspicion of who it might be, and it percolates in the back of his mind. an incessant drip-drip-dripping. percy will follow vax's steps, doesn't miss a beat. he moves quickly, like the two of them are trying to find some sort of escape, trapped here in this building.
the rooftop can't come fast enough, the fresh air, the silence. the claustrophobia of their strange home dissipates the moment he can look outwards at the shifting landscape just past the roof.
when he breathes, it's a soft gasp, barely there. ]
It's fucked, Vax. It's all fucked. It's been fucked.
[ he swallows, doesn't say another word. ]
She shouldn't... [ he shakes his head ] I hate this. Truly. [ if he's being honest, and he is. vax is the only person who gets it. witnessed it. suffered because it. ]
[ he doesn't say anything at first, but catches onto that gasp. vax is much more sensitive to things like this than he looks, because he knows percy; he's seen him travel down this road before. the sharpness of his breath unconsciously gets him to squeeze his hand. ]
I know. [ ultimately, percy doesn't have to explain himself. vax stands in front of him for now, dark eyes on his face, brows knit together - ducking his head under until he can catch his eyes. vax is voice is quiet and intense, rough around the edges, but no less steady for it. ]
Look at me, Percival.
No one in this had a choice. Not you, not me, not the people who killed. [ and he means all of them - marie included. marie had no choice in those actions taken by whatever that other self was, the way percy didn't have a choice when orthax soaked into his veins.
after what he saw last week, vax won't let him fall back down that hole. not again. ] We all got dragged to this place. The only one here to blame right now is whatever fucking monster - god - whatever it is. Whatever dragged us here. I fucking hate it, too. Hate that it pushed Marie that far, hate that we get nine-fucking-hours to try and figure out half of it, just hate it.
She shouldn't have had to do that, but it's not her fault. [ it's not your fault. ]
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Absolutely.
There were two bodies, two culprits, and we only could vote for one for execution from what we've seen. Someone's gotten away, and someone else has to die.
[ his voice is tight. ]
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...or maybe it's the familiarity, of seeing how horrified someone can be when they realize what a part of them has done.
(for not the first or the last time, he misses vex.) ]
Rigged system from the start. [ his voice has a little gravel to it, there, a little heat. ] Don't even think the Prism needed to mess with Marie.
[ his mouth draws further into a line. ]
...Don't go too far off into your head.
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I'm here.
[ i'm here, nothing else, just percy. there's nothing else here. he knows it, saw the gun go in the acid. the only thing left inside of him is his very own soul and the dregs of whatever orthax didn't consume like a parasitic leech. scars. ]
And it didn't. The circumstances fell into place. Which means that whoever killed 9S likely was the one who was under the influence of the Prism if that's the case.
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i'm here. in all of their horrible little fucked up glory, they both are. ]
Yeah. [ whether that's to percy or to the second part about 9S, he doesn't bother specifying, instead just focusing on pulling percy along, up towards the apartment buildings and to the quiet of the roof. ] 've got a suspicion who it might've been, now.
But - we don't. [ he pauses, briefly, frowning, brows knit together. ] We're not talking about it right now. Come on.
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the rooftop can't come fast enough, the fresh air, the silence. the claustrophobia of their strange home dissipates the moment he can look outwards at the shifting landscape just past the roof.
when he breathes, it's a soft gasp, barely there. ]
It's fucked, Vax. It's all fucked. It's been fucked.
[ he swallows, doesn't say another word. ]
She shouldn't... [ he shakes his head ] I hate this. Truly. [ if he's being honest, and he is. vax is the only person who gets it. witnessed it. suffered because it. ]
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I know. [ ultimately, percy doesn't have to explain himself. vax stands in front of him for now, dark eyes on his face, brows knit together - ducking his head under until he can catch his eyes. vax is voice is quiet and intense, rough around the edges, but no less steady for it. ]
Look at me, Percival.
No one in this had a choice. Not you, not me, not the people who killed. [ and he means all of them - marie included. marie had no choice in those actions taken by whatever that other self was, the way percy didn't have a choice when orthax soaked into his veins.
after what he saw last week, vax won't let him fall back down that hole. not again. ] We all got dragged to this place. The only one here to blame right now is whatever fucking monster - god - whatever it is. Whatever dragged us here. I fucking hate it, too. Hate that it pushed Marie that far, hate that we get nine-fucking-hours to try and figure out half of it, just hate it.
She shouldn't have had to do that, but it's not her fault. [ it's not your fault. ]