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joseph kavinsky ([personal profile] pillz) wrote in [community profile] maskormenace2016-02-14 09:32 pm

O1 👶 video;

cw implied harm to (fantastical) animal, implied drug use, probably offensive language within ??

[the picture shakes, obviously handheld. when the picture focuses, there's a dragon rampaging down the street, wings flapping, eyes blazing orange, its body built of churning smoke and fire. it has teeth, in terrifying, serrated rows, but that seems somehow less important than the impossible cycling of gas and combustion that form its flesh. the whole situation is very cloverfield. in the background, the sound of human screams rises tinny, shallow.

lower definition than the communicator video.

but there's a reason for that. a discerning eye might notice immediately: the street the monster is running down is empty of people, and there's something wrong with the buildings. not enough detail in the brick, the windows, the pavement, and beyond it, the sky a fuzzy, paint-white blank. when the camera pulls out, reality becomes clear. the city is merely a cardboard model, stylized in a way that will be familiar to some, but this time a rendering of de chima's downtown area rather than sleepy henrietta. the monster, no matter how miraculous, could fit in the size of an ordinary man's palm.

or inside of a drinking glass, as it turns out. the next moment, one such cup plunks down over the creature, trapping it like a spider in the glass. the tiny dragon immediately begins to screech in rage-- or pain; it's hard to tell, but you only need a little imagination and familiarity with fire to consider the consequences.

and then kavinsky squares the camera lens on his face. skinny white boy— young, hollow-eyed and pale, his black hair clotted with too much gel. one earring, wifebeater, probably (definitely) trying too hard, probably (undoubtedly) overly impressed by himself. there is something oddly jittery about his hands, shoulders, the swollen bloat of his dilated pupils. he sprawled inside of a bedroom, generic, unlived-in. past his shoulder, there's a television playing stadium footage of a european football game, hence the poorly dubbed soundtrack. the dragon's outrage grows fainter.

he smiles.]


Made you look.

[he winks, and cuts the feed.]
instars: (Saya - blush)

private;

[personal profile] instars 2016-02-16 01:12 am (UTC)(link)
That's very chivalrous of you.

I'm afraid murder isn't a trait we share.

Was it worth it?



[L I A R]
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it is now!

[personal profile] instars 2016-02-16 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[Then isn't it true? Two negatives, a positive. Murder is not a trait they share.]

I work with Adam.
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[personal profile] instars 2016-02-16 01:12 pm (UTC)(link)
It's hardly dramatic. He's worried about me.
Edited 2016-02-16 13:18 (UTC)
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[personal profile] instars 2016-02-16 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Is that why he likes me? The expensive heels and the lack of vermin?

Is that why I shouldn't keep talking to you?

Do I have reason to listen to his worry?


[That's not why Adam likes her and she knows it. In fact she doesn't know if Adam does like her. Certainly he's afraid of her sometimes, and other times he trusts her a bit.

Kavinsky is a game, almost. Come into my parlor, she says.]
Edited 2016-02-16 19:55 (UTC)
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[personal profile] instars 2016-02-17 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
I like to build better cars.
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[personal profile] instars 2016-02-18 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
If he can't handle himself with you, then he really has no hope at all.
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[personal profile] instars 2016-02-18 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
You may need a biology lesson.
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[personal profile] instars 2016-02-20 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
Did you manage to pass on merit or did you blow the teacher?
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[personal profile] instars 2016-02-20 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
You must make your parents so proud.
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[personal profile] instars 2016-02-21 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Untimely murdered. Maybe by young teenaged delinquents. I'm sure they watch over me, if you believe in that sort of thing. You know.

Tragedy breeds sympathy.

[Or a hungry daughter.]
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[personal profile] instars 2016-02-21 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Well it hardly matters to them, does it?

[That's a no.]

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