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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.]
brushoff: (jesus fuck look at those eyes)

[personal profile] brushoff 2016-03-14 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
My immortality comes from the fact that I'm Dorian Gray. As in the titular man of Oscar's best known work, The Picture of Dorian Gray. The gilded youth, who sold his soul for eternal beauty.

[ and who also thinks pretty damn high of himself! ]
brushoff: (evil cocaine what?)

[personal profile] brushoff 2016-03-15 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ oh my god ]

Gelded. You're thinking of gelded, gilded just means...covered in gold, rich, that sort of thing.
brushoff: (actually having fun with something??)

[personal profile] brushoff 2016-03-18 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
I've been covered in that last thing plenty of times.

[ spoilers, Dorian is unashamed of his....massive hobag status. ]

But no, it's just another way of saying 'fancy' or 'upper-crust.'
brushoff: (let's talk about BOOKS.)

[personal profile] brushoff 2016-03-19 04:39 am (UTC)(link)
You're supposed to show up in whatever your pretty little heart desires.
brushoff: (well yeah if you THINK that)

[personal profile] brushoff 2016-03-19 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Anyone who accuses me of being a bad judge of character obviously isn't aware of the sort of things I value in a person to begin with.

[ are you a trainwreck? then good, you & Dorian will get along wonderfully, that's his judge of character. ]
brushoff: (smoke em if you got em)

[personal profile] brushoff 2016-03-20 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, youth and beauty are two of the big ones. Aside from that? A willingness to provoke. I hate people who just react to everything.
brushoff: (actually having fun with something??)

[personal profile] brushoff 2016-03-20 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Here's the address to my top pick, it's a sleazy little club with no cover for imPorts. [ and here is the address! ]

As for the substances question, I've got enough of a reputation that I'd prefer answering that in private.
brushoff: (actually having fun with something??)

[personal profile] brushoff 2016-03-22 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
Don't do anything I wouldn't do. [ said with a grin. Which, of course, means get fucked up, Kavinsky. ]