[He doesn't remember exactly what happened to him. One minute he was walking, talking to Sabine on his cell phone, the next thing he knew he had an object pointed into his back. A mugging, he supposed. He had felt something dig into his back and all he could think was 'Great, they're going to ruin this jacket. She just gave it to me not too long ago.' Then there was... he... didn't remember.]
[He remembered feeling a weight in his chest, and something dark pull at his neck, but he had no idea if that was the thing he knew or what ever just happened before him. Everything after that was black.]
[And as always, when it was black in his head, he wandered in his mind, the world around him, in his mind, was filled with creatures and darkness, slime and things that couldn't be allowed out. He wasn't even sure if it was a real work inside there or his mind playing tricks on him.]
[Didn't matter. He didn't like it.]
[When someone shook him, he gasped, feeling startled out of his darkness. The hand in his head had came to his shoulder to do more then shake, but the hand in reality shook him looked human. Looking up to see a man there, he then realized he was in the back of a car. Confused he glanced around a moment, sucking in a rushed breath]
[He's amazed the kid didn't jump back. Brian thought he was a big name in Las Vegas. that might make this easier. Dressed in a black silk shirt he cuts a very impressive figure. It's his eyes - dark with pain and sadness.
He raises a hand to the kid and pulls it back, squeezing his fingers.]
...This is going to get complicated. We're at the OmniSteam.
...You don't know who I am?
[Cool.
He feels like this man. He can feel the aches in him, see a glimpse into his mind and for one moment he has to look away.]
[Darwin still is dealing with not being dead this time. He was sure that knife tip went in, and he was sure he should have felt the cold he normally did when he bled to death. His hand pulled back and lifted at his shirt and coat, scrambling a bit to feel, but all he felt was a healing scar. Maybe it went in but something stopped them from going farther. But he didn't know what happened.]
[And then there was this man, offering him a hand to get out of the car. He... shifted in the back seat, sitting up better and looked around, confused.]
I ah... We're at the cleaners? [He said almost dumbly, like he didn't get that at all either.]
[Darwin was new to this area. Traveling through is all. It's what he did. He wandered. Sitting still too long allowed the darkness in his mind to bleed out into his daily life. And it was a mess in there. After all, he'd been alive for... for way too long. Even if he barely looked over 20.]
I ah, no, man. Sorry. Not sure I know who-- ah [The man seemed impressive, and for a moment he felt stage lights burning and he felt something strong about him. As he stood he stared at the man, hand squeezed back and looking more so confused.]
[Yeah, he's confused about the HBO thing, but he just let it go for now, a nod of his head and he was eyeing the man. Very impressive, but confusing.]
[What the hell was going on?]
Get me... taken care of? I ah, I think I'm okay. Nothing too bad. Promise. I'm a... nobody. You really don't have to go through all this trouble. I should, you know, thank you and leave you be.
[he said on an unsure tone of voice, frowning at the man as he moved with him for some reason. Fucked up big? What?] What do you mean fucked up?
Let's go inside. Come on. Least I can do is get you a coke from the hotel bar.
[A few people are stopping to stare and he offers a genial hollywood wave before he nods.]
...Let me ask what you saw in the alley first.
[When I stopped the robbers - is what he doesn't say. rain and darkness, the sound of undead in the desert. They've been creeping back in lately and some nights they call to him and Cathy has to sit outside of his room with her gun.
At least the kids are safe and at that he raises his gaze upward and checks. His eyes are glassy, taking on a faint bluish haze. Only Tabitha looks up. she's aware. Just like her daddy.
Darwin might see a glimpse of 2 young adults, a boy and a girl, and a small girl holding a toy cat.]
[People stop and stare, but Darwin didn't think he had been loud. Instead he looked at the guy before him again, unsure. Was he someone people knew? he asked as if he should be known. Maybe he was something big here. Oh crap, had he insulted him by not recognizing him?]
[Darwin frowned, moving to fall into line with the man again. He felt like he was bothering him in a way, yet in another he felt... connected. At the question he frowned, speaking softer]
I... don't know. I saw... um, well there was a guy. And then someone came up behind me with a pig sticker... [he reached back feeling for the hole. There was a blood stain on his shirt, but he was regenerating already. He'd be fine.] I thought I saw a flash of something, but then I felt myself falling and then it was dark.
[It was always dark when he closed his eyes though.--He stopped suddenly, frowning as he saw a flash of people. Kids? He frowned, staring at the man.]
Maybe I hit my head or something, when I fell. [Because tonight is being weirder then normal. He felt... connected to this guy, for some reason.]
You didn't. [He looks back at him with sadness. Be wary. You have no one to teach you. Brian stared at his hands and shook his head.]
You've been beyond the veil haven't you, to the secret world, the one where the old gods wake. I can tell. Same way you've been able to tell that I have.
[No one to teach you. He rubbed at his head at that, having heard it before from somewhere and not even sure he heard it now.]
[Only to have his head snap up and stare at the other man, brows drawing in, not confused but surprised.]
...We... don't talk about that place. [He said on an almost whisper.] I... I mean. No. No. Noo. That's not... [He was staring now, not moving, and unable to get a full sentence out. He wasn't 'upset' or 'mad' but just surprised and unable to get his words working.]
[He'd only met a few who understood what was going on inside his head, and even then they were no help.]
Peace isn't something I know. [He said, more on a mumble then anything, his hands sliding into his pockets and head down a bit, thought he peeked over at the other.]
You said you thought you fucked up big. What did you do?
It feels like we're bonded together and I'm still learning how to control - [He gets no further as he's accosted by two employees who have things for him to sign. He looks pained.]
...Go up to the pent house. I'll meet you there.
[The area is full of smoke and steam, walking out of the parking garage leads to a giant clockwork dragon, clinking and raising it's head. Occasionally it blows out steam. Other then that others are fairly subdued.
The farther Darwin gets from him the more he might feel sick, achy and tired, and by the time he gets out to the pent house, called the "King Tut" suite, he might feel ready to collapse but there's a little girl who answers the door.]
[That does sounds weird, but also... not. It makes sense with how he feels.]
It sounds strange but it... I mean, that's how... ah, yeah. I feel like that's--[He let out a sigh as the people came up to him. Okay, this guy was a big deal, and it sounded like work. He frowned, but nodded, doing as instructed.]
[If he was anything he was good at instructions.]
[As he got further he felt it though, that sick pulling at his gut, the tired feeling that washed over him. As he got to the pent house he could barely stand, sucking in a breath as if he had walked flights of stairs instead of an elevator. His hand rested there at the side of the door, and he had intended to just stand there and wait, not sure what else to do... when the door opened.]
[He looked up, dark eyes unsure as he looked at the girl.] H-hi. I... sorry. I just... I don't feel so well. I didn't mean to disturb you.
[She tilts her head and leaves the door open. The place is posh.] Daddy and I have a connection. I went into the dark place to save him and I pulled him away from the monster.
[Too posh, and he felt like getting sick. He took in another breath, wondering why that took more out of him then he had expected. Daddy? So the guy is a father? He realized he didn't catch the others name, or get it, or if he had he missed it, and shit, he was new here and the guy was suppose to be a big shot and--]
I ah... yeah, I mean, sort of. We... met. He said to come up here... and wait. I... I can wait out here. I didn't... didn't mean to disturb you.
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Date: 2016-09-04 05:49 am (UTC)[He remembered feeling a weight in his chest, and something dark pull at his neck, but he had no idea if that was the thing he knew or what ever just happened before him. Everything after that was black.]
[And as always, when it was black in his head, he wandered in his mind, the world around him, in his mind, was filled with creatures and darkness, slime and things that couldn't be allowed out. He wasn't even sure if it was a real work inside there or his mind playing tricks on him.]
[Didn't matter. He didn't like it.]
[When someone shook him, he gasped, feeling startled out of his darkness. The hand in his head had came to his shoulder to do more then shake, but the hand in reality shook him looked human. Looking up to see a man there, he then realized he was in the back of a car. Confused he glanced around a moment, sucking in a rushed breath]
I'm not dead? What happened?
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Date: 2016-09-04 05:56 am (UTC)He raises a hand to the kid and pulls it back, squeezing his fingers.]
...This is going to get complicated. We're at the OmniSteam.
...You don't know who I am?
[Cool.
He feels like this man. He can feel the aches in him, see a glimpse into his mind and for one moment he has to look away.]
C'mon.
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Date: 2016-09-04 06:04 am (UTC)[And then there was this man, offering him a hand to get out of the car. He... shifted in the back seat, sitting up better and looked around, confused.]
I ah... We're at the cleaners? [He said almost dumbly, like he didn't get that at all either.]
[Darwin was new to this area. Traveling through is all. It's what he did. He wandered. Sitting still too long allowed the darkness in his mind to bleed out into his daily life. And it was a mess in there. After all, he'd been alive for... for way too long. Even if he barely looked over 20.]
I ah, no, man. Sorry. Not sure I know who-- ah [The man seemed impressive, and for a moment he felt stage lights burning and he felt something strong about him. As he stood he stared at the man, hand squeezed back and looking more so confused.]
I feel like I should know you...
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Date: 2016-09-04 06:25 am (UTC)[Leave it at that. Never mind that he ...felt his confusion.]
We're about to go up and see my kids and my sister. Get you taken care of. You're going to tell me who you are, as much as you can. Do you understand?
[his voice is soft, commanding. then it relaxes] Cause I might have fucked up in a big way okay?
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Date: 2016-09-04 06:34 am (UTC)[What the hell was going on?]
Get me... taken care of? I ah, I think I'm okay. Nothing too bad. Promise. I'm a... nobody. You really don't have to go through all this trouble. I should, you know, thank you and leave you be.
[he said on an unsure tone of voice, frowning at the man as he moved with him for some reason. Fucked up big? What?] What do you mean fucked up?
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Date: 2016-09-04 06:53 am (UTC)[A few people are stopping to stare and he offers a genial hollywood wave before he nods.]
...Let me ask what you saw in the alley first.
[When I stopped the robbers - is what he doesn't say. rain and darkness, the sound of undead in the desert. They've been creeping back in lately and some nights they call to him and Cathy has to sit outside of his room with her gun.
At least the kids are safe and at that he raises his gaze upward and checks. His eyes are glassy, taking on a faint bluish haze. Only Tabitha looks up. she's aware. Just like her daddy.
Darwin might see a glimpse of 2 young adults, a boy and a girl, and a small girl holding a toy cat.]
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Date: 2016-09-04 07:03 am (UTC)[Darwin frowned, moving to fall into line with the man again. He felt like he was bothering him in a way, yet in another he felt... connected. At the question he frowned, speaking softer]
I... don't know. I saw... um, well there was a guy. And then someone came up behind me with a pig sticker... [he reached back feeling for the hole. There was a blood stain on his shirt, but he was regenerating already. He'd be fine.] I thought I saw a flash of something, but then I felt myself falling and then it was dark.
[It was always dark when he closed his eyes though.--He stopped suddenly, frowning as he saw a flash of people. Kids? He frowned, staring at the man.]
Maybe I hit my head or something, when I fell. [Because tonight is being weirder then normal. He felt... connected to this guy, for some reason.]
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Date: 2016-09-04 07:04 am (UTC)You didn't. [He looks back at him with sadness. Be wary. You have no one to teach you. Brian stared at his hands and shook his head.]
You've been beyond the veil haven't you, to the secret world, the one where the old gods wake. I can tell. Same way you've been able to tell that I have.
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Date: 2016-09-04 07:09 am (UTC)[Only to have his head snap up and stare at the other man, brows drawing in, not confused but surprised.]
...We... don't talk about that place. [He said on an almost whisper.] I... I mean. No. No. Noo. That's not... [He was staring now, not moving, and unable to get a full sentence out. He wasn't 'upset' or 'mad' but just surprised and unable to get his words working.]
[He'd only met a few who understood what was going on inside his head, and even then they were no help.]
I... I don't know what your talking about.
[He lied. He's a terrible liar.]
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Date: 2016-09-04 01:21 pm (UTC)[He holds up a hand and blue flame lances out across his fingers. He squeezes his hands.]
Relax and be at peace. I'm here.
[Said the guy whose brain was dark.]
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Date: 2016-09-04 08:28 pm (UTC)You said you thought you fucked up big. What did you do?
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Date: 2016-09-05 05:00 am (UTC)[he pauses.] As strange as that sounds.
It feels like we're bonded together and I'm still learning how to control - [He gets no further as he's accosted by two employees who have things for him to sign. He looks pained.]
...Go up to the pent house. I'll meet you there.
[The area is full of smoke and steam, walking out of the parking garage leads to a giant clockwork dragon, clinking and raising it's head. Occasionally it blows out steam. Other then that others are fairly subdued.
The farther Darwin gets from him the more he might feel sick, achy and tired, and by the time he gets out to the pent house, called the "King Tut" suite, he might feel ready to collapse but there's a little girl who answers the door.]
Hi.
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Date: 2016-09-05 05:07 am (UTC)It sounds strange but it... I mean, that's how... ah, yeah. I feel like that's--[He let out a sigh as the people came up to him. Okay, this guy was a big deal, and it sounded like work. He frowned, but nodded, doing as instructed.]
[If he was anything he was good at instructions.]
[As he got further he felt it though, that sick pulling at his gut, the tired feeling that washed over him. As he got to the pent house he could barely stand, sucking in a breath as if he had walked flights of stairs instead of an elevator. His hand rested there at the side of the door, and he had intended to just stand there and wait, not sure what else to do... when the door opened.]
[He looked up, dark eyes unsure as he looked at the girl.] H-hi. I... sorry. I just... I don't feel so well. I didn't mean to disturb you.
[how did she even know he was there?]
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Date: 2016-09-06 04:35 am (UTC)[She tilts her head and leaves the door open. The place is posh.] Daddy and I have a connection. I went into the dark place to save him and I pulled him away from the monster.
[She frowns.] since then I know when he's there.
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Date: 2016-09-06 04:41 am (UTC)I ah... yeah, I mean, sort of. We... met. He said to come up here... and wait. I... I can wait out here. I didn't... didn't mean to disturb you.