28th Message - [accidental video]

[dulcisnuntius]

[Dulcie's apartment flickers into view. Her device is lying on its side, so the angle is slightly skewed and to the side. Everything in the room is bright, vivid colours. Perhaps even stronger than before this curse started, although it's hard to tell. Dulcie is curled in a ball in the far corner of her living room, her face shielded with her arms. She still has smudges of paint along her arm from the other day which she hasn't been able to wash off. Her shoulders are shaking and as the audio crackles in a ragged breath can he heard.

She lifts her face, and it is absolutely streaked with tears. She's crying so hard that she's having difficulty breathing, her breath coming in and out of her in strangled, ragged gasps. Her hand keeps coming to her face, trying to hold everything in and failing. The faint sound of a song can be heard over her gasps for air. Something sad and mournful. The feed slowly fades out, and as it does, a file is attached...

[ooc: Dulcie probably won't be answering for a long time, but action is more than welcome.]

Comments

[thewildone]

Angel-face...what the hell happened?

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[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

[Curt doesn't get a reply until some time later.]

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[thewildone]

Yup.

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[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

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[thewildone]

You saw something?

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[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

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[thewildone]

You want to talk about it?

[action]

[designedtoparty]

[Nathan isn't good at this whole supportive boyfriend thing, but at least he shows up. He's obviously not all that comfortable as he tentatively makes his way across the living room, just sort of hovering in front of her with his hands stuffed into his pockets for a moment before he decides to sit down next to her. He doesn't say anything, barely even looking at her besides the occasional uncertain glance.]

[action]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

[Dulcie is much less hesitant. As soon as he's sat down next to her she turns and wraps her arms around his neck. She's not crying as hard as she was before, but her a few tears are still escaping out of the corner of her eyes, and she hiccups with every few breaths.]

[action]

[designedtoparty]

[He awkwardly puts arm around her, stroking her in a way that's probably intended to be comforting.]

You all right? [She's obviously not, but he's really not sure what else he's meant to say.]

[action]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

[Dulcie nods against his neck, hiccuping still. She pulls back a little to wipe at her eyes, her gaze fixed firmly on the floor.]

Yeah. I am.

[action]

[designedtoparty]

[He shuffles slightly, suspected he's not supposed to call her out on lying, but he doesn't think he's meant to be leaving her alone, either.]

...do you want to talk about it?

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[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

[Dulcie shakes her head and leans in again so that her head is resting on his chest.]

I'm just being stupid. Can you stay here? For a while?

[action]

[designedtoparty]

[Nathan shrugs, resting his chin on her head.]

If you wanted. You want me to stay the night, or were you planning on throwing me out sooner?

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

I think maybe a girls night in is required. With ice cream and bourbon shakes.

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[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

And extra chocolate sauce?

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

Yup. Plus caramel sauce and whipped cream and maybe a movie with girls kicking butt.

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[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan.

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[mghtbconcussed.livejournal.com]

[Lucy shows up half an hour or so later with a grocery bag full of sauces, ice cream, bourbon and a chicks kicking ass movie. She knocks on Dulcie's door, prepared to go on in if it's unlocked. She knows crying jags like this don't always lend themselves to answering the door.]

Re: Action

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

It's open!

[Dulcie is currently in the kitchen trying to figure out how the kettle works. She looks a little blotchy, but she's not crying anymore.]

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[awkwards]

[ Fuck. ]

Hey, hey! Are you alright?

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[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

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[awkwards]

You sure? If there's anything I can do -

[ That's what normal, nice people say, right? Alisha doesn't really know how to go about caring for someone. ]

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[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

It's okay. But thank you. It means a lot to me that people were worried.

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[awkwards]

Yeah, well, you're cool. [ That's Alisha's way of saying she likes you. ] I wouldn't want to see you hurt, is all.