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entranceway2017-03-22 07:59 am
catinthemask) wrote in entranceway2017-03-22 07:59 am
Juego [video]
[The video opens up to the beach. Still just as pretty as anything else Wonderland has to offer on the surface. Nice weather, beautiful and clear waters. And a masked, 4th wall breaking merchant.
He's sitting in the sand near the edge of the water, back to the camera and a little ways from it. One might think he set it up so he was filmed this way but judging from awkward angle it's more likely Zacharie simply dropped it and it turned on randomly, as Wonderland's communicators tend to do. Zacharie himself seems fairly relaxed yet is dripping wet. Evidently someone decided to go for a dip, even though one might question why you'd go swimming in a sweater and jeans.
Then again, Zacharie's a weird guy. He claimed to be from a video game so maybe he just like swimming in heavy clothing.
The feed continues to record him simply staring at the sea before him. Nice weather today. Always nice.]
....A-a-a query, Wonderland. [Was he someone who stuttered like that?] Would you all leave here if you could? Could? Switch strings to something else? I know some of you won't leave. Won't walk away or Qu-
[Whatever Zacharie was about to say is cut off by a sudden burst of static. If any Wonderland's residents remember a certain man and a certain entry he made a long time ago might recognize it.
Something is wrong here and something is very wrong with Zacharie.]
--at is fine. That is why we are here. So we are fine and we should not worry. Everything is fine. It's okay, it's all okay. I promise, I mean it I͟ ̴̧͝me̸a̕͢n͞ ͞͡i̛͏t̢ I̴ ̷̛m̴̡ęàn ͝ì́̕t̵̀͜ ̢I̶͠ ̵͢͢m̴e̵an͘͟͡ ̴i̷̧͘t͞ ̡̢I̧͘͞-̸͟
<̴͢>͜͠M̨̕͟e̸s̡̛s̡͠͞a͞g̷̀e:̶̴ ͜T͞ó̡ ̶͝m͘u̸̵c͟҉̀h.̴ ͢͞Th̵͡er̛e'̴̢̀s͝͡ ̷to ḿ̡u҉ch҉͜ ̛o͜f̵ ̢̨i͢͠t͢͢. ̢Į̶ ̴̷t̨͘h̶͡i̷̛͏n҉ḱ̴ ̶̛I͞ ̷̷un̛d̡̛ę̵͞ŕst̢̀á̴́nd̶ ̧t̢̨h̵̀͠e̢͜m̕ ̵̢ņoẁ̴.͞
[The audio begins to glitch out as another distortion kicks in as Zacharie sharply turns to look at something that's behind the camera before it cuts out. Quickly words flash on the black feed:
'HELLO AGAIN'
The feed re-appears and Zacharie is walking down one of the many hallways of the mansion using the camera as a recorder. He turns to one of the doors, although the camera fails to catch the number, and tries to yank it open. Locked. Then the camera freezes and the action repeats. Still locked! An unpleasant screech distorts the audio as it cuts out once again.
It picks up in the forest. Zacharie walks through it quietly but there's still something wrong the audio. For some reason it sounds like there are two sets of footsteps despite the merchant being the only one there. He doesn't seem to be looking for anything in particular and at one point Zacharie turns around and the camera catches the still-visible mansion in the background.
He's not that far away. But again a distortion corrupts the image and a few more words appear before it ends for good.
'DtDtDt
* HERE WE ARE
SWITCH IS off']
[ooc: as the links suggest, thanks to an overdoes of DT and interactions with the Operator Zacharie's not doing so good. Zacharie may or may not respond to this, so feel free to threadjack if you like!]
He's sitting in the sand near the edge of the water, back to the camera and a little ways from it. One might think he set it up so he was filmed this way but judging from awkward angle it's more likely Zacharie simply dropped it and it turned on randomly, as Wonderland's communicators tend to do. Zacharie himself seems fairly relaxed yet is dripping wet. Evidently someone decided to go for a dip, even though one might question why you'd go swimming in a sweater and jeans.
Then again, Zacharie's a weird guy. He claimed to be from a video game so maybe he just like swimming in heavy clothing.
The feed continues to record him simply staring at the sea before him. Nice weather today. Always nice.]
....A-a-a query, Wonderland. [Was he someone who stuttered like that?] Would you all leave here if you could? Could? Switch strings to something else? I know some of you won't leave. Won't walk away or Qu-
[Whatever Zacharie was about to say is cut off by a sudden burst of static. If any Wonderland's residents remember a certain man and a certain entry he made a long time ago might recognize it.
Something is wrong here and something is very wrong with Zacharie.]
--at is fine. That is why we are here. So we are fine and we should not worry. Everything is fine. It's okay, it's all okay. I promise, I mean it I͟ ̴̧͝me̸a̕͢n͞ ͞͡i̛͏t̢ I̴ ̷̛m̴̡ęàn ͝ì́̕t̵̀͜ ̢I̶͠ ̵͢͢m̴e̵an͘͟͡ ̴i̷̧͘t͞ ̡̢I̧͘͞-̸͟
<̴͢>͜͠M̨̕͟e̸s̡̛s̡͠͞a͞g̷̀e:̶̴ ͜T͞ó̡ ̶͝m͘u̸̵c͟҉̀h.̴ ͢͞Th̵͡er̛e'̴̢̀s͝͡ ̷to ḿ̡u҉ch҉͜ ̛o͜f̵ ̢̨i͢͠t͢͢. ̢Į̶ ̴̷t̨͘h̶͡i̷̛͏n҉ḱ̴ ̶̛I͞ ̷̷un̛d̡̛ę̵͞ŕst̢̀á̴́nd̶ ̧t̢̨h̵̀͠e̢͜m̕ ̵̢ņoẁ̴.͞
[The audio begins to glitch out as another distortion kicks in as Zacharie sharply turns to look at something that's behind the camera before it cuts out. Quickly words flash on the black feed:
'HELLO AGAIN'
The feed re-appears and Zacharie is walking down one of the many hallways of the mansion using the camera as a recorder. He turns to one of the doors, although the camera fails to catch the number, and tries to yank it open. Locked. Then the camera freezes and the action repeats. Still locked! An unpleasant screech distorts the audio as it cuts out once again.
It picks up in the forest. Zacharie walks through it quietly but there's still something wrong the audio. For some reason it sounds like there are two sets of footsteps despite the merchant being the only one there. He doesn't seem to be looking for anything in particular and at one point Zacharie turns around and the camera catches the still-visible mansion in the background.
He's not that far away. But again a distortion corrupts the image and a few more words appear before it ends for good.
'DtDtDt
* HERE WE ARE
SWITCH IS off']
[ooc: as the links suggest, thanks to an overdoes of DT and interactions with the Operator Zacharie's not doing so good. Zacharie may or may not respond to this, so feel free to threadjack if you like!]
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He's seen this before. The letters on the blank screen, the speech torn through with static, the way nothing makes any linear sense - it's all too glaringly familiar. He hadn't been able to find him after the shit with that machine, but he'd figured it would've been fixed with the way things went back to normal, right?
Not all of it makes sense. Tim's code-breaking days are behind him, and he's not about to go poking around at something that'll only stir old, damaged memories.]
zacharie
where are you
what happened
[What happened after, rather.]
text
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Always.
[Of course he really isn't. But as Tim now knows, Zacharie can apparently warp around at will. And didn't it look like during the hallway part he was trying to get inside a room? The room number wasn't shown but...
Well. Who's to say it wasn't Tim's room?]
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Goddamnit.]
where ARE you
cut the cryptic bullshit
text -> video
hard to do this. look youll see.
[The feed is turned back on, just to give Tim a view of Wonderland whipping past over and over with some distortion. Zacharie is warping around uncontrollably.
Can't exactly give you a location when it's currently impossible to tell where you are at any given moment.
And the feed cuts out again.]
text
It's just gonna get worse.
The feed cuts. His heart thuds sickeningly, and it takes him a moment to eke the words out despite the trembling fingers.]
how long
how long has this been happening
text
dont knwo
lost track of time
dream since dream adn more since a little back.
i think
text
jesus
i need you to try and hold still ok
try and stop
doing whatever you're doing
[He needs to fix this. He needs to fucking fix this, and clean up his goddamn mess for once.]
text
will try
[Tim will get one last text. A hint. It's the best Zacharie can do to tell Tim where he is now and where he'll try to stay.
Not likely. But he'll always go back.]
Look back at the video.
the first place there will be the last place over and over.
i will not move even if I'm under.
i will leave and come back.
But we will never leave you.
text
do your best to stay there
we're gonna fix this
[He made it all go wrong. The least he can do is make it better.]
text
dont have to help
Its not really here no 0
my head just my head
i promise
one way or another
I will stop. I promise.
text
Sit tight, Zacharie. Or...don't, since he seems fundamentally incapable of actually staying anywhere. At least now if he needs him, he'll know what to look for. And where.
This is his fault.]