entranceway | say it ain't so (video)

[ When Liv appears on the screen, she's in a nice off-white sweater with a hint of gold sparkle to it, full face of makeup and nervously smiling. She gives a wave, then lets out a breath she's been holding. ]

I have a confession. And some of you know. Some of you who know me don't know, and everyone else...

[ She pauses, looking down a little. Is this the right thing? Hell if she knows. It's not like she's in a place the size of Seattle. Maybe now's the time to just come clean. ]

The rest of you don't need to know but uh...at this point if someone found out by word of mouth I feel like it'd suck more, so.

My name is Liv. I've been living here since the summer. And...I'm a zombie.

[ She pauses for a beat. ]

Obviously from a different zombie world than the rest of you. I'll answer your questions now: Yes, I eat what you think I eat but the closet provides it for me. I only act like the maniac you'd expect when I'm hurt unexpectedly and then I'm super strong and just kind of...grunty. But I can help, I do help. I've saved people. I've died here. Yes, I'm technically dead right now, but I still look great?

I guess those are the hard-hitting questions. If you have any others I'll be here to answer them.

Please don't try to kill me. I'll just come back.

So I guess that's it. Now you all know, and I can breathe easier. Ish. Well, not breathe. Whatever, you know what I mean.

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Shit. Does that mean you're going to have to tell her again, when she gets back or something?

[Because that could suck. ]

Right. So we need to plan for that.

Uh. After you're okay with all this. [Frank Castle; typical man who copes by trying to find problems to solve.]

No, no, she should only be gone a week which means it'll be okay. She'll remember.

[ She focuses, sitting down on her bed and running a hand through her hair. ]

I'm okay. So, a plan. Sometimes this place makes caches of things disappear, so having a deep freezer full of brains won't work. At least, it shouldn't be the only plan. And the worst part, Frank, is seeing someone go from this, normal, and afraid of what's happening to them, to a monster you have to put down.

[ Speaking as someone with experience. ]

Oh, that's a new level of fucked up. You mean I could go back and end up here again?

[Yeah this should be about her, he knows, but goddammit.]

You know we have a backup plan if it's you that needs to eat. [STARE. The plan is, of course, Frank Castle.]

But that's what you can do. I mean, that's what you've been through, waking up in that bag. Surely you can, I don't know, coach people through it? [Like his wife's lamaze class coach or something.]

...You didn't know that?

[ Wow, that was like, the first thing someone told her. Along with closets and mirrors. ]

Thaks for being my backup plan. I know it's not...the best thing in the world. I mean, I can help people the best I can but if there's a shortage of what keeps them from going full zombie my hands are tied.

Maybe someone mentioned it, but mostly I remember people yelling about me for saying the word 'fuck'.

Fucking priorities of some people. [ What the hell was up with that. ]

Trust me, Liv, that ain't even in my top ten of shitty backup plans I've had in my life.

Oh yeah.

[ She laughs, sorry, can't help it. But then she gets serious again, clearing her throat. ]

Well, then, I'm glad I have you.

Wait to be glad till after I do it.Talk's just talk.

[But he won't let her down. ]

How's everyone else taking the news?

[ He could take a look at other responses but, yeah, that's prying. ]

Only one guy made me a little nervous but he sort of chilled out the longer we talked. He's pretty paranoid about every aspect of this place, not just me. Do you know Seth Gecko?

Yeah, well I can't blame anyone from being a little paranoid.

[Because, well...Frank Castle's goddam resume.]

Seth Gecko. [Sounds douchey.] No. Don't know him.

[Will be stalking him, though. Just to be safe.]

Don't go punch him or anything. He wasn't that bad, just made me a little wary, that's all.

I'm not going to punch him.

[ He sounds a little affronted. Because, uh, yeah, punching this guy had definitely been on his to-do list. How dare you figure that out! ]

Just keep an eye on him. But if he does anything--anything you don't like, you let me know.

You'll be the first person I tell. I promise.

I better be.

[Spoiler, there will also be some light stalking. And that may be him you hear outside your door, because, yeah, he's camping out just to be sure.]

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