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Most call me Gold. ([personal profile] amicustenebris) wrote2022-02-20 10:34 pm
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Voice - forward dated to April 2

[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2022-03-25 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ It comes late in the afternoon, after a good six hours of Carver fighting the inevitable and running through every medical protocol he's ever learned. None of them change a thing.

He maybe has a panic attack or three in the middle. He definitely walks into a wall. Absolutely none of it changes a thing.

Fact: He can't see.

Also fact: He cannot fucking see. Something has to be done about that before he loses the thread completely. ]


Your magic. Can you heal?

[ His voice is dangerously flat. ]
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[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2022-03-25 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's a pause. And then that flat, angry tone again. ]

I need a favor. I can't get to you right now.
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[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2022-03-25 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Another angry pause. Then, nearly spitting with rage: ]

I'm hurt.
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[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2022-03-25 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
Now would be good.

[ Though clenched teeth. The humiliation stings like a physical blow. ]
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[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2022-03-25 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's only by the mercy of God that his roommate is out right now, otherwise this would be a whole other thing instead of just humiliating and - underneath the seething rage - terrifying. He woke up seeing nothing but shadows and things have only gone downhill since.

There's broken glass all over the kitchen. Furniture knocked over. Nothing that happened here today was graceful.

Carver opens the door without a word, looking nothing but coldly furious. One hand at the knife at his side, the other braced firmly against the wall. His eyes don't track at all. No part of him wants to endure this around other people. ]


I can't see.

[ He twitches, then steps back to let Gold in. One hand braced against the wall. ]
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[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2022-03-25 11:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's nothing about this that isn't hateful. Carver stays where he is, his hand braced against the wall. He's fought blind before - in training, out of necessity a few times - but those moments ended. He got his vision back. Whatever was limiting him faded.

This hasn't. And he feels clumsy, off balance. Horribly exposed.

The fear curls sour in him. If he can't see, his combat effectiveness is shot. And if he can't fight, then what use is he to the others? Nothing but dead weight. They'll leave him behind.

His fingers twitch. Gold keeps talking. Doesn't try to touch him. Probably for the best. ]


I'm not going outside like this.

[ His voice is tight, tension thrumming through him. ]

This is really fucking fun for me.
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[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2022-03-25 12:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Carver makes a strangled noise. Bitter and furious. He's weak now. Horribly exposed. Anyone could come up in his corners and kill him. Anyone at all. ]

You want me out in the open? Fuck that.

[ There are walls here. It's not defensible at all, but there are walls. ]
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[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2022-03-25 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ No part of Carver wants to endure this quietly. He wants to hit something, put his fist through an enemy’s face just to feel the bone give. He’s off balance, weak. It’s not the first time he’s taken an injury that knocked him out of commission, but this happened so suddenly there was no preparing for it. And now he has no brothers or sisters at his side to shoulder the load. To watch his back.

The worst part is that Gold’s right. This location is exposed.

Carver works his jaw. ]


Fine.

[ He hates this. And he hates Gold a little for witnessing it, even though Carver was the one who called him here. ]
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[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2022-03-25 01:20 pm (UTC)(link)
That was when I thought you could fix me.

[ It comes out sharp, angry. Carver digs his nails into the wall, hating how still he’s holding himself.

He grits his teeth. He’s weak. And you can never be weak in front of other people. ]


What?
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[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2022-03-25 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Carver would shoot Gold a nasty look if his eyes were working. Instead, he ends up glaring at the far wall. This entire situation is hateful.

But Gold has a point, in the end. And the terms are as reasonable as either of them are going to get around here. ]


I can do that.

[ His tone is very even. Not any calmer than before, but less overtly hostile. ]

That all you want for it?
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[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2022-03-25 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Safety is conditional.

[ Safety is fleeting. The only people that Carver trusts completely are his people and none of them are here.

He exhales through his teeth. Embrace the suck, soldier. Get through this.

Survival is a choice. So, survive. ]


How are we doing this?
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[personal profile] fortitudosalutis 2022-03-25 03:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ None of this is comfortable. But it has to be done, so he’ll survive. It’s just another test.

He snorts. Biting down bitter laughter. ]


Make it look like a sex thing? Cute.

[ But it’s less of a weakness than telegraphing to the whole city that he’s gone magically blind. ]

Let’s do it.

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