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Arthur ([personal profile] paradoxlol) wrote2011-03-05 10:46 pm

.026 | Spam/Voice.

[OPEN SPAM]
[Continued from what will be the end of this thread. For once, Arthur was at a loss. After his talk with Angelica, he felt frozen in place for a minute, before turning on his heel, jaw set-- clenched-- as he strode purposefully away. Truth be told, he had no idea what the fuck he was going to do. He just stalked the corridors of the Barge restlessly, body taut with tension, eyes narrowed, nostrils flaring a little as he took sharp breaths in and out. He wanted to punch something, scream, mow down a room full of projections, but he couldn't. He couldn't. That would be losing control.]

[VOICE; later]
[Arthur's words are a little slurred. It's unusual for him to do any Dear Diary entries on the network, share what he's feeling, any of that, but tonight's a special occasion. His perception's been unexpectedly turned on its head, and he's lost control just long enough for this.]

You think... you think you know someone. In and out. Like... you've been inside them. Seen them at their most vulnerable. But you can crawl into a person and never know... what they're capable...

[There's a long silence, then he continues.]

How do we construct our realities? They're... they're memories. Experiences. We take them... and we build our worlds. None of us really inhabit the same one. I mean... What I see, when I look at my family, my friends, colleagues, strangers I pass on the street... it's not what anybody else would see. People carry these complex... internal lives, but to us, the... the "main characters" of our perception, they're just... [PROJECTIONS.] roles to be filled, that we put them in based on what we know-- our memories, the images they project, the reality they put together to share with us...

You see, it's all very precarious. Reality. And a fundamental omission, once uncovered, it... [He chokes, then lets out a frustrated snarl after a beat.] Knocks the whole fucking house of cards down.

[CLICK.]

[OOC: Backdated to this post and the Very Bad Things with Mal. He now knows that Cobb incepted Mal and never told him, and he's torn between his loyalty to Cobb and his feelings of friendship with Mal.

FOR THE SPAM, consider it like a mini-day in the life thing. I don't mind multiple threads, but would prefer nothing like, VIOLENT OR EARTH SHATTERING, as he has to go and get drunk alone like a sad man afterwards.

As for the content of the voice post, if you're one of the SMALL HANDFUL OF PEOPLE who knows about dream sharing/extraction, you can read the double meaning in Arthur's post. Otherwise, uh, please don't suddenly "catch on" to that stuff, because there's no reason to.]
una_persson: (losing patience)

Private - and I'm afraid this is the start of Una finally losing her shit.

[personal profile] una_persson 2011-03-06 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Nothing is ever your fault, is it, O'Brien? It's always someone else's. You're just talking; they're the ones who are being weak and sensitive and individualist and it has nothing to do with you, does it? Next thing you're going to tell me is that someone bloody well held a gun to your head and said please, O'Brien, be an arse to me! You couldn't possibly simply be a bastard to someone just because it makes you feel better, could you? No, you simply can't help how people perceive you and it's never, ever your fault.
Edited 2011-03-06 23:28 (UTC)

Re: Private - wooooooooot. her and howie should lose their shit together.

[identity profile] equalsfive.livejournal.com 2011-03-06 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[a pause in which he considers various more honest responses. But no. That wouldn't be worth it. Pushing buttons is better.]

I'm glad you finally see things my way, comrade. It's been a while.
una_persson: (oh sod)

Re: Private - she'll be drunk-dialing the Barge tomorrow, I think.

[personal profile] una_persson 2011-03-06 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nnnnngh. Not going to let him dig in any further. Just, no.]

Just leave the hell off, O'Brien. I've nothing more to say to you now.

Re: Private - THE BEST KIND.

[identity profile] equalsfive.livejournal.com 2011-03-06 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Fine, comrade. It's not like I really cared.
una_persson: (hungover)

Re: Private

[personal profile] una_persson 2011-03-06 11:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[Consider yourself ignored now, O'Brien.]