video -> voice | un: sharpshooter (april 2nd)

[azurestar]

( cw: alcohol/substance abuse and visible corruption symptoms. )

[At first, the post opens with video. Lance is using his omen for this because he's probably too intoxicated to operate the omni. Corruption has started to increase again and rapidly given what he's trying to announce. The scar over his left eye looks a bit bigger and his iris of that eye is a glowing, crackling electric blue. He's not looking at the 'camera', his expression trained hard on the table in front of him as he grapples with the pain of loss.]

So… Hunk's gone… [In real time, the scar over his eye grows length-wise and cracks open horizontally and the darkness of space seems to be underneath: black void with stars and a nebula. The glowing light of his eye flashes brighter and seems to overtake the rest of his eye.] …baaaack to th' sea.

[His speech is a bit slurred and his hand comes up to his forehead as he leans to brace his elbow on the table. He looks at his omen and his brow furrows.] Valor, this's audio, right?

[What sounds like an 'oops' comes from his omen and then the video cuts out. There's the sound of a heavy, rattled breath being let out from Lance before he continues.] Whatever, not like it matters, [snort] as if I'm even gonna remember, right?

…Oh yeah… anyone in town got some memory findin' powers? I'm missin' some, so I need you to like… reach into my head hole or whatever.

[A breath is heaved, but it sounds shallow and wet, like there's something wrong with his lungs. Then the sound of a glass clinking on something.] Anyway, here's to th' ocean! I'm gon' go yell at her to give me my bro back. Later.

[There's the sound of a scraping chair as he gets up, and then the loud thump and crash of someone immediately fumbling their footing because they're too messed up and falling to the floor.] Oww…

Comments

[azurestar]

They don't have to be good standards to be standards. Guys who peep on girls changing are total pervs, but maybe some of them draw the line there and others with no standards snap pictures without permission.

[retsuden]

... In my experience, they usually end up becoming the ones who snap pictures eventually anyway. They were just pretending to have standards to feel better about themselves.

[azurestar]

[How did they end up here? He doesn't know, he's too drunk and too unstable to figure it out. And that's both mentally and molecularly. He lets out a burst of a ball of light from his hands at the sand where it meets the water as he walks like an annoyed toddler.]

Ugh, whatever man. None of this matters, all pervs can get thrown into the sun for all I care… and hey, I can actually make that happen if y'want.

[He coughs wetly and then blows a loud raspberry.]

…I'll get to that when 'm done with the ocean… what were we talkin' 'bout again?

[retsuden]

My helping you with your memories.

[azurestar]

…

[He is crossing his arms. Thinking. Then most ironically:]

Whyyy would you wanna help me with a problem I don't have?

[retsuden]

Because you asked for help.

[azurestar]

…I did? [One second, he's just gonna go back and look at his post. The playback makes him wince, but he's still mostly in that same frame of mind so whatever.] Oh…

Seeeems like I do… need help.

[retsuden]

Mm. Yes.

I can't make promises it will work, but I'll do what I can to try.

[azurestar]

[Lance heaves a breath.]

Yeah, thanks…

I'll hit you up later if the ocean doesn't drown me.

[retsuden]

Mm. Later, then.

[ He goes to shut off his feed. ]