oversleeps: i'm ready for my sleepless stroll. (● escape like an animal)
marduk. ([personal profile] oversleeps) wrote in [community profile] exsilium2014-01-10 03:20 pm

( 01 ) video.

[ when the feed clicks on, marduk is in what appears to be a ruined building near the edge of town. there's snow on the floor and holes in the walls, but he's not wearing a single scrap of winter clothing. more importantly, he doesn't look especially pleased to be doing this. ]

Recently, one of the locals here went missing. Don't ask me what his name was, I'm not the one who gives a shit. I'm just here to solve the mystery.

He's missing because he's dead, and he's dead because I killed him.

[ he pauses here. it looks like it's for dramatic effect, but really he's just trying to figure out how to end the announcement. ]

Most of you would call that murder, wouldn't you? Can't remember if you all figured out what to do about that, but-- if you want retribution, you can come and get it.

[ good enough. the video ends there. ]
implying: (whoa hold up)

voice

[personal profile] implying 2014-01-10 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah... I see.

[ the world's longest pause ever before he gives up and ENCRYPTS THIS SO HARD ]

My dear, what are you doing.
maddeninghatter: (pffft!)

[ not here ]

[personal profile] maddeninghatter 2014-01-10 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ So much for keeping a low profile... ]
irritating: (✖ -- but why can't i steal it)

video; private

[personal profile] irritating 2014-01-10 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ what the fuck is this what's going on holy shit no why ]

Marduk where the fuck are you and what in the FUCK ARE YOU DOING?i
implying: (stare)

fine two can play at that game

[personal profile] implying 2014-01-10 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
No, it really, really isn't. Do enlighten me, yes?
implying: (oh my god you guys)

[personal profile] implying 2014-01-10 11:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I know it's a monumental struggle for you, but try not to be cute. Why are you claiming a murder?
irritating: (✗ -- you're worse than nicotine)

video and private forever

[personal profile] irritating 2014-01-10 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't fuckin' need you or anyone to fix my mistake, especially not when nobody was gonna fuckin' find out anyway.

He's a goddamn dog! Diggin' and bone chewin' is what he does, this ain't ever been a problem before so I never taught him not to do this shit!
inflorence: (neutral rembrant lighting)

action

[personal profile] inflorence 2014-01-10 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
( After all of that, everything with Dick in backtracking through a dead man's life to find his point of origin, all that polite and straightforward time in knocking and using actual words and not threats or fists or midnight costumes...

... And this crops up. Bruce rubs at his temples, feeling quite suddenly much older than he actually is.

He doesn't doubt Dick is out there homing in just like he is, or that anyone else might be too, for the same damn reason. When Bruce does arrive, his face is impossible to read behind the snowglare glasses and the hood drawn tight around his head. He tugs it open as he gets out of the wind, leaving the glasses on. )


When you're going to paint yourself into a target, normally you should have better reason than an old man and a teenager showing up and asking a few pointed questions.

( Yeah, just going to tap his snow walking stick against this bit of stone here, dislodging the compacted snow at the end. )
implying: (skeptical)

[personal profile] implying 2014-01-10 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't believe that for a moment. Is this a joke, then? Gods, tell me it's a joke.
irritating: (✖ -- but why can't i steal it)

[personal profile] irritating 2014-01-11 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah but-- [ she pauses a second to make an agitated noise instead of real words ] it ain't your problem to worry about at all. Least it wasn't until two fuckin' seconds ago when you couldn't contain your need to be a goddamn moron anymore and made this unnecessary retarded announcement!!
totallytrustworthy: (take it easy m8)

Voice;

[personal profile] totallytrustworthy 2014-01-11 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
[If voices were lethal...]

Are you out of your bloody mind? Why on earth would you do a thing like that? [Please tell her it was self defense. ]
individualist: (louis - freedom)

video;

[personal profile] individualist 2014-01-11 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[See this is how crimes should be dealt with in Exsilium, fighting to the death over it.

So he's just amused.
]

Feeling a little restless?
implying: (bitchface)

[personal profile] implying 2014-01-11 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Stop that, Marduk. Explain this, please.
inflorence: (question asked in yellow lighting)

[personal profile] inflorence 2014-01-11 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
An idea on what it is you think you're accomplishing having done what you just did.

( If he's even aware how defensive a move it was, to step forward and claim to a network of people who hadn't known something had happened that he did it, this thing, this thing he'll even admit to having been murder.

There's no ego there. No reasoning, no logic, no savoring what he'd done. To have such a blunt confession without any of the accoutrements lacks authenticity.

Bruce eyes him mildly, watching his body language, listening for any particular intonations in his voice. )


Someone always notices. Who is it you're protecting?

( With the company I keep... )
implying: (oh my god you guys)

[personal profile] implying 2014-01-11 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
It would be a poor time for it. [ but still, yes, always yes. ] What is it?

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