{Animus}

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[There is a static hum on everyone's PCD, as the screen goes black. it starts to whisper, before ghostly voices seep through the communication lines--

...Except instead of obnoxious text, there's an absolutely piercing shriek. Think banshee.

Then children laughing, high pitched and delighted. Then distortion-

A throaty opera singer, carrying a note longer than should be physically possible-

Jaunty rock. Explosive jazz. One sound after another, barely long enough to register, so it's little more than a jarring cacophony of noise.

Eventually it fades into static, then silence for all of a few seconds- before closing on a final crash of cymbals.]

Comments

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

yes we do
just played it

[buntails.livejournal.com]

Nuh-uh. You can't decide it on your own.

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

too late

already picked it

[buntails.livejournal.com]

Nope. I already decided.

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

what is it

[buntails.livejournal.com]

[That makes her more serious immediately.]

No, you don't. No matter what you do, people's choices will still be their own.

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

we always make them

[buntails.livejournal.com]

You haven't. People's minds are strong.

But, why would you want to anyway?

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

we're stronger

because it's fun

[buntails.livejournal.com]

Isn't there something more than that?

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

sometimes
no one likes that either

[buntails.livejournal.com]

I don't think so. If there's a reason for all of this, we'd try to understand.

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

but you wouldn't

it's complicated




and contagious

[buntails.livejournal.com]

You can't decide if someone will understand without giving them a chance to. There's no way we can, if you don't tell us and we don't know.

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

guess!
and maybe we won't tell you

[buntails.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I just... can't believe someone would do these things for nothing.

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

we have a lot of nothing

we're running out of places to keep it

[buntails.livejournal.com]

That doesn't make any sense.

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

we keep it in the original packaging
so it won't lose value

[buntails.livejournal.com]

Geez, if you can't make sense, I'm going back to bed after all.

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

but we're lonely
and we have more songs

[buntails.livejournal.com]

Can't they wait until a decent hour?

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

there are no indecent !
and we couldn't sleep

[buntails.livejournal.com]

So you sleep, too.

[adstring-npc.livejournal.com]

we might be sleeping now
what if we're imagining this

don't like these dreams