08-11-2013, 04:56 PM
the phone lines
August 3rd. The last call Lux made to John just as the shit hit the fan is the last call Lux makes or takes on the 3rd. Nobody hears from Lux. Kali's call goes straight to messages. If she calls back, it happens again.
Perhaps because her phone's warranty didn't cover 'nearly hit by grenade, trampled on by vampires, left behind in a burning building,' or perhaps because she didn't make it. Perhaps after fleeing the fire, after gaining control of herself again, she turned back, furious at herself for giving in to (common sense) fear, or maybe something got her on the way out or maybe a swath of silk-on-fire tangled her up and. Well, on August 3rd, nobody finds out the truth. August 4th'll be a different matter.
August 3rd. Maybe Kali doesn't even remember Jack ever being by the piano in Richthofen, maybe he was already gone by the time everything went down, because Jack is a charm for Vanishment, for You Think You Made Me Up Inside Your Head, for Never-Was and Never-Will, so maybe her call to him begins more along the lines of 'oh shit what you missed.' The point is that if Kali was so touched by Obfuscate, he disillusions her, and...
The honey-tongued Nosferatu sounds tired over the phone. Tired, but sharp: You can rely on Jack, because Jacks are reliable, until they're not.
He says he's glad to hear her, living and well. Living is a different beast than alive. The poets will tell you all about connotations. He says that he may well know some who might well take her up on her generous offer, and there is something knowing and good-humored in among the tired, appreciative of Kali's offer, sure, but also what the offer will net her. He sees things, does our Jack. He asks after Mercy. He asks after the Anarchs. Then he asks the question that's important to him: Did you see what happened to Henrietta and Samit? He doesn't say Gotfred's name. No? And he curses, with an old-fashioned fluency, at the not-knowing.
We should touch base in person soon, he says also as the call comes to an end.
August 3rd. The last call Lux made to John just as the shit hit the fan is the last call Lux makes or takes on the 3rd. Nobody hears from Lux. Kali's call goes straight to messages. If she calls back, it happens again.
Perhaps because her phone's warranty didn't cover 'nearly hit by grenade, trampled on by vampires, left behind in a burning building,' or perhaps because she didn't make it. Perhaps after fleeing the fire, after gaining control of herself again, she turned back, furious at herself for giving in to (common sense) fear, or maybe something got her on the way out or maybe a swath of silk-on-fire tangled her up and. Well, on August 3rd, nobody finds out the truth. August 4th'll be a different matter.
August 3rd. Maybe Kali doesn't even remember Jack ever being by the piano in Richthofen, maybe he was already gone by the time everything went down, because Jack is a charm for Vanishment, for You Think You Made Me Up Inside Your Head, for Never-Was and Never-Will, so maybe her call to him begins more along the lines of 'oh shit what you missed.' The point is that if Kali was so touched by Obfuscate, he disillusions her, and...
The honey-tongued Nosferatu sounds tired over the phone. Tired, but sharp: You can rely on Jack, because Jacks are reliable, until they're not.
He says he's glad to hear her, living and well. Living is a different beast than alive. The poets will tell you all about connotations. He says that he may well know some who might well take her up on her generous offer, and there is something knowing and good-humored in among the tired, appreciative of Kali's offer, sure, but also what the offer will net her. He sees things, does our Jack. He asks after Mercy. He asks after the Anarchs. Then he asks the question that's important to him: Did you see what happened to Henrietta and Samit? He doesn't say Gotfred's name. No? And he curses, with an old-fashioned fluency, at the not-knowing.
We should touch base in person soon, he says also as the call comes to an end.