07 | visual | all nonbelievers stand aside in fear

[the_vishual]

[ Chase does not look comfortable. Not spooked, per se, but when the video flickers on the little girl looks tired. Less burdened and more concerned.

This is something she genuinely doesn't know the answer to. ]

Hello, everyone--I regret to be the one to point this out.

[ A beat--she's worryingly playing with the paper bow tie she's made ever since the Doctor disappeared, and with a lick of her lips she's speaking again, eyes darting down to something on her lap. ]

It's funny. This list--it's amused. Laughing at us. I don't--I don't like it. And that's not everyone on the list. It's a fraction of it.

But the laughter. It's ringing in my ears and they're so, so, giddy.

Comments

sort of reluctant video

[coffeeking]

[Chase still bothers him for various reasons, but she's proved she's not a minion of evil over the past six months, so he'll deal.]

Impartial?

video;

[coffeeking]

[He switches to video]

Then the question is, why only give us a piece of it? Where's the rest of the puzzle? Or if that's too easy, where's the next clue?

video;

[saidhe]

No. No, you've worded the sentiment perfectly, I'm afraid.

[ For someone whose own mind is a constant cluster of words, of facts and figures, some of which he doesn't even yet understand but they're there and they don't leave- Oh. Oh, he absolutely understands. ]

What is it that brings it on, I wonder?

VIDEO | Encrypted by emoshun.

[the_vishual]

Oh...

[ Her smile is crestfallen, trying not to look as disappointed as she actually is. It's pretty easy to figure her out. ]

Oh, Sherlock. I would like very much to help you.

Re: voice;

[the_vishual]

Not unless you wrote the list, sir. I'm sorry.

permavid

[the_vishual]

No. But there's a lot of people on it.

video.

[the_vishual]

Being this far away from Heaven's Fence means I can't tell, sir. [ And...even if she knew, she wouldn't really say anything. Sorry, Soysauce. ]

[the_vishual]

[ ...what. ]

I don't know, I...

Are we actually agreeing?

[majestyofthethrone]

Are you?

[the_vishual]

I can't concentrate if people are laughing at us like that. [ And that is a bit of a pout, yes. ]

M'not silly! It's just.. a bit hard...

encrypted;

[the_vishual]

It's definitely not the full list, Topher. Am I not good enough for proof?

[megamind]

Yes. As astronomical as the odds may be against it, we are.

[Megamind is as put off by this as Chase is, really.]

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[doomhoops]

[ Little girl, why are you one that list, bb? That worries him. ]

How do you know?

[swagneto]

[ It’s a momentary setback for Erik, hearing the confidence in her voice, the blatant determination with which she speaks that has him put off. His belief is that children should play no part in anything, no matter the context. ]

So a mere weapon of God. What does that leave you with, no freedom of your own?

[siring]

[he sounds amused] If wishes were horses, poor men would ride. Do you understand?

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[andblockbuster]

[WAY TO MAKE HIM FEEL GUILTY, CHASE.]

Okay. You're probably right- it does make sense that it wouldn't be the whole thing. Unless, you know, Smiley's a jerk and just leaked a fake partial to make us chase our tails. [He pulls a face.] Who else do you think?

[video]

[the_vishual]

Ummm...

[ This actually makes her think--she stops, head tilted to the side, brows furrowed as she concentrates on something before slowly sighing. ]

No, sir.

video;

[the_vishual]

No, Captain. I'm sorry. [ and she seems genuinely sorry--sometimes it's just that she can't tell anyone. This time? ]

If I look further, it's silence. Static, like the radio.

voice;;

[shadeling]

Laughter?

[ a beat. A list laughing seems a bit strange to her unless...]

...but not from this list. From those who wrote it? [ Another pause, this time quickly formulating a question.]

How can you hear it?

video;

[the_vishual]

I--I have?

[ She looks somewhat taken aback. Maybe her first impression of Sherlock had been wrong? ]

I think it wants us to panic.

video;

[the_vishual]

About the laughter?

video;

[firstofficer]

I believe, that we have been given this particle of information precisely because we are expected to seek out the remainder.

video;

[saidhe]

[ The point he was trying to make was that he's well aware of what it's like to have noise in your head, to have so much and so many noises and facts and things and to have it be overwhelming, war-like, every moment of your day- but to not know what exactly what it would be like without it. ]

[ Perhaps not the sentiment she was expressing in particular, but one he feels expunging on regardless, so he instead pretends not to hear the former, and answers the latter. ]

Yes. Yes, it absolutely wants us to panic.

video; encrypted

[the_vishual]

If--If I find anything else, I'll let you know. But I don't know how the names are related yet...

[the_vishual]

Honking? No, sir. [ She can't tell your gender, okay? ]