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[throwsdown]

Why don't they say anything?? I can see them!!

[The voice that picks up is excited, eager, as though they've figured out part of a puzzle and are attempting to solve the rest.]

When I put on my mask, I can see my papa, and Reika and the others from home...! I can see them. Why don't they say anything? Are they frozen? If they're in trouble, I gotta help... How can I help them?

[Takeshi's voice is muffled. Mainly because he's got his mask on. He'd tried it on days ago, if only by curiosity, and now... Well, he's finding himself more and more attached to it. Even if it's sad to look at, it's like it reminds him of something. It feels so important to wear it. The voice is more distant for a moment, as he turns away from the comm and aims his words at something in his room that just isn't there.]

... Papa, why don't you say anything?

Did I do something wrong? Are you mad at me for running off...?

[his voice is a little watery, heartbroken at the thought of his dad being upset with him. he was happy before, but now...

For some reason, he's scared. He feels it, deep in his bones, in his heart. A familiar pang.]

I swear I didn't leave on purpose; please don't go away, okay? I'll save you.

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voice;

[ringbearer]

[ frodo's recovered enough from his own mask being removed. his nerves are still on end, still more tense than he'd like--the burden more heavy than he'd like but this child is more terrified, more right to be than any of them do.

he speaks to him in turn, his slightly ragged. ]

Takeshi? What happened?

voice;

[throwsdown]

I see my dad. I see him—when I look in my mask, I see him and my friends...

B-but he just looks at me; he and the others just look at me, and they don't say anything.

voice;

[ringbearer]

[ he swallows. that's hardly something a child needs to be dealing with. there's no fondness between the ship itself and frodo, and his voice is gentle, but firm. ]

Are you wearing the mask now?

voice;

[throwsdown]

[There's a short, unsure pause. Like he's worried he'll get in trouble if he says so.]



... Yes...

[Video]

[the_infiltrator]

What are you going to save him from?

[Video]

[throwsdown]

From the aliens. Papa left me to fight the aliens before... It wasn't safe for me to go.

[He curls up a bit on his bed, anxious.]

I dunno where he went, but he's here, and I can't reach him... He won't talk to me...

[Video]

[the_infiltrator]

Maybe he's angry. Or maybe he's controlled by something. Was he upset with you?

[Video]

[throwsdown]

I don't know. When I put on my mask, I see him, but he doesn't talk. He doesn't say anything, but he looks at me.

[voice]

[biffail]

[Larry swallows hard. The first time he saw his friends and his dead girlfriend, he couldn't believe it. But they had been there, they had been silent, and some had even looked at him balefully.]

I...I don't know. M-m-maybe they're just really good holograms.

And it's not your fault! We all got pulled in here, somehow!

[voice]

[throwsdown]

[Maybe that's true, that it wasn't his fault. Maybe. After all, he was transferred here; you can't stop something like that from happening. Or else he most definitely would have. But then—seeing people he cares about not answer him back... for him, it's overwhelmingly hurtful and sad.]

What's... a hologram?

[voice]

[biffail]

Ummm...holograms are like...

[Oh, no. He came here to reassure someone and be scared, not to explain things!]

They're, uh, like moving pictures made with fancy light and stuff.

video;

[redhotsummers]

You need to keep that mask off do you hear me? Keep it off and lock it away.

[His voice is sterner than he means it to be.]

video;

[throwsdown]

Keep it off...? But—I. They said I could wear it... It's for Halloween. They said I could play Halloween.

[He's unsure what to do. He's not sure why he holds the mask with his hands, as if it could fall off at any minute.]

I can see my papa and my friends...

video;

[redhotsummers]

It isn't type of mask for halloween. Whoever told you that is wrong.

[Alex shakes his head.]

They aren't real. You need to keep it off, kid. I mean it.

voice;

[bonus]

[His voice is steady, missing its usual, carefree cheer.]

What's your name?

voice;

[throwsdown]

[The voice is new and steady, and that makes Takeshi a little cautious.

But he's better than before. He doesn't shut down at new company (not yet).]

... I'm Takeshi.

[bonus]

Hello there, Takeshi. My name is Moniz - I was wondering if you need help.

video;

[soothing]

[ Oh, no. ]

Honey, where are you?

video;

[throwsdown]

I'm... in my room. I'm just staying there. It's safe 'cus no one else can come in but me.

video;

[soothing]

You should take your mask off, okay?

Do you want some company? I can bring you something to eat, too.

video;

[handelaar]

You can - [Initially his frown is cautious - and curious - but one blink later it becomes a scowl.] Hey. He's not tryin' to attack you, is he.

[First order of business.]

video;

[throwsdown]

No!! [It's kind of quick and louder, as though he's ready to defend it to the death; his dad would never hurt him. Never ever.] I mean, he's, hes just standing there. Him and my friends. None of them talk to me, though... I try and try to talk, but they don't talk.

permavid I'm the laziest

[handelaar]

[Jesus, kid - he recoils back from his device just the slightest bit, only enough to make the view jump for a second.]

Uh. Right, got it. Can -

[Nederland, "can you touch them" is not the right question here.]

But only when you've got the mask on.

voice.

[ironsights]

Takeshi.

[ good god, times like this he wishes he was actually any good at being a decent person. ]

He's not mad at you, but he's not there. Take the mask off.

voice.

[throwsdown]

But... He's here. I don't want him to go away. I see him.