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Test Subject #1 | "Melanie" ([personal profile] titanette) wrote in [community profile] snowblindrpg2017-01-17 01:08 pm

[network] @Pandora; video, afternoon of 199 [open]

[Melanie has been putting this off for a few days - to think, to read, and then to think some more. But she can't put it off forever, and so here she is, sitting in front of her tablet with the camera pointed at her. She's wearing her plain white dress from home, and has a warm-looking cloak around her shoulders. It's fastened by a brooch at the neck, and on that brooch is the prophet symbol.]

Hello.

[She twists her fingers together nervously.]

I'm Pandora. My real name is Melanie, but people call me Pandora here, and that's the name I chose.

[Deep breath.]

I'm dangerous. Sometimes I try to eat people, and I don't really want to, but I can't help it. I'm small, but I'm quick, and I can hurt an adult if I take them by surprise. I stay in house fifty-five on House's map most of the time, and I think it's better for me to try to stay in one place, so that it's easier for everyone to stay away from me.

[This is easier than she'd worried it would be, and so when she continues, her voice sounds more confident.]

Clint says that I sound like a zombie, but that I can learn not to be. I'd like to try, but I don't know how to do that yet, and until I do, you all need to be very careful. Where I come from, people have guns, and I think one of the reasons they have them is for me and the other kids like me. If you have a gun or any other weapon, you should keep it pointed at me if you're near me. I also think that I should be in the guide, on the list of dangerous people, so that new people know.

[And that's it for that, at least for now. But she does have one more thing to say. She smooths her hands over the cloak around her shoulders]

When we were in the white halls, I found this. It has the prophet's symbol on it, and I think it might be a clue. If I need to, I can carry it somewhere, even if that means leaving my house.
phaseshifter: ((´-ι_-`))

@guardian; video;

[personal profile] phaseshifter 2017-01-17 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Angel has been avoiding using anything but text over the network since Beckett died. It's hard to speak much when there's a constant lump in your throat that no amount of crying seems to dispel, and talking to anyone she doesn't know takes way too much effort when she's feeling so miserable.

But. Pandora. And someone who - much like her dead friend - kind of has a small problem with feeding on people a little. She has to say hi, right? She's pretty sure that Beckett would have. Maybe. While saying something snarky.

Better not to think about that, though, so that the lump in her throat doesn't render her completely mute.
]

Hello, Pandora. I'm Angel. A friend of mine had a similar problem, and we kinda got it to a... mostly managable state. Have you tried-- have-- how did you keep it under control back home? If we start there, perhaps we can work something out for you.
phaseshifter: (8O!)

[personal profile] phaseshifter 2017-01-17 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Dude. Holy sh-- cr-- heck.

[ That's right, ping more of her ~*~*issues*~*~. She'll wait. ]

Okay, that... that's not how we're going to do it this time. That's the last resort. Can I ask what you usually ate back home? And what you've been eating here? If anything aside from basic rations.
phaseshifter: (( •᷄⌓•᷅ )c)

[personal profile] phaseshifter 2017-01-17 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Grubs? Like - insect larvae? Bugs? I really freaking hope you don't mean bugs. Um. Have you tried raw meat, yet? The big store downtown has it, and it helped my friend a little. It didn't make the urges go away completely, but it was something...?
phaseshifter: (:Ia)

[personal profile] phaseshifter 2017-01-17 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh. No, not alive. Not human, either, so there's no need to worry. Not about that, anyway - your problem is going to be the long distance between you and your supply.
phaseshifter: (.u.)

[personal profile] phaseshifter 2017-01-18 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
It's a predatory instincts thing, I assume? It wasn't quite right for my friend, either. He had to supplement it with fresh human blood to - to take the edge off, you know?

[ Which has had the neato side-effect of desensitising Angel to this stuff and ensuring there isn't even a flicker of judgement or revulsion at Zombie Cannibal Murderchild. Score!! ]

It may not work, but it might be a good starting point. You can see how much it helps, then try other ideas on top of it. Like... uh, Iunno. Holding your nose? Though that'll make you sound kinda silly.
spoileralert: smile, happy, sorry, tired (* tea is the worst tea flavor)

@Spoiler ; video

[personal profile] spoileralert 2017-01-18 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
I'll keep it in mind, Pandora. I'm pretty dangerous myself, though, so I'm not too worried.
quadrangle: (buh)

@carcinoGeneticist; text

[personal profile] quadrangle 2017-01-18 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
[.... what]

UH
THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP?


[no really what is he supposed to say in this situation]
majorlazer: (innocence personified)

@zachtastic; video

[personal profile] majorlazer 2017-01-18 11:29 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, you're the kid I saw in the maze.

[He would be more enthusiastic, but with everything that's been going down, and what she just said, it's not really something he can do.

She eats human flesh. Okay. Cool. Great. Does sound like a zombie thing, which is totally what they need here. But she's still only a kid.]


So, um. Do you have a supply of food nearby? And I don't mean people, I mean, normal food. Because that's enough, right? It's not like... you need to eat people, or do you? Do you need it for protein or something? And um, when you do bite someone, do they become like you? Do they start eating people, too?

[What the hell is he saying. What the fuck.]

Do you have any idea how to control it? Because you shouldn't stay alone, or in one place. It's dangerous.
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@hawkguy, audio

[personal profile] awwnoun 2017-01-18 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, this was pretty brave of you to tell everybody. [ He's proud! ] Make sure that you stay in another house every couple days though, okay? Staying in one place for too long might mess you up.

What about that cloak? Does it do anything?
0thingsonmymind: (Default)

@totheark, text

[personal profile] 0thingsonmymind 2017-01-18 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
*He's not really interested in the eating people thing. He already insanely paranoid about people. The cloak, though...*

tellme a bout
how when
you got
cloak
spoileralert: (oh hello)

[personal profile] spoileralert 2017-01-18 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I've been collecting stuff since I got here.
0thingsonmymind: (Default)

[personal profile] 0thingsonmymind 2017-01-18 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
therewas
no thing
else
?

just itwas not there
and thenit
was ?
spoileralert: (unsure?)

[personal profile] spoileralert 2017-01-18 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Not a chance, kiddo. I'll take care of you as much as I can.

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