Equius Zahhak ♐ centaursTesticle (
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exitvoid2014-04-03 06:28 pm
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009 | Video | Week 18 (backdated to Day 1 to avoid cultist barricade)
[When Equius woke up in his grave, he couldn't quite remember why he was there. He'd died, that much was obvious, but when he tried to remember how, he found his memory hazy. Karkat had asked him to go somewhere. Through the cornfield? But there was no cornfield here. Why would Karkat ask him to go there? Something about Sanji, something about revenge, something about the Project Head perhaps?
The memories were there, but he couldn't remember which were right.
Finally he pulls out his pocket watch, and takes off his sunglasses, because it's dusky and he can't see, and for once it bothers him. He's not sure when it got dark - wasn't it light only a second ago?
When it comes on, he looks tired, and he's still covered in dirt, and dried blue blood, though his wounds are closed now. With his sunglasses off, his solid white, pupil-less eyes are clearly visible.]
Hello. This is Equius Zahhak.
[So far so good. What did he make this video for? Was he looking for someone? He was looking for something, not too long ago, he thinks. A few hours ago? Or maybe days...]
Sorry, I'm... having a hard time focusing. Uh. [He looks around at the grave, and it connects again.] I'm Equius Zahhak. I think I'm in the graveyard. I think I came here to find somebody.
[He's sure he did. He thinks, and the video shows only his face for a solid two minutes. To him only a second passes.]
Sorry. I remember. Karkat told me to look for Nepeta. I think. [Or was that Gamzee. Was it even Karkat who told him to come?
Regardless, he gets out of the grave, forgetting about the video, and walks around with it for a moment, looking for Nepeta's grave. It's not far away, recently dug up and now empty, dirt turned to mud thanks to the rain.
He becomes distressed.]
Wait... where is she? She's gone... Did I...
[He remembers a grave, but that was weeks ago, wasn't it? He shakes his head, remembers the video, and pulls it back up to look at it.
He hasn't noticed the tears rolling down his own face yet, but they're visible. Bright royal blue.]
This is Equius Zahhak. I'm... having a hard time focusing. Can someone help me get back to the dorms?
[He lets it record a few more seconds before turning it off.]
[[OOC: So Equius' death penalty is making it hard for him to keep a grasp of the flow of time, and he also can't remember things in the right order - basically, all his memories are swirling around like liquid. If he answers questions your character didn't ask or repeats things, it's not me misreading your tag, it's just Equius.]]
The memories were there, but he couldn't remember which were right.
Finally he pulls out his pocket watch, and takes off his sunglasses, because it's dusky and he can't see, and for once it bothers him. He's not sure when it got dark - wasn't it light only a second ago?
When it comes on, he looks tired, and he's still covered in dirt, and dried blue blood, though his wounds are closed now. With his sunglasses off, his solid white, pupil-less eyes are clearly visible.]
Hello. This is Equius Zahhak.
[So far so good. What did he make this video for? Was he looking for someone? He was looking for something, not too long ago, he thinks. A few hours ago? Or maybe days...]
Sorry, I'm... having a hard time focusing. Uh. [He looks around at the grave, and it connects again.] I'm Equius Zahhak. I think I'm in the graveyard. I think I came here to find somebody.
[He's sure he did. He thinks, and the video shows only his face for a solid two minutes. To him only a second passes.]
Sorry. I remember. Karkat told me to look for Nepeta. I think. [Or was that Gamzee. Was it even Karkat who told him to come?
Regardless, he gets out of the grave, forgetting about the video, and walks around with it for a moment, looking for Nepeta's grave. It's not far away, recently dug up and now empty, dirt turned to mud thanks to the rain.
He becomes distressed.]
Wait... where is she? She's gone... Did I...
[He remembers a grave, but that was weeks ago, wasn't it? He shakes his head, remembers the video, and pulls it back up to look at it.
He hasn't noticed the tears rolling down his own face yet, but they're visible. Bright royal blue.]
This is Equius Zahhak. I'm... having a hard time focusing. Can someone help me get back to the dorms?
[He lets it record a few more seconds before turning it off.]
[[OOC: So Equius' death penalty is making it hard for him to keep a grasp of the flow of time, and he also can't remember things in the right order - basically, all his memories are swirling around like liquid. If he answers questions your character didn't ask or repeats things, it's not me misreading your tag, it's just Equius.]]

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[ were those— tears? and everything else, it didn't seem quite right— at all, in fact. it doesn't take too long, either way— enma's already shuffling around in his room, taking his device with him as he heads for the door. ]
I can. M'going already— [ the camera gets more his palm than anything else for the brief moment he uses it in favor of opening the door, heading out— he looks down at the camera then, concern pulling at his features. ]
Are you— [ had he hit his head, or-? and are those really how his eyes looked like under those shades? ] You okay?
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I'm... not really sure. I think I was attacked.
[Pause.]
Am I bleeding?
[He's not. Not anymore, at least.]
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[ picking up the pace, here-! you're really starting to worry him :( ah— equius' blood was blue, right? and while there was some on him, it didn't look exactly fresh— ]
I don't . . . [ he shakes his head a bit. ] Does anything hurt?
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[Is he hurt? He does a mental check. It most likely seems as though he completely zoned out for a minute or so to Enma, but for him it's not nearly so long.]
No. I think I'm okay.
( voice. )
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I appreciate it.
( voice. )
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[He waits, but time seems to stretch on for hours, then speed up suddenly. Has he been waiting only five minutes? Five hours? Five years? He can't quite figure it out. Trying to comprehend time feels like trying to grab the wind.]
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Equius. I'm here. [lets get you out of here.]
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Thank you for coming.
[He doesn't know what else to say. He just wants to leave.
He's stopped crying, at least.]
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Turn around. [check for further injuries.]
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He's not injured anymore, though - the resurrection saw to fixing him up. The worst he has are a few bruises here and there and a scar or two.]
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[in case he does need something. or maybe he should just carry him to see dr. mccoy? he's used to murdering aliens, not patching them up.]
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[He's not sure what he needs at all. Maybe he should eat? Or sleep? He can't remember the last time he did either.]
If you just help me back to campus, I should be alright.
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Stay still. I'll get you back.
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[Equius is startled, but goes still as soon as he's up, mostly out of fear that he'll hurt chief if he does move. It doesn't occur to him that Chief's armor might be even stronger than he is.
He doesn't say anything, too flustered to really think of a reply.]
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Where's your room?
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N two zero four. But if you can get me to the dorms, that's enough.
[Really no sense in making much of a fuss.]
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I'm coming to get you. [ Who cares if they have only meant once, he helped her. That was all the reason she needed to help him, too. Especially in a odd situation like this... and especially seeing him at a graveyard of all places. ]
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But he does remember, eventually.]
Are you sure it's safe?
[He remembers it's dangerous, just not why.]
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But I can't just leave you there.
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Thank you, then. I'll just... wait here.
[Not much else he can do.]
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Equius, what happened? Where did you go after you left?
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[aaa, the heiress. Hm. He bites his lip.]
I don't really remember. I think it was somewhere important.
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[A pause.]
I think I might have died. I can't remember why. Was it Gamzee? [No, isn't he gone? He can't remember.]
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[Then why had Karkat said to go find him? Or was that a long time ago, too?]
I was fighting somebody.
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[A minute stretches out while he thinks. It doesn't feel like it to him, though. More like several minutes.]
I went to go burn Nepeta's body. I think. That must be it.
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[Another pause. It's all slotting back into place, if only for a second.]
That's who I fought. Oh.
[Looking back, that was really stupid.]
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Oh is... I think they killed me. Or rather, I fought them until they wore me down.
[He thinks back. When he tries to remember the cultists, that's what he remembers, so yes, that's probably what happened.]
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[ She looks just so sad. She's so tired of her friends dying, and he's the only other troll she has left. ]
Do you want me to come over?