text; un: adversary

[wingstosee]

Oh. Hey there.

[ the voice that drifts through the communicators defies description. it is venus's voice, and it is not; like a young tenor, barrel-aged since the beginning of time and only just coming into its own. it sounds like fresh hookah and tastes like music. it's like static and honey, gently sifting out of electronic speakers. ]

This place... [ a sigh. ] It's beautiful, isn't it? A thousand thousands, living their own truths. It's flawed, and uncut, and cracked down the edges. It's the most beautiful, wonderful gem I've seen.

[ for a few seconds, the recording stays silent. all that remains is the background noise of lunatia: voices trickling up from the streets. the whirr of machinery and the hum of crystals. ]

There are hundreds of you, and I know so few. [ there's something ancient in her words. deep, old, sad. ] So while there's still time... Tell me. Remind me of your name. Let me see your face so I never forget it again.

[ an exhale, long and smooth. ]

And if you're hurting, or lonely, or you've forgotten too... Find me. I'm waiting. I'll always wait for you.

[ there's a soft laugh, barely audible - a fond exhalation more than anything voiced. ]

Until then, my darling.

[ the recording clicks off. ]

Comments

un: grimm, video

[hagrides]

[Grimm's face is a hard one to forget.]

Hello, Venus. Or should I call you something else at the moment?

[She isn't not Venus. Just as the Nightmare King isn't not Grimm.]

un: doctorize

[doctorize]

Venus?

[That is Venus, he's certain of it, but they sound... odd.

But, Danny switches from audio to video on his end after a moment, because Venus is someone he is comfortable speaking with through such means rather than the careful planning and anonymity of text.]

I'm not hurting or lonely [he lies, like a liar] but if you'd like some company at the moment, I wouldn't mind offering it.

video; un: runner_boy

[lacrimose]

[The voice isn't one Akira recognises, but he's intrigued. Whoever it belongs to can't possibly be human, he thinks.]

Are you lonely?

video; un,Demi

[demifin]

[It's very strange, how the voice reminds him of the 'young master' who threw a parasite in his eye. It's weirdly calming and yet puts him on the edge. After all, he did refuse to become his champion, in the end as he wanted.

Maybe he's just being paranoid?]

Who are you?

[im_gonna_heal_u]

Um, Venus-han? Are you alright?

[ That is Venus, right? There something awe-inspiring, sad, and frighteningly powerful in her presence. She got the same chills from the brief appearance of the Lifemaker. ]

audio; un: animus

[bottomofthelist]

[ The voice is...recognizably Venus’s, after a fashion. The cadence and wording speaks of something else entirely. Whatever it is, it doesn’t sound like the Venus she knows. ]

...Alright. Who is speaking, then?

video; un; catpurrcino

[chainlinks]

[There's something about that voice that strikes Ren right deep down to his core. A resonance of some sort, maybe? It would be rude not to introduce himself after something like that .

The feed opens with a teenager looking as normal as can be.]

Only if you tell me yours.

voice; un: athanasia

[trivialization]

Do you?

Never forget?

video; un: 1stQadrMargaFan

[wearingguess]

[ well this is.... entrancing ]

Ah...
I am Titus Alexius.
How can I tell if I've forgotten?