happy late halloween!! cw: needles

[wotanon]

Who: :)
Where: :)
When: 169 morning

[ if you happen to catch a glimpse at a TV screen, bright and early this morning --

the signal on the screen is live! and it seems to be split into two halves, vertically. on one side, you have a dimly-lit image of an angel in a straightjacket. there's light illuminating them from above but the surroundings are too dark to decipher where they are exactly; one can see, however, syringe needles protruding from various spots on the angel's body, many of them connected to tubes that lead offscreen. The tubes are filled with a blue light, as though extracting the angel's essence, though many needles stab through with syringes emptied of their contents and only serving the purpose of making a pincushion of the creature now.

on the other side of the screen, there's two idols chained up against a dungeon wall, hands bound above them and manacles on their ankles as well. those who've been in the House of Mirth previously may recognize it as the dungeon -- the sconces on the wall are lit, this time, clearly showing the previously-dark surroundings.

there's a figure beside them, easily seven feet tall. they're wearing either a mask or maybe it's just their real head -- it's an elongated goat skull, at the very least, with long, twisted horns. they're wearing a dark black cloak that seems to hide almost all of their body. they're holding pliers, but even their hands are gloved as if to hide anything identifying. and when they speak -- their voice is filtered, warped as if coming through a loudspeaker. ]

Are we all ready for the show to begin?

((The actual contents of the broadcast will be in a top level below! Characters can react in this post but there's no two-way communication with the people on screen.))

Comments

[A text sometime after people have been spotted filtering back]

[worldlyafflictions]

Can FiN do playbacks?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

CEO: I have a camera eye.

[So yes. He can do playbacks]

[worldlyafflictions]

[Knock knock. If the door's still open then he's just gonna waltz right in.]

I wanted ta check something real quick.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[You can waltz right in, good sir]

I'm assuming you want to playback what we just saw.

[worldlyafflictions]

Just the very last bit. I caught the end but I was distracted so I just wanna double check that guy's reaction ta angel-junk happening in his vicinity.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[As requested, this plays on the TV screen that is still somehow in his lab]

[worldlyafflictions]

So I didn't just miss it--he didn't have much of a reaction, huh? Woulda expected something that was naturally opposite ta holiness ta at least flinch a little--specially when the angel was talking.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

[The feeds ends as soon as Pink starts speaking]

And you think that means what exactly?

[worldlyafflictions]

I'd put my bets on lackey status probably being closer ta human-like than anything else, if anybody was lookin' inta figuring out who that was.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

A human who can pass to and from Tokyo-F?

That's quite the resume builder.

[worldlyafflictions]

Technically any of us could, as long as specific heart-stopping conditions are met! Could be other sets of conditions that make Tokyo-F a little more permeable.

Anyway, that's all I was curious about at the moment!

But if ya happen to hear whether or not all this gets past the censors, I'd like ta know.

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

This one didn't require that. Based on what I heard from Hurricane.

...

What do you mean? Censors?

[worldlyafflictions]

Eh, aren't there censors...? They called the whole angel crash thing 'Maintenance' didn't they?

[bluescreenwhitedragon]

Ah.

So you mean if this message reached its intended target? Understood. I'll let you know if I hear anything.