[ A slow, deliberate tone is being used with him. Cautious as if he were some wild thing about to attack. How could he not lash out at this? Here, some weird apparition with a dead man's face holds him, talks to him, and now sets him down far too gently. He would have preferred to be dropped to the ground. Perhaps that shock would have made all this go away. He doesn't want to interact with someone he knows cannot be real. This man cannot be here.
Ivan is dead. Ivan died at his feet. He stood in a pool of water and blood. He saw the last glimmer of life leave those pitch black eyes. Ivan cannot be here now. There is no medical treatment for the dead. The dead remain dead. All this can only be an illusion. He should do something about his ever-worsening sleeping habits. It's not good for his mental health.
It's got him seeing things.
Feelings things. Things that should not be real.
Especially notβwhat the fuck kind of getup is that? Is that the thing they were offering him to wear before he opted for a different role? Why is he seeing him like this? Has he finally lost it? Maybe he is asleep now, which would explain why this all felt so real. Looking around their environment for an explanation, there is none. Perhaps he fell into one of those weird pods again?
Perhaps. Perhaps he isn't going to let go of this. It's the only familiar thing he has seen in a long time. The only vivid familiar hallucination in a long while. His hand grabs at the fabric of the dress's bodice. His nails dig into fabric. ] Costuming? What? Stop looking like that.
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Ivan is dead. Ivan died at his feet. He stood in a pool of water and blood. He saw the last glimmer of life leave those pitch black eyes. Ivan cannot be here now. There is no medical treatment for the dead. The dead remain dead. All this can only be an illusion. He should do something about his ever-worsening sleeping habits. It's not good for his mental health.
It's got him seeing things.
Feelings things. Things that should not be real.
Especially notβwhat the fuck kind of getup is that? Is that the thing they were offering him to wear before he opted for a different role? Why is he seeing him like this? Has he finally lost it? Maybe he is asleep now, which would explain why this all felt so real. Looking around their environment for an explanation, there is none. Perhaps he fell into one of those weird pods again?
Perhaps. Perhaps he isn't going to let go of this. It's the only familiar thing he has seen in a long time. The only vivid familiar hallucination in a long while. His hand grabs at the fabric of the dress's bodice. His nails dig into fabric. ] Costuming? What? Stop looking like that.
You're dead. That's why you cannot be real.