foolishwren | 032. Video

_{[Beep beep! What's that, Lassie? An incoming message?! Oh, looks like it's coming from one Hal 'Otacon' Emmerich's PokeGear! How lovely. What does the nerd have to say toda-- .... HEY, THAT'S NOT OTACON!]

[The screen blips into life on a face that's bruised, scraped, and... freckled?]

[Once its owner is sure the thing is on, she withdraws-- making herself a little easier to identify. Sheepish smile and all.]

[Behind her appears to be a standard little camp set up in the woods-- nothing... really fancy. But she's not the only one there-- somewhere behind her, there's.... some shirtless guy wandering around and his indistinct bitching about something or other can be heard.]

[The mat-furred, sleepy Growlithe in her lap just looks content to be there, although it's obvious he's had it as rough as his owner.]}

So. Uh.

_{[Her voice is a painful-sounding croak-- hardly more than a shadow of what it is normally.]}

Apparently I'm a wanted criminal.

... Anyone know what I did? ... Was it awesome?

I love that mugshot. It's so majestic.

_{[Yeah, she's making light of it, but her heart's not... really into it. Though it's sort of hard to tell the difference between that and the plain old exhaustion that's obviously leaking into her every movement and word.]

[... Meanwhile, in the background, Liquid has noticed that the camera's on and has started flexing his manly man-muscles at it in true Photobomb fashion. Heather doesn't notice yet.]}

Uh... anyway... I'm not... sure how long I was gone, and my 'Gear is uh... pretty thoroughly broken-- Hal's off in town getting stuff to repair it with, so... if anyone... like, tried to contact me, m'sorry, I probably didn't get it...

I uh... really hope everyone's all right.

_{[She probably doesn't need to clarify that she's talking about that fog. Now that she knows what had happened wasn't real, and that others had experienced their OWN nightmares... well, let's just say she's really hoping she didn't knock anyone's skull in. ... And the question "DID I knock anyone's skull in?" is implied at the end of her statement.]}

......

_{[And around that time, her Heather Senses pick up on Liquid's trolling behind her, so she reaches out to turn the camera off while looking over her shoulder.]}

Liquid, get the fuck out.

_{[End feed.]}

[Locked to Kaito and Rise]

[Another video feed, a little later than the first one, but not by too long. Otacon apparently was able to fix the 'Gear enough that Heather could receive those two messages that had been waiting a good week and a half to be received by this point.]

[And... judging by her hardly-disguised guilty expression, she's more than feeling the weight of guilt for worrying her friends. Especially since she saw Rise just the previous day and hadn't... even known how ... candid a message she'd left days before.]

[After a couple seconds, she breaks into a sheepish, crooked grin.]

Uh... hey, guys...

... I got your messages...

[Locked to Harry, James, and Mary]

_{[This one's in text, because she knows good and well that James at the very least will be freaking out over how she looked in that video feed, and she's not sure she can take his quiet concerned expressions.]

[But she can't avoid sending this-- if she saw Silent Hill in that fog, then she's... pretty sure that they'd have seen something similar. ... Well, she's not sure about Mary, actually, but given the connection... better safe than sorry.]}

are you guys alright

(typing is hard, sorry for no caps)_

-heather

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[There's a long pause and then...]

You thought you were in Silent Hill?

yeah

_{[And then there was a pause.]}

its where im from.

You're from that little town?

James and I went there before I was--...I always wanted to go back...

Heather, did something happen there? something that troubles you?

_{[There is a very, very long pause.]}

yes

Is it something you're willing to talk about with me hunny?

_[...]

to be honest i dont know if youd believe me

_{[James did, but that was because James had seen the town for what it truly was.]}

We're in a whole other world with no way back.

I think I'd believe anything you'd tell me at this point.

_{[Another long pause.]}

mary, i know you and james like it there and think its special


but that place is evil


no matter what it meant to you

you should stay away from it

Evil in what way?

[She's paying rapt attention even if you can't see it.]

its got a history.

its had something wrong with it for a very long time.

_{[Hell, Douglas had said even on the surface of that place, things were weird. Disappearances, the continuing presence of drug rings, eerie people... There were a thousand and one ways that the Otherworld seeped in through the cracks.]}

please take my word for it

that place isn't safe

probably never really was to be honest

_{[That bad metaphorical blood went back a long way, after all. Even before the Alessa Incident had sent everything thoroughly to hell.]}

I believe you dear.

...I'll have to ask James about it too however. I want to know his view as well.

go for it... its probably something you guys should talk about anyway...

he knows what i mean

_{[... What an ominous way to put it, Heather.]}

Alright.

...Are you going to be alright Heather dear?

yeah

i will

dont worry about me

Alright...

Just take it easy and be careful.

Goto bed early tonight.

_{[.... BOGGLE. No one had told Heather that since.... no one had told Heather that! ... Apart from Harry!]}

.... haha yes mom

[Mary takes that in and chuckles to herself a bit.]

I only meant it so you'll feel better sooner rather then later dear.

dont worry, i am super okay with the concept of sleeping

sleep is awesome

Then it shouldn't be too hard to get you down a little earlier I assume?

[Yeah Mary is totally teasing you.]

i will vanquish sleep like i vanquish all my other foes

with caffiene

and blunt objects

_{[And Heather is being a brat right back, so NYEH.]}

[Mary just shakes her head with a smile.]

I'm sure. I've seen James do it on several occassions.

But, unlike him, I'm no where near you to hide anything caffiene wise so that you can't find it.

You must be lucky.

no wonder hes so nervous all the time

hiding his caffiene

-for shame-

Better to hide it then let him stay up constantly at night watching lord knows what on TV.

I sware that man can have the strangest sleeping habits.

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