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lieutenantantichrist) wrote2015-09-22 05:41 pm
lieutenantantichrist) wrote2015-09-22 05:41 pm
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[25] [Video/Action for Goldenrod] - "You Leave Philly and Bad Shit Happens"
[VIDEO]
[The flag behind Blake is scorched and askew from where one of his firehorses brushed too close to it. His eyes are dark-rimmed, and have a hint of a wild sheen. No fancy-ass combed hair this time. His beard is dark and thick.]
I tried playing nice.
[There's a bat-like squeak from somewhere offscreen. Yusuke's going away present. He doesn't seem to hear it.]
More people are vanishing off the face of the earth. The wolfkid disappeared the old-fashioned way. No trace of any of them.
[Suddenly, he slams his fist on his desk.]
That's enough!
[He jabs his finger at the screen.]
As of now, I am declaring martial law. You hear me?! Nobody leaves without my permission!
[A violent gesture knocks over a glass in front of him.]
We're on lockdown!
[The video cuts out.]
[ACTION]
[Blake is in his headquarters, prowling back and forth. He can't seem to stay still, and his Pokemon have caught his restlessness. His arcanine is sniffing the air, Steve is pacing and standing on her toes to peer out the windows, his Kingler is scuttling around the old bowling lanes with its legs clack-clacking on the wood floor. There a squeaking and rustle of wings every once in a while as the last damn Zubat out of reach flaps over to a new corner. The only one that seems at rest is a Beautifly perched on top of a bank of lockers.
Blake's tread is hard and heavy. Every once in a while he hisses under his breath,] Bastards.
[[OOC: THE TIME IS NOW. If anybody's looking tohave fun punching an idiot in the head make history by overthrowing Blake's delusion government, now's the opportunity.]]
[The flag behind Blake is scorched and askew from where one of his firehorses brushed too close to it. His eyes are dark-rimmed, and have a hint of a wild sheen. No fancy-ass combed hair this time. His beard is dark and thick.]
I tried playing nice.
[There's a bat-like squeak from somewhere offscreen. Yusuke's going away present. He doesn't seem to hear it.]
More people are vanishing off the face of the earth. The wolfkid disappeared the old-fashioned way. No trace of any of them.
[Suddenly, he slams his fist on his desk.]
That's enough!
[He jabs his finger at the screen.]
As of now, I am declaring martial law. You hear me?! Nobody leaves without my permission!
[A violent gesture knocks over a glass in front of him.]
We're on lockdown!
[The video cuts out.]
[ACTION]
[Blake is in his headquarters, prowling back and forth. He can't seem to stay still, and his Pokemon have caught his restlessness. His arcanine is sniffing the air, Steve is pacing and standing on her toes to peer out the windows, his Kingler is scuttling around the old bowling lanes with its legs clack-clacking on the wood floor. There a squeaking and rustle of wings every once in a while as the last damn Zubat out of reach flaps over to a new corner. The only one that seems at rest is a Beautifly perched on top of a bank of lockers.
Blake's tread is hard and heavy. Every once in a while he hisses under his breath,] Bastards.
[[OOC: THE TIME IS NOW. If anybody's looking to
[Video]
He's trying to make our country better. A place without war, a place without greed, a place where people don't have to cry. Where they can just laugh and take afternoon naps all the time.
And he's getting somewhere with it. Everyone's so much happier. He's gotten rid of a lot of the corruption, and the people can live good lives. I don't really know how he's done all of it, and it's not completely perfect, it'll probably never be, but... he's done the impossible, and made things better.
[he says, not having been through Episode 24 yet]
But what he's got going for him? He has an idea of what needs to be done, and he has people who'll help him get those things done. And he didn't get those people on his side by just asking nicely - he gave them reason to follow him. Not necessarily great reasons, but he's an asshole, what do you want.
If you have a plan to back up your dream? I'm sure you'll get people on your side. Hell, if you find what's bringing us here and sending us home, I'd be up for taking a look at it, see if I can't figure out how it works and how to change it so people can come and go at will or something. I mean, it's probably magic, right? And if I can say so myself, the two things I'm best at are sleeping and magic. But until then, you're just some guy who talks a decent talk but can't back it up.
[Video]
[The kind of guy whose work gets appreciated, while everybody steps over anybody who works just as hard but doesn't have a pretty face.
Jealousy burns clear on his face.] No corruption, huh? Whenever somebody says that, all it means is he's better at cooking the books.
[His offer to help, the whole idea of magic, it makes something in Blake flare with useless goddamn frustration. He pounds the table with his fist and barks out] That's not the point! The point is listening to me and doing what I goddamn say!
[Video]
[Video]
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[...what, he's been known to go for groin shots.]
So. How are you going to figure out who or what it is?
[Video]
[Blake looks like a man caught in the headlights.
He turns and slams his fist into the wall.]
[Video]
When you figure that out? Try giving everybody a call again. Including me. You'll get more people to listen, if nothing else.
[Video]
[His now aching hand fists in the flag on the wall.]
It's all bullshit. You. Me. Every goddamn person and monster here. None of us have any fuckin' clue what we're doing.
[Video]
[Video]
[Blake yanks the thing down. The cloth rustles as it settles on the floor.]
I was trying to change that.
[Video]
Ahh, I'm admittedly bad at this. But if you want to change things... maybe try leading by example. Do something, don't just talk about doing stuff.