standingonmyneck: (no bouncy hair)
Daria Morgendorffer ([personal profile] standingonmyneck) wrote2020-09-01 03:34 pm

FOREST COVERED: IC CONTACT

"If this is a prank call, then hang up and know that someone is always watching. For all other calls, remain on the line to spout out your word vomit. You have thirty seconds."

[Mail | Physical | Voice]
firstloser: (kept you waiting huh)

[personal profile] firstloser 2016-06-04 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
The... the naturally charming me...?

[Smaller sounds follow, like glass grinding together.

He's not liking this line of questioning, but he's not really sure how to deflect it, either. He begins fiddling with the fringe of his hair for the sake of giving his hands something to do.
]

I'm me, that's all there is to it.
firstloser: (i've heard that call before)

[personal profile] firstloser 2016-06-04 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Look at me. Notice me! Words he hadn't spoken aloud, but begged silently through every action he ever made, from pouring his heart out on the stage to dressing in eye-catching (and eye-gouging) outfits. But now that he's being so closely scrutinized, he shrinks away from Riye's piercing gaze.]

Hah... Well... My legend isn't over just yet...

[A break. A crack. A whole spider's web of fractures.

Larix's ego, the self he's so keen on presenting, is as ornamental as it is delicate. It's been straining under the pressure of all the challenges to his reality that Koriko has presented, and under the weight of Riye's gaze, it finally shatters. Transparent blue glass shards fall around his feet - not even metaphorically, but real glass - and break into even smaller pieces, scattering across the floor.
]

Ah-

[He takes a step back, a few pieces crunching beneath the high heel of his shoe.]
firstloser: (then i saw the price tag)

[personal profile] firstloser 2016-06-04 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's not sure what to do.

What to say.

Riye's bored right through his facade but there's nothing underneath. He's hollow and empty. Just as shallow as her implicit accusations.

Being called out once or twice on being some kind of phony has never bothered Larix too much. He's always been pretty good at brushing things right off and bouncing back in no time at all. But Koriko's so different from home. Everything has a much more lasting effect. This was just the straw that broke the camel's back. The truth that broke his illusion.
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Uh... Let's forget about the whole thing for now.

[He loved the idea of an autobiography. Much like he loved the idea of himself. Being faced with analyzing the contents was another matter entirely.

He takes another step back, his fingers curling and uncurling.
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I have to...

[Run away. He knows he can do that, at least. There he goes, without even finishing his sentence.]