knifemonopoly: ([event] so i'll take my time)
̷A̷t̷e̷m̷ ([personal profile] knifemonopoly) wrote in [personal profile] gobo_projection 2022-12-02 01:40 am (UTC)

[Atem gives a loose, one-shouldered shrug. Sure, she can put a movie on. It doesn't matter to him either way.]

If you like.

[Focusing on the small things....that's cold comfort. It's not enough. It didn't stop Ryou from feeling that fear every time he left the apartment alone. It's like treating the symptoms of a disease that's ravaging your insides. He can't say he agrees.]

In my world...

...there were two kinds of rules. Ones everyone could break, if they put their minds to it -- and ones no one could break.

That's what I mean by fair. Even if someone else had an advantage...there was a framework I could rely on. But, here...if it means that I, or someone I care about, will suffer more intensely...the rules I can't break, break against me.

[He brings his knees up to his chin.]

In horror movies, it's not the monster who wins. It's not the victims, either. It's the audience...they're the ones who get something, from both the monster's defeat, and the victims'.

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