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sirenspull2013-01-11 07:04 pm
makeflowersgrow) wrote in sirenspull2013-01-11 07:04 pm
Another accidental video - re-entry with a new canon point
[Dirty fingers brush over the NV screen when it switches on, leaving bloody streaks across the screen. The whole video is vibrating; as the fingers move, a view of the Newcomer apartments from the baseball diamond is clearly visible. Whoever is holding the NV is clearly a newcomer and clearly in some kind of trouble.
After a minute, there's a shallow gasp and a moan; the voice is high pitched, obviously a girl's. The NV falls, and goes black; it's camera down in the dirt. But it lasts only a minute. The owner of the voice goes to pick up her NV, gasping in agony as her hand curls around the device. It's obvious why; there's a hole shot clean through her palm and out of the back of her hand.]
Marius? Marius, where are you?
[The voice has a heavy French accent when she speaks, and just for a minute, Eponine's face comes into view. It's dirty and tear stained. Her hair is a mess, greasy and tangled but that is the least of Eponine's concerns. She's forced herself into a sitting position, and one hand she presses to her chest, - a chest which is bleeding profusely. She gasps again, and sinks down onto the ground and out of sight of her NV.Without anything to support her weight, she can't keep herself upright any more. She knows she's dying, and tears wet her cheeks. She feels sick and dizzy and the world - wherever she is, fades in and out. She needs to see him before she dies. Her breathing is getting more and more shallow. She has to ask his forgiveness.]
Mariussss...
After a minute, there's a shallow gasp and a moan; the voice is high pitched, obviously a girl's. The NV falls, and goes black; it's camera down in the dirt. But it lasts only a minute. The owner of the voice goes to pick up her NV, gasping in agony as her hand curls around the device. It's obvious why; there's a hole shot clean through her palm and out of the back of her hand.]
Marius? Marius, where are you?
[The voice has a heavy French accent when she speaks, and just for a minute, Eponine's face comes into view. It's dirty and tear stained. Her hair is a mess, greasy and tangled but that is the least of Eponine's concerns. She's forced herself into a sitting position, and one hand she presses to her chest, - a chest which is bleeding profusely. She gasps again, and sinks down onto the ground and out of sight of her NV.Without anything to support her weight, she can't keep herself upright any more. She knows she's dying, and tears wet her cheeks. She feels sick and dizzy and the world - wherever she is, fades in and out. She needs to see him before she dies. Her breathing is getting more and more shallow. She has to ask his forgiveness.]
Mariussss...
voice / private
[pause though. who is that...]
Jesse? Is that your employer?
Re: voice / private
[She laughs] I should stop being surprised by such things, should I not? But it is funny to hear you say of it so casually. I do not mind animals though; you could not avoid the strays in Paris.
[Oh goodness. She hadn't even noticed herself saying 'Jesse'. Yes, he was her employer, but she had also been forbidden to tell people. Dodgy business et al.]
...Jesse? No. No, he does not employ me. He is my friend; I met him at M'sieur Gold's. But he has promised to lend me money to help me now. He will pay me soon.
voice / private
[.....e_e is Eponine hiding something from him, is she...]
Soon enough to pay your bills, I hope!
Re: voice / private
[.......Nope. Nope, totally not. Definitely not. You're so paranoid... Nahhhhh!]
I hope so too, Monsieur. This is expensive, they say. I have to have new blood in me, and they sewed me and give me medicine and they used a magic thing on me to make me well quicker. But it is expensive - even just staying - I owe already $20,000. It is almost as much as my debt to M'sieur Gold. But I cannot leave yet, and I dare not ask Jesse - and Yosuke needs money too...
Monsieur... would Afterglow have me back?
[She hates asking it, but between that and Jesse's work, she'd soon have $20,000. And she has no choice. She's getting herself out of debt, even if it means hurting herself in the process.]
voice / private
[He sobers quickly, though. Inwardly he's very happy that he won't have to convince Eponine to come back under his 'protection' again.]
Would you let me vouch for you, again? I only ask that you stay out of trouble.
Re: voice / private
Yes. Yes, M'sieur. Would you do it for me? You're the only one I know and I need the money and - and -
[There's a pause whilst she again stifles a sob and clears her throat]
...I won't get in trouble. I'll do... I'll do anything they want me to do.