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Martin K(nife) Blackwood ([personal profile] curriculum_fictae) wrote2020-06-16 06:15 pm

[PSL] time travel, time travel

[ Martin had always known that Lukas would kill him in the end. If not along the way, then surely at the end, once he'd gotten what he wanted out of Martin, whatever that turned out to be. When the Lonely rose up to swallow him, he'd accepted his impending death with ... what?

What did he have left, really? Numbness, mostly. A hallucination of Jon in the Lonely, looking for him, but - but that was impossible, ridiculous. His mind playing cruel tricks. He settled himself down in the frigid surf, knees drawn up close to his chest, unshed tears frozen to his cheeks and lashes.

And then. A door. A door that shouldn't exist, that couldn't exist. That he shouldn't take at all. The Lonely was terrible, yes, but it was quiet, and it was peaceful. Martin was aligned enough with it by now to very nearly enjoy it, in a strange and terrible way. The Spiral would be infinitely worse than this quiet beach.

But ... it was hope, too. In a strange way. Hope enough that Martin found himself turning the door handle and stepping through, leaving the false comfort of the Lonely behind him.

The transition was unpleasant. Long. But Martin couldn't remember it after; he only remembered stumbling out through the door of a supply closet somewhere deep in the Archives, blinking up at the dim bulbs that pretended to be sufficient. What time was it? Had he escaped? Where were Lukas and Elias now?

And where was Jon? ]
eyediot: (like a stained glass window)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-07-26 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
I'll figure that out when I know for sure he can see you. And... Then I'll explain it.
eyediot: (that it's me who was to blame)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-07-26 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
If he can see you then - then no harm. And we'll have someone else who could maybe help.

[And if Tim can't see this Martin, then maybe it's just further proof Jon is losing his mind. It'll be fine. He pulls his phone out because, crazy or not, he did say he'd get delivery after cutting the cafe short.]
eyediot: (*deep inhale*)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-07-26 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
... Then I don't know. Someone out there has to be able to see you besides me.

[Elias, probably. But he doesn't want to go that far. Not yet if he doesn't have to.]
eyediot: (so I bookmark my DSM)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-07-26 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
No, I just. I don't know..

We'll figure it out when we get to it. [Back to 'we' instead of 'I'. Jon's a pushover sometimes.]
eyediot: (but my memory could not be saved)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-07-26 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
...I do believe that.

[If there's nothing else in the world Jon believes, it's that Martin wouldn't try to hurt him.]
eyediot: (it just seems unlikely)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-07-26 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. I agree.

[Food ordered, all they have to do is... sit. He hesitates, then grabs for his laptop. Work never ends, you know.]
eyediot: (In the deep city streets in the summer o)

[personal profile] eyediot 2020-07-26 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[There is one question he's interested in ..... But somehow he doesn't feel right asking. Not right now.]

I don't... think I have anything to ask right now. But. [Small sigh, but he smiles, unpracticed, at him.] Thank you, Martin.