@zombalist : β are you hurt ? β
β WHY , YOU WORRIED ABOUT ME ? Β β smirk audible , tone casual and cool floats through to door's opposite side [ CAN YOU CALL HIS BLUFF ? ] only witnesses to gambler's dealt hand are mirror and absent god / AND THE CARDS HE HOLDS ARE . . . ? 7 - 2 OFFSUIT . trembling fingers peel away makeshift bandaging to reveal the truth : skin around gashes is raging , inflamed , worse (memories of desperate scrawls across walls taunt : πΈπ ππ°πΊπ΄π π°π π»π΄π°ππ πΊ π³π°ππ ππΎ π²π·π°π½πΆπ΄ / π―π° πͺπ΅ π₯π°π¦π΄π―'π΅ , π₯ π₯π’πΊπ΄ / πΈ π·/πΈ π»πππ π / π πππ ππ ππππππ ππ 5 πππ ! ) sight and implication leave stomach curdling , skin paling . comfort found in ' it's not a bite ' is fleeting [...] so fucking what ? they don't know how this shit works . no one does . not knowing creates unease , creates tension creates fearcreatesvigilantescreates βββ TRUST IS A FOOL'S GAME and he refuses to place the bet / Ι΄α΄α΄α΄βs Ι΄Ιͺα΄α΄ β¦ Κα΄α΄ α΄ α΄Ι΄'α΄ Κα΄α΄Κα΄Κ Κα΄α΄ΚΙ΄ΙͺΙ΄Ι’ Ιͺα΄ , βα΄α΄α΄sα΄ Ιͺ α΄ΙͺΙ΄βα΄ sα΄Ιͺα΄α΄ΙͺΙ΄β α΄Κα΄α΄Ι΄α΄ Κα΄Ι΄Ι’ [still , through stretch of days and weeks , he remains ... there's no other choice] they're decent shots , and for now , that fares well . . . until he himself is deemed the threat .
onset of nausea , dizziness is abrupt . knuckles white , grip on sink's edge his only anchor as gaze drags back up to reflection : eyes ablaze glower back ( YOU'RE NOT TURNING , NICOLAS / PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER ) . . . and if he is ? fuck that . he folds on his own terms . SO IT'LL REMAIN HIDDEN . sharp inhale is sucked between gritted teeth as he deftly works through all - too - familiar motions of first aid (today's tools : toilet paper and masking tape / gee, terrific, how sanitary !) , wills himself to calm down . jaw forcibly works out of its clench , new mask expertly crafted : expression reads impassive , only exception being just the right amount of irritation revealed in pinched brows and lips pulled thin [DETERRENT: stay out of the way and worry about yourself] as door swings open , nick quick to breeze past her , β well don't . Β β
