Case 199

[manofgnee]

[Failed Filter to Dulcie- Visible to all]

Okay, so...uh. Must not freak out again. MUST not freak out again.

What the hell are we supposed to do now? This is...well, freaky. To say the least.

So, okay. I guess you're me. And I'm you, and trying not to freak out again. Do you have Nathan over EVERY night?

...Also, you can see the future? Is there any way to turn that off? It's starting to give me a headache.

Oh god. Oh, god, freaking out again.

Comments

[Private]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

Just... try not to let people know how it works. And never EVER tell anyone anything you see, okay? After a while you'll learn to just see past it. It's alike another sense. A really, really annoying one.

Also, I'm not going to tell you not to try flying, but uh... do it over a body of water?

[Private]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Gotcha, and gotcha. I won't tell anybody, I promise.

...That is good advice. I'll have to listen it. I mean, the flying is very tempting...

[Private]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

It's kind of like walking but upwards. You'll probably pick it up pretty easily.

[Private]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Oh, when you put it like that...

[Private]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

Please don't break anything.

[Private]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Do I ever intentionally break anything?

[Private]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

Fair point...

[Private]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, you might wanna watch out for extreme clumsiness. My body is really uncoordinated.

[Private]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

I'll keep it in mind.





And Hanna. I meant what I said earlier. Why haven't you been to anyone?

[Private]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

I...I do go see somebody.

Doc Worth. If you're in my body, you should be able to remember him...if that's how that works.

But he's not here. And I will not go see anybody else. You're me, at least for now. So you understand why I can't.

[Private]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

I don't think we get each other's memories. Do you have any of mine?

I understand that this is hurting you, Hanna. And it doesn't have to.

[Private]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Uh, no, not really...

...I can't see anybody else, Dulcie. Doc Worth is the only one who understands, who doesn't judge, who I can afford...

[Private]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

Have you told anyone else? There are a lot of different kinds of people in the City, Hanna. Someone might be able to help.

[Private]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

No, and I'm not going to. I've been dealing with this since I was 17. I can do just fine on my own.

[Private]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

But you don't have to deal with it alone. People would help you if they knew.



Hanna, it's killing you.

[Private]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

...Yeah, I know it is. But what the hell am I supposed to do?

I can't tell anybody. I'm a freak, Dulcie.

[Private]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

You're not a freak, Hanna.

Of course I won't tell. You're keeping my secret.

[Private]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Dulcie, I'm a shell of a human being. Literally. That sort of says 'freak' right there.

And you know I won't tell.

[Private]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

It doesn't. Believe me.

[Private]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

Dulcie, can you name any other people who are the hollowed out vessel for the twisted spirits of their parents?

[Private]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

I've lived a long time, Hanna. I've seen a lot of things.

[Private]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

So, I'm not a unique case to you, huh.

[Private]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

You'll always be a unique case, Hanna.

But I have seen a lot of people recover from worse.

[Private]

[manofgnee.livejournal.com]

I've tried excorcism, it didn't work.

I've just found ways to live with it.

[Private]

[dulcisnuntius.livejournal.com]

Eugh, I just wish...

If I were someone else, I could help you. But I'm just... me.