Detective Bobby Fulbright (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
spiritofjustice) wrote2015-01-17 12:57 am
spiritofjustice) wrote2015-01-17 12:57 am
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Telepathic IC 'Inbox' and Messenger Bird Reception (Empatheias)
[Catch-all post for one-on-one messages that need to be delivered directly to Bobby, either through the amulets or with a messenger bird.]
[Voice]
Look, she's honestly in despair over being proven right. It's just so completely hopeless and boring when everything goes her way, it really is. But on some other level she's wondering what the hell this even is, because this sure doesn't seem like her or like...whatsherface back home.
And it's not that she's scared, after all, her stance is that without hope, fear can't exist (though her feelings during the PAS thing sure say otherwise), it's just that, well, she thought he was interesting before she figured out he could create this weird feedback thing. And then finding out about that just made him more interesting! And now he's even more interesting! Will wonders never cease?]
I know. I know, it's a terrible habit, but I just can't help myself, y'know? It's so hopeless, I find something that interests me, and I've just got to know everything about them. What makes them tick, what they're hiding, all that. I'm honestly surprised no one's accused me of harassment or anything like that because I just can't stay away, y'know?
[Don't mind her, just making light of the fact that she has clearly crossed a line and has apparently learned nothing from it.]
[Voice]
[Alright, that's a slightly more normal laugh. One that he's actually uttering out loud, instead of just telepathically, which is why it might sound hoarse and wheezy. Considering the situation he's in, wasting oxygen on that is probably not the best idea, but all inhibitions seem to be burning just as fiercely as whatever else it is that's on fire.
People who try to find out what the Phantom is hiding usually end up dead. If only there was a way to make it permanent here... He'll be looking into that.]
I can't say- that I'm flattered. [For several reasons.] The only thing- that makes me- tick is justice.
[Once his mind stops racing, his 'voice' will go back to normal. ...Probably. Alas, right now, he's having a hard time keeping his act together.]
[Voice]
[Don't mind her, just chipping away at his argument.]
But I don't think that's it! Nope! I think there's something else! But it's okay! Because while I figure out what that is, I'll be more than happy to help you feel the way you should about this horrible injustice! Yup!
[In other words, she'll help him despair.]
Because...you need my help. And I think we're friends, and friends help each other right? Even if they don't necessarily want that help. Really, it's all so pointless.
[Voice]
Outraged at the injustice of it all? Please. It's clear that they both know such a thing won't happen. Not as long as he can help it. That doesn't mean he's going to accept the injustice either. For now, he's going to move himself back into a sitting position. His body is shaking like a leaf and he still can't see a thing through the pitch-black darkness that his emotions have created, but that's fine.]
I have no reason- to be worried. Justice- always has a way of catching up with villains like you. That's why- it's one of the strongest forces in the world.
[He starts rolling up his sleeve to get to his amulet. This conversation is far too taxing and the longer it drags on, the more painful it'll get for him. It's all spiraling out of control.]
You'll get your just reward soon enough, Miss Enoshima.
[Voice]
I will? I will? I will? Because I sure hope so! I mean you can't just say something like that and not follow through. That'd leave me in such despair that I can't...I can't even begin to imagine how despairing that would be, so you have to do something! After all, that's your duty right?
[Actually she can, but that's not really the issue here. The issue's that well, if nothing happens, she despairs, and if something happens, then she also despairs. But she sure thinks that if she's pushed him far enough to do something, then that would cause the most despair, wouldn't it?]
[Voice]
My duty- is to protect people, not punish them. That's up to the court system. Good day, Miss Enoshima.
[With that, he rips his amulet from his arm, drops it on the floor and waits. He waits for the turmoil to die down, both inside his head and around him. The trouble is, it doesn't. While the place eventually brightens up again, revealing just how much property damage has been caused, the fires don't quite die down. The cold doesn't quite disappear. The pain in his chest and in his head won't quite dissipate.
He's still in despair. It just won't leave him, and the fact that it won't leave him is exactly what keeps causing him to experience more despair. A vicious cycle, just as it always is when it comes to his emotions.
He waits and he waits until he can't stand it anymore. That's when he crawls over to his bed, ripping up one of the floorboards beneath it. Below it is a small, secret trove of treasure. Assorted notes on various information he's gathered over the past nine months (it's only due to a bit of reflex that he even bothered, because none of this is particularly secret), as well as little bits of 'evidence' that he's snatched up here and there. A piece of marble from the statue of Sosyne's shrine in Inoman, some shards of armor from the world's surface and one more thing.
Toxin from the Exterobus Apathes parasite.
He pocketed it when he was in Kimishima's clinic a few weeks ago. The Phantom, that is, not Bobby Fulbright. Bobby would never steal. Bobby would never think to use this stuff as a defense against Junko, either. After all, it'd been made perfectly clear that PAS can no longer affect her. That doesn't matter. There's more ways to put this stuff to good use. It's dangerous- the cause of a lethal illness, but right now he doesn't care anymore. All common sense has been foregone. A microscopic hit is all he needs. Just enough to get his psyche back in order. Just enough to vanquish those pesky emotions.
Once he's built up enough apathy to have it become a line of defense against Junko's despair, that's when the Phantom will find a way to deal with her.]