003 :: Audio Logs

[prosopopoeia]

DELACROIX to VOID: 29-02-???? re: Worms

I 'ave seen zhese things before... I thought zhe girl was delirious when I picked her up several days ago. When she attacked me, I was not inclined to kill her, but somezhing crawled out of her when I put her to zhe ground. Some kind of worm. Zhose filthy worms. How long had eet been inside of her before it died...

DELACROIX to VOID: 29-02-???? re: Rain

Zhe rain has fed their withered bodies, zhat is clear enough. No blessing comes without price, not a lesson I had forgotten. The shelter I 'ave taken on zhe outskirts of camp is infested with zhese... worms. I would torch it eef not for zhe rain.

DELACROIX to VOID: 29-02-???? re: Singing

How many months ago would I have doubted zhat worms sang of glory? I do not know what zhe slugs 'ave in mind, but I 'ave heard their murmuring and zhey will not have mine. So small, and yet with zhe right host... Dieu. Diego, Korenchkin...

[She pauses, noticing something before the sound of her pistol firing rings out very clearly and she mutters,]

Vas te faire encule. Where ees one of zhose OSA spooks when I need a pyrokinetic...



[[ooc; Watch as Marie steadily descends into sleepless paranoia...]]

Comments

[negativegate]

Wait--you've seen these things before, too?

[prosopopoeia]

A few days ago, anozher girl I found in zhe desert.

[negativegate]

And you got rid of it?

[prosopopoeia]

Eet was already dead when it sloughed out of her ear.

[negativegate]

Ugh--gross...

[There's a bit more of an edge to her voice; it's not just shallow disgust.]

And they're everywhere!

[prosopopoeia]

[Marie has a deep revulsion for the creatures herself.]

I am going to detonate zhis hive, once I 'ave warned zhe neighbors.

[negativegate]

[It would make Rita wonder--if she wasn't too busy going over what Marie just said.]

Huh? Hive? Wait a minute. You don't mean the whole safe zone, do you?

[prosopopoeia]

Of course not. Just a few shacks where zhery are hiding from zhe hot sun in order to keep zhe moisture.

[negativegate]

Oh. Right--getting rid of anywhere they can hole up will dry them out...

[prosopopoeia]

Plenty more will die in the detonation itself. Pest control must be ruthless.

[negativegate]

With these things, even I agree. Take out as many of these freaks as you can!

[prosopopoeia]

So you 'ave some sense after all.

[negativegate]

You say that like you're just figuring it out.

[prosopopoeia]

You disguise eet well.

[negativegate]

Hmph! Or maybe you just don't know sense when it's staring you in the face!

[prosopopoeia]

Hmph.

[They've both been killed by monsters, so it's not like Marie has a better track record.]

Your opinion ees noted.

[negativegate]

[Rita...isn't even thinking that deeply. She just likes to gripe.]

Hmph! Keep it that way.