{ 03 } THE LIGHT, IT BURNS. also; In Which Ed Overshares

[socoolbrewster]

[PUBLIC to all; mostly accidental -- he was just trying to film it for his own amusement and somehow ended up broadcasting]

[Have some video of a hand. Just a hand; no wrist attached, no arm attached, no PERSON attached. Very pale, and twitching slightly. Sitting all by itself on the counter. There's a pool of blood surrounding it, but it's mostly tacky by now.

There's also an Ed snickering in the background.]

Dude. I had no fucking idea that could happen. It's like a zombie only a thousand times better.

[Rudy, this is Ed's accidental homage to you; he ate your heart and saw your handiwork and it's given him Ideas.]


[PRIVATE to Frankie]

Okay man, I get your deal now.

[OW. Your heart hurt. :/ ]


[Ed's currently eaten hearts from both Frankie (Sun) and Rudy (Art). ...he's had Deceitful from McGee too, but he's biding his time on obnoxious with that one.]

Comments

[intheblanks]

Better? You'd need two before you could even operate a can opener.

Whose is it?

[socoolbrewster]

[And now there's an Ed in front of the camera, smirking.]

Yeah, but it'll be great for those times when somebody just needs a hand.

[HA. Well at least he amuses himself.]

Don't worry, it's mine.

[Have waggling fingers; they're slightly pink, in contrast to the rest of him that's pale as, well, a corpse.]

[intheblanks]

You regenerate?

[He used to know this girl - well, it's a long story and even he barely remembers it.]

And that's staying alive?

[socoolbrewster]

It's part of it, sure. A helpful side effect.

[If you look around the backdrop, Chase, you'll see an empty bottle of blood on the table somewhere behind the hand; he's not really like that girl you used to know.]

For now. Not sure how long though. I think it might get more lively if I feed it; might have to try that soon just to see.

[intheblanks]

[He has a bottle of her blood, somewhere, but yes. He's getting more of the picture.]

Part of it.

[And he doesn't make the obvious statement about this new pet lacking a mouth.]

You'd need a hypodermic, and providing there's some circulation you'd bleed out the same amount in a few minutes. Probably not worth the effort.

[socoolbrewster]

Yeah. I've got kind of an awesome skill set.

I was thinking I'd just pour some blood in a bowl and let the hand soak it in continuously, actually. Like a flower in a vase. I'm pretty sure regular medical rules don't quite apply.

[intheblanks]

I can't imagine capilliary action takes place with blood and a cut wrist in the same way it would with water and a cut flower. But I'd be interested to know.

[socoolbrewster]

Like I said. Pretty sure medical rules are flexible here, it circulates just fine without much of a pulse on a good day.

But definitely, I'll give it a shot and shoot you a line. What are you, a doctor or something?

[intheblanks]

I treat a few vampires. You all function differently, but there are always rules in place.

Good guess.

[socoolbrewster]

There are always rules everywhere. Even zombies have rules, and they're pretty much completely in the face of science across the board.

[Not that he's ever met one.]

[intheblanks]

You're surprisingly into zombies, for a vampire.

[socoolbrewster]

What can I saw, I was kind of a horror freak Before.

[Among other things.]

[intheblanks]

Which means it was recent. And now? Does subscription to the undead club invalidate your netflix account?

[socoolbrewster]

No, but the change of scenery kind of does.

[intheblanks]

Try the rental place.

[socoolbrewster]

Geez, this place really does have everything.

[intheblanks]

I like horror flicks. You're welcome.

Might want to wait until the sandstorm lets up before playing a DVD.

[socoolbrewster]

Considering there's no guarantee it'll even stay a DVD? Yeah. Because the last thing I need is to be trying to watch the Thing and have it suddenly turn into Laurence of Arabia.