001. (v1) [audio]

[snowtop]

[The audio clips on to some panicked breathing.]

I-I thought-- I--

Th-this place, it, i-it's su--s-supposed to be a s-sa-- sanctu-- safe p--place! A-And I--

F-First I ff--find a-a guy i-in the--the c-cold room, then I-- there--

Th-there's ink i-in m-- my-- my s--skin!

[Letters are crawling onto his fingers and they won't scrub out.]

Comments

[Commentlog]

[lightwithin]

Heh, yeah.

[Though this place is so big, she might not have noticed really.

Xanth's motion catches her eye and she glances at those ink-stained fingers.]

Have you been writing?

[Commentlog]

[snowtop]

[Xanth lets out a nervous laugh.]

N--No. It-- i-it's from-- th-the book. N-Not like-- r-rubbing off, m-more like... cr...crawling off the p-page...

[Commentlog]

[lightwithin]

[Kairi stares, wide-eyed, and then holds out her hand.]

Can I see?

[Commentlog]

[snowtop]

[Wordlessly, Xanth steps closer and places his hand in hers. It's a strange sight - they are not smudges or imprints, but fully formed letters, as if he'd written them on his own hand.]

Re: [Commentlog]

[lightwithin]

[Kairi stares.]

And they just appeared? You don't remember...?

[Commentlog]

[snowtop]

N-No, it-- it was l-like a bug, o-or something. I-I had my f--fingers o-on the page, a-and they just... sort of... c-crawled out.