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

Re: [Audio]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

Well, is it doing anything?

[Audio]

[snowtop]

W-Well not-- n-not yet, but.

[SOLLUX WHY ARE YOU NOT GETTING HOW THIS IS A TERRIBLE THING D: ]

[Audio]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

*He really isn't.*

And it might not, for all we know it just looks stupid. Stop fucking panicking.

[snowtop]

[Sollux has a point, but Xanth feels that he does too. There is really no telling what the ink will do yet.

And it's not like he can turn the panic off, Xanth thinks bitterly. But instead of snap, Xanth just closes his book.

What Xanth fails to realize is that he has stopped panicking. Thanks, Sollux?]