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[replica model] • LUKE FON FABRE ([personal profile] fabrecation) wrote2011-01-25 06:39 pm

010 [Written/Accidental Voice]

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I'll be back once this is all over, okay?

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[Luke made sure to cover up the little camera that records his face as he writes, and he does so all the way until he shuts the journal. It seems that's all he's going to do.

Except a little while later, the journal's knocked open, and a broken pair of scissors that clatters against the floor near it proves to be the culprit. Luke himself... or, rather, Asch can be seen with his back to the journal in a community housing room while he stares intently at a mirror and tries to style his hair into something that looks a little more like himself. He had tried to cut his hair, but judging by the scissors, that proved to be a colossal failure. At the moment he has his bangs down in front of his face and brushing furiously, trying to get them to stay there, trying to look at least a little different-

But once he's confident enough to let go of the hair, it just springs right back into place on the top of Asch's head. Luke stares for a second... then buries his hands in his hair and ruffles it wildly with frustration, and he tips his head back to shout (with Asch's deeper tone):]


Damn it, why won't you stay down?!

[And, of course, once he jerks his hands out and gives the mirror a flat look, the hair springs back into place once more, looking as if nothing ever touched it except love and care. With that, Luke drops his head into his hands and lets out a long groan.]

I give up.

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[identity profile] count-gardios.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
Asch is the only one among us who'd have a problem with it, unless there's something you aren't telling me.

[identity profile] mirroredback.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Luke looks away from the journal for a moment, a light cringe on his face...

Then he shuts his eyes and shoves the journal away.]


You wouldn't get it.

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[identity profile] count-gardios.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
Why don't you tell me anyway? Even if I can't understand, you can at least get it off your chest.

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[identity profile] mirroredback.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Luke might not be visible to the journal, but he draws his knees up and hugs his legs, just thinking about that offer for a while. What if Guy just calls him stupid, or an idiot again? Luke knows he's being irrational, he doesn't need a reminder.

But... this is Guy.]


It's everything. I don't want to feel like I've taken Asch's identity more than I already have... I don't want Natalia to worry more. I don't want you checking who I am all the time.

But... I think it's mostly me. I don't feel like me anymore.

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[identity profile] count-gardios.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Guy doesn't point out that Natalia will worry more if Luke runs off than if he doesn't.

Ahh, it's kind of hard to remember that this Luke hasn't come to these conclusions on his own already. He's still so hung up on being a so-called "thief."]


Well...that's understandable. These experiments do have a way of making you feel like someone else.

But isn't that its own proof, in a way? The fact that you don't feel like yourself defines you as someone completely separate from Asch. And believe it or not, Asch is used to these kinds of things by now. It might make him growl and hiss at you, but Asch wouldn't be Asch if he didn't growl and hiss at everyone at least once a day.

As for me, once you opened your mouth I could tell who you were. If you feel like you need to stay away from us to get a better hold on yourself, then you're welcome to. I want you to think about how much good that did you back in Baticul, though. Being alone didn't exactly make you feel any better, did it?
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[identity profile] mirroredback.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
Well, no... But this isn't the manor. Maybe it'll be better... I don't feel like I'm not welcome or anything. [Luke won't mention that he's lonely even now.]

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[identity profile] count-gardios.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
...what do you mean? You didn't feel welcome in the manor?

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[identity profile] count-gardios.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
[It could just be Luke's painfully low self-esteem playing tricks on him, but...]

What happened?

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[identity profile] mirroredback.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Luke rubs the back of his neck and chews on his lower lip. This was something he didn't want Guy finding out... But it's pretty much out of the bag now.]

Everyone found out what I really am. A replica.

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[identity profile] count-gardios.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
I figured they would. [That's no secret. But-

Oh dear.]


They weren't comfortable with that, were they?

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[identity profile] mirroredback.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Weren't comfortable? Guy, they treated me like I was some kind of wild animal who'd snap and attack them or something! Every time I showed up, people would look away or whisper, and every time I got close they'd suddenly say they were "working hard" or walk away and look at me like...

[He's never actually told anyone this before. Luke turns his head away from the journal, so the next part is quiet.]

Like I was some kind of monster.

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[identity profile] count-gardios.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
[And the Duke tolerates this kind of behavior among his servants, does he?

Damn. If Guy was still employed at the manor he could have done something about it.]


Then there's only one thing left to do.

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[identity profile] count-gardios.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Clearly once we're back home I'll have to kidnap you and whisk you away to Malkuth.

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[identity profile] count-gardios.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yup. Break into the manor and steal you.

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[identity profile] mirroredback.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 07:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Okay, there's a reason why that won't work. But it's amusing enough that Luke has to smile - he even laughs a little as he speaks.]

You know I've already left the manor, right?

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[identity profile] count-gardios.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Well then I'll lie in wait for you to get back, and then I'll snatch you up.

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[identity profile] mirroredback.livejournal.com 2011-01-29 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[SNRK- The mental image!]

What are you going to do, tie me up and throw me over your shoulder?

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[identity profile] count-gardios.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
That's way too obvious.

I'll pack you into an empty produce crate and wheel you out.

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[identity profile] mirroredback.livejournal.com 2011-01-30 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
... That sounds really cramped.

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[identity profile] count-gardios.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 07:00 pm (UTC)(link)
It'll just be until we get to the docks, I'm sure you'll manage. And then we can have a leisurely sail back to Malkuth and you can run amok with me all over Grand Chokmah.

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[identity profile] mirroredback.livejournal.com 2011-01-31 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[..... Okay, he has to laugh now, brb bro.]

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[identity profile] count-gardios.livejournal.com 2011-02-01 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)
And we can compose ransom letters to send back home, only the ransom will have to be an obscene amount of gald and I want Belkend included. I want it.

Not that I would uphold my end of the bargain, mind you. I'd still keep you, especially after going to all the trouble of smuggling you out.

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