006 [Voice]

[substrictus]

[Whether he realizes it's on or not, it's unsure, but the voice function kicks in over the comm device and there's a lot of paper crunching heard before Oz's small voice sounds nearby]

"I care nothing about a /thing/.."

"If you would have stayed in the abyss, nobody would have noticed you'd left..."

[A sigh and more crunching of paper]

...Don't these letters have any creativity?

"...You're a disgusting disgrace and your father should have disowned you"

"I wish you hadn't ever existed, you dirty brat.."

[His breath hitches and he crumples up another piece of paper and despite his tone, one can tell he's hurting more than he lets on]

It's funny. I didn't think so many people actually hated me this much....

Comments

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

I don't think anyone really hates you. The Mansion's just having another one of its events. [Although she doesn't sound so sure, because the letters have been getting to her too.]

[substrictus.livejournal.com]

...You really think that's it?

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

Well... There was that warning Alice gave. And if this isn't the event then I don't know what is. [More confident now.] Besides, there's no way these people could have written to us here.

Right?

[substrictus.livejournal.com]

A warning? What was that?

[A small pause] The mansion could have found a way to get them to us. Voicing people's true thoughts about us..

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

Alice said something over the network a few days ago. A riddle or something. Usually that means that there's an event coming soon.

[Unsure pause as well.] There are some letters written by people in the Mansion though... And they said they didn't write it.

[substrictus.livejournal.com]

Ohh~ Haha... I missed that. Might explain why I'm missing a bit of information here. [A small laugh's followed by a light sigh]

...That makes more sense. This mansion really is cruel, isn't it?

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

It is. Although this event isn't as bad as some of the others.

[substrictus.livejournal.com]

...There's been ones worse than this one?

I mean.. I didn't mind the few before this one and I liked them..

[helena-campbell.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Sometimes they're really dangerous.

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

People don't. Please just ignore them, it's not anything you did. It's just the mansion being cruel.

[substrictus.livejournal.com]

...It does seem real though.

Things people would say to me.

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

...I'm sorry. And I don't know much about your situation, but I don't believe any of that is true. You aren't a thing, you're not a disgrace, nobody deserves to have that said about them. You must know some very unpleasant people... But Nobody deserves that, and getting some stupid letter doesn't mean what it says has any value.

[substrictus.livejournal.com]

...Eh? You think so? My father's said one of those things to me before..

That.. those letters really don't mean what they say..? Though I probably deserve it..

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

You don't deserve it at all! I really do think that, you don't deserve it. Everyone has been getting cruel letters like that, it's nothing you did. Nobody is out to upset you personally, they're trying to hurt everyone in the mansion, play on their insecurities... Ignore them. They're not true, not at all.

[substrictus.livejournal.com]

[A bit of silence follows before a small sigh sounds] All just lies meant to mess with our heads, right?

I didn't think the mansion would do this..

[Sounds of ruffling is heard in the background and he's glancing through more of the cold, hurtful letters wordlessly]

[jesusing-clown.livejournal.com]

The mansion... Is being unusually cruel. Please don't be upset by it, it's not... It's very harsh, but none of it is real.

[substrictus.livejournal.com]

...Aah... o-okay. I hope so..

[A pause and he then laughs softly] Though...

Maybe not all of them are cruel..

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[zerocolors.livejournal.com]

Oz-kun... It's best to not think much on letters like that.

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[substrictus.livejournal.com]

Eh? But what if they're really true..?

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[zerocolors.livejournal.com]

Do you have people that understand you and stay by your side no matter what?

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[substrictus.livejournal.com]

I do. But most of them are at home.

All besides Gil... he's here. I know he won't say things like that here..

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[zerocolors.livejournal.com]

Then that's all that really should matter, isn't it? It's true that it's important to know what others say about you, but if you have even one person that understands you, then what others says shouldn't matter as much.

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[substrictus.livejournal.com]

...I... Never thought of it that way.

As long...as I have someone like Gil, what these letters say shouldn't matter, right? I think I understand it..

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[zerocolors.livejournal.com]

Mmhm. That's right.

So don't feel so down.

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[substrictus.livejournal.com]

I... Thank you, Suzaku~

Think I can tolerate the rest of them now.