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Judas Iscariot (Judah) ([personal profile] thirtybits) wrote2013-12-21 03:00 am
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"This is Judah's voicemail, no need to leave your number, I'll reply as soon as I can."



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depicted: (take a breath and hold on tight)

[personal profile] depicted 2014-03-30 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Dorian laughs, which unsettles the branches. He has to move fast, scrambling under fallen ground so that he can grab a branch with his one arm.]

Congratulations, Judah. You have won yourself the right to continue doing all the manual labour between us. [And then, with hard effort, Dorian swings his feet up to a branch. He nearly slips off but is able to gracelessly get hold of the trunk. Carefully, he pulls himself to his feet.]

But how I regret falling now. Robes being what they are, I'd love to be above you.
depicted: (you're a vampire)

[personal profile] depicted 2014-03-30 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Dorian seems pretty amused by that last comment.] You still have so much to learn. Context matters far more than actual questions of visibility.

[Dorian gauges a branch above him, steadies himself, crouches, and launches forward. With the best effort he can, he grabs hold and scrabbles up, one level closer to Judas now.]
depicted: (you got that medicine I need)

[personal profile] depicted 2014-03-30 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
'Too well'? What is that meant to mean?

[For his next daring trick, Dorian realizes that the collapse of branches barred the ones he'd need to get to it directly. So instead, he edges along to the end of this branch and makes his way into the tree one over.]
depicted: (and where you walked you always)

[personal profile] depicted 2014-03-30 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
These strange modern times, hm? [Dorian makes his way up from branch to branch, then crouches low to make it under clustered branches and slip back over to Judas's tree.] From my perspective, it isn't so bad. You've seen what I had to wear back when I was truly young. It was all button-up dresses, button-up waistcoats, and button-up emotions. In the modern world, we're free.
depicted: (episodes and parallels)

[personal profile] depicted 2014-03-30 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I do know. [With one final effort to scramble up onto a branch, Dorian makes it up beside Judas. He settles down beside Judas.] And yet. [He slips his fingers between the folds of Judas's robes. Gently, he tugs on the fabric.]
depicted: (I've a hunger for the deviant)

[personal profile] depicted 2014-03-30 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I know that. [But he doesn't explain. He just pulls on yellow fabric, half-pulling it around himself.]
depicted: (if I had a heart I could love you)

[personal profile] depicted 2014-03-30 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Not important.

[He tugs the far end around himself, tangling his fingers in the warmth of the fabric. He leans his head against Judas's shoulder, which requires some slumping, and closes his eyes.]

I disagree with Matthew 26:24. Happy birthday, traitor.
depicted: (if I had a heart I could love you)

[personal profile] depicted 2014-03-30 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Agree to disagree. [With his free hand, he finds Judas's and holds it close.]
depicted: (if I had a heart I could love you)

[personal profile] depicted 2014-03-31 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
Wouldn't want to push you. [the tiniest smile that Judas can't see] Might drive you to kill yourself.
depicted: (if I had a heart I could love you)

[personal profile] depicted 2014-03-31 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
I do. [Dorian thinks of sunrises, and he sighs and grips Judas's hand a little tighter.] Don't worry. Can't get any worse as long as we don't believe it has gotten better.
depicted: (if I had a heart I could love you)

[personal profile] depicted 2014-03-31 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
For me too. [he thinks about jumping—not to die, just to make sure they get the meat before some wild animal does. But he is comfortable here, with his hand in Judas's, wrapped in ancient cloth and resting on long-dead bones. He doesn't feel like moving.]
depicted: (if I had a heart I could love you)

[personal profile] depicted 2014-03-31 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Really. [He raises Judas's hand to his lips for a brief touch of lips, then lets it fall with his.] Thank you. For being born. For everything.
Edited 2014-03-31 02:13 (UTC)