♚ First Move - {Video}

[faustianphantom]

[The screen shakes as Ciel tries to operate the - to him - foreign device. His pale fingers are wrapped so tightly around the camera that his knuckles are white. To add to this picture of desperation, the boy is clenching his teeth.

Oh and his hands are covered in blood.]

Where the hell am I?! [He shudders intensely, his one visible eye filled with betrayal and pain.]

I want answers now! [The only saving grace for the dear Earl is that he was able to change out of his nightshirt. But it's clear that he is only partially dressed.]

It's too bloody cold out here... [He stumbles and falls to his knees, dragging in short, pained breaths.]

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

Who said I was lying?

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

I did, just now. Don't just pretend, when you don't like what you're hea ----

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

[this won't work. no, not at all. and the brat could be sick... sigh forever, then more calmly --]


...good day. How do you do? Are you still cold?

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

[Ciel has no idea what to make of this character. Smoothing his hands over his wrinkled shirt, he takes a few steps in the snow.]

Are you purposefully asking inane questions now? I'm miserable and cold, but surely you could have deduced that on your own.

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

[clenched... teeth...]

I'm trying to be polite. Are you allergic to hats or strong teas?

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

Why? Do you pity me? No, I'm not. [He looks down.] I like tea.

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[mad-here.livejournal.com]

Right... you could... stay with me for the night, I suppose. With me, and my stalk --- protector. But it's not a favour!

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

You have a stalker? That is the best offer I have heard all day.

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[eagleofautozam.livejournal.com]

Who is Hikaru…? I am sure you will meet her. She is a very energetic young lady with red hair.

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[eagleofautozam.livejournal.com]

I’m sure there are better locations for a vacation… on ‘Earth’ even.

[Tone becomes some what more serious. ]

I suppose I should warn you. In this place there are random occurrences that the citizens call ‘curses’… I myself haven’t had much experience with them, but these events could be potentially very dangerous if one were caught unaware.

video :: sob, it's okay, Ciel, you can stay with Alice until the Cheshire cat shows up :(

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

It's not an offer. It's... something.

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[freckleddoll]

[She wants to say something to him but she can't, only staring briefly, her eye drawn to the blood on his hands. What on earth...

She's suddenly scared, for her siblings more than herself, what was going on back home?

But she can't, can't bring herself to ask or risk hearing anything, so she switches her device off on purpose this time, hiding it so she won't even be tempted to see what else he's been saying to people.]

[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

Ah. [Yes, that's all he's going to say on potentially meeting Hikaru. Huzzah for indifference.]

I was being sarcastic. [He brushes a stray strand of hair out of his left eye.]

Then I will be certain not to be caught unaware.

video :: I warn you now. He's a bit unstable and unlikely to sleep well at night. ;;

[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

Call it what you will, I accept.

video :: I know his canon! ........they'll......... do so well together. /)_-

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

I'll... find you soap. For... what you did. And food. And usher the stalker out. But that's it. That's --- it.

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[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

[His face falls slightly and a clear expression of regret crosses his features. All in all, he had never had qualms with Doll. She had been one of the few that was genuinely kind.]

...I'm sorry.

[He knows she probably can't hear him, but...]

How is this possible...?

[eagleofautozam.livejournal.com]

[Eagle was joking about the ‘vacation’… but saw no reason to correct the young man’s assumptions. The poor kid looked like he had been through a lot lately… ]

You have some method of defending yourself then…?

[He really didn’t look like he could defend anything… but looks could be deceiving… ]

video :: Creepy stories at midnight ftw?

[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

[He actually laughs. The sound isn't terribly stable.]

How could I ask for more?

[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

[Ciel pulls out a Victorian pistol.]

Aside from this, no. [Then again, he used to have a demon at his beck and call. Now...all he had was his pistol and the demon's blood on his hands.]

video :: ......just hope Hatter doesn't wake them up at gunpoint. It's a habit.

[mad-here.livejournal.com]

...what exactly do I have to call you? Earl?

[eagleofautozam.livejournal.com]

[Blinks with surprise… ]

What is that…? It looks like an old weapon… one that used to fire lead pellets? You still use those in the timeline you are from?

[Oviously this kid was from a far earlier period of time than himself… unless all of the ‘Earth’ was this primitive. ]

not here of course, but...

[freckleddoll]

[Last time he'd berated her harshly for what she'd done back home, made her hate herself for it more than she already did. She hadn't even known that he'd known so much about it.

And then Beast had forbidden her from talking to him anymore, but Beast wasn't here now...

She's suddenly feeling a lot less safer in the City than she was before, even if she's not sure why.]

[courage-of-fire.livejournal.com]

Then who--?!
If you'll pan your device around, I may be able to tell you where you are.

video :: We might have a gun fight on our hands.

[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

You may call me Ciel.

What should I call you?

[queens-guarddog.livejournal.com]

I am near the Welcome Center, though I am fortunate enough to be offered another place to stay.