Opening the door [Forward dated to day 11]

[nobasisinfact]

[There's no message, just this,followed by laughter. The laughter doesn't sound right. It's like nails on chalkboard and static all at once.]

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[nobasisinfact]

It - it wants you.

[Another shove.]

Our general has been waiting for you, vessel.

[The voice has stopped sounding like Richard.]

[11calls]

[Well. Fuck. For a moment Alex just stays on her knees before the change in Richard’s voice causes move to a standing position.]

Oh yeah? I’m right here. Get out of him.

[nobasisinfact]

You are not mine to take. You belong to our general.

[11calls]

And he's mine. So get the hell out of him.

[Alex is on her feet now, and she just steps closer, her eyes blazing with anger, and she's drawn up to her full height.]

Now.

[nobasisinfact]

Do you think your screams will remove me? You have no power until he possesses you.

[11calls]

[Alex's voice is very very cold.]

I think if you hurt him, he'll never get the chance.

[nobasisinfact]

What will you do, kill yourself? He'll find another vessel.

[11calls]

I'm not an idiot.

[And another step.]

You're forgetting. Richard's the one who's supposed to the door. That's why Warren is doing everything he can to get him to Geneva. If you hurt him, he won't be able to do that, and your general isn't going to be very happy with you.

[nobasisinfact]

And you believe we need him alive to open the door?

[11calls]

I think that if Thomas Warren could have killed him and used him to open the door than he already would have. I think that if Thomas Warren would have kidnapped him to get him to Geneva he would have too. And Richard needs to be the one to make the choice to go there. To do it. And you can't make any choices when you're dead, demon.

[Another step.]

Get. Out. Of. Him.

[nobasisinfact]

You can't intimidate me, vessel.

[11calls]

Yeah, well, you can't intimidate me either. Because I'm not going to leave him alone like this. If you know anything about me, you know I don't give up. Especially when it comes to people I love.

[nobasisinfact]

I could kill you.

[11calls]

But aren't I an important vessel for your general? You really should keep your story straight. If you kill me then he doesn't get to do that.

[And that's another step.]

[nobasisinfact]

We can find another vessel.

[11calls]

Not like me. Not after three years of nightmares, not with the personal connection to the person who's gonna open the door.

[And then Alex laughs, and it's more like Richard's angry laugh than her own.]

Besides, if it was okay to kill me then Warren would have done it by now. Especially after the last time I saw him.

[nobasisinfact]

Thomas Warren isn't here.

[11calls]

Neither are you, not really. You're a nightmare. Nothing more.

[A beat.]

My nightmare.

[nobasisinfact]

Are you so sure? We're everywhere,

[11calls]

You would have done a lot more than this a lot earlier than this if you were everywhere.

[nobasisinfact]

Would we? Do you really know us?

[11calls]

Yes.

[nobasisinfact]

I assure you, you don't.

[11calls]

[Jutting her chin out and standing just out of reach of the demon, Alex crosses her arms over her chest, staring it down. When she speaks, it's in her huffy reporter voice.]

So, tell me about it then.

[nobasisinfact]

You don't need to know. Once you've become a proper vessel you'll have no need of it.