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]

Perhaps that's what we want.

[11calls]

Oh. So you want us to kill you? Why?

[nobasisinfact]

I never said that.

[11calls]

Then what the hell do you want?

[nobasisinfact]

[The laugh is sickening]

As if I would tell you.

[11calls]

Why not? I mean it’s not as if you’ve got a lot of options here.

[nobasisinfact]

Your problem is that you're not cre~a~tive enough.

[11calls]

Oh I would say I’m plenty creative.

[nobasisinfact]

If you were you'd have gotten me out of the key by now.

[11calls]

Would I have though? Or am I just stalling for the nightmare to leave this part of the dome?

[nobasisinfact]

You've already tried once.

[11calls]

Yeah, and it hurt him. This won't.

[nobasisinfact]

And if this reprieve you are waiting for never comes?

[11calls]

It will. This is a nightmare. Besides Richard is Richard and you can’t hold him forever. So I guess we can just stand here and chat and wait and see who’s right or you can just let him go.

[nobasisinfact]

Or I could kill you.

[11calls]

I would just come back. I did before.

[nobasisinfact]

I could torture you.

[A sick smirk that doesn't look as if it belongs on Richard's face begins to show as he decides to demonstrate.]

[11calls]

[His hands don't move, but Alex can feel them around her throat, and she scratches as them as whatever psychic hold is blocking her breath. Quickly, she just gasps, and tries to catch air.]

[nobasisinfact]

How do you think he would feel if I did so?

[The grp loosens enough for her to be able to croak out an answer.]

[11calls]

How do you think?

[The words are a hissed spit as Alex tries to breathe, her hands still scrambling against her throat.]

[nobasisinfact]

Oh, I know. I can hear him, screaming in mis head.

[11calls]

Stop it. Just. Stop.

[It's clear that Alex doesn't mean for herself--she can handle this. No, what she means it for is for Richard, and his getting through all of this.

And what happens when he's back to normal again.]

[nobasisinfact]

[The laughter that comes from Richard is inhuman.]

[11calls]

Richard.

[Alex's voice is soft, and it's concerned, and yes there's fear in it. But it's not fear for herself, despite the way the scratches that both the demon and Alex herself have made on the delicate skin on her neck have started to steadily drip down onto the white of her shirt collar.]

This isn't you.

[nobasisinfact]

[The smirk grows before Richard's whole body colapses to the floor.]