Audio - UN: TheBetterTwin

[doubled_speed]

[It's been eating at him. A lot. For years. And the compulsion results in him talking. He has to talk, has to say it, and he definitely has to say it now. So here it is, and his stomach is roiling.]

When I was fifteen I blew up half my school. Because it turns out that I wasn't just fast. I wasn't even remotely just fast.

Molecular acceleration and a chemistry lab? Fucking problematic.

[His voice starts shaking, because he doesn't want to keep saying it, but the people here have to know what the fuck he did. They have to UNDERSTAND. The why doesn't matter. Just the what.]

Last I heard there was still a kid in a coma from it. There were a lot of injuries, chemical and fire burns and all that. But I blew up my fucking school. The trial? Not even a half a day. In and out and they threw away the fucking key.

I deserved it. All those people I could have killed.

I fucking deserved it.

[Because he believes it. So much. With that, he cuts off the recording. And flees back to his dome because fuck, he doesn't want to interact with anyone right now. And no doubt, they don't want to deal with a teenaged psychopath that blew up his school.]

Comments

[doubled_speed]

But what would the point of smaller explosions be?

[morethanatrickster]

Why would one need to destroy a lock discreetly?

[doubled_speed]

Uh, no fucking clue. Because they're a criminal and want to steal shit? I don't steal.

[morethanatrickster]

Or because your team needs entry into a facility in which the wrongfully imprisoned are being held but you wish to avoid drawing attention.

[doubled_speed]

[That... hits close to home. And Tommy's fists clench tightly.]

Billy can magic it open, and Kate could pick the lock and Teddy could just break it.

[morethanatrickster]

They cast long shadows, I understand, and they would be lost without an exit of they were taken and somehow incapacitated. They would need you and only you.

[doubled_speed]

[The longest shadows. Tommy's just not sure how he's supposed to face them. How he's supposed to exist in their spread.]

You're trying to build my confidence aren't you?

[morethanatrickster]

[In Loki's experience you can't. You just have to move out of them.]

I'm trying to tell you once you're gone they'll realize what they're missing.

[doubled_speed]

[Gods cast impressive shadows. Even a speedster can't find the edge.]

That's the thing. They... didn't. When I was gone. I don't think they did.

[morethanatrickster]

[He didn't say anything for a moment before breathing a sigh.]

Well, Tommy. If it means anything...I would.

[doubled_speed]

[Well, now there is something he wasn't expecting to hear.]

I... Thank you.

[morethanatrickster]

There's no need to thank someone for speaking the truth.

[It's awkward enough as it is, Tommy.]

[doubled_speed]

[Yeah, there is. Because people don't talk to him like this very much.]

Yeah, you're right. Okay. It's fine. Whatever.

I just wish no one but you and Ultron knew this shit.

[morethanatrickster]

[You can hear the smirk in his voice.]

Shall I make them forget?

[doubled_speed]

Is that... possible?

[morethanatrickster]

How do you think I impersonated the All-father?

[doubled_speed]

Illusion magic. Like with the table I broke.

[morethanatrickster]

That is how I attained the guise of the All-Father, it's true, but how did he forget he was king?

[doubled_speed]

Did he? Forget? Or did he just let you have it?

[morethanatrickster]

He forgot. [And now he's getting irritated.] I know him. He's not a man prone to lying to save his least favorite child's ego.

[doubled_speed]

ARe you sure you're his least favorite?

[morethanatrickster]

Well, second least. Hela is likely lower on that particular list.

[doubled_speed]

Maybe he loved you more than you know.

[morethanatrickster]

[He clenched his jaw.]

The spell worked.

[doubled_speed]

[Believe what you want. Tommy tries a different approach.]

But will it work on EVERYONE instead of just one?