VIDEO. #001 / DAY371

[omittance]

-- fucking around, damnit!

[ Yes, Joel is not happy. In fact, he's turning on the bracelet because he isn't happy. It's a video and Joel looks about ready to go out and do something a lot of people might regret, considering he's put the bracelet down and he has a smaller sized shotgun in his hand.

Meanwhile.

Tess is there off to the side. She understands where he's coming from, she said it herself that if anyone fucks with one of theirs--they will wreak havoc. In this case, they're both ready to do just that. It's like Robert all over again only this time Joel's the one out for blood, not her.

Leaning against a low table with her arms crossed over her chest she tilts her head, watching on, noticing the changes in him. Tess is ready to argue with him over the network, argue that they should shit out first like who this guy is, what he's capable of, the damage he could cause in return, but what good will that do? That will just show this bastard Voldemort that they aren't serious. That they're weak.

She can be heard sighing off-camera, rubbing her fingers into her temple as he carries on. ]

I ain't messin' around here. You listen and you listen good.

[ He leans close to the camera, eyes dark and expression hard, hand tightening around the gun. ]

Voldemort, right? Yeah, you listen to me. You come near my girl again and I will give you another goddamn taste. [ Remember how a gun felt, Voldemort? Expect a repeat. ] And I'll keep doin' it until you get the message, you hear? And if that ain't enough of a warning...

[ Joel disappears from view and when he pops up again he might be holding a knife now. Oops? ]

I'll write it on your skin.

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( VIDEO )

[unchain]

[Elizabeth swears she's hearing Booker but with a southern twang. the men threaten the same way, get angry in the same way... She wonders if maybe perhaps Joel is Booker in another universe.....

Nah.

she's apprehensive about responding to him because, well, it'd be like talking down an angry grizzly bear. she can only hope Tess there help him at least... alleviate his fury somehow & she thinks she should leave him alone. actually that's probably the best course of action here, but ultimately she decides to intervene anyway.]

Joel...? [the knife in his hand is kiiiiiinda freaking her out but she swallows whatever nervousness she has & speaks as softly as she possibly can.] Are you okay...?

[clearly a very redundant question but that's pretty much all she can come up with at the moment.]

( VIDEO )

[omittance]

[ By the time Joel gets around to answer this he's steamed off a bit of his rage and calmed down a little and so, when he replies, he's a tiny bit less scary. Just enough that he can actually talk without growling like a really pissed off dog. ]

Sure, I'm good.

Video -> Offline

[tonsofpun]

Oh what the f-

[Oh my god hands in the air, video cuts off, time to go and find him. It's not gonna take too long. When she does find Joel, she looks furious. And scared.]

Are you kidding me? You wanna challenge the psychopath to come and get you?

[omittance]

[ Joel is just. Standing there, still looking pretty peeved off. ]

I ain't scared of him, Ellie. I've met plenty of psychos in my time.

[video | private to Joel]

[nukeoleptic]

-- what did he do to her?

[ She looks... upset. Angry, too, certainly. ]

private video.

[omittance]

Tortured her. Threatened her. Sent someone to kill her.

[ A gruff, angry noise and then he's looking at the camera properly. ]

Bastard didn't account for me.

Private

[samantha_grey]

[There's a curious look in this one's eyes as she spoke. She's seen that look before. She's had that look before. She knows that look. As she speaks, she's raking a whetstone over a scythe attached to a weighted chain.]

Voldemort. I remember having heard that name a few times. Paint me curious... who's he gone after this time?

Private

[omittance]

[ Forgive Joel for not being entirely giving right now ... ]

Ellie.

video. GET IT JOEL

[hereticing]

Woooooow. That was scary.

[ which is...clearly part of the point. but nonetheless. ]

video.

[unsparing]

[ Tess wants to throw in some comment about how he should see how Joel is in the morning because that's scary. ]

That's the point isn't it?

private

[trust_us]

[If Petra hadn't been around people when they were this upset (admittedly, this would be at Titans, but still), she'd be frightened. All she seems to show, though, is a calm, concerned expression.]

What's going on?

private

[omittance]

Some -- asshole thinks he can go around threatening people. I'm showin' him how wrong he is.

action;

[unsparing]

I'm guessin' I'm the one who's holding him down while you lay it on thick this time around?

[ She keeps to her spot against the table watching him still even after the feed had been cut. ]

action;

[omittance]

You got it, Tess.

[ Yeah. He pissed. ]

video.

[firstbeliever]

[Woah! Have a wide-eyed kid.]

Who did he go near?

video. -> Private/Visible to Joel/Tess

[tonsofpun]

Me.

It's gonna be okay, Jamie. Me and Joel and Tess have got this. They're friends of mine.

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[delancret]

Who is Voldemort? Is he dangerous?

[Flight of death. Not exactly a welcoming name.]

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[omittance]

Some piece of shit little punk thinkin' he can go around tryin' to kill people. 'Bout time it bit him back in the ass.

[theshabbiestofmen]

He'll come back again, I'm afraid.

I'm sorry. I do sympathize; I've . . . he's horrific. I come from the world he does. But killing him isn't much of a threat.

filtered; joel/remus/tess

[unsparing]

So what you're saying is that you know how he works. [Interesting.] What else you got on him?

If killing him won't do the trick, I'm sure we're open to suggestions.

[Glances over at Joel.]

[sunreaver]

[Aethas blinks once, twice, and then frowns. Whatever his opinion of the man on the screen, he has deeper concerns.]

What-- or who, I suppose-- is a Voldemort?

[omittance]

Some asshole that thinks he can threaten my kid and get away with it.

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[silvestris]

Somehow I doubt anyone around here listens to warnings.

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[unsparing]

[Here's Tess shooting him an eye-roll.]

See now, that's what I told him.

[necrowmantic]

Wow, carving it into skin is a great idea! But you'll have to write pretty big for it to be legible, especially if you're using a knife like that one.

But hey, who did a what to who now?

[unsparing]

Bigger isn't always better.

[She'll leave the questions that need answering to Joel.]

text. very much public

[flightofdeath]

[Oh, this is brilliant.

Yes, he had not accounted for Joel's presence, had not accounted for Ellie's loved ones, but he is not deterred. In fact, he feels more spurred than ever. He is invigorated to see the effect his actions have, is renewed with a sense of power to be able to rise such reactions out of strangers, to create a name for himself even here. To have travelers from other worlds associate the name Voldemort with fear.

It is what he's wanted. This is the perfect set up to make Joel the first example of what happens to those who decide to make an enemy of Lord Voldemort.]

I look forward to it.

text;

[theshabbiestofmen]

Leave them alone. The Order is here; your worst enemy is here. Don't start this.

[Private Text] This is probably visible to anyone who can see what he's doing with his bracelet

[morethanadream]

[Motherfu--]

That's not going to help.

[You fucking moron. You just made her a public target.]

private text.

[omittance]

yeah, it is. i got this all worked out.

( video )

[conquering]

[ for the love of god why is everyone in this town reckless fools. ]

You would have done better by her to do so away from the network. For one, you scared every child that read this; for another, I doubt you frightened the one you wished to. There is more wisdom in acting and not in boasting and announcing intentions on the network.

( video )

[omittance]

[ A snort. ]

I know what I'm doin'.

private text

[palebee]

Forgive me the intrusion; Voldemort threatened your daughter, sir?

private text

[omittance]

yes.

[Video]

[okamichild]

What happened?

[Video]

[omittance]

Someone picked on the wrong kid, that's what happened.

[video]

[darkmum]

You can't! Please, he's just a boy, I don't know what you think he did but he didn't do it!

[Have fun with a woman who is just one tiny threat towards her son away from bursting into tears. More like a mere thought away from it.

Merope shakes her head frantically.] Tom wouldn't hurt anyone.

[video]

[unsparing]

Just a boy?

Who the fuck are you to think he'd never do anything wrong? Jesus-- if you're this kid's mother I'm about ready to find you and do you in myself. You obviously don't know shit about your kid if you didn't know about this.

[Sickening. Tess is sneering in disgust. What great parenting this kid has.]

He tortured a little girl! What part of that screams out to you that that's okay?

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[hedoesntrow]

[So, there was that minor misunderstanding where Booker ended up putting a gun to this guy's head. But he was doing it in defense of his girl, and Joel going public on the network to warn someone who's threatened Ellie... He can respect the shit out of that. Besides, if some cowardly bastard is going around hurting little girls, there's no way Booker can just sit back and let it happen.]

Let me know if you need a hand with that.

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[omittance]

[ Joel is actually... Kind of pleased with this. He shifts closer to the bracelet and nods his head. ]

Sure. Got any guns you wanna share? [ Pause. ] I'm doin' the killin' here.

[Video]

[cyan_maid]

[Hoooly crap that's a gun. And a knife. That man has a gun and a knife and whoever this guy with the silly name is, he should definitely be scared, Jane is sure of it. After all, what kind of person makes a big public threat - and why, for that matter?

Though part of her isn't surprised. She's heard there are dangerous people here.]

Sir - sir, what's going on?!?

[Video]

[omittance]

Some asshole decided to fuck with the wrong kid.

[Voice]

[hadbadays]

I'm not sure that's the best way of going about it.

[Voice]

[omittance]

It is.

[video]

[averagemedium]

[He's pretty out of the loop on this one, but threats-- those are a pretty universal thing, and also universally distressing. There's worry written all over that furrowed brow.]

--okay, look, are you sure this is a good place to start, because all I'm saying is the last time I know any of us killed any others it wasn't their fault.

[video]

[omittance]

I'm sure. Trust me, I'm gonna teach him a goddamned lesson if he thinks he's gonna come after her again.

[guidethesun]

[ Well this doesn't look scary. Nope. Not at all. ]

Whoa!!!

Easy there. There's no need to get all stabby.

[unsparing]

Heh. Stabby. Now that's a new one.

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[digophelia]

[Damn it, Asgard. Alice leaves the network once and this happens? Curiously, of course, Alice can't help but ask.]

What on earth happened?

[Voice; Private -> Visible to Joel & Tess]

[tonsofpun]

This fucker decided to attack me, and now he's stalking me.

[Ellie adopts a sarcastically excited tone.]

By the way, Alice, this is Joel! He's from my world, and he always thinks everything all the way through.