beholding_archivist: (Watching the Watcher)
Jonathan 'Eyebags' Sims ([personal profile] beholding_archivist) wrote in [community profile] revivalproject2022-10-16 02:38 pm

[open] Of all the stories he ate...

WHO: Jon & you
WHERE: Library and around
WHAT: Jon deals with the loss of his powers, being screamed at by the moon and- Vampires?
WHEN: During the storm
WARNINGS: Eyes? Vampires
NOTES: TMA vampires are mute and can neither speak nor scream. They communicate telepathically and burn very well.



A - An eye can't see inside itself... Or can it?
The first thing Jon notices is the slight tingling at the back of his mind. A sensation that isn't a new one anymore, but that doesn't make Jon dread it any less as he feels his connection to the Eye flicker and knowledge leaving him.

"Shit." The Archivist mutters as he makes his way to the main entrance of the library. Stepping outside he already dreads to look up, yet does so anyway. He can't help but feel somewhat relieved that what looks back down at him isn't a massive eye, but the moon's leering visage. Jon only scowls back up at it before pointing a chiding finger as well. "Don't you dare!"

But the moon dares. It screams and the Archivist chokes on his own distorted scream as the world around him shatters and reforms. The library opens hundreds of glitching eyes in all shapes, colors and sizes, some glowing, some distorted, some phasing in and out of existence altogether. And Jon sees out of every single one of them. He sees himself barely touching the ground that now also watches. He sees himself unable to do anything but watch himself watch breaking what reality surrounds him.

Anyone daring to approach will have countless eyes instantly focus on them.


B - Lost
The effect of the moon luckily is only temporary, which doesn't make the experience any less unpleasant. Between these bursts of his powers altering reality, Jon is left more or less shambling around, getting lost between bookshelves or the area around the library. He tries to focus. He tries to remember where he was going and what his intentions were for starting to walk. But he can't. He just can't remember and the distress he feels should be obvious in his muttering.

He is somewhere around the hotel when he spots the person. He tries to recognize them, but fails. It must be someone he knows, right? There aren't many people here, this much he can remember.

"Uh... Excuse me?" Jon tries to address the person and they only look at him, not making a single sound. Jon still nods as if he had been given a response and walks closer, relieved to have found someone that can help him. How could he possibly know that this person he is approaching is one of those vampires he has only learned about from the statements given by a self proclaimed vampire hunter.
tempredmental: (By Myself?)

[personal profile] tempredmental 2022-11-04 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Keith stared for a second, watching the eyes disappear. It didn't settle his nerves all that much to see them gone, but it was better than having them there, that was for sure. He nodded slowly.

"Uh, yeah. I noticed." He mentally shuddered for a moment, and then took a deep breath. "What uh... what was that? Are you okay?"