Marsh your FACE is a trigger warning

[myironeyes]

[Public, text]

First. Everyone should stock non-perishable food and water. More than you need. And carry some on you, if you can. Those who remained themselves kept possesions on their person when they switched over last time. I will prepare small packs for anyone who would like one. Volunteers who wish to do the same may meet me in the kitchen after the end of dinner shift.

Second. Medicines, if you need them. Can the infirmary provide small amounts of disinfectants for everyone? I will make up suture kits, and if anyone does not know how to sew, I can teach you. It isn't difficult.

Third. Everyone should arrange signals with those they trust, so those who have not been remade can recognize each other without being revealed. We should also share anything that might help those from this reality gain our confidence and cooperation if we are changed - many there would have overthrown it if they could.

Fourth. For those of you who don't know, this -

[A two-second burst of video; his face, the spikes, a momentary gesture]

- was to make me the monstrous servant of an evil god. I am very, very difficult to kill and very easy to psychically control. Some of you will remember that I was used there to brutal effect. Anyone with pyschic abilities or superhuman speed who is willing to kill me if necessary - it almost certainly will be - should let me know now, so I can tell you how to do it properly.

Lastly. Ryan Hardy is no longer on the barge. He had a German Shepherd named Mike. Someone should adopt him.



[Private to Vin]

Do you want atium?



[Filtered to Iris, Jean, Ned, Cassel, and Nathan]

I can't decide if I should stay.

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[myironeyes]

If I die, I might just come back. And suffering the toll won't stop anyone from using me.

[He doesn't care about being torn apart - he is always in the moment of being torn apart - but he might need to be controlled.]

[myironeyes]

For the people immediately in my path, temporary death may be rather significant anyway.

[private]

[myironeyes]

[He considers this.]

I didn't have Aster, there. A few of her feathers, maybe.

[If he's dealing with the psychics, he's already screwed, and Marsh himself is trustworthy either way - unless it's a different mirror entirely, unless he's like Kel was there, terrible and twisted but joyfully, unless he's Ruin's avatar or something equally hellish. Unless unless unless.]

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[myironeyes]

A friend has asked for him.

And I'm afraid there will almost certainly be killing soon, one way or another.

[this_corrosion]

They're all evil twins there anyway, though, right?

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[darknessb4me]

[What is Aster. Oh right, that weird bird he has.]

Good enough.

[Private]

[deadly_ned]

I don't think I can either.

[Private]

[myironeyes]

This is why you should have gone before.

[But wryly, sadly fond. They're stuck in this, one way or another.]

[diealone]

If you need any help setting them up, let me know. I can at least get you some bandages.

[Everything else he will need a warden for and this irks him. B'(]

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[fire_punk]

No. That's what Zero's for.

[Private]

[deadly_ned]

I know. I should've gone. It was stupid and thoughtless.

It's too late now.

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[fireincarnate]

I was afraid you were going to say that.

[She remembers Kitty's parents. She remembers twisting their minds on a whim, because it would be easier.]

...I can take control, if I have to. And I'm pretty sure I can stop anyone else who tries.

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[indispensible]

[Vin didn't realize she was a dog person until Stark made her a dog. Before that, she didn't have the kind of luxury that allowed her to be one. Now, she feels a quiet, satisfied warmth under her ribs when the pup's warm tongue does a thorough job of cleaning between her fingers. She tugs on his ears until he stills, wondering what Stark will think of him.]

[The look she gives Marsh says a number of things. One of them is certainly a thank you. Everything else is more complicated.]

What does Mike mean? Does it have a meaning?

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[myironeyes]

It was the name of his friend.

I don't know if it meant something else too.

[Private]

[myironeyes]

It wasn't thoughtless. You thought about it a lot.

[Ergo.]

You took a risk. But at least we're in it together.

[myironeyes]

Or good twins. Or almost identical twins, but beaten down hard. And anyone who remembers this message will necessarily still be themselves.

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[myironeyes]

If it comes to that.

He'll fight you, if he's from there, but it won't matter.

[Private]

[deadly_ned]

We are. Aren't we?

That has to count for something.

[Private]

[myironeyes]

It does.

[Quiet, bedrock-certain. Marsh has faced evil, been left in the dark with it, prepared to die spiting it, alone more than he really cares to think about.]

It counts for a lot, Ned.

[Private]

[deadly_ned]

I promise I won't. Abandon you. Or anyone.

I want to be there to help see it through.

[Private]

[myironeyes]

[He thinks of all the times he and his brother died on each other, real and imagined, all the misunderstandings and miracles and lies, and shakes his head, just once.]

Don't promise. You don't have to promise.

It's just, when we manage, it matters.

[this_corrosion]

But that's not bad then. I mean, identical twins are pretty creepy but you don't need to conspire against them.

[Private]

[deadly_ned]

Are you concerned I don't keep my promises?

It does matter. You're right. Which is why I'm staying.

[Private]

[myironeyes]

I don't think anybody can always keep that promise.

[Wry, twisted a little tight, but not bitter.]

[myironeyes]

It will be bad if I dismember them.

It's about the same spread, there, good people and bad. The difference is which is which, and who has all the power.