First Scare | Video

[shadowbound]

[The video feed comes to life, revealing one of the cabins. Limited light filters in from the window, drapes pulled closed, but a single candle lit up the desk in which a figure sat at.

The flame flickers, revealing a man's face, highlighting his displeased face. With his lips pursed, silver eyes narrow at the video feed, which changed to gold whenever the light from the candle shone in their direction.

Those eyes roll in their sockets, and the man looks away, his face enveloped in shadows once more.]

This is ridiculous. [He mutters into the darkness, exhaling heavily through his nostrils.]

Reduced to nothing but almost a mere mortal. [The spirit lifts his hand, his eyes concentrating on it. But for the nth time, nothing came. His hand shook and the side of his fist slams onto the desk.]

Locked up like some criminal. Unacceptable. This is no place for me. [His hand soon rests on his face, running down the front of it, pulling at skin.]

What am I even talking about; no one will hear me on this thing. Why even bother?

Comments

[with_my_teacup]

No no, this isn't how criminals get treated. Criminals get treated so much worse pretty much anywhere.

Tried your door yet?

[kingofnightmares]

No I haven't.

[He glances over to it.]

You could say I'm still reeling over the fact that mostly everything was stripped away from me.

[with_my_teacup]

[Riddick spreads his hands in view of the camera, a little 'eh' gesture.] Death's like that when you wind up here. Could be worse. Could be permanent.

[kingofnightmares]

You make a good point.

[He was indeed still alive, sans his powers but. Most importantly, he was still alive.]

[with_my_teacup]

With all the chatter on your channel you've figured out the comm channel by now, and you probably have the basics down, am I right?

[kingofnightmares]

Yes, for the most part.

I assume I get assigned a warden later?

[with_my_teacup]

Yeah. No timetable on that one, but there's enough of us unpaired to handle requests till then.

[And mayhem, is implied but not spoken.]

[kingofnightmares]

Another warden then. Great.

[with_my_teacup]

Only recently. I did my time.

[kingofnightmares]

And how long did it take you to become a Warden? A few months?

[with_my_teacup]

Almost a year. Longer than some. Shorter than others. Problem-?

[kingofnightmares]

No, I was simply curious.

[with_my_teacup]

[All right. Riddick shrugs.]

Name's Riddick, by the way. And you are-?