Second Scare | Accidental Video

[shadowbound]

[Pitch could be seen in his cabin, trying to absorb what he's taken in from his Warden, and his file. His body still ached from the Port, but anger was apparent in his tense fists that rested on the desk, back slouched back against the wooden chair stubbornly.

He opens his hand and stares down at the locket in its palm. moving his thumb, he unlatches it, opening it to reveal a girl, around the age of seven, inside with raven black hair, a pleasant smile on her face. The locket looks worn down and tarnished, so does the picture inside.

Pitch purses his lips, holding back a growl.]

This is absurd. I am not some vessel. I am in control of myself. [He snaps the locket shut and tosses it carelessly across the desk's surface, which clatters off screen.]

I don't believe it. I still don't believe any of it. For all I know it all could have been fabricated by that alien or the Admiral. [He rolls his eyes, tapping bony fingers on the wooden desk.]

A man in golden armor, a hero of the constellations... a father. [A bitter laugh escapes his lips.]

What nonsense.

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[megamind]

I have a name. "That alien" is kinda racist.

[kingofnightmares]

[...It was on. Oh well.]

My deepest apologies, Warden.

[megamind]

Thaaaaaaaat is not my name.

[kingofnightmares]

[MOVING ON.]

Do you honestly believe this file of mine? It's ridiculous.

[megamind]

That you you were a person somebody cared about and had a family? [ So much flat-eye staring here. ] I know, it's so hard.

[ Swappin' to private now ]

The locket.

Does it match up with things you found in your file? Because I sure as heck didn't put that in Silent Hill.

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[kingofnightmares]

[He sneers at the feed.] I'm sorry that I have no recollection of my life before I became a spirit.

And yes. ...It does.

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[megamind]

Then it's probably not fake. It's not like Silent Hill read your file. It-- read things from us, things that can't be in files.

[ Everything about Chris's dad was not in a file. It was in Chris. ]

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[kingofnightmares]

I never knew about this child. [He says as he lifts up the locket again in view.]

I've never seen her before. It's nothing but scrap metal to me.

Private

[megamind]

As you are now.

[ If the file is right about the fearlings... well. God knows he's able to understand. ]

Just give-- it some time. The barge has a way of bringing things back to you.

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[kingofnightmares]

Maybe I don't want it back. Have you ever thought of that?

This Kozmotis Pitchiner... I'm not him.

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[megamind]

I didn't want to be Christopher Jude again, but... [ he shrugs ] You've only been through one breach, right?

Private

[kingofnightmares]

Yes, that was my first one. And one flood, I believe it's called. [Which was very VERY odd, being a centaur.]

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[megamind]

The paintball flood was pretty mild. [ But he sort of enjoyed it because he's that kind of guy. ] But they're -- sometimes they're really hard, I'm not going to lie. Like Silent Hill hard....

Well, okay nothing's been Silent Hill hard. Ever. But close.

But Breaches... they let us rub up against other worlds, and slip into them. Sometimes it's hard and scary. But there's always something you can learn about who you are, who you could be, or who you were from them.

I suggest you treat the file the same way.

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[kingofnightmares]

Can you really blame me for not believing it?

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[megamind]

It was pretty out there. But-- honestly, is it that strange?

[ He pauses, and says: ]

You had Jack's memories. Why are yours so strange and hard to believe?

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[kingofnightmares]

Jack's past life had an impact on what kind of spirit he came to be. What the Guardians do now is a reflection as to what their past lives were like.

I'm not a war hero.

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[megamind]

Maybe there's something you don't know about their choosing and creation.
[ he ponders, and then says, ] But you are a general.

Anyway, I won't-- press. Just think about it, wouldn't you? I don't think it's faked.

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[kingofnightmares]

[Pitch places the locket inside his desk drawer, closing it.]

Whatever you say, Warden.

[He's still not convinced.]

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[megamind]

Megamind.

Please.

[ He remembers doing the same thing to Kay, though... and he smiles, just a little. What goes around, comes around. ]

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[kingofnightmares]

[Pitch gives him pointed look, and soon after, he disconnects.]

[velocette]

[There's a sense that he's laughing when he looks at Pitch, even though he isn't.]

Yeah...fathers. They're a lot of things that don't pan out in reality.

[kingofnightmares]

I'm not the fatherly type, which is why I'm side-eying my file currently.

[velocette]

What, they made up a story about you in there?

[kingofnightmares]

It seems like it. My Warden says otherwise.

[velocette]

They want you to be some hero, then? Or if you're supposed to be a vessel, maybe they're out to fill you up with something else.

[kingofnightmares]

The file said I was a hero from space, a general. His body was possessed by beings called Fearlings and was used as a vessel.

As far as I know, I control myself. I have no memory of anything before my creation.

[velocette]

If you are living your own life, then it doesn't matter what you were.

[He's quiet a moment, with a little smile.]

Not a lot of people remember their creation. Most of them don't realize when it's happening.

[kingofnightmares]

This 'Pitchiner' I was... He was a completely different being as far as I'm concerned. This life I have now is what I made it to be, what I chose to be. And now this Barge think's I should change. It's hard to break the habit of what I've been doing for nearly a millenium.

But where are my manners, I'm Pitch Black. And who might you be?

[velocette]

[He often doesn't comprehend when people ask his name, or his age. He just kind of tunes out automatically. But 'Pitch Black' doesn't sound like a real name, so his brain is able to hold onto it.]

They call me The Motorcycle Boy. But it's just a name.

[most_feared]

Even if it was in our own heads, it could kill us and hurt us like it was real. So you probably oughta deal with it like it's real.

[kingofnightmares]

What happened at Silent Hill was real, yes. [He glances towards his locket briefly.] But my file, is a completely different story.

[most_feared]

Oh no. Everything in the files is real. Whether you believe it or not.

Because I'm starting to figure the file is like what Silent Hill does. Only just as a file.

[kingofnightmares]

This file of mine not real. It's some made up story! It has to be.

I'm not who this man was, depicted in this file. It makes no sense.

[most_feared]

Look, the files are real, whether you remember or not. There's no point in giving a warden a fake file, because they couldn't help anybody with straight up bullshit.

And if Megamind wrote up a fake history for you you'd probably have been in a rock band that ended up tragically lost in an airplane crash down a deep ravine where you were eaten by monsters and it made you dark and bitter inside.

[kingofnightmares]

...Are you a friend of his?

[most_feared]

I was his warden.

[kingofnightmares]

Ah, so you're this Kay he's spoken of.

He seems more laid back compared to you.

[most_feared]

[He shrugs.] People generally think what they want.

[kingofnightmares]

How many other inmates have you dealt with thus far?