[The city itself is weird enough, so strange and unreal that Josh can't be entirely sure it's not a product of his imagination. The buildings are strangely curved, and the sky above isn't a sky at all, only rock and some kind of glowing light. So, yeah, that's all pretty fucking weird. But this? Turning a corner and practically stepping on a giant snake?
That's something else entirely.
Josh backpedals, holding up his hands as if to calm the snake, or fight, or - something. It doesn't look real either, it looks like a movie monster, some crazy special effect, but then it moves, it slides toward him and he scrambles back and suddenly everything seems very, very real. Thanks, adrenaline and terror.]
Oh, shit.
two: bedlam
[It isn't as if Josh hasn't woken up in hospitals before, but - not like this. Not usually. But how can he know for sure? Maybe those walls are actually clean and sparkling, maybe he's supposed to be here and he's forgotten. It's more than a little disturbing, to think that, but he knows it's possible. Still. If he doesn't remember, he can't give consent, right? Is that how it works? Whatever procedure he's here for, he knows he doesn't want it anymore.
He can feel panic in the back of his mind, caused less by the situation itself and more by not knowing if he's forgotten why he's here or if he was never supposed to be here in the first place. Hearing a footstep outside, he struggles, pulling at the straps.
Maybe he shouldn't call out. But what else is there to do?]
josh washington | until dawn
[The city itself is weird enough, so strange and unreal that Josh can't be entirely sure it's not a product of his imagination. The buildings are strangely curved, and the sky above isn't a sky at all, only rock and some kind of glowing light. So, yeah, that's all pretty fucking weird. But this? Turning a corner and practically stepping on a giant snake?
That's something else entirely.
Josh backpedals, holding up his hands as if to calm the snake, or fight, or - something. It doesn't look real either, it looks like a movie monster, some crazy special effect, but then it moves, it slides toward him and he scrambles back and suddenly everything seems very, very real. Thanks, adrenaline and terror.]
Oh, shit.
two: bedlam
[It isn't as if Josh hasn't woken up in hospitals before, but - not like this. Not usually. But how can he know for sure? Maybe those walls are actually clean and sparkling, maybe he's supposed to be here and he's forgotten. It's more than a little disturbing, to think that, but he knows it's possible. Still. If he doesn't remember, he can't give consent, right? Is that how it works? Whatever procedure he's here for, he knows he doesn't want it anymore.
He can feel panic in the back of his mind, caused less by the situation itself and more by not knowing if he's forgotten why he's here or if he was never supposed to be here in the first place. Hearing a footstep outside, he struggles, pulling at the straps.
Maybe he shouldn't call out. But what else is there to do?]
Hey! Someone there?