Drabble+: Victim

[strangetomato]

Prompt: Victim
Characters: Pascal Curious and Nervous Subject
Wordcount: 247
Imagecount: 14
Warnings: violence and death

Here's something nice and light to read before you go to bed. Or maybe not.

"Pascal?"




He had been heading towards the door, going home for the night. He paused, and turned back to face Nervous Subject. "Yes? What is it?"




"Do you think..." He hesitated, then continued. "Would it be okay if I didn't wear the helmet, sometimes?"

"Well, it keeps you from having nightmares."




"Yes, but..." Nervous sighed in exasperation. "It's just that... well, I don't dream at all when I wear it. I'm sick of it. Everyone dreams. I don't even feel like a sim at all. Just... empty."




Pascal nodded. He shouldn't have questioned him. It was Nervous's life and his own choice. He'd been too long a victim, having someone make his decisions for him, and he should be allowed to choose these things for himself. "I suppose it would be okay," he said.




"It's up to you, Nervous. I can only make suggestions. You do what feels right for yourself, okay?"

Nervous nodded his head in agreement, but said nothing more. He seemed to have exhausted all of his words for the day in that one outburst. Pascal said goodbye and made his exit once more.




Nervous headed to bed, without the helmet this time.




He closed his eyes.




Slowly, images formed.




Terrible images.




He witnessed awful scenes of carnage and death.




Something about a wedding.




There were bodies everywhere.




He dreamt of nothing but death.

Those were his choices: horror or emptiness.




Nervous Subject twitched incessantly, grinding his teeth, but he slept through the night.








 

Comments

[selenecorvino.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I'm intrigued as to whether or not this is going into the story. I have no idea who those 4 people might be, at first I thought they might have been Olive's victims, but decided that Nervous must be prophecizing the future, but who's?

Looking forward to the reveal and update.

[redqueenofevil.livejournal.com]

I couldn't help but wonder if this was Olive's wedding or not. I guess time will tell.

[leskuh.livejournal.com]

I am awful at recognizing Sims, so I could be very wrong, but this definitely is giving me a Romeo and Juliet vibe.

And I like that Nervous is getting to start making his own choices, even if they aren't always the best decisions at least he's the one that gets some say in the matter. :3

[simsinthecity.livejournal.com]

*jawdrop*

I know where that is! But I can't seem to discern whether it's a vision of the past ... or a premonition. But ever since I introduced the idea of two possibilities, I've been leaning toward the latter. D:D

[will-o-whisper.livejournal.com]

I'm almost positive that's Romeo, Juliet, and Tybalt from Veronaville. Not as sure about the other dark haired boy, but that's probably Mercutio...the "real" Tybalt does kill him in the play.

Oh noes. D:

I feel sad for Nervous, because that just so often the way it is. You can have the solution with the side effects you hate, or you can live with the problem, which sometimes you forget is worse. I relate to this more than I care to admit. :( My love for Pascal sky rocketed at his understanding that not only should Nervous make his own decisions, but that he can. The fact he doesn't try to pull any underhanded guilt trips, trying to make Nervous second guess himself...It's hard to explain, but it makes me happy that Pascal didn't even think about trying to pull any of that crap.

[meetme2theriver.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Romeo and Juliette live up to their destiny, I see. (Noooo, Tybalt and Mercutio! They were meant to be!)

Cool little drabble. Poor Nervous, he just can't win.

[poppyperson.livejournal.com]

Cool!

Love it when you kill off charactors!

[smjosh1218.livejournal.com]

OMG NO! I recognized Tybalt and Juliet right away, as well as some of the Montys. I'm sad now, ST. :(

Poor Nervous. I feel so bad for him. I'm glad he's becoming more assertive though.

[selenecorvino.livejournal.com]

I originally gravitated towards your legacy because I'm a bit partial to Strangetown. And then between yourself and Simgaroop's interpretations of Strangetown, you opened up a whole host of other possibilites for these characters, especially the way you've incorporated their lives with those from the other 'hoods. 'Hoods that I have no real knowledge of, but I'm now trying to explore through reading other's legacies.

I guess I missed previous mentions about a "chopping block," and in part I'm hoping that Ripp is not included because you've endeared him to me as your lovable bad boy, comic relief rolled into one.

Looking forward to your next update, and any other postings that help explain, filling in my gaps of 'hood knowledge.

[silentsteel.livejournal.com]

Poor Nervous . . . :(

. . . . Waaaait, Romeo and Juliette? O.O! Hmm. I wonder.