( Eddie hasn't left his apartment that often lately. What point is there? Steve isn't answering his door, and Eddie isn't sure he trusts the city enough to explore places that haven't been wholly deemed safe. Besides, what's to stop the previously safe places from suddenly becoming overthrown by malignant ghosts?
So, Eddie stays put most of the time. Except at night, when the nightmares get so godawful they make Eddie's skin crawl. When it gets too suffocating in his bedroom, he has no choice but to wander the streets and hope for the best.
He rarely comes across someone else. Most people are sane and stay safe in their beds, but Eddie has never pretended to be a wholly sane individual.
When he comes across Astarion, though...it's like the whole world gets pulled in tighter, like when the movies use a fish eye lens to distort his surroundings and make him feel off-kilter. He's seen this before. When Chrissy stood there motionless, her eyes glazed over so that only the whites were visible. While this isn't identical, he remembers Max mentioning that she sometimes saw things that weren't there before the curse started taking hold. )
No... ( he mutters to himself, taking a step back, and then another, stumbling until he falls onto his ass. ) No, no, no, no, no. It can't be, it fucking can't be.
( He thought he escaped it when he showed up in this place, but if Astarion can be cursed by Vecna...then can't anyone? )
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So, Eddie stays put most of the time. Except at night, when the nightmares get so godawful they make Eddie's skin crawl. When it gets too suffocating in his bedroom, he has no choice but to wander the streets and hope for the best.
He rarely comes across someone else. Most people are sane and stay safe in their beds, but Eddie has never pretended to be a wholly sane individual.
When he comes across Astarion, though...it's like the whole world gets pulled in tighter, like when the movies use a fish eye lens to distort his surroundings and make him feel off-kilter. He's seen this before. When Chrissy stood there motionless, her eyes glazed over so that only the whites were visible. While this isn't identical, he remembers Max mentioning that she sometimes saw things that weren't there before the curse started taking hold. )
No... ( he mutters to himself, taking a step back, and then another, stumbling until he falls onto his ass. ) No, no, no, no, no. It can't be, it fucking can't be.
( He thought he escaped it when he showed up in this place, but if Astarion can be cursed by Vecna...then can't anyone? )