Valerie knows Arthur (takespoint) wrote in doorslogs, @ 2012-07-22 09:33:00 |
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Entry tags: | arthur, plot: memories |
Who: Cory / Arthur
What: Memories Plot
Where: Inception Door, Paris.
Things to avoid: Nothing!
Arthur sat back into the sofa of his Parisian apartment and watched the pinot noir slosh up against the smooth edges of the glass he held in his right hand. There was a substantial film left behind by the red waves in the bowl which meant it was a little sweeter than Arthur expected; nice instead of disappointing. Arthur had a little bit of a sweet tooth that he didn't advertise. His journal was pushed away across the coffee table, a new one in a different shape placed just so to hide the new parquet floor that he had replaced when Eames had bled all over the last one. In his left hand he held his die, a red six-sided die that always landed in just the right way. When he tossed it, the die told him he was awake, but he didn't always have the die on his person, so he couldn't be sure of its authenticity.
When he was in the back of Cory's mind, Arthur didn't have hands, much less the die. He was much stronger than Cory, to the point where he could take over whenever he chose, but there was very little point. They were the same age but Cory was years behind Arthur in almost every respect. The kid's depression was so deep that Arthur didn't even like being awake when he was with him, preferring to withdraw as far as possible into the depths of nothing. All Cory thought about was how useless he was, how he failed everyone, how he missed Becky and how easy it might be to see her again--or maybe not see anyone again, either way. Arthur couldn't understand Cory's lack of impetus to actually fix any of these feelings, and the constant black despair wore on him in a very short time.
Arthur took a drink, and was surprised at the sudden dizziness that hit him without warning. The room spun, and he quickly leaned forward to set the glass down. What was in that...? Had someone drugged him? He thought he should make sure the door was locked, but once he got to it, it was all he could do to fall through to the other side, and Cory was the one trying to get up, and failing.