preston rawlings, psychic accountant (ex_clerk820) wrote in rooms,
Re: telepathic link: loki/preston r
[The initial scrutiny terrifies Preston, who manifests quickly as Ash when the old childhood fears come to the fore. He doesn't want to be seen, doesn't want to be examined. He's weak on the inside, and he doesn't need the world to know it, or he won't be able to stand up when he needs to. He isn't here for himself, he doesn't want to be the center of anyone's attention. In panic, he would run, but he doesn't know how to cut the connection. His own emotions are too strong.
When the focus finally relents, the consciousness of Ash/Preston is still, quivering. He doesn't know what to do about that wash of emotion, because it doesn't quite counter his own. Both are magnified, but the old god doesn't feel fear. Corruption has never touched Preston, despite his secret terror that hell is waiting for his soul (literally). He doesn't know what to do with the creeping madness, the sense of death-for guilt. It's all he can do to stay himself in the face of such emotions, and the cold burns.]