IT'S THAT VERY SPECIAL TIME AGAIN.

[goodburger]

Time for.......


THE GODDAMN TEST DRIVE MEME

1. COMMENT WITH A JOURNAL OF A CHARACTER YOU'VE THOUGHT OF APPING/WOULD LIKE TO APP AS THOUGH THEY'RE ALREADY IN C&C
2. TAG AROUND WITH NEW JOURNALS OR OLD!
3. APP THEM ALL NOW!
4. IT IS PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BE LATE SO DON'T YOU EVEN GO THERE
5. LINK THIS POST TO ATP ADS YOU POST LATER
6. THIS TEXT HAS BEEN RECYCLED AT LEAST 25 TIMES
7. HAVE SOME FUCKING FUN

Comments

[enabeled]

Familiarity. Yes.

[ Dr. Gideon waves a hand, almost brushing the concept aside, but he looks at Hannibal like he might know something more. There are no answers anywhere else as far as he can see. ]

That must be troubling for you. Me I don't know, nothing is familiar these days... you really need to be someone to have a home, don't you? But you bring up an interesting point.

Sometimes anyone can be anyone. [ He looks at Hannibal, waiting for his response. Some kind of reaction. ] Yes? No?

[itspeople]

[His face is unreadable, showing neither approval or disapproval.]

Sometimes. Do you intend to become this city's Chesapeake Ripper?

[enabeled]

Is that your professional recommendation?

[ A little wryly, but only a little. Identity crises are serious things and Hannibal you are barely being helpful. ]

I hadn't planned on it. To be honest, it seems a little hollow. Although it would be extremely easy. Location is everything. [ With a tip of his hand. Gideon's humor has a dry sense of melancholy to it. ] If you were in my shoes, what would you do?

[itspeople]

I'm not your therapist, doctor. I can only offer insight based on what little interaction we've had.

[Are you kidding, Hannibal is terribly helpful. He knows all about (inflicting) identity crises.]

But I can only imagine that living in another's shadow--one whose identity you tried and failed to take--can be very painful.

[enabeled]

It's a good thing, too. I tend to be something of a "trouble patient."

[ "Failed" is such an ugly word to a narcissist, and he has to debate arguing it for a moment. ]

It's really the lack of shadow, that burns the most. I did do a good job, but some things just aren't meant... to be. Do you get what I mean? I know you're not my therapist, but in the interest of conversation.

[ And curiosity, and answers... ]

[itspeople]

All patients are either trouble or troubled in some way. It's my duty as a psychiatrist to treat the pains of both.

[And yet fail he did, like an expert forger who cannot capture the soul of the original painter. Hannibal just continues to stare dispassionately at Gideon.]

It's difficult to be told who you're supposed to be, only to find out that you're not. But your recent murder was just a shadow, wouldn't you agree? Such mere reproduction can cause harm to both the original and the forger.

[enabeled]

As long as you have the patience for it.

[ Gideon's cold enough himself that he doesn't find Hannibal's impassivity particularly off-putting, though he subconsciously seems to overcompensate because of it. It keeps any distress at bay, but not disappointment. ]

Truth be told, I'd really been hoping that he might be inspired give me some advice. At least maybe a little insight. A little misguided, obviously; the Ripper plays harder to get than I'd anticipated.

No real surprise then, I really don't know what to do with myself any more now than I did before.