Sindella Zatara (allednis_arataz) wrote in dc_nextgen,
@ 2011-01-30 21:54:00

Entry tags:

inactive - sindella zatara, npc - mia dearden, plot - "blackest night", victoria craft, zachary zatara

Voices in my head
"Will you all please be quiet so that I can read, please?" Sindella said, grabbing a hold of her head, massaging her temples.

Ever since Superman's death, they had gotten louder. The dead. Over the years, Sindella had grown used to "hearing voices" in her head. She was normally pretty good at tuning them out when she wanted to, too. But lately...she was having a harder time with it.

"My wife...I never got to tell my wife how much she really meant to me. Do you think she knows that I love her?"

"We never found my son's teddy bear...he won't be able to sleep without it. Oh he must be so scared..."

"Please. Please stop!" Sindella's hands covered her ears, though she knew it wouldn't help much. "I can't think!"

There was still the roar of voices.

And then..suddenly it stopped.

Though something didn't feel quite right about it.

Sindella reached out for the one voice that she always knew that she could rely on.

"Grandpa John? Are you there? Can we talk?"

Nothing.

"Anyone? Hello?"

Something was wrong. She could feel it.

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	just_a_stranger 2011-02-01 02:38 am UTC (link)
	Sindella's screaming had attracted Victoria. Her face was about as close to panic as she got. "Sindella!" she called out as she drew near. "What's happened?" (Reply to this)(Thread)

	allednis_arataz 2011-02-01 02:42 am UTC (link)
	"I can't...I can't hear anything," Sindella said, her eyes wide with fear. "Something...something's wrong, Victoria." She was shaking. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-02-01 02:52 am UTC (link)
	That was an extremely disconcerting notion. Victoria placed her hands on Sindella's shoulders. "Very wrong," she agreed, looking the girl over with her own mystical senses. Nothing seemed wrong with her... "Very wrong indeed." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	allednis_arataz 2011-02-01 03:03 am UTC (link)
	"I've been able to communicate with the dead since I was four years old," she said. "And now...nothing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-02-01 03:10 am UTC (link)
	Victoria remembered her own childhood for a moment, her invisible friend Boston that no one else could see. She'd been quite surprised to find him genuine in later years. "Do your other talents still function?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	allednis_arataz 2011-02-01 03:40 am UTC (link)
	"I...I think so. I don't think this cuts off the rest of my abilities. I hope." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-02-01 03:43 am UTC (link)
	"Stranger still then," Victoria said. She frowned. "The potential ramifications of this are... unsettling, to say the least. We need more information." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	allednis_arataz 2011-02-01 03:49 am UTC (link)
	"Do you know what might be going on?" She sighed. "They were so loud, Victoria. Then...nothing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-02-01 03:57 am UTC (link)
	"I have only my suspicions, Sindella," she replied, quietly. "But cold logic suggests that if you cannot hear them... they are not there to be heard." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	allednis_arataz 2011-02-01 04:01 am UTC (link)
	"I don't understand how this is possible," she said, gripping the sides of her head. "It doesn't make any sense." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-02-01 04:07 am UTC (link)
	She shook her head. "It should not be possible. But there may be one who may yet lead us to answers." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	allednis_arataz 2011-02-01 04:10 am UTC (link)
	"Do you know who that might be?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-02-01 04:20 am UTC (link)
	Victoria smiled, just a little. "Quiet well. Are you familiar with Boston Brand, Sindella?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	allednis_arataz 2011-02-01 04:38 am UTC (link)
	"Deadman, right? Mom's told me about him." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-02-01 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	"Correct," she said. "He was one of several within the mystical community who watched over me when I was small." She went on. "If anyone knows about anything about what has happened to the dead, he would be it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	allednis_arataz 2011-02-01 11:18 pm UTC (link)
	"He'd have to possess one of us, right? Since we can't see him, normally?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-02-01 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	"I am quite capable of seeing him, actually," Victoria told her. "But I will relay what he tells us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	allednis_arataz 2011-02-02 12:41 am UTC (link)
	Sindella nodded. "Okay. I take it you know where to find him, then?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-02-02 12:59 am UTC (link)
	"I do," Victoria agreed. "Namba Parbat is not especially difficult to get to, if one knows the way. He should be there." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greatest_zatara 2011-02-02 01:18 am UTC (link)
	As chance would have it, another familiar face arrives before they can leave. "Sindella?" Zach appears, looking still under the weather, but not as haggard as when last Victoria would have seen him. "I wanted to speak with you." He pauses. "Oh.. hello Victoria." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	allednis_arataz 2011-02-02 01:52 am UTC (link)
	"Sure...is everything alright, Zach?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-02-02 01:58 am UTC (link)
	"Hello, Zachary." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	greatest_zatara 2011-02-03 01:38 am UTC (link)
	"I was hoping you could tell me, Sindella." Zach's face is grim. "I've been picking up fluctuations in the ether when I teleport. Nothing that caused any problems, mind you, but it seemed spiritual in nature. Or rather... an absence of spirit. There are empty places where there shouldn't be. Have you 'heard' anything unusual lately?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	allednis_arataz 2011-02-03 01:40 am UTC (link)
	"Right now...I'm not hearing anything, Zach." Sindella said. "It was so loud then...nothing." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	just_a_stranger 2011-03-13 04:29 pm UTC (link)
	(probably done enough) (Reply to this)