ObMod: A New Horizon 2
Characters[]
- Violeta Campos
- Alex Parker
- Harbinger
Location[]
- The Second Wall, Murum Locus
- August 11th 2017, 1101 UTC
VOX Archive[]
- Alex Parker: [vorpal crackling, thrum, sob, sob, deep breath] Come Em... There's still time. Hurry up and get in that hole... [scoff] That's what she said.
- Harbinger: Excuse me?
- Alex Parker: Lyla?! [clears throat, nervous chuckle] Sorry.. That's just probably what Em would've said if she hear me say that.. y'know, if she was here.
- Harbinger: [footsteps, sigh] I heard what happened. I'm sorry. It must be awful what you're feeling.
- Alex Parker: Thanks... but she did what no one else could... and we're all alive because of what she- What? You know something-
- Harbinger: You don't want to hear it from me, Alex... I'm sorry.
- Alex Parker: Fine... uh... Wait, how did you get here? Actually, what's with the outfit and the hair?
- Harbinger: I can explain it all with this. [vorpal thrumming]
- Alex Parker: The Monitor endowed you with more of his power?
- Harbinger: It was time. The Anti-Monitor has declared war. It was time I stepped up and accepted my fate. This is where I am needed.
- Alex Parker: [vorpal crackling] Sorry... [sigh] It's just the Wall closing itself up... I keep hoping that- She'll make it, won't she?
- Harbinger: Speaking of where we are needed, the Challengers need you Alex. The Ultima Thule has returned, power has been restored, and the Sphere has nearly finished repairing itself. You need to say your goodbyes. It's not safe out here. When the Wall is finished rebuilding itself, it will take measures to defend itself again... like when it disabled the Sphere. You probably don't want to be out here when that happens...
- Alex Parker: I should have been the one who jumped in.
- Harbinger: Alex, listen to me. It's not safe out-
- Alex Parker: I'm not going into that deathtrap again! That Sphere is the reason Em is dead!
- Harbinger: The Anti-Monitor is the reason she died! [vorpal crackling] The Wall is nearly fully rebuilt. We should go... now.
- Alex Parker: No. There's still time-
- Harbinger: Alex- [footsteps]
- Alex Parker: There's still time! [whack, gasp, pained hiss] Lyla! I'm sorry, I didn't mean- I didn't know you were th- It was an acci- [vorpal thrum]
<<DERIVATION SHIFT... FOLLOWING ASSET: ALEX PARKER... NEW DERIVATION: Monitor Sphere, Spatial Laboratory>>
- Alex Parker: [vorpal thrum] -dent.
- Violeta Campos: [scream, smoky hiss, glass shattering] Alex! What- [sigh] Where did you come from?
- Alex Parker: What the- She... [groan, sigh] Sorry, Vi... I- I need to go.
- Violeta Campos: [whoosh, smoky hiss] Alex, you're not going back out to the Wall, are you?
- Alex Parker: What if I am?
- Violeta Campos: Then you're... Excuse me, but you're a [expletive] moron!
- Alex Parker: I lost someone out there! I'm not leaving her behind!
- Violeta Campos: She's gone, Alex. You can't do anything about it... The Monitor can't bring her back. You realize that you are expecting the impossible?!
- Alex Parker: Months ago, Em was nothing more than a herophile who worked at Arkham. Now she has these crazy powers. Don't tell me what is impossible!
- Violeta Campos: Excuse me, but knowing the difference between possible and impossible is my job! You remember what yours is? Strategy!
- Alex Parker: I know what my job is-
- Violeta Campos: Then do it, damnit! Use your brain! It's right here! [forceful tap]
- Alex Parker: Hey, that hurt- [forceful tap] Stop it!
- Violeta Campos: You stop it! [forceful tap]
- Alex Parker: I'm serious, Vi- [forceful tap, groan, grapple] Stop it!
- Violeta Campos: She's gone... She's not coming back.
- Alex Parker: [sob] Stop...
- Violeta Campos: Alex, you're hur-
- Alex Parker: [sob] Stop!
- Violeta Campos: Alex! You're hurting m- [moist lip smack, silence: 2.7 seconds, slow parting footsteps: 2 instances, silence: 2.7 seconds] Uh...
- Alex Parker: I'm... I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that... That was wrong. I'm sorry. Em is my wife and I-
- Violeta Campos: Ex-wife... Alex, Em is your ex-wife, remember?
- Alex Parker: That... That's what I said... [stumbling footsteps] I... I got to go! Can we just... Bye! [door whooshes open, rapid footsteps, door clamps closed]
- Violeta Campos: Huh... That was weird...
Trivia and Notes[]
- Part of the Monitor War Storyline.
- Story continues from ObMod: A New Horizon 1.
- Story continues in ObMod: A New Horizon 3.
- Debut of Lyla's Harbinger suit and identity.