on site with a parasite

[chocolate_tots]

1. action: feed me seymore

[your liver goes first.]

[Eddie is sweating. He's standing in front of a nice selection of candy at a random grocery store. Venom has some opinions on what looks tastiest but anything, honestly, will do. The selection isn't the problem. He whispers (seemingly) to himself:]

I don't want to do this.

[without your liver you can't even drink.]

Without my liver I'd be dead before I could-

[or we could, you know, eat someone.]

No. I, we don't know enough about this place to pick bad people.

[something with marshmallow. look at that mallow cluster cup, milk chocolate. eddie!]

I keep thinking about Miss Chen.

[EDDIE, I'M STARVING, PICK SOMETHING OR I WILL. and it might be your liver.

Eddie reaches out and grabs four of the mallow cluster cups and shoves them into the pocket of his hoodie.]

2. video: clackity-clack, please talk back

[Eddie is outside, apparently on a rooftop. It's daytime and he is squinting against the sun. The man looks a bit pale, peaky even. The hand not holding the camera comes up to block some of the sunlight from his face.]

Hi. I'm Eddie.

Is the Tribune the only publication here or are there other news outlets? Do any of you watching work in the news here?

Comments

[grigio]

[ Julie jumps a tiny bit at his outburst, looking offended for a brief moment before he changes his mind. There was something pretty odd about the guy, but considering she’s used to Zombies relearning how to be human, so far this isn’t terrible. ]

Hey, don’t worry about it. I’ll get the chocolate bar for you. It’s a pleasure to meet you, Eddie. Semi-awkward moment aside.

[ Grabbing a couple of the chocolates she mentioned, she looks over at Eddie again. ]

So, did you just arrive?

[chocolate_tots]

[Right, she'd asked a question.]

Um, yeah. I guess. I mean I've been here about a week.

[get the chocolate or i will. Eddie rubs his sweaty palms on his hips before reaching forward and taking one of the chocolate bars out of Julie's hand before she can protest. He immediately rips it open and shoves the whole thing in his mouth. Venom is very happy and, for once, quiet.

All Eddie can do is look as apologetic as possible as he chews with cheeks puffed out like a squirrel. When he manages to swallow some of it he garbles an apology.]

Sorry, really hungry.

[grigio]

[ Somehow, she's reminded of several of the kids back home. The kids who don't see nice things like candy bars all too often and when they do, they wolf it down just as quick. But this is an adult, so it's not quite the same. ]

I can tell.

[ There's a look of uncertainty and concern on her face as she watches him for a moment, holding out the second candy bar for him. ]

Are you okay? Other than really hungry, I mean.