oo1. [Accidental Video]

[the_noble_black]

[The video feed clicks on with a wet, sopping sound. The sound of waterlogged fabric slipping along itself. There's a resounding thud as the figure crashed to the floor. It's hard to see, at first- whirling, obscuring robes, collapsing in on itself, water flung off of fabric and skin and blurring the camera.

Black, waterlogged hair, clinging to soft, pale cheeks. Gray eyes, visible just for a moment, before the boy convulses on his hands and knees, retching, emptying murky water from his mouth, his throat, his lungs. The water tinges pink; blood stains at his lips. He trembles, shakes, screams, and the weight of his wet cloak overpowers him, drags him down into the ground his nails scratching bloody marks into the floor as if he's still drowning. There's only a flash of his left forearm, but the traces of a tattoo should be burned enough into the memory of anyone who cares to recognize it.

But this isn't about Regulus Black being a Death Eater, it's about Regulus Black being dead.

Or- close enough, anyway.

The feed goes black after another long moment]

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[nexmosnonlucror.livejournal.com]

[Oh, Tom recognizes that mark, in a heartbeat. Severus wears it. And Tom immediately straightens in his chair, though he thinks to turn on a filter when he turns on his PCD, staring almost intensely at the boy through the screen.]

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[nexmosnonlucror.livejournal.com]

[The boy is strictly familiar, but he is, at the same time. A vague memory of that ridiculously stupid event with the gravestones, oh -- his name is somewhere within his catalog of people he couldn't care less about, but none of that matters, because Tom speaks suddenly.]

Death Eater.

[And Tom narrows his eyes slightly into the feed.]

What is your name?

[Video]

[rhymebell.livejournal.com]

Sir!
[She must help! Wait how does she help? well....]

Are you okay?!

[Video] [a few hours later]

[the-noble-black.livejournal.com]

I'm... alright.

[Quiet, fraught with disbelief.]

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[crux-ofmylife.livejournal.com]

[A nearly drowned Death Eater. Who looks like a Black.]

D'you need help?

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[the-noble-black.livejournal.com]

[The response comes after he's able to get at least a little of his bearings. Regulus has now realized that the voices are coming from the box and that he was supposed to talk back into it.]

Who's this?

[His voice is still a little slurred, his hands still shaking.]

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[snarkypotions]

<sub>[Oh.

He knows that mark, but more importantly, he knows that boy. It has been quite a long time since he's seen his friend housemate, and the way he's arrived at Adstringendum doesn't leave much room for imagination as to what was happening right before this.

And besides, the week with the gravestones and the fog had been quite... enlightening.]</sub>

Regulus. [His voice is slightly deeper, more sure, more developed, yet still very recognizable. As is that nose and hair.] There should be a Muggle device near you, press the large button on the top of it.

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[the-noble-black.livejournal.com]

[He's going to spend a few long moments trembling anyway, looking up from behind his soaking bangs, eyes searching for where the voice was coming from- or where the Muggle device actually was.

He found it after a few minutes of fumbling and presses the button on the top of it, his eyes squeezing shut as he sends Snape his coordinates- an abandoned building, unsafe for residency, but not quite in danger of collapsing yet.]

S-Severus? [His voice is hoarse, broken.] Where are you, I can't-

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[bellusprincesse.livejournal.com]

[This is an awful thing to see when you decide to browse the network.]

Oh, are you okay!? Do you need help?

video; a few hours later

[the-noble-black.livejournal.com]

Yes, I-

[A few deep breaths. His voice is still hoarse.]

Someone from my world has found me.

[siriuslymagical.livejournal.com]

[Sirius recognizes the waterlogged wizard the moment he appears on screen. He's silent for a moment, trying to process the image of his brother actually being here in Adstringendum.]

Regulus...

[This really isn't going to end well, especially when Tom finds out that his brother is here. Now he has to make sure his idiot brother stays away from the future dark lord.]

What the hell are you doing here?

[Because anger is an easily accessible emotion right now. Not necessarily at Regulus (though there perhaps is some) but to the likes of Tom and even more so the Animus for bringing him here.]

[the-noble-black.livejournal.com]

[He pauses a moment, before letting out a choked, miserable laugh. It's probably the most pathetic sound that has ever came from him, and Regulus doesn't even bother looking up. It's Sirius, and he's angry- of course. Regulus swallows hard, tries to clear his throat, but his voice is still hoarse, the potion is still making him hurt.]

-dying, apparently. Good to see you too, brother dear.

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[nexmosnonlucror.livejournal.com]

He's come here for a vacation, Sirius.

Are you that obtuse?

[TROLOLO]

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[snarkypotions]

As touching as your concern for him is, Black, you will save your idiotic ways of showing it until he is in a state fit to deal with you.

_{[Because, hey, guess who knows why you went to get your butt kicked by the Dark Lord, Sirius?]}

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[everwotching.livejournal.com]

[ Tonks peers over Sirius' shoulder and looks at the screen of his PCD. ]

What d'you want to do about him, Sirius?

[ Thank Merlin for bloody awful family tapestries or she wouldn't know what Regulus looks like. They were useful for something. ]

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[effyourcupcake.livejournal.com]

[She knows that feeling.]

Hey man.

[She knows it all too well, shuddering, but steeling herself with a swallow.]

You're going to be okay. It doesn't feel like it right now, but you are. But you've got to climb out of the tub and get a towel, okay?

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[the-noble-black.livejournal.com]

[He coughs, barely able to lift himself off the floorboards with his drenched robes wrapped around him.]

-can't.

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[babblewitch.livejournal.com]

[a surprised-sounding and American female voice will be heard through the network, quickly followed by her face as she grabs the PCD and looks into it]

Are you okay? No, stupid question. Are you hurt?

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[the-noble-black.livejournal.com]

[He sputters, spitting out a bit more water. How attractive.]

Dead.

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[golden_hawke]

Slow breaths. -=Says the guy in a cloak.=-

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[the-noble-black.livejournal.com]

Easier-

[A sputtering cough.]


-said than done.

[bunny_flower]

My god, are you alright? What happened to you?

[the-noble-black.livejournal.com]

Secret.

[A choked laugh. It's not really that funny.]

[video]

[taijiya]

What the--are you alright?

[video]

[the-noble-black.livejournal.com]

Presently?

[A half-choked laugh.]

[Video]

[weredaddy.livejournal.com]

[Now there's a face he hasn't seen in years, and one he never expected to see again in the flesh. He and Regulus were never close, let alone even properly introduced, but Remus did have a basic understanding of Sirius' family members, after all.

Still, Death Eater or not, Remus can't help but be concerned.]

Regulus. Is anyone coming to meet you?

[Video]

[the-noble-black.livejournal.com]

[It takes him a long time to place the voice, as he can't really see the face right now- he still hasn't figured out that the voices are coming from ths shiny radio in the corner.]

...does it matter?

{Video}

[thewinterdoe.livejournal.com]

{He definitely looks familiar. Lily recognizes him almost immediately.}

...Regulus...Black?

{Video}

[the-noble-black.livejournal.com]

[Oh look, more people he wants nothing to do with. He sighs.]

Present and somewhat accounted for.