ECHO DIARY ENTRY #1: TWO WEEKS AFTER THE FALL OF HELIOS
[ when rhys comes on the screen, he doesn't look... good. he's in what looks like a hospital bed, eye covered in gauze, temple port also covered in gauze, and a giant hole in his arm where his cybernetics used to be... also too covered in gauze. he's in a old faded hyperion t-shirt and there are cuts and bruises on his face and body, slowly healing up.
when the video pops on, his one good eye looks a little frantic before settling on the camera in relief and he smiles slightly before lifting his free hand to run through his hair -- except, well, the free hand was holding up the tablet recording him so it falls onto his lap and shows a good shot of the ceiling. there's a quick swear from rhys and then he grabs the tablet again, holding it back up. ]
Fuck -- I just. I totally forgot how to use a tablet. I'm so used to my freggin' arm.
[ he pauses, a pained look on his face and this is one of those times rhys would be running his free hand over his face or pinching his nose or a thousand other fidgety habits he has -- but he can't. ]
... Okay. Okay, first entry. I, uhm. I called my parents? I told them it was the crash and bandits and -- wait. Shit, fuck. I'm doing this all wrong, I have to explain. This, this is supposed to... be a log, right? ECHO log. I have to --
[ his eye looks away from the camera and he bites his lip, visibly tearing for a moment. he takes a sobering breath before looking back at the camera and in a firmer voice: ]
Handsome Jack tried to kill me.
[ and just like that, he crumples. his free eye overflows with tears and he drops his head back against the wall, looking up at the ceiling as he just lets it come. ]
I -- I put all my trust in him. All my faith! I thought, I fucking thought we could do things together. I was so stupid. Blinded by fucking loyalty and thought, I don't know. I thought we were partners? I just wanted to give him back Hyperion, rule it with him, be something with him.
[ a pause and angrily, he lets out in a sob -- ]
Then he betrays me and I had no other option! I had to kill him! I had to kill everyone!
[ he throws the tablet afterwards, a spinning view of the hospital room is seen before it slams right into the wall and cuts out. ]
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[ when rhys comes on the screen, he doesn't look... good. he's in what looks like a hospital bed, eye covered in gauze, temple port also covered in gauze, and a giant hole in his arm where his cybernetics used to be... also too covered in gauze. he's in a old faded hyperion t-shirt and there are cuts and bruises on his face and body, slowly healing up.
when the video pops on, his one good eye looks a little frantic before settling on the camera in relief and he smiles slightly before lifting his free hand to run through his hair -- except, well, the free hand was holding up the tablet recording him so it falls onto his lap and shows a good shot of the ceiling. there's a quick swear from rhys and then he grabs the tablet again, holding it back up. ]
Fuck -- I just. I totally forgot how to use a tablet. I'm so used to my freggin' arm.
[ he pauses, a pained look on his face and this is one of those times rhys would be running his free hand over his face or pinching his nose or a thousand other fidgety habits he has -- but he can't. ]
... Okay. Okay, first entry. I, uhm. I called my parents? I told them it was the crash and bandits and -- wait. Shit, fuck. I'm doing this all wrong, I have to explain. This, this is supposed to... be a log, right? ECHO log. I have to --
[ his eye looks away from the camera and he bites his lip, visibly tearing for a moment. he takes a sobering breath before looking back at the camera and in a firmer voice: ]
Handsome Jack tried to kill me.
[ and just like that, he crumples. his free eye overflows with tears and he drops his head back against the wall, looking up at the ceiling as he just lets it come. ]
I -- I put all my trust in him. All my faith! I thought, I fucking thought we could do things together. I was so stupid. Blinded by fucking loyalty and thought, I don't know. I thought we were partners? I just wanted to give him back Hyperion, rule it with him, be something with him.
[ a pause and angrily, he lets out in a sob -- ]
Then he betrays me and I had no other option! I had to kill him! I had to kill everyone!
[ he throws the tablet afterwards, a spinning view of the hospital room is seen before it slams right into the wall and cuts out. ]