[audio] @HK; set during the middle of the event! [open]

[catholicisms]

( Matt isn't big on the devices, for a multitude of reasons. he'll answer on occasion but most of the time he observes and doesn't participate. his username might not be familiar, even to the people who have met him. maybe his voice will be; that's the medium he chooses, it just makes delivery easier. )

I am sure we've all heard what is going around, that plenty of us are suffering from hallucinations. I know how real they must look, or hear, or sound.

( he's had at least a little of his own issues, mostly voices in his head. touches he can't explain. Matt thinks he might be getting off a little easier on this round of misery because he's blind. that's a first, but it also means he has a different perspective on the situation.

and while he's generally not big about talking about how he uses his other senses, in this instance? he feels like he should. )

If you don't recognize my voice, my name is Matt. If you don't know me yet, I'm the one with sunglasses and a walking cane. ( hopefully this is obvious enough a cue to imply he's the blind guy wandering around. ) I can't see what you are seeing, any more than anyone else can. But I can tell you that your other senses could help you decipher if what you are experiencing is real.

If you see blood, something dead, rotten, you'd smell it as much as you'd see it. If you can feel things on you, they can't just come out of nowhere. When things come towards you, they leave an audible clue, and it means something if you can't hear it.

The things you are seeing, hearing, feeling — they're terrible, and horrifying, but they also aren't real. Try muffling the sense that is troubling you most. It's already dark here, but a blindfold could help you ignore what isn't there.

( and because he realizes it isn't easy to rely on senses without practice, ) And if it seems real and you need help figuring out what you can trust, maybe I can help.

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[isochrone]

[ Matt is a good egg. ]

I suppose I should start looking for some sort of earplugs, then. Perhaps the store will have something like that left.

You're very kind, working to help people like this. Most seem to just be focusing on handling it themselves without thinking of others.

[catholicisms]

( he at least has his moments... )

It might. If you’re having trouble getting around, I can poke around for you.

I don’t know how kind it is, considering the advice isn’t guaranteed to work. I figured I could share what I know, my perspective is slightly different in situations like this one. It was worth a shot — I should at least try to make myself useful when a rare occasion presents itself.

( it is kinda funny how he feels more blind than he ever has before being here. maybe the dark is getting to him, too. )

[isochrone]

[ He seems so settled, she thinks. ]

I'm sure you're useful in many ways. Have you been here very long?

[catholicisms]

For starters, if you ever need legal counsel, I'm happy to provide.

( his Columbia (not the sky city, the prestigious college) education does no good in Beacon, so he's definitely being smart with her on that one. she's not wrong, he has other uses... he just won't admit to most of them. )

A good few months now. I arrived the ferry after the first.

[isochrone]

[ The thought that she might need legal counsel as... whatever their technical state of living-or-dead they are in Beacon, makes her laugh a little, though not unkindly. ]

I'll keep that in mind. You're a lawyer? That's a very admirable career.

I hope your arrival was less... damp... than mine was.

[catholicisms]

( he was aiming for a laugh, so good! suffice to say, his legal career has been on a huge downslide since he died. )

I was, anyway. So far there's not much in the way of a legal system here.

More or less, dry, yes. A great deal more rats, however. We had an entire hoard of them.