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purrrnicious) wrote2019-07-02 05:23 pm
purrrnicious) wrote2019-07-02 05:23 pm
memory: this was a test, and you failed
[This one opens in Hordak's creepy inner sanctem with all its concrete and pipes and machinery, most of which Kohime can't identify. She makes her way in, a little anxious, not sure why she's been summoned here -- but her mood in general is different, too. She's stressed and she's afraid, and her boss sure is part of it.]
Catra: You. . . wanted to speak with me? Lord Hordak?
[Hordak addresses her without facing her, working on some sort of tube with a tool that resembles a screwdriver.]
Hordak: Yes, Force Captain. I wish to –– "touch base", as you put it; see how my orders are being carried out.
Catra: Everything is running smoothly.
[It's a lie, and she doesn't sell it convincingly. Hordak drops the piping he's working on and turns partly to face her, now.]
Hordak: Does this mean Shadow Weaver has been transferred to Beast Island, per my orders?
Catra: ...Yes! I sent her yesterday, just like you ordered. Believe me, we're never going to see her again.
[That's the lie, and it's immediately revealed by a recording of Kohime's own voice, admitting to someone that she "lost" Shadow Weaver and had to find her before Hordak found out -- it echoes in the room, coming from Hordak's creepy little imp spy that swoops down over their heads and lands on Hordak's shoulder with a disturbing little giggle. Apparently, she'd told someone that she'd lost track of Shadow Weaver, and Hordak had sent the imp to spy on her which was overheard. Kohime in the memory is shocked at this turn, and then terrified.]
Hordak: You lied to me.
Catra: ––Wait!
[Hordak takes a couple steps forward to reach and pull a lever, one that Kohime recognizes in this memory, she already knows what's about to happen. It activates some machinery in the room that alters the atmosphere, having no noticeable affect on Hordak (then again, he's a pretty alien-looking creature, something between a bat, vampire, and parially robotic) but there's an immediate impact on Kohime. She starts taking panicked, gasping breaths, not properly able to breathe with the device active.
It's at this point that Hordak approaches, unaffected as she struggles to breathe and collapses to her knees.]
Hordak: I know your lax security allowed Shadow Weaver to escape. I know you've been covering it up, lying about her whereabouts. But worst of all, I gave you the chance to come clean, to prove your worth to me –– to the Horde. This was a test, and you failed.
[The last thing she remembers is staring up at Hordak, tears in her eyes, pained and scared but somehow also angry and frustrated because it was always, always this way. Not good enough, worthless, thrown out like trash, first Shadow Weaver, then Adora, now Hordak.
The memory ends when her vision fades.]
Catra: You. . . wanted to speak with me? Lord Hordak?
[Hordak addresses her without facing her, working on some sort of tube with a tool that resembles a screwdriver.]
Hordak: Yes, Force Captain. I wish to –– "touch base", as you put it; see how my orders are being carried out.
Catra: Everything is running smoothly.
[It's a lie, and she doesn't sell it convincingly. Hordak drops the piping he's working on and turns partly to face her, now.]
Hordak: Does this mean Shadow Weaver has been transferred to Beast Island, per my orders?
Catra: ...Yes! I sent her yesterday, just like you ordered. Believe me, we're never going to see her again.
[That's the lie, and it's immediately revealed by a recording of Kohime's own voice, admitting to someone that she "lost" Shadow Weaver and had to find her before Hordak found out -- it echoes in the room, coming from Hordak's creepy little imp spy that swoops down over their heads and lands on Hordak's shoulder with a disturbing little giggle. Apparently, she'd told someone that she'd lost track of Shadow Weaver, and Hordak had sent the imp to spy on her which was overheard. Kohime in the memory is shocked at this turn, and then terrified.]
Hordak: You lied to me.
Catra: ––Wait!
[Hordak takes a couple steps forward to reach and pull a lever, one that Kohime recognizes in this memory, she already knows what's about to happen. It activates some machinery in the room that alters the atmosphere, having no noticeable affect on Hordak (then again, he's a pretty alien-looking creature, something between a bat, vampire, and parially robotic) but there's an immediate impact on Kohime. She starts taking panicked, gasping breaths, not properly able to breathe with the device active.
It's at this point that Hordak approaches, unaffected as she struggles to breathe and collapses to her knees.]
Hordak: I know your lax security allowed Shadow Weaver to escape. I know you've been covering it up, lying about her whereabouts. But worst of all, I gave you the chance to come clean, to prove your worth to me –– to the Horde. This was a test, and you failed.
[The last thing she remembers is staring up at Hordak, tears in her eyes, pained and scared but somehow also angry and frustrated because it was always, always this way. Not good enough, worthless, thrown out like trash, first Shadow Weaver, then Adora, now Hordak.
The memory ends when her vision fades.]