oceanview || ❝ i must guide my love through the night. ❞

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OCEANVIEW II

into the dark, dark, dark.

I’m fighting to save my love somеhow
I cannot feel her by my side
Even in this placе inside my mind CODE BY TESSISAMESS

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— special guest ii.

[outlierdirector]

[ The stage grows dark during the "commercial break", but she can tell it's anything but a break. The attitude in the whole room shifts. The Old Gods of Asgard disappear and a heaviness hangs. She knows this heaviness. It is the same kind that always followed Hartman--that is soaked into the ground of Bright Falls.

« This--this can't be. Behind the Spiral Door? The Dark Place? »

The host shrouded in the lack of light sighs. He sits behind the desk and sighs, removing his glasses. She can see his silhouette move and place them on the desk. Then, he turns in the seat and stands up. He tugs at the suit and crosses over to stand in front of her. Jesse immediately stands as well. She won't let this person--thing--intimidate her. ]

I had forgotten how stubborn you Fadens are. [ The host sighs and shakes his head slightly. ] Fighting against a current that is trying to help you. Although, I will admit, you are far more amicable than your brother, Miss Faden.

[ « Dylan? He knows Dylan? Wait... wait, Dylan said something about a Door once. He wanted to go to other worlds, learn how to travel, to bring the Hiss there. This "Door" refused to help him. Is this really that same guy? Why would he be behind the Spiral Door? » ]

And you're insistent connection to that resonance. Some things can't be helped, nor stopped, I suppose. Even when you're a dimension away from home. Hm. [ He glances upwards, squares his shoulders, and stares her down. ] I'll be frank, Miss Faden, as you've done nothing to get in my way. If anything? You're one of the few people that play their part to its full capacity and domain. This is a farce, as I am sure you can tell. All of it is. A way to help your wayward writer--Alan Wake.

[ « That must mean Alan is here. He's really here? Where? Maybe if we can leave through the Spiral Door-- » ]

Now, I wouldn't get too excited, Miss Faden. Alan is trapped here as much as any other unfortunate soul that crosses over. He insists on opening doors that shouldn't be opening, peeking in, trying to force things to work. I'm only involved because he dragged someone I care about into this mess of a story of his. But... he is a very stubborn man, as I'm sure you're aware of. Which is why I've brought you here for this short amount of time.

You really think Alan is going to listen to me? [ Jesse raises her eyebrows. ] He might, but in the end? Alan does what he wants to do. What he feels he needs to do. I can't control him--

--No, Miss Faden, you can't. You can barely control yourself and your Bureau. What I need you to do, instead, is play your part as you have been. This endless looping of his will destroy everything in its path. Himself and you included. Play along, do what you're called to do, and maybe he will come to understand what it is he needs to do. You've been doing it so far, but, things are becoming dire.

[ Jesse's expression falls for the first time in this whole conversation. She can tell they are. The story is getting darker every time, the false endings getting more drastic. Alan's losing his way in trying to get the story to do what he wants and get the ending he needs. There's an immediate reaction inside her--he can't take them out. He promised. ]

He needs to finish this futile story of his. Put it to rest. Move on. Stop chasing ghosts in his own head.

I'm not going to give up on him. I'm not going to tell him to stop going after what it is he wants. You can tell me to play my part all you want, Door, but I'm not going to have him give up to the whims of whatever the hell it is that's going on here.

[ Door sighs and shakes his head with a smirk. ] I expected no other answer from you. You are the way you are and that is why that resonance chose you. So, Miss Faden, let's try another way. Play along with this and whatever else I call on you to do. Maybe we'll find a way to get your writer out of his spiral yet.

[ The lights flicker and come back on. The Old Gods of Asgard return, playing the rift they had before. Jesse finds herself sitting back down on the couch, and Mr. Door back at the desk with his glasses on. All smiles and pretend the conversation hadn't happened.

« We don't have a choice other than to play along for now. I don't know the way out, and you still feel far away. » ]

Ha, welcome back, folks! I hope that commercial break didn't cause you to get up from your seats and run into the dark of night! Nothing good ever comes from it. We left of with our special guest for the night--the mysterious and controlled Miss Jesse Faden!

[ Jesse squares her shoulders before looking out at the "crowd." Fake smiles. She can play along. She's good at faking into situations around her. ]

Now, we left off on a bit of a cliffhanger there, Jesse. I had asked if you knew anything about Alan Wake's mysterious books--Initiation and Return! Initiation, as I said, is hitting shelves tomorrow. We had Alan on the show last night, and MAN, was he dedicated to the role! Overlapping realities, pretending he had no idea what he had written, acting as if he'd forgotten the whole thing. Pretty impressive.

[ « Did he actually forget that he wrote a manuscript outside of the one that's causing the AWE in Bright Falls? We've done so many loops that maybe he has. » ]

... well, he wouldn't be the best selling author that he is if he couldn't sell the idea in his books. [ She feels herself cringe on the inside at the thought of going along with this. ] You asked earlier if I knew anything about the stories, right? Well, I don't. He keeps it pretty close.

Are you sure about that? I mean, I have heard that you're his new muse. Surely he'd share something with you about it. Something that maybe he'd forgotten in one draft and you reminded him of?

[ « Fuck no, I'm not saying anything about that. » ] Sure, I mean, sometimes things don't fit in, right? They end up on the cutting room floor. Movies, books, t.v. shows... all that sort of thing. Look, Mr. Door, I don't know anything about an "Initiation" novel. Sorry to bring the mood down.

[ Mr. Door leans back in his chair and nods along. ] So, then, it must be "Return" you know something about! Maybe a sneak peek at what it is that we can expect?

[ « He said all of this is to help Alan, right? He's trying to get Alan to realize something. Maybe we should use it. I don't know if those notes I've sent are getting through. You hardly get through here anymore... » ]

What I can say is that it takes place back in Bright Falls. Like Departure did. [ She leans forward slightly, staring the man down evenly. ] Government agencies get involved. The doppleganger is back. There's a struggle between light and dark--

[ Jesse finds herself cut off as the band begins to play another rift of a song she doesn't know. The singer with the eyepatch smiles at her, nodding, as if he's onto something. ]

AH! "Balance Slays the Demon." A classic! Man, I missed your songs. [ Mr. Door chuckles and points straight at the band. ] And that's our queue. Hang tight folks, we'll be back with more of our exclusive interview right after this!

[ The lights shut off except for the overhead analog writing: COMMERCIAL BREAK. ]