Song: Echo
Artist: Vocaloid (If you want a good English Cover I recommend Lollia's version)
Character: Sollux Captor
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Sollux examines his hair with articulate attention. A scowl creases along his forehead and he sighs in frustration. He runs his hands down his hair, smoothing the loose hairs he had tried to make look cool in a messy sort of way.
"It's no use," he mutters. "I'll just go like this the same as every other fucking day."
After a remark he'd heard someone whisper about his looks he had become rather self conscious, and he always stopped by the mirror or window to check in with himself that he still looked okay. It didn't stop him from criticizing every detail that he thought others would perceive as a flaw. Little did the others know that if they caught him off guard with even the slightest off handed comment, it would antagonize him on end for days-even without meaning to most of the time. The downfalls of actually caring what others thought of him, even if it's only a fraction of a percent.
He just doesn't understand why everything had to be viewed in technicolor. Why not keep it black and white? Ugh then again black and white gets boring after a while. His face screws up and he sticks his tongue out.
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-Tock
Tick
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Tick-
The clock stopped ticking forever ago
How long have I been up? I don't know.
I can't get a grip but I can't let go
There wasn't anything to hold onto though-
The Reflected Sollux reaches up and touches the mirror, leaning his forehead against it. There's an overwhelming hatred burning in him. The Normal Sollux took too much for granted.
Why can't I see? Why can't I see all the colors that you see?
Please can I be? Please can I be colorful and free-?
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Sollux takes his forehead off the mirror and grabs fistfuls of hair in his hands. Sometimes he just hates his reflection! It's essentially him, yet it's always like he's looking down on himself.
What the hell's going on can someone tell me please?
Why I'm switching faster than the channels on tv-
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I'm black-
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-then I'm white
No something isn't right
My enemy's invisible I don't know how to fight.
The trouble I fear- is more than I can take when I'm up against
The Echo in the Mirror!
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The Reflected Sollux felt ready to rip his own head off as he practically screamed:
Echo-o-o-oh!
All he ever did was mimic this bastard on the other side of the mirror! What kind of a life is that?! Why couldn't he get what he wanted? Why couldn't the other guy mimic HIM for a change? Why couldn't he go out and strut his stuff? It's all on that pansy that couldn't take a little bit of constructive criticism. If it were HIM he'd be taking all the advice and getting all the damn color he could! He'd trade places in a heart beat and show the Normal Sollux how it's done.
Echo-o-o-oh!
Is that all that he's going to be? No! That can't be all there is for him!
I'm gonna burn this house down to an ugly black-
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I'm gonna run away now and never look back-
He felt like his own image was suffocating him!
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I'm gonna burn this house down to an ugly black-
(I'm gonna run away now and never look back-)
I'm gonna burn this house down to an ugly black-(and never look back-)
I'm gonna run away now and never look back- (to an ugly black-)
I'm gonna burn this house down and never look back-
And never look back-
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What the hell's going on can someone tell me please?
Why I'm switching faster than the channels on tv-
I'm black then I'm white
No something isn't right
My enemy's invisible I don't know how to fight.
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What the hell's going on can someone tell me please?
Why I'm switching faster than the channels on tv-
Sollux steps closer to his reflection with a snarl on his face.
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I'm black-
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-then I'm white
No something isn't right
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My enemy is here and I still don't know how to fight.
Reflected Sollux copies Normal Sollux's movements, anticipating the final showdown.
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The trouble I fear- is more than I can take when I'm up against
The Echo in the Mirror!
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The trouble I fear- is more than I can take when I'm up against
The Echo in the Mirror!
He raises his fist at the same time Normal Sollux does and-
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-smashes the mirror. It cracks where his fist landed, spreading like a plague over the whole mirror. There's a moment where he catches his expression in the reflection; the distortion of anger is fragmented to the point where he is unrecognizable to himself.
The glass shatters and falls to the floor with light tinkling sounds. The Echo in the Mirror is destroyed, much like he himself.
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*Some lyrics have been slightly modified to fit the story.*
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