ALTERED CARBON SENTENCES ↳↳ accepting ( @madtea )
❝ expect nothing. only then can you be prepared for anything. ❞
cosmo exhaled a sharp breath. as he shoved his glasses back up the bridge of his nose, his pupils dilated, expanding until they swallowed his irises completely and with it, his sight expanded. what he saw was difficult to describe, like seeing an intricate silver webbing that had been shredded until thin wisps of tendrils hung in the air and between the strings were places, realms, entire worlds and if he looked close enough he could peer into those places. but seeing was the easy part, actually interacting with these strings was where things always went south.
“ expect nothing. ” cosmo repeated, he spared a glance at jefferson and as usual, his top hat was like a black spot that forced him to look away. he blinked rapidly in an effort to shake the feeling off and returned his focus back to his task at hand. open a doorway. he had done it before, once or twice, but every single time he had done it, he had almost died. it was why he had convinced jefferson to help him, he was the best portal jumper that cosmo had ever heard of and ever seen. capable of hopping from one world to the next, quite literally at a drop of a hat. “ expect nothing. ” he said again. he reached out, felt the wisps against his fingertips like cool water. he chose one of them, letting it slide between his fingers until he felt the familiar pressure against his eyes. he grasped hold of the small whisper of a different universe and tugged. as soon as he did, pain split through his eye sockets as if a wide needle had been shoved into them and cosmo swore as he jerked backwards.
cosmo blinked rapidly, his pupils constricting back to a normal size as he shut his sight off.
“ okay, what the fuck does that even mean ? am i supposed to expect not to be able to open a door, or am i supposed to not expect to get socket fucked ? and then i won’t, like ? ”
