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JERICHO ● SEPTEMBER 2025 EVENT/TDM

TDM & EVENT: JERICHO


Prologue: New Characters

You've been plagued with a reoccuring dream, as of late. Every time you sleep, the dream returns to you.

It always begins the same way: As a breath held for too long. As a pressure at the base of your spine. A silence that presses against the skin like confession, like prophecy. A ripple moves through your bones. A tide builds and pulls at your feet, familiar by now. You dream of a black, soundless wave, thick like oil and starlight, swelling across the horizon line. You've seen the wave before, countless times, always rising. With every night, it never reaches you. You always seem to wake before it does . . . That is, until tonight.

The wave moves slow, deliberate— like something ancient and alive. And when it finally crashes, there is no harsh impact. Only warmth. Only submersion. Rather than drowning, you are being claimed with saltwater that's sweet with myrrh. The darkness embracing you pulses with desire. Then, a voice envelops you.

"Come home."

It dribbles with honey-like promise, like a truth you've always known, whispered now from within your marrow more like temptation than a request.

"You are mine. You always were."

The voice offers purpose. Worship. Belonging. And when you wake . . . You wake changed, with a mask on your face you did not choose. Elegant. Sacred. Too important to remove. You have been given a gift. A new beginning.

Welcome home, new Vessels.


Sink Down Like Precious Stones

( content warnings: drowning, body horror )
Vessels awaken within the dreamscape as the black wave recedes from their skin like velvet falling off the bone, their masks in place over their eyes and left afloat in the watery expanse. All around them, the ocean stretches infinite and lightless— so still it mirrors the sky above, indistinguishable from the void. Far in the distance, massive obsidian walls curve inward, enclosing this vast seascape like a forgotten temple basin. And there, at the far horizon, one glow pierces the dark: a low-burning fire flickering within a half-sunken structure of impossible architecture— arched, ribbed, as though built from marble and cathedral glass.

This is a test, and it begins with belief.

Those with unwavering faith— whether in Sleep, another god, or even themselves— will find the surface beneath their feet holds firm. The sea becomes glass, and they may rise, and walk. But those adrift in doubt begin to sink. Precious stone creeps over their skin. Joints stiffen. Flesh cracks. Breath slows. It is not death, but it is close and might as well be hell. Your only salvation lies in your own conviction . . . Or the mercy of another Vessel who happens to walk.

Those who drown will not die. They will loop this moment— sinking, blackness, return, sink again— until belief takes root in some way. Alternatively, they may awaken in a later dreamspace . . . Changed.

NOTES:
• Pale white fish as well as glowing jellyfish may be encounted. The fish stare at vessels as they drown, and jellyfish may leave behind a shock that could temporarily stop the process of crystalization. But only temporarily— and their stings are excrutiating.
TOKEN EFFECTS:
• Magic becomes volatile— spells flicker, overcharge, or fizzle unpredictably when cast on or near the ocean.
• When you cast, your veins glow from beneath the skin, but not with light. It's writhing. Like something trapped under glass.
• When channeling magic, your mouth may fill with brine and blood.
OFFERING EFFECTS:
• The water responds emotionally— thrashing with fury or calming with yearning depending on the Offering's state of mind.
• The sea amplifies desire and instinct, making base emotions harder to suppress— rage, hunger, longing all churn just beneath the surface.
• The black water feels too warm, too alive, clinging to the body like memory; any stillness invites visions of Sleep's embrace, both reverent and consuming.


You Taste Like New Flesh

( content warnings: body horror, psychological horror, compulsion, unreliable reality )
The ocean path ends at a palace carved of pearl and spun silk, impossibly perched where water meets nothingness. Whether you have traversed the black sea on trembling feet or simply awaken seated at an impossibly long table, it makes no difference. You are here now, and welcomed, suddenly in attire fit for a gala. Around this table sit countless Dream-Vessels, many silent and still, faces unreadable in the flickering candlelight wearing generic, six-eyed masks. The table stretches beyond sight, arching beneath creeping vines that twist like ancient veins overhead, blooming with strange blossoms that beat with energy. Flames dance atop dozens of candles— some burn on brass holders, others hover, like fireflies caught mid-flight, their shadows flickering and shifting with an otherworldly rhythm. Around you, phantasmal forms shimmer on pedestals: Sleep's ancient Guardians are eternalized through memorial, monstrous and magnificent, lost to time yet enshrined in reverence. On the highest pedestal stands a still living One, silent and watching the feast with somber eyes. Sleep's voice whispers in your ear, encouraging a glance to, perhaps, see what you may become.

"Feast, My Dear Vessels. Until you taste like New Flesh."


The foods before you don not come unmeddled with. Each bite pulls memories from your bones to the surface— moments buried or erased, but these are not just yours. The banquet feeds on shared history, stirring secrets tangled between you and the others here. To eat is to open a door: to risk awakening something dormant, to invite others inside your buried truths, to forge bonds or betrayals that can never be unseen.
Eton Mess: Crushed meringue, tangled cream, and berries that bleed like bruises when bitten. Sweetness melts quickly, leaving your tongue cold. As you eat, a memory rises— but you don't experience it alone. The person nearest you sees what you see, hears what you hear, feels what you felt. Together, you can alter one key detail, and that change ripples outward, shifting how you both remember the event.

Deviled Kidneys: Spiced and seared, the metallic richness clings to your mouth, as if tasting old blood. Eating summons the echo of a painful or violent memory, but your partner experiences it with you.

Roasted Lamb in Mint Sauce: The sweetness of the meat is cut by mint sharp enough to sting the throat. Your act of consumption awakens a craving, but not in you— in the Vessel sharing this dish. They feel an inexorable pull toward your memory, even without knowing what they seek. The bond persists until the craving is confronted.

Honey Scouse: A thick, golden stew heavy with warmth, but beneath the sweetness, something cloying curls around the edges. Every shared spoonful spreads a slow, creeping influence between you and your partner: intrusive visions, subtle compulsions, small lapses in agency. Neither of you can tell whose thoughts belong to whom.

Starpit Fruit: Plum-sized and faintly glowing, the juice leaves your fingertips dusted in silver, like handling starlight. When bitten, the fruit releases the memory of a forgotten wish, not to you but to the person beside you. They see it clearly— and know exactly what you once wanted most, even if you had buried it.

Marigold Brandy: A golden spirit served warm, glowing faintly as though sunlight has been trapped inside the glass. When lifted, it releases a soft, floral scent. The first sip draws you and your partner into a shared burst of joy— a memory that makes you swell with happiness. The sensation is so immediate, so electric, that when the memory breaks, your bodies ache to move, to speak, to draw more positivity to light. You may feel an irresistible pull to get up and dance on the wide palace floors, even if no music is playing . . . And if others nearby drink as well, the effect multiplies.

Saints Breath Chalice: A dark, wine-thick cordial served in tarnished silver cups etched with symbols that shift when stared at too long. The liquid smells faintly of frankincense and something sweeter— blood-warm and alive. Drinking it floods you and your partner with the overwhelming sensation of being inside someone else's celebration, a memory that belongs to neither of you: a vast mass of black, with branching antlers and six, glowing red eyes. It reaches to sink its claws into your chest as she sings: One. Beloved. We were meant to be. It is impossible to tell whether you're witnessing joy or manic worship. There is chanting you cannot understand but somehow already know, drums that sync with your heartbeat until you can feel nothing else. Your limbs begin to twitch, then sway, then move without conscious thought, drawn into a dance you do not remember learning. If more than two people drink, your movements synchronize perfectly, your breath matching theirs, until the room seems stop to watch.

The table awaits.

NOTES:
• Feasting becomes addictive. The more a character eats, the harder it is to stop. Gluttony may cause physical consequences: nosebleeds, twitching fingers, warping speech, uncontrollable confessions, or dripping nectar from their mouths.
• Those who refuse to eat at all begin to starve in a dream-sense: they lose color, smell burning, and feel the weight of Sleep's gaze. Her wrath isn't immediate— but it grows the longer you reject the feast. She takes offense.
TOKEN EFFECTS:
• Each spell cast after eating releases parasitic energy— manifesting as flowers, thorns, parasitic insects or rot— either from their own body or from someone they recently touched.
• Casting warps your limbs temporarily: too many joints, fingers curl the wrong way, nerves burn like wires.
• Touching others leaves sigils burned into their skin. These will briefly carry over into the waking world during next month's event. Runecasters will get the innate feeling that this symbol has a meaning summed up as "The Night Does Not Belong To God". How they interpret that is up to them.
OFFERING EFFECTS:
• The act of devouring awakens an overwhelming desire, often physical, but sometimes emotional or spiritual. This desire clings to another Vessel at the table, creating obsessive attachment or aggression.
• The more they eat, the more their monstrous traits subtly emerge.
• Consuming another Vessel's memory (if shared or touched) grants a brief glimpse of their deepest fear or weakness.

There's Something In The Way You Lay

( content warnings: sexual content, voyeurism, body modification, omegaverse traits, loss of agency )
Beneath its pearlescent halls, beyond the banquet of flickering candles and dream-Vessels who eat in hollow silence, a spiral staircase winds downward. Its steps are damp and velvet-slick. The further you descend, the warmer the air becomes— humid, cloying, thick with the scent of sweat, salt, and incense. The sounds reach you first: Slaps, gasps, the wet chorus of bodies and perverse intimacy. Laughter, muffled sobs, the echo of whispered names long forgotten. At the base lies a corridor of "private" rooms. Their doors swing open with dreamlike invitation. Inside, the scenes unfold: past dream-Vessels lost in tableau— arched backs, bitten lips, mouths open in prayer or obedience. Some are alone, coiled in worship. Others tangle in groups, indistinguishable where one body ends and another begins. Vines bloom across the ceilings, watching. The walls glisten with breath. You see their faces, but you can't quite distinguish what or who they are. You may not remember choosing a role, but the dream has chosen for you. α or Ω— and with the naming, your body changes. There is no shame here, only devotion made manifest. This is how Sleep is worshipped now: through cruelty and surrender, through the giving and the taking of flesh.

NOTES
• Masks may optionally offer a sort of glamour for Vessels who wander into these chambers— they will not be able to recognize each other. How much of that, whether it be appearance, voice, and so on, is up to you.
• Past dream-Vessels perform for no one, eyes vacant, movements perfect, as if only a ghost of a memory. Player characters may interact with them and even partake in intimacy with them, but be warned: they are emotionally absent and may cause symptoms of succumbence that could be remedied with a proper, player-character tether.
• Tools hang on the walls: Rods of all sizes, slick with heat. Collars that hum with low, seductive voltage. Blindfolds that intensify physical contact, There's no need for cuffs or chains when there are vines that seem to respond to the α party's mood— tightening, flowering, or reaching for skin. You are free to come up with your own items.
α perks:: Instinctive claiming (done through biting, rubbing, branding, etc), an almost predatory focus and obsession for those who interest them, pack gravity (the ability to attract one or more vessels at once), emitting a scent that ignites heat/rut in others, darker urges surge and a commanding voice.
Ω perks: High pain tolerance, instinctive yielding, emotional synchrony with those being watched, self-lubricating, hypersensitive, scent tracking, intense need to please or be filled emotionally, physically, and spiritually. When touched, glowing runes bloom across the skin.
TOKEN EFFECTS
• Spells cast during acts of intimacy may provoke a heightened sensation of euphoria for both caster and whoever is affected by the spell.
• Magic may manifest as misty appendages— extra hands, tongues, eyes, etc.
• Divine energy becomes volatile when passed through the body— ecstasy may border on agony, or vice versa, and Tethering becomes impossibly euphoric.
OFFERING EFFECTS
• Flesh becomes malleable mid-act— bones bending, jaws unhinging, skin blooming open, etc.
• Animalistic traits emerge: tails, claws, growls, tentacles, scent glands— all begging to be used.
• Feeding and Tethering are indistinguishable— hunger becomes worship, and worship becomes need.

I am not worthy

( content warnings: body horror, violence, gore, parasitic/invasive feeding, death )
Wherever you are, the palace begins to rot. First slowly, then all at once: vines swell with black fluid, splitting at the seams. They burst from beneath marble tiles, coil up pillars, slither across frames and vacant thrones like arteries choking a heart. The candlelight flickers. One by one, the flames throughout the palace float upward . . . And die. No smoke. No warning. Just wet silence. Then the Dream-Vessels begin to fall. They do not scream as they do. They collapse like marionettes, limbs askew. Their flesh splits open along wounds that should not exist— a rip at the neck, teeth marks prying open the ribcage, a bite that swallows half a torso. Bones jut like sculpted ivory. Entrails slither across the floor like garlands. Some burst mid-air, as if the dream demands spectacle. Others fold in on themselves until all that's left of them is a mound of flesh.

"I am not worthy."


One voice. Ten. A thousand—layered, glitching, sweaty. It echoes from the walls, the bodies, the seams in the floor. The corpses twitch in time with the chant, jerking violently. Some snap backwards, eyes wide, jaws unhinged. Others explode— blossoming in gore, raining viscera. From the heaving pile of ruined Dream-Vessels, something forms.

It lurches into being: stitched from tongues, teeth, torsos. Weeping. Wailing. Worshipping. A monstrosity of raw flesh and faith: all failures made meat. Its eyes (are they eyes?) blink out. Arms claw outwards, too many to count. Its scent is of copper, sweat, and sorrow.

When The Abomination chooses to feed, it seeks not flesh, but the softest rot inside you. An appendage uncoils from its writhing mass and unhinged jaw— veined, slick, and trembling like a violated root. It drives itself into your mouth, splitting your lips with obscene tenderness, and sinks deep into your throat, locking you still.

What it draws out is not blood. It siphons your doubts, your fears, your most secret self-hatred. Your inadequacy. Every buried shame. Your hate. Your negativity. Every flinch of unworthiness. Every moment you believed yourself unlovable, unseen, too small. It gorges on what you hide from even yourself, and the more you try to resist, the sweeter your sorrow becomes. The last thing it takes is your life force, and then your viscera, leaving you wilted and shrivled like a hollow log.

This death is violating and feels painfully slow. You're drained raw of your vitality until you're but a brittle husk that breaks to dust in the wind. It seems near impossible to destroy, always reforming into bits and pieces left smudged behind. Perhaps your best bet it to run, or attempt to wake yourself up from this nightmare.

One's voice repeats in choked sobs: I am not worthy.

NOTES:
• Wounds from the beast linger. You may wake bleeding or marked.
• If devoured, characters will awaken the following month extremely fatigued during the first 3-5 days of the month. They may also sporadically rigurgitate black sludge. Characters who die and are already in the game may requesta plot clue, that will be a vision your character will dream of before awakening.
TOKEN EFFECTS
• Magic recoils violently when used on The Abomination, backfiring with psychic screams or ripping into your flesh.
• Your hands glow uncontrollably, burning what you touch— even those you love.
• Magic becomes hungry; it demands pieces of your body to function. A tooth. A nail. A rib (and so on).
OFFERING EFFECTS
• The rage it stirs in you is monstrous. You begin to shift uncontrollably— flesh blooms, bones crack under strain.
• Your body begins moving before you decide to. Twitching toward The Abomination, and toward the scent of despair.
• During the chaos, you may develop a fixation with another Vessel's flaw. You can smell it on them. It entrances you . . . To the point that you may feel the urge to feed them to The Abomination.



OOC NOTES

➤ Welcome to Somnia's second TDM, which doubles as our third gamewide event!

➤ This TDM is considered game canon. You are free to have your character remember as many details as possible.

Only new characters are free to experiment with the Vessel options to your liking; this is a dreamscape, so multiple/different situations for you to really test which option you like most is possible. Current characters must remain as their chosen Vessel type unless you requested a switch, which can be done on the Taken page.

➤ All TDMs take place within a dreamscape, meaning characters can interact with the setting without needing to apply. Come have fun with us!

➤ Veteran players, I ask to please refrain from making post-event threads for the time being! We have some important information to take into account in next month's event when characters are slated to "wake up". At the very least, please wait for the information to be offered on the next plotting post. Thank you everyone for your patience!

➤ Please comment on the TDM's INVITE TL if you are a new player interested in joining the game, but don't yet have an invite. Current players or the mod may reach out to extend an invite. Once you've got one, please don't forget to comment on the Invite page so you may properly link it in your reserve and app.

➤ Questions? Please direct them to the designated questions comment linked below!

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[personal profile] eidxiety 2025-09-16 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh thank the El, no clothes. Somehow he feels better being naked, even though he definitely didn't have that thought at all fifteen minutes ago. Huh.

No time to decipher that one. Ain barely gets much of a glance, actually, and hardly has time to wonder about the shape and size before Wolfwood is on him again. Suddenly he's being rut against, and luckily for him and his nonexistent ability to last, he just came and so he doesn't immediately come undone again... but holy fuck if this isn't overstimulation to the maximum.

His tail curls around Wolfwood's calf, barely there but a reminder that Ain doesn't want him to go anywhere, and he ruts back against the alpha at an impatient, desperate speed. Hips first, then he pushes his chest against Wolfwood's mouth, then hips, then— rinse repeat, because he doesn't know what else to do with his body other than try to get everything all at once. The nipple Wolfwood has been paying the most attention to is starting to get the least bit red and puffy, now to the point of being totally overwhelmed, and honestly... honestly, he fucking loves it.

The spaded tip of his tail starts to wag. He notices it, and he's embarrassed about it because it just seems silly, but... eh, can't bring himself to care. He'll just scratch down Wolfwood's back instead, stopping before his wings so he doesn't ruin the pretty feathers.]
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[personal profile] lupusxylem 2025-09-19 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Ain...is probably going to cum MANY times this evening, if Wolfwood has anything to say about it. That was just the first of many.

Although he does eventually deign to swap to the other side of Ain's chest to give his nipples equal treatment, he isn't exactly gentle about what he's doing either. The way he nips and sucks is a little rough, enough to cause the skin to prickle and sting wherever he goes, yet he always follows it up with a soothing press of lips afterwards. Whether that's intentional or subconscious is anyone's guess when he's feeling this primal about what he's doing, shuddering and groaning deep the second Ain suddenly uses his claws to gouge thin scratches down the middle of his back.]


F-huuck-

[It's the first thing he's said in a while, whispered harshly against Ain's skin before he latches onto that nipple even more firmly, lifting Ain's torso off the bed so he can get him closer as he ruts himself to complete hardness, the slick coming from the precum he's leaking basically entirely coating Ain's midriff at this point.

His actions say one thing: Go ahead, cum for me. It won't be the last time you do.]
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[personal profile] eidxiety 2025-09-19 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[It is, frankly, Not Difficult to get Ain to climax. Like, on a normal day without all of this, his virgin ass would be coming undone because Wolfwood got a little handsy with him. This is normal and expected (?source needed and possibly to be found later) of him. The heat, though, is making things much different. Worse? Better? Ain honestly cannot tell, but he still feels weak and noodly and like the room is spinning sometimes until his vision snaps into clear focus on Wolfwood and Wolfwood alone. Every touch feels like being shocked by lightning. Wolfwood's mouth is almost too hot, and if Ain focuses on it too much, he swears he can feel every bump on Wolfwood's tongue catching on his skin on a near-cellular level.

So yeah, all of that is to say, Wolfwood's wishes are granted in short order. Ain has a kink, sue him, but it doesn't help that Wolfwood is feeding into it so readily. He whines, high-pitched in the back of his throat, feeling himself starting to shake as a second climax hits a half-minute after the first had. This one is stronger. This one leaves his cocks twitching over his stomach after he's spent, but he's still far from done. Despite being two orgasms in, he's still finding himself unsatisfied.

Something is wrong, he thinks, but that thought gets curbstomped immediately. Nothing is wrong, he has a big man on top of him getting him off! What could possibly be wrong here?

His claws sink in and his hips rock harder, faster, like he's trying to convince the alpha to rail him already without words even though he also doesn't know what to expect here. He kind of gets how it works, but does it just... go in? And that's it?? Will he feel calmer after that? More hyped up? What should he do? Is he supposed to do anything??]


Please, please, pleasepleaseplease...

[Beg, maybe? Does begging work?]
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[personal profile] lupusxylem 2025-09-22 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
[By now, where Ain has cum multiple times, Wolfwood...is still hard, and unsatisfied. That won't do, no, not for much longer. The urge to claim Ain is becoming unbearable and overwhelming, to the point where Ain doesn't even really need to beg him for it. It was a foregone conclusion, after all.

Before he does this, though, there's a bit more exploration to be had that he simply can't resist. His wings flap hard once behind him, as if to readjust his positioning and steady his weight on the bed, lest he get overeager and send them both tumbling to the floor. Though, that wouldn't really be an issue...he's pretty sure they'd just continue in a tangle of blankets down there, if it came down to it.

Ain will feel his body being suddenly shifted as Wolfwood grabs him by the thighs and lifts them up, pushing the limits of his flexibility as he props his legs up at his shoulders. It's solely so he can lean in and reach him more easily, pressing his lips firm to a slick-wet perineum just above his entrance, lathing his tongue firmly down so he can lap up the slick left behind. There's so much that Wolfwood could likely indulge down here until he drowns, but he won't linger for too long. Just a bit of a taste, that's all. Let him have this much-

Because once he's had his fill, he'll lift his head and reach down to grab himself, bringing his cock up to let it fall against Ain's front, slippery as he shifts back a fraction to slip the head against the rim of his asshole. From there, it just...

It's an easy shift forward, effortless in the way he's able to slide in deep, plunging his length into the deepest parts of Ain's body where he undoubtedly wants it the most.]
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[personal profile] eidxiety 2025-09-23 05:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ain almost wants to feel embarrassed at the sudden way Wolfwood lifts his hips up and starts sort-of-kind-of eating him out, but that doesn't last long enough to matter really. It's not that he's complaining, he's just shy, okay? Okay.

It turns out, though, that being filled up... does not calm him! Wow! It's not that it's making him worse, either, but it sure does not chill him out any. Aside from the fact that being stuffed has him kind of zoning out for a second like finally, finallyyyy, anyhow. Maybe that counts. Ain does not know, he would not know, he's focused on the fact that Wolfwood just slid in without resistance (turns out being an Omega in heat will do that to you!) and the fact that he's large enough to cause Ain's stomach to bulge outwards.

This surely will not change anything in his brain ever, nope.

He shudders, locking his legs around Wolfwood's hips and crossing his ankles as though he's trying to trap the other man... as if Wolfwood is going anywhere at all right now. Yeah, right. But that's a fear of Ain's, somewhere deep in the back of his mind, so he keeps clinging. He wants Wolfwood to stay, to kiss him, to...

He doesn't entirely know what he's doing, but it feels like there are thin threads connecting them somewhere along the lines, and if he focuses on them, it's almost like he can sort of feel what Wolfwood is feeling. It's a dull throb in the back of his skull.

Oops.]
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[personal profile] lupusxylem 2025-09-30 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wolfwood can't really say it's often, if ever, that he hooks up with someone like this. Opportunities...rarely come up back home, and when they do, it's never for very long. It's not someone you know, and it's just a fling- usually a drunken one- to blow off steam before you're back in the dust again. Never mind the fact he's kindof been emotionally stunted for long enough that having this kind of connection with someone is as difficult as it is...so maybe it makes sense that it took this sort of unusual circumstance for this to happen. Like, this isn't just a one-night stand (those usually kindof suck anyway), this is......unusually intense. Passionate. He doesn't think he's ever made love with this level of intensity before, like his body is moving completely on its own, driven by instincts he's never once had.

Which is to say, as Ain locks his legs around his hips and pulls him inwards, Wolfwood responds in the exact way you'd expect. He powers his hips down and more or less pins Ain to the mattress as he thrusts, his length entering him so deeply that he'll feel the resistance as he hits his prostate before he pulls back again. And again, and again. Yet it doesn't satisfy- not yet- and simply amplifies his hunger for more.

...then he feels it, too. That connection building between them, even if he doesn't fully understand it. It's making everything more intense than ever before, the pleasure mounting between them at an alarming fever pitch. It causes Wolfwood to growl in the back of his throat before he suddenly kisses Ain hard, smothering his moans with his own mouth, even though those moans feel like they're reverberating in his own throat as he moves.

Maybe they are.]