Week 5

[airlockedmods]

[Five weeks in, and suddenly your numbers have been reduced by a lot. All evidence of Oda's methodical slaughter has been wiped away by the robots, but getting rid of the memories isn't going to be so easy. Not to mention the emotional scars.

Again on Sunday morning, you'll find yourselves with some new memories and some new items. Today, however, there are no new rooms.]

Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday


(( ooc: Don't forget to turn in your AC for Week 4, submit your memory regains, and put in your Benefactor threads! ))

Comments

It could be worse.

[toomanybaseballs]

Hello?

[He's checking the door and... It's unlocked? Uh. Leon cracks the door just a bit. Not to disturb him or anything, but...]

Uh... Soma? Did you have a "nightmare?" What's wrong?

Not much!

[power_of_dominance]

[Soma's sitting on his cot, back to the wall, now with his knees drawn up to his chest and his arms locked around his legs. His face is hidden and he's visibly shaking.]

... p-- pleacă de aici....

[Yup, he just switched to Romanian to tell Leon to go away. Not that Leon would know Romanian, so... Soma's brains are scrambled, okay?]

[toomanybaseballs]

Uh....

[Leon does not know this language either. Is it also Latin? Greek? Who knows?]

... Are you trying to... Uh... Do those spell things John was into?

[He hasn't really come inside the cell, so Soma can be greatful Leon has a chance to escape if he has to.]

[power_of_dominance]

... get away... run, before I... I....

[He's speaking something Leon can understand now, but his accent is different. It's Soma's voice, and yet he sounds like a different person.

His hands curl and uncurl. Are his nails... longer? Sharper?]

... h-- how can I keep my promise to Toko... like this...?

[toomanybaseballs]

Holy shi-

[Oooookay, yikes?]

[Leon's really getting worried now. What the hell is going on?]

I'll.... Uh. I'll be right back. I think I have something that might help?

[Quickly shutting the door and walking away for a bit. He'll be back very soon.]

[power_of_dominance]

[Not like Soma is moving from his spot. The room will smell faintly of blood by the time Leon returns, he's been crying a lot.]

[toomanybaseballs]

[Leon ain't going in there, but after 30 minutes, Leon slips a makeshift envelope and a note under the door.]

[power_of_dominance]

[It takes another hour past that, but eventually Soma uncurls and gets up to retrieve the items. Bringing them back to the bed, he curls up again before opening the note.]

[toomanybaseballs]

[Hope you're not susceptible to protective charms now, because that's what's in the envelope. The note reads...]

John showed me how to make these magic charms to ward off hostile magic. I didn't really believe in this stuff until it almost saved John's life. Not sure if this will cure you of turning into a vampire (I'm guessing Kiss-Shot whatever managed to infect you somehow before she died) but it might help. Just keep these on you and you should be fine. Hopefully.

Also, planning to get the guitar fixed. Do you want me to tell Fukawa what happened?

cw suicidal thoughts

[power_of_dominance]

[Soma slowly reaches into the envelope, dreading what will happen. Though he's not blasted or burned by the charms, touching them brings an unpleasant stinging to his fingertips, tolerable in intensity but still a reminder of what he is. He shoves the envelope under his pillow.

Fukawa. Does he want Fukawa to know what happened? He doesn't want anyone to know! He wants to lock himself in this cell until he starves to death, because already he can feel the cravings setting in thanks to the blood loss from crying. He's terrified that she'd let him feed on her, he'd take too much, and they wouldn't need a trial because he'd just confess....]

... help me... someone... [Kiss-Shot didn't do this to him, he's a nightmare that poor vampire child could never even dream of. The thought is so ludicrous, he starts to chuckle through his tears, building to quiet but full-blown hysteria.] ... h-- help me... help me... help me help me help me....

HEY FUKAWA

[toomanybaseballs]

[... That doesn't sound like it helped at all.]

[Crap.]

[Sorry, pal, Leon's gonna go find your girlfriend and tell her everything. You clearly need help.]

[induality]

[She was trying to pick herself up a little, taking some extra paper from the closet to maybe do some writing. Seeing nearly everyone in a terrible state like this-- she felt like she should try to be strong.

To bad it's not destined to last.]

What's the matter with you?!

[She talked to him earlier and he was fine. Why does he look like he's in a panic now?!]

[toomanybaseballs]

GAH!

[Okay, calm down! You'll only rile her up more!]

[Not that the news is gonna be very good.]

Oh- Uh... Hey, have you checked on Soma lately?

[induality]

EEK!

[Why are we yelling?!


...


That's not even real news and her stomach drops. It was just... it hadn't even been a day since she saw him. No... no. Noooooo no no no.]

What are you talking about? What's going on?! Out with it now!!

[Sorry she. Doesn't want this dragged out.]

[toomanybaseballs]

[Oh crap she's panicking! HOW DOES HE EXPLAIN THIS!]

Uh...!!!

It's- Well!

... Soma's turning into a vampire.

[induality]

[Shit. Fuck. Dammit, not now... Not just after... Urghhhh...

She has to...

Do.

Something.]

...where is he?!

[toomanybaseballs]

In his room. I put some protective charms under the door but I don't know if it's helping.

[Leon, they're not really helping at all.]

You might wanna be careful. He's not taking it well.

[He can lead you to the vampire's lair if you're feeling like Mina Harker today, Touko.]

[induality]

[Guess who's not stopping to listen to your warnings, Leon? This girl. As soon as he tells her where she takes off running.

...


FEEL LIKE FOLLOWING SO SHE MAYBE DOESN'T GET HERSELF KILLED?]

[toomanybaseballs]

[Why not?]

Hey! Wait!

[Ultimate Baseball Star should be able to catch up with Literary Prodigy, but given the girl's been running around a lot lately...]

[induality]

Hurry up!

[She won't run too far ahead, but she's still totally focused on the hallway until she reaches Soma's door, which stands out extra well now with the charms on it.

But then she... freezes.

What is she supposed to do? What can she do?]

[power_of_dominance]

[Maybe the sound of very quiet sobbing, punctuated now and then by what sounds like weak, unsteady chuckles, might be enough of a motivator?

Investigate?]

[toomanybaseballs]

[Leon is in front of the door now and... He looks really nervous now.]

[Kind of standing behind Touko, since she's the one with the split personality that can defend herself.]

Seriously... Be careful going in there...

[induality]

[Urgugugughghgh. Fukawa smacks her cheeks a few times, snapping herself out of it. If she doesn't do something this could... this could be a disaster.

If... worst came to worst she could handle it better than most. If she needed to, she could use her.]

...don't worry. I'll be fine.

[Deep breath and then-- loud enough for Soma to hear her...]

I'm coming in whether you like it or not. So... just open the door.

[power_of_dominance]

[The sobbing inside the cell cuts off with a choked gasp at the sound of Fukawa's voice. There's a couple seconds of silence, followed by a soft whisper.]

... Fukawa, I-- I don't... want you to see....

[toomanybaseballs]

[What? He didn't get all that. Too scary and whispery.]

[Then again he isn't sure what to do here.]