[OPEN] [Warning for cannibalism and gore!]

[shantiprayer]

((Backdated to before the icebreaker mingle
Warnings: References to and discussion of cannibalism. Maybe descriptions of gore? Also some crazy of a different flavor than last Jaunt.))


[Over the last couple of days Sera had steadily gotten more and more withdrawn. Surely that was understandable, given what had happened to her in the last Jaunt? Except it wasn't about that; it was something worse. Something she gave no other outward sign of until she was forced at last to reach out on the psychic network. Now without the strength to even try to filter her emotions, her mental voice brings with it her desperation, fear, and hunger. the thoughts come in fragments, like she's having trouble focusing.]

Please- Please, I need help- I- I have the Demon Virus. I need to devour-

REND. KILL. [Here there is a shift in the mental voice. It is still obviously Sera, but it feels different. It's harsher, almost feral, and brings with it a sensation of bloodlust. Sera's struggle against these alternate instincts can be felt as well. Desperate to stay in control, but slipping with terrifying frequency.]

No! Please I need to- Need to devour people- Devour or I lose control. But There's no enemies here. No morgue. I don't want to hurt-

OM MANI PADME HM

Don't want to hurt anyone- But- But if I don't devour I'll lose control- And then I'll hurt everyone! Please- Please, if the Virus takes over- Someone stop me before- Before I hurt my comrades-

EAT THEM ALL EAT THEM ALL EAT THEM ALL EAT THEM ALL EAT THEM ALL EAT THEM ALL!

No, please!


((OOC: Hijikata and Leonardo will be stopping her from rampaging, but in the meantime everyone's welcome to speak to her psychically!))

Comments

[shantiprayer]

In a supply closet. An empty science classroom. Don't- Don't know exactly which one. No people-

NO PREY

No people. [The word "people" is strongly emphasized in her mind and by her emotions. No, she refused to think of people as prey, no matter what her demon's instincts were trying to make her think.]

It- It depends. How much magic- How much I change. Used too much in Liminal Space- Sped up- Panicking- Stupid!

[detectivewonder]

Have you been killed in a Jaunt before?

[shantiprayer]

Yes. I... think? Hard to remember- the last-

[There is a serge of anxiety at the end that overtakes even the more animalistic emotions for a few seconds. But since she was probably about the say the last Jaunt, it's hard to tell whether it's memories of dying or memories of the jaunt itself that caused it.]

[detectivewonder]

Does that reset the hunger?

[shantiprayer]

No- But wasn't myself- Wasn't even my other self- Being someone else... suspends- doesn't reset but- but not hungrier-

HUNGRY

[detectivewonder]

Damn.

I'm on my way. If you can't find anyone else first-

[shantiprayer]

Others are coming- Says can regenerate- Safer, buy some time- Don't want to risk hurting more than I need-

NEED TO KILL

[detectivewonder]

One more question.

If we have to - what's the easiest way to put you down?

[shantiprayer]

[For a moment the connection is flooded with palpable fear, something so strong it makes even the the more animalistic instincts seeping through to shrink back. Human and demon instincts now practically screaming in unison.]

I aM NoT thAT!

[It takes an effort of will to shake off that fear enough for her to focus on the here and now, but it's still there as an undercurrent.]

Fire- Varnani is aligned to ice and water- and weak to fire- Please! If it comes to- If you have to use that- Don't tell Alcuin!

[detectivewonder]

I understand.

[shantiprayer]

[A wave of relief mixes with the hunger and fear.]

Thank you.