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MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2016-04-04 11:02:00

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370 - Fear Itself: The Revenge

(OOC: EVENT INFO | RAFFLE THREAD)

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marinanova_npc
2016-04-04 05:32 pm UTC (link)

What kind of question is that? [ He chuckles darkly, taking another drag off the cigarette. As if this is any evening, as if this is nothing. ]

Are you real? Is any of this? [ His voice lowers, finding that little hook it's been looking for. ] Is that what you tell yourself when you can't sleep at night? That none of this is real to begin with so it never happened..?

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readystopwatch
2016-04-04 05:51 pm UTC (link)

[He takes a step back, foot bumping into the flashlight and sending it rolling away into the darkness. He doesn't know if it makes it better or worse not to be able to see him clearly. As for what's real or not all he knows is the pain was real. The last time he saw this face it was through a haze of agony as this man took his body apart bit by bit. And whether or not it was in his mind doesn't matter in the face of how much it hurt. In his short life he's seen monsters and other dimensions, horrifying levels of death and destruction and hopelessness and none of it has scared him as much as this man does. None of it hurt him like he did.]

Please, please just leave me alone.

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	marinanova_npc 2016-04-04 05:56 pm UTC (link)
	Ah-ah-ah... that's not how we're playing this. [ He drops the cigarette, grinding it out against the ground. Demonstrably. ] It's just you and me... relax. We have time. We have all the time in the world. No one is going to disturb us. We can do it all over again... and again and again, now that i know you'll just come back. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

readystopwatch
2016-04-04 06:21 pm UTC (link)

[He wants to protest that he doesn't understand, that none of this makes sense. Why him? Last time he was so sure it was random but this makes it feel different. Deliberate. He doesn't understand why it's happening, why he's back or why he found him again or any of it. He doesn't realize he's still backing up until he hits a wall, realizes he's trapped against a building, as unable to escape as he was last time. He's shaking so hard he would probably collapse without the extra support anyway but that doesn't feel like an advantage right now. All he knows is he can't run. He wants to protest, to point out that someone will surely save him but he knows it's not true. No one did last time, after all.]

Just kill me. [Barely a whisper. He'd rather just die and get it over with than have it drawn out like last time. He was so glad when it ended before.]

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	marinanova_npc 2016-04-04 06:27 pm UTC (link)
	[ And Tyki keeps stepping in, closer inch by inch until he's near enough to touch without touching. That's the thing. Can't touch, can't actually physically do anything but revel in the waves of absolute terror that's coming off the man. How long can they milk this? ] Oh no... that would be too easy. I like to take my time, you know that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

readystopwatch
2016-04-04 06:36 pm UTC (link)

[They can get away with this for a long, long time. Not being touched yet doesn't even register. Tyki took his time before, too. He made a game of it, walking him to the bar, offering him a drink. That's what this feels like now, too. Like he's being toyed with because Tyki can. Because he really does have all the time in the world and no one is going to interrupt them.

He's not sure when he started crying; maybe he has been for awhile now but he only just starts to notice the tears soaking their way down his face. They're silent, like if he stays quiet he'll forget about him and go away. Somehow it seems unlikely. His legs give out and he slides slowly down the wall at his back until he's on the ground, staring up at him in absolute terror.]

Please, just... [Just what? Nothing he says will work.] Please.

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marinanova_npc
2016-04-04 06:45 pm UTC (link)

[ This is delightful, delicious, delectable, a proper feast and as long as Vapor can take advantage of this, they'll stay close by and siphon off that fear, every last drop of it until there's nothing left but a shivering shell.

Grin gleaming in the dark, Tyki crouches down in front of Ianto, looking him over with childish glee. ]

No magic words will save you, Ianto. Nothing will save you. I'll peel your skin of, strip by strip.

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chipswiththat
2016-04-04 07:19 pm UTC (link)

[ Except, this time something will save him. Spike's been out in the dark, using his night vision to try and do something good for once, fighting off raptors and completing escort missions. He wasn't looking for anyone in particular, assumed Ianto would stay close to Jack through this but there's no mistaking that familiar shape and just like that he changes direction, sprints over as fast as he can. ]

Ianto!

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	readystopwatch 2016-04-04 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	[The new arrival doesn't even really register with him yet. He's still slumped against the wall in terror, staring up hopelessly at Tyki. It's not real, just his imagination trying to convince him things will be different this time. He kept hoping for a rescue last time, too after all. It wasn't real then, either.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

chipswiththat
2016-04-04 07:34 pm UTC (link)

[ The dark figure does fade out into shadow as the hurried footsteps come closer, melting into nothing as if it was never there in the first place. Spike isn't thinking much on it in the moment, didn't even really get a good look at what it was and seeing as it wasn't a fucking lizard with kitchen knives for teeth, he doesn't care.

He comes to an abrupt halt in front of Ianto, quickly falling to his knees, looking for injuries. Kind of wishes he'd brought his coat after all, even if it meant tearing the leather. ]

Oi... look at me. Are you hurt?

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readystopwatch
2016-04-04 08:03 pm UTC (link)

[Even as Tyki vanishes he still feels like he can't breathe, as though he must still be there, lurking in the shadows, laughing and waiting. He's so focused on wildly looking for him that he starts in surprise as Spike suddenly appears in his vision, crying out in shock. For a split second he stares at him in disbelief then throws himself into his arms, barely making contact before the forcefield activates and hurls him back to land in a limp, shuddering ball of sobbing agony on the ground.]

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chipswiththat
2016-04-04 08:16 pm UTC (link)

[ The forcefield takes him by surprise, just one last cherry on a shit cake and he can't keep himself from jolting back. ]

Fuck! [ Okay... okay. Let's try a different approach, if touching is out of the question. Remind him to goddamn eviscerate the wardens first chance he gets. ]

Ianto... listen to me, okay? Listen. You're okay... you're safe. [ Well. For now. ] I got you. I need you to calm down so we can get the hell out of here. You think you can do that for me?

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readystopwatch
2016-04-04 08:39 pm UTC (link)

[Calm down? No, he absolutely cannot do that, not when he knows Tyki is still out there, still waiting. They're both in danger but doesn't this encounter prove how pointless running is? If Tyki wants to hurt him nothing is going to stop him. None of the things they tried worked, obviously. Even whatever forces govern this place can't keep him away.]

He was here. [His voice is thick with tears, almost unintelligible through the sobs. He's still curled in on himself like that's going to help at all.]

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	chipswiththat 2016-04-04 08:46 pm UTC (link)
	[ Fuck. Fuck. They don't have time for this, his attention split between the pile of sobbing man on the ground and their surroundings, tensely scanning for incoming raptors. At least they don't have the luxury of hiding in the shadows. ] What are you talking about? Who was here? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

readystopwatch
2016-04-04 09:13 pm UTC (link)

[There is nothing out there that could be more dangerous than what Ianto's already encountered. A new flash of fear strikes him, a terrified worry about what might happen to Spike if he comes back. He's going to hurt both of them, and Ianto is going to be just as useless as last time, too scared and helpless and stupid to do anything to get away until it's too late. He has to warn him, at least, maybe convince him to leave while he still can.]

Tyki. He was right... You've got to go, he'll come back. [Its a way of protecting him, even if it's as weak and useless as he feels.]

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chipswiththat
2016-04-04 09:16 pm UTC (link)

Tyki? [ That doesn't sound right. He'd know, wouldn't he? If he slipped in with the last batch of newcomers, Spike would know. They were still on good terms last Tyki was here. Something isn't right here. ]

I can handle Tyki. [ If he's here, he can handle Tyki. A swift beheading, before he has any clue what's going on because once he clues in then yeah, they're fucked. Thoroughly. ]

Come on. Get up. We need to go.

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	readystopwatch 2016-04-04 09:29 pm UTC (link)
	[He staggers upright, shaking like a leaf and clearly in no condition to move fast. But if Spike won't leave he has to try, anything to get him away from here and safe before Tyki comes back. Handle him? Unlikely. No one can handle him. He's back and untouched after all, isn't he?] Where? He'll follow us. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

chipswiththat
2016-04-04 09:35 pm UTC (link)

[ If it weren't for these bloody bands he'd do some of that sweeping he promised right about now. It'd allow them to move faster, get someplace safe to hash this out without the constant threat of a mouth full of teeth hanging over them. ]

Inside. Don't care where, as long as we can lock out- [ And, on cue, there's a reptilian shriek. Closing in, fast. ] -them. Fuck!

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readystopwatch
2016-04-04 09:48 pm UTC (link)

[Ianto whimpers at the noise, too strung out on nerves to even scream. It's probably him coming back, it has to be. When he spots the raptor it's almost a relief. He swallows hard, trying to get control enough to move. He's done this before, he's stood up to monsters, he can handle this. It's no worse than a weevil. But he's never faced a weevil when he was too scared to think or plan or make a snappy comment. This is so different but he's not going to let himself be the reason Spike gets hurt so he does his best to nod, eyes still red and wet and not at all confident looking.]

I can run. Not far, I don't think. But I can do it.

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	chipswiththat 2016-04-04 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	[ This isn't great. These things move fast and although it's great that Ianto isn't on the ground like a warm buffet, chances are they won't make it all that far. Not like this. He does a quick scan of the area, spotting one of the apartment buildings not too far from here. ] That building, you see it? Get your ass in there. I'll buy you some time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

readystopwatch
2016-04-04 10:54 pm UTC (link)

[If it were Jack giving him instructions he'd follow them immediately, partially because he knows Jack always comes back and partially because first and foremost he's always been his boss. Now he wastes juts enough time to say,] Don't get hurt.

[Its not much but it means more, like he really cares if something does happen. Then he's off, staggering towards the apartment. It's Chuck's building and he's been here before so he remembers where the door is, makes it there and waits just inside, holding it open, not going a single step farther until Spike is here, too.]

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chipswiththat
2016-04-05 06:25 am UTC (link)

[ He won't get hurt, this is his bloody back yard, the thing he knows how to do better than anything else in the entire world. He wastes no time before vamping out and sure, the original plan had been to hold the raptor off or scare it away but when he finally joins Ianto at the door it's clear he did a little more than that.

It takes some effort to disengage the game face but he manages, wiping blood off with the back of his hand. Lizards taste nasty, as it happens. There's a scratch on his arm, slowly knitting itself together. ]

You alright?

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readystopwatch
2016-04-05 12:07 pm UTC (link)

[He looks far more worried about the scratch than the blood or the vampire face, repeating desperately to himself that it's from the raptor, not something else. He stares out wildly into the dark for one last long moment before slamming the door shut. Is he alright? Physically yes, but emotionally? Not even close. How can he be alright with Tyki out there ready to return at any moment?

He takes a few steps back and bumps into an apartment door. It's ajar, furnished but uninhabited looking. One more door he can get between himself and Tyki and he staggers inside. Only then does he try and answer that question because there really is only one answer to it.]

No, I don't think I am.

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chipswiththat
2016-04-05 12:15 pm UTC (link)

[ At least here they won't get snuck up on by raptors and just to make sure Spike locks the door behind him, in case the overgrown lizards have learned how to work a handle. He should probably wash up, make himself look a little less grisly, but that can wait a little longer. ]

Are you hurt? [ He doesn't look hurt but why don't we start with the easier questions and hope that'll calm the both of them down enough to reach the point where perfectly platonic physical contact can happen. ]

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readystopwatch
2016-04-05 12:28 pm UTC (link)

[He shakes his head because no, he's not physically hurt. That didn't happen this time. Spike saved him. Someone actually came. It's an overwhelming feeling, one that cuts through all the terror still surging through him and lets him feel like he can finally catch his breath. He doesn't feel safe yet or anything remotely close to alright but he no longer looks like he's about to collapse.]

No, he didn't hurt me. He was going to but then you came.