Monday - 1/21/08
Who: Aden and OPEN (fair warning, if your character is overly emotional, his/her emotions will most likely be temporarily changed/drained.) What: An encounter? Who knows. Where: On campus, outside. When: Monday, late afternoon/early evening. Rating: Wouldn't have a clue.
Oh, the insanity.
It was rather entertaining, in a uniquely morbid way. There were people running to and fro without memories of who or what they were, people in love who should not have been, and just plain strange behavior. Whomever had done this was either a complete idiot, or some sort of twisted genius.
Aden stepped outside in the cold winter weather, quite pleased with himself for not being affected (or at least, not that he could tell). It was quite folly to think that he could fix things by himself, or even fix things with the help of the few sane individuals left, so he barely bothered. Of course, he intervened if he thought someone was a danger to themselves or others, but mostly he just let them revel in their new little world.
He slowly took out a cigarette with his gloved yet nimble fingers, lighting it with a practiced ease. There was a boy quite a ways away, he observed while taking a nice long drag, and he appeared to be kicking the corner of the building like a lunatic. It was simple to slip into the boys mind, to be hit by the waves of anger and frustration, to sense the current instability in his emotions. It took merely a second to swap out the child's anger for joy, his frustration for contentment. It was unethical, yes. But he would rather be unethical than have the kid do something he would probably later regret.
The empath watched with a slight smile as the boy made his way up the stairs of the building he was just kicking, a pleasant little grin on his face. He heard footsteps behind him, and turned to satisfy his curiosity.