004 - I have no mouth...

[fistfullofmagic]

[The Clinic had seemed a safe place before the incident...

Dhaos had been heading down to the visit Duke not so long ago. Nothing had seemed out of the ordinary that morning. Not until just inside the Clinic when he spotted a cat. It was a bit of a mangy looking animal, but would simply have passed for a stray if not for the almost human-like intelligence in its eyes and the hands where its front paws should have been.

'Poor soul,' he thought. It was probably considered strange by human and animal alike, and perhaps shunned by most. He had approached it slowly, taking care not to startle it.]

Hello there.

[Dhaos wasn't quite sure what happened next. All he knew was that the cat had suddenly launched itself at him, and the last thing he saw before hitting the floor was that pair of glowing yellow eyes. And now...?

...Now all he can do is scream inside his own head as he clutches at the blank expanse that used to be his face...]




((ooc: This is backdated to around 10ish this morning. As it is canon that Dhaos does have the ability to speak inside people's heads, feel free to be able to "hear" him.))

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[radiantwingedone]

[ Screaming has that wonderful side effect of making Duke really want to make it stop, so he's stumbling out of the clinic doors to find the source of the screaming.

He may trip over it. ]

[fistfullofmagic]

[Despite being accidentally kicked in the ribcage, the screaming continues uninterrupted. Perhaps it is even louder than before.

There are no words to the screams. Just a sense of overwhelming terror, and snatches of things that might be interpreted as words...

'...face...'

'...hurts...!'

'MAKE IT STOP']

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke winces. ]

I hear you, you can stop. [ He just.. needs to find who he tripped over. He has trouble focusing when there is screaming this loud, so his hands probably don't find face first.

But he doesn't know what could make a face hurt and not smell like blood at all... ]

[fistfullofmagic]

[It takes a moment, but the screams (or has it been just one continuous scream from the beginning?) eventually die down to a thick sense of terror.

'Help me...']

[radiantwingedone]

[ Duke freezes, abruptly realizing, with that wave of terror that made him want to jump up and find somewhere to hide, that the screaming and the words had not been in his ears, but in his head.

This would be some sort of startled panic right back at Dhaos. ]

[fistfullofmagic]

[Needless to say, it really doesn't help. It simply prompts Dhaos to instinctively reach for the source of that startled panic.

...If Dukes hand is anywhere on Dhaos' ribcage, he may have noticed that the person he's trying to help has not been breathing since he found him. It's a terrible feeling, that lack of air, and oh how Dhaos wishes he wasn't forced to experience this once again. He almost wishes he didn't have the ability to survive without air...]

[madetosin]

[All this screaming draws Muraki's attention from somewhere in the clinic. Right away he knows that it's odd, because the voice is too near and he doesn't see anybody else around, at first.

It's noticing Duke has left his bed that leads him to search, more in idle curiosity than real concern.

He notes Duke and the struggling form of the other man and moves asides to see around Duke and...

Well, that's not something he expected to see...]

[radiantwingedone]

...?! [ Duke's a little too close to all that panic for much to get past that exhale, and he really isn't liking that this panic and fear isn't his but is still effecting him and

Was that footsteps from the clinic? Duke lifts his head and blinks in the right direction - he hopes. ]

Not breathing. [ Although why may be more obvious to someone else... ]

[madetosin]

His face is...

[No...no time to try and figure out the 'why'...]

Nevermind. He can't we need to move him into the clinic. Now.

[And he move over and start to lift the man up.]

A hand, if you would...

[radiantwingedone]

.... [ Move someone.

Duke can help with other ways than just lifting -

This would be a focus moment where Duke knocks away that panic and slaps Levitation onto the man. ]

Should help. [ He's blind, other-doctor-person, he wouldn't be that much help with actually picking him up and walking-

Although after a moment of indecision, he pulls the screamer-in-minds off the ground for better floating. It cuts his weight, so it should be easier. ]

[fistfullofmagic]

[The sudden feeling of weightlessness startles Dhaos out of his blind panic, kick-starting the analytical (and slightly paranoid) side of his brain that had saved his life many times before. What was happening? He recognizes the one who cast the spell on him as Duke, but who is this other person?

'Where are you taking me?']

[madetosin]

[Muraki raises a brow at Duke. He mostly just wanted help getting Duke off the floor. He probably could have carried the man, but this was more than helpful. Interesting.]

Very good, thank you.

[He picks Dhaos up and starts moving, and answers accordingly.]

Into the clinic.

[spongetastic]

[was that someone screaming in his head? What the hell? He tries to focus on the scream, reaching out with his own thoughts]

[fistfullofmagic]

[Dhaos isn't even close to calm enough to do anything more gentle than to latch onto that other presence and refuse to let go. Peter had better have been prepared for a wave of incoherent terror.]

[spongetastic]

[okay the sound is definitely somewhere in the castle. Trying to keep the contact while not passing out, he makes his way downstairs.

"I'm here. It's okay." He tries to send out these thoughts, and other calming ones]

[fistfullofmagic]

[While it does not entirely help, the assurance is enough to calm him enough to think just coherently enough to put together sentences. Unfortunately, they may or may not be any more helpful than simple terror.

'MY FACE! IT HAS MY FACE!']

[spongetastic]

[did he just say his face? Peter makes it to the bottom of the stairs and has to stop. The terror is much closer now. He wants to help this person, and there's only one thing he can think of to do that:

"I'll find it."]

[fistfullofmagic]

[For a moment there is nothing. Then, '...A cat. It had hands. Human hands.]

[spongetastic]

[... Yeah, he just heard that. This castle is seriously twisted. He'll have to make sure people don't go crazy hunting down all the cats.

"Okay." And then because he probably should've said this earlier, "I can take you to the clinic"]

[ninjainviolet]

[Sheena, in pony form, is trotting through the castle on her way to the kitchen for something to eat when she hears a familiar voice screaming.]

Dhaos?

[She calls his name and looks around, trying to find him, while moving ahead slowly--despite her nerves telling he to run. The sounds grows louder the closer she gets to the clinic, and now she begins to trot again, skidding to a stop when she sees him before her and realizes the screams ARE IN HER MIND. She moves closer, unsure what she can do in her current condition, but she's going to try.].

Dhaos?! Dhaos?!

So sorry it took FOREVER to get back to this... ;;

[fistfullofmagic]

[He doesn't respond at first, other than to flinch. After a moment though, he recognizes that voice as someone he knows. He blindly reaches for her, revealing just what had happened to make him so distressed.]

*hugs* It's okay.

[ninjainviolet]

[Sheena doesn't move forward at first because of what she sees rooting her to the spot in not fear, but utter and total shocking horror. Who could have done such a thing? Her hesitation is brief ans she finally steps forward, speaking a warning of her own.]

Dhaos, I'm a little different right now. I've been turned into a pony--like one of the ones here, so don't panic, okay?

[She lowers her head to his hand, nuzzling it gently in as much of a comforting manner as she can.]