67: We have a problem. [Forward dated to after the Wonderland gig.]

[cheerupemoborg]

[Still in a drowsy state, He hung lazily off of his bed, face pasted in a pool of his own drool as he snored the hours away. That's just how things work. You sleep. You wake up. Though sleeping without a companion was not a thing Wheatley did often. And he certainly didn't remember not doing so earlier.

Rolling off the bed, in a clumsy flail of limbs, the first thing he realized was his hands.
His very muscular hands.
Then it was his biceps.

Holding his hands out in front of him, stupefied, he squinted, calling out to the woman who he thought was in the room with him.]

Uhhhh... love?

[Looking around, it had been only then he realized he was somewhere else. Somewhere that wasn't his house. He's been kidnapped!

No wait.

Slowly, his eyes trail down to the puddle of drool on the floor. Leaning forward slowly, he was surprised to see his face wasn't the one he woke up with.]

Ahhh???

[Shattering sounds!]

AGHGHHHAHHAHHAHAHHHHHHH????

[Crash.]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH??!!!

[Screaming at the top of his lungs, someone was bound to hear him in his room.]

Comments

[sawadeertoday]

I'll find a way to open this door. [ she threatened- oh god. The more she spoke to him, the more it became alarmingly clear. He was exactly like Wheatley! ]

[cheerupemoborg]

N-no! No... no. Don't you dare touch that door! That-- that's not your property!

[He looks around, scrambling for things to barracade the door with. She's not particularly strong-- of course she can't break through... but you can never be too safe.]

[sawadeertoday]

[ She huffs. ]

And I care because?

[ Time to bluff. She has a sneaking suspicion, but... ]

I know it's you. Just let me in and we can talk about this properly.

[cheerupemoborg]

[What? She KNOWS? Hank is going to kill him? He was doing so well!]

N-no!

[Childish much?]

I... don't know what you're talking about!

[sawadeertoday]

[ So that wasn't working.

She fell quiet before being much more subdued. Maybe if she played to his love for her... ]

Please. I want to see you.

[cheerupemoborg]

[A pause. He wouldn't reply for a few moments, but eventually the door unlocked and he opened it a crack, peeking out nervously.]

...

[sawadeertoday]

[ She looks at him. ]

... I just want to talk.

[cheerupemoborg]

Y-yes...yes. I'm here.

[He lowers his head. He was unmistakably Wheatley. He wouldn't let her through the door though, it was still open just a crack.]

[sawadeertoday]

Is this the castle's fault?

[ she asked, simply, keeping her voice generally subdued. Wouldn't do to have him shut the door in her face, after all. ]

[cheerupemoborg]

...

[A small nod.]

P-please don't tell him I told you.
I'm not actually supposed to be talking to you.
But-- but I couldn't help it!
It's terribly lonely, you know.

[sawadeertoday]

It's fine.

[ She hesitates. ]

How about you let me in so he doesn't come across us?...

[ Wait. So that means she had been with Hank before.

Oh. That made things leagues more awkward. ]

[cheerupemoborg]

[He shakes his head.]

B-bad idea. No. You weren't supposed to come in his room at all you know.

[sawadeertoday]

I won't look at anything. [ she adds, awkwardly reaching a hand. Peacefully- not forcing it through the door, but letting it near the door. ]