888, damn, you're great. Move it so you can sock it to me one more-- wait.

[wagers]

Who: Vriska Serket (wagers), Nepeta Leijon (rogueofheart), Jane Crocker (cyan_maid), Rose Lalonde (fluthlu), Aradia Megido (psych0p0mps), Chell (silentrunning), & Blues (whistles_the_blues).
What: A final confront8tion aboard the Event Horizon.
When: Today!
Where: The Event Horizon!
Rating: Just a warning for violence and death. You know how trolls do.


[She'd continuing to sit atop the core. Spinning. Forever spinning. It did not matter that is was a ridiculous inclination, and it certainly did not matter that she hadn't moved in what felt like years, she knew that any further action past this point was futile.

She would never get better. She would never be able to forget what she saw. Nothing would change her state of mind. Nothing no one said, nothing that anyone would even attempt to do-- it was all in vain.

They would all be dead soon.]

Comments

And the countdown starts NOW

[cyan_maid]

As soon as the doors opened, as soon as she possibly could, Jane threw herself into the Event Horizon. She doesn't know where to go or what she'll do, but she does know one thing.

She has to get Vriska out of here.

Out of all the screams and breakdowns she had only heard over the journals, Vriska's scared her the most because it was so...calm. So content with oblivion. So not Vriska. That and, well, this was her friend. She didn't know how many other friends had gotten hurt here, but she knows of Vriska for sure, so by hook or by crook, she will drag the troll back to the Lewis and Clark.

And, as fate would have it, her aimless running has led her out of the warpaths of the corrupted and right to the core. And that's where she sees her.

"Vriska!!!"

Re: And the countdown starts NOW

[silentrunning]

[Oh she's out of the war path of the corrupted. But one is following her. Chell knows Jane...A bit. Oooh. Someone else she could help. So she's stalking along, right behind this girl. Why is she heading toward the gravity core? It's too late to stop this, too late... too late...

But for now, she'll follow and watch.]

[cyan_maid]

[Jane is very much focused on Vriska, so she doesn't notice that she's been followed. She tries again.]

Vriska, it's me! I came!! Didn't I tell you I would?

[rogueofheart]

[The sound of Jane's voice is a welcome one, and it kicks her out of her hazy daze. With the hallucinations at their worst and having already lost touch with everyone she's encountered, the voice cuts through and Nepeta's head lifts. Jane?]

Oh no.

[No, Jane. No. No no no no don't go near Vriska you have to stay away you have to stay away!! And despite the fact that she's throwing herself into more danger, she has to warn Jane.]

[cyan_maid]

[Still no response? Fine. That's fine. Jane will just shout louder.]

I said I'd make your suffering stop! Don't you remember? Getting out of here is the first step to do that! Come on, it's not safe here!

[silentrunning]

[And that's about the time that Chell speaks up from directly behind Jane.]

There is no escape. Do not fight the darkness. You should not be here.

[cyan_maid]

[Jane jumps, and turns on her heel. The Skaia War Fork pops out from her sylladex on reflex, but she's not pointing it at you yet.

C'mon girl, don't freak out yet. You've got someone to help.]

But there IS! We just have to leave the Event Horizon!

[silentrunning]

[Chell shakes her bedraggled head at Jane and then reaches out, with her good hand to pat Jane on the shoulder. Poor delusional Jane...]

There is no escape. Escape is futile. If you had any idea of what I've seen... If you only knew.

[The girl standing in front of you is a mess, Jane. Her hair's draggled, she's covered in blood, one arm is broken. Totally a mess.]

[rogueofheart]

[It's about this time that Nepeta manages to catch up to where the others are. She doesn't even regard the other girl, shouting right past her at Jane as she hurries toward her.]

You have to get out of here!

[cyan_maid]

[Jane stills at the woman's touch, but she grips the fork tighter.]

It doesn't matter what you've seen! It can't be real - if you leave, you'll see! The door is open, you can just walk out-

[And then she hears a familiar voice!] N-Nepeta?!

[wagers]

[There's a faint laugh echoing down the hall. If one were to look down the corridor, they'd see a familiar silhouette of a troll.]

Chell's right, you know. She's... so, so right.

[whistles_the_blues]

[Have Blues following along behind a bunch of people who happen to look like Mega Man to him. (Damn hallucinations.) ]

All of you. Time to get out. Now.

[Yeah it's short sweet and to the point. If people don't start listening he's going to start carrying people. This is what he gets for being late to the party.]

[cyan_maid]

[Jane turns to him quickly.] I'm TRYING to get them to leave! No one is listening to me!

[whistles_the_blues]

Which one's are refusing to go... Point them out to me.

[He can't tell the difference, you all look like Blue robots in diapers to him!]

[cyan_maid]

Vriska!!

[She won't go to the corridor. She'll call for you from here! You'll come, won't you?]

Come on, that's enough! We're leaving - you'll see, everything is going to be okay!

[wagers]

It won't, Jane. It won't. [A sigh. A heavy sigh.] We're all going to die, I told you.

[cyan_maid]

And I told you that we WON'T. What will it take to convince you??

[silentrunning]

I tried to tell her. She won't listen to me.

[Chell says.]

[rogueofheart]

[Nepeta's attention briefly turns to Chell, though her disheveled appearance puts her immediately on guard. Never mind that Nepeta is not looking any better.]

Who are you? Don't touch Jane!

[And the claws come out from her gloves, Nepeta holding them nervously in front of her.]

[silentrunning]

[Chell would laugh... if laughing wasn't painful.]

I'm Chell.

[Yup. The girl who drew kittens with you, Nepeta.]

[rogueofheart]

[She recognizes the name and flinches back. This is her?]

Get away from her!

[silentrunning]

[Chell smiles at Nepeta. Sorry, it's not the nicest smile.]

I won't hurt her.

[But she does back away a step.]

[silentrunning]

[And then she whirls, noticing Blues.]

You can't make anyone leave.

[That voice. Bet that sounds familiar.]

[whistles_the_blues]

[That voice... That makes his circuits go cold, but it's also given him a target and he has more important things to worry about than how he feels right now.]

I think I can.

[silentrunning]

[She'd have been laughing. She truly would...if laughter hadn't been painful.]

Noo. You're going to go with us. No one can leave.

[Even injured, she moves to try to guard the door to this room, to keep them from leaving.]