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event: halloween

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[This morning, with things only getting more and more out of control, Nephry decided it was past time she looked in on a few people.

And by a few, we mean just about anyone she knows well enough to care about. Even if she had just talked to them the day before. Her own experience of the experiment and holiday seemed restricted to a few sinister shadows and some creaks in the night; she might as well put her relative calm to good use somewhere.

So today, for most of the day (until late afternoon), she's headed around the village doing just that.]

[[ooc: So essentially if a character has enough CR with Nephry that she knows his or her name, she is looking to check up on them. That definitely includes not just new Luceti friends but housemates and castmates, too. ~~This was so supposed to be this morning and I fail.~~]]

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All right. But feel free to change your mind if you need to.

[He nods before starting on that breakfast; he was hungry after all.]

[And for a few minutes, he's fine! That is, until he looks down at his plate to have another bite, only to find that the food is now covered in blood.]

[And the plate is quickly dropped to the floor, shattering, while Ion stares down at it with wide, fearful eyes.]

[oh man broken pieces of plate porcelain or whatever they're made of these days]

Ion, are you all right?

I... I-I'm fine, I-

[He looks up at Nephry. Only it isn't Nephry he sees standing in front of him. It's himself... only not himself. No, it's his original now staring down at him, lifting his hand to perform a fonic arte. He tries to convince himself that it isn't real and that person isn't here... until the hallucination speaks.]

Useless trash.

[It was too much. With a strangled gasp, Ion tries to back away and only succeeds in stumbling off the side of the couch, mercifully away from the shattered plate. His face remains frozen in fear for a few moments, even after the hallucination disappears.]

...Ne... phry?

[shattered plate be damned, she's kneeling down there with him as soon as he falls off the couch. When he says her name she reaches to help hold him up]

[It takes a little while for Ion to calm down, and even then he's pale and trembling. That hallucination was a new one, so he was a bit more shaken up than usual.]

...I'm sorry. [His voice is weak. Closing his eyes, he slowly starts to shake his head.] I-I'm sorry, Nephry...

You didn't do anything. It's all right. Try to relax.

[He seems about to say something else, but instead stops himself and nods. He can still hear those words echoing in his head, words said in a voice that sounded so hauntingly similar to his own... at this point he's not sure if it's the hallucinations again or just his own mind tormenting him.]

They've really... been getting worse... haven't they?

It does seem that way. Even I'm seeing shadows. It probably doesn't help that you're exhausted.

[A nod.] I... just hope this ends with the month. For everyone's sake...

From what I understand of this 'holiday,' it should.

[Ion doesn't reply to that, but manages to sit himself up-right.] I'm- ...thank you, Nephry. I should be able to stand, just... give me another moment.

Please, take your time. There's no hurry.

[Maybe not for her, but Ion would rather be laying down with his head buried under the pillow for the next two days before another hallucination comes to make things worse. Taking another deep breath, he manages to pull himself to his feet.]

[stands with him, keeping one hand against his back for support]

[And he appreciates it, managing to make it back to the couch. As soon as he's sitting, his eyes snap shut and he reaches up to rub them, as if hoping to wipe away the hallucinations from earlier. There's a small sigh.] Just two more days...

I'm sorry I can't be of more help to you.

You've helped me more than you know, Nephry. [He manages a gentle smile. They wouldn't be doing nearly as well this week if all of them had been going crazy.]

[as usual, she doesn't acknowledge that. But she does blush slightly.]

Do you want to go lie down?

[There's a moment of hesitance before he answers.] I- yes, but... I'd rather not go back to my room, if that's all right.

[a half-smile]

It isn't as though I would force you to.

[He tries to return that smile; it's small, but the effort is there.] I know you wouldn't, Nephry.

I should get this cleaned up.

[off to get a brush and dustpan]

[If not for the hallucinations, Ion would have volunteered to do that himself. But seeing as there's little he can do with things being as they are now, he just sighs and lays down on the couch, burying his face into a pillow.]

[it definitely doesn't bother her. She sweeps most of the glass into the dustpan, carefully picking up the smallest stubborn pieces with her fingers]

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