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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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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]

[When Ion hears the glass being swept up, he mumbles another small "Thank you" to Nephry... although the pillow probably muffled most of it.]

[She knows he said something, but not what he said. She also made no noise when one of those pieces of glass sliced her finger, and she stays quiet as she carries it all into the kitchen to throw away]

[Meanwhile Ion remains a lump on the couch with a pillow on his face. He slept better out here than he had in his room nights before, so he wasn't really tired enough to sleep. Clearly this experiment intended for people to either die of fright or of boredom.]

[eventually he may notice that he's being covered with a blanket again]

[The hallucinations had Ion feeling a bit jumpier than usual, and his first reaction when he suddenly feels something falling over him is to flinch... oh, it's a blanket. Throwing caution to the wind, he peeks out from behind the pillow to thank who he assumed must be Nephry.]

[And he saw Nephry. He saw Nephry with skin white as a sheet, blood dripping from her lips, and what must've been a sword stuck through her chest. If not for the sudden lack of a costume, he might had believed what he was seeing.]

[But that didn't stop him from staring in momentary horror before clinging to that pillow and shutting his eyes tightly. It wasn't real, it wasn't real...]

[Unless she was suddenly in an Asch costume.]

...Perhaps I should keep away, for now. [Ion's pretty pale himself]

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