soul_logs | [OPEN] * Field trip aftermath.

Characters: OPEN
Location: The Clinic
Rating: Not exactly sure...PG minimum?
Time: February 28; Anytime during the day.
Description: Sheena's recovering from her Madness-induced nightmare--both physically and emotionally. Anyone care to visit?

She was supposed to be recovering, but the nightmares and dreams brought on by the Madness wouldn't let her. She had been initially helped at the field trip site, but that hadn't lasted long--thanks to her own deep-seated fears over her memories. Not even the sedatives given her had been able to keep everything at bay. She had woken up several times during the night, frantically searching the room for any trace of those eyes that seemed to be wherever she looked. Eventually, the drugs and exhaustion had taken their toll, and she had fallen into a somewhat restless sleep.

This time, when she awoke, sunlight was streaming into the room, keeping the images away. Now, in the clear light of day, she was able to deal with what happened, and wondered if she was going to be able to handle things here.

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Actually, I'm the Summoner. The ones I can call on are the Summon Spirits. And, I don't tell them what to do; I ask them for help, and they decide the best way to go about it.

[She shakes her head.] No, BREW didn't let me keep that ability...

[She paused a moment after nodding.] When I was seven, I attempted to make a pact with the Spirit of Lightning. It...didn't work, and he attacked, killing just about everyone who had gone to his Temple with me. If I had been able to understand him, things might have gone differently...

No, it's not your fault!

[If Sheena just confessed she killed all of her family and the neighbors with an axe and laughed while doing it, Yamazaki would say the same thing. But he was glad Sheena did not kill anyone.]

There are spirits you just can't understand, no matter what. It's possible that that spirit was actually the soul of Oda Nobunaga or another crazy warlord of the feudal era! Don't be angry at me but I'm glad you're not dealing with spirits. They are very untrustworthy.

[He still wasn't quite getting it.]

Not those kind of spirits. Not ghosts. Volt is the Summon Spirit of Lightning. Although they're called Spirits, they're not dead.

But, you're right. Volt was vengeful, but I didn't find that out until years later when I tried again. My friend was able to translate the language he was speaking. He didn't trust people any more since the last person to make a pact broke their promise. [So who was truly unworthy?] That's why he attacked before, and why he attacked again...

Did he attack...again? And he...did he hurt all your remaining friends and relatives who managed to survive his first attack?

[Hopefully Sheena would forgive Yamazaki if she finds out how superstitious and kind of religious this guy is.]

[She remained silent for a minute before shaking her head.]

No one from before was there...

[She looked away.]

But, my friends were okay after he attacked. Except one. He...saved me so I could do what I needed to.

[Good thing she didn't have her Summons, then. Shadow would probably scare him...]

Please...look at me. Tell me what happened. What did you need to do?

[Yamazaki held Sheena's hand strongly and waited for the girl to look at him.]

[She sighed and looked at him.]

I had to make a pact with Volt. [A sad smile.] Don't ask me why, but it was very necessary. [He was having enough trouble understanding Summon Spirits without her telling him about Rheairds and needing Volt's power to make them work.]

Corrine's last words to me were to try again, because Volt just lost his faith in people. [Her eyes narrowed.] That changed in my hallucination.

[Yes, this story was a bit difficult for Yamazaki, but he understood that Sheena suffered and it was enough. Those damned hallucinations, damned Madness and damned everyone who hurt Sheena! Yamazaki wanted to stick sausages into their noses!]

Changed into what? What did you hear?

[He didn't force Sheena to speak out of mere curiosity, he really believed it would help the girl if she told someone what happened to her in the desert.]

[He should tell her that about the sausages. It might make her laugh.]

He...uh...He agreed with the voices telling me I shouldn't be alive. [She looked away again.]

And, they told me I tried to make it true.

[She knew he wasn't being cruel or curious. But it was difficult because she couldn't remember her own actions--just the illusion.]

But you know that it was not true. Your friend would never tell something like that. If he did it, he was not your friend, it was only the Madness. Right?

[Is it against the rules of the clinic to hug a patient?

And if anyone said something like that and they meant it seriously, someone should stick some sausages into their...nose!

No. Corrine would never say that. That's what made it so bad.

[Not that she knows, but she'll be surprised at the gesture.]

People have said it and meant it... [Trails off. Kuchinawa with a sausage up his nose...

Forgive her, Zaki as she suddenly starts laughing.]

[OPEN] * Field trip aftermath.

Nice keywords there... :P

I stole them with permission :P I'm not so funny XD

Neither am I. :(

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