[OPEN] * Field trip aftermath.

[ninjainviolet]

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.

Comments

[anpan_tan]

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.]

[ninjainviolet]

[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.

[anpan_tan]

[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.]

[ninjainviolet]

[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.]

[anpan_tan]

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!

[ninjainviolet]

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.]