[OPEN] Bouncing Back

[soul_mods]

Characters: Open to the kidnapping victims, their visitors, and medics.
Location: Death City Clinic
Rating: Varies
Time: June 17th and 18th (if extra time is needed), all day
Description: After a return to Death City and resulting brief surgery to remove the amplification chips, patients are now under observation for the safety of themselves and others as they recover from the ordeal. Visit a friend!



It began with a sigh of relief when the chips were discovered late last night. Nurses and doctors moved briskly down the halls, sedating the maddened and prepping them for an easy surgery. One by one the foul chips are removed, contained for further analysis while their 'hosts' take their first real rest after a whirlwind day spent out alone with their own crazed minds.

By the morning of the 17th, the surgeons anesthesiologists are exhausted, wearily taking their time in the break rooms of the clinic to recover from a very long night of sedations and incisions, but after another examination, they were pleased to announce everyone was clean.

But the environment is tense. Most, if not all of those who were brought back had done unspeakable acts and are ordered to remain under observation just in case. Visiting hours arrives just after Morning Training lets out, allowing patients to see their friends and partners. But take note- each room is accompanied by a Shibusen agent keeping their eyes and ears open in case of trouble, but they won't disturb your visit or conversation so long as you keep things civil.


[ooc: Remember to tag yourselves in!]

Comments

open!

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Anyone entering Akiha's room won't see her right away. They have to venture in further to see her sitting on the floor in the far corner of the room against a wall. Forearms resting on her bent knees, the meister had her forehead down against her arms and her black hair hung down about her, hiding her face.

Those especially observant that had paid attention in the hallway might note that the wall Akiha leaned against was shared with the room her partner was being kept in.

She didn't look up at the sound of someone entering her room, and it sounded like she was having some trouble breathing.]

[pishirogane]

[Before the mission, Naoto decided to check on Sion and Akiha. After all, she did have to... well, shoot them. While it was for good reason, they should be checked on. There was some utterance of a surgery being necessary, but they couldn't have been... could it?]

[With several soft knocks to alert Akiha of her presence, Naoto entered the room. Her mouth opened, but then closed when she noted the other girl not in her bed, but in the corner.]

Tohno-san?

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha still didn't look up but drew in a labored breath that caused her body to shudder. Dyspnea: the price her demon blood placed upon her body after a prolonged 'exposure'.]

If you... you want the... arm. bands.

...you'll have to... to... wait to see. If they ever. Let us. Out.

[She drew in another pained breath.]

Won't fight getting... kicked out.

[pishirogane]

[Naoto should probably call for assistance to help her breathe better. Armbands? Oh, the SEES armbands.]

I'm not here to discuss that... Come on. I'll help you get back in bed and call a doctor.

[ritsu_kouyou]

[She shakes her head.]

Don't need help. This... this happens after... after...

[She leans her head back against the wall, eyes bloodshot, and forced herself to take slower breaths.]

[pishirogane]

... When you go into that state I assume. If you believe being on the floor will help you then very well.

[She'll push the issue in a bit, but she really came with the intent to see how Akiha and Sion were recovering. All that she could note was it wasn't good... mentally so far.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[She would be better in bed, but then she'd be further away from Sion. Being in separate rooms was upsetting, because she knows Sion needs her.]

It's... called inversion. When my blood... over- overrides my willpower.

[pishirogane]

I see. Was your 'inversion' a common issue back home for you?

[Though, even if it was, it had been amplified.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

Common... if having to fight against it every... every moment is common. Only inverted once... once before at home. Forced by my brother.

[Her breathing was somewhat easing up, but it was still an effort.]

Fate of all Tohno. We're monsters.

[pishirogane]

Your brother?

[She frowned. Family isn't supposed to do that... What's wrong with some people?]

Do you all eventually succumb to that other half though?

[ritsu_kouyou]

[She nods, closing her eyes.]

Some sooner than others. Is responsibility of the family head to put down those who inverted.

[Guess who is the head of the Tohno family now?]

I'm only one that has ever come back from inversion.

[pishirogane]

[Naoto nods. So coming back isn't common, but Akiha managed. Unfortunate position she's been placed in. Definitely explains why Akiha is... well, Akiha.]

... I doubt I can convince you, but I do know Kanji would come here and argue that you're not a monster. You do what you must to stay in-control at home and here, BREW keeps you from inversion. It can come out, yes, but you can be pulled back; you've been given a chance to control. Like you mentioned with your brother, you were forced into that state. Who I'm speaking to now is Tohno-san, the one who refuses to succumb to the demon she was born with and fights desperately to rein it. If you wanted to be the one back in the village, you wouldn't feel regret for your actions.

[ritsu_kouyou]

[The problem was, a part of her didn't regret it; that part of her was feeling very sated with the amount of blood she'd drank and the lives she'd snuffed out. And it disgusted her that, even now, that part still whispered in the back of her mind.]

Are you certain that's what he'd do? I did try to eat him.

...and there will eventually be a day where I fall completely to my inversion impulse and the Crimson Red Vermilion will be unleashed. I'm glad those witch chips still a limit, otherwise we would have killed you all.

[computations]

[Sion shows up at Akiha's door. She doesn't even bother to knock. Coming in, she immediately gives Akiha a hug.

Overall, though, she seems to be fine.]

Akiha...

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Akiha immediately leaned into Sion's embrace, burying her face against her shoulder. Arms holding on tight, Akiha's shoulders shake a little as the meister tries to keep from crying.]

[computations]

[It's rare....so very rare for Sion to cry. Yet she starts sobbing into Akiha's shoulder herself.]

I was worried so much about you.

[ritsu_kouyou]

[Once Sion starts to cry, Akiha can't hold her own tears back no matter how much she tried. As she cried, one hand hooked into Sion's hair.]

I was worried about you. You're not... not used to being a monster like I am.

[computations]

I....I am less concerned about that and more about you. I do not want any harm to come to you.

[ritsu_kouyou]

[She buried her face against Sion's neck.]

...I can still taste it.

[computations]

I still dream about it.

[ritsu_kouyou]

They need to put us in a double room. I don't want you sleeping alone. The nightmares...

[Akiha was silent for a moment aside from her tears.]

I'm sorry. If I'd been stronger, the witch never would've--

I-I panicked.

[computations]

There was nothing you could do, Akiha.

But....I would like to stay in the same room as you.

[ritsu_kouyou]

I don't know if they will. They didn't let me see you when I asked.

...we owe Shirogane for this.

[computations]

....try to get in contact with Cloud. He may have enough pull to make it happen.

[She's not above playing dirty with politics. If Akiha can give Cloud a sob story, well....Death City needed it's most powerful meisters.]

[ritsu_kouyou]

[That plan required Akiha to give Cloud a sob story. Akiha. Give. A sob story. Even like this, Akiha had too much pride for that.]

Maybe.

I think they're still deciding whether to hand us over to the Chile government.