03 - though shadows fall

[innercactus]

Who: Asteffiel
Broadcast: Yes
Action: Tourist
When: June 9th

Guess who hadn't noticed the planet had a hold on him? The plantman!

Guess who just figured out that his fascination with it wasn't just because they finally got to another planet.

Asteffiel's use of video is probably not good for anyone's stomach. He's shaking (like a leaf, hahahaha-), and appears to be hiding under a table, given that it's not night time, and he's glowing. It just has the side effect of making his eyes appear particularly bright off-white, which doesn't help his nervous rambling at the video. Which he managed to turn on after he started talking...

"-t just me, or was it others? I don't want it to be just me, I don't I don't! If something could talk to me, does that mean that other things could talk to me? I was fine against Mor... Mord... More Dead Moths, but is it because I am not home? Am I too far from Mother? Mother I am sorry I made bad friends, I don't want More Dead Moths to get me like Lilac!" Is more or less the gist of his rambling into the device. There are repeats, but it's pretty clear that he's rather terrified of something being able to mess with his head.

So he's hiding in one of the medical bay cabinets.

Comments

action!

[got_it_memorized]

[What is that sound? Axel pokes his head out of quarters and peers down the hall one direction, then the other, and frowns curiously. He can't quite tell what it is, or where it's coming from, but it's definitely not a normal sound the ship makes. Deciding to investigate, he heads down the hall, cupping a hand by his ear to try and pinpoint the noise. It leads him to the medical bay, but it seems like there's no one in here.

[Hands on his hips, he stands in the doorway a moment, then tilts his head when he notices the door on one of the cabinets seems to be slightly ajar. Striding over to it, he pulls it open, one eyebrow arched, and then his expression quickly turns from annoyed to befuddled and slightly concerned.]

Asteffiel? [What the hell is he doing in the cabinet? He looks way too distraught to just be playing hide and seek or something.] What happened? Are you okay?

[innercactus]

Captain Aaappllleee! [ Asteffiel is torn between distressed over the whole planet thing, distressed his hiding spot was opened, and wanting to cling to the captain because he's Important and maybe that would make things better? Mostly he sits there in the cabnet, shaking. ]

The planet was in my head and I'm supposed to be the only one in my head!

[got_it_memorized]

[Apple? ... Okay, he's not going to correct him right now because he seems really distressed, but... Captain Apple, really?]

Whoa, easy there... Whaddaya mean the planet was in your head? I was down there, too, and I'll admit it was a little spooky, but I can't say it got to me that much.

[innercactus]

[ Apple, Axel, it makes complete sense. Ah, but Axel would prefer to be captain orange, wouldn't he- ]

I would have wanted to go to a planet, but I reaaallyyy wanted to go! And stay the night! Even though I have little plants that need lots of attention!

Video

[entertainheir]

[Yuya doesn't really get it, but the shaking and the rambling are a pretty clear indication that something's wrong for this guy. Hard not to be concerned about that.]

H-hey...are you all right?

Video

[innercactus]

I don't knoooooowww..

[ Time to rub at his head. ]

Mother used to keep things out! But Mother was hurt, and Mother is also not here, so is it okay of something got in? Will other things get in? I don't want other things in!

Video

[entertainheir]

[Uhhhh okay. Yuya glances around what he can see in the video but he can't actually figure out what the danger is yet.]

What got in? And...what happened to your mother?

Video

[innercactus]

[ The view is mostly the plant man, and the underside of a table. There are some potted plants out beyond him. ]

The planet with all the plants. It wanted me to visit, but it was in my head! That isn't how you ask!

[ Okay so maybe it seems like he's making a big deal over nothing. ]

Mother got attacked by a big dragon. So she sleeps a lot. But she also isn't here. That might be a bigger problem. I don't know, this is too new...

Video

[entertainheir]

[He hasn't really visited the planet much so Yuya doesn't know what might have happened there, but he can relate to that last part. He softens his voice, trying to be sympathetic and definitely trying not to sound scary at all. No need to stress the plant guy out further.]

Did you get here a little while too?

[wolfuncaged]

[One of the general rules of Living in Kirkwall With Hawke is to always investigate weird noises, thanks largely to Hawke's complete and utter disregard for safety or sanity. More than that, though, Fenris is a security officer, and it's his job to remove any potential threats from the Tourist. He has come to care enough about his crew to even take the position seriously.

Fenris hears the noise, and grabs his sword, tracing the sound in utter silence, padding through the ship until he comes to the medical bay. He frowns, eyes raking the room, trying to locate where the sound is coming from. Eventually, he sees the cabinet, and cautiously moves towards it. He sifts his position, ready to raise his sword the second he has both hands free-should he need it, and opens the door. ]

...Oh. It's you.

[He says it like Asteffiel is something unfortunate found at the bottom of a shoe. He doesn't raise his sword, but he remains tense. Maybe the creature has finally snapped.]

What are you doing?

[innercactus]

If I am hiding, maybe nothing else will get in my head. I should be alone in my head.

[ Asteffiel mumbles it into his knees, because he really doesn't know what else to do. He usually likes to avoid Ferris, but Ferris is sort of in his way of getting to a new hiding spot.

And he likes this one. ]

[wolfuncaged]

[Ugh. Is it possible for demons to be possessed? Fenris tightens his grasp on his sword, narrowing his eyes. ]

What are you blathering on about? What do you have in your head?

[Maybe he could just...push the guy out of the airlock. Axel probably wouldn't notice, right? ]

[innercactus]

I don't know what is in my head.

[ That's probably not helpful. But that little bit of the lab augment tells him that humans have all sorts of things in their head that he's not sure he does. How do brains work.

That's not helping. ]

The planet made me want to go, though. I would have wanted to explore. But not as much as the planet made me. And if the planet got in, would things smaller than a planet get in? I don't want the dragon in my head....

[ Oops he is getting teary all over again. What are Sylvari tears made of? We just don't know. ]

[onegreythread]

[The video doesn't reveal much. Just a hood and the glint of eyes underneath it but that's the communication choice they're using, right? The one like a scrying sphere? So he'll match. Bobbin's voice, though, sounds uncertain.]

Dead moths? Mother? Are you...alright? What's happening?

[Are you meant to look like that? he wants to ask, but probably that question is rude.]

[innercactus]

[ More Dead Moths isn't exactly the thing's name, but he remembers it that way. Although, thinking about it, More Dread Moths would be closer. Maybe? He doesn't quite remember. ]

There was something in my head, and nothing is supposed to be in my head but meee....

[onegreythread]

Something in your head?!

[That sounds very concerning.] Do you mean...an actual thing in your head? Or... [He flaps a gloved hand up by his head.] ...sort of, voices?

[innercactus]

More like voices. A little less of voices, and more... I want to do things? Ignoring what I would want to do anyway.

action;

[peacockherald]

_{[ Being that he is on the tourist and it really is not all that big, he goes in search of Asteffiel instead of speaking to him on the video. Knowing where the other likes to hang out, he goes to the clinic and steps in, looking for the glowing. ]}

Asteffiel? Asteffiel, it's Vanyel. I'm here. Where are you?

action;

[innercactus]

In the wall box...

[ He sounds tiny and muffled and still a little panicked.

But then again, no flesh races have had trouble with More-dread-moths yet. Humans and Ferris should be fine. ]

Re: action;

[peacockherald]

_{[ Vanyel follows the voice and kneels, opening up the cupboard to peer in at him. ]}

Asteffiel, what are you doing in here?

action;

[innercactus]

... It is a small place.

[ No other real reason- ]

[thezerothlaw]

[A very peculiar person. Daneel doesn't know much about that. But he does know that it alarms him terribly.]

You are not well. Am I able to assist in any way?

[innercactus]

[ The pale purple is confusing to a lot of people, isn't it. ]

Do you know how to keep things that are not me out of my head?

[ Said in a small, but very serious tone. ]

[thezerothlaw]

[He hesitates. He has some mental ability, and he can certainly be in other people's heads and tamper around a little, but as far as keeping other people out? He's less sure of that.]

I am... not certain. You feel that someone is tampering with your mind? Who?

[innercactus]

The planet with all the plants on it. It stopped, but....

[ He doesn't want anything else in his head. ]