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Who: Misty Day
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: Marsiva
When: January 5

[A woman wearing all black lies face up in her bunk, perfectly still, her arms straight out by her sides. It's impossible to tell if she's breathing or not, but surely she must be, right?

Right?

Watch long enough and you'll see her come alive, shooting straight up with a gasp that becomes a heart-wrenching sob. Tears stream down her face and she rocks back and forth. She's saying something over and over, but the only word that can be heard clearly is "No, no, no." This goes on for a long minute before she really seems to realize where she is.

Or rather, where she is not.]

Cordelia?!

[She scrambles out of the bed and stands in the middle of the room, calling out in her thick Louisiana accent.]

Zoe? .... Myrtle?

[She sinks back on to the bed, clutching her head in her hands, her breathing becoming increasingly labored as she tries to fight the panic.]

Shit, shit, shit. Oh God, please, help me. This ain't right at all.

[Not knowing what else to do, she assumes her prior position, closes her eyes, and starts to chant. Those from Earth might recognize it as Latin.]

Spiritu duce, in me est. [Deep breath.] Spiritu... duce. Spiritu - [Another sob and she rolls over on her side and curls into a fetal position.] No, no. I can't... I can't go back there.

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[OK ... people are usually a little unsettled when they first turn up; Souji remembers his own experience. But they're not usually this distressed about it.]

Miss ... are you all right?

[ He's heard plenty of reactions to waking up on the Marsiva, but this reaction is.. very new. Whoever this woman is, she's distraught, and he feels the need to at least say something.

God, what does he even say? ]

..Have you been here before?

[Misty looks up in wild alarm.]

Who said that?

[But she follows the source of the voice to a ... well some kind of computer it looks like. Don't tell her she's going to have to Skype with Satan. Uncurling herself, she picks up the communicator with no small amount of uncertainty.]

Depends. Where am I? And who are you?

If you just got here, you're probably on a ship called the Marsiva. My name's Souji Seta.

[Come on, look how friendly this kid is. How could he be Satan.]

[Another voice. She looks at the communicator warily. Her fear makes her tone sharp.]

Well I don't know where the hell here is, so no.

Space. [ Boy, this is really awkward. ]

You've been detained like the rest of us. It could be worse, though..

[Look Satan comes in all shapes right? You ain't supposed to know he's Satan, not at first. And there is something... off about this guy, though she can't tell what, not from here.]

A ship? Like a boat or like -

[Something in her he head clicks. She's on a spaceship. The information's right there in her mind, like she knew it all along... which only makes her more suspicious. Her eyes narrow.]

You do something funny to me? I swear to God I will hurt you if you're doing some mind magic bullshit on me, don't think I won't!

In space.

[He blinks in surprise. People usually aren't this hostile with him, not since Adachi, before they worked out their issues in the last Liminal Space.]

No, miss ... I didn't bring you here. I was brought, like you, by something called Atroma. I know it sounds weird, but ... it's the truth.

[Yeah she could be being burned at the stake. That doesn't make this any better.]

Detained? [She starts shaking. It's all gone wrong.] We're not... I'm not... oh God please don't tell me I'm dead. Did I fail?

[And she's crying again.]

I didn't mean to - I knew I shouldn't have listened to them, I knew it. I ain't the Supreme, I told them that.

..You're not dead.

[ Oh god, don't cry! He doesn't know what to do with crying.. ]

I-- [ How the hell does he even handle this? Where was Jim when he needed him? He is much better at this. ]

What's a Supreme?

[Sorry Souji, it's not you, it really isn't. She's just scared as fuck right now.]

Yeah? And why should I believe you? How do I know this all ain't part of the test?

[She certainly don't feel dead. Not like before. So she doesn't think he's lying about that. She sniffs and wipes her eyes with the back of her hand, though the tears are still flowing.]

If you don't know that I ain't supposed to tell you.

Oh.. Okay.

[ And he'll leave it at that. ]

People are..different here. [ If that helps? ]

Different how?

[There is the tiniest glimmer of hope there. Not like she had particularly great experiences with the people she left behind, so different might be good, might be better. Maybe... maybe she's here for a reason.]

Test? [He shakes his head.] I'm sorry, I don't know about any tests here.

[His mouth presses into a thin line. He doesn't really have a good way to prove to her that what he says is true. All he can do is offer honesty and hope she takes it.]

I haven't been here for very long, but I'd be happy to answer your questions. I don't really have any way to prove to you that I'm not lying, but I don't have any reason to lie to you. All I can offer is my word that I'm telling the truth.

I think it's fair to assume that God isn't listening.

[Yeah that's the wrong damn thing to say to her, especially right now, whoever the fuck you are.]

God's always listenin'. Ain't his fault when we don't listen back.

Edited (oh my god WORDS i'm so sorry) 2016-01-05 19:09 (UTC)

Yeah, you know, maybe that Inferno guy was right after all, with the seven circles and everything.

[She crosses her arms.]

So you can start by telling me exactly what you are, 'cause I can't tell you ain't totally human.

[It hurts to see someone panicking like this on the network. Steven tries to calm his own nerves as he frantically tries to help her.]

It's- it's okay! It's okay! Everything's going to be alright. Y-you're probably not going back anywhere!

Edited 2016-01-05 19:19 (UTC)

[Oh, this is going to be fun; B can already tell. Offscreen, he grins cruelly.]

What evidence do you have to back up your claim?

[Show your work.]

[At this point, Misty has at least figured out that 1) she's not dead and 2) she's not in hell. So when the little boy pops up on the screen she's better able to get her crying under control.

Sort of, anyway. She sniffs and her voice cracks a little.]

You sure 'bout that? 'Cause I don't wanna go back.

[And that's easily the most horrifying thing he's heard in a long time, probably since Adachi told him that Seito, the boy he knew with Souji's face, was a cold-blooded murderer. Shock flashes openly across his face, like he's been slapped, and he shakes his head.]

As far as I know, I'm entirely human. I've -

[Always been human, he starts to say, but doesn't finish, because that's not exactly true, is it? He was a demon once. The pre-crackling of electricity he feels building in the palms of his hands is a sharp reminder of that fact, along with the fact that he hasn't entirely left the demon behind. He kept some of the demon's power, after the Jaunt ended and he returned to himself with a second set of memories; he wears scars on his face and neck and wrist and chest that are remnants of the demon's evil deeds. Frowning, Souji swallows hard.]

What do you think I am, if not human?

Oh, so you're one of them assholes, think they know everything, but can't see the damn truth when it's right in front of 'em.

[His reaction, the pure shock on his face, shakes her, makes her wonder. A real demon wouldn't react like that, would it? So for the first time, she looks at him, really looks at him, without the haze of fear and confusion clouding her vision.]

I don't know...

[She closes her eyes, feeling the magic prickling at the edges of her consciousness, and tries to focus that magic on him, but he's fuzzy, too far away to reach. When she opens her eyes she says:]

You been touched by some kinda Darkness, that's all I can tell.

Different worlds. Different times.

[ The good thing about it is that they all have one thing in common- the Atroma wanted them here. Hooray for them. ]

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