towerofanimus | Infighting Week Two

Infighting Week Two

Characters: any character participating in the Infighting event
Setting: pods, week two of the event
Format: any
Summary: All week two Infighting event threads should go in here, to keep things organized.
Warnings: horror, trauma, experiment results, impossible geometry, cabin fever

[Week Two Information]
[Week One]
Dax's Pod
Riki's Pod
Jason's Pod
End of Week Two

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Well I, I am. Or...I was. But I, I-I think I've been misusing it, for a while. I didn't know it, at the time, I didn't know how bad it was, but...in my world, if magic is, um, is mishandled, o-or mistreated, it can start to affect the mind.

There...i-it's only been a few moments, but...I think it's starting to affect mine.

Is there anything that can be done to help? There must be some way to help you without sending you to your death.

[Just the way it sounded now, it felt to him that it was more like punishment for mishandling her abilities, if he were to vote for her. And he couldn't do that.]

W-Well, I mean, it's...i-it isn't the dying that's the thing. It's the, the getting away from people. Just...being by myself, for a while.

[Of course, on some level, "punishment" for falling so far off the path is very much what Tara is after. Death would suffice, and then she can get on with the healing.]

Is that the problem? There are so many others around you feel that you can't be yourself?

[It was a terrible thing if that was what it was. He couldn't help but feel for her.]

Would this truly help you?

Yeah. I mean...it's, um, it's been nice. Being on a team, like this. But...it's starting to g-get to me. I can feel it. There...th-there have been some, um, bad moments.

[...]

I...I-I think so. It's...been a really long time since I've been, um, by myself. And, and being able to just...get away from people, if I catch myself...w-wanting to hurt them...it'll help.

[It has to.]

[There's a very long pause as he considers it all but he nods. And he hates himself for it, and probably will continue to hate himself for it for as long as he's in the tower.]

Very well, if you are sure that it will help you.

[Definitely hating himself. Even during the war of the ring, he never killed anything or anyone but his enemies. Tara was not his enemy.]

There is a man in the tower that may be able to help you if you need it. Gandalf the White. His presence is impossible to miss, an older man with hair whiter than the snow and robes and a staff to match.

He will help if he can, I am sure. There are few I trust so much as him. Do not mention what I am going to do for you, however.

[..."your secret dies with me."

Tara knows enough not to say that much, but it's definitely in the look in her eyes. No one outside the three pods will know what he's doing for her, if Tara has anything to say about it.

Should that entail digging up some Lethe's Bramble to use...well, then so be it. Maybe there is occasionally a need for such things. Or maybe such thoughts are just another sign of how very much she needs to get away.

She doesn't say that wizards - she assumes he's a wizard, or something with magic, if he's using robes and a staff - will be the last people she'll want to be around in a few days. She only nods, keeping her eyes on him with a very great effort.]

...thank you.

[Legolas can only bring himself to nod after several minutes of silence. This went against everything he believed in. If he knew her better, he knew that this would literally kill him. Perhaps he deserved to die for his decision.]

Please take very good care of yourself when you return. And in turn, I promise you that we will win.

I know you will.

...I, I-I don't think I've, um, ever known this many people, or...believed in this m-many people before. [And she smiles, and there's no doubt in her expression, no doubt or hesitation.] So, I...I know you'll win. The good guys, um, always win.

I'll, um, take care of myself. I know, um, a lot about plants. And I can, well, I can fish. [Probably. Tara has never gone fishing, before, but the acquarium is seeming mighty tempting.] And run. I, I learned that much this week. N-Never run this much before.

Good, I am glad to hear that. I'll worry much less so long as I know you will be alright.

[Legolas wouldn't let Jason or Riki's pod win. He'd see what happened to those that were stuck with Jason, at last weeks deaths.]

And, um, I'll worry a lot less when I know you guys w-will win.

[She smiles, a sheepish, lopsided sort of smile.] So, we can, um, worry a lot less about each other. And, when this is over, I'll make you some fish. Just to show you.

[She already knows one potential source of food she can investigate, and it's called the aquarium.]

...I'm asking a lot of you, a-and I really don't know you, and...and I'm sorry, and th-thank you, a-and if there's anything else I can do, after this is over...ask me. Okay? I, I can help. I mean, I, I do know a lot, about magic. And plants. And, um, other stuff.

[She is strong. She does know things. She just has to remember that for herself.]

We will, I promise you that.

[Legolas smiles.] I look forward to that. I can't say I'm the best when it comes to cooking fish.

[As long as she doesn't get her arm gnawed off by the more rude fishies.]

I'll keep that in mind. I'm just glad that doing this will help you. It goes against all my beliefs but if it helps...

It helps. And, um, it'll help all of you. N-Not just me.

...but there, are, th-there are s-still some people I have to tell. Th-They should know. They'll...care.

[Still a difficult, slightly painful admission, but an admission all the same.]

Th-Thank you, Legolas. I, I-I really hope we can meet again.

Perhaps it will. I haven't the gift of foresight to agree.

I'm sure there are plenty who will care.

[He gives her a small smile before standing, giving her a slight, gentlemanly bow.]

You are welcome, Tara. I'm sure that we will.

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