I've come to warn you he's coming for you

[animusnpcs]

Characters: anyone carried away by the retrieval units in the mob thread
Setting: ???
Format: any
Summary: Death is far too easy for a punishment, you know.
Warnings: psychological horror, things that go bump in the night and then bump you back

The retrieval unit dumps you, in whatever state you happen to be in, into a cell. To those familiar with Jason, this isn't the clean, polished hospital look of Jason's usual quarters. No, if anything this is an abandoned hospital. There's mold on the floor and the paint is peeling off the walls. It's certainly high tech--the door that blocks your cell is made of some sort of nearly invisible force field--but it looks like it hasn't been cleaned in a few decades.

Once you're secure in your cell, you will have the ability to move your body again. All supernatural skills have been disabled--no one is more powerful than an Olympic-level human inside these cells.

Interact with your fellow prisoners?

Comments

[mustlovedogs]

[Hearing Richtofen's shouts, Mondo tries to position himself to see what's going on in the other cell.]

What's going on, you okay?!

[doctor_dismemberment]

[The face fades away, and Richtofen's mouth hangs open. His heart is racing, and the voices in his head have started to get louder as a response to it. He's vaguely aware that he's started to breathe heavily, but he pushes himself off of the forcefield and tries to get himself under control.]

...Nothing. [He drags a hand over his face. His glove is still sticky with blood, and the scent of it comforts him somewhat. He manages to keep his voice from wavering.] It is nothing.

[animusnpcs]

[Something licks some of the blood off.]

[doctor_dismemberment]

[Wow, yeah, all of that stuff about trying to get a hold of himself? That all flies out the window the moment he feels someone's tongue on him. He absolutely screams, backing into a corner and thrashing out all the while. He slides to the floor, holding one arm out in front of him while he wipes his face off with the other.]

[mustlovedogs]

[Mondo throws himself at the barrier again in some vain attempt to get to his screaming roommate.]

The fuck're you bastards doing, aa?!

[animusnpcs]

[Mondo finds himself outside of his cell.

A small girl with no eyes is holding his hand. He won't be able to move beyond her reach.]

[mustlovedogs]

[He stops, looking down at her. She doesn't have eyes - she must be some experiment of Jason's, right? At first he tries to let go of her hand to keep running towards Richtofen's cell, but as he realises he can't get away from her, he stops, setting that aside for a moment, and bends down on his knees to her level.]

Hey, kid...look, I gotta check on somebody over there, you stay right here, I'll come right back, promise. Then we're all gonna get out of here together, I'll even carry you!

[animusnpcs]

[The girl smiles, giggles--but otherwise doesn't seem to really react to Mondo's actual words. Instead she begins walking, dragging him along if necessary, to another cell.

Ther are twenty cells in this area, labeled from 20 to 40. The girl is leading him to cell 37.]

[mustlovedogs]

[He follows, though somewhat reluctantly.]

Look, really, this's important, let me go help him first!

[animusnpcs]

[As she leads him, the pressure in the air around him increases, enough to make his ears ring and pop. There's someone in cell 37, even though the cell door is inactive. They're sitting in the corner of the cell, facing the wall, but they're too far away to make out anything else.]

[mustlovedogs]

[As he hits his ear with his palm to try to make the ringing stop, Mondo squints at the figure, though he doesn't think about the door. As far as he's concerned it's another of their group, he's just trying to figure out who. Maybe she thinks this person needs help more than Richtofen?]

[animusnpcs]

[The person in the corner looks to be a scientist--no one they'd recognize. She's muttering to herself and pulling on something, though there's no way to tell what she's pulling on yet.

The girl draws Mondo just inside the cell now, and the pressure is enough to be faintly painful.]

[mustlovedogs]

[He's pretty sure there wasn't anyone like that in the group, but, he could be wrong, right? Or maybe it's someone else who's been there longer, in that case, she would certainly need help more than the other.]

...Hey, you okay?

[And he looks down at the girl, thinking he's put two and two together.]

That your mom?

[animusnpcs]

[The girl vanishes. The cell's door clicks on behind him. He's left alone in the cell with the muttering woman. She's definitely pulling something--there's a faint, slick sort of sloshing sound as she does it.]

[mustlovedogs]

[Mondo turns immediately when he hears the sound, then down when he realises the girl is gone too. Well, there's only one thing to do now, right? Action before thinking. He has to do whatever he can. Always help women and children in need. That's what his brother said. Maybe she didn't hear him, whatever she's doing must be distracting. So he goes closer slowly, just so he doesn't startle her.]

Uh, lady? The girl's gone, think the door's locked now, but bet there's some way to open it, 'cause I got out of mine...

[animusnpcs]

[The woman turns, smiling dumbly as she pulls her own intestines out of the stomach she clawed through with her own fingernails.]

[mustlovedogs]

Ah-- shit-!

[He stares for a moment, stumbling back slightly. But he quickly picks himself back up and goes to the door, shouting and pounding on the barrier again.]

Hey! We got somebody hurt here!!! Guts're coming out, that nazi shit's a doctor, right?! Let him come here and help!!

[animusnpcs]

[Before he can touch the barrier, the scene shifts.

He's back in his own cell. Cell 37 is empty.]

[mustlovedogs]

Wh- the fuck?! What happened?!

[He spins around a few times, disoriented from the sudden shift.]

Hey-- that lady needs help, I know you can hear me, bastard...!

[doctor_dismemberment]

[Richtofen still hasn't moved from his spot in the corner of his cell, rationalizing that if he can see the entire thing, nobody can sneak up behind him. His breath comes out in short, shallow pants, and his eyes dart to and fro the entire time that Mondo is away.

When he's back, Richtofen finds his voice.]

Wh- [He clears his throat, trying to sound more confident than he feels.] What are you blabbering about, hound?

[mustlovedogs]

I got out, and then-- shit, I don't know!! There was a kid, and she took me to some woman and her guts were all hanging out!!

[doctor_dismemberment]

[That sounds like an appealing sight to Richtofen, but since Mondo was the one to see it, it provides no comfort to him at all. If he wanted to imagine women with their guts hanging out, he could do that on his own.]

And that is different than any normal day in the Tower, how?

[He sounds like even more of a condescending asshole than usual. Cut him some slack, it's how he deals with succumbing to panic.]

[mustlovedogs]

'Cause it was here, dumbass! Probably people that fucker screwed with!!

[doctor_dismemberment]

You should care more about yourself than some gutless woman. Knowing this place, she'll be fine before the week is out, anyway.

[mustlovedogs]

Yeah, unless he leaves her like that and don't let her die and come back! Nothing happening to me right now, but that lady's hurt! You ever get shot in the gut or knifed or whatever? Fucking hurts like hell!