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

[animusnpcs]

[There's sudden pressure in the whole room--the air grows noticeably heavier. At first it's subtle, but it quickly grows to the point even the most unobservant would notice it.

There is absolutely no sound in the room, aside from anyone who might speak. Footsteps make no sound, and the air feels completely still, if thick.]

[sacred_flamer]

[It took him awhile to notice, but it started to feel heavy in his cell, and he fought against panic that started to crawl up his spine. Oh god, it was happening, wasn't it? Jason was going to like... he didn't know, make the air crush him to the point where he passed out, then have his fun experimenting on him again.]

[Luke fought against the urge to throw up at the mental images invading his mind, forcing himself to breathe around the heavy feeling as he attempted to shuffle back against his corner.]

[animusnpcs]

[The pressure increases, forcing ears to ring and pop. There's no physical change to the cell though, not yet.]

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke curled back up in his corner, clapping his hands over his ears after the first pop. Oh dammit, dammit...!]

Please stop...!

[animusnpcs]

[The pressure vanishes.

There is someone in cell 037.]

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke let out a faint noise when the pressure vanished. What was going on now...?]

[It took him a moment to crawl back over to the edge of the field again, peering curiously down the way to the previously empty cell...]

[animusnpcs]

[There's a small figure in it--a child, although its features are indistinct and its body keeps twitching and shifting in absurd, alarming jerks and ripples.]

[sacred_flamer]

[Oh damn... Jason put one of the kids in here?! That sick, twisted...]

H-hey... Hey down there! You okay?

[He... she... whatever, didn't look too good, not with the way they were jerking around like that.]

[animusnpcs]

[The child looks up--sort of. Its head looks up in response to being addressed, but it flickers and twitches and exists in an impossible sort of way--it's impossible to tell if it even has a face to look with.

It can definitely see Luke, though--the feeling of being watched is strong.]

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke just... stared, squinting at the kid. Did... did they not have a face...?]

[He felt himself leaning closer... probably getting a little too close to the field with his head.]

[animusnpcs]

[The barrier hums with some current. It didn't before, or maybe Luke wasn't close enough before. The figure in the cell stands up and approaches, though it too seems contained by its barrier.

It's still twitching, but its head is no longer moving--instead it's locked on Luke's location.]

[sacred_flamer]

YOW!

[Luke backed away from the field really fast; it hadn't hurt that much, but it was enough for him not to try and get that close again.]

[He shook his head, looking back up... and the kid was staring right back at him. Luke stared back, wide eyed, a cold lump of fear pounding against the bottom of his stomach.]

[animusnpcs]

[The figure pushes, and the barrier stretches. And stretches, and stretches, and stretches as the figure pushes the barrier closer and closer to Luke's--soon it's easier to see the child is a girl, although her features shift on her face and her body, making any further identification impossible.

She only stops pushing once her face is pressed up against Luke's barrier.]

[sacred_flamer]

[Oh dear sweet Lorelei, he wants to scream, but his throat is frozen solid. His legs and arms were trembling, refusing to move even though he wanted to scramble away, far away from this creepy girl.]

[All he could do, however, was stare up at her in wide-eyed terror.]

[animusnpcs]

[She stares back. Her mouth keeps changing, warping too small and too wide and too many teeth and no teeth at all, but she smiles at him with every mouth she has.]

[sacred_flamer]

W-w-w-w--

[Luke tried to speak, but words were not a thing at the moment. He swallowed, trying to force himself to stop shaking.]

W-who are you...?

[animusnpcs]

[The girl speaks and a thousand voices spill out. It's impossible to understand and a bit painful to listen to.]

[sacred_flamer]

[Yeah, ow. Even without his powers (that he doesn't understand, just that they have to do with sound), that hurts like hell. Luke clamped his hands over his ears again, flinching in pain.]

[animusnpcs]

[Eventually she stops speaking. She watches him expectantly. Maybe she asked him a question--but of course her voice was impossible to understand.]

[sacred_flamer]

[O-oh, okay, no more noise. Luke hesitantly lowered his hands, shaking his head.]

I-I didn't understand that.

[animusnpcs]

[The girl speaks again, a bit more impatiently. It's just as painfully incomprehensible.]

[sacred_flamer]

[Luke let out a whine, clamping his hands over his ears again.]

Dammit! I don't understand what you're saying!

[animusnpcs]

[The girl pushes again--now she's pushing Luke's barrier back. Of course, Luke can't step through the barrier, so he's going to have to back up.]

[sacred_flamer]

[Oh, you have to know he's backing up, scooting his rear end along the ground as fast as his legs can scramble. He got shocked once; he doesn't need to be shocked again.]

[animusnpcs]

[The girl keeps pushing--she's quickly making more and more of the room inaccessible to Luke, heading slowly toward the far corner.]