towerofanimus | I am not Eye

I am not Eye

Characters: Anyone (Animus and Destiny Strings)
Setting: All the levels, with the cafeteria, stairs and the dorms as the safe zones. You can find more about the event here. Remember the stages of insanity for the Animus characters!
Format: Any, start your open posts.
Summary: The tower appears to be overcome with a strange mist.
Warnings: general horror warnings for now

A strange, primordial scream. Perhaps something that didn't seem too out of place for this tower, yet there was something...off about it.

Then came a small series of rumblings. Something was stirring up in the tower. Thankfully the dorms seemed seemed fine. It was when you started to walk down that you realized something was wrong. There was dark mist everywhere. It wasn't natural. Even with a light, it was hard to see past the staircases into the levels, causing even more confusion. Thankfully, the stairs seemed to be safe and if you walked down the entire hundred levels, you'd notice that the cafeteria was safe too.

But that seemed to be it. Everywhere else, the mist was thick and seemed to hang on to the clothing and hair.

Then another noise rings out in every corridor, a laughter musical but somehow diabolical, not quite male nor female, asking a single question;

"Are you enjoying yourself?"

It looked like someone was wanting to play a little game with you.

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[Romeo took his knife out of his pocket as monsters drew nearer and tried to grab Guy again.] No it's bad! It's just the bad people! You'll get hurt!

[As Romeo grabs for him again, Guy grunts and roughly shakes the grip off, his expression growing more annoyed.]

Romeo, come on, cut it out--! I don't know what's gotten into you, but I'm not in any danger! There's nothing bad about...

[The phrase the boy had used rings a little deeper than before. The bad people... the administrators, right? What did the administrators have to do with it? Were they the ones who brought Mary here? Or---

It's enough of a break of thought that the views of Hod shift to something grim and dark, a twisted shape of a monster flickering nearby. Guy starts, taking Romeo's wrist and yanking him to the side, twisting back with a hand to the hilt of his sword.

But the words of his sister, chiding his timidity, get him to shake his head and fist a hand through his hair. Another glance up and the Isle of Hod was once again visible, the ghostly images of Mary and his close friends looking at him with worried and confused eyes.

He grimaces, shoving Romeo away from him as he looks at his loved ones and then back to the young boy who clearly didn't belong.

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Leave, Romeo. I... you're not safe here.

You are sir! [He stumbled as he was pulled to his side and for a moment he thought that Guy could finally see the monsters, but then he pushed Romeo away, sending him falling to the ground. Romeo clambered to his feet and watched as more monsters surrounded Guy.

Guy wasn't listening to him at all, he believed what the bad people were showing him. So this time he focused on the monsters. Diving at the one nearest to Guy.] Leave him alone!

[The flicker happens again, briefly, just as Romeo raises his voice. But then it snaps right back, and the boy is yelling and flinging himself at a young woman walking nearby, knocking her to the ground. Guy react immediately - appalled that the child would really be so wild.]

Romeo...! Hey, hey, no, stop that--!

[His arm reaches out to grab the young boy by the shoulder, attempting to whip him away from his target. The monster itself lets out a shuddering groan, reaching out towards both with withered hands - ones which Guy clearly cannot see]

It's a monster sir! [And he struck out at those hands with his knife, trying to make the monster stop grabbing them even as he struggled against Guy's grip.]

[The knife hits its target and the zombie recoils with a platter of blood. Guy whirls around angrily, seeing only a woman being slashed at the arms, crying out in pain...

Expression set with a thin frown, Guy strides right over to the boy and grabs the back of his head with one hand, fisting his fingers into his hair and yanking him up to look in his direction.]

If you're going to cause this kind of mess, then you're the one that needs help. Not me.

Get out of here.

[Romeo didn't make a sound as his hair was pulled, though Guy was beginning to remind him of the bosses in Milano in a way not many people in the tower did.] No sir, they're monsters you got to listen to me!

I am listening. I don't see anything except you hurting innocent people, Romeo! You need to open your eyes--!

[His expression suddenly shifts, face drawing up as if he's been struck. His grip on the boy loosens as he turns, a pained expression, trying to see where the sudden grasp of pain had come from...

A flicker of darkness. Twisted shapes. Were those monsters?

No. No, all that were around him were... were people. His sister, his family... Right?

Mary scolds him for his hesitancy. He winces, whispering an apology. If Romeo were to glance up, he would see a centaur; a mangled mess of limbs with acidic fluid dripping from its mouth, some already spat in the blonde's direction and burning against his right shoulder. The creature gives an unearthly grumble in the back of its throat, dragging itself from the ceiling to the nearest wall with a remarkable speed.

Guy himself remains oblivious.]

Sir no you got to open your eyes. [He jumped in front of Guy, staring at the centaur with wide eyes.]

Wh-- n-no, cut it out...!

[He attempts to sidestep the boy with a firm hand against his shoulder, shooting a quiet apology to the hallucination of his sister.]

My eyes are... Romeo, come on, what the hell are you trying to--

[His sight flickers again as he grapples with the child. The centaur has reached the floor and is advancing like some ungodly form of spider, arms and fingers splayed and all of its mouths screeching, dripping with acid.

This time, Guy can see it. If it isn't obvious enough when his face goes white.

Even though the surroundings of Hod return soon after, his sword is quickly drawn, the blonde trying to ignore the confused murmurings of the townspeople around him. He couldn't get the vision to stop... no matter how hard he focused, he couldn't...]

Romeo! I need you to tell me where it is, what it's doing! I can't see it!

[The creature snarls at both, leaping into the air with dozens of claws outstretched.]

[Romeo was relieved when Guy finally saw the monster. He nodded and watched the centaur carefully] It's coming sir! [Romeo ran towards it, hoping Guy would follow and pointed his knife at it] There, quick.

[Guy did follow, shouldering his way past the people he now knew were figments of his imagination. Feet braced firmly against the ground, he pushes himself forward with a long, horizontal slice of his blade in the direction Romeo mentioned, a wave of energy pushing whatever it was farther away.]

Void Tempest!!!

[The attack barely hits its mark, severing one of the centaurs limbs and earning everyone in the room a bloody howl. But the creature's jump isn't misguided, and the bulk of the centaur's weight hits Guy square in the chest, knocking him to the ground. There's barely a cry out of the blonde's mouth before teeth dig into flesh and acid starts to burn through cloth and skin and muscle alike, claws digging through his shoulders and abdomen as soon as they possibly can.

At the same time, an outstretched limb grapples for Romeo's legs, attempting to drag him by the ankle for yet another meal. Yes, the boy was smaller. But food was still food.]

Guy! [Romeo screamed as he was pulled backwards, lashing out with his knife as he tried to break free, he had to get to Guy, he had to save him!]

[There's a choked response before a snapping of bone can be heard - Guy's neck - and the blonde suddenly goes limp underneath the monster's attacks. The claws grabbing at Romeo are sliced, one losing a finger. There's another howl, but it's buried under the sounds of the centaur feasting on its downed prey. It raises its head, mouth dripping with blood and acid and pieces of flesh, glaring down the boy with an eerie growl, before turning its attentions back to its meal.

The wavering arms back away. The little one wasn't worth it yet. Maybe if it stuck around. But there was enough meat on this kill to last the centaur for many hours.]

[Romeo ran, he felt bad and cowardly but Guy was already dead and he would come back tomorrow and Romeo could say sorry for not saving him. But he could maybe help other people and couldn't if he was dead to. So he ran, as fast as he could to the staircases and up and up until he knew he wasn't being followed and then collapsed on the stairs and began to cry, because some things were so bad that you just couldn't keep your spirits up.]

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I'm going to have Guy get killed within the next couple tags, if that's alright.

sob yep thats fine

if you have any squicks now would be the time to announce them

no squicks here

wooo okay then

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