Code 004 [OPEN]

[doesnotgetit]

Characters: Hakuno Kishinami and YOU!
Setting: Pick a floor, all throughout the event
Format: Action, but I can match
Summary: Hakuno was dragged off, and an effigy takes her place.
Warnings: Obligatory body horror and brainwashing warnings that comes with this event; violence and death will also be happening at some point here.

[It starts in the dormitories, of course. Anyone walking through the halls might pick up on a strange... creaking sound. A moment later, an even stranger figure appears; at first glance it looks to be a doll dressed in clothing some people in the tower might find familiar. But upon closer inspection, it doesn't look quite like just a doll. The arms and legs, as pointed and spindly and artificial as they are with glowing red lines cut into them, are attached to a very human-looking body, and the head... well. At first glance it looks human... until you look closer, and notice that the girl's face has been completely smoothed out. The only distinguishable feature, aside from the carved red lines similar to the ones on her artificial limbs, is a single brown eye in the center of a circle carved into the right side of her face.

Hakuno, or the thing that used to be Hakuno, can normally be seen simply puttering about. She'll be checking in on the other groups often, making sure that they do their work, but unlike some of the other Group A victims, she won't be bossing them around. She'll just watch silently, speaking - and it is possible for her to speak, despite having no mouth - only when she has something to say about how they're going about performing their task.

At other times, she shows surprising lucidity. The one visible eye on her face is clear, and often looking panicked. In this state she'll be muttering incoherently, obviously scared witless over the horrible modifications done to her. She'll shy away from most people in this state, but it's still possible to approach her.

And then, of course, there are the moments where Hakuno, just like all the other modified residents of the tower, will malfunction. She won't snap into a berserk rage, so it's not immediately obvious she's malfunctioning, but she will still attack anyone, friend or foe, that tries to approach her in this state.]

[[OOC: Just specify a floor and a state of mind! In the case of the third option, please specify if you want your character to be injured/killed.]]

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[doesnotgetit]

[Again, she shakes her head, more firmly this time.]

No, you can't. I have to be alone until everything is back to normal. For everyone else's sake, I... I...

[She trails off, growing oddly still after she falls silent. Even her one visible eye has gone oddly blank, showing none of that panic or uncertainty she had been feeling moments before.]

[koncubine]

[That's not normal. Even for someone who tends to get lost in her own thoughts the way Hakuno does, this is a very unsettling and strange turn of events. It shocks Caster into silence for a moment.

Caster stands her ground, but she raises a hand a few inches, not wuite reaching out just yet. She finds her voice again, surprise coating her tone.]

Master, what's wrong...!?

[doesnotgetit]

[And that was probably a wrong move.

The moment Caster moves, Hakuno's arm raises as well, but her intentions are far less kind: in a flash of speed and strength quite surprising for a girl like Hakuno, she thrusts her pointed arm forward, aiming straight for Caster's chest.]

[koncubine]

[Caster's hand, which she'd left hovering over her chest, is pierced completely through. She barely manages to avoid a fatal wound to the chest by falling backwards instinctively, but only just. There's still a large cut on her chest from the attack.

She skitters back enough to get to her feet, standing in a defensive position and breathing heavily. Her mirror is out, floating in a tight circle around Caster.]

Master, what are you doing!? Don't tell me... They messed with your mind, too!?

[doesnotgetit]

[Hakuno doesn't respond, instead lunging at Caster again. She doesn't stop at one attack this time, instead letting loose a series of rapid jabs, all aimed at Caster's head and chest.]

[koncubine]

[The mirror swirls frantically, but close combat when she's been ambushed is not Caster's strong point at all. It blocks a few attacks, but far more manage to slip past and hit her all over her upper body. Her guard weakens further with every successful hit, especially when one knock to the head makes her ears ring and her sight spin.

Without much strength left, her legs give out and leave her on the ground, mirror held steady in front of her as a last defense. Despite chocking on blood and tears, she still manages a few words from her position on the ground.]

Master... Stop this! Please... It's me, Caster!

[doesnotgetit]

[Hakuno doesn't immediately dive in for the kill, so for a moment, it almost seems like Caster's pleading managed to get through to her. But as she steps closer, looming over Caster, there's still no spark of recognition in her eye; just the dull, lifeless look of all the mindless worker units.

With the sweep of an arm, she knocks the mirror aside. The opposite arm raises and, without the slightest hint of hesitation, is thrust straight down towards Caster's neck.]

[koncubine]

[As the mirror is knocked away and Hakuno raises her arm, all Caster can do is cry and stare up, pleading silently. She has no more time for words, now. She could have saved herself if she'd been ruthless from the start, but that's impossible. Even when facing death, this is the one person Caster can't hurt.

This final attack robs her of her air and voice box, but at least the death is a quick one. With that one stab, Caster's body give one last jerk and goes limp, sliding off of the pointed tip of Hakuno's weapon arm with its own weight and laying motionless on the ground.]