11th Recipe - Boil Them, Burn Them, Fry Them in Oil [Open]

[starofpleiades]

Characters: Kazumi and You!
Setting: The dorms, the processing unit, and other places
Format: Either
Summary: Kazumi has been droned into Group C. Will seek out those in despair. May attack others when malfunctioning, especially magical girls.
Warnings: Violence, death, trauma

[When Kazumi returns after disappearing, she looks mostly normal. However, her eyes look a little different and there are small round bells attached to her skin all over her body, making her jingle wherever she moves. Don't think she can't sneak up on you though; thanks to her powers, sometimes she can appear out of nowhere with just a flash of light.

Sometimes she seems just like a normal worker, doing things like cleaning up around the residential area or just patrolling about. For those that have access to the lower levels, you might see her working in the processing unit, picking apart bodies with long, black, claw-like fingers or transporting them to the soul extractor.

And then sometimes things go wrong... she may end up doing creepy things like following you around for no reason. Or maybe you wake up in the middle of the night and she's standing there, watching you silently. Or down in the processing unit, she might just be tearing bodies apart, flinging parts around, or she appears in the upper levels of the tower again, wreathed in blood and gore, still carrying some poor body's guts.

Or maybe she's after you, violently attacking for no reason. Particularly, any of the other magical girls will appear to her as witches, who she'll immediately try to kill.

Her eyes have been modified so they can see despair, and she'll want to do whatever it takes to draw that out and make it worse, so try not to feel too bad around her or you may just have a new "friend"~]

Comments

The Dorms

[lightofhumanity]

[..This was enough. chaos was going to try and get a proper nap in his own bed. Maybe he could sleep through this whole thing, if he was lucky. However, as he wandered own the dorms, he saw and sensed a girl much like Kyoko..but she too had been modified..her eyes were odd, and bells were attached all over her body.

Inwardly, chaos sighed. He was in a melancholy state normally, but this was..horrible, seeing so many people have their free will, their ability to choose, spat on.]

..Are you alright?

[starofpleiades]

[Kazumi turned at that question, her head tilting curiously. There was certainly a sense of... despair about him, at least a little.]

I'm fine.

[No, I'm not! she wanted to scream, but couldn't. She couldn't do anything at all, much to her horror]

[lightofhumanity]

[Despair and depression. However, chaos could sense her inner horror and pain, despite her words.]

..I see. Is there anything I can do to help you?

[starofpleiades]

It is not necessary.

[There was no reason for a worker unit to require the help of the residents, was there?

Kazumi was horrified at the realization that she was treating herself as a worker, as one of those mindless drones. She wanted to say it was wrong, but couldn't bring herself to do anything...

She tilts her head, eyes staring eerily]

Is there something wrong?

[lightofhumanity]

[While chaos didn't say it out loud, his powers allowed him to understand what Kazumi was feeling.]

No..not with me. But you look troubled. Are you sure you do not want my help with anything?

[starofpleiades]

I'm sure. You do not need to concern yourself with my work.

[It felt weird, unnatural, saying words so stiffly. Having her mouth move and voice speak without meaning to. She can't do anything to stop it though.]

My eyes do not lie... there's something troubling you.

[She steps closer, bells jingling]

[lightofhumanity]

It is not your work that I am concerned about..it is your personal, well-being.

[..Could she sense his emotions? That..was possible. Yes.]

..I am alright. You need not worry about me.

[starofpleiades]

Personal? Well-being?

[Concerns like that don't register to the worker unit, but Kazumi is twisting up inside, wanting to scream yes, to let them know they're right and she needs help! But her lips only move with the programmed words]

Liar. You are... despairing.

[lightofhumanity]

Yes. 'Your personal well being. Can you hear me?'

[The last two sentences were spoken to Kazumi through telepathy, in an attempt to reach her. chaos didn't like using this power..but, in times like these..sometimes, there was no choice.]

...Perhaps I am.

Dormitories (Group A + Guy's malfunction = killing chicks. Injury/Death y/n?)

[relinquishing]

[To see another set of drones patrolling the halls wasn't confusing in the least. But seeing this particular worker following behind a perturbed resident, close enough to breath over her shoulder, wasn't natural. It wasn't getting her tasks done.

It had to be fixed.

The heavy chains attached to his body drag behind him loudly as he approaches Kazumi, his gaze clouded but hard.]

Worker. Cease that immediately. Leave the resident alone.

(Sure!)

[starofpleiades]

[Kazumi turned, her whole body jingling as she didn't]

Why?

[Considering she was malfunctioning, she couldn't process why she'd be told to stop... but she did obey, as the resident ran off.]

(Cool! If Guy gains his sanity at any time his despair will be high, so just a ntoe)

[relinquishing]

[He sighs roughly. This should be an easy question. What, were all the drones in this building broken?]

What task have you been assigned, and why are you not currently doing such?

[starofpleiades]

[Task? Her task had been... well, she'd been following that person, so wasn't that her task? But... what task was that?]

I... do not know. It was... important. To follow them.

[Their delicious despair...]

[relinquishing]

Were you instructed at any time to follow them? Were they acting out?

[He highly doubts it.]

[starofpleiades]

I... do not know.

[She's a bit more sure about her second answer though]

They were despairing.

[relinquishing]

[A short, frustrated sigh.]

Despair does not mean they are to be followed. If they were not acting in a direct stage of inorder, they are to be left alone.

You know that, don't know?

[starofpleiades]

I...

[It was conflicting. Part of her followed his logic, but another part of her could not see what was more important than despair. This conflict caused her to twitch, the bells hanging from her skin jingling erratically as she did]

No?

dorms; clearly this will lead to flowers and rainbows

[eternallily]

[It's all been too much. Saki can pinpoint the exact moment where it all started to go downhill, months ago, but till now, she's been able to bottle it up, to put it aside.

But now? She's wandered to the graveyard and seen Akemi Homura's name. She's seen what has happened to Tomoe Mami and Sakura Kyoko. And while she can recognize Kazumi - will always be able to recognize Kazumi - she can't help but gasp, then shake her head, and finally stand there shaking. She can't actually say anything, not now.]

[starofpleiades]

[A jingle of bells as Kazumi turn towards her. She can see the despair rolling off this young girl, and it draws her closer]

Hello. Is something wrong?

[There's a mechanical lack of tone to her voice, but worse yet, there's the hint of a smile on her lips when she asks that.]

[eternallily]

Kazumi...it's me. It's Saki. Come on, you know who I am. I know you do. What did they do to you?

[The question between the lines: 'what can I do to change you back?']

[starofpleiades]

Sa... ki.

[That's. Definitely not the sound of recognition.]

Do? Nothing has been done to me. I'm in perfect working condition.

[She raises her arms, bells jingling, looking between her hands as if inspecting for wounds.]

[eternallily]

You aren't - working condition!? Kazumi, come on...you're not like this. The bells? What did they do to you, Kazumi?

[starofpleiades]

I do not understand what you mean. This is how I am supposed to function.

[That growing despair, that desperation she could see, it was sending a thrill down her spine. It was... exciting. Enough to make her go crazy even...]

[eternallily]

No, it isn't. It's not at all --

[Saki steps forward and puts a hand on Kazumi's shoulder. Even behind her glasses, the desperation in her expression is all too clear, as is the despair.]

Kazumi, snap out of it!

[starofpleiades]

[She flinches a bit at that touch, her body twitching, shivering. It was... really too much, seeing how this girl felt from looking at her.]

I... cannot. I will continue. Continue to... to...

[A twitch, a jerking of her head at an odd angle that just makes her bells chime all the more in dissonant chorus]

Continue to cause despair.