[network] @candidus; Day 14, evening-night; voice [open]

[azothsleeps]

[ It's been following her all day. It's something... something a lot like where she's from, and it's nothing like what she wants. It isn't and still--

Still, she should know by the tone of Hewie's growls. She should know by the absence of sanity nearby. But there was a person in the distance, she swears it! Watching right out of reach, and she isn't sure if she can trust her senses anymore. At this point, she's not quite sure if she can trust his.

She doesn't know if the people on the other end are real, or if this is just another trap, another trick, dead bodies on the sofa dressed like dolls, and she swears she hears someone outside--but Hewie is sleeping, sleeping, so it's only that--

That she's crazy. That she's going crazy. Like Daniella. Like Riccardo and Lorenzo. Madness runs in the blood. ]

I wonder if people can get in at night.

[ She's started talking to the device without a clear decision to do so, like a security blanket of stability, if she just keeps talking-- ]

We're not supposed to go out, but can others come in? I feel like they can get in.

[ There's an edge beginning to ride in her tone, a frantic undercurrent, and Hewie whines up at her. Fiona blinks, a sharp shiver running through her.

She turns off the device. ]

Comments

voice;

[whippings]

( Franziska's voice is stilted, as she is dealing with quite a bit of pain right now. )

Did you see anyone before you took shelter for the night?

voice; @candidus

[azothsleeps]

[ The woman's voice is unfamiliar like all of the rest. There is a thickness present that Fiona thinks she knows. ]

There... was. I... I think that there was.

voice; @franziskavonkarma

[whippings]

But you can't say for certain?

voice; @candidus

[azothsleeps]

I can't.

[ She's not willing to check. ]

voice;

[whippings]

Then, I would suggest not worrying about it.

( Because there is either nothing out there, or there is something that cannot be fought. So what's the point? )

@MarbleHornets; text

[genreblindness]

the doors and windows lock
the windows don't break

doesn't mean they can't get in

@candidus; text

[azothsleeps]

There's a precedent?

[genreblindness]

a couple of times now theyve come in to give us injections
they make you fall asleep and come in even with the doors locked

[azothsleeps]

[ ...That's... helping the paranoia a good deal. ]

And you can't escape them? Who are they?

[genreblindness]

i don't know
no one's seen them
could be those shadow people could be anything

voice; @nanny

[jinxings]

[ The sentiment he spots across the network actually isn't that strange. Honestly, Haku feels the same sometimes. Especially today for some reason, he just can't sit still or sleep easy - he's too worried. And usually he'd confide in Eiri, feel better thanks to his presence, but it's exactly him he's worried about.

Maybe it's easier to confide in a stranger that isn't nearby. No one who can threaten him with the knowledge. No one who can get hurt because of him. ]

It could be. [ He's trying to keep his voice heavy, but there's a faint hint of a shake in it that Haku is trying to surpress so damn hard. ] We don't even know if people are here or not unless they announce themselves over the network.

[ And it's eating away at him so terribly. ]

voice; @candidus

[azothsleeps]

[ There's something similar in the tone that answers her. Something that makes her wonder if the person knows.

She's had similar suspicions. ]

You're right. I've thought the same. I haven't even... met anyone in person. It's too strange.

[jinxings]

I've met some people in person.

[ Even moreso than that - he's currently sticking around with one of them, but his current paranoia makes it pretty hard to admit that out loud. What if something would happen to Eiri because of him (again)? ]

So there are people here for real. It's not as if everyone on here is an illusion or just fake.. but that only confirms there could be more people out there.