tea party

[suddenlybees]

WHO: Toki, Kano, Peter, Gon, Maya, Yuya, Ekkehardt, Imelda
WHERE: Lumière dorms
WHEN: early during the first week of school
WHAT: screaming and dying and tea parties
WARNINGS: screaming and dying and tea parties... broken arms, bears, Lumière deserves a warning in general
NOTES: a continuation of this thread

[Toki doesn't know what happened, but there's a weird guy in a red costume, and a talking bear. He doesn't recognize Gongenzaka's voice, because he doesn't pick on those things.]

Am I dead?

[Because that would make this make sense.]

Comments

[made_up_names]

[ Oh. Oh, okay. He thinks he sees the shape of what's going on now. Of course he's also messed up what progress he's made, but. ]

You didn't make him do that. Same with these guys.

[lastexit]

But I knew something was wrong.

*'I could have done more. I could have made him tell me.'*

And I didn't stop it.

*'I never can stop it.'*

[made_up_names]

[ That - makes him sit up a bit? She sounds so sure... ]

How do you know?

[lastexit]

I could hear it. It was- terrifying, and dark. And around him.

*She's not been like this for days, or months, this has been her for years. Sure, she didn't know what it was, that it was a demonic influence. But it made her skin crawl when she could feel it. Her radiance could push it back, but never get rid of it.*

I hear things, remember. I couldn't-

[made_up_names]

[ Oh, right. Her ability to hear stuff. He should have figured it would be something like that. That ... makes him wince with all too much sympathy. To know you could have done something - legitimately know it, and yet do nothing - that hits too close to home. ]

Do you - do you think he'd have listened?

[ The question is gentle. Genuine. ]

[lastexit]

I don't know... I just- it's one of those things that gets to me.

*She's a little calmer now, still not okay. but she had to think through this and figure it out.*

Every time I could hear something I tried. I just- I never did enough.

Why do you think I'm here?

[made_up_names]

To get better at using it?

[ Genuine, not flippant. ]

[lastexit]

To know what to do with what I hear.

So I know what I'm hearing is a demon influencing things. Or when some monster is coming. Or any other crazy thing that's out there.

Instead of just knowing something's wrong, and not being able to do anything.

[made_up_names]

[ A small nod. Deep breaths, himself. ]

Yeah. I get it. When you have powers like this, and then the bad things happen ... it's basically your fault.

[lastexit]

Do people get hurt around you too, just because... they were nearby? Is that why you had that stupid costume and goggles?

*Oh you're not off the hook about that, Spider-Man.*

[made_up_names]

[ HEY

HEY ]

It's not - look, that's not the point. I'm strong and I have all this stuff going on, right? So - when I can't use it to help people, it's my fault.

[lastexit]

I- there are a lot of people who got hurt around me.

*She pauses, a sound catching in her throat, you can actually see the focus she needs to say it. And be heard.*

Cam, he was only the first- no, second. I failed a lot of people cause what I can do, I didn't know how to help with it.

[made_up_names]

[ Hey, hey. He's not rushing her, it's okay. ]

Who's Cam?

[lastexit]

The first boy I ever liked. The boy I could hear was in trouble, but didn't know how to help.

*Someone she hates, and loves, in equal measure, who changed her life fundamentally with who he was. And what he did.*

I could hear notes that were wrong, they didn't belong and- I didn't try hard enough.

[made_up_names]

[ Oh. That - he can sort of put together the pieces already. ]

And he - he did something like what they did?

[lastexit]

I don't know, he wasn't on a roof. They never told me what he did to-

*Yeah, she's not ready to say the words today. Words that could describe what Cam did, and she once attempted.*

They found him in the school's greenhouse. What he did was on purpose, not the accident these two idiots did. I just- I think I'm fine I just-

...It hasn't even been a week and people I know are nearly dying.

*How different would things be if her roommate wasn't a sleepless Bear.*

[made_up_names]

[ Well, she answered his question anyway. He hadn't meant literally jumping off roofs. He'd meant something else - and not wanted to say the word that she's clearly avoiding. ]

They're still here, right? You've still got time. Nobody in this room died.

[lastexit]

Yeah... for now.

*Maya's in full creepy mode so that's- yeah. Sorry.*

[made_up_names]

[ She says, staring at a kid who's already dead. Spooky.

But, okay, yeah, he's a little creeped out. Which he hides with an awkward smile? ]

So we do what we can to protect 'em. All we can do.

[lastexit]

Does that mean wearing a costume?

*Making jokes is a good sign, not that she's actually doing the delivery any justice, or smiling... or looking like she's joking. She's not doing that well. Also your costume is not great.*

And before you pretend that wasn't you, he sounded like you.

[made_up_names]

[ He's glad she can make jokes, even if it's rude and at his expense. He'll take it, okay. ]

Look, most people can't hear like my soul music or whatever. You're cheating.

[lastexit]

...You walk on walls and were bitten by a blighted spider.

[made_up_names]

Okay. True. But my spider senses don't work on you, so that's still no fair.

[ He's grinning a bit. ]