005 - TRIPPIN ON ALL A THE BALLS

[wweh]

[Action, mayfield high]

[It's just one of those days, isn't it Mayfield? Well, today, some drone bullies have decided to play the ultimate prank on Eridan. So Eridan doesn't like Mushrooms, right? Well, guess what they decided to sneak into his lunch when he wasn't looking... Yep. mushrooms. And not any type of shroom. THOSE kinds of shrooms. It comes over him quickly, and all the nightmares he's been having come to the forefront of his mind. And it's all "real". Faces appear on the walls, scowling at him, shouting]

"This is your fault, Eridan."

"NO HOPE."

"You will betray your friends again."

No! No! That isn't fuckin' true! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!

[ He runs out of the school, screaming....It only gets worse from there. The white noise of Mayfield's hustle and bustle has now turned to chainsaws, every person he sees looks like a mutilated version of the people he killed. All chanting the same phrases to him... visualizing themselves in the form of chainsaws and "cutting into his skin." Every time he looks down, he sees the wound grow and grow, and he's constantly clawing at it to keep himself together, for lack of a better phrase. This is causing some pretty nasty scratches, making his skin totally raw.]

[Action, the park, later in the day]

[Things have only gotten worse. The illusions seem to be completely fucking with him now. His attempts at keeping himself "physically together" have done a number on his body, causing some wounds. Not severe. Though enough to show that he does need some help. Now everyone around him looks like him and Dualscar. Mocking him. Chastising him for his change of heart.]

"What a fuckin' disappointment. You've gotten fuckin' soft. Should be fuckin' culled like the rest a' them."

"Fuckin' pathetic. To think you're Dualscar's fuckin' ancestor. You should be killin' them."

"KILL THEM KILL THEM KILL THEM KILL THEM. KILL THE FUCKIN' HUMANS AN' THE LAND DWELLERS. THEY ARE THE REASON THERE IS NO HOPE, DON'T YOU SEE?"

I can't! I won't! I can't be havin' a fuckin' repeat! There's hope! There's hope! There's hope! Doin' that would mean me givin' up on everythin'!

[He's curled up in a ball by the pond, trying to desperately block out the oh so tempting voices. Trying very hard to convince himself that yes, there still is hope. He'll look up every so often, to see a vision of himself killing the matriorb, killing Kanaya, killing Feferi... and even killing Jade. He tries to cry out to them to stop, but his voice has gotten hoarse from all his crying, and nothing comes out. Though, of course, that still doesn't stop the glaring. Oh no, it does not stop that.]

Comments

[Park, pretty much after all interactions]

[luxury-banana.livejournal.com]

[Fassad hears screaming inside the park. The source of it happens to be this... boy? Creature? Just what was that? Either way, it looked human enough, which means he's just as valid as anybody else to be administrated the cure. He clicks his tongue and walks over to Eridan by the pond.

Kneeling, he tries talking to the boy for a lot of good that might do.]

I want you to stand up for a moment. Do you want the nightmare to end? Do you want all those nasty voices to go away. Then just stand up for a few seconds.

[misterwwizard.livejournal.com]

I can't! I can't! I'm afraid a' doin' somethin I'll regret again! I'm hearin voices! Things are tellin' me to kill again. Kill everyone who has been helpin' me.

[He tries to get up though... it's really hard... but he keeps his distance]

[luxury-banana.livejournal.com]

Killing someone who already died isn't killing at all. And nobody's telling you to do anything... except me. But that's because I'm the only real voice!

Now get yourself up, my friend. It's time we got rid of all those other voices.

[Fassad regardless approaches Eridan with paper fan in hand. He's still scared, of course. Scared at what this... person (?) would do to him.]

[misterwwizard.livejournal.com]

[Eridan is too conflicted to do anything. The voices tell him to kill... but even one death would be too many right now. He would be sure he would lose everyone if he even did anything... and oh god he wants it all to stop and go away. He really tries hard to block the voices....covering his ears, slowly walking towards Fassad. He's doing everything in his power to keep his sanity. Grasping towards that one glimmer of hope.]

I won't do it! No! I don't care if I'm makin Dualscar ashamed! I'm not him!

[All he can do is just collapse at Fassad's feet, crying.]

Help... me....

[Action; Park]

[heardeadpe0ple.livejournal.com]

Hold up Eridan! [She's been looking for you since school.] Eridan. You ran off before I could catch up to you. Sheesh. [Everyone is acting funny today. :(]

You can't what Eridan? Who're you talking to anyways? Eridan? What's wrong already?

[misterwwizard.livejournal.com]

[ a voice that seems different from the rest...After hearing and hallucinating everyone will leave him... hearing that someone was coming after him was... slightly relieving, but he was still scared.]

Ara? ...Is that you?

[heardeadpe0ple.livejournal.com]

It's me Eridan. I'm not dead if that's what you're wondering. No one else is dead either, before you ask.

[She shakes her head lightly.] What's going on? You're usually not like this. [She prefers the loud, obnoxious Eridan to scared Eridan at the very least.]

[misterwwizard.livejournal.com]

Everythin's yellin' at me! Screamin' that I fucked up... I can hear nothin' but chainsaws an' I'm afraid Kan's gonna come after me again...

action in the park, before Fassad and after she's calmed down

[cullscuttlefish]

[Everything is going crazy. Everything, and she knows what's causing it. She just hopes that she hasn't done too much damage by flipping out earlier.]

...I'm sorry. I'm okay. I'm okay now and you're going to be okay, too. It wears off. [She's going to approach slowly, a hand extended.]

[misterwwizard.livejournal.com]

[Eridan looks up... still seing Feferi as the dead version of herself, hearing her words spliced in with "KILL ME KILL ME KILL ME KILL ME"]

No! I can't kill you! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

Fef... I'm goin' crazy again. If that's actually fuckin' you please help me... I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

[he's rocking back and forth now, he hasn't grabbed the hand yet. He's scared of what will happen if he does.]

[cullscuttlefish]

It's me, Eridan. It's Feferi. I know I flipped out earlier, but I'm okay now. And you're going to be, too.

[She sits down next to him, pulling him close. Part of her - the part of her that hasn't entirely gotten over her own hallucinations - is wanting to scream, but she holds that back.]

It's me. It's really me. You're not going to hurt me, or anyone else. No one else is going to hurt you.

Park

[motherofjegus.livejournal.com]

[Guess which mothering troll doesn't like to see people unhappy or in pain? Eridan seems to be a bit of both, so she can't help but see if there is something wrong]

Eridan? Is there something troubling you?

[misterwwizard.livejournal.com]

[he nods, trying to cover his wounds]

I'm hearin' voices...tellin' me to kill.

[motherofjegus.livejournal.com]

[she rubs his back]

Tell the voices that you don't want to kill, that you want others to live.

Action ☆ High School

[fatedmagica.livejournal.com]

[ Madoka hasn't always been this forward. But something about a classmate getting up, screaming, and running off campus inspires a bit of action in her.

She gets up from her lunch table and follows after him without much hesitation. Doesn't matter that she's never seen him before. ]

Hey! Hey, slow down! Slow down, it's okay! [ She reaches out to grab his hand and stop him from scratching himself anymore. ]

Re: Action ☆ High School

[misterwwizard.livejournal.com]

[he quickly jerks his hand away, a little scared...]

What are you doin' Are you gonna fuckin' hurt me just like all these voices are doin'...

It's like chainsaws... fuckin' chainsaws...

[fatedmagica.livejournal.com]

Chainsaws...?

[ And voices? But Madoka doesn't see any chainsaws or hear any voices. This immediately adds to her concern. ]

N-no, I won't. I promise, I won't hurt you. And I won't let them hurt you anymore either... o-okay? Please believe me.

action - park

[hispalette.livejournal.com]

[Red doesn't have a great many hobbies in Mayfield, but the very few that he does possess always lead him to the park sooner or later. it's a calm place most of the time and his Pokemon seem to enjoy it just fine; Blastoise in particular likes being close to the pond.

doesn't look like he'll get his chance to enjoy it today, though. some strange little boy seems to be having quite the meltdown in front of it. parking his bike off to the side, Red disembarks and slowly - cautiously - approaches.]

[misterwwizard.livejournal.com]

[Okay yeah, Eridan has gone batshit nuts when he sees blastoise, thinking Red's a troll and that blastoise is his lusus. They're coming for him. They're coming to cull the weak.]

No! I can't be culled now! Don't expect to be takin' me down without a fight...I'll show you I'm not a failure, Dualscar!

[He's yelling at no one in particular.]

action after school

[tacklepounce.livejournal.com]

[ Nepeta, by some miracle, has managed to avoid the shrooms so far. She knows that the town's going crazy, but doesn't know why, and comes to an immediate stop when she catches sight of a familiar face -- especially when she realizes an instant later that he's actually hurting himself. ]

Eridan?

[misterwwizard.livejournal.com]

[Oh be still his beating heart. Although he's very much in love with Feferi, he cant deny he still has a little bit of feelings for her.]

...Nep? Please don't come any closer I'm pretty fuckin' sure everythin' in the world is against me right now.

[tacklepounce.livejournal.com]

[ And she finds him kind of creepy, more than a little suspicious after what Karkat told them in the Veil, but-- well, anyone scratching themselves up deserves a break. And he's not that bad of a guy, not all the time.

She wanders closer, cautious at first. ]

I'm not against you. Maybe I could help? What's wrong?

park

[echidna]

[ Jade hadn't managed to catch him before he ran out of school, and she has spent most of the day since them looking for him. When she finds him in the park she's already pretty stressed out, and seeing the state he's in does nothing to help that go away. ]

Eridan!

[ She runs to him, dropping roughly to her knees and throwing her arms around his shoulders. ]

[misterwwizard.livejournal.com]

[he shrieks, the surprise hug feeling like it's some kind of monster devouring him.]


No! I can't fuckin' die like this!! Bein' culled...

[echidna]

[ She has a better idea of what's going on by this point, so she's hoping she'll be able to get through to him. ]

Eridan. [ Her voice is stern, sharp and clear. ] It's me, it's Jade. Listen to me.