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@chatterghosts 3 years ago

(( So TEOAE finally ended, and it's been chalked up to the best main ending out of nine: everyone walks away alive, otherwise called the Success Story Ending. Nice job!

I want to give special thanks to Hyde without a Jekyll/HJ/Alice, for being supportive as hell through literally everything and always being willing to help a person out. And more thanks to everyone who participated; this story would NOT have been the same without you... literally. ))

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The walk, and eventual ride, back to the Society was slow-going, all things considered: Lewis' foot was injured, four people were down a hand, and Richard was unconscious and bleeding out, much to Elias' panic.

Upon entry, some people split off to their respective rooms. Most individuals, however, were instantly directed to the infirmary. It would be a packed house.

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(( So that was short and simple - something TEOAE wasn't - but this post serves multiple purposes:

Visiting: Y'know, visiting/taking care of the maaaany characters in the infirmary, talking out feelings, wrapping up the loose ends. Go nuts, this is an everyone post!

Questions: If you were wondering what would have happened if (insert event from TEOAE) hadn't happened, I can tell you! There were so many endings to this, and y'all got a good one. If there was something you were curious on that didn't get more development, feel free to ask.

Elias and Oliver: Alive

Artemis: Alive

Lewis: Alive

Alano: Alive

Jasper and Silver: Alive

Richard: Unconscious

Nicolette: Unconscious

Susan: Unconscious

Joseph: on a niiice trip to Samoa by now

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New Years was a...fun time in the Out of Character chat.

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All eyes on Elias.

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Oliver, following the start of the transformation.

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The End of an Era-inspired art.

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Because Oliver's an angel, apparently..

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This one isn't actually from TEOAE and is inspired by a thing HJ wrote, but... it fits. ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Awww!!! You're too kind!!! >///< And I should be the one thanking you for making such wonderful characters/story/art/everything!!

Art reaction: MY CHILDREN!!! MY SONS!!!! I LOVE THEM SO MUCH AND THEY ARE SO PRECIOUS!!! *hugs all the art*

Question: So what would have happened if the link spell stayed on the siblings?

Warning: Prepare for a couple of massive fan art/writing dumps!! I'm still collecting it all and getting it ready but it is coming!)

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( If the link spell had remained on the siblings, the most likely scenario to occur would be that the line between their souls would blur over time, eventually and inevitably mashing together to create something monstrous. They would also continue to feel each other's pain, and later on, emotions!

Go team, thank goodness that didn't happen. :P ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(Agreed!! I'm really happy that they were able to get that spell off!! But what was the unlikely scenario?)

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( That's .. spoilers. ;) ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

( ALSDFJAIOWEFJWELIFAJWEOIF BUT I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOU WOULD ANSWER QUESTIONS!!!! AND TEOAE IS OVER AND-- UGHHHH!!!!!! *marches off*)

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( I ONLY SAY IT'S SPOILERS BECAUSE A SIMILAR THING MIGHT HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(DON'T!! JUST DON'T!!! MY CHILDREN DON'T NEED THIS!!!)

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Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(ALICIA GET YOUR @$$ DOWN TO THE INFIRMARY!

That's where Arty is, right?)

* Alicia dropped a tool. On her foot. She cursed loud, sitting and holding her foot* Artemis is back?!

(Yes, he's back!)

Where?!

(I actually... am not sure.)

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Alicia Ghast  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(Also your art is TOO CUTE EVEN WHEN PEOPLE ARE HURT AND DYING I CAN'T. I don't understand how you do this.)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(( ...thank you??

a lot?? ))

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(I don't understand how you make everything so amazing and adorable it hurts my heart)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(( 💚💚💚 ))

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(I think by now you're trying to kill us all. You know your art kills me.)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(( Ohhhhh nooooo you know my plaaaaans ))

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(This is attempted murder!

Ugh, my heart. Your art is so beautiful. I can't say it enough.)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(( :D :D :D ))

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(Okay, I'm good now. I'll stop freaking out.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(Second! We should make a club for people that suffer from Doodle's art)

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(I have DIED XD)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(SAME!!!! XD )

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(MULTIPLE TIMES)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(( :DDDDD ))

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(THAT'S NOT FUNNY YOU MURDERER)

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Jekyll1886  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

((Is it bad that I apparently enjoy being killed by said art?))

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Alicia Ghast  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(Me too ;-;)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(( Now I have Murder, Murder stuck in my head... ))

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(I think Helen knows that song.

I don't.

I probably should, huh?)

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Jekyll1886  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

((It's from the J&H Broadway musical.))

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(( I'M NOT PROUD OF THIS. ))

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(I'm so sorry I forgot, I thought it was a different song! I know what song it is! DX)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(( I HATE THE MUSICAL BUT THE SONG IS CATCHY ))

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(I watched the musical.

Well, "watched".

It was me, Helen, Spec, a random friend of mine, and someone we don't really hang out with anymore. We talked. And complained about David Hasslehoff.)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

((_____; ))

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Jekyll1886  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

((To be fair, Hasselhoff is a travesty. The musical is a little formulaic but otherwise decent if you can manage to see any other version but that of it. Bob Cuccioli as Hyde is fantastic!))

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Alicia Ghast  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(That was the only version we could watch.)

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Jekyll1886  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

((That is not just unfortunate but terrible and horrifying.))

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(( This is true! My favorite soundtrack for it was Anthony Warlow, but to my knowledge, he never did a stage performance. Robert Cuccioli is great! ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(WARLOW!!!!!)

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(David Nastyhoff.)

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Alicia Ghast  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(OH RIGHT)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(I think we're all there... :') )

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(*carefully hides AUs* heh...ehhhhh)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(SAME!!!! Tell me what was your favorite thing?)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(( Infirmary! ))

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(Coolio! Arty is in the infirmary.)

* Alicia ran to the infirmary, limping slightly from her foot, but she didn't care. She hesitated. Was she supposed to knock? She knocked, frowning. If someone was sleeping and she barged in, she might wake them up*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

The ever-familiar voice sounds from behind the door. "Er, come in?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she opened the door* sorry, I didn't want to wake anyone... *she had guilty tears in her eyes*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

Multiple people lay asleep on the cots: Nicolette, a red-haired woman, Elias...

Arty, however, is up and alert. He smiles brightly at the sight of Alicia at first, but the tears tip him off and the grin falls flat. "What's wrong?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Artemis, I'm so sorry... I promised I would help, but I was gone making my machine and... when I came back you were gone... I'm so, so sorry... *she hugged him tight*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He coughs out a strained laugh at the hug, but he returns it just as warmly. "It's fine, Alicia. I'm so happy to see you."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

I'm so glad you're okay... *she frowned* you are okay, right? You're not dying?

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He snickers. "Just a little beat up, but I'll live."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Okay, good. *she smiled* if you died I would-... probably just cry. *she pulled away from the hug* I didn't have any panic attacks while you were gone! Thank God, too. I don't know who would've calmed me down.

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He straightens out, beaming at Alicia. "I'm so proud of you!"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

I was distracting myself with the machine. I was so worried about you... if something bad had happened... you could've died and I never would've seen you again...

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

His cheeks darkens a shade, but still he laughs. "Well, I had an excellent motivator back at home."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(Say it.)

* Alicia frowned faintly. No!*

(Saaaaay ittttt)

* I don't know what you're talking about.*

(Don't lie! Tell him! It'll be okay!)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He reads the frown quickly enough. "Something wrong?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she blinked and blushed* no, just... the voices in my head...

(Tell him NOW)

Um... Artemis? *she looked down*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"Yes?" His voice softens with concern. "What is it?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* Jesus Christ- I can't. I can't.*

(Do it! Nothing bad will happen! Everything will be okay.)

* Well, you tend to lie to me! But fine. Fine.*

* she played with her fingers* I really really like you...

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He tilts his head with a small chuckle. "Well, yeah, I like you too!"

Another voice joins them, this time gentle and female: "I think she means as more than friends, Artemis."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she blushed hard, giggling* what she said...

(What a goofball XD he's too cute for this!)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

Nicolette watches on with a small smile.

Arty, however, turns a dark red. "O- oh!"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* Alicia looked down, blushing and giggling nervously. You said it would be fine, you liar. He's going to tell me he doesn't like me like that or something. God, this is embarrassing.*

(Oh, shut it and wait!)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He clears his throat, confidence returning in small increments. "Well, if you'd like to explore this, maybe we could have a, uh, picnic sometime?"

He quickly backpedals, however: "O- or, y'know, whatever you like. I'm real flattered an' all, and I like you too, so I want you to be happy and the like, so-"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she grinned* a picnic sounds wonderful! *she giggled softly* uh... when would you like to go...?

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"Well, er.. I'm still healing, but maybe a few days from now? Figure out what to do about this," he says, raising the packed and damaged hand.

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago • edited

* she blinked and frowned* Wh... what happened? *she hadn't noticed that...*

(Mostly because I wasn't sure if that happened or not XD)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

Nicolette waves from her cot with a chuckle, and sure enough, her left hand has the same damage. "We all got bound together, I think. Elias and Susan both have it, too."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she looked at Nicolette* Oh goodness... that looks like it might cause some problems... are you okay?

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"I'm fine, love," she says. "You and Arty are just absolutely darling with each other. That's enough to heal this tenfold."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she giggled, looking down.*

(*evil giggling*)

* she frowned faintly*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

Arty lays a gentle hand on hers. "Are you alright?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she blushed and nodded.* just... still the voices in my head... *Why are you laughing?*

(Don't you want to go home and see your family?~ you can't take Arty with you... you know that...~)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"Are they being rude or something?.."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Just... teasing... they convinced me to tell you though, so... it's not so bad....

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He lets out a warm laugh. "Fair enough. Tell them I'm real thankful for it."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago • edited

(No problem!~ just another step in making everything harder for her!~)

* She winced* she said you're welcome...

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"Are you..sure you're okay? You were limping earlier," he observed.

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she blushed* oh, I'm fine. The narrator yelled and scared me and I dropped a tool on my foot.

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"So what...exactly do the narrators do?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Um... they narrate things... all the actions and junk... sometimes they talk to me. They help or mess with me...

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He tilts his head. "Mess with you?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Yeah, like.... tease me... and stuff... *she sighed*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"W- about what?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago • edited

All sorts of things... everything you can think of...

(Here I was complaining about nobody talking to me. Disqus was screwing up and not showing me you responded!)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"But why? What could you have done to them to warrant such horrid behavior?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

I don't know... they're just...

(We're just what?)

* she scowled* mean...!

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

".. Do I have one?"

(( Existential crisis vs lying to the bae. ))

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* She blinked and hesitated. Crud.*

(*laughing* tell him!)

* she nodded* everyone does... some people have the same one...

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"The same one?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Yeah! There are different narrators for most people, but some people, usually ones that are close in some way, have the same one narrator. Same voice. We don't, though.

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"... Who's Elias'?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she blinked, then smiled* same as yours. I don't know their name, though.

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

The thought was heart-warming, to a degree. The same person representing them...made sense, in a way. They were family, after all.

"I'm sorry yours is so rude, though..."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she shrugged* I get used to it...

(I really needed this explosion of art though today because I feel just AWFUL today but Arty is so cute and he makes me happy :3)

* Alicia frowned in confusion and chose to ignore the Narrator*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(( The "Arty is Cute" club, Alicia and her narrator. ))

He sighed. "You shouldn't have to be used to it."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago • edited

I know... it sucks... but I don't let it bother me... *she looked down* I guess I should let you rest. Unless you want me to stay...? *she sounded hopeful, smiling at him*

(That didn't sound cute, it sounded seductive. Chill, Ally.)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He tilts his head, a very, very small smile tugging at his lips. "I always want you to stay."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she grinned happily and hugged him again. She didn't know what to say, but she had so many words. She just wasn't sure how to put them together so they made sense.*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

Joy bursts across his expression like a sunrise, and he hugs back.

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* Alicia sighed happily.*

(Aww, how cute! Hey, how about you have an attack? Right here, right now. That would be really funny! And he would give you all the hugs and it would be cute!~)

* she frowned and hugged him tighter, whimpering softly* no...

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"What? What is it?" He pulls himself upright, laying a gentle hand on her shoulder. "Are you having an attack, Alicia?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

I d-don't know...

(I think you are~)

* she whimpered* no... I don't want to...!

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

His hold on her tightens, and gently, he raises her gaze to his with his fingertips. "Hey, look at me. Look around you. You're safe, see? You're real safe, just here, just with me."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she nodded, taking a deep breath. She didn't want to look around. Voices. She whimpered, shutting her eyes and covering her ears*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"I need you to open your eyes. Look at me, okay? I'm not asking you to do anything else, 'cause you're just gonna see me. Is that alright?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she nodded, looking at him and whimpering*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He flashes a warm, soft smile. "Alright. I want you to keep listening to me, real closely, but I need you to turn your head. Do you see something that isn't the infirmary?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she looked to the side and shook her head* no... not yet...

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"Then what are you hearing?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

J-just voices... th-they don't m-make any sense...

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"Do you remember the first time this happened?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

The very first time or the first time with you? *her voice was starting to shake. The voices were getting louder. It was hard to hear him....*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

Gently, he laces her fingers in his. "Nevermind- I'll just ask you when you're calmed down, okay? Right now, I'm here for you."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she squeezed his hand tight, nodding. She shut her eyes tight, whimpering softly. She took a deep breath, trying to calm down. She thought about her friends and her kids, imagining the look on their faces when she came back.*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He remains with her through the course of the attack, remaining silent.

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she opened her eyes slowly after a couple minutes, a proud grin spreading across her face.*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

His smile grows as her eyes open, head tilting. "I knew you could do it."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

I thought about Elaina and Helen and Maxi and Des...!

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

"Good!" His expression brightens. "You didn't need my help, see?"

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Yeah! I think I'm getting better! *she was still holding his hand tight*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He gives her hand a small, gentle squeeze. "You really are."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

* she quickly let go of his hand, blushing. She forgot she was holding his hand...*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He looks quizzical for a moment, but understanding takes it's place quickly enough. "I'm very proud of you, Alicia."

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Thank you... um, I'm going to leave you alone now. I hope your hand gets better! *she smiled, hugging him quickly and starting to leave.*

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

He watches her leave with a fond smile.

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(Coolio. I guess that's done then. Yaaaaay, you did it!)

* Alicia rolled her eyes and went upstairs to her room*

(Okay, now it's done.)

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(Um, I need your help writing a thing. But it's a secret thing! I'm gonna send youz a message on the deviant art m'kay?)

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Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

Dreamer, having had just woke from her coma a few days ago sat up and looked around at all the people filing in. "huh? What the bloody 'ell happened?" She asked tiredly as she sat up wincing as she did. Still needing to get used to being at full strength. "Was their a fight?" She asked noticing the injuries. "War?"

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chatterghosts  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

Arty was the only one awake; familiar and unfamiliar faces alike remain asleep.

He chuckles softly. "Not so much."

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Miss-Dreamerkat  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

"These industries remind me of war, or at least a very intense battle." Dreamer said turning to face him. She looked weak but healthy.

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chatterghosts  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

"Yeah, well.." He waves the packed and dressed remains of his hand with a laugh. "It was something."

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Miss-Dreamerkat  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Dreamer summoned her double edged sword and stood up using it as a cane. "Seems like it, now do you see a crutch anywhere?" She asked curious.

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chatterghosts  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

His gaze flits across the room. "Er..no?"

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Miss-Dreamerkat  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

"Oh i was wondering, i've been looking for one for a few days now." Dreamer said.

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chatterghosts  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

"Didn't you just wake up?..."

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Miss-Dreamerkat  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

"Now i woke up about three days ago, and two days ago i started searching" Dreamer said.

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chatterghosts  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

"For your crutch? Why didn't you ask for a new one?"

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Miss-Dreamerkat  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

"I never had one to begin with" Dreamer said. "I've just been using this" She motioned to the sword.

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Jekyll1886  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

Lewis showed up, using a pair of crutches to get around without putting weight on his injured foot. He wanted to check the infirmary again to see how everyone else was doing.

((chatterghosts Tairais Jasper Jekyll By the way, is Richard in the infirmary or not?))

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

"Wait a minute... where did you get those?" Dreamer asked cocking her head.

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Jekyll1886  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

"Hm?" asked Lewis, looking to Dreamer, then at the crutches. "Oh, these? Hen loaned them to me. There should be more in the supply closet," he said, with a motion of his head in said closet's direction.

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Jekyll1886  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

He noticed Richard still out cold and felt a surge of relief.

Weir looked to Arty.

"How's the prognosis?" There was sympathy in his gaze.

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Jekyll1886  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

((chatterghosts ))

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

He gave a dry chuckle. "For me or Richard?"

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Jekyll1886  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

"Either. Both. Everyone."

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

"Richard will live, thankfully." He wears a weary smile.

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Jekyll1886  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Lewis's brows raised slightly. It could've been surprise, relief, or fear; it was difficult to tell. His expression remained mostly neutral, with a small smile which almost reached his eyes. Then it broadened into an amiable grin.

"Elias will be relieved, I'm sure. How's he doing, by the by?"

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

Artemis' eyes narrow for a half second at the small expression, but he sets it aside. "He's getting better, but his shin was pretty well damaged."

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Jekyll1886  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Lewis nodded.

"Does Hen think it has a chance of healing properly, or...?" he trailed off, not wishing to say the indelicate alternative aloud.

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

His gaze seems to fall to the floor, and he shakes his head.

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Jekyll1886  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Weir looked genuinely sorry. His lips tightened, and he gave a small, grim nod.

That makes two of us.

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Alicia Ghast  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(Aww, poor things ;-;)

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

"...Anyway," he says, breaking the silence, "how's your foot?"

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Jekyll1886  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

"Oh, healing up," he said in a cheerier tone. "I ought to be able to get by with a cane, eventually. How's your hand?"

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

His face brightens. It...perhaps might have been slightly more feigned than he'd expected, but it was enough. "Slow-going, but it's not too bad. Hen mentioned reconstruction.."

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Jekyll1886  chatterghosts • 3 years ago • edited

Lewis nodded.

"Mm. That's something, at least, I suppose," he said, smile small but genuine. "We do have a welter of experts to draw upon at the Society--biological, mechanical, magical. Someone ought to be able to come up with a workable solution, eh?"

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

He offers a weak laugh in response. "I'm sure of it."

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Jekyll1886  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

A clock chimed in the hall.

"Oh!" said Lewis, with a bit of a startle. He looked at Artemis apologetically. "I really ought to be getting on. I've some business to attend to, I'm afraid. May I get you anything while I'm out?"

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

He shakes his head, waving his good hand nonchalantly. "I'm fine. Take care, Lewis!"

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Jekyll1886  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

"And you," he returned, then headed out.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

Dreamer made her way over slowly but surely her weapon disappearing as she opened the door using the one she wasn't opening to support herself. She opened it and saw the crutches grabbed one and used it to support herself.

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HenryRoseQuartz  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago • edited

( A month later, around the same time, a small, softly built fellow appears in the doorway.

He takes a moment to survey the scene before him.

Five people, one bed newly slept in, one gentleman he'd met before.

An unmistakably sedate atmosphere, if not a little melancholy.

Certainly an improvement from just a little bit ago.

....Except for one person.

Well padded knuckles gently rap against the frame, a soft high set Tenor making sure not to interrupt the peace. )

Knock Knock,

How is everyone faring?

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Miss-Dreamerkat  HenryRoseQuartz • 3 years ago

Dreamer jumped having had grabbed a crutch and summoned a chakram. "Don't! Scare me like that!" She called quietly to not disturb anyone weapon disappearing.

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HenryRoseQuartz  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago • edited

( He steps back, briefly considering whether to summon his defense.

Panicked, but not a threat.

He decides against it. )

I'm terribly sorry miss! I didn't mean to startle you.

I heard there was quite a bit of a commotion down on the East end and wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself to the gang and see how you're all doing.

( He extends a hand with a gentle smile. )

Hi, I'm Henry Rose.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  HenryRoseQuartz • 3 years ago

Dreamer's weapon fades. "YOu look like what Jasper is?" She started taking his hand.

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HenryRoseQuartz  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago • edited

You know? How fascinating!

( He gives her hand a firm shake before letting go.

A tinkling laugh. )

She and Rose both are Quartzes, but I can assure you that Jasper is much wilder than my dear mother was.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  HenryRoseQuartz • 3 years ago

"What? I'm so confused" Dreamer said shaking out her arm and making her shoulders go in circles.

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HenryRoseQuartz  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

You did make a reference to our Jasper, did you not?

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Miss-Dreamerkat  HenryRoseQuartz • 3 years ago

"Yes but how can one of her kind be your mom?" Dreamer asked.

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HenryRoseQuartz  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

( His smile softens. )

They're people too. They laugh and play and cry...and love.

Some of them even change.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  HenryRoseQuartz • 3 years ago

"Nevermind, i learned that if i try to understand how things work i get a massive headache" Dreamer said.

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HenryRoseQuartz  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

( His eyes widen, glimmering with concern. )

Do you need some aspirin dear?

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Miss-Dreamerkat  HenryRoseQuartz • 3 years ago

"Is sarcasm a foreign language to you?" Dreamer asked.

(Nex would be proud of the sass)

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HenryRoseQuartz  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago • edited

No, but it would seem that kindness is a language that's died with it.

( A well timed eyebrow raise.)

Are you quite alright?

( Although he does not voice his acknowledgement of the Narrator's words, he smiles at them within himself.

"I'm afraid I've never met this Nex, but I'm glad to have honored her memory" )

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Miss-Dreamerkat  HenryRoseQuartz • 3 years ago

(it is complicated on why she isn't here no more)

Dreamer sighed as rubbed the bridge of her nose.

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(( // shrug

ASK THOSE TWO ))

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Tairais  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(( Yup, just ko'ed, as yknow. ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

HJ TEOAE Dump 1.

This is the fanfiction Dump! I know there's a ton here but if you are to read any of them PLEASE read Richard's Death!!!

Richard's Death aka The Pain Packet

http://the-roleplaying-scie...

Tai wrote part 1 and I wrote part 2 and there's pictures from both Doodle and Tai on here. JUST GO READ IT CAUSE IT'S MY FAVORITE!!

Orange Picot Tea

http://the-roleplaying-scie...

An AU where Oliver (sour and a total jerk) and Lewis are a thing. Highly recommend this one.

Arty and Elias Talk (in The End of an Era)

http://the-roleplaying-scie...

This happens when everyone is putting Joseph on the boat. Doodle wrote the dialog and I added the fluff stuff.

Hamlet!Elias Monologue

http://the-roleplaying-scie...

Basically a rambling about Elias but using Hamlet-esk diction.

Rejection

http://the-roleplaying-scie...

Just a short dialog between Oliver and Elias about Richard.

Argument

http://the-roleplaying-scie...

Before TEOAE and if Elias confronted Lewis about his interactions with Richard.

Lavender and Roses

http://the-roleplaying-scie...

Inspired by Tai's song Lavender and Roses, this AU is what I think might happen if Richard ever completely lost it (full murderstag/Patchwork Prince).

Injection Scene

http://the-roleplaying-scie...

Before we knew who kidnapped Joseph and saw the transformation this is what I think might have happened when Elias was injected with JH6.

Artemis's Waltz

http://the-roleplaying-scie...

Inspired by Tai's theme for Arty, this AU is about what might have happened after TEOAE and Arty didn't know about Oliver and Elias.

Monster Mash

http://the-roleplaying-scie...

Basically me expanding on Richard and Elias during Monster Mash.

Secrets

http://the-roleplaying-scie...

An AU where Oliver is sour (and a total jerk) and Richard doesn't know that Elias and Oliver are the same person.

The Breakfast Square

http://the-roleplaying-scie...

An AU that happens after TEOAE, no one knows about Oliver and Lewis and Richard are still a thing.

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

((All the fanfiction! All of it! :D))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(XD Not all of it. Just my finished ones and the stuff I wrote or collaborated on. )

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

((Some of the fanfiction! Some of it! XD))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

( Exactly! XDD )

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( :DDDDDDD ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(Does it look okay?)

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( :DDDDDDDD ))

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(I think that's an appropriate response.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

( XD Okay! Sweet! I wasn't sure and I wanted to make sure it had the Doodle Seal of Approval! :) )

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

(I thoUGHT OF A THING

ELIAS IS A CINNAMON ROLL THAT'S REALLY BITTER BECAUSE YOU FORGOT THE SUGAR BUT IT STILL TASTES REALLY GOOD SO YOU DON'T THROW IT AWAY)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(XDDDD Very true! Though do you remember when Elias was called a bitter coffee bean? [you should look at my second dump])

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(I saw that! I like that! But I also thought of a thing I saw once when I saw you made him coffee. It said "I'm like coffee, I'm bitter and people only like me in they change something about me" and that's sad.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(... :'( But it fit poor Elias so well considering that Joseph did change him....)

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(THAT MADE IT WORSE)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(But we got Oliver did we not?)

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(I guess.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(SHHHH!!!!! HE IS THE BEST THING EVER!!!!

[Warning! Retreat now before Oliver rant begins!])

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(I know but it's sad ;-;)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

( Oh it is! But I have to say I like Oliver so much more than Elias! He is the sweetest thing on the planet!

[Last warning! Oliver Rant will begin and it will not end!])

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Okay okay, he is. He's cool. Please don't rant at me!

Now I know how Helen feels, oh my God I need to apologize.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

([Rant averted. Thank you and have a nice day.]

He is so sweet! And I love him! And he just needs hugs cause all he does is suffer and he has nothing of his own!! ;___; )

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(*grumbly noises*)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

( you'll see....you'll all see! *hugs Oliver plushy*)

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(*pouty grumbly noises*)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago • edited

(THAT'S IT!!!

[ SPOILER WARNING DO NOT READ PAST THIS POINT!]

Oliver was born from Elias in an extreamly painful and long transformation process. He woke up covered in blood and vomit, trapped in the sadness circle, hurt by Joseph, and hated by Elias. Joseph then threatened him that he could remove him from existence if he didn't kill Arty and everyone at the Society. And Elias told him the only way to escape was to kill Joseph and his goons. OLIVER DOESN'T WANT TO KILL ANYONE!! HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE LIKE ELIAS WHO KILLED PEOPLE!! Oliver is then held, beaten, yelled at by Elias and Joseph, and completely alone for the next two weeks until everyone comes to rescue--not him but ELIAS!! NO one wants Oliver! not Elias, not Joseph, not Richard (who will only love him because he is a PART of Elias and not as his own person), not Lewis (cause at the time he didn't know who Oliver was), not Arty, NO ONE!! Everyone came to rescue Elias not Oliver! No one wants him! Everyone more or less hates him! He's completely alone! He's not even a full person as HJ6 created a very messy split so he's like 80% his own person! He hate's Elias who's constantly mean to him and he doesn't want to be Elias but everyone sees him as Elias's Hyde. He OWNS NOTHING!! Elias will never buy him anything and Oliver basically just uses Elias's old stuff at that! The people who would love him would be Richard (who loves him because he loves Elias) and Arty (who f*cked up and started this whole mess thus creating Oliver and hurting! The one person he could trust and was actually nice to him caused all of his suffering!!). Elias won't leave Oliver alone so when Elias is in control Oliver just sits in the sad Orange Juice corner and when Oliver is in control Elias is constantly trying to get control back and harasses him.

AND DURING THESE ENTIRE TWO WEEKS OF SUFFERING OLIVER HAS DONE NOTHING BUT BEEN SWEET!! He wants to survive but doesn't want to kill or hurt people he doesn't know!! He wants to be a good person! He doesn't want to be Elias! He wants to be loved! He wants to be cared about! AND THAT MAY NEVER FLIPPING HAPPEN!! He is a tragic hero and it makes my heart weep!!

So when/if he does sour because he finds out Arty caused all of this, he gets the same opinion that Elias does! Be a jerk, push people away and no one can hurt you! So Oliver becomes really sour and bitter! He will blackmail people and threaten them and do anything to watch the world tear itself apart!! Sour Oliver wants revenge because the world screwed him over time and time again for no reason other than him existing so he will sit back and watch the world burn just to fill the hollowness inside of him! Because being nice is okay but it doesn't fill the gap. And while he would feel bad for being mean at least he feels a little bit more complete because he's actually fighting back instead of taking every single punch from everyone!

* pant pant pant. Straightens out clothes*

But Oliver is not sour. He is sweet!

And I love him because he is the cutest thing and so adorable!

NEVER STOP SINGING, OLIVER! NEVER STOP SINGING!)

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(.... hj6?)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(Faulty version of HJ7 used on Elias doodle can give you more info chatterghosts )

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Oh. I thought it was a typo. I was gonna tease you about all that and you made a typo XD)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(nOPE! Not a typo! Never a typo with my orange juice... ;__; )

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(XD

I actually don't like orange juice so much.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

( I love Orange juice. *eye twitch*

[I am WAY to attached to this character fyi. I had a conversation with Sweet Oliver once and ended up crying under a table in the middle of spanish class because of it. ...it's not healthy, I know but I love him!])

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Awwwww, that's awesome. I love all of Decipherer's characters and I don't know what to do about it. XDD)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

( XDD We should form a fan club! ;) )

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(I'm such a weird person because I see a perfectly normal human being and I'm like AH IDOLIZE THEM.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

( XDDD I think we all do that time to time! )

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(But I do that with multiple people at once and WHYYY)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(Because they all have different or similar traits that you want to see in yourself?)

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Maybe. I dunno. It's still weird.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(*shrug* well I'm not one to judge! :) )

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Oh well. I'll just awkwardly fangirl over people.

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

((May I be the treasurer of our non-existent funds? I know we all treasure the characters.))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

( AYYY!!!! XDD I don't see why not! You can also keep an eye on the treasure we collect! Random pictures and the likes! )

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

((Excellent! :D))

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(( MY HEART ))

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(( *alarms blare* SPOILER ALERT, SPOILER ALERT DO NOT READ IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS

The version of HJ7 given to Elias was incomplete and faulty, and therefore didn't work 100% to isolate the, er, 'evil' - hence why Oliver is a sort-of softie. ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(OLIVER IS THE SWEETEST THING!!! *curls up on a pile of Oliver pictures and cries with feels*)

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(Huh. Well, Helen has a character who used HJ7 but he was already mean, and it showed the side of him he was hiding. So... I dunno, I guess we have different thoughts.

Shocking. Jesus, Elaina, you idiot.)

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Wizardblizzard  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(Mz Hyde is a bit like that, too, at least that's how I read it - Lady J created her to be her deadly murdering Hyde but instead she ended up being rather nice where Lady J doesn't let herself be nice because it only slows you down. The potion is pretty variable according to who's talking, but that even works, because not only different people with different suppressed stuff but also different people making the potion and probably failing to do it the same way Jekyll did. (The shining example of that is Nex Hyde, who IIRC was the result of an evil scientist who couldn't replicate the whole recipe and tried to make up for it by adding werecat blood, resulting in someone who is not only a Hyde but also a cat!) Only once in a blue moon is there a story idea with as much "legs" as HJ7, there are so many ways it can go!)

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Tairais  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( AHH I have to read all od these on my phone but holy heck HJ! *excited Tai sounds* ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Tairais • 3 years ago

(XDDD TWO MONTHS TAI!! TWO BLOODY MONTHS I'VE BEEN ON THIS PAIN TRAIN!!! THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF SUCH TRAIN!!! )

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Tairais  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( xD i just have a lot of art I'm not gonna share because 1) I can't scan it in so we'd have to deal with awful web camera quality and 2) holy hell is it gruesome. ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Tairais • 3 years ago

(... I do hope we can see it some time cause I'm basically collecting you r guy's art at this point. XD )

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Tairais  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( I'll send it to you when I can find reliable internet that's not in public xD ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Tairais • 3 years ago

(YAY! Thank you!)

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chatterghosts  Tairais • 3 years ago

(( I WANNA SEEEEE ))

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Tairais  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(( I dont want to make you ill ;-; ))

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Alicia Ghast  Tairais • 3 years ago

(You could put a warning that if you're sensitive to blood and guts don't look at 'em?)

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Tairais  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(( Yeah, I try to generally, I forget a lot though and there's been enough instances where now I'm trying to be really careful if that makes sense? ))

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Alicia Ghast  Tairais • 3 years ago

(Yeah, that makes sense!)

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chatterghosts  Tairais • 3 years ago

(( ILLNESS IS WORTH IT I LOVE YOUR ART AND I DEMAND YOU SEND ME IIIIT ))

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Tairais  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(( OKAY GEEZ IM SORRY LET ME ACTUALLY TIDY IT UP AND STUFF SO ITS NOT JUST A BIG SKETCHY MESS ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(AND ME TOO!!! IM MAKING A COLLECTION OF YOUR GUYS ART!!! :DDD )

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Oh! You guys should also go check out the AU doodle wrote as it is adorable and my favorite!!! <3

http://the-roleplaying-scie... )

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Elaina Hyde  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Well... everyone knew it... except Alicia, apparently.)

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(...I will read all the things! 0 u 0 )

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

(Yay!! :D Make sure you check out Doodle's too cause it's wonderful!!)

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Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

HJ TEOAE Dump 2.

The Breakfast square redesign.

So Richard, Lewis, Elias and Oliver make up the breakfast square and somehow they all ended up with food nicknames hence the breakfast square.

Richard = scarmuffin

Lewis = Tea

Oliver = Orange Juice

Elias = Coffee

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Based off of a scene from TEOAE with the soul hug.

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Based off of one of Doodle's Drawings.

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Based off of one of Tai's drawings.

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Based off of a picture by Tai.

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Awwwww!

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( AAAAAAAAAAAAAA ))

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(NOW YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS)

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Jekyll1886  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

((XD))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(Gotta make Doodle feel our pain when we can! Cause Sharing is Caring!)

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(F'king Care Bears!)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD )

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(XD I'm really tired and overwhelemed by the overdose of art)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(Welcome to my hell! Would you like a pamphlet? :D )

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Oh, this is my favorite place! I think I'm gonna move here!

I'm just kidding, of course.

It's f'king hot. ;3)

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Jekyll1886  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

((This makes me think of the convo about how Arty would go to heaven, Elias and Richard and Joseph to hell, and Lewis would pop in from limbo from time to time and try to see if he could work out an arrangement to own and rent out property in hell.))

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(( And Jasper was the one keeping everyone in line.

...Nicolette would try to go to Hell because it seems more fun. ))

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Alicia Ghast  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(Well, I'm pretty sure if you pray you could go to Heaven... right? But, I mean, they just might decide praying is too much work and go to Hell. XD)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(XDDD Well I have to say the rent's cheap!)

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Yeah, I guess so. I'd rather live in Canada though.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(Last that I heard the Canadian to US exchange rate is really bad. I mean it's good for us as the US currency is worth more than the Canadian.)

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(CANADAAAAA)

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(*pouts*)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

( XD I think that's my last dump too unless you can think of anything I missed...)

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Tairais  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( Did I ever post that picture to the general public because I forgot ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Tairais • 3 years ago

(ummm.... Which one cause probably not and you can always post it here for reference but you might have posted it before in the Art show.)

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Tairais  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( The one with Richard carrying Elias )l

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 3 years ago

((I don't remember but you could always repost it if you did, in case not everyone saw it.))

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(( To a place with reliable internet then! *sounds of a cavalry charge. There's a bugle somewhere* ))

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Tairais • 3 years ago

(( So out of curiousity, you feel like sharing the outcomes of the other 8 endings? :P ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Tairais • 3 years ago

(Yes! Seconded!)

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

((I know I'm curious.))

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chatterghosts  Tairais • 3 years ago

(( They sort of died with my lost notes, but those were the main endings, from the most likely choices. You guys made some pretty funky ones at the end, however, and you skipped over... quite a bit. There were guns. And keys! You guys cut to the good stuff. :P

Most of the endings surrounded the death of Arty/Elias/Joseph, one of them or all of them, and the different outcomes of that dependent on what the manner of death was. ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(What was the good stuff we missed!?)

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( GUNS, AND KEYS. ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(Care to elaborate for the dedicated fan??? :D )

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( That keeey was the way to get a whole other thing but also OH NOOOO JOSEPH IS DEAD HOW SAAAD and also SUSAN PLOT RELEVANCE and whO GAVE THE TORTURED GINGER A GUN

- A summary by Doodle ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

( ...this did not help! AND DON'T GIVE SUSAN A GUN CAUSE SHE'S AWFUL AND SOMEONE PROTECT MY ORANGE!!

Also more elaboration? PLEASE!!! )

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( 😘 ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

( >:C )

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Alicia Ghast  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(*really really needs to stop doing things that don't matter and read the freaking story*)

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(Me and my obsessed mind just now

I read "guns and" and I went "GUNS AND SHIPS AND SO THE BALANCE SHIFTS" and started singing XDX)

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chatterghosts  Alicia Ghast • 3 years ago

(( That was the jooooke! ))

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Alicia Ghast  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(OH

I half got it then)

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Tairais  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(( Out of curiosity again, would anything have changed had Richard stabbed Lewis after the wards were down but before he got on the ship, aside from pissing off Lewis a heckton? XD ))

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 3 years ago

((Are we talking a lethal stabbing for Lewis or a nonlethal one?))

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(( I think they meant Joseph..? ))

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Tairais  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

(( I DID SORRY I WAS RESPONDING TO LEWIS AS I TYPED THAT DX ))

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chatterghosts  Tairais • 3 years ago

(( I think you mean Joseph, and...

- if the wards were down, connection included, no.

- if the connection was still up, see the scenario I gave HJ, or...

... they die. :P ))

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Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

((^In that first pic, we decided Joseph was the Pomeranian.))

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(( Yep. Fun fact: This entire plot was engineered by Joseph because he wanted pizza. ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

( I KNEW IT!!!! XD )

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Tairais  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( The rumor come out: Does Joseph is Pomeranian? ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Tairais • 3 years ago

( XDDDDD YESS!!)

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Tairais  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(( IM GLAD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS THAT COS APPARENTLY NO ONE IN MY SCHOOL DOES XD ))

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chatterghosts  Tairais • 3 years ago

(( For all confused individuals: http://brunomars.us/rumor-c... ))

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Alicia Ghast  Tairais • 3 years ago

(Helen, Spec, and I watched that a bunch. Recently. Over and over.)

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chatterghosts  Tairais • 3 years ago

(( dOES BRUNO MARS IS GAY?? ))

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Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago • edited

Some days later, Lewis paid another visit to the infirmary. He'd been checking in at least once or twice each day, or having Jasper do so for him. He had the time to do it himself today: The bakery where he'd worked had no need of an injured employee, and he'd hit upon alternative means of generating income. He'd finished taking care of the initial steps to it earlier that day. It was late afternoon when he came through the infirmary doors.

The patients were either recovered enough to absent themselves, or lost to the blissful oblivion of unconsciousness. Richard fell into the latter category.

Weir took up his post in a chair beside Prince's bed. He set his crutches upon his lap, keeping them handy....just in case.

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(( Is this for Tai? 'Cause if not, you might be able to talk to one of the boys.. ))

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Jekyll1886  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

((Oh, sorry, yeah, it's for Tai. I just forgot to tag them, whoops!

Tairais

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chatterghosts  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

(( Oh. Right. ))

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

It wasn't so much the blissful oblivion of unconscious as Richard would have liked. Perhaps Lewis could sense it, perhaps he couldn't, but something had slowly changed over the course of his stay in the infirmary, like water gently lapping at a stone for millions of years. In the same way, it was only noticeable when compared to how his soul had been before.

Either way, there was little peace in his mind, even while he was unawares. Like a spectator watching a gladiatorial fight, he watched himself as his body twitched and snarled though memory after memory he would later have no recollection of seeing.

It was good, better this way.

But, as with all good things, it came to an end.

Awareness came to him first in the form of the faint smell of cleaning products and stiffness that no infirmary, no place that held the sick and mad and dying could ever lose.

If sight or sound or taste or touch had been the first thing to come back, perhaps they would have avoided his... reaction. As it was, he went through several unpleasant memories in the span of an instance.

Pitch black. His hands jerked at his side, unmoving. Everything was black, even the air, viscous in its darkness. A deafening silence crashed around him, his heart thudding in his chest frantically, though he tried to look calm.

The cloying smell of carrion-filled breath reached his nose. He didn't have to turn around to feel the stag's presence looming behind him; Goosebumps raised in the flesh of his still-bleeding back as the tines of its antlers hovered between each rib, over each shoulder-blade.

He struggled as his lungs clenched tight, a strangled sound unable to free itself from his throat, breath falling out in ragged gasps to rest like bullets on the floor. He twisted to the left. To the right. Anything to break free from a sea of restless noise only he could hear. Panic clattered against his skull, alarm bells ringing, his instincts shrieking at him to MOVE-

Laughter rang against his ears with another cloud of smoke, and a row of snaggled teeth pressed into what remained of the flesh of his right arm. The accent and timbre of the voice that lashed out of the darkness were almost identical to his, yet it was infinitely more calm, almost condescending, which only served to highlight the bubbling rage underneath, just out of sight. His posture reflected this as he stood up straight, snarl curling into a sneering grin.

"You belong to us now, Ričardas. You have always have. We were hardly planning on leaving without you, our most treasured pupil." A cold blade trailed down his side, pressing and pushing at flesh. Trickles of blood followed once more, and he hissed out a startled, weary breath.

“You sold us your soul,” A sickly voice howled somewhere, though it wasn't his. He was fairly certain it wasn't his.

“You owe us your life.” A sharp edge ticked up the side of his ribs, moments of this taunting trickling into eternity.

“One. Two. Three. Four. Mm, yes, the quickest way to man’s heart. That was to be our final lesson before your Becoming." Fingertips tapped out a rhythm on his throat.

“How do you think Jack will feel when we leave your body on his steps? Incensed by your betrayal? Or delighted with a renewed peace and quiet?” Hot breath hovered above his mouth, mingling with the stench of decay that clung to feathered fur.

“Five. Let’s find out, shall we?” A pause for the words to sink in. Realization flickered on his face and he blanched as his heart sunk like a stone in his chest.

A scream burbled out of his throat as metal slid between his ribs, tearing divots into his flesh that would stay forever, like jagged craters against the pale face of the moon. Tears and blood ran in rivulets down his chest, silent sobs shuddering his chest as liquid pooled at his feet. He was still strapped upright.

The building had been old and decrepit, and still he could smell the tell-tale scent of a hospital under it all. It had burned in his nose then, and it burned his nose now.

No, he really didn't have fond memories of infirmaries or hospitals, or whatever you were inclined to call them. Given the number of times he had woken up in one with new scars, or a limb missing- those memories flickered by, unimportant in a sense, because they were all the same: Waking up, smelling that oh-so familiar smell, cataloging his new wounds just a moment before he had to fight his way out-

Perhaps if he hadn't had to escape from them every time, he would have been calmer. (His whole life seemed to be composed of 'perhaps's and 'what if?'s. It was getting tiring.)

He couldn't see or hear or move for the cocktail of drugs they had put him on, which was probably for the best- he'd knocked four of them unconscious before they could hold him down, damn his weak, childish body.

So much for the tender care of the orphanage. He hoped Benediktas was still benefiting from the money they had given them both in exchange for this suffering. For all they knew it was a "side effect" of the "treatment" for his muteness.

Well, they couldn't fix what he'd inflicted on himself, so he might as well use it to their advantage. They'd tire of him eventually, and then he could formulate escape.

His thoughts were becoming scattered in the wake of searing pain applied to his chest and shaved head, so he slipped out from them entirely, watching his body with the same sort of apathy that had gotten him this far.

Tied upright, electrical currents applied through some strange contraption offstage, wires leading to scorch marks on his chest.

He stepped away from it all and instead chose to wander the cathedrals and gardens of his mind, once he was satisfied he wasn't going to make a sound.

Silence was defiance. They wanted to hear him scream, wanted to know they had "cured" him. He sighed and climbed a pine tree growing through the walls and ceiling of the atrium, listening to the sound of lightning cracking across a night sky.

He came to with a sudden intake of breath and leapt to his feet, aiming to bolt out the door.

Or so he would have hoped. Truth was, his body wasn't willing to support him and he was still reeling from the effects of blood-loss.

So the moment he stood, Richard fell on to the floor of the Society's infirmary with a panicked snarl that didn't fit him at all, too broken, too.. young, almost. As if he were still trapped in a memory from younger years.

Which, in a sense, he was.

He scrabbled backwards and ignored the pain radiating down his sides, up his arms, through his stomach. He needed to get away- where was the door?

There.

He tried to stand again and was met with the same results, another sickening 'thud' vibrating through the floor.

"getoutgetoutgetoutGETOUT BEFORE THEY HURT YOU AGAIN-"

His entire body felt like it was on fire, and he was breathing oddly. He wasn't going anywhere. A whine crawled up his throat and perched behind his teeth at the realization, tears prickling in the one eye that still had tearducts.

He settled for dragging himself into the nearest corner and making himself as small as possible, curled in on himself as if metal limbs and a fierce determination could keep him from getting dragged away again.

"Nonononononoleavemealonestoptryingtomakemescreamimsotiredimsotired.."

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 3 years ago

There'd been a change in Richard's energy as he swam to consciousness. Though oblivious to Prince's memories, Lewis had sensed the gradual shift and scooted his chair back, crutches at the ready. The energy'd been of the same ilk as the time just before Richard had come to wakefulness and proceeded to kill Weir by throwing him against a wall like a child's doll.

What Lewis hadn't expected just now was for Prince to fall to the floor. Twice. And skitter away to the corner like frightened rabbit.

"Richard?" Weir ventured, despite his fear that attracting Prince's attention might lead to personal harm...or worse.

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

His heart was thudding in his chest, too quickly- always too quickly, he would be able to control it in the future but he was stuck in the past, stuck in the past like his breath was stuck in his lungs and oh gods, he was terrified and it made him ill, so very very ill, he just wanted to run but he couldn't, not yet, not with the pain so fresh and so hot.

He still tried.

Upon hearing his name-that-wasn't-his-name who was that?, he startled, badly.

Badly enough to launch himself to his feet and bolt for the door, only to stumble at the last second and fall. Again.

His eyes were wide, his hair a curled, writhing mess around his face, and his damaged arm was flickering in and out of working properly, sparks travelling across the metal surface, up his shoulder, and down his spine.

He made very little sound save for labored panting (something had punctured his wound superficially, and though it had mostly healed, the tissue around it was stiff at best) and several whines and growls that were cut off by a clicking throat as he swallowed.

He avoided looking at the source of the noise in favor of rolling over to put his back against the nearest wall, a mere couple feet from the door. He was so close, so close, he could almost run, almost get out before anything worse happened oh dear gods he just wanted to leave, just wanted to crawl into a hole and hide-

His frantic gaze landed on Lewis once as he desperately looked for a closer way out, and he visibly recoiled further, drawing what limbs would cooperate close to his chest again. A chorus of frantic babbling filled his mind and crashed around the walls of his skull, and his heart felt like it was going to claw its way out of his chest through his stomach.

"Letmegopleasepleaseplease-"

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 3 years ago

Lewis got up with a sigh. Though part of him thought himself hopelessly naive for doing so, he poured a glass of water from the nearby pitcher and set it down some six and a half feet from Richard. He then settled himself in the chair again, well away from Prince.

"I imagine you're thirsty," he said at last, looking from Richard to the glass and back. "Go on, then. Take it. I'll remain here."

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

The world froze in that strangely gentle moment, though he still couldn't move for the fear and pain that paralyzed him.

It was enough pause to realize he had no idea what Lewis was saying, though he could faintly remember the man. His mind was wracked with a splitting headache, mind splitting physically and mentally at the same time. He didn't know what was in the water, it wouldn't have been the first time one of his doctors drugged him like that-

He started shuffling back towards the door, stubborn and determined to a fault, as always. Granted, he didn't get very far before his broken arm collapsed under his weight, leaving him to fall the final inch to the floor as all the air in his lungs rushed out.

He didn't move after that, couldn't move after that either. It hurt too much to- dear gods, how much had he suffered this time?

He lay quietly, chest heaving oxygen into ungrateful lungs. It occurred to him to try and say something, to try and figure this situation out, to try and ground him to the reality he knew was there, but when he attempted to speak, all that came out was a strangled, choked sort of growl, caught low in his throat that was more pitiful than threatening.

He surrendered to the current of memory with a blink, freezing once more after a full-body shudder, images superimposing themselves on top of each other.

Needles and poking and prodding and shocks of pain- so much pain- Which memory even was this? Did it matter? He managed to tug an arm free with a sickening 'pop' and just barely managed to pry the restraints off his other arm in time to snap and bite at the nurse next to him, her screams swallowed up by her own blood, though it didn't help, there were plenty of others, each with their own brand of needles and treatment and soon he was under a fog of drugs and pain again.

Next time, he'd escape, and he'd burn the whole building to the ground. He wouldn't be caught again, and he was lucky that each escape had been ruled an accident and there was nothing that could incriminate him. He was just a child after all, they couldn't believe him capable of such things, especially when he was as scarred and beaten as he was.

They'd go home to a cousin's after that.

If he didn't move, he'd be fine, right?

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 3 years ago • edited

Richard's energy seemed to have changed not a whit. What would get through to him?

He looked to Elias's bed, but saw only Oliver.

That might not go over so well, he decided. For Richard nor Oliver.

Casting his gaze about, he spotted a hospital gown Elias had worn earlier. It had yet to be laundered. He made his way to it and picked it up. He looked at it, then at Richard, who was near the infirmary doors, unique in the Society in that they swung both out and in. An image slid across Weir's mind, of approaching Prince at such an angle that he tried to exit again, then pushing him down with one crutch, putting his weight on his left foot, and using the other crutch to force the doors to close on Richard's neck. He could then lean his full weight into it and cause the vertebrae to separate from one another. Problem solved. No more anxiety about Hastie, no--

He thought better of it. He'd have a body to dispose of and a witness to manipulate into silence. And he couldn't be absolutely certain Prince planned to make a move on Lanyon. Richard frankly didn't look capable of planning anything, at the moment. To condemn one so afraid, so desperate, would be...bad form.

He let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding, and tossed the gown to Richard. At least it still smelled like Elias.

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

On any other day, Richard would have been able to tell the nature of Lewis's thoughts.

As it was, he was caught unawares by the sound of fabric thumping to the floor next to him. His glassy eyes snapped to crystal-clear focus as he jumped again, grabbing the gown in one hand out of reflex. His legs scrabbled against the floor for purchase, but his frantic movement was halted when a familiar scent reached his nose.

The smell of a walk after rain, of new growth and fresh decay and mist. Dust and earth.

Petrichor. Elias. Those two words flickered through his mind for a moment, familiarity and comfort tapping at the barrier surrounding his greater consciousness, the force enough to send cracks shuddering up it.

He stilled again and darted his gaze towards Lewis, looking for all the world like he was about to leap at him. The moment hung, suspended and drawn out by tension.

After what felt like an eternity, his shoulders sagged and he averted his eyes, tentatively grasping his temporary awareness like one would try to hold on to silk.

"Lewis. My apologies for my... reaction."

The accursed glass-and-gravel voice was back. Would he ever return to his semblance of control?

(He pushed back the memories of how he'd earned his injuries. He was nowhere near equipped to deal with those.)

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 3 years ago

Well, at least I didn't die this time.

He nodded in acknowledgement.

"I'm glad to see you're back to yourself." More or less. "Would you like something to drink?" His gaze darted to the glass.

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

He swallowed, and his throat clicked.

"'S not drugged, 'ssit?" His voice sounded small and hoarse, a childish thing that belonged firmly in his memories. Still, the question needed asking, even if Lewis lied.

It'd give him a moment to try and gather the energy to walk again, at any rate.

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 3 years ago

"No. It's just water," Weir answered honestly. "Would you like me to bring it to you?" Richard seemed in rough shape.

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago • edited

Richard nodded slowly, visibly embarrassed by his predicament, even if he didn't blush. His left arm was back to not responding, but he managed to get the muscles in his abdomen working long enough to prop himself up without the aid of his limbs. He cradled the offending arm with his working one like one would cradle a wounded animal then sighed, head falling forward enough that his curly, sweat-matted hair could obscure his face from view.

"... 'Pologies." His tongue and mouth felt like cotton, his nerves felt raw and his bones felt hollow, aching as if something had scooped the marrow out of them in an attempt to make him bird-like and fragile. It didn't help that he had to actively think and translate from his mother tongue, which sapped his already strained energy.

(Pathetic. Pitiful. Worthless, even. Just scream and be done with it.)

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 3 years ago

Lewis came over, seated himself on the floor between Richard and the glass of water, and lay down his crutches. He stretched over and picked up the glass, then pivoted and handed it to Prince.

"Let me know if you want more, or would like help to your room."

A pause.

"But in any case, we do need to talk."

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

Richard took the water with a shadow of his usual grace and took slow sips of it, though his throat demanded he guzzle it down. Experience told him that would not be a good idea. When he'd drunk half the glass, he sighed and drew his knees to his chest again, as if to shield himself from Lewis's oncoming words.

"Elias already threatened me once to not leave him, so it is best, perhaps, if I stay. Talk away." He tilted his head, considering. Somewhere in his mind, he knew that first sentence made very little sense structurally, but he was beyond having the energy to care. He was lucky to speak English at all, at this rate.

He wanted nothing more than to become unaware of the pain wracking his body again, but if his thoughts were correct, it was imperative he had this conversation sooner rather than later.

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 3 years ago

The initial sentence made perfect sense to Lewis. To be fair, he spoke more than just English; he didn't give it a second thought.

"Do you remember...anything--of what we shared, what was said soul-to-soul, when we were in the workhouse?"

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

He winced as the memories crashed behind his eyelids- when had he closed his eyes? He forced them open and nodded, huffing a laugh that was too bitter to be considered real.

"All too well." Each word was still a struggle to get out, and he continued sipping at the water to try and sooth the choked feeling in his throat that was making his eyes and head ache more.

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 3 years ago • edited

"Then...you can likely surmise what I must ask," said Lewis. He was cognizant of Richard's condition but held deadly serious eye contact nonetheless. This was a matter neither of them could skirt nor shirk.

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

Richard nodded, paused, and then shrugged. "Likely, but my mind.. is not quite where it should be. Ask regardless, might you?"

Every instinct in him screamed to break eye contact before he saw too much, but he was determined to set things to rights. He owed Lewis that much, for Seeing him and accepting him. For the most part.

"You are beautiful, you know?

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 3 years ago

"Do you understand why I reacted the way I did in the cathedral of your mind? Do you know which aspect of the spectacle drove me to that?"

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

"Yes, to both." He sighed softly, glancing away for a moment before returning his gaze to Lewis's, begging him to see the honesty within, the hurt and guilt and shame he felt remembering the events that had unfolded.

"Understand that the entirety of the rest of my mind hold both you and Hastie in too high regard for that to ever come to light. We have no desire to lose yet another home, nor to lose any more of your trust. We cherish both of those things dearly."

He blinked in surprise, trying to get his mind back towards a sense of oneness rather than the fragmented state it was sprialing towards with no real explanation. Huffing a confused and frustrated breath, he continued.

"In truth, I.. We- I had thought that aspect of myself long buried beneath the crushing weight of temperance and wisdom... It is likely that, had w- I not been as.. compromised as I was, and had you not been there to offer new holds for its claws, that part of our mind would have had no purchase to crawl up from. "

He shook his head as if to clear it of the strange nature of his flickering awareness. "As it is, we are desperately and truly sorry you had to see it. Fortunately, its chances of affecting my conscious control are slim to none, as far we can tell. I give you our permission to... subdue me as quickly as you can, should you suspect that not be the case."

He frowned, a snarl flickering at the corners of his lips even as he slumped with the loss of energy that he had managed to summon long enough to get out his fervent ramble. His head was made of bits of cotton fluff and wire holding it together, nothing quite so solid or tangible.

He rather felt like he was floating away from everything that made him Richard towards some unknowable void.

The thought probably should have bothered him more than it did. He'd chalk it up to pain making him beyond woozy.

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 3 years ago • edited

"I understand," said Lewis. "I also understand that a frightful mask does not make a monster. It merely makes it simpler to spot a former victim. You've reasons for what you do, what parts of your mind think, how they cope. But I do think it's unwise to lay the purchase on me. Honestly, the way I see it, your love for Elias has brought up the fear that you'll lose him. Be it by the hands of fate or your own. Because you fear it, you think about it subconsciously--probably consciously, too--and have to put forth the effort to hold it back. There's part of you that'd be relieved if you did, just because you'd no longer be waiting for the other shoe to drop. And if you kill and eat him, you'll ensure he can't leave you, can't reject you that way. 'Course, you'll no longer have him. Flesh is only that, and garbage once the soul has flown. You wouldn't be honoring him, just composting his empty Earth-suit." He shook his head.

"Being run roughshod over by a beast isn't wise. But neither is chaining it down. It's like a holding a buoy underwater: Eventually, your arms are going to tire and you'll get splashed at best, knocked in the face at worst. Far moreso than if you just let it bob along with the sea. You spoke of temperance, but my mind read it as repression. Iron control. Indulgence versus guilt, with no true acceptance in sight. Why d'you think I wanted to help you? I was you, once upon a time. Right down to threatening to splinter. Hell, for a while, I did." Had he really just said that out loud? Perhaps it wasn't wise. But somehow he knew it was...necessary.

"I don't want to have to take you out one day, Richard. So I'll give you no assurance I'll do so. There is no easy way out. That, I've learned the hard way. I'll be here for guidance, but you really need to listen. And put in the work. And accept help when it's bally well offered."

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Tairais  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

Richard shook his head. "You misunderstand, perhaps we misunderstand too. I know I am to lose Elias someday- it makes sense, we have lost everyone else we have ever loved completely, so what is one more loss as great as this? I would crawl into his chest and live there if I could for the sanctuary it provides us, but were I to do that, we would lose him all the more sooner.I may have a high pain tolerance, but that doesn't mean I wish to speed towards my collision with it. Perhaps in the earlier days of my.. relationship, I would have liked to, but now.. Following the aftermath of these recent events, it no longer appeals to me, and I change my course accordingly. We have no desire to kill him, be it to honor him or compost him."

He pinched the bridge of his nose, gritting his teeth against the splitting headache running rampant.

"I do not see how you can propose acceptance of the part of us that would tear apart your beloved Hastie for no other reason than to watch you squirm and laugh at your anger and misery. It hadn't even returned until then, until now- whatever you want to call that. Even now, it remains just a hint of memory, of times long buried in the past. Why would you have me give up control of the thing that could destroy so many things you and I hold close to our hearts? Is it not better to acknowledge its true nature by keeping it from doing harm? We have no desire to visit our past that way. Is it not better to focus and change for the future, to adapt and evolve?"

He paused and chuckled, realization skirting the fringes of his mind. "Besides, are we not splintering already?" He glanced down at the hand missing part of the stone that allowed him to feel and touch, that gave cold metal the illusion of warm flesh almost. There was a soot-like substance clinging to the surface of the metal of his would-be palm, glittering like ground charcoal and creeping upwards and downwards like frost.

He sighed after a moment. "I am putting in the work, if you haven't noticed. No breakdowns over horrendously killing men with my teeth, joy of all joys. We enjoyed it, et cetera. Surely a step in the correct direction, yes?"

A pause. "I feel like I am floating from everything that is me in the process, granted, but I suppose it is normal to lose one sense of self for another." He didn't like how resigned and wearily defeated he sounded, but there it was.

He absorbed the knew knowledge of Lewis's past with barely the twitch of an eyebrow, mind slowly slipping elsewhere through eyes slowly growing glassy through pain and delirium. He was exhausted, bone-tired and world weary, and would have liked nothing more than to sleep into endless oblivion.

Bitterly, in the quiet of his mind, he added, "I would much rather you spare me the suffering of living as a discarded mindset and view of the world. Even as the self-called-Prince, we despised ourselves. Not that it would matter, you are determined to see us united and whole."

"Have I ever even been whole in the first case? Once, perhaps, but not since then, through no one's fault but my own, certainly."

He was too weary for these thoughts. Melancholy and desperation clung to him like an ill-fitting suit, unflattering, but impossible to escape from when his mind was foggy and clumsy as it was.

He didn't even know how to put his own thoughts into their proper words, he only hoped Lewis wouldn't misinterpret things. Could he even try and explain properly?

It was belatedly he registered Lewis's labeling of him as a former victim. The thought irritated him more than it should have, but it stayed within the walls of his mind for the most part. He sighed and added a mumbled apology as an afterthought, not entirely sure what he was apologizing for beyond a sense of guilt and failure.

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Jekyll1886  Tairais • 3 years ago • edited

"None so blind as those who will not see," said Lewis. It was obvious he wouldn't get anywhere--not with the state Prince was currently in, perhaps not ever. "I bare my soul to you," to Oliver there, too, who's pretending to sleep, "and all I get is 'You couldn't possibly understand my pain, my travails'. D'you think you're the only damn man who's lost everyone he's ever loved? You misinterpret what I mean and convince yourself I'm the one who doesn't understand. You think I want to turn the clock back and keep you from evolving, when I can see you falling apart in front of me! What'll it take before you admit to yourself what you're doing isn't working? That 'Prince' of yours isn't a recent development--hell, I talked to 'im the day I met you, whether you remember it or no. You concentrate on the brutality of it, bringin' up scenarios of Hastie, sayin' it's for 'no other reason than to watch me squirm', to 'laugh at my anger and misery'--without askin' yourself why he'd want to, why he'd feel the need to: Is it a sense of power and control? Is it a case of 'misery loves company', and if he has to suffer, why shouldn't everyone else? Is it sayin', 'Look at me, I can affect the world, no one better try to touch me'? He puffs himself up 'cause it beats runnin' scared, and dulls the pain of the other parts of you. It's like a dog that's been beaten, lashin' out at anyone that comes near it. And you think the solution's to put it in a cage. Ah'm not sayin' let the pooch run your household, I'm tellin' you to train it properly! Ah'm not proposin' a return to the past, I'm tryin' to help you see a way forward! I've led you to water, put it in a fancy glass, and even given you a straw. But if you insist on topplin' the trough, like an ass, or kickin' me for my troubles, there's nothin' more I can do."

He fixed Richard with a gaze that saw into the depths of him, less a lepidopterist's pin than a laser.

"I feel your energy changin', but it's more to do with my words than your injuries. You don't want to hear what I have to say, so you're allowin' your body to lodge its complaints with your mind in the hopes you'll get out of listening--never mind you kept yourself conscious in worse shape, for frankly inhuman amounts of time, back in that workhouse." Weir broke eye contact as he recalled his interaction with Alice, back in his flat. Under his breath, he half-muttered, half-growled, "Why is no one willin' to look in a damn mirror?"

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Jekyll1886  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

((chatterghosts ))

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

( D8 )

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Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago • edited

Whenever Joseph opens Lewis's note to him, a card will fall out, reading:

Dr. Lewis B. Weir

Transcendental Metaphysicist

and list Lewis's mailing address.

The letter itself is as follows:

Joseph,

'Sorry we didn't have a proper chance to talk. Feel free to write me if you like; you'll find my card enclosed. You'll put in at Apia harbor; use the money in the envelope to take transport about four miles south from there, to the village of Vailima. There are natives and expats from all walks of life, and Teuila (pronounced "tay WEE lah"; means "red ginger flower") will help set you up until you get on your feet. Just mention you were sent by Louie Scott (the name she knew me by). Give her my warm regards, tell her I'm well, and do right by her.

I hope Samoa proves as beneficial to your soul as it did to mine. Feel the sun on your skin, the sand or grass beneath your feet, listen to the sounds of the waves and waters. The view from the mountain is breathtaking. Allow yourself to enjoy it all.

I wish you all the best,

Sincerely,

Dr. Lewis Balfour Weir

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Jekyll1886  Jekyll1886 • 3 years ago

((^Sorry, forgot to tag you above, chatterghosts ))

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Ms. Evangeline Hyde • 3 years ago

Evangeline wandered into the infirmary, then recoiled in shock and confusion at the sight of all the injury and blood. "I feel like I missed something. What... happened here?"

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chatterghosts  Ms. Evangeline Hyde • 3 years ago

All others were currently asleep, save one person - that is, a short redhead, sitting up with a jerk from the bed. "Huh?"

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Ms. Evangeline Hyde  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

"Oh. Uh, sorry. Did I wake you?" Evangeline slowly approached the bed.

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chatterghosts  Ms. Evangeline Hyde • 3 years ago

As Evangeline approaches, the redhead inches towards the wall - effectively cornering himself. "No, uh, you didn't. It's fine."

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Silverliné Carew • 3 years ago

( When Oliver awakens, he is greeted by the scent of freshly baked orange cookies.

Sure enough, an entire plate of them rest on the nightstand by his bed accompanied by a glass of water and a note. )

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Silverliné Carew • 3 years ago

(MY CHILD GETS COOKIES!!! ORANGE COOKIES FOR MY ORANGE JUICE!!! THANK YOU SILVER!!!)

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Silverliné Carew  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

( e W e

it wasn't a coincidence

)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Silverliné Carew • 3 years ago

( I KNOW!!!!! ;U; )

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chatterghosts  Silverliné Carew • 3 years ago

Upon seeing the plate of cookies, Oliver smiles, though he seems reluctant to actually... try them. Rather, he plucks the note first, giving it a curious once-over.

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Silverliné Carew  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

( The words are written in large messily scrawled manuscript:

" Dear Oliver,

( I apologize in advance for forgetting your name, as I am not good at retaining this kind of information. Know that it's nothing personal, I'm just a Soprano ;) )

We may not have known you for very long, but we are SO GLAD to have you here with us! You mean the world to us all and we greatly look forward to being acquainted with the beautiful soul behind your kindly face 💕

I don't know if there are any dietary restrictions, but enclosed

Included

We made you some cookies because, like the orange, you brought a little sweetness into a sometimes sour world. Even throughout the ugly parts, I hope you come to love the precious little moments you will encounter here. They are the true essence of our life experiences and make us who we are at our very inner core.

With well wishes, a little harmony, and much love,

Silver. " )

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Silverliné Carew • 3 years ago

(<3 <3 <3 i'm tearing up!! Oh Silver this is beautiful!! You've put into words what I feel! Thank you!!! )

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Silverliné Carew  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

( I thought it would be nice for Oliver to be the only one pampered...for once )

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Silverliné Carew • 3 years ago

(AWWWwww!!!! <3 I love it!!! SUCK IT ELIAS!!)

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chatterghosts  Silverliné Carew • 3 years ago

Throughout the reading, Oliver's face shifts through multiple expressions:

Surprise at the idea that anyone would try to remember his name at all, considering; a slight fondness accompanied by confusion. He was hardly beautiful, not to mention he'd been ready to sacrifice these people's lives, these good people, to get his freedom.

Last, but not least, was the hope that he could make something of his time here. His place in this world wasn't permanent, not by a longshot.

Oliver folds the note and crams it into his pocket, before hesitantly grabbing a cookie and taking a bite.

He would be fine here. He could make something worthwhile, he was sure of it.

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Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Alice was walking by the infirmary on her way back from lunch when she noticed the body count inside had more than tripled! Normally she would have continued walking, not caring who or what may be in those beds however her worry got the better of her (as she hadn't heard the rumors floating around yet) and she quietly poked her head inside to make sure Catt or Lewis or Jasper or Mz. Hyde weren't among the patients.

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

None of said individuals would be holed up in the infirmary; the only waking soul in the room is an unfamiliar redhead, currently examining....something Alice isn't able to see.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Alice glanced around the room and spotted a familiar face, Arty. He looked worse for ware too.

Last that Alice heard, Arty had prepared a search party and was off to find his brother. She told him to leave it be, and that his brother would come back in his own time. Elias was always causing trouble and this time it seem to have hurt Artemis, and all the unfamiliar faces in the infirmary. So many people, and she was willing to bet it was because of Elias.

She sighed and shook her head ever so slightly at the thought.

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

The redhead offers a tiny, weak wave. "Um, hi there... lady."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago • edited

"Oh!" Alice didn't realize that he was awake. "Sorry to bother you! I was just going." She whispered.

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Disappointment flickers across his expression for a second, but he nods. "That's, uh, that's okay. It was nice to meet you."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Alice starts to head out the door before she stops and whispers, "If you have a minute, what happened here?" She gestures to the numerous filled beds.

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

He freezes up.

You don't have to lie. You can tell her the truth. Just, uh, avoid..certain..truths.

"If you think I'm crazy, you need to take a look in the mirror."

"People went to go help find a man named Elias, and he...um, inadvertently caused a lot of damage."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Triumph flickers across her face and she mutters something under her breath, "Knew it!"

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

He practically flinches. "What was that?"

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago • edited

"Oh nothing." She quickly suppresses her joy of having another piece of evidence against Elias and replaces it with, what she hoped was, a poker face, "You should stay away from Elias, he's.....he has a habit of making things worse."

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

The redhead's eyes flutter closed, and he flashes a bitter smile, his head dangling to the point where his hair obscures his face. "You're right about that."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Alice begins to walk over to him as to not wake the others with their whispering, "I take it you've met him then. I'm really sorry about that." She shakes her head again.

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

He quickly looks away. "We're close, I guess."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

She stops and looks hard at the red head.

"Did he..." she pauses a moment concern filling her face, "Is he the reason you're in here too?"

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

He clears his throat. Lying isn't the way to start a potential friendship. If I'm honest, she'll trust me, right? Trust is good. Allies are good!

But what if she hates me for it? Oh God, but I don't want her to be even more pissed if I try to lie...

"...yes."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago • edited

Alice sighed and plopped down in a chair next to his bed and gave him a good once over. Long red hair that clearly had not been brushed. Cuts and bruises covered his exposed skin. A swollen blackened eye. And on top of all of that his left hand was under a mountain of bandages.

"He really did a number on you, didn't he."

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

"He didn't necessarily do anything, I mean, uh, y'know," the redhead says with a shrug. He seems to shift in discomfort in her presence, a piece of paper almost white-knuckled in his still-good hand. "It is what it is, I guess."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Alice does not notice these signs as she's about ready to find Elias and give him a piece of her mind. "Oh! It never is his fault is it?! It's not his fault he shows up on the steps bleeding out! It's not his fault that I'm scrubbing blood off said steps at an ungodly hour! It's not his fault with the Octopus! Or the coming home drunk! Or breaking his brother's heart! Or hurting all of you! No! It never is! He's just the punch line of fate's joke! He never sets himself up for this! Not with the lying or the notes or all the ...." Her sarcastic rant turns into quiet sarcastic grumbles as she stares at the floor imagine what she would do as soon as she found Elias.

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

His eyes widen, and the color exits his already sickly-white face. "D-does everyone feel like that?"

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

She sighs and shakes her head, "No. No one else can seem to see all his lies...or at least hasn't had the wonderful experience of patching him up after he's drench the society with his blood."

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Blood. There was carnage everywhere. Throats had been ripped out. Everyone avoided looking at them. Why? Ist was sickening.

His eyes quickly shut, and the redhead tries hard to will the images away.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Alice anger drains away as concern for the man floods in, "Hey? Are you feeling okay? Do I need to get Hen--the doctor or someone?"

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

" 'm fine," he breaths out, his voice quiet and hoarse. He clears it just as quickly. "Could I get a sec, jus' one, um, alone?"

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

"Um...yah. Sure." Alice hesitantly stands up, she didn't like the idea of leaving him when he looked this sick. "I was just about to leave anyways...I should get Hen, have him take a look at you."

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

"No!" He grabs onto her sleeve with wide eyes, but when he turns his gaze to her, his eyes are no longer their dark blue, but a very..familiar gold. "Please don't do that, miss."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Alice flinches at the sudden grasp, "Are you sure? You don't look very good." She doesn't note the sudden change in eye color, (due to never seeing the redhead's eyes in a good light) yet something eerily family scratches at the back of her mind.

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

"I'm...fine." He flashes a weak smile.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

"Um...." She looks at him and then his hand that is still clutching her sleeve, doubt pooling in her eyes.

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

He quickly withdraws his hold as soon as his hands began trembling.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago • edited

She watches his hand drift away, shaking. "I'm getting you doctor.", Alice states (no room for debate in her voice) as she begins to leave.

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

"Wait!" His voice cracked. Did he always sound so needy? "C-could you just grab a bucket, or somethin'?"

The white-hot pain was creeping up from his stomach, now. There wasn't time.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

"Uh..." She stopped at the odd response but honored his request even though she really ought to be finding Hen.

Retrieving a nearby waist bin she rushed back over to the redhead holding it out to him. "Here."

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

The orange cookies offered to him so generously before returned with a vengeance, and as he buries his face in the bin, he begins to wretch.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Alice's eyes widened. It was worse than she imagined, "Just hang on! I'll be back with someone in a minute!" She sprinted to the adjoining room in the infirmary in search of Alano or Hen.

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Though he attempted a response, the only thing that came was breathy, guttural groans.

He was going to disappear and be hated and hurt.

The pain was strangling his throat.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Alice came barreling back into the room, panic accenting every word and motion, "Th-They're not in!!! They're not in!! I'm going to go try the halls now!" All attempts for quietness and sincerity were now loss amongst the alarm.

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

"Stop," he chokes out.

The physical changes had already set in on his muscles, leaving him feeling incredibly weak. His clothes weren't so loose anymore.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

"STOP?!" Alice shouted at him on the verge of hysteria, "STOP?! YOU DON'T WANT ME TO GET THE DOCTORS WHEN YOU'RE CLEARLY NOT WELL?!?!? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU THINKING?!"

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

The shouting doesn't do well for him, and he responds with equal volume, "Stop it, Alice!"

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago • edited

Alice stops, the blood draining from her face, and stares at the red head. Her suddenly quiet voice, catches on itself, "I--I never told you my name..."

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Words never came - only a choked sob, echoed by a pained shriek. The familiar burning sensation buzzed and danced across his skin in ripples as his body dismantled and rebuilt itself to fit someone else's form: taller, lankier, more lithe than he. He didn't stop crying, and he continued to heave into the bucket.

The change in hair followed, and it felt like someone was yanking it further from his head. He couldn't tell at what point those particular changes had settled, but there were no longer any messy red bangs to mask the horror show.

The pained screams slowly died off, as did the person making them. All that remained in the bed was Elias, with a twitch here and there, but he didn't raise his head; he was too ashamed to.

Finally, there was silence.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago

Alice's shoulders dropped. She didn't move. She didn't speak. She couldn't.....

Why did he get to complete? But was it worth it being the other half of Elias? And when did this even happen? Did he hear everything? Did he know? Was the redhead Elias or was the redhead someone else? Why him? Why them? Why?

Alice didn't speak. She didn't move. She just stared.

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Nor did Elias; he drew his knees to his chest and tucked his chin in the crook between them.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago • edited

The cuts were the same. The bruises were the same. The bed and bucket were the same. The body was the sa--different? The person was different? The hair was different.

Her arms wrapped around her torso. She never looked away.

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chatterghosts  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

"I'm....sorry."

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 3 years ago • edited

His words hung in the air.

Alice's arms returned by her sides and she calmly walked up to his bed. Her face was no longer distorted with terror or anger or jealous but was a blank slate. She stared at him for a few moments.

"I get the joke now." Her voice fell flat upon the floor, no emotion. Nothing.

She grabbed 2 of the orange cookies before striding out, letting Elias ponder her words.

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