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thalassino ([personal profile] thalassino) wrote in [community profile] vatheon2012-03-27 04:15 pm

Life's no fun without a good scare


It starts some time around 3am, Tuesday morning. Thin whispers of fog start appearing all throughout Vatheon, creeping through the narrow, winding streets, up the steps, and over the park. It starts in the lower district, but as the night progresses and daylight approaches, it spreads to the other districts as well, growing thicker and thicker as it does. By the morning rolls around, the mist is thick enough that visibility has been compromised greatly, and the temperature seems to have dropped a few degrees, an odd chill filling the air.

And on the walls, there are stains.

They are infrequent at first, just a odd ruddy brown smear and a oddly bright red drop here and there, but the closer to the Plaza, the more numerous they become. There is a large smear across the steps leading up to the Plaza, as if something big was dragged up them. In one place the blood -- for it is blood, there is no deny it at this point -- pools thickly as if whoever was responsible took a casual break there, leaving the poor victim to bleed out on the steps.

On the plaza, the mist is thinner, but that is no relief. Rather, it just functions to make the gruesome scene all the more clearer.

A woman is draped upside down on the coral. Or, well, woman. It was once a woman, certainly, but now it is nothing more than something straight out of a nightmare. The flesh seems to have been torn carelessly from her limbs here and there, showing the white gleam of her bones, her nurse outfit torn as if raked apart by giant claws and her head...

well, it isn't there anymore.

The ground in front of her is smeared with blood as well. But where the previous smears had been accidental, these are deliberate, long lines curving and meeting to spell out



hel pm e



But no help had been forthcoming, clearly. No, it seems that this murder, this brutal murder, was nothing more than a game to whoever did it. The walls of the buildings surrounding the plaza are coated in bloody, spelling out a long string of mocking 'HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA's and directly in the center, behind the coral.


Who is next?



The notice board seems to have been hit too. The killer did not tear down any of the notices on the board already, but they did cover the entire board with blood-stained sheets of paper, each adorned with the same text over and over and over again.


Chop chop, sweet Charlotte
Chop chop till she's dead
Chop chop, sweet Charlotte
Chop off her hand and head.



For those brave enough to check, no, the poor girl still has both her hands. Was the killer just sloppy, or does this mean this is not Charlotte? So many unanswered questions, more born every passing moment.

Who had done this? Why? Where they going to strike again? And why had nobody heard anything?





[ooc note: Consider this your mingle log. Have fun, go forth, threadjack.

And as a further note, the fog does not seem to be clearing up as the week goes on. ]
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[personal profile] macabre 2012-03-27 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't trust you.

[ sort of. in a way. there's just this feeling that Pharos can't understand and somehow, it makes him angry to feel it. ]
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[personal profile] nos_servabit 2012-03-27 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[That gets the slightest twitch of amusement in Jacob's ever-present smile, and he moves so that he's facing Pharos now. The look on his face almost looks like a father who is listening to a young child try to explain why the sky is blue.]

And why don't you trust me?
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[personal profile] macabre 2012-03-27 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ --! Pharos takes a step back, hesitant and unsure. His expression changes from the ever present smile to something ... almost afraid. ]

Why should I trust you?
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[personal profile] nos_servabit 2012-03-27 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[He muses on that for a few seconds.]

That's a good question. It's all up to you, you know.

Trust me or don't trust me. You have a choice.
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I LOVE YOU, CRYSTAL

[personal profile] macabre 2012-03-27 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... He needs Minato. Of course he needs Minato because Minato meant more to him than anything in the world. When things became confusing or scary or just downright weird, he went to Minato. There were still such large gaps in his memory that he wasn't entirely sure what to think when his instincts were being so loud and telling him these things, telling him to attack and to run and to hate and-- ]

... Who are you?
nos_servabit: (a reassuring smile)

I LOVE YOU TOO sdfghjhgfg i love this so much already <3

[personal profile] nos_servabit 2012-03-27 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm Jacob.

[He smiles amiably at the boy, not showing any gesture or body language that could be considered dangerous or suspicious. In fact, everything just seems rather open with him. Like no matter who you are, he'll accept you with open arms.]

Now, who are you?
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me too +w+!!

[personal profile] macabre 2012-03-27 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
My name is Pharos.

[ He's... still quite on edge but slowly relaxing. Just... debating between his own vicious instinctive thoughts and his own individual thoughts. Minato wanted him to do this, right? To think for himself and though his sense were flaring up at the scene and the people and this man -- this Jacob-- ]

You're different, aren't you?
nos_servabit: (intently listening)

/holds forever

[personal profile] nos_servabit 2012-03-27 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Pharos? That's a good name.

[He tilts his head slightly at the question.]

Depends on what you mean by "different".

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<3!!!

[personal profile] macabre 2012-03-27 07:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I... am not entirely sure.

[ he wasn't even sure what he was himself, despite the aura of death reeking from him.

one day he was sure he'd know but yet... ]
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[personal profile] nos_servabit 2012-03-27 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Well...I guess we'll have to get to know each other so you can determine what is so different about me.

[Oh, he can sense that aura. It was almost the same as the one his brother wore. But not quite the same as well...it intrigued him, really.]
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[personal profile] macabre 2012-03-28 02:39 pm (UTC)(link)
... Like a friend?

[ because after all, he has only one friend. just one... simple friend. ]
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[personal profile] nos_servabit 2012-03-28 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
If you want it to be like a friend. It's your decision, really.
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[personal profile] macabre 2012-03-28 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
... I'd like that.
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[personal profile] nos_servabit 2012-03-28 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Good. Then we're in agreement on that.

[His smile widens as he steps closer to Pharos, away from the scene of the body.]

Have you been here long, Pharos?

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[personal profile] macabre 2012-03-28 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
This is my third visit. I arrived yesterday.

[ he doesn't move back this time, just stays where he is -- watching Jacob ]
nos_servabit: (sideways glance)

[personal profile] nos_servabit 2012-03-28 04:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Really? So you've been here and back. That must be quite the interesting experience.

[A curious look.]

Where do you come from, Pharos?
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[personal profile] macabre 2012-03-28 04:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I left my friend here in the process.

[ a pause as he considers this ]

... I don't know.
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[personal profile] nos_servabit 2012-03-28 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
But at least you have him again...that's a sort of blessing, isn't it?

[He tilts his head.]

You don't know? That's a little odd. Where were you before you came here, then?
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[personal profile] macabre 2012-03-28 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, it is.

[ he looks off to the side in thought at that question ]

I was with Minato.
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[personal profile] nos_servabit 2012-03-28 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Minato?

[He knows him well, he's been here in the bubble for a while...Jacob can put two and two together.]

Is he the friend you left behind?
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[personal profile] macabre 2012-03-28 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! Do you know him?
nos_servabit: (sideways glance)

[personal profile] nos_servabit 2012-03-28 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, I do. We've talked several times.

He's very nice to talk to.
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[personal profile] macabre 2012-03-28 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
He is! He's my best friend. My... only friend.

[ a pause ]

My first friend.
nos_servabit: (a reassuring smile)

[personal profile] nos_servabit 2012-03-28 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. You must be very happy to have him.

[He smiles brightly at that, that fatherly look never leaving his face.]

Does that mean I'm going to be your second one?
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[personal profile] macabre 2012-03-29 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Would you like to? Y-you could be my third or fourth if you'd like!

[ he seems a bit nervous then, never even being seen by other people before so it's all quite jarring to him ]

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