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[allwehad]

[A] Action: 1449 Mitchell Road]

[It's early in the morning on the 6th when Margot wakes up. It's a relief at first and, physically, she feels fine after what she went through in the portal.

It doesn't take long for things to go south when, out of the corner of her eye, she catches sight of something. Nadia. Nadia with no face, like the drones on the blimp, covered in blood. She lets out a yell, at once wanting to run away and forward to help, but in a blink, the apparition is gone as quickly as it came.

Things don't improve. Moving through the house, she sees more of the drones -- twisted and disfigured by fire; if she bumps into housemates, they don't have faces to her and the Nadia thing is always there, lurking just at the corner of her vision.

She's sure she's gone mad, but remembers the revival machine -- it's not working correctly. That's all this is, right? A side effect?

For a good chunk of the morning and afternoon, she's going to lock herself in the bathroom (sorry housemates), running the phone cord under the door.]

[B] Phone]

[Margot does not sound good when she talks into the phone, voice strained.]

Whoever was on the flying ship, did you make it out okay? And did anyone find anything? Things went bad pretty fast, so...

[There's a long pause before Margot clears her throat and continues.]

How long do the side effects of being revived wear off, if they do? Out of curiosity.

Comments

phone

[pursuitofcappiness]

I don't know how long they last but, are you alright? Do you want to see a doctor?

phone

[allwehad]

I don't think a doctor can help with this. Not if it's the machine and I haven't actually lost my mind.

[There is a nervous, slightly unhinged laugh.]

I-I'll live, though.

Re: phone

[pursuitofcappiness]

Well, is there anything I can do to help?

Re: phone

[allwehad]

I appreciate the offer, but... I don't think there's anything you can do unless you can make the shit I'm seeing go away.

phone

[perfectsymmetry]

A-Are you alright? I think a few days to a week, maybe, b-but I'm not sure...

phone

[allwehad]

That's... great. Great.

[Her tone suggests anything but.]

I seem to, ah, have some side effects that I get to deal with.

[perfectsymmetry]

I'm sorry. I wish there was something I could do, but they just have to go away on their own, I-I think.

[allwehad]

...It's going to be a very long set of days, I think.

phone

[aozaki]

A few days up to a week, since around end January. What happened on the ship? [the woman's voice is laid-back and easy.]

phone

[allwehad]

It was some sort of flying ship -- like a hot air balloon, but massive. It was full of these faceless drones. I'm not sure what happened exactly, but there was an explosion after a while and everything went crazy.

The drones tried to kill us all and then the ship crashed into a very tall building.

[aozaki]

The portal leading to the sky, right? I was curious about that one. Hm, from where did the explosion happen, if you don't mind me asking? The engine room, the control room, or somewhere else?

[no need to dwell on the killer drones and crash, all things considered...]

[allwehad]

Er... I don't know. I'm not familiar with those kinds of things and we don't have ships like that where I'm from.

Probably either the two you mentioned, considering how fast it started going down.

B

[a_gentle_boy]

Miss Margot!

[Somehow, he and the others had made it through the portal safely through the magic of assumptions and hand-wave. Lucas seizes on the last part of her call.]

W-What... You didn't make it back through?

[allwehad]

No I... I went back for someone, tried to buy more time for everyone else. Thought I had more time myself, but I guess I didn't. [She laughs quietly.]

[a_gentle_boy]

...

I should've stuck with you. I'm sorry.

[allwehad]

Lucas... Don't be. I knew what I was getting in to.

I'm just -- did you get out? And your friends?

Phone

[sturmbahnfuhrer]

I can hardly speak for everyone but for me it was about a week.

Phone

[allwehad]

I'm really, really hoping this doesn't last as long.

Re: Phone

[sturmbahnfuhrer]

Perhaps you'll be lucky! I can speak only from my own experience I'm afraid.

Still. I should expect it will last at least a few days if you've only recently rejoined us.

phone

[likes2havesex]

[Panty doesn't recognize the voice on the other end, but she was on that ship so she answers.]

Here.

[its flat and bored, like she's answering roll call in a school classroom]

[allwehad]

You're... here. As in you were on the ship or you're just here?

[likes2havesex]

Oi, I was on the ship. You asked for survivors so I was doing you a favor by answering.

[A] Action

[derp_detective]

[Gumshoe takes awhile to get up in the morning, obviously. So even if he wasn't around when Margot woke up, he probably hasn't figured out what all the noise entails just yet.

In fact, he's on his way to the bathroom when he almost trips over the phone cord. That's about when he figures something is out of the ordinary. He gives a gentle knock on the door.]

Um, you okay in there?

[allwehad]

[Margot hangs up the phone at the sound of not!husband. Since she'll be spending most of her time at the house until she's better, she may as well be frank with him and calls out shakily:]

Oh, yeah, I'm okay. Just hallucinating, that's all.

[derp_detective]

Oh okay. Was worried there for a minu- Wait, what?! Oh man, is there anything I can do?

...Um, I don't know how helpful saying this at the moment is, but I promise I'm not a hallucination out here.