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[thegirltwin]

Phone:
Does this mean we're helping him? Helping them? ...I guess we don't have a choice, do we? [After all, she said once she would help fix the machine, and she meant it.]

Just don't blow up the hospital. Whatever you do. There are too many injured people there who can't be moved. We can't endanger them. Not even for this.


Action // 836 Hastings Boulevard:
[Clutching her stomach, Nina is going to hunt around the house for her brother until she finds him.]

Johan? I need your advice.


Action // The Beauty Salon:
[Nina is going into the beauty salon.

And a gun. She doesn't fire it yet, but she's willing to if nobody listens the first time.]

Everybody out of here! Right now!

[Sharp-eyed observers might also notice there are several containers of gasoline in the beauty salon that weren't there before.]


Action // Outside the salon, after:
[Nina is standing some ways outside the beauty salon, watching it burn down from a safe distance. A young man who looks very similar to her is with her. There's something different about Nina herself too, though it's difficult to tell until you get close. But her expression seems to have changed slightly, and there's something glittering in her eyes. She isn't smiling, but somehow it feels as though she might be.]


[ooc: Just a note, Johan is with Nina and may threadjack any of her action tags, unless you explicitly specify you don't want that. You can also explicitly request to interact with both of them if you want, too!]

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[phone]

[roadroller]

... She took Len's tongue. I don't care who I'm helping if it'll make her mad and fix him. ♪

[phone]

[thegirltwin]

Rin! You're okay. Wait. Len? That's your twin brother, isn't it? If my brother was hurt because of this, I think I'd be even more determined to do something, so I can't blame you for that at all.

[phone]

[roadroller]

Yeah.

[her voice shakes a little.]

H-He just got here. It's disgusting...

[and then solidifies.]

Nothing matters more to me right now. ♪

[phone]

[thegirltwin]

I'm sorry, Rin.

[She means it, truly. Taking someone's tongue away sounds horrific to Nina.]

I understand. But the best thing you can do is just stay with your brother and be there for him. He needs you right now.

[phone]

[roadroller]

Of course I will... we do everything as a team. ♪

[but that doesn't necessarily mean staying at home. If Len wants to go cruising in the roadroller then all bets are off]

[phone]

[thegirltwin]

Have you always?

[phone]

[roadroller]

Well, yeah, for the most part. Sometimes we sing by ourselves or with other people, but that's the extent of our not doing things together.

[pause. Crap. She said too much.]

... God, I ... He can't sing anymore, I forgot I wasn't going to talk about it.

Hey, you think Jack will really put him back to normal? ♪

[phone]

[thegirltwin]

I don't think even Johan and I are together quite so much, and we're together a lot these days.

[Nina's heart is breaking for Rin and Len right now.]

I... I don't know. But he seemed sincere when he said he wanted to try. I think he might be telling the truth for once. Even if he's not, it might be our only hope.

[phone]

[roadroller]

Right, what choice do we have. I don't want things to be different here for us. We're already separated by houses... ♪

[phone]

[thegirltwin]

Maybe they'll put you both in the same house eventually? They did that for Johan and me.

House

[theboytwin]

Yes?

[thegirltwin]

[Doesn't look at him yet.]

I'm sorry for asking you this. [Her fists clench.] You don't have to answer if you don't want to, but...

[She looks up.]

You've destroyed a lot of buildings, haven't you?

[theboytwin]

[Looking at her....what? No, wait, this is totally normal.]

Well I tend to have other people do it for me. But yes. Quite a few.

[thegirltwin]

[Nods.] So if you were going to have someone destroy a building, what's the best way to do that? What would you tell them to do?

[theboytwin]

Hide or spread gasoline in the building and then light it up. It's quite simple.

Also if I wanted them to die as well I'd tell them to light it from the inside and cover themselves in gasoline as well.

[thegirltwin]

[Nina gives a little shudder at that.]

What if I don't want anyone to die? What if I'm only trying to destroy a building without hurting anyone inside it?

[theboytwin]

Well it takes the fun out of it.

....

Simply clear everyone out and proceed with the plan. It's not that hard to set a building on fire. Just make sure you're careful with the fuel and then let the fire do the rest of the work.

[thegirltwin]

[Frowning.]

That's it? It almost sounds too easy when you say it like that. [Deep breath.] Thank you.

...The beauty salon would get her attention, wouldn't it?

[theboytwin]

It's quite easy.

Yes that might. A good idea.

[thegirltwin]

Do you want to come with me?

[It's not as if she has a choice. If Johan wants to come, then he'll come. But inviting him says that she knows he will, accepts that, and is -- somewhat -- beginning to trust him.]

[theboytwin]

I'd love to.

[thegirltwin]

Then we should go.

[theboytwin]

Excellent.

[Nods, and indicates he will follow. This is her idea after all.]

phone;

[gandere]

Do you think it'd do any good to help them? What has happened every other time we've given them aid? What about culling the population? This is ridiculous and when everyone is hurt cause of it, I know exactly who to blame.

[ Rin's emotions are a tad bit more abnormal than usual. ]

phone;

[thegirltwin]

Rin...? Wha -- what choice do we have? Everyone is already suffering so much. Things can't possibly get worse. I don't like helping them either, but I helped cause this mess in the first place. I have to set it right again.

phone;

[gandere]

They can get worse. Haven't you seen what this place has done before?

phone;

[thegirltwin]

Of course I've seen it. But... things are very bad right now. There's a time to fight, and a time to cooperate.

phone;

[gandere]

And you choose to cooperate? Do you remember what happened the last time people did? Our names ended up on trophies to forever be remembered.

phone;

[thegirltwin]

How is that the same? They're not asking us to kill anyone this time!

phone;

[gandere]

You can do what you want. Just don't be surprised when this turns against you.

Action; As the salon burns

[notyetageneral]

[Oh hey, there's a hallucinating teenage girl with a rifle running towards the newly created blaze in what seems to be alarm. Seeing that there seems to be no one inside, she seems to pause, regarding the blaze before whipping around angrily at the first two people she notices.] What are you people doing?! You're wrecking the town! Why can't you all stop resisting?

[There's a sudden pause and a soft groan, as Tyve presses a hand to her head, her personality switching back to what passes for normal at the moment.] Ugh.. What are you people doing out here in the open? You'll need to take cover. The shooting is getting worse. And more things are burning it seems. [It's as if she hasn't even noticed her strange behavior just a few seconds ago.]

[thegirltwin]

[Nina stares at her. Peope do tend to come back from dronings rather suddenly -- Nina has experience -- but this is... different. It's almost as if she's switching between being droned and not droned.]

Actually, miss, I think you might need to be the one who needs to hide.

[notyetageneral]

But you're civili-[There's no need to be rude about it even if it's urgent.]- You're not safe out here, ma'am.

[thegirltwin]

I... [Nina almost points out that she's the one who set the fire in the first place but thinks better of it.] No. I suppose not. I'll try to get somewhere safe. Thank you for your concern. But, ah -- I don't know if you're some kind of military officer, but you should know... you were acting like a drone only a few minutes ago.

[notyetageneral]

You're welcome, ma'am.

I'm...Not quite an officer yet. [She sounds a little sheepish at that...Though she blinks in surprise at the mentioning of droning.] With all due respect, I hardly think that I wouldn't be aware of anything if I'd been droned. [Granted she's never been droned before...Or to her recollection.]

I do appreciate your concern but we need to get out of here. I promise I have no ulterior motives for this, I just want to -protect Mayfi- Help the population trying to get out of here. [Whoops. Looks like the stress of this whole "war zone" made her slip for a moment into her partial drone self.]