The Magic That Haunts Us

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[Relatively early in the morning, a high-pitched scream can be heard in the building, followed by hurried footsteps running up to the third floor and the slamming of the door. And given that Hibiki is the only child on that floor who is likely capable of making a sound at that pitch, well...

It might not be so difficult to figure out who, exactly, it was. However, it might be a little more difficult to figure out why there is blood staining the carpet on the second floor.

Sorry about your sleep!]

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Im n ot goingg to the hopsital today sorry

Rutherfordsan im sorry but i dont think i can ma ke diner either today

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[morethanadream]

[Well, Sandy wasn't sleeping anyway. The cuddly narcoleptic won't be sleeping again until he knows he won't hurt anyone.

So he's wide awake to hear Hibiki's scream. He goes rigid, then immediately goes through the bathroom they share, knocking hard on her door.

Hibiki? Hibiki, open the door!]

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[Sorry, Hibiki is in blanket town right now. Although it's muffled by the fact that she has burrowed under the comforter, there is definitely the sound of crying.

Someone got hurt, maybe even died... And all she can do is sit here and cry, too scared to leave her room.]

[morethanadream]

[Well fuck this, spirits don't need manners!

Sandy will push the door open anyway and make his way to Hibiki's bed, scanning the room for signs of blood--something he wouldn't have considered last week, but with this week as it has been...

He reaches out and touches the bundle of crying blankets, trying to alert her of his presence.]

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[There is no blood in the room, although there is one (1) quivering lump under the blankets as well as a pair of confused critters (one gusk and one Cyndaquil, respectively) that seem to be curiously investigating said lump.

Hibiki, for her part, is doing her best to shrink down into the mattress as much as possible. Someone just came in her room-- did she leave the door unlocked? Is the culprit coming for her now...?

She can't quite help but give a quiet sob at the thought.]

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What happened, Hibiki? Do you need help?

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I htink someone got hrut

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[livedtwice]

... It's possible. Do you think it's a good idea to stick around there?

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[He has a point.]

I dont know what to d o i ran to y room wihtout thinking im scared

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[Vash was already awake. Even if he wasn't a light sleeper a gunshot in the same house is hard to miss. His nose could pick up the smell of gunpowder easily so it didn't take him long to get to the second floor and see the blood.

The scream and the slamming of a door on the third floor sends him back upstairs in a hurry. He picks out the room he remembered seeing a small girl enter before and knocks on it.]

Hey! Are you alright in there?

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[There's a muffled sound of crying from inside, although it pauses for just a moment when she hears the knocking. Oh, no, had the person who did it found her...?

Unfortunately, no matter how hard she tries, she can't quite stop the sound of yet another wet sob from escaping her. Is someone going to hurt her now? Will she be killed, too?]

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[Vash worries at the sound of the crying.] Are you hurt? Please, open the door. I- I don't have any of that healing magic but I do know how to take care of injuries. [At least gunshot injuries he's very familiar with. He's no doctor, but he's picked some things up in his life time.]

Can you come to the door? [He gives the doorknob a try. Seeing if it was locked.]

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[Fortunately (if it can really be called that), she completely forgot to lock her room in her terror. Thus, it's quite easy for Vash to get in.

On the other hand, it also means Hibiki is now attempting to shrink into her mattress out of fear, because in her mind, anyone in the house could be dangerous right now and she wouldn't even know where to begin suspecting because everyone was so nice.

But for all her effort, it's not very successful.]

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[ Well that's. Alarming. ]

Is something wrong?

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There was blood

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[hadbadays]

[ Okay that's. Right. ]

Where?

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2nd forr of sigyn

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Hibiki?

[His voice is alarmed, almost yelling. Everything is falling apart lately.]

Are you okay?

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Im not hur tbut there wasa bllood

Downstairs

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let me come get you okay? itll be okay

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[bloodypocket]

[Instead of responding by text, Eyes chooses to head straight over shortly after she broadcasts the message. He's a little shaken himself with the things going on, but he knows he can overcome it long enough to check on Hibiki. He had to.

So when he arrives at Sigyn House he knocks in her door gently, hoping she would be able to answer before he had to force his way in.]

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[There's muffled sounds of crying somewhere inside, but they stop abruptly when she hears someone knocking at the door. She doesn't know who's out there, or who left the bloodstains, or why, and she's scared, so scared that maybe they're still around, and maybe she should have left the building instead of hidden in her room under the blanket.

...Maybe she should have locked the door, too.]

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[bloodypocket]

[No answer, so he tries knocking again, this time raising his voice just enough so that she might hear him over her fear or panic, if the message had been any indication.] Hibiki, I don't mean you any harm. Please open the door.

[He saw the blood on the way in, he needs to know it wasn't her because her tears were providing little in the way of comfort.]

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[optimistical]

[ Naegi's not an extremely early riser, at least not when he doesn't have school and when he's given the chance to sleep in. Rest is certainly what he needs these days, anyway, considering all the things he just had to go through back at home. So, naturally, he decides that maybe waking up during the late morning will be a good idea and he pulls the covers closer to continue sleeping blissfully, interrupted by nothing. ]

[ That is, until that high pitched scream jolts him awake and up in bed. ]

[ W-What was that?! ]

[ Naegi doesn't know everyone in this Welcome Hall, but he's certainly spoken to someone whose voice could definitely make a scream like that. So, while still dressed in his t-shirt and shorts, he throws the covers off him and gets to leaving his room, heading straight to Hibiki's. He knocks on the door a few times. ]

Hibiki-chan? Hibiki-chan, are you alright?!

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[The knocking scares her - she doesn't know who's out there, and for all she knows it could be the attacker. But then she hears his voice, and it takes only a second for her to reply:]

N-Naegi-san-?

[Her voice is shaky, spoken through her tears.]

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[optimistical]

[ Thank goodness, she answered. That means that she should at least be kind of okay. However, she doesn't sound all too good. ]

Are you alright? What's wrong?