Chapter 8: Addictions

[wyvernlord]

Tyler's shapeshifting disguise had worked.

"My good sir, it is a true honor to have someone of your prestige here today. Dr. Lonnrott, please follow me," Tyler says in a respectful volume and tone. Tyler had taken on the form of an older man in his late 50's. His forehead was very wrinkled, he wore little bifocals, and his hair was well trimmed. Tyler combines two tables by moving them and pulls out the chairs. "How may I help you today?"

[Linnea Korpela]

Linnea is somewhat insulted at first by his assumption, like he barely knows her, but when he leaves she shrugs.
"Whatever. Like I would want to hang out with you anyway," she said as she turned and placed her glass in the sink.
At least she had something to do, a lot of the work that she was behind on was mostly done. So she went into the living room to finish everything up.
Maybe if she could find another job or somehow make it seem like her gallery was her job she would be able to get out of Sota, then she wouldn't have to deal with Keito and his degrading and womanizing.

[Virgil Evans]

Virgil crumpled, rolled, held on, landing oddly on his back. He could hear the floor chuckling behind the screams from around. The strangers revealed their intentions at last! Virgil's slimy fingers grasped the stranger tightly, the tiny threads grumbled at him as he squeezed them but he ignored them for the present (he could apologise later).

His legs wrapped the stranger, leaking green ooze on it as well. Just as large as the stranger (likely more so, even with his depleted slime mass) Virgil was still lighter and as the being rose he kept hold and came along for the ride.

"The double twisties aren't so nice when you're so close," Virgil said with a smile. Releasing the fibers (which signed in relief) he reached for the fingers that had given him points with chemicals in the past.

[Tuesday DeCastro]

Tuesday listened to Rosette dictate the days of the week and smiled. She mentioned a booth and a woman named Anny, so she figures that she teleported here...she might've been pretty far away from home.

"Whose Anny?" Tuesday asks, before the girl starts to tremble, and hyperventilate. She scowls at Lonnrot, who dismisses Rosette's behavior. Tuesday bends slightly at the waist, so her face is level with Rosette's.

"Whatsa matter? Are you alright?" She asks, calmly and slowly, though she obviously isn't okay.

[rosette]

Rosette blinked a few times, her body slouching slightly. There were no brothers or sisters here to help her, aside from Hilja, but Hilja didn't seem to know she was a sister. After a moment, she snatches the needle out of his hand.

"Are you insane?! You can't go around just using paralyzing substances on random people! Do you have no respect for yourself as a man of science-" Julie stops, looking around. She didn't remember anything, except last time she had been in an entirely different place.

This happened a lot, large blanks of time. And not only that, she still remembered nothing about who she was but a few memories. "Uhm..." She realizes another woman is leaning down to be eye-level with her, and the woman's name rises from the depths of her mind.

"Yes, I'm fine, I think, Tuesday. I suppose the substance was a small amount to relax me, in which case, I thank you Dr. Lonnrot." She hands the needle back to Lonnrot.

((Julie and Rosette are the same people, just her different personalities.))

[Hilja Kukkanen/Sasha Pisarev]

I am a little confused as to what transpired. I just scratch my head and watch as Rosette becomes a little more serious. My brother did something to her, but I wasn't looking.

Since I am confused by the situation, I just watch quietly. I look at my brother. "Can you arrange for that tour for us?" I ask Lonn.

[Lucio De Saldanha]

"Not really. I've been all kinds of strange people." Lucio replies as they walk to the park. "I'm pretty sure that I am a lot stranger than you..but then..I don't know you." Lucio states. He sits down on a bench now. There is a little river and some ducks eating bread crumbs. Lucio watches the ducks for a while and just smiles.

[Tristan Tuzanic]

"Hello Kiddies." Tristan says as he walks up to Lucio and Eun. He knows from the priest he works for that Lucio is a religious rebel and sexual rebel. Although, Tristan isn't sure what Lucio's exact crimes are. Tristan had tried to visit with Charon, but to no avail. He was then given a new mission. It seems that there are various religious rebels living in Helsinki now, and one of his jobs has been to find them.

"I don't mean to interupt or anything, but I just wanted to talk to Lucio in private." Tristan says. He looks at Lucio and smiles as though perhaps he is an old friend. He is not wearing his Manalist uniform, so, there might not be reason to suspect that he is one of them.

[Lucio De Saldanha]

"I'm kinda busy right now. No time for talking, unless it is about Irish history or finely made wooden clocks...dutch shoes...or the East Indies." Lucio replies. He stands up from the bench and yawns.

Then suddenly, he just takes off running. He is a pretty quick runner so he thinks that maybe he can get away. He jumps right over a stroller with a baby and pushes through a couple holding hands.

"I'm the gingerbread man, can't catch me!!"

[Tuesday DeCastro]

Tuesday straightens up, looking at Rosette for a while. "Oh, alright." She said. "You just worried me for a moment there."

She was a little confused, just a moment ago Rosette was hyperactive, and not paying attention to anything for a long amount of time...now she seemed much more composed, she wondered what had happened.

She scratches her head and looks to the rest of the group. She glances at Malak, and realizes he hadn't spoken in a while.

[Tristan Tuzanic]

"God, this is so annoying. I don't get paid enough to do this job." Tristan complains. He sighs and watches Lucio run away.

"Well, I'm totally not going to run after him. That's so lame. Running is for losers." Tristan says to himself. He crosses his arms and thinks about the situation. "Go ahead and run, it's not like you can get very far anyway. You're just wasting your energy."

Tristan than holds out his arm. As a Manalist soldier and a plant, he has some powers, and he isn't one to shy away from using them.

"Dark Vortex!" He shouts...and to his side appears a large swirling vortex of purple, black, and blue. It begins to suck up rocks, garbage, and other light debris. It then swirls faster and faster until it sucks more heavy objects into it.

Tristan stands there boredly and watches the void suck things into it. Since Eun is behind him, she would not be impacted by the vortex.

[Lucio De Saldanha]

Lucio continues to run, but he feels something tugging at him from behind. It is pulling at him so hard that he is running in place...and then, lifted slightly off the ground. He sees smaller objects like trash flying by him.

"Oh no, oh no...oh no oh no..." Lucio says aloud. He tries to grab onto a bench. He knows he's in trouble.

He holds on to the bench as tightly as he can, but is pulled back toward the void.

[Tristan Tuzanic]

"I know you're a religious rebel, so there's like, no use trying to fight this." Tristan replies boredly. The vortex spins a little faster, sucking heavier things up and pulling harder on Lucio. Tristan yawns and thinks about a concert he is going to later that night. He hopes he has this taken care of before he has to go to the concert. He wants time to change into something cute.

"I wonder what I should wear tonight." He asks himself out loud.

[Eun/Aoi Kiriyama]

"Let him alone!!" Eun yell at Tristan before taking out her box cutter from her pocket. She would have brought her scythe but everyone will notice it her walking around with it.

Soon enough, Eun stab him in the back and drag the box cutter blade within his skin until the cut is around 1'8".

[Lucio De Saldanha]

Lucio struggles to hold on to the bench, but even the bench itself is starting to come loose from the ground. Unable to hang on any more, Lucio lets go of the bench and finds himself flying closer and closer to the swirling dark void.

There is nothing he can do now but enjoy the ride. A trash can hits him in the head though. He groans as he enters the dark swirling vortex.