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[countess_hearts]

[There's a cheerful, extremely large lounge somewhere in the Dressing Room which is full of comfortable chairs and settees. And left scattered around in that room are a number of unconscious people - but are they human people? They look strange, with Akuma characteristics. The people and the room reek of Dark Matter

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[fallforthesky]

[Know what else he doesn't need? One slightly dazed and very panicked Lenalee in the next chair over, who is just barely hyperventilating as she yanks at her anklets and also completely unaware of his presence. And she isn't having much luck, either-- touching them for any longer than a second or two ends in what is unmistakably burned skin. There are already red rings seared around her heels. She glances up sharply once he stirs, wrenching her hands back with another hiss, and god, he... why does he...]

[Oh, please, no. No.]

[Weakly:] Kanda.

[regeneratory]

[Blinks and turns around to face her.] Lena--[... It's much more obvious when he sees it on another person. Something distinctly inhuman, but he's distracted from it when he notices the burnt skin.]

Lenalee. [Reaches over to grab one of her wrists to check the damage, ignoring the drum in the back of his head that he can't quite make out.]

[fallforthesky]

[His face... Even with the burn of (hateful) Innocence imprinting itself on her legs, the tickling urge to get up and get out and do something awful, the markings silence her. Make her freeze. He looks like a...] N-no.

[Lenalee's reaching out to touch his face at the same moment he grabs for her wrist, so she lets him take it, shifting her own gaze to look at the burns on her fingertips. They sizzle, turn black, and heal over in maybe the span of a few seconds, leaving no indication that they were ever there at all. And then she's wrenching back to start yanking at the anklets again.]

Kanda. Kanda, what's happening? Why is it burning-- oh my god, it's burning-- what did she do--

[Yeah, panic attack is a go.]

[regeneratory]

[His eyes widen at that, because Lenalee definitely shouldn't heal that fast, she shouldn't be marked up, and her Innocence shouldn't be hurting her--]

--Stop that! [Grips her wrist tighter and tries to take the other one and pull them away.]

[fallforthesky]

[She immediately goes still and pulls at her wrists, hyperventilating fit to choke.] Don't! Don't stop me! It hurts!

[regeneratory]

I'll get them off, just stop pulling on them!

[fallforthesky]

[The initial bout of relief that he would doesn't seem to last long, washing over her ashen face for barely a few seconds before it disappears again. Her anklets, his markings...]

[In a creaking sort of tone:] ...what's wrong with your face?

[regeneratory]

[Blinks, releasing her wrists and reaching for her anklets.]

There's something wrong with my face--[Hisses and jerks his hands away when her Innocence burns him.]

[fallforthesky]

Kanda! [And now she's the one reaching for his hands. She can barely breathe. This is a nightmare, it has to be.]

[regeneratory]

[Looks down at his hands, and he finally sees that they aren't quite the same. They're clawed and marked.

Reaches up to put a hand on his face--Lenalee said there was something there, too--and looks up at her.]

... What happened?

[fallforthesky]

I don't know. [There's nothing really disfigured about his face that Kanda'll be able to tell. It's more that it just looks wrong to her; maybe the colour of his skin, or his eyes, or how sharp his cheekbones look. Shakes her head slightly, lips trembling as she holds back an onslaught of filthy curses she'd never normally use.] I got into a fight. That's all I remember.

[Bending the truth a little. "I require assistance, and you shall provide it. ♥" She remembers that.]

[regeneratory]

So did I... [Pulls his hands away and looks down at the burns. His healing is still working away at it, but it stings and before he can stop himself, he's struck with a wave of anger. Why would something so disgusting like Innocence even exist to hurt them--

Jerks and looks away from his hands, covering his mouth. This wasn't happening. This couldn't be happening.]

[fallforthesky]

[Now it's maybe a bit clearer why she's in such a panic to get the anklets off. They're stuck to her, a part of her, and they hurt. As soon as Kanda's turned away, Lenalee is right back to clawing at them, and that's when the curses do start to filter out.] It hurts-- it's hateful-- get it off, destroy it--

[God, what is she saying? What is she doing?]

[regeneratory]

[Snaps back around and reaches to pull her wrists away again. She was just hurting herself that way.] Wait, stop!

[fallforthesky]

[Her Innocence is hurting her just as bad, sad to say. The entire front of each leg is worn down, almost eroded away, where the bands have been resting. She turns a Look on him, panting.] Why?!

[regeneratory]

Because it's not working! [Looks back at her legs and purses his lips. Maybe if there's a better buffer between them...

Lets go of her to pull off his gloves and try wrapping them around the burning skin on her legs. He ignores the burns on his own hands as he hits the Innocence while trying to help her.]