12th Formulation [Audio]

[intimacyphobic]

[Lucrecia sounds a lot lighter than she feels.]

So I haven't seen any pitchforks or torches at my door. Just a... shadow. Haha.

Anyway, I was thinking that...

Well, this world is just--no, existence... existence is a funny thing. I...

[She's silent for a long time.]

Guess I didn't have anything to say after all. I'm, I'm sorry to bother you

Comments

[dormant_beast]

[Anna's pissed, yo. She had to watch her sort of boyfriend DIE.]

What did you do to him?

Tell me what you did.

[dormant_beast]

[Anna listens very closely and carefully as Lucrecia speaks, breath coming in quicker gasps as the explanation goes further.]

You-

[Anna is struggling to maintain control of herself. This is the first test of her inner strength since the incident where she had killed several people and mauled a few more. It's hard.

Extremely hard.

The change wants to happen, that much she can feel, and even see. Her nails are talons, and she can even feel her teeth beginning to sharpen, and her eyes have taken on a distinctly feline and wild quality.

But, no. She wont let it happen. She's going to keep her mind. That does not mean she's not going to let Lucrecia off.]

You used him like a lab rat!

[Her voice starts low, then raises in pitch until it's a shriek. She physically lifts the woman off her feet, then literally body slams her onto the cold floor, claws flexing over the womans heart.

It'd be so easy. As easy as it had been for the others. It'd be painful for Lucrecia, too - tear her limb from limb, tear her claws down flesh...

so

[intimacyphobic]

[Lucrecia's eyes water, breath knocked from her chest. She lies still, panting, unmoving, but her eyes taunt Anna until she finds her voice, a low hiss, like air escaping.]

Go ahead...

It's flattering you think I'm worth the brig.

[dormant_beast]

[Anna shakes her head. She feels almost betrayed by Lucrecia - this woman was supposed to help her, and look what she'd done to Marco.]

Non. You are not, Lucrecia.

[She leans in, putting her full weight on the woman.]

But - if I find out that you ever touch him, or anyone else like this again, I will kill you, brig or not - and it will not be quick, painless.

We are not your lab rats, your games. [Anna's seen this back home - that's why they hunted down people like her, so they could run experiments and eventually kill them.]

Do you understand me?

[intimacyphobic]

[Lucrecia stares back at her, sucking in enough breath for words.]

I don't play games. I am not... Hojo.

But, fine, I'll halt my work. Satisfied?

[dormant_beast]

[She watches the woman carefully and quietly for several seconds, then nods.]

Yes, for now.

[And Lucrecia is released as quickly as she was pinned, and Anna even drags her to her feet.]

[intimacyphobic]

[Lucrecia struggles up, pushing back away from Anna as soon as she's on her feet. She's shaky, shattered, body screaming in pain, but she refuses to steady herself on the woman in any fashion, instead, stumbling back to lean against the counter with a rattling cough: possibly broken ribs? Great.]

So glad we had this talk, then.

[dormant_beast]

As am I.

[She goes to leave.]

You should see a medic.

[Not that Anna cares, because what she'd done to Marco was so much worse. But Anna at least does have a shred of humanity despite all that rage she's currently trying to control.]

[intimacyphobic]

[Lucrecia coughs, warily heading out behind her, before pausing to lean on yet another counter. She wipes a bloody lip on her sleeve.]

Don't worry. I won't compromise your position by dying.

[dormant_beast]

I appreciate it.

[And with that, she leaves Lucrecia there to fend for herself. She needs to tend to this knife wound.]