[Log]
One fine evening in the Library, Jeff feels his leg lock up, and feels the telltale mental twang of his and Soze's personal anti-violence field kicking in. Upon asking Soze what happened, he discovers that Soze spent the night before mentally torturing a very sick future alternate of Jonathan Crane. Furious, he leaves, and goes to seek Crane out.
He finds Jon in the Sanctuary talking with Leoben, and asks to speak with him privately.
* Jeff_Levitt enters, waiting for Jon to follow inside before closing the door behind them. He doesn't lock it. Once they're both inside, he sits down on the bed.
* Jonathan ducks inside, looking around with panicked eyes. He very literally expects to be tackled or pinned at any moment.
Jeff_Levitt: It's okay, Jon. There's no one here but us. The AV field still works here. Even if I *wanted* to hurt you I couldn't. I want to *help*, Jon.
Jonathan: -You- don't want to hurt me... he wants to hurt me. He wants to hurt me, took me outside, said you were outside. We're going to see Jeff...
Jeff_Levitt: I think I can make him not want to hurt you, Jon.
Jonathan: Make him not hurt me.
Jeff_Levitt: Yes. You remember that we're...bonded, right?
Jonathan: ... I think I c-c-can... make... him...
Jonathan: No.
* Jeff_Levitt 's voice is even and calm. "Our souls are tangled up. If he's hurt, I'm hurt. If he's angry enough, *I* get angry." He pauses a beat. "And if I'm *afraid* enough..." he trails off, looking at Jon.
Jonathan: I don't want you to think what he thinks.
* Jonathan picks at his sleeves and looks over at Jeff.
* Jeff_Levitt presses his lips together. "I don't," he says firmly. "But I made a mistake. I keep thinking he's a rational, sane human being, and deserved to be treated that way. I can see that was...naive."
Jonathan: Rational, sane human being...
Jonathan: what do the rest of us deserve, Jeff? Do you think -I'm- a rational, sane human being?
Jeff_Levitt: Not a *good* human being, but...
Jonathan: not good
Jeff_Levitt: You've never hurt my friends, Jon.
Jonathan: Sane people deserve more?
* Jeff_Levitt shakes his head, looking stricken. "No, Jon. But *he* needs to understand that he *cannot* get away with that shit anymore."
Jeff_Levitt: He went after you because he thought you were weak, Jon. I could let you prove him wrong.
Jonathan: He needs to understand.
Jonathan: he -cannot-, yes, he -cannot-
* Jeff_Levitt nods grimly. "*Yes.*"
Jonathan: he forgot
Jonathan: who I am
Jeff_Levitt: I don't think he's afraid enough of you, Jon.
* Jeff_Levitt has his fists clenched. "You can make him, Jon. Through me."
Jonathan: not afraid enough, b-b-but -Jeff-
Jonathan: if you're cross you won't visit any longer
Jeff_Levitt: I won't be cross, Jon. Not at you.
Jonathan: You're my friend
Jonathan: I-I'm good
Jeff_Levitt: I'm your friend. Soze will *not* get away with hurting you, Jon. You can help me.
* Jonathan thinks this over. Concentrating is so hard. He scowls, but a smirk creeps into his expression
Jeff_Levitt: We can help each other, Jon.
Jonathan: We can help each other...
Jeff_Levitt: Yes, Jon. And he'll scream every time I do.
Jonathan: Will he know why?
Jeff_Levitt: He remembers the fear gas, Jon, he'll know it was you, and that will tell him why.
* Jonathan giggles, quietly, behind his hand.
* Jeff_Levitt smiles. "Shall we?" he asks, as if he'd just extended an invitation to dinner.
PaleStranger: [*A soft voice in Jeff's mind* Oh, Mister Levitt. I cannot let you do that. I cannot allow a beautiful tapestry to be soiled by the smoke and flame of fear.]
* Jeff_Levitt suddenly goes rigid, eyes wide.
Jonathan: What? What is it, Jeff? What? IS HE HERE? O_O
* Jeff_Levitt 's voice is very, very calm. "Your 'Doctor' friend is inside my head. He doesn't want you to frighten Soze, Jon."
PaleStranger: [I do not want him to frighten /you./ Mister Soze will recieve punishment.]
* Jeff_Levitt is shaking, however. [*No!* Get out of my head!]
Jonathan: The doctors never let me do anything.
* Jeff_Levitt forces a smile. "You don't listen to them, right? Why don't we go. This...this needs to be done."
PaleStranger: [*a quiet, patient sigh* You will understand. In time. *is gone.*]
* Jeff_Levitt frowns.
Jonathan: No, no, I -escaped-, Jeff.
Jeff_Levitt: You did.
Jonathan: I did...
* Jeff_Levitt relaxes slightly as the presence in his mind leaves.
Jonathan: I get to...
Jeff_Levitt: Yes, Jon, we can make Soze afraid of you again.
Jonathan: I get to...!
Jeff_Levitt: *Yes.*
* Jonathan bites his knuckle, shaking and giggly. "They never let me, never, never. Not since the accident, not since."
Jeff_Levitt: *I'll* let you, Jon.
Jonathan: The doctors, anyway, doctors... my friends...
Jonathan: Some...
Jonathan: Not since Some...
Jeff_Levitt: ...Some?
Jonathan: Some D:
* Jeff_Levitt looks worried. "What...what happened?"
Jonathan: Some died
Jonathan: I came back here, to find him. March seventh, two-thousand eight.
Jeff_Levitt: Oh Jon...I'm so sorry.
* Jeff_Levitt moves to put a hand on Jon's shoulder, if he'll let him.
* Jonathan lets him. He's not so twitchy about that stuff, now.
Jeff_Levitt: I...I know you loved him.
Jonathan: Three years ago. Five years ago, the accident, three years ago, Some.
Jonathan: Bram is going to college.
Jeff_Levitt: Your son?
Jonathan: My son.
Jeff_Levitt: I want to help, Jon.
Jonathan: Help.
Jeff_Levitt: How can I help?
Jonathan: How?
* Jonathan hangs his head.
Jeff_Levitt: What happened in the accident, Jon?
* Jeff_Levitt 's voice is gentle.
Jonathan: One bottle broke.
Jeff_Levitt: A bottle? Was it...?
Jonathan: One bottle
Jonathan: It was an accident
Jonathan: Now I can read, though, I can
* Jeff_Levitt inhales sharply. "It...blinded you?"
Jonathan: no
Jonathan: no, I can't think
Jonathan: cant'...
Jonathan: *can't
* Jeff_Levitt 's eyes widen. "Oh, Jesus.
Jeff_Levitt: "
* Jonathan smiles a little. "I'm doing very good right now."
Jonathan: You couldn't tell...
* Jeff_Levitt nods. "Yes. I wouldn't have known if you hadn't told me.
Jeff_Levitt: "
* Jonathan looks very proud of himself.
Jonathan: I hallucinate all the time, can't remember much, sometimes, anything, sometimes
Jonathan: repeat, repeat...
Jeff_Levitt: ...I'm sorry.
Jonathan: sorry
* Jeff_Levitt 's shoulders slump. "I wish there was something I could do to help."
Jeff_Levitt: A-all I can do is be afraid for you.
Jonathan: No
Jonathan: You always visit
* Jeff_Levitt looks up. "I...I do?" He smiles a little. "I...haven't gotten there yet. I'm glad. I'm glad we're still friends."
Jonathan: We are still friends!
Jonathan: You visit.
Jeff_Levitt: That's good.
Jonathan: It's very good, yes
* Jeff_Levitt is silent for a moment, staring at his hands. "What do you want to do now, Jon?" he asks quietly.
Jonathan: I get to gas Soze?
* Jonathan answers this like it's a quiz question.
* Jeff_Levitt smiles. "Yes, Jon. Through me."
Jonathan: Yes, good. I found poisons.
* Jonathan pulls out some canisters. They are, in fact, fear gas.
* Jeff_Levitt shakes his head. "Not here, Jon. The AV field..."
Jonathan: Well, you -said- so
Jeff_Levitt: Could you go to the library?
Jonathan: Nono
Jonathan: Just take it.
* Jonathan holds out the canister.
Jonathan: You breathe it in.
* Jeff_Levitt blinks, and accepts the canister from him. "I...I see."
Jonathan: yes, see, yes
Jonathan: we can see things, now
Jeff_Levitt: One moment, Jon.
Jeff_Levitt: I need to make sure we're not disturbed.
Jonathan: One moment. one.
Jonathan: one
Jonathan: moment
Jonathan: >_>
Jeff_Levitt: Just one.
Jonathan: just one
* Jeff_Levitt slips the canister into his pocket and opens the door.
Jonathan: Look for Some!
Jonathan: Look
Jonathan: we have to -hide Jeff-
Jonathan: JEFF
Jonathan: WE HAVE TO HIDE NOW, JEFF, JEFF, NO WE HAVE TO HIDE
* Jonathan starts to breathe quickly.
Jeff_Levitt: Jon? Jon, what's wrong?
* Jeff_Levitt closes the door again.
Jonathan: we have to hide Jeff now we have to hide
Jonathan: where's Jeff?
Jeff_Levitt: I'm right here, Jon.
Jonathan: where's...
* Jeff_Levitt closes the door and walks up to Jon. "I'm right here, Jon. It's okay."
Jonathan: Jeff.
* Jonathan scrambles to hide under the bed in here.
Jonathan: go then go quick, quick
Jonathan: quickquickquick
Jeff_Levitt: All...all right.
Jeff exits briefly, and asks Leoben to guard the door and not let anyone except Some in, no matter what happens inside.
* Jeff_Levitt returns, closing the door and locking it.
Jonathan: Where's Some?
Jeff_Levitt: I don't know.
Jeff_Levitt: He's not in the Sanctuary.
Jeff_Levitt: Leoben's keeping watch. He won't let anyone in.
Jonathan: Except Some.
* Leoben is, in fact, keeping watch outside.
Jonathan: Because I'm hiding.
* Jeff_Levitt nods.
Jeff_Levitt: Except Some.
* Jonathan nods, and creeps out from under the bed.
* Jeff_Levitt pauses and types something into his PINpoint. "I'm letting him know."
* Jeff_Levitt takes a deep breath, and takes some covers off the bed, stuffing them into the cracks of the door.
* Jonathan grins, meekly at first. "Yes, yes, let him -know-!"
* Jeff_Levitt takes out the canister and stares at it. "Are...are you going to be okay with this thing in here?"
Jonathan: .... but if he comes here, he'll come here, Jeff, Jeff, I can't see him, no, no, no I can't see him, Jeff, I've failed, I've failed, I can't...
Jonathan: ok
Jonathan: okay, I'm fine, just take it
Jeff_Levitt: He won't, Jon.
Jonathan: dropped me on the ground
* Jeff_Levitt nods and closes his eyes. He fumbles with the canister a moment, and then...releases the catch.
* Jonathan watches him, with huge eyes
* Jeff_Levitt is in the middle of a cloud of feargas now, yes?
* Jonathan is, too! Whoops.
* Jonathan is, luckily, still immune to the basic stuff. This particular poison lasts for about fifteen minutes. Basic. Jon starts coughing.
Jeff_Levitt: Oh...oh...oh *shit*...
* Jeff_Levitt , on the other hand, is starting to panic. "Oh God, what...no...no...nononono..."
* Jonathan stops coughing and stares at Jeff.
* Jeff_Levitt 's PINpoint beeps suddenly. A few seconds later, it beeps again. Incoming messages. He jumps at the noise, looking around frantically for the source. "Oh Jesus Jon did you hear that?"
Jonathan: Soze found you. He's afraid, he found you. Jeff, he's going to come here, Jeff...
Jonathan: Let me see, Jeff.
* Jonathan inches closer, very cautiously.
Jonathan: sometimes they say two things at once, they say, beeping, beeping, ropes, Jeff...
* Jeff_Levitt recoils from Jon. Whatever he's seeing, it's not Jon. "No..no...get away from me!"
Jonathan: GET AWAY WE HAVE TO HIDE
Jonathan: no
Jeff_Levitt: R-r-r-opes?
Jonathan: ropes
Jonathan: heh
Jonathan: heheh...
Jonathan: Jeff...
* Jeff_Levitt is flattened against the wall now. He...he's having trouble moving his arms. "I can't...Oh God...I can't...JESUS SOMEBODY HELP ME!"
Jonathan: HEHhehehHAHAHAHAHAheh... heh.... screaming, yes :3
Jonathan: I remember
Jeff_Levitt: *If he gets close enough, Jon might see messages appearing on Jeff's PINpoint.*
Jeff_Levitt: "jeff?? jefff what is this?"
Jeff_Levitt: "JEFF?"
Jeff_Levitt: "JEFF, FUCKING STOP THIS, JEFF"
* Jonathan looks at the pinpoint. "Where are you now... he says, Jeff, he says, beeping... hahaheheh..."
Jeff_Levitt: "YOU NEED TO BE LISTENING STOP"
* Jeff_Levitt suddenly arches his back and SCREAMS
Jeff_Levitt: *a wound opens up on Jeff's thigh, bleeding freely*
Jonathan: ...!
Jonathan: ropes in your leg trying to get out, Jeff, he mustn't. He's afraid, you're afraid, I told you, don't want you to think that, listen, beeping...
* Jonathan examines his leg.
Jonathan: I'm a doctor, you must trust me.
* Jeff_Levitt screams again and starts thrashing. His arms don't seem to be moving however. Like they're tied up with ropes, or a straightjacket. Another spurt of blood appears, as if he was just stabbed in the same place again.
* Jonathan winces, and steps back a few feet, wringing his hands. "It's just how I am, doctor, it makes my stomach tie up in knots, you know... you know, when they scream, but he's bleeding, doctor. I must have stabbed him in the leg... He keeps -screaming-, it's lovely."
Jeff_Levitt: Oh God Christ GET IT OFF! IT'S COMING OUT OH FUCKING CHRIST!
* Jeff_Levitt starts kicking his legs frantically, and then...less frantically as...his legs stop moving. "I can't...I can't...Oh fucking christ HELP ME!"
Jonathan: What are we to do now, doctor, I found my mask, you know, but it doesn't look quite the same without the hat... but he'll see.
* Jonathan pulls a lump of burlap out of his pocket.
* Jeff_Levitt catches the movement, and his eyes fixate on Jon. There's a high-pitched, animal whine as he tries to crawl away but the ropes oh God the fucking ropes I can't fucking move oh help me help helphelphelphelp...
* Jonathan pulls the mask on. This is somewhat awkward, as his hands are shaking, and he's out of practice. He may have even gotten burlap in his eye, but he's not letting that stop him. He draws the ropes around his neck and lunges at Jeff, stitches pulled into a grin.
Jeff_Levitt: Jeff shrieks and tries to pull away but he can't fucking MOVE.
Jonathan: Boo
Jeff_Levitt: "GET AWAY! GOD, LEAVE ME ALONE! PLEASE!"
* Jonathan cackles, and snaps up Jeff's pinpoint.
* Soze is, back out in his apartment, in a very similar state. He's curled up on the floor of his kitchen, doubled over on his bleeding leg, unable to move and thinking about what it's like to die. His own PINpoint is pressed against his chest.
* Jeff_Levitt cringes away, whimpering.
* Jonathan squints and has to work pretty hard to get the buttons right, here. They keep moving around. Rascally little things, letters... *still always scarecrow soze*
Jonathan: beeping...
Jeff_Levitt: *Beeping, industrial noises, rusted steel walls. Huge gears that turn. Walls that are CLOSING IN ON HIM. Jeff's whimpers turn to terrified sobbing. "No...n-no *please*..."
* Jonathan leans in and stares at Jeff, letting his pinpoint fall to the floor beside him.
* Jeff_Levitt goes rigid at the sound. Steel falling on steel. Spinning gears, falling ceilings. His chest heaves. Can't....breathe...can't *breathe*. He'd be clawing at his throat if it wasn't for the fucking ROPES.
* Jonathan watches him, blinking every so often, but not moving, either.
* Jeff_Levitt 's eyes start to roll back in his head. He's trying to scream but no sound comes out.
* Jeff_Levitt 's PIN beeps again, with a nonsense string of letters and numbers.
* Jonathan sits quietly, ignoring the pinpoint.
* Jeff_Levitt abruptly goes limp. Even his arms finally relax. From the look of things, he just fainted.
Jonathan: I think it's done now, do you think?
* Jonathan pulls off the mask and balls it up in his pocket, and curls up next to Jeff. Don't... die or anything, there.
* Jeff_Levitt is breathing, but unconscious.
* Jonathan mumbles to himself.
Jonathan: Sleeping. Now he's sleeping, it's done.
Jonathan: You have to sleep in the -bed-, Jeff.
Jonathan: Jeff.
Jonathan: You mustn't sleep on the floor, there are spiders.
* Jeff_Levitt twitches and starts muttering.
* Jeff_Levitt 's eyes flutter open and he sits up abruptly with a cry of disgust.
* Jeff_Levitt looks around, disoriented. He's still pale, he's still breathing rapidly, and brushing his arms frantically.
* Jonathan sits still again, tearing holes into his sleeves.
Jeff_Levitt: J-Jon?
* Jonathan bites his lip.
Jeff_Levitt: Jo-
* Jeff_Levitt screams again, and clutches his leg. Another wound opens up.
* Jonathan hides his head.
Jeff_Levitt: ...I'm...it hurts...
* Jeff_Levitt stares at the blood on his hands. "I'm b-bleeding...am I r-really bleeding?"
* Jonathan mumbles and won't look up. If this had been himself from the current timeline, he would probably deal with the wound right about now, but, alas, Jeff is stuck with a much less stable person.
Jeff_Levitt: I think I need a doctor...Jon...
* Jeff_Levitt tries to stand.
Jonathan: no, I escaped
Jeff_Levitt: I...Jon...I...can you please open the door?
* Jeff_Levitt really can't put weight on that leg right now.
Jonathan: open the door, yes.
* Jonathan gets up, slowly, shuffles over to the door, and very carefully unlocks it.
Once the door is open, Keaton and Ed carry a still-disoriented and shaking Jeff to the Clinics.
He finds Jon in the Sanctuary talking with Leoben, and asks to speak with him privately.
* Jeff_Levitt enters, waiting for Jon to follow inside before closing the door behind them. He doesn't lock it. Once they're both inside, he sits down on the bed.
* Jonathan ducks inside, looking around with panicked eyes. He very literally expects to be tackled or pinned at any moment.
Jeff_Levitt: It's okay, Jon. There's no one here but us. The AV field still works here. Even if I *wanted* to hurt you I couldn't. I want to *help*, Jon.
Jonathan: -You- don't want to hurt me... he wants to hurt me. He wants to hurt me, took me outside, said you were outside. We're going to see Jeff...
Jeff_Levitt: I think I can make him not want to hurt you, Jon.
Jonathan: Make him not hurt me.
Jeff_Levitt: Yes. You remember that we're...bonded, right?
Jonathan: ... I think I c-c-can... make... him...
Jonathan: No.
* Jeff_Levitt 's voice is even and calm. "Our souls are tangled up. If he's hurt, I'm hurt. If he's angry enough, *I* get angry." He pauses a beat. "And if I'm *afraid* enough..." he trails off, looking at Jon.
Jonathan: I don't want you to think what he thinks.
* Jonathan picks at his sleeves and looks over at Jeff.
* Jeff_Levitt presses his lips together. "I don't," he says firmly. "But I made a mistake. I keep thinking he's a rational, sane human being, and deserved to be treated that way. I can see that was...naive."
Jonathan: Rational, sane human being...
Jonathan: what do the rest of us deserve, Jeff? Do you think -I'm- a rational, sane human being?
Jeff_Levitt: Not a *good* human being, but...
Jonathan: not good
Jeff_Levitt: You've never hurt my friends, Jon.
Jonathan: Sane people deserve more?
* Jeff_Levitt shakes his head, looking stricken. "No, Jon. But *he* needs to understand that he *cannot* get away with that shit anymore."
Jeff_Levitt: He went after you because he thought you were weak, Jon. I could let you prove him wrong.
Jonathan: He needs to understand.
Jonathan: he -cannot-, yes, he -cannot-
* Jeff_Levitt nods grimly. "*Yes.*"
Jonathan: he forgot
Jonathan: who I am
Jeff_Levitt: I don't think he's afraid enough of you, Jon.
* Jeff_Levitt has his fists clenched. "You can make him, Jon. Through me."
Jonathan: not afraid enough, b-b-but -Jeff-
Jonathan: if you're cross you won't visit any longer
Jeff_Levitt: I won't be cross, Jon. Not at you.
Jonathan: You're my friend
Jonathan: I-I'm good
Jeff_Levitt: I'm your friend. Soze will *not* get away with hurting you, Jon. You can help me.
* Jonathan thinks this over. Concentrating is so hard. He scowls, but a smirk creeps into his expression
Jeff_Levitt: We can help each other, Jon.
Jonathan: We can help each other...
Jeff_Levitt: Yes, Jon. And he'll scream every time I do.
Jonathan: Will he know why?
Jeff_Levitt: He remembers the fear gas, Jon, he'll know it was you, and that will tell him why.
* Jonathan giggles, quietly, behind his hand.
* Jeff_Levitt smiles. "Shall we?" he asks, as if he'd just extended an invitation to dinner.
PaleStranger: [*A soft voice in Jeff's mind* Oh, Mister Levitt. I cannot let you do that. I cannot allow a beautiful tapestry to be soiled by the smoke and flame of fear.]
* Jeff_Levitt suddenly goes rigid, eyes wide.
Jonathan: What? What is it, Jeff? What? IS HE HERE? O_O
* Jeff_Levitt 's voice is very, very calm. "Your 'Doctor' friend is inside my head. He doesn't want you to frighten Soze, Jon."
PaleStranger: [I do not want him to frighten /you./ Mister Soze will recieve punishment.]
* Jeff_Levitt is shaking, however. [*No!* Get out of my head!]
Jonathan: The doctors never let me do anything.
* Jeff_Levitt forces a smile. "You don't listen to them, right? Why don't we go. This...this needs to be done."
PaleStranger: [*a quiet, patient sigh* You will understand. In time. *is gone.*]
* Jeff_Levitt frowns.
Jonathan: No, no, I -escaped-, Jeff.
Jeff_Levitt: You did.
Jonathan: I did...
* Jeff_Levitt relaxes slightly as the presence in his mind leaves.
Jonathan: I get to...
Jeff_Levitt: Yes, Jon, we can make Soze afraid of you again.
Jonathan: I get to...!
Jeff_Levitt: *Yes.*
* Jonathan bites his knuckle, shaking and giggly. "They never let me, never, never. Not since the accident, not since."
Jeff_Levitt: *I'll* let you, Jon.
Jonathan: The doctors, anyway, doctors... my friends...
Jonathan: Some...
Jonathan: Not since Some...
Jeff_Levitt: ...Some?
Jonathan: Some D:
* Jeff_Levitt looks worried. "What...what happened?"
Jonathan: Some died
Jonathan: I came back here, to find him. March seventh, two-thousand eight.
Jeff_Levitt: Oh Jon...I'm so sorry.
* Jeff_Levitt moves to put a hand on Jon's shoulder, if he'll let him.
* Jonathan lets him. He's not so twitchy about that stuff, now.
Jeff_Levitt: I...I know you loved him.
Jonathan: Three years ago. Five years ago, the accident, three years ago, Some.
Jonathan: Bram is going to college.
Jeff_Levitt: Your son?
Jonathan: My son.
Jeff_Levitt: I want to help, Jon.
Jonathan: Help.
Jeff_Levitt: How can I help?
Jonathan: How?
* Jonathan hangs his head.
Jeff_Levitt: What happened in the accident, Jon?
* Jeff_Levitt 's voice is gentle.
Jonathan: One bottle broke.
Jeff_Levitt: A bottle? Was it...?
Jonathan: One bottle
Jonathan: It was an accident
Jonathan: Now I can read, though, I can
* Jeff_Levitt inhales sharply. "It...blinded you?"
Jonathan: no
Jonathan: no, I can't think
Jonathan: cant'...
Jonathan: *can't
* Jeff_Levitt 's eyes widen. "Oh, Jesus.
Jeff_Levitt: "
* Jonathan smiles a little. "I'm doing very good right now."
Jonathan: You couldn't tell...
* Jeff_Levitt nods. "Yes. I wouldn't have known if you hadn't told me.
Jeff_Levitt: "
* Jonathan looks very proud of himself.
Jonathan: I hallucinate all the time, can't remember much, sometimes, anything, sometimes
Jonathan: repeat, repeat...
Jeff_Levitt: ...I'm sorry.
Jonathan: sorry
* Jeff_Levitt 's shoulders slump. "I wish there was something I could do to help."
Jeff_Levitt: A-all I can do is be afraid for you.
Jonathan: No
Jonathan: You always visit
* Jeff_Levitt looks up. "I...I do?" He smiles a little. "I...haven't gotten there yet. I'm glad. I'm glad we're still friends."
Jonathan: We are still friends!
Jonathan: You visit.
Jeff_Levitt: That's good.
Jonathan: It's very good, yes
* Jeff_Levitt is silent for a moment, staring at his hands. "What do you want to do now, Jon?" he asks quietly.
Jonathan: I get to gas Soze?
* Jonathan answers this like it's a quiz question.
* Jeff_Levitt smiles. "Yes, Jon. Through me."
Jonathan: Yes, good. I found poisons.
* Jonathan pulls out some canisters. They are, in fact, fear gas.
* Jeff_Levitt shakes his head. "Not here, Jon. The AV field..."
Jonathan: Well, you -said- so
Jeff_Levitt: Could you go to the library?
Jonathan: Nono
Jonathan: Just take it.
* Jonathan holds out the canister.
Jonathan: You breathe it in.
* Jeff_Levitt blinks, and accepts the canister from him. "I...I see."
Jonathan: yes, see, yes
Jonathan: we can see things, now
Jeff_Levitt: One moment, Jon.
Jeff_Levitt: I need to make sure we're not disturbed.
Jonathan: One moment. one.
Jonathan: one
Jonathan: moment
Jonathan: >_>
Jeff_Levitt: Just one.
Jonathan: just one
* Jeff_Levitt slips the canister into his pocket and opens the door.
Jonathan: Look for Some!
Jonathan: Look
Jonathan: we have to -hide Jeff-
Jonathan: JEFF
Jonathan: WE HAVE TO HIDE NOW, JEFF, JEFF, NO WE HAVE TO HIDE
* Jonathan starts to breathe quickly.
Jeff_Levitt: Jon? Jon, what's wrong?
* Jeff_Levitt closes the door again.
Jonathan: we have to hide Jeff now we have to hide
Jonathan: where's Jeff?
Jeff_Levitt: I'm right here, Jon.
Jonathan: where's...
* Jeff_Levitt closes the door and walks up to Jon. "I'm right here, Jon. It's okay."
Jonathan: Jeff.
* Jonathan scrambles to hide under the bed in here.
Jonathan: go then go quick, quick
Jonathan: quickquickquick
Jeff_Levitt: All...all right.
Jeff exits briefly, and asks Leoben to guard the door and not let anyone except Some in, no matter what happens inside.
* Jeff_Levitt returns, closing the door and locking it.
Jonathan: Where's Some?
Jeff_Levitt: I don't know.
Jeff_Levitt: He's not in the Sanctuary.
Jeff_Levitt: Leoben's keeping watch. He won't let anyone in.
Jonathan: Except Some.
* Leoben is, in fact, keeping watch outside.
Jonathan: Because I'm hiding.
* Jeff_Levitt nods.
Jeff_Levitt: Except Some.
* Jonathan nods, and creeps out from under the bed.
* Jeff_Levitt pauses and types something into his PINpoint. "I'm letting him know."
* Jeff_Levitt takes a deep breath, and takes some covers off the bed, stuffing them into the cracks of the door.
* Jonathan grins, meekly at first. "Yes, yes, let him -know-!"
* Jeff_Levitt takes out the canister and stares at it. "Are...are you going to be okay with this thing in here?"
Jonathan: .... but if he comes here, he'll come here, Jeff, Jeff, I can't see him, no, no, no I can't see him, Jeff, I've failed, I've failed, I can't...
Jonathan: ok
Jonathan: okay, I'm fine, just take it
Jeff_Levitt: He won't, Jon.
Jonathan: dropped me on the ground
* Jeff_Levitt nods and closes his eyes. He fumbles with the canister a moment, and then...releases the catch.
* Jonathan watches him, with huge eyes
* Jeff_Levitt is in the middle of a cloud of feargas now, yes?
* Jonathan is, too! Whoops.
* Jonathan is, luckily, still immune to the basic stuff. This particular poison lasts for about fifteen minutes. Basic. Jon starts coughing.
Jeff_Levitt: Oh...oh...oh *shit*...
* Jeff_Levitt , on the other hand, is starting to panic. "Oh God, what...no...no...nononono..."
* Jonathan stops coughing and stares at Jeff.
* Jeff_Levitt 's PINpoint beeps suddenly. A few seconds later, it beeps again. Incoming messages. He jumps at the noise, looking around frantically for the source. "Oh Jesus Jon did you hear that?"
Jonathan: Soze found you. He's afraid, he found you. Jeff, he's going to come here, Jeff...
Jonathan: Let me see, Jeff.
* Jonathan inches closer, very cautiously.
Jonathan: sometimes they say two things at once, they say, beeping, beeping, ropes, Jeff...
* Jeff_Levitt recoils from Jon. Whatever he's seeing, it's not Jon. "No..no...get away from me!"
Jonathan: GET AWAY WE HAVE TO HIDE
Jonathan: no
Jeff_Levitt: R-r-r-opes?
Jonathan: ropes
Jonathan: heh
Jonathan: heheh...
Jonathan: Jeff...
* Jeff_Levitt is flattened against the wall now. He...he's having trouble moving his arms. "I can't...Oh God...I can't...JESUS SOMEBODY HELP ME!"
Jonathan: HEHhehehHAHAHAHAHAheh... heh.... screaming, yes :3
Jonathan: I remember
Jeff_Levitt: *If he gets close enough, Jon might see messages appearing on Jeff's PINpoint.*
Jeff_Levitt: "jeff?? jefff what is this?"
Jeff_Levitt: "JEFF?"
Jeff_Levitt: "JEFF, FUCKING STOP THIS, JEFF"
* Jonathan looks at the pinpoint. "Where are you now... he says, Jeff, he says, beeping... hahaheheh..."
Jeff_Levitt: "YOU NEED TO BE LISTENING STOP"
* Jeff_Levitt suddenly arches his back and SCREAMS
Jeff_Levitt: *a wound opens up on Jeff's thigh, bleeding freely*
Jonathan: ...!
Jonathan: ropes in your leg trying to get out, Jeff, he mustn't. He's afraid, you're afraid, I told you, don't want you to think that, listen, beeping...
* Jonathan examines his leg.
Jonathan: I'm a doctor, you must trust me.
* Jeff_Levitt screams again and starts thrashing. His arms don't seem to be moving however. Like they're tied up with ropes, or a straightjacket. Another spurt of blood appears, as if he was just stabbed in the same place again.
* Jonathan winces, and steps back a few feet, wringing his hands. "It's just how I am, doctor, it makes my stomach tie up in knots, you know... you know, when they scream, but he's bleeding, doctor. I must have stabbed him in the leg... He keeps -screaming-, it's lovely."
Jeff_Levitt: Oh God Christ GET IT OFF! IT'S COMING OUT OH FUCKING CHRIST!
* Jeff_Levitt starts kicking his legs frantically, and then...less frantically as...his legs stop moving. "I can't...I can't...Oh fucking christ HELP ME!"
Jonathan: What are we to do now, doctor, I found my mask, you know, but it doesn't look quite the same without the hat... but he'll see.
* Jonathan pulls a lump of burlap out of his pocket.
* Jeff_Levitt catches the movement, and his eyes fixate on Jon. There's a high-pitched, animal whine as he tries to crawl away but the ropes oh God the fucking ropes I can't fucking move oh help me help helphelphelphelp...
* Jonathan pulls the mask on. This is somewhat awkward, as his hands are shaking, and he's out of practice. He may have even gotten burlap in his eye, but he's not letting that stop him. He draws the ropes around his neck and lunges at Jeff, stitches pulled into a grin.
Jeff_Levitt: Jeff shrieks and tries to pull away but he can't fucking MOVE.
Jonathan: Boo
Jeff_Levitt: "GET AWAY! GOD, LEAVE ME ALONE! PLEASE!"
* Jonathan cackles, and snaps up Jeff's pinpoint.
* Soze is, back out in his apartment, in a very similar state. He's curled up on the floor of his kitchen, doubled over on his bleeding leg, unable to move and thinking about what it's like to die. His own PINpoint is pressed against his chest.
* Jeff_Levitt cringes away, whimpering.
* Jonathan squints and has to work pretty hard to get the buttons right, here. They keep moving around. Rascally little things, letters... *still always scarecrow soze*
Jonathan: beeping...
Jeff_Levitt: *Beeping, industrial noises, rusted steel walls. Huge gears that turn. Walls that are CLOSING IN ON HIM. Jeff's whimpers turn to terrified sobbing. "No...n-no *please*..."
* Jonathan leans in and stares at Jeff, letting his pinpoint fall to the floor beside him.
* Jeff_Levitt goes rigid at the sound. Steel falling on steel. Spinning gears, falling ceilings. His chest heaves. Can't....breathe...can't *breathe*. He'd be clawing at his throat if it wasn't for the fucking ROPES.
* Jonathan watches him, blinking every so often, but not moving, either.
* Jeff_Levitt 's eyes start to roll back in his head. He's trying to scream but no sound comes out.
* Jeff_Levitt 's PIN beeps again, with a nonsense string of letters and numbers.
* Jonathan sits quietly, ignoring the pinpoint.
* Jeff_Levitt abruptly goes limp. Even his arms finally relax. From the look of things, he just fainted.
Jonathan: I think it's done now, do you think?
* Jonathan pulls off the mask and balls it up in his pocket, and curls up next to Jeff. Don't... die or anything, there.
* Jeff_Levitt is breathing, but unconscious.
* Jonathan mumbles to himself.
Jonathan: Sleeping. Now he's sleeping, it's done.
Jonathan: You have to sleep in the -bed-, Jeff.
Jonathan: Jeff.
Jonathan: You mustn't sleep on the floor, there are spiders.
* Jeff_Levitt twitches and starts muttering.
* Jeff_Levitt 's eyes flutter open and he sits up abruptly with a cry of disgust.
* Jeff_Levitt looks around, disoriented. He's still pale, he's still breathing rapidly, and brushing his arms frantically.
* Jonathan sits still again, tearing holes into his sleeves.
Jeff_Levitt: J-Jon?
* Jonathan bites his lip.
Jeff_Levitt: Jo-
* Jeff_Levitt screams again, and clutches his leg. Another wound opens up.
* Jonathan hides his head.
Jeff_Levitt: ...I'm...it hurts...
* Jeff_Levitt stares at the blood on his hands. "I'm b-bleeding...am I r-really bleeding?"
* Jonathan mumbles and won't look up. If this had been himself from the current timeline, he would probably deal with the wound right about now, but, alas, Jeff is stuck with a much less stable person.
Jeff_Levitt: I think I need a doctor...Jon...
* Jeff_Levitt tries to stand.
Jonathan: no, I escaped
Jeff_Levitt: I...Jon...I...can you please open the door?
* Jeff_Levitt really can't put weight on that leg right now.
Jonathan: open the door, yes.
* Jonathan gets up, slowly, shuffles over to the door, and very carefully unlocks it.
Once the door is open, Keaton and Ed carry a still-disoriented and shaking Jeff to the Clinics.