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[rain_of_bullets]

What-the-fuck-what-the-fuck-what-the-FUCK!?!?!

[The journal clicks on as Haine stumbles through the house in the form of a small girl.  Why did it have to be her?  A raw scream echoes from the bathroom before a shattering of glass is heard.  Shards clatter to the floor just within sight of the book and blood drips over the tile.  The girl seems on

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[stillbrokenson]

[Admittedly, their house isn't the most peaceful one in the neighborhood. Mihai accepts this fact. But the sounds of small children cursing usually don't resonate down the hall--grown men acting like small children, yes. But this is different. Given that Nill can't speak, and Naoto sounds different, Mihai is wondering just what has gotten into their house.

And broken the mirror, it seems. The concern is immediate, and Mihai steps closer to the girl. Although, he doesn't exactly look like himself at the moment.]

Miss? Are you all right?

[by_his_hands]

[He drops the shard when addressed, wide eyes focusing on the man, though they seem far away. When he speaks, the voice is childish, but as rough as can be, words all but growled out.]

Get away from me.

[stillbrokenson]

[Something is clearly wrong, but Mihai is still clueless as to just what. He doesn't get any closer to the girl, but he doesn't leave completely either.]

I can't do that just yet, Miss. You've hurt yourself.

[by_his_hands]

[He glances down at his hands, but even in this body, they've already begun to heal, wounds hissing quietly as they close themselves. The pain seems to thrum in time with his quickened heartbeat.]

Stop calling me that. I'm not her!

[strayfag]

[Holy shit what the hell. Ok, trying to navigate his way out of bed this morning was bad enough but now there's a little girl screaming and breaking things in their house. As far as he knows, Nill is capable of neither of these things, so off he... flutter-rolls... to the washroom.

There is a cigarette on the floor beside you now, little girl. It's carefully avoiding the blood.] Hey, be careful with that.

[by_his_hands]

[If it wasn't enough that he's trapped in Lily's body, or is he Lily... now he's hearing voices outside his head too. The shard falls from her hand, shattering into smaller pieces, but there's no sign of where the voice might've come from. He knows the voice; that idiot partner of his, but-]

I'm losing my mind. There's no other explanation. This is impossible... it's fucking-...

[strayfag]

[You think you're having a bad day? You woke up human this morning. Why are you even in the house goddamnit. They have locks for this. Badou is not entirely convinced this isn't some wacky dream within a dream kinda shit.] Did your boyfriend break up with you or something? Listen, kid, you need to lay off the Lin-- [He might not recognize the voice or the face, but something suddenly clicks into place. The cigarette hops a little closer and throws itself against the girl's leg. ATTENTION PLEASE.]

...Haine?

[by_his_hands]

[There is a cigarette with wings on his leg. Of course, first it registers as a cockroach or other bug, but sure enough, it's a cigarette. And it's talking. Somehow. This is beyond a nightmare. He just sort of stares at it for a few moments.]

.............

[First instinct is to shake it off, but instead he picks it up, examining it and trying not to think of how the hands that hold it are Lily's, not his own.]

BAWWW THOSE LATEST CHAPTERSSSSSS DDDDD:

[killercutething]

[Chi doesn't like the look of that red stuff. Not one bit.]

M-Myan?

D: GAH I KNOW RIGHT?

[by_his_hands]

[He turns to look at the kitten, nearly crushing the shard of glass in his hand, but only serving to make the cuts deeper.]

Cat...?

It's just the expression when he says "I CAME TO PLAY WITH YOU!"

[killercutething]

Th-That smell....

....Chi doesn't like that smell.

or sad face when he actually wakes up after tearing her apart? D:

[by_his_hands]

[He throws the shard aside, leaving it to clatter to the floor.]

It's just blood.

[myfatherspath]

[Naoto wakes up to screaming. A lot of screaming. In a little girl's voice, but since the only little girl she knows is mute, this probably isn't a good sign. She stands up and yanks her dress over her head, having left the sundress to dry, and grabs her coat as she heads for the sound.

Naoto is not very fond of screaming little girls. Not at all.

However, the scene she comes across in the bathroom is enough to confuse her even more: two strangers (an unfamiliar young man and a little girl with a large metal collar) as well as Haine, who's inexplicably being helpful for a change by picking up fragments of bloody, broken glass. She surveys the small group for a second, looking very confused and more than a little disturbed. Leaving sounds like a good idea, but she's not okay with the concept of leaving a stranger with a little girl in a room splattered with blood, even with Haine present. A moment later she sees something else, a strange insect: something like a cigarette with wings. Probably another bad sign, but she

[by_his_hands]

[He turns suddenly at the sound of his name, eyes narrowing somewhat when he sees who it's come from. How did she recognize him so quickly? How does she... oh-. Right. His body. Still there, despite someone else being in it.

With everything else going on, how is she even so fuckin' calm? Probably because she has no idea that they're all...]

Like I know! They're all here right now!

[moemade_puppy]

[Nill is conveniently ignoring Haine's statement that he'll clean it up and continues gingerly picking up the glass. He'll need to be bandaged, too.]

[Of course when Naoto arrives and asks 'Haine' what's going on, Nill turns the same time the real Haine does. And while she can't be certain, it looks and sounds like Naoto has remained Naoto. If Badou were in Naoto's body, he'd probably have sworn more. Or at least put on pants instead of a dress.]

[She turns a little when Haine answers her, then turns back to Naoto with the shards of mirror still in her hand and nods sadly.] I'm here...

[myfatherspath]

[Haine should never look sad. As far as she knows, he has two looks: sullen and annoyed. She read that stupid journal thing that Mihai told her to read, and amazingly, she was glad she did. They're all here?

Naoto looks to the meek-looking version of Haine on the ground, picking up shards, which is nothing Haine would ever do. Then, she inspects the young man she doesn't recognize...if they're all here, a younger version of Mihai? And a talking cigarete-bug, if such a thing exists (oh god, not Badou). She scoops up a shard and looks at herself. Thankfully, she recognizes the face, and not in an unpleasant way, like whoever it was who smashed the mirror in.

She looks at the girl with the collar and bloody hands, and her conversation moments before arriving here begins to click while she stares with perplexed amazement. Oh. She understands. Yeah, Naoto wants no part in that. Distantly, she worries about all of them when they come to their senses, and makes a note to spend a few days in her room.]Um. Okay. I'll...I'll just