82 Maka Albarn [Video]

[togana_keiri]

[Maka is sitting on the bed of her new apartment room, looking very uneasy but otherwise normal.]

What is the experiment this week? I've been trying to figure it out but-[She pauses and looks distracted. Grumbling under her breath, she concentrates for a moment and then focuses again.]

Alex Mercer, we need to talk. [She seems more frustrated than

Comments

locked

[guillotine_beat]

I am fine. What is wrong with you?

locked

[togana_keiri]

[She sighs and rubs at her head. There's no point in lying to him but she isn't sure how to answer either.]

I don't know. I'm working on figuring it out.

locked

[guillotine_beat]

It appears to be wishes again this week. What could you have wanted that caused this?

locked

[togana_keiri]

I wouldn't have wished for this. [It might come out a bit snappish and she instantly feels bad for snapping at him.]

Sorry...this can't be my wish. Even subconsciously I would never...[She takes a deep breath in and out.] Are you sure that's what this week is?

locked

[guillotine_beat]

[She's in pain, somehow. It's understandable to be a bit snappish.]

Either that or a mixed week. My weapon form has been changed again.

locked

[togana_keiri]

It must be a mixed week then. [Pause.]

Maybe we can get some practice in this week, if you'd like of course and if I can.

locked

[guillotine_beat]

I would not be opposed to that.

... what exactly are your symptoms?

locked

[togana_keiri]

Maybe we can find someone to even spar against. [Oh wait.] Er, or maybe just practice.

Um. They're complicated. And I haven't done much today so I'm not sure about what all of the symptoms are.

locked

[guillotine_beat]

Maybe. [Maybe not. He's not sure right now, with the way that Maka is acting.]

If you need help, do not hesitate to talk to someone.

locked

[togana_keiri]

[She laughs, and maybe there is a little bit of fear in her laugh.]

There's nothing wrong for anyone to fix. [After a while.]

Can you come over?

locked

[guillotine_beat]

[Something about her expression, her denial, and then the way she asks for him to come over sets off alarm bells in his mind. He can be oblivious when he wants to be, but nearly two years in the facility have made him so much less inclined towards ignoring danger signs.]

I can.

[Insanity is his first thought, dealing with hallucinations and trying to guard against suspicion.

After a few minutes, he knocks on Maka's door.]

locked

[togana_keiri]

[She opens the door, taking more care in the action then what seems necessary.]

Hey. [There's a smile, but it doesn't quite reach her eyes.]

locked

[guillotine_beat]

Hello.

[He's a bit on-edge. His weapon form is different this week, and he isn't sure how to handle himself in a fight.]

locked

[togana_keiri]

[She's too out of it to notice as she takes a few steps back and sits down at a kitchen chair.]

I know what's wrong with me this week. It wasn't my wish, it was someone else's.

locked

[guillotine_beat]

Whose? And what are the results of the wish?

locked

[togana_keiri]

Alex Mercer wished for companionship. [It's the truth, and it makes sense. She is his only real friend. Flashes of shadow week make her wonder if there's more to it, but she refuses to look into that.

Maka stands, picking up a knife on the table that already has a thin line of red at the edge. Without hesitating, she draws a line on her arm, cutting it open. The wound is only open for a second before repairing itself.]

I'm like him. I'm infected with the same virus.