( halloween plot side event . SEMI-OPEN )

[herturn]

WHO: Nina Sayers | herturn , Dexter Morgan | the-human-thing, Blue Beetle Jr | owwmyspine, Nero | fuelblade, Rita Morgan | justasdamaged! Please check here if you'd like to participate/confirm your participation.
WHERE: Throughout the less chaotic parts of the City. Where she will be causing some chaos of her own.
WHEN: Between October 31st and November 1st, during the Fakethulhu plot.
WARNINGS:

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[creepyshitking]

Dexter feels it before he sees anything, really; that familiar ruffling of feathers. Only this time, it's outside of himself and for a stark and scary moment he considers the possibility that his Passenger has taken Its own form. In an instant, he's already realized the ridiculousness of it, but he still has to turn to make sure, doing a cartoonish doubletake when his eyes finally settle on the woman who is most certainly not his own Shadow Self.

He takes a curious step toward her even if it's outside the realm of what Dutiful Dexter would usually Do. He was rarely, if ever, so uncareful, and so it comes as a shock to find himself anywhere near his fellow monster. It isn't even a full moon and yet he feels it; the need. He knows in one instant that she is deserving of his blade, and yet there's a foreign feeling there as well. Something he's never felt before, except maybe in a fleeting moment of weakness: kinship.

And it is true, without ever speaking to her, he knows how alike they truly are. In the night it's only that much easier to hear her Siren Song. He feels drawn to Her, and it isn't like the others. It's dangerously new, and Dexter the Drone would prefer to keep the status quo quo. And yet here quo is, with a name and a face. One he's never seen before, and one he's seen a thousand times.

[herturn]

There is no running from her whispers, no way anyone can shut their eyes and cover their ears to escape from her illusions once they are within her grasp.

Dexter is close enough to be seen by the others around Nina, alerting her of his presence; he is then greeted by alert eyes and a warm smile, showing teeth. She shows him her hand, black fingers invite him over with words in the back of his mind, urging him, luring him in.

[creepyshitking]

And just like that--hook line and sinker--he's caught. All that's left is to reel him in, and really, he's not far behind the meter. Moving in a slow and deliberately even line to her side; there is no choice in this, only the truth. She sees what he is like he knows who she is instantly, without a word passing between them.

He wonders for a horrible minute if this is what at first sight might mean, though this is anything but love. He's experienced love, if only secondarily, but this is more complete; solid; an anchor to this world. It leaves him craving with his soul out in the open, his Shadow Self on display for the world to see through Nina's eyes.

Dexter takes a moment to catch his breath, though he hadn't known he'd lost it until that moment. All of his deliberacy, all of his masks, come peeling away until he's firmly at her side. "You see me." He wasn't sure he'd said it aloud until he brought a hand to his face to confirm.