Dance 29

[whatthequack]

[Filtered from Rue]

[Anyone with even moderate perception can tell she sounds a bit nervous.]

So, uhh, I heard a lot of you talking about how some people here are acting weird lately, right? Uhh, I'm... kinda worried. Y'know, I've been here a long time so maybe there's some way I can help! I haven't been able to do much to help here yet...Um,

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[perfektsymmetry]

Um, I was, uh, afflicted, but I managed to fight it off. So has one other person I've spoken with so far.

[whatthequack]

Oh, you were? Umm, what happened? How did you fight it?

[perfektsymmetry]

It was... quite sudden. I just really started to... get angry at everything, and everyone. The town, my friends... I said a lot of terrible things to them, and got... violent. I thought I was going to hit one of them. But I-I managed to keep it to myself, I guess.

I only managed to fight it off when... when a friend of mine managed to talk me down. And it took a lot, honestly. Like, until I finally accepted what he was telling me for real.

[whatthequack]

[She stays silent for a beat too long.]

I-I think I get it. It sounds kinda like you were acting like a different person...

Oh, r-really? That's what it takes?! ...Uhh, that'd be good to let the others know, then.

[tsuntiger]

[Sorry adorable little girl who's canon I need to watch, Taiga's gonna take out her frustration on you.]

My friend tased me. You're telling me that you want to help someone who could fry you to a crisp?

[whatthequack]

[Yes, you do. :|]

Your friend what...?

W-well, I think anybody's worth helping if they're suffering, right?

[tsuntiger]

[And I shall!]

Tased. Electrocuted. Zapped. Are you that dense?

Oh, she seems quite happy with herself.

[whatthequack]

You don't hafta be mean. I hadn't heard that before!

She does, huh? [She thinks for a moment] Do you know where she is right now?

[rapier_ex]

My friend Rin, for sure.

[whatthequack]

Really? What happened, exactly?

[rapier_ex]

She was just... completely unlike herself. She was mean, sardonic, and uncaring...

[whatthequack]

Ohhhh...

Has she gotten better yet?

[unless_itsafarm]

MY FAKE DAUGHTER TURNED INTO A GODDAMNED BEATNIK!

[whatthequack]

A... A what?! D-did anything else happen?

[unless_itsafarm]

SHE THREW THE GOD DAMNED BOOK AT ME!

[whatthequack]

Th-that does sound bad.

U-ummmmm, er, where do you live? Maybe I could check it out?