Event #5 "Deal with the devil" [Tag: Nancy, Pidge, Naya]

[Veronica Kishi]

Veronica was sitting in the headmaster's chair for who the fuck knows how long. The blackouts came and go, shifting her position for her. And now she was sitting in the middle of the headmaster's office. All alone.

She looked down to check on her ankle. Still swollen and in pain. No, there was no way she could take another step with her right foot without somebody's help. "Hello?" she called out in the darkness. "Cat?" she already missed Catherine.  Even though she was behind the wall - talking to somebody was nicer than she thought it would be. Talking about her past... actually made her feel better. In the past she begged the universe to let her die and now... she wanted to live.

"I should have listened to Jack," she mumbled to herself, her head low, "I should have stayed with him and call off the meeting." Tears started to form in her eyes. "If only I haven't been so..." but it was too late to think of "ifs". Too late.

This moment she heard the door screeching open. Somebody was about to enter the room!

[Nancy Holmes]

The small group had decided to take a look on where they had been taken to this time. It turned out that they had been in Class 2-3. They had barely all made it to the corridor, when a scream was heard. "Hello? Cat?" Nancy immediately froze in her movement. There was no mistaken, she knew that voice! "Aunt Roni!", she shouted back and ran into the direction she supposedly was. Well, there weren't exacly many possibilities. Left or right. So Nancy ran towards the headmaster's office.

She heard her aunto ranting about something about a meeting, but she trailed off when she heard how the raven haired opened the door. There she was indeed! And this time she was awake. "RONI!", she screamed again and ran towards her, putting her arms around her neck to pull her into a blustery hug. "You're here.. and you're awake...! How are you? Are you okay? What is going on here? Pidge is here, too. What were you talking about before I came in?", she started to deluge her with questions. She might know more than they did after all.

[Naya Zafar]

Naya filed in after Nancy, her brown eyes scanning the room. When her eyes fell upon Veronica, she had to pretend to cough to hide the look of disgust that came upon her face. Ugh. Looking for something to distract herself, she busied herself with examining the bookshelf, all whilst keeping a close eye on Nancy, and especially Veronica.

Once she grew bored of staring at the same titles for five long minutes, she decided to perch herself on the edge of the desk, only half listening to the conversation that was happening. She was too lost in her thoughts to really register much of what was happening, her brain whirring at a million miles per second.

[Catherine "Pidge" Santorini]

Catherine Santorini followed behind the two women, with the doll in one hand and her, well technically Ryan's, bat in the other. Out of all of the places where she ended up, why did they have to be where all of this madness started? Zak's freakout, the revelation of Veronica's dismissal papers, her sniffing Naomi's hair, Mrs. Truman's coughing fit, and that one goddamned date that seemed to be everywhere! She had talked with Veronica before. and the things she said were still being comprehended. The other girls in the room were her niece, Nancy, and Naya.

Her theory about the doll had been disproved. Although the doll had her name, the drama club leader seemed unharmed. Pidge had only heard bits of Ms. Kishi's conversation before she ran into the room. "If you hadn't been so what?" She rushed over towards her side after the reunion between aunt and niece. "Please... elaborate... Is it about what you told me earlier?"

[Something]

Before Veronica could reply back to Pidge, she burst into tears as her dear sweet niece pulled her into a warm hug. "How 'charming'," Naya thought as she raised her upper lip in disgust.

Both girls tried to ask Veronica numerous questions, but sadly they didn't receive any answers - it was indeed hard to communicate with a mess of a "human being" that the woman was at the moment. "Enough of this nonsense," Naya jumped off the table and walked towards the exit of the room, standing with her back turned to the group.

"Remeber me?" a metallic voice echoed inside Nancy's mind, sending pleasant tingles through her body. "Time to prove you are worthy to keep on living!" Nancy could feel blood puming in her ears. "Kill her," it ordered, Naya tightened her fists, looking at the front entrance of the room with a small smile. "Take Pidge's bat and kill Veronica."

N̖̠̬̐̌̉̑́͋͝ó̳̲̭̣̋̄͢w̺̻̲̬̭͓͉̞̌̅̔ͣ͂

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[OFF-TOP: If Nancy will accept the task the post order will look like this:

1. Nancy

2. Something
3. Pidge
4. Something
5. Nancy...

And so on. Naya will get an opportunity to post again after "something" is done with the task. Good luck!]

[Nancy Holmes]

The raven-haired already saw her aunt's eyes filling with tears when she husted towarss her and when she hugged her, she burst into tears. Oh gosh, what had she been going through...? Had she wittnessed something terrible? "Shhhhh, shhhh....", Nancy tried to reassure Roni, slowly stroking over the back of her head and her back. It was a weird situation that Nancy was the one comforting her aunt and not the other way round. But it was fine, she was glad that she could let her feelings come out now. It wasn't healthy to keep everything to yourself. She held and consoled her for a few minutes, until her tears had ebbed away. With a light smile Nancy pulled away and looked at her aunt. "It's going to be alright, okay? Can you speak...? If you know anything, please tell us...", she begged her with a soft voice.

"Please... elaborate... Is it about what you told me earlier?", Pidge came to her side.
Nancy turned her eyes towards her, still touching her aunt's shoulder with one hand supportively. "What did she tell you?", she asked curious. Something was going on here, something important, and she needed to find out what it was.

"Remeber me?"
Nancy froze in place when she heard the voice. "Nononono. Not now... please no...!", she mumbled. Then, in a sudden rush of panic, she looked around to see if there was any source of it to be seen. There was noone. Just Pidge and her aunt next to her and Naya - she scanned the room for her and spotted her standing in the doorframe, her back turned towards the others. What the hell was she doing there? Did she not care at all? Nancy got distracted from her though when this pleasant feeling came back - the same she had felt when hurting Thalia. Ughhhh.... it felt so good.....more.... Nancy shivered congenially. Oh yes, she did remember. She wanted to shake this feeling off, it was causing nothing but sorrow, but at the same time it was addictive as she had tasted a drug and couldn't get waway from it now. She knew it was bad, but it felt so good as long as it was there... so good, that the consequences didn't matter in that moment.

"Time to prove you are worthy to keep on living!"
Worthy of keep on living... Who did she have to hurt now..? Please, maybe she could manage to please the thing without killing anyone. Please... She was returning a bit more to her normal self when the tickling feeling that wanted her to giggle with joy was ebbing away, becoming less strong and less controlling. If it had another task for her, she would just do it as she did with Thalia. Naya and Pidge weren't her friends, their feelings didn't matter a lot to herself - and her aunt would forgive her if she hurt her. She would want that, Nancy heard Kat's voice saying in her head. Veronica would want her to look after herself first, too.

"Kill her. Take Pidge's bat and kill Veronica."
Nancy hesitated for a moment. Kill....Veronica...? Her eyes widened and her breathing got snatchy. "What..? No...! I could never...! Don't make me do it!", she called out with pure panic in her eyes. But... maybe, she could just.... hit her with the bat and....no. Even if Nancy hit her hard enough to make her fall unconscious, nobody was here to treat her wounds... She would probably die from them...How could she...?! Was it either herself or her aunt? Kat's face appeared in front of her inner eye, telling her to look only after herself and leave everyone else in the dust.

Pidge's bat it said. Nancy looked at said girl and then at her hand that was holding the bat. Then back into Pidge's face. Help me, her gaze seemed to say and she turned to her aunt slowly. Her face was a crying mess, swollen and red all over. She still didn't seem like she would be able to tell them anything now. She was useless - NO!! What was she thinking?? She couldn't do it, she couldn't....!! She was her aunt, she loved her!! The nice feeling had completely ebbed away by now and she desperately missed it. More... She needed it again... She felt like she couldn't survive this hell without this. Drug.... no, elixier. Cure. That was what it was. She needed it.

The force came back with a never before seen might, rushing through all her body, causing her to grin. Her eyes snapped towards Pidge's hand, a fast and almost animalistic movement. She felt like a predator, the blood rushed through her head, making her feel dizzy. It was like her surroundings blurred and all she could focus on was the bat. It was crystal clear in front of her eyes.

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It felt like a starting shot for a steeplechase and Nancy jumped forward in an attempt to grab the bat from the girl with the glasses.

[Nancy tries to get the bat]

[Something]

Nancy tried to grab the bat out of Pidge's grip but didn't succeed. Scared for her life, the girl kept trying to wrestle the bat from her fellow student hands!

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Welcome back to the "action" or "battle" mode! When you try to kill somebody - there will be consequences!

Nancy had a chance to:
1 - absolute failure - Nancy failed and fell down on the glass shards, one of them piercing her temple and killing her;
2-5 - failure - the bat stayed with Pidge;
6-9 - success - Nancy took away the bat;
10 - natural success - grabbed the bat and killed Veronica with one lucky hit;

Dice result: 1D10 => 3

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Now it's Pidge's turn to react.

She has options to:
- Give the bat without questioning Nancy's actions (success if u roll: 1-10)
- Resist! (success if u roll: 6-10)

The results of any action that Pidge will pick will be described in next something's post.

[Catherine "Pidge" Santorini]

Mrs. Kishi hadn't answered her yet. Frankly, there wouldn't be much time to because before she had known it, Nancy lunged towards her, her eyes laser-focused on the bat in Pidge's hands. Both of Nancy's hands grabbed the bat, but she didn't grab it, Catherine kept the bat away from Nancy as they kept struggling.

“Nancy…” Her voice got a little lower with a hint of calmness, hopefully masking the fear and anger that was bubbling within her. "What are you going to do with that?" That was a dumb question. The intensity that Nancy showed implied some sort of harm to be done sooner than later. How could she? Nancy, a girl who had been nothing but nice to her, was so willing to attack her own family... She blinked and pulled back on the bat. "You're gonna kill her, are you..." Pidge hesitated some more and raised her voice slightly, trying to remain calm, "You shouldn't, you know... YOU SHOULDN'T HARM ANYBODY!" Something within her snapped. "Did nothing I say matter back there?! I don't care what you do. Kill me if you must. But Veronica needs to be alive..."

[OOC: Pidge resists, or at least attempts to]

[Something]

Veronica let out a scared yelp, as she fell down to the floor from the headmasters sear when both of her beloved students kept wrestling over the bat. Meanwhile, Naya turned to witness the scene and "in shock" bolted out of the room, screaming: "I- will get help!" - when in reality she left only to keep Kat distracted from this little "misunderstanding".

"̛Ķ̕í͟͞ll ҉͘ţ͠͝h́̀͠e͘͏̛m̀͘ ̷͝͞bot͜ḩ͟,͠" Nancy heard another command inside her head, as the door behind Naya's back closed shut. The task wasn't one of the easiest though since Pidge didn't want to give up the bat without a fight!

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Pidge picked:

- Resist!

And successfully keeps the hold of the bat.
Dice result: 1D10 => 7

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Now it's Nancy's turn to react.

She has options to:
- Take the bat away and kill both targets (success if u roll: 9-10 - instant kill)
- Hit Pidge with your head (success if u roll: 6-10; Pidge will get -1 health point)
- Let go of the bat and stop fighting (success if u roll: 1-10)

[Nancy Holmes]

When she tried to snatch the bat away, Pidge pulled it back, out of her reach.

“Nancy…What are you going to do with that?"
"I can't...! I...!! I can't escape it! I have to do it...!! It will kill me!", she exclamined, feeling so chivvied. "Just give me the bat..!", she begged, her eyes scared, but focused.

"You're gonna kill her, are you...You shouldn't, you know... YOU SHOULDN'T HARM ANYBODY!"
"I KNOW THAT I SHOULDN'T!!", she screamed back. "I DON'T HAVE A CHOICE IF I WANT TO LIVE OKAY?" She fought a moment inwardly, but she knew she couldn't escape it. It was watching...! The girl didn't really process what Naya said, she was out of focus. With now teary eyes, she jumed forward again, trying to hit Pidge's head with hers, in an attempt to make her dizzy just for a moment to take the bat.

"Did nothing I say matter back there?! I don't care what you do. Kill me if you must. But Veronica needs to be alive..."

"̛Ķ̕í͟͞ll ҉͘ţ͠͝h́̀͠e͘͏̛m̀͘ ̷͝͞bot͜ḩ͟,͠"

It percolated through her that they were alone now. No wittnesses. She could do it... Nobody would know...! Nobody would know how weak she was..! And Pidge said she wouldn't mind if she killed her, right? Nobody would ever know.....Nobody.... She heard how the door slammed shut. No... That couldn't be the way...! One would be enough right? Right?

[Nancy tries to hit Pidge's head with hers]

[Something]

Nancy successfully managed to hit Pidge's forehead with hers, making stars burst before Pidge's eyes and her ears rung like a struck gong, but the grip around the "Holy Grail" that the bat was didn't loosen in slightest!

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Nancy picked:

- Hit Pidge with your head!

And succeeded! Pidge got -1 health point.
Dice result: 1D10 => 7

PIDGE'S STATS:
Health 4/5
Sanity 5/5

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Now it's Pidge's turn to react.

She has options to:
- Take the bat away (success if u roll: 9-10)
- Hit your fist with Nancy's face (success if u roll: 6-10; Nancy will get -1 health point)

[Veronica Kishi]

The battle for the bat could last forever if only the girls didn't hear a familiar high-pitched noise ringing in their ears that clearly messed up with Pidge's hearing. Taking advantage of the situation Nancy wrest the bat out of her opponent hands and shove the girl with the glasses away, making her hit her head hard on the coffee table.

"NANCY, PLEASE!" her aunt begged, while trying to crawl away from her niece who was about to smash her dear aunties head, when...

NO.

Something said.

They couldn't hear the voice, but they could clearly understand the order. Like somebody transmission this message straight into their heads. "WHO WAS THAT?!" Veronica yelled, looking around in panic. "SHOW yourself! PLEASE! Please, I beg you! Talk to me! Let the kids go!" as the woman said that she looked back at her dear niece, who froze and now stood with the bat over her head, "Nancy, please! Please, it's not you! Nancy! Pidge, please!"

But nor Nancy, nor Pidge didn't respond back, like both of the girls were frozen in time. "What is going on!? WHAT DO YOU WANT?! I will do anything! ANYTHING! An-" she asked the thin air around them as she felt sharp pain in her chest.

Tell them.

"Tell them WHAT?" the woman whispered in fear, she felt how her skin and clothes glistened in an odd, unnatural way. "I'm SORRY! I'm sorry FOR EVERYTHING I-"

Tell them about what you told her.

"I- I- ...I- I told Amanda that I hate her and that she should probably kill herself! I'm SORRY! I didn't know what I was doing I-" the static noise rose around her until it was sharply abrupted by a distant male voice screaming on the top of his lungs.

"̡̪̫͚̕͜͡ͅV̵̨͕̜͚̖̥̮͎̮̦̤͔̤̫̤̠̖̦̪͔E҉̶̢̣͉̫͓͈R̵̨̦̫̜̪͔̙͍̝Ò̝̳̩̮͙̜̠̱͓̥̮̣̕͘͘͟ͅǸ̛͕̲̟̹̗̱̺̦͢ͅÍ̷̵̛͓̖̳̺͇͓̟̝̥͖̥̳̕Ç̷̗̣̲͚̹̹̘̩̥̟̗͡ͅA̷҉̘͕̮̳͎̝ͅ!̼̬̗̳̙̬̣̟̗̹͖̻͘͢͜"҉̵̢̘͇̩̗̗̦̼̭͙̞̜̤̳̙̟̙͕̕ ̡̩̱͖̩̘͍͍̜̤̟̝͕̫̲͕͞

A young man in his late 20's appeared out of nowhere, his figure was unstable, like somebody was watching an old tv with a weak signal. The man smashed flat on the ground as he was trying to grasp his beloved ex-wife's disappearing silhouette. As he realized that he was too late (again!) he immediately rolled over to the side to dodge the hit. The guy glanced around the room, noticing the unconscious girl on the floor. Then he met a pair of empty, cold, ruthless eyes. "Nancy?" he addressed the brunette, but her expression didn't change like she didn't hear or recognize him. Instead, she turned around towards the other girl on the floor and held a bat over her head. Foreboding the pain from his "current state" the man rushed towards the girl on the floor covering her with his body as everything went black.

Nancy was all alone in the room. A pleasant sensation crawled down her spine as she heard her master's voice inside her head: "Great job, my dear."

Great job.

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[Battle mod is over due to a long-drawn battle]