giving you what you want

[carneouspuella]

[ WHO ]: Visi and YOU!
[ WHERE ]: The apartments - your choice of your own, an empty one you were exploring, or the hallways!
[ WHEN ]: 3AM on April 6th
[ OPEN/CLOSED? ]: OPEN!
[ RATING ]: PG for now. Will change if anything happens.
[ WARNINGS ]: DEATH, posthumous dismemberment, gore, uncomfortable descriptions of Fleshchildren.
[ NOTES ]: IF YOU ARE PLAYING A HUMAN FEMALE AND TAG THIS!! Please specify if you want Visi to see you as inhuman or not! She will attempt to kill and take bodyparts otherwise!


[Her head is lying back in her own apartment, the long black locks slowly turning to gold. There is no safe place to contain it right now, and she can only hope it will be all right for her getting back to it.]

[Her entire body is flesh, now. She is not wearing her shift. The only thing she has with her is her butcher's knife, held securely in the flesh at the end of her arm. She hasn't quite got the hang of hands just yet, but she's getting close.]

[Up and down the corridors she goes, her feet making little sticking sounds as she walks. Every so often, she'll stop, listen, and then collapse into a puddle and attempt to slither under the door of an apartment.]

[Maybe you've just seen her do this. Or maybe you'll wake up to find her staring down at you while you sleep.]

[Who knows.]

Comments

Go ahead, take these feeble and useless body parts!

[sank]

[ Saki's sleeping on the couch instead of in her bed that night, for a given definition of "sleeping" — most of the night has had her staring up at the ceiling, counting all the little noises and glaring at the growing water stain. Sleep, when it comes, only touches her in waves, dozing and then not.

She's not sure which one it is when a movement catches from the corner of her eye. Wholly, utterly silent, she sits up, the coarse and thin blanket she'd been using for warmth falling across her knees. ]

Get out, [ she grinds out instinctively, fumbling for the nearest lamp as she says it. The menace in her tone is more than a little defeated by the sleepiness of her voice, rubbing at an eye with her free hand. ]

yes saki /cuts u ded

[carneouspuella]

[Forming herself back to her humanoid shape, Visi only looks in the direction of the sleeper. Her smile is difficult to see on a head that's only flesh, but her teeth do glint in the light.]

It would be easier if you just go back to sleep.

[She doesn't wave the knife just yet. It hangs by her side. She walks a little closer into the lamplight.]

You have such lovely flesh...

why you do this :(

[sank]

Aw, if you wanted to knock boots, you should have started with dinner.

[ She sees the knife, it's difficult not to, her eyes keep being drawn back to it as it gleams in the low, dusky light. The tape was supposed to keep intruders out — is this... thing a resident? Saki frowns, thought weighing down the corners of her mouth.

Regardless, she tries again. ]

Out!

because i need your arms more /stick em om +v+

[carneouspuella]

[Saki, please. There's a child here. A child who takes another step towards her.]

Please. I would not like this to be a struggle for you. It will be sharp and painless if you simply sleep again.

I need your arms.

[sank]

I need 'em too. [ Okay, this child is majorly giving her the creeps. Saki slips behind the couch, as if expecting it to protect her. ] Why don't we go outside and find you two sticks? It's just like building a snowman. Fun, right?

[carneouspuella]

Don't be silly! [Visi actually giggles and it's a sweet, little girl's giggle. It's like she's having fun, like she bears Saki no ill will.] My flesh is better than sticks, but it is not as good as arms.

And I need yours more than you do.

Please.

[She starts to walk around the couch.]

[sank]

Sorry, [ she gives half a shrug. She appears wholly casual in her feigned apology, taking a step closer to the door of the kitchenette. The only giveaway is the shakiness of her steps, never taking her eyes off Visi. ] I need them for eating. Uh, look, I can give you the number of this cop, he won't be any trouble. Scout's honour.

[ SAKI YOU WOULD BE THE WORST SCOUT EVER ]

[carneouspuella]

I will kill you, so you will not need to eat. Then you won't need your arms for that! [There. Simple! See what clever ways Visi thinks around her problems? Mother would be proud.]

However...

If you show me this 'cop', perhaps I won't kill you until just then.

My brother needs arms, too.

[sank]

Your brother can use the cop's legs, [ Saki murmurs, looking around for... aha! Her phone, which, fortunately, she hadn't left in her room while spending the night out on the couch.

Unfortunately, it's right next to where Visi is standing. ] Hey, toss me that thing? I can call the cop for you.

[ I am so fucked, she thinks. ]

[carneouspuella]

[The 'arm' not holding the knife whips out, curls around the phone, and tosses it to Saki. It has a faintly damp, meat like-smell from where her flesh touched it. Visi smiles.]

Please tell him that he will not be made to feel any pain if he does not struggle. His legs will be extremely valuable.

[sank]

[ Saki catches the phone, ignoring the odor and quickly flipping through the contact list. It's the first time she's sought him out, so Saki goes through the entire list twice before it sinks in that he's not there.

Any other time, this would result in a dance of joy. With jazz hands and the like. Now, Saki just swallows back a grimace and gives Visi a tremulous smile, holding the phone up to her ear. ]

Heeeey... you. Yeah, I was just talking about you! [ Who is Saki talking to? No one. Shush. ] I have a friend who wants to meet you. She really likes your... legs. [ Pause. ] Uh-huh. My room. Yup. 225.

[ PAUSE. ]

Okay, see you in a sec.

[ She presses a button and tucks the phone back into her pocket. ]

He's coming. He's on the fourth floor, though, [ her eyes give a rueful lift toward the ceiling, ] so it may be a few minutes.

[carneouspuella]

[And Visi falls for it, hook, line, and sinker.]

Wonderful.

I ought to give my brother a call, so that he will be here with the Host comes.

[sank]

Uh-huh. [ Her smile is quite visibly strained. ] Tell him to take his time. Or— or, why don't we all go out to the diner, get to know each other over breakfast? Before the. Thing occurs.

[ Help me. :( ]

[carneouspuella]

No. I am not hungry.

[She pulls her on jiggyberry out of her flesh with a horrible wet squelching sound and, juggling it and the knife in her little non-arms, pokes in the number for her brother.]

Vice?

[sank]

Okay, then, uh. Call your brother. I'm just— you're thirsty, right? I'll get you some water.

[ DUCKING INTO THE KITCHENETTE NOW BECAUSE HOLY CRAP. ]

[ Saki doesn't even begin to keep her word of getting Visi some water. The door isn't fully barricading; it swings from both sides, and would be pretty meager protection. Tugging at both the stove and the fridge finds them abnormally grafted to the wall, and for a moment, Saki can't help but feel like the entire apartment is laughing at her — a thought that causes her face to grow hot, blinking rapidly against the threat of tears, this little girl is going to kill me—

Think, think, think, she tells herself, forcing the emotion to subside for reason. Tackling Visi to the ground is out of the question, so is running out of the room: both the knife and the hallway are threats in themselves, and what would happen if the brother suddenly showed up?

Pulling out her phone, she scans through the entire contact list with a small, despairing sigh before ferrying a quick text off to Rin (stay in your room until i tell you otherwise no matter what!!!).

When a few minutes pass and no spark of genius striking her, Saki opens a cupboard, pulls out a glass and drops it on the floor. Calling to Visi: ] Sorry, just hold on another second, okay?

[carneouspuella]

[Visi waits for her brother to pick up his own jiggyberry, listening to Saki as she moves around the kitchen. At the sound of shattering glass, she whips herself closer to the door.]

Are you all right?

You aren't hurt, are you?

[sank]

[ ... ]

Yeah, I cut my hand open. I don't think my arms are going to be any good for you now.

[ Without hesitating, she picks up one of the larger pieces of glasses and draws the jagged edge across her palm, ensuring the cut is deep and lasting. ]

[carneouspuer]

"Salutations, Visi. Do you have need of your head?"

[carneouspuella]

Vice!

No. My head can stay where it is.

I have found new arms! The host refuses to sleep. She has promised us a male resident for you to use, also! Isn't it wonderful?

[She puts her 'hand' on the door, then sounds worried.] She has hurt herself. I think it might be better I kill her now before she damages herself anymore, and then we can wait for your new arms together.

[carneouspuer]

"Yes. That seems to be the best course of action. I can help you hold her down, if you would like."

[carneouspuella]

Yes.

[Talking to Saki through the door, she begins to push it slightly open.] My brother will be coming along shortly. It might be best if we get this over with now.

you know what we discussed, inhuman! <:

[etudes]

[ Kotomi has the same blank expression on her face even as she sleeps. It makes her look sort of weird, like she's hardly even human. More like a robot that deactivated itself for the night. But she is actually sleeping, pretty deep too. God knows what kind of dreams a girl like Kotomi would have, but she sure is having them right now. Because of her deep sleep she doesn't even notice Visi slithering into her room like that, she just sleeps on.

It's only because the dream ends a few moments later that she even wakes up, slowly opening her eyes only to see.. ... something..? .. Huh.

Her reaction is incredibly slow. She blinks once, twice, not even moving a tiny bit, as if she can't identify what just entered her room and move at the same time. ]

best friends

[carneouspuella]

[Visi isn't easy to identify right now. In fact, except for a slight widening at her hips, she looks identical to Vice without her head on. Not that Kotomi has seen either of them until today, but that's neither here nor there.

Visi watches her wake up. Usually, she has an impeccable ability to pinpoint a human, and especially a human girl or woman. But this place confuses her. There are humans that are no longer humans, and she is worried about taking their flesh without her mother to save her should anything go wrong. They muddle things and make things hard to see.

And she can't see that Kotomi is a human girl, not right now.]

Hello.

I didn't mean to wake you up.

[sank]

[ Visi's side of the conversation is perfectly audible through the door and Saki very nearly throws her hands up in frustration. Panic wells keenly in her chest, and she considers the kitchen's window; it's small, she's smaller, but what are her odds of lasting once she hits the ground outside? If she does do that, there's nothing stopping them from remaining in the room until she comes back.

When the door starts to swing, Saki moves instinctively. She gives it a hard shove the other way, back toward Visi, hoping to knock the child off balance. If it works, she'll be making a mad dash for her bedroom. ]

[etudes]

....

Good morning. Or.. night, I guess.

[ PRIORITIES. Even though she still doesn't know what's going on, she's still just going by the fact that if someone speaks up to her, she needs to properly greet them! But her brains are still stumped on the mystery of "Who's that Pokémon Weird Blob Thing?" that she's just blinking as she sits up to look at Visi more. ]

Um.. your voice is a little familiar.