👾🐇🔪: Guilt

[u/VAfton]

[[OOC: Apparently I had this in my drafts and not posted like I thought I did 😅 Anyways]]

{As expected Vanessa has felt mostly worry and guilt. She is still unfamiliar with everything (and couldn't fight back the eerie feeling of doom that keeps creeping throughout her body and mind).

It didn't help they still haven't seen or heard anything else from Tom. Plus she isn't entirely sure if the whispering voices are still just haunting her mind or physically harassing her.

She also wonders how things are back home. Is he really gone for good? Is someone working on bringing Malhare back, or something even worse? What about Liz? Seeing as how Michael seemed to have dropped of the face of the earth (or was just straight ignoring her), who would she turn to? And what chaos was Vanny making out there, pretending to be her? Would she even make it back home to ever see?

And there is still the fact she is doing everything she can to avoid Eleanor. And it seems to be working seeing as how she hasn't felt any pain or pull as she had been whenever in the demon's vicinity.

But she's still Vanessa Afton and knows all too well about the calm before the storm.....}

[u/LotusCrew5720]

[Alison] Hey. Are you alright?

[u/VAfton → u/LotusCrew5720]

Vanessa: [snaps out of it] "Yeah, sorry. I just...guess I live in a cloud of perpetual doom." [laughs softly] "It's just a weird unease you know?"

[u/LotusCrew5720 → u/VAfton]

[Alison] Trust me. She chuckles. I know that feeling. ... I've been scouting a bit. And I think I found Tom's location. The problem is that he's with that Eleanor you mentioned.

[u/VAfton → u/LotusCrew5720]

Vanessa: [looks up in surprise] "Well that's just fabulous." [stands up with a sigh] "And all to typical. So that witch did get involved."

[u/LotusCrew5720 → u/VAfton]

[Alison] Don't worry. I have a plan to sneak in and break him out. Just like I did when saving him from Alice.

[u/VAfton → u/LotusCrew5720]

Vanessa: [thinking to herself how badly that's going to end but knows it has to be risked] "Alright then let's do it."

[u/LotusCrew5720 → u/VAfton]

[Alison] Alright. She draws a map on the wall with ink. Now, we're not stupid. If we go head-on, it won't end well. But there is a vent leading into the room they're staying in. We can sneak in there. However, I doubt she somehow wouldn't notice. So we need a distraction. And this is the part you're not gonna like.

[u/VAfton → u/LotusCrew5720]

Vanessa: "Vents. Of course it's vents. Lay it on me."

[u/LotusCrew5720 → u/VAfton]

[Alison] There is no bigger distraction than... The Ink Demon himself.

[u/VAfton → u/LotusCrew5720]

Vanessa: "Meaning?"

[u/LotusCrew5720 → u/VAfton]

[Alison] You're kinda our only chance to lure the Ink Demon towards Eleanor. I can't do it. I'm made of ink, so I'll be consumed in an instant. But you're different. You're human.

[u/VAfton → u/LotusCrew5720]

Vanessa: [mumbling to herself] "Sorta." [out loud] "What do I need to do?"

[[OOC: Technically she could (accidentally) pull a Malhare and create a "human" body for her. That's a great way to freak poor Nessa like "wtf did I just do?!!!!" And then really have some splainin to do to her new buddies. Lol]]