Hush, little baby, don't say a word...

[onlythingtofear]

Who: Anyone!
Where: Anywhere inside, and outside, the mansion.
When: 1st - 3rd
Rating: Likely some disturbing imagery, at the very least.
Summary: Little fear gas dispensers have been left around Wonderland, by a particular scientist. Treat this as a mingle-party-gathering post. Even if you don't want your character to be gassed, you can come help someone who is. Or be attacked by them for your trouble. Heheheh.
The Story:

Overnight, on the grounds and inside the mansion, toys appear.

Small, innocuous, sweet things. Teddy bears. Ragdolls. Stuffed animals. All of them appear hand-sewn, and all of them are very appealing. That's the whole point of them, after all. Nestled into their neck, or their chest, under and amidst the stuffing, are small devices with a aerosol-delivered payload. Just the slightest amount of pressure will release a small dosage of Scarecrow's very best fear toxin. A new, lighter kind. He wants to know how long it will last, and how effective the housing is for grabbing potential victims.

Wonderland is, unfortunately, the perfect testing ground.

He waits just out of sight of them, placing them when most people are asleep, lurking in the darkest corners of the mansion with a small clipboard to take notes on. What do people from different worlds fear? He's keen to find out, in addition to everything else. He places them in front of doors, in chairs, on tables. Anywhere they'll look potentially out of place and worth investigating.

Everyone here is so good at investigating.

He's counting on you all to help him.

[ooc: I'll tag in for anyone who would like to run into Scarecrow. He's being a good boy and is keeping a distance from his prey, unless you want to come across him. (Said encounter could be lethal. For either!) Otherwise, tag in with what your character is seeing, etc, and where they are, and whether your post is reactionary or open for people to tag! Have fun! Tag around! Have feels! Be terrified! MUWAHAHAHA!

Also, you by no means need to keep things to this post, of course. Feel free to post network entries of fear gas results, or other logs! Have a ball.]

Comments

[builditstrong]

He slides down the tree into the mud as the Wallflowers fire. He can feel the barbs digging into his flesh, though the pain is distant. Someone is speaking, but he can barely hear it over the shouts and screams of the dead. There's so many of them.

He huddles in a ball, trying to bury his head so he doesn't have to listen to them anymore.

[eatsyourscience]

Souji doesn't know what else to do, so he moves forward again and summons one of his Personas to heal Kid. He has no idea if this will help--he doesn't even know what's wrong--but he can't think of anything else to do.

Ishtar hovers in front of him for a moment and gold-pink light showers both of them before she fades away again.

[builditstrong]

Something breaks through, just for a moment. It's Zia, humming and playing her harp-guitar, just a simple lullaby, not the eerie Ura anthem that she favors. It relaxes the Kid just a little and it makes it seem as if she's here with him--not accusing this time, but just here, trying to drive off some of the demons.

He lets out a shaky, relieved sigh.

[eatsyourscience]

Ishtar's spell doesn't seem to have gotten rid of whatever's affecting Kid, but at least he's calmed. Souji crouches down near him.

"It's okay." He keeps his voice soft, but firm, hoping he can anchor Kid somehow.

[builditstrong]

His breathing levels out as Zia's song wraps around him. Slowly he starts to relax against the wall. He closes his eyes. He can still smell the bog, hear the hum of insects and the clamor of the dead, but he's calmer now. Maybe if he just goes to sleep...

[eatsyourscience]

Souji crouches near Kid for awhile, hoping he does just fall asleep. Maybe when he wakes up, whatever's wrong will have passed. After some time of Kid remaining laregely motionless, Souji casts another healing spell and leaves him be.