[voice]

[blastiafreak]

She's not looking...Now's my chance!

Ahem...If there are any dashing heroes out there who feel like rescuing poor little me from a cruel tyrant, I'm waiting! Yes, I'm in the clutches of an evil, abusive witch. She makes me work nonstop, for days at a time, until I just can't go on...She thinks slapping a little duct tape on me will make everything better...and I have burns in places you wouldn't believe!

No, I think she's returning--Will someone not come save us? Leon, dear? You're always trying to help us, aren't you? Ah-

There you are! The mixture's boiling and the voltage is steady, so it's your turn...Now where'd I put that blowtorch?

[ooc: Cursed with If These Walls Could Talk. Rita's tools and equipment are crying for help! Don't you feel sorry for them? ): Italics = tool, regular text is Rita.]

Comments

[stargathering]

Something about wanted to be saved because you work them to the bone, burn them, and cover their wounds with tape.

[blastiafreak]

...Okay, now I know it's your imagination.

[stargathering]

It's not! Why would I imagine that?

[blastiafreak]

Because it sounds ridiculous.

[stargathering]

That's what I thought, but you haven't denied it until now.

[blastiafreak]

Because you never mentioned anything like that in the first place, idiot. I never heard anything.

[stargathering]

...So it only matters if both of us heard them ask for help?

[blastiafreak]

It matters if you're hearing voices telling you weird things. Are you just going to believe everything you hear?

[stargathering]

I don't usually question when someone is telling me they're being tortured. [ ...But he sorta trusts Rita enough to believe she's not torturing people for science. ]

[blastiafreak]

[An irritated sigh. She suspects something's wrong but doesn't know where the "voices" are coming from, anyway. She turns on her device's video for Tyr to see the lab she's in, and gives it a half-hearted pan around the room.] There. Does it seriously look like I'm torturing people?

[stargathering]

[ He looks around to see the same messy room that he's seen before, and relief washes over him. Sure, it's not definitive proof, but... He's pretty sure Yuri wouldn't let people be tortured. Are they from the same world? Tyr doesn't even know this. Thankfully. ]

No... But who was pulling that prank before?

[blastiafreak]

If I knew that, I'd go blast them for being a pain!

[She clenches a fist, then with that out of her system for the moment, calms down a bit.]

It could just be a curse. Estelle and Connell said they heard voices too. Or maybe someone's trying to ruin my credibility.

[stargathering]

Maybe... It's strangely specific, but it's probably some sort of curse unless you made enemies at City Solutions already...

[blastiafreak]

If nothing else happens after today, then we'll know it was a curse.

...I still haven't heard anything. [Although suspicious, not entirely sure she believes the voices.]

[stargathering]

Well, if it's a curse, it could just be that you're unaffected, but... [ Yep, we'll know tomorrow. ]

[blastiafreak]

One that affects everyone but me? [Not that she'd complain about not being cursed.]

There's no point in just standing around making guesses. I'm going to get back to work.

[stargathering]

It's happened before... Maybe people only spoke up because they heard that other message.

--You're right. Good luck, Rita.

1/2

[blastiafreak]

Huh. Well, it's not like disembodied voices can do anything, so I doubt it'll be a problem.

Sure. Later. [She turns off the video...]

[blastiafreak]

[--and a brief time later, it's on again when she knocks it to the floor. Rita, looking somewhere between shocked, disturbed, and annoyed, is holding her blowtorch in one hand and staring at something.]

L-look, just--shut up, stop screaming, will you?

[The sound of high-pitched wailing is going on in the background.]

1/2

[stargathering]

[ Damn it, Rita, don't you know he was almost on his way... somewhere with Jowy? He stops dead in his tracks and turns around to rush back towards the beach house. ]

[stargathering]

[ But he really has to say: ] What the hell is wrong with you?! I can't believe that...!

[blastiafreak]

Huh? [She glances at the device, surprised only for a second. Damnit, she really didn't want anyone to see such a weird scene. She barely knows what the hell's going on as it is.]

Just what I needed--Hey, shut up already, you...thing!

[Still trying to process the shrieking going on out of the camera's view.]

[stargathering]

[ Given how this scene looks to him, he's not entirely sure if she's talking about him or the person screaming out of his view. ] No way!

Rita, Put that torch away! If you don't stop now, I'll stop you.

[blastiafreak]

Stop me? [It hits--he's got the wrong idea again. She supposes she understands; she would too, right? But it's still a pain to deal with. She's not hurt he doesn't trust her. That kind of thing doesn't matter. With a flick of her thumb, the torch is turned off.]

There, happy?

[stargathering]

Now keep it off until I get there. [ Because he's still going over to the beach house. He's still gobsmacked she lied to him and more so that it really seems that the wrong idea is the right idea. ]