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Post by DanteMGalileo on Oct 10, 2018 19:51:23 GMT -5
After much persuading, William finally agreed to enter the underground hospital, though still grumbling about it. He tried to distract himself with the only magazine he could read- something with swimsuit models that did not impress him. "I'm all for hot girls..." he said to himself. "But Val... Well, Val blows 'em all out of the water... Probably literally, too."
As William sat, sulked, and read the magazine, Percy was at the reception, trying to get someone. "Hey, uh, do you have someone who could check on my friend, William Lowe? He had a few too many drinks last night, and he's acting really weird... No, I can't read that. Sorry." He blushed slightly. "... I can't read words. Could... could you read that to me so I know what I'm- he's- getting into?"
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Oct 10, 2018 20:05:39 GMT -5
Deep inside William's middle ear, Proteus II slowly, carefully navigated the narrow passageways towards the eardrum. In the cockpit, Lydia was on edge. With mission control giving her the silent treatment and the suspicious visual feed her host's eye was providing her, she was preparing herself for bad news, mentally if not emotionally. She wasn't sure what she would hear once she had an audio link to the outside world, and it was that feeling of not knowing that worried her most.
Upon reaching her destination, Lydia slowed the pod to a hover and deployed another gizmo. At her command, an arm extended out of the ship, planting a tiny two-way radio onto the tympanic membrane.
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Oct 10, 2018 20:16:42 GMT -5
"It's alright, Will." Percy took a seat next to William, trying to look reassuring. "They'll have someone to look at ya in a few minutes." The brunette shot the blonde an apologetic look. "I know you don't like hospitals, but... what's with that face? Is it because you're here?"
"N-No... This is just my face for today, it seems. It wouldn't be fair if I lashed out here, though..." William sighed, lazily tossing the magazine at Percy. "Just tell 'em to get it over with."
"I, uh..." And then the magazine hit Percy. "Ooh, nice." The brunette took the magazine with a grin. "I'm liking the pictures in this one... Hey Will, doesn't this one look like Val? Huh?"
William tried to drown out Percy and the thoughts of being cut open. Problem was, his thoughts were being interrupted by a ringing sound in his ear...
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Oct 11, 2018 15:14:25 GMT -5
"Alright, boys, let's take a listen..." Lydia murmured somewhat apprehensively as she started up the radio.
At first, all she heard was a low hum. Honestly, that was somewhat comforting, considering the dead silence she was getting from the lab. At least it was some kind of noise, and at least she knew how to fix it, boosting the volume and adjusting the reception until she finally started to hear some comprehensive outside noise.
".̵͢͝.̡.̛ho̷͡s̵p͜͡͠ì̢͢.̶.̨. ̵͘*#̕/̀'̶ş͜ ̡w͡it͝h̕͟ ́tha̵̕͜t face? Is it because you're here?"
Lydia frowned at the screen, recognizing the hospital's waiting room. To her dismay, this was not the first time she had been here under these circumstances. A name, though... She needed a name. Some kind of sign that this either was or wasn't who she initially thought it was.
Her host's friend seemed to be looking at the magazine he was just reading. "I'm liking the pictures in this one... Hey Will, doesn't this one look like Val? Huh?"
"..............."
Will...?
And there it was. The final piece of evidence. The sign she needed to assure her that absolutely everything had gone wrong. For a moment, all Lydia could do was gawk at her screen in dumbfounded mortification as the full reality of the situation sunk in. She wasn't sure how, she wasn't sure why, but now there was no denying it. She had been injected into a complete stranger.
"Oh. My. God." Lydia slumped back in her seat and covered her face with her hands. "Oh my GOD, how did you guys manage to F*CK this up so badly?! How did you manage to f*ck up the radio AND stick me inside the WRONG GUY?! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON OUT THERE?!"
Soon after she shouted these questions at the wall, it really started to sink in that there was no one who could answer that for her. The only people who could communicate with her and feed her instructions had clearly lost contact with the ship. Without them, Lydia had virtually no idea how to get herself out of the predicament they had plunged her into. It wasn't like she was trying to land a jet with malfunctioning instruments. She was trapped in a confined space, carrying few supplies, facing a crisis she had never dealt with before, and a literal microscopic speck. She had nothing to work with.
Right now... it seemed like there was only one person who could help her.
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Oct 11, 2018 15:26:31 GMT -5
"Yo, Will, you don't think Val went into modeling, do you?" Percy seemed a little too eager to point out a tanned, tall, blonde model in a black bikini. William placed a hand under his chin, not really amused with his young friend.
"... I guess I can kinda see it?" William mused. "I doubt Val would wear that, though... Though I wouldn't mind seeing her in that..." The blonde moved his hand to his nose. "... Nope, no blood this time."
"Uh... Will?" Percy poked William's head. "Are you... getting worse?"
"I can hear some weird ringing noise. Can't you?" The brunette gave the blonde a concerned look.
"No...? I would've picked it up before you, I think?" He gestured to his pointed ears.
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Oct 11, 2018 15:31:37 GMT -5
Huuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm... KSHCK...
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Thisshig rrrerrk...
"Hello?! Hello, can you hear me?"
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Oct 11, 2018 15:40:40 GMT -5
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"Perce? Are you doing the falsetto thing again?" William was concerned, eyes wide. Percy looked up from the magazine with a raised eyebrow.
"No. I haven't done that since my voice stopped cracking." Percy went back to his magazine.
"Are you talking to me?" William said to an older man besides him.
"No."
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Oct 11, 2018 15:44:11 GMT -5
A sigh. "Okay, good. I take it that means THAT still works. Um... Will, right? I need your help."
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Oct 11, 2018 15:50:48 GMT -5
Aaaaaaand there went the dropping of his name, by a voice he was sure was not Percy, or the random guy next to him.
"Not funny, Imago!" This caused Percy to toss the magazine at William's head.
"Okay, I'm serious now. I'm gonna see if they can get someone to see you, like, now..." Beat. "Also, Imago says he's confined to my head."
The blonde's eyes went wide. "Okay, whoever's out there and saying my name will you PLEASE come out?!" William stood up to his full height at once, attracting quite a few stares combined with his sudden shouting.
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Oct 11, 2018 15:56:29 GMT -5
"I'm not out there." There was a fair amount of irritation in the voice now. "I'm in HERE. In your HEAD. In a... very literal sense..."
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Oct 11, 2018 16:00:29 GMT -5
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William slammed his palms to either side of his face, eyes wide in shock. "Oh gods, oh gods, oh gods, oh gods... Somebody help me!!!!!"
"Yeah, he's getting worse, maybe he has neurax worms, I dunno, just don't tell him you may have to cut him open until-"
"I'm POSSESSED!!! Or I'm INFESTED!!!!" And that turned into outright screaming, before the brunette cut him off with a kick to the back of the head.
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Oct 11, 2018 16:04:44 GMT -5
"GAH-!!!"
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"CHRIST!!! IS THIS GONNA BE A REGULAR THING WITH YOU TWO?! JUST... Just calm down, okay?! You're embarrassing the both of us, Will!"
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Oct 11, 2018 16:21:20 GMT -5
"Who the hell is the both of us?! ... That's it, I'm going back to the hotel room!!"
As William attempted to make a bolt for it, Percy, clearly unamused by the blonde's sudden onset of insanity (from his perspective), closed his eyes. "Okay. I see how we're going to play. Sorry Will, I'm gonna have to drag you there."
Percy's eyes flashed red for a moment, before his shadow burst into ropey tendrils, seizing the blonde by his wrists, ankles, and midsection. "Gah!! I didn't ask for tentacle rape today! Lemme go, Percy! Lemme go!!"
Percy rolled his eyes, dragging William by the tendrils to the desk. "He gets like this when he's in hospitals, I dunno why." He lowered his voice to the receptionist. "You may need to tranquilize him."
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Oct 11, 2018 16:29:15 GMT -5
Lydia tightly gripped her controls, managing to stay upright as the pod shook from Will's attempts to break free of his shadowy restraints. Eventually she took a deep breath, slumped her chin into her hand, and watched the unfortunate scene on her monitor unfold with a deadpan expression and an equally monotone voice. "Okay, that could've gone better. Think you could calm down enough for me to start over?"
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Post by DanteMGalileo on Oct 11, 2018 16:39:48 GMT -5
"Oh, I'll calm down alright." William had resigned to his fate of being dragged off by the shadows. "I'll calm down once I know I'm not being chopped open!!"
"Yeah, might as well use the horse tranqs." Percy motioned the tendrils towards a doctor with a needle. "Okay. Stick 'em."
"Who are you, and what do you want from me?! I swear I've been good, I have taken out the tra- aaaasssshhhh..."
Percy sighed in relief. "I'm... surprised he's still conscious, much less lucid..."
"Uh... what's going on...?" William mumbled as the tendrils pushed him towards the doctor's room...
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