Gimme the Pizza Man (ID)

[ColArana]

"Order #78!"

Ryan walked over to the counter of one of the many fast food outlets at the food court, and picked up a burger and fries. He was still digesting the events of the previous night as he walked over to a small table and sat down. Yup. Of course. You went out and ended up getting outed as a half-human freak. He thought. "It's been what? A few months tops? This rate, the entire island will know in two years. He mentally grumbled as he took a bite out of the burger, and looked around the food court.

"I am really really bad at this whole "being normal" thing...." Ryan groaned. Even eating the burger was just a fascimile of human life now, since he didn't really need to eat. 

He did wonder about the previous night though, and the guy he'd helped.... Percy hadn't it been? Well whoever he was, he'd hoped he'd managed to find the person he was looking for. Ryan still felt a pang of concern. Like if something had happened to the wasted blonde guy, that he was somehow responsible for not being able to find him.

"Hope they're both alright..." 

[DanteMGalileo]

"Order number seventy-nine!"

"That'd be us!"

With a bit too much pep, Percy placed a few silver and gold coins down in exchange for a tray containing, it seemed, a leaning tower of pizza boxes. "Ha... I haven't had pizza in forever, what with the tomato shortages and all..." The brunette walked over to their table, placing the first box down. "Alright, Will! I got the pizza! Or is it pizzas? Shiiit, I dunno." He tore off a piece, it had pineapple on it, and began tearing into it. "Sop!" He said with his mouth full. "Hop's youth felthing?"

"... You know my sympathy for you is way down since you like pineapple on your pizza, yeah?" William glared at the offending pieces of fruit, removing each disgusting little yellow triangle one by one as if each of them had murdered his mother. "Cripes, even I have limits..."

"Oh please, pineapple totally goes on everything!" Swallow.

"No, it really doesn't, Perce." Glaaaaaaare.

"... Ho! You there! Can you settle an argument for us?" Percy gestured to a young man at a nearby table, not really noticing how familiar this man would have been. "Does pineapple belong on pizza? Will here says no, but he's a wuss."

"I am NOT a wuss, I'm a gourmet with high standards for pizza!" The blonde sighed. "So, disregarding this lying liar that lies, pineapple totally does NOT go on pizza, yes?"

[ColArana]

Ryan's ears perked up when he heard someone addressing him. Well. A "You there" but it was pretty close, so he turned to look, and saw... "Wait, Percy right?" He asked, in moderate confusion.

"Oh, and that guy next to you-- Nice! I'm glad you found him! So uhhh..... where was he?" He asked, noticing Will and recognizing him as well from the previous night. "....How's the hangover?" He added, before the question finally hit.

"Pineapple... on... pizza? ....Huh. I'll have to try that sometime." He determined, in a tone that was almost sweet it sounded so naive.

[DanteMGalileo]

"Yep, it's Percy... hey, wait, I know you!"

With no regards to Ryan's personal space, Percy began poking the poor man. "Ryan, yeah? Thanks for the help last night. Found Will this morning, though. He's been actin' weird, though."

William removed the brunette's hand, sparing Ryan any future poking. "Uh, if we ran into each other last night, sorry, but I can't remember, too many drinks and all..." He pinched the bridge of his nose as if to cushion a headache. "... The worst parts have passed over, but now I'm hearing this voice in my head. It's what it feels like to be Percy! Oh, yeah. I'm William Lowe, just call me Will. Everybody 'cept my boss does. Nice to meet ya for real." The blonde glared at a small pile of pineapple pieces. "You never had pineapple on your pizza? Oh, you're not missing much."

Whap. Smack to the back of the head. "He's lying, you're missing out." Percy began applying the removed pieces to his slice. "It's really good."

I personally find it disgusting.

"You find most things humans eat disgusting, Imago..." He blushed, remembering they had company. "Uh... disregard that."

[ColArana]

Ryan smiled. "Well, I'm glad I could help. Acting weird though?" He asked, glancing at William.

Ryan listened to William as he explained himself. "Yeah, we met last night. You could barely stand, and were practically swaying out the door of the night club. You uhhh.... know how to drink, huh?" He commented. "A voice in your head though?" He asked, and looked at Percy with a strange look as if asking about that, before switching back to Will.

"Well ummm.... nice to meet you Will. I'm Ryan."

After hearing the debate on pineapple pizza, Ryan considered getting some and then paused. "...Well. ....I can't.... Well, not right now anyways. Another time. I've already ordered, see?" He suggested, disappointed that even if he did try it, his altered digestive tract and weakened taste buds would mean he couldn't get the full experience.

"Still talking to the friend in your head?"

[DanteMGalileo]

"Yes, though I wouldn't really call him a friend... More like a really nagging spouse." Percy glared at the air. "He only shuts up when he's asleep, which admittedly is often, or when he takes over my body."

I could do it right now.

"No, no, no! We are on a strict no-bodyjacking routine until further notice, mister!" The brunette raised his hands in a defensive stance. "I, uh, sorry, just ignore me..."

"Yeah, I can throw down the chow and guzzle down drinks," William added, more as an attempt to divert attention from Percy's possession-happy mindmate than anything. "Just not too many or I start actin' weird. Not gonna lie, after this shit, I may become a teetotaler, my head fuckin' hurt man..." He seemed annoyed. "And I now have a voice in my head, too. It's not fun."

[ColArana]

Ryan paused. "Right well.... I.... hope I'm not around when that happens."

Back on Will, Ryan stared. "Is that just genetic? Voices in your head?!" He asked in astonishment. "Just a thing you guys have? Or is it contagious?!"

[Pink Moon Wolf]

"I can see! OH, THANK GOD, I CAN SEE!!!"

[DanteMGalileo]

"... Oh by Set's wilted testicle, it's baaaaaaack!"

William clenched the side of his head, clearly freaked out by something. "What do you want?! I'll do anything if you'll get out of my head! You can even bodyjack my buddy Percy-"

"Hey!"

"He's used to having voices in his head!" As William had his little freakout, Percy just watched with a sweatdrop, disregarding the laughing inside his own head.

Hahahaha! This is amusing! Maybe I should put bugs on his face more often!

"Oh, be nice, Imago," Percy said without much change to his facial expression, before turning to Ryan. "I'm not sure about Will, but I'm sure Imago can't jump between bodies, so you're not going to get anything off me at least."

Believe me, if I could jump between bodies, I'd have ditched you for the two-metre Fircaan bodybuilder years ago.

[ColArana]

Ryan continued to stare at William. "Ahem... Umm...." He wracked his brain. "...Nope. Hope you don't mind Percy but there's no polite way to say what's on my mind so I'm... not going to." He concluded, trying to focus on Percy now.

"What's the guy in your head saying?" He asked in curiousity. "I appreciate the reassurance, but, your friend is really worrying me. Are you sure he's alright up there too?" He asked.

"He's not suddenly going to jump out and attack us is he?"

[Pink Moon Wolf]

"Would if I could, Will, but unfortunately for both of us, I'm kinda stuck in here." There was a definite sigh, not of irritation but of concern. "Look, I'm sorry for freaking you out, but... you at least acknowledge that I'm real, right? That I really am inside you?"

[DanteMGalileo]

"Oh, Imago says he'd have ditched me for the two-metre Fircaan bodybuilder if he could jump bodies," Percy said as if this was the most casual thing in the world. He glanced over at his taller friend. "I'm... really not sure what's going on with Will." He scratched the back of his head. "Maybe he caught some fever endemic to this place? I'm at a loss."

"Okay, okay, let's take a few steps back," William exhaled and sat down. "Let's say you are real, inside my body, and not fused to my soul." He removed another slice of pizza and began removing the pineapple with the same disgust as he did the first. "If you don't mind me asking... how did you get inside me, and why me?"

[ColArana]

Ryan frowned. "Ah. I'm sorry he thinks so little of you." He replied. Then moved onto Will.

"As far as fevers I dunno. Have you taken him to a hospital or anything? There's no fever I can think of here, but I'm not a doctor, so I wouldn't know off the top of my head." He noted sadly. "But if it's an illness, couldn't it be dangerous taking him all over the place? What if it really is contagious?" He expressed with a worried tone, before listening to Will.

"....Well. Maybe it's a talking fever. Wouldn't actually be surprised if there was some germ on this island capable of speech, if it comes down to it."

[Pink Moon Wolf]

"Did that kid just call me a ger-? Okay sorry, sorry, getting off topic...!"

A deep breath. Then... "So here's the thing, Will. My name is Lydia Pendleton. I'm part of a secret miniaturization experiment. I had a designated host I was supposed to be injected into, but somehow I got inside you instead."

[DanteMGalileo]

"Alright, alright, miniaturization experiment, I'm gonna just roll with what you're tellin' me..." William took a bite of the now-pineapple-free pizza. "How the hell do you get the wrong guy? What, was the guy that was supposed to inject you colourblind?" Chew chew, swallow. "Or does the lucky person look a lot like me?" Bite, chew, swallow.

"Uh..." Percy turned around, finding William talking to himself. "If it's a talking fever, Will seems to be taking it well... That, or he's finally cracked."

You mean he wasn't born cracked?

"Hey, lay off my friend, you stupid bug!"

"... How long have you been inside me, anyway?"