Sime~Gen Roleplaying on IRC: Bender Cove Township Scenario
Episode #22: Kill Lust (9/21/97)
<Alea> HI!
<Tarsh> Greetings.
Alea studies the new arrival curiously
Avaliea goes up to front desk
Avaliea is a shy Gen with a big book in her arms
<Avaliea> Hi
<Avaliea> I came here to tell you about the new love.
Alea sits her sewing aside and glances between Avaliea and Tarsh, curious
<Tarsh> Hello. Welcome to the Bender Cove Sime Center.
<Tarsh> What new love is that?
Avaliea shifts the book in her arms
<Avaliea> When the world will become one.
<Tarsh> And what's wrong with the old kind?
<Tarsh> Did you mean Unity?
<Avaliea> No, we all know about that kind of one.
Avaliea smiles
<Avaliea> I want to tell you about the kind of being one that the whole world needs to know.
<Tarsh> And what is this other kind of oneness?
Avaliea gets a bigger smile on her face
Alea stands and moves to closer to listening, fearing it's going to be another one of those days
<Avaliea> When all the hate, and the hurting are gone
<Tarsh> Did you mean the "kind of being one" [pause] that [pause] "everyone needs to know". Or the about a specific "one that everyone needs to know"?
<Avaliea> When all the cruel tricks that life can play are set aside
Alea thinks she sure could have gone for all the hurting to be gone yesterday...but doesn't say anything
Avaliea stops for a second
Avaliea looks at tarsh
Tarsh looks dubious.
<Avaliea> I'm talking about the feeling of one human being to another, between all human beings all the world over.
<Avaliea> I'm talking about the joy of being able to reach out and touch the one you want without fear of repulse,
Alea thinking it must be Tormer sending us all these nuts
<Tarsh> A nice idea, but, I hardly think a realisitic one.
<Avaliea> the bliss of never being misunderstood or lied to
<Alea> maybe she'd like to show her love by donating, Tarsh
Avaliea looks at Tarsh a bit tartly
<Avaliea> You just aren't going to let me finish, are you?
<Tarsh> I'm sorry, I'll wait till you're done. Within Reason.
Alea wishes she hadn't even mentioned that...hey, what's throwing one more nut out the door...she was getting downright good at it
Avaliea sighs and brushes a loose strand of her out of her eyes back behind her ear
Avaliea shifts the book in her arms
<Avaliea> Well I can give you the short version if you want...
Alea --yeah, right here we go again
Avaliea clears her throat
<Avaliea> DIE YOU DEMON SPAWN!!!!!! THIS WORLD ISN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US!!!!!!! [Heaves the book wildly in Tarsh's face]
Avaliea launches herself screaming and clawing over Tarsh's desk
Alea shocked and jumps and tries to intercept her
<Alea> shen!
Tarsh leaps up out of the way and scrambles up on top of the filing cabinet.
Alea snatches at Avaliea's legs as she goes over the desk
Alea wrapping her arm around one
Avaliea crashes down on the desk
Avaliea arms scrabble for leverage
<Alea> oooump
<Alea> don't even think it
Avaliea kick Alea in the shoulder
Alea flies backward pain radiating
<Avaliea> DIEEE DIIIIEEEEE DIIIIIIIIIIIEEEE!!!!!!!
Tarsh augments to leap over both of them and the desk.
Alea jumps back up staggering over toward Avaliea
Avaliea crashes down behind the desk and whirls to face them, spittle stretching between her lip and the desk
Alea oh SHEN...
Alea pauses
Alea holds out her hands and takes a step back
Tarsh turns and moves forward, tentacles out, teying to grab Avaliea's arms.
<Alea> let's just talk about this
Alea looks to see if Tarsh is hyperconscious
Avaliea opens her fingers wide and lunges wildly toward Tarsh's arms
Tarsh 's eyes are still alert.
Alea hesitates, waiting to see what Tarsh will do
<Tarsh> ~~fear~~
Alea then decides to move in on Avaliea
Tarsh tries to dodge around Avaliea to grab her from behind.
Alea runs forward to grab Avaliea, knocking all three down in a heap
<Avaliea> I'll GET YOU, YOU TENDRIL OF SATAN!!!
<Avaliea> ~~~ nager shreiks like a rail car going down a metal elevator shaft ~~~
Avaliea bites Alea's ear
Tarsh tries to grab Avaliea's wrists from behind.
<Alea> YEOW!!!!
Alea grabs Avaliea by her hair and wrenches her away
Tarsh jerks under the nageric assault.
Avaliea tries to ram Tarsh in the face with the back of her head
Alea scrambles for her hand
<Alea> get out Tarsh!
<Tarsh> <crunch> ~~pain~~ "Augh! you little...."
Avaliea 's voice and nager bend the air in an uluating discord
Alea wraps her arms around Avaliea's neck
Tarsh jerks and starts to curl up in a ball.
<Alea> shen!
Alea gets purchase on floor and tries to drag Avaliea across the floor
Tarsh gets to his hands and knees dizzily and tries to zlin.
Avaliea struggles against Alea's hold
Alea increases the pressure across her windpipe
<Avaliea> You shall never prevail against the powers of Oneness, you halfwitted Gen sausage!
<Alea> you won't go peacefully, then you are going to choke to death
Tarsh feels the urge to teach this liitle Gen about what Simes are *really* like.
Alea increases the pressure cutting off her air
Tarsh's eyes go blank.
Avaliea screech is cut off by lack of air: DiiiiEEE! DIIieee!! DIIIUUUgggggGckle
Avaliea hands claw all over Alea trying to make her let go
Alea resists the pain and continues to hold on waiting for her to pass out
Avaliea face turns beet red
Tarsh stands paralyzed by conflicting urges over protecting Alea and attacking Avaliea.
Avaliea eyes bug out
Avaliea veins pop up all over her face
Avaliea pass out
Alea drops Avaliea
<Alea> shen!
<Alea> see what I mean about the crazies coming in here
<Avaliea> [flumph]
Alea staggers to her feet and places herself in between Avaliea and Tarsh
Alea projects soothing nager
<Alea> are you okay...your arms...she didn't hurt you?
Tarsh stands blank eyed, giving no sign of having heard.
Alea moves forward, using her field to try to soothe him
<Alea> Tarsh
<Tarsh> handling tentacle swarm like a nest of snakes.
Alea stands steady, wishing like shenned there was a channel here at the moment
Tarsh turns slighty to focus on Alea rather than Avaliea.
<Alea> Tarsh...
<Tarsh> <whispered> Alea?
Alea relief
<Alea> your arms...are they okay
Alea not approaching
Tarsh 's nose and mouth are covered in his blood.
Tarsh 's arms turn up.
Alea patiently
<Tarsh> "I .. Noo .. they ... I want ..."
Alea moves forward slowly
<Alea> it's okay
<Alea> you're going to be okay
Alea reaches out to check his arms
<Alea> let me see
Tarsh eyes start to track.
Alea pauses, not moving, simply waiting
Tarsh holds out his arms with tentacles still.
Avaliea moans
Alea looks at the red angry welts but notes the laterals look okay
Tarsh swivels toward Avaliea.
<Alea> no tarsh
<Alea> look at me
Avaliea starts breathing louder
Tarsh swivels toward Alea.
<Alea> can you pick her up and toss her out before she wakes up
Avaliea still all read
<Avaliea> red
<Alea> are you under control enough to do that?
<Tarsh> Want ... fear ... . hypo. me. hypo.
<Alea> stay right here
Alea turns to Avaliea and grabs her by the shoulders
Alea begins to drag her toward the door
Alea gets her out the door and then slams it with Avaliea on the other side
Alea goes back to Tarsh
<Avaliea> oh! oaaaaaoooohhhh
Tarsh 's eyes track Alea all the way.
<Alea> come on, Let's get you to a treatment room
Alea carefully shows him to Treatment room 6
<Tarsh> Yessss
Tarsh follows Alea all the way.
<Alea> go ahead and get up on the table
Tarsh climbs up on the table and lies down.
Alea gets a soft cloth and wets it to clean him up
<Alea> it doesn't look like much is broken here...just a busted lip and nose
Tarsh lies still but still tracks Alea.
Alea wishing a channel was here at the moment
<Alea> let me just sit by you while we wait...
<Tarsh> Alea ... Thank ... you.
Alea reaches out and lays her arm on Tarsh's
<Tarsh> for saving ... her ... me.
<Alea> don't try to talk...just rest
<Alea> concentrate on healing...
Alea projecting her deep concern
Tarsh turns his head to face up and closes his eyes.
Tarsh 's muscles relax.
Alea sighs in relief
Alea moves back to stand
Alea goes to the cabinet and gets fosebine
Alea feels every ache--AGAIN--in her shoulder, face...everywhere
<Alea> shen, she could fight
Alea downs some and looks to Tarsh...pours him a glass
Alea touches Tarsh's shoulder
<Alea> here drink this
wisesnake approaches the Sime Center whistling jauntily
wisesnake notices the body on the front porch
wisesnake rushes onto the porch, alarmed
<Alea> Tarsh?
<wisesnake> oh, no!
wisesnake kneels beside the body and zlins her condition
Tarsh reaches up and take the glass with his hand.
<Alea> feeling any better
Alea looks at concern with the red scratches on his arms
<wisesnake> What kind of a sick society do we have that a woman could be strangled in broad daylight and left out in the street??
Alea then at his nose and mouth--which the bleed has slowed
<wisesnake> There, there, everything is going to be all right. [soothingly]
<Alea> are you okay here while I make an emergency call for the psycho on the porch?
Tarsh tips the glass to his lips.
<Tarsh> yes. be careful. please.
<Alea> heh heh heh...I'm getting used to this
Alea goes out the door and to a phone in an office
wisesnake picks up the woman carefully and turns around to push the Center door open with her back
Alea makes a quick call about the lunatic...
<wisesnake> Poor lady, poor lady, everything is going to be all r---wha!
Alea then goes back to Tarsh's room
<Alea> any better?
wisesnake sees the pens, pencils papers, paper clips, rugs, supplies, and blood all over the lobby
<Tarsh> Some.
<wisesnake> What in shen hap -
<Alea> Snake is due in any minute...she can come back here and heal you
wisesnake gets a grip and eases past the stuff on the floor, carries the woman to Treatment Room 5
Alea touches Tarsh's arm in sympathy
<Tarsh> I ... I never thought I *could* kill before .. but now....
<Alea> shh, tarsh...
Alea soothing
wisesnake lays the woman down on the treatment table and zlins the injuries again
<Alea> you didn't kill. That's all that matters
<Tarsh> The pain. I wanted .. I _needed_ ...
<Alea> you shouldn't have experienced that.
<Alea> it was unfortunate
Alea concentrates on soothing him and calming him down
wisesnake goes into channel's healing mode
<Tarsh> I thought I only ... only wanted ...
wisesnake concentrates her healing efforts on the woman's badly bruised neck
Alea rubs her hand up and down his arm gently, trying to help him relax
<Alea> it's okay.
<Alea> you're okay
<Alea> you're laterals...there was no damage.
<Tarsh> <the bleeding has stopped>
Tarsh sighs in relief.
Alea wonders it it's because they're on the borders taht they keep getting these people in here
<Alea> Well, you can lay here and rest...I'm going to go clean up the lobby---again.
Alea rises sorely to her feet
<Tarsh> Ok.
Alea exits the room and starts up the hall
Alea sees treatment room five open and two people in there
<Alea> Snake? What is it...SHEN!
<Alea> you brought her in here?
wisesnake is startled
<wisesnake> What?
Alea hurries in appalled
<wisesnake> You just broke my concentration!
<Alea> she just attacked Tarsh
<wisesnake> What is wrong with you?
wisesnake stares at the woman
<Alea> She went for his laterals! That is what is wrong with me
<wisesnake> This little Gen attacked a renSime?
<wisesnake> Any particular reason?
<Alea> no...has there been any rhyme or reason to the bizarre events these last couple of days
Alea rubs wearily at her shoulder
<Alea> how is she?
wisesnake pauses
<wisesnake> Well, I don't know. She'd been lying unconscious for a while, and her air passage was blocked.
<Alea> she hates simes, by the way
Alea looks up guiltily
<Alea> air passage is blocked?
<wisesnake> Her tongue went down her throat.
Alea guilt...
<Alea> Tarsh is in 5. He requires your help as soon as possible
<Alea> someone is on their way to pick her up and haul her out of here
<wisesnake> Okay, I'll do what I can here and go right over there afterward.
<wisesnake> Oh!
wisesnake looks disturbed
Alea turns to leave
<Alea> what?
Alea pauses
<wisesnake> Somebody's coming to pick her up?
<Alea> yeah
<wisesnake> Relatives?
<Alea> no
wisesnake looks confused
<wisesnake> She's injured.
Alea looks steadily at Snake
<Alea> I don't care
Alea turns around and walks out
wisesnake is shocked
wisesnake turns back to the patient and finishes stabilizing her condition
Alea goes to the front room and begins to pick up all the papers, pens and misc. things lying around
<Alea> shenned
Alea allows her guilt to show
<Alea> could it have been done differently
<Alea> but she was attacking a Sime...their laterals
Alea shudders and finishes picking up
wisesnake writes up a report for the person who will presumably take up the rest of the woman's care.
wisesnake leaves the report attached to the woman's table and goes over to the room Tarsh is in.
Tarsh has turned on hsi side toward the wall.
wisesnake zlins Tarsh
Tarsh has a fractured nose and blood in the nasal cavity.
<Tarsh> scratches on his arms and misc bruises.
<Tarsh> ~~depression (not typical of his pre-turnover state)~~
Tarsh senses Snake and turns back onto his back.
wisesnake supports Tarsh with a calm, protective Gen field
Alea gets a mop and starts mopping up the blood
<Tarsh> "Snake ... You were right. I'm a ... killer."
<wisesnake> Tarsh, no, be quiet. It's time for healing now.
Alea stomach turns over at the sight of Tarsh's blood
wisesnake applies a soothing field and blocks Tarsh's pain while she straightens his nose
Alea begins to shake with the aftereffects and she plops down in his chair behind the desk
<Tarsh> ~~jerks a little at the pain that leaks through~~
<Alea> this has got to stop
wisesnake continues to support Tarsh with a comforting, protective Gen field
Alea looks warily at door and wonders if maybe they should start locking it
Alea looking out before they let them in would be safer
<Alea> hah!
wisesnake keeps a firm, sheltering grip on Tarsh's field and continues to block the pain for him as she sticks a tube up his nose and drains out the collected blood
<Alea> of course it wouldn't. They'd come through the window or something
Alea finishes moping and puts the mop away
Alea really worried about Tarsh but stays, waiting for the people to show up and take the psycho away
Alea rubs her aching shoulder agian
wisesnake goes into healing mode and projects an enveloping, healing, high Gen field
wisesnake concentrates the field over his injured face to begin
Alea sees the local officals show up and escorts them to the room where the .... woman ... is
Alea agrees to make a report later and shows them out the door
Tarsh relaxes in the Gen field and then jerks. "NO!"
wisesnake is surprised and tries to get a firmer control and soothe him down
Alea goes back down the hall toward room five
Tarsh tries to cram his arms behind his back.
wisesnake is forced to go duoconscious again
<wisesnake> Tarsh, Tarsh, come on, I'm trying to help you here.
wisesnake projects desire to help
Alea stops in to clean it up
Alea makes sure everything is scrubbed down, no sign of the lady left...
wisesnake projects SIME desire to help
<Tarsh> Snake? I zlin a Gen.... want Gen .. don't .. do.
Alea exits room and goes to room Tarsh is in. Signals
Tarsh relaxes.
<Tarsh> Snake. I .. You're right about me.
wisesnake glances back at the door, then ignores it and concentrates on maintaining a caring field as she checks his other injuries
<wisesnake> About what about you, Tarsh.
Alea waits patiently, not wanting to disturb them if not required by Snake
<wisesnake> Are you going to want to self heal this injuries, then?
<Tarsh> I can't be trusted. I could *kill* a Gen. I wanted .. needed to today. That bitch who hurt me. Who Hurt _Alea_.
<Tarsh> Should I want them healed at all?
<wisesnake> Tarsh. Tarsh, calm down. You're a little bit freaked from what happened.
<wisesnake> Everything's going to be all right.
<wisesnake> [soothing]
<wisesnake> [supporting]
Tarsh relaxes.
<wisesnake> Now if you're not going to let me heal those for you, then you should sleep. Do you want me to put you to sleep?
<Tarsh> I was being nice to her. Why would she do that?
<Tarsh> Yes, I think so.
<Tarsh> Please.
wisesnake puts Tarsh into a deep, healing sleep
wisesnake does some paperwork, checks Tarsh again to make sure everything is going okay, then leaves the room
<Alea> how is he?
Tarsh snoring.
<wisesnake> He's asleep. He was afraid of the Gen field I projected.
<wisesnake> He may still be a bit freaked out. We'll see what he's like when he wakes.
<Alea> it was bad Snake
<Alea> I thought she was going to get his laterals
wisesnake cocks her head
<Alea> she purposely lunged toward his arms
<wisesnake> How did all of this start?
<Alea> clawing at them...
<wisesnake> Who was this woman?
<Alea> she came in talking about universal love or some such...the real love without fear of repusion
<Alea> I have no idea
<Alea> Tarsh was kind and patient
<wisesnake> Universal love?
wisesnake frowns
<Alea> she offered the short version of her speech
<wisesnake> Oh?
<Alea> which was basically death to him a demon
<Alea> She then lunged over the desk and tried to take out his laterals
wisesnake looks quite surprised
<Alea> I caught her foot. she kicked me...I don't even want to know what Tarsh was feeling...
Alea shudders
<Alea> I got her around the neck...
Alea shrugs and looks away
wisesnake remembers Febus and thinks she can picture it
<Alea> put her out on the porch because I was afraid Tarsh was going to attack one of us and had to calm him down first
<wisesnake> Ah.
<wisesnake> Understandable.
<wisesnake> Which reminds me, I should go check on her condition.
wisesnake turns toward Treatment room 6
<Alea> Local officials already came and got her
wisesnake sees the clean empty room
wisesnake looks suddenly lost
<wisesnake> Oh.
<Alea> the lobby is cleaned up.
<Alea> I was sewing...but don't feel much like it now
<Alea> you know, I was talking to someone in the kitchens the other day...I think I'm going to take up cooking as a hobby now
<Alea> what do you think?
wisesnake blanches
<Alea> I could do it in my spare time when I'm not working on my art projects
<Alea> I mean, I wouldn't have to go to the kitchen
wisesnake thinks maybe kneading dough... or mixing something cold...
<Alea> They have small cook areas...
<wisesnake> uh...
<Alea> I really want to try one of those dishes that you set on fire
Alea smiles in anticipation
<Alea> I bet it'd be delicious
<wisesnake> Do you actually try to scare the Simes you're talking to, or does it just come naturally?
Alea looks startled
<Alea> what are you talking about
<wisesnake> Sorry, sorry, I'm not at my best today.
<wisesnake> Forget I said that.
Alea smiles, reaches out and touches her arm
<Alea> I don't think either one of us...or now Tarsh, are at our best
<Alea> uh, you know, you might want to ask your contacts if someone's put a hit out on this Center
<Alea> after the two days we've had so far....
Alea shrugs
wisesnake laughs
<Alea> hey
<Alea> you were there yesterday
<Alea> you KNOW what I'm talking about
wisesnake shakes her head
Alea grumbles
<wisesnake> A Center is like a magnet to those people, Alea. Free services... Open 24 hours...
<Alea> not any Center I have ever worked in
<Alea> if you say so
<wisesnake> Money for something you don't have to work to produce...
wisesnake shrugs
<Alea> you know...Tarsh will be waking up soon...I bet he'll be hungry
<wisesnake> Well he should be sleeping for a while. He's healing.
<Alea> ahhh
Alea thinks she'll just have to try her cooking later
<Alea> boy I'm tired
Alea head stoward the lobby
Alea gathers her sewing and seats herself
<Alea> where is Tarsh's relief
<Alea> I don't want to be up here alone
<Alea> Everytime I came up here to work yesterday something weird happened
Alea gets up and looks out the window...sees no one and sighs with relief
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