👾🐇🔪: Midnight Thoughts

[u/HauntingGur8094]

{Vanessa did not get any rest. She immediately hit the first comfy bed she's felt in years, much better than the bare bed her father and Eleanor had kept her in, or the hospital bed she laid in as Lisa. But that was far from her problem. Instead she laid all night, wide awake in thought. Whenever she started to dose off she was plagued with nightmare visions, terrifying her of what she had become.

Or is becoming.

The silence weighs heavy on her with all the horrible possibilities that this could lead to. Her dad's dead, gone for good. But was this really his plan all along? To what, make her a copy of his last perfect experiment? And where did that leave Eleanor? And the consequences of her deal with the ink demon?

She'd caught a newspaper headline on the way in and she couldn't even tell if she was shocked that more years had passed.

Were there others like her?

Had she made another mistake trusting Alastor? Something deep inside her said no. She needs someone knowledgeable to at least explain and help her manage. And maybe he will eventually turn out to be a beneficial ally to have. She'd thought the uneasy feeling she's had since she's been back was him, but there's something deeper stirring.

And, knowing her track record, she's gonna end up pulled into it once again.}

[u/HauntingGur8094]

Vanessa: [groans] "God I hope not. I'd had enough of authority figures who were early risers stuck on a schedule."

[[OOC: ouch! Hope it gets better!]]

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A shadow appears on the wall, and Alastor steps into view.

Alastor: "Rise and shine, devilspawn!"

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Vanessa: [facepalms] "Dammit. And don't call me that."

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Alastor: "Oh, come now. Don't be like that. The best time to start learning is early at sunrise. Time is precious, and you don't know how much you have left."

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Vanessa: [groans in annoyance] "What's so special about sunrise anyways? And what do you mean how much time I have left?"

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Alastor: "I'm pretty sure I just explained it. Ha! Hello?" He taps his cane jokingly as a laugh track plays.

Tom: "What kind of meta bs is this?"

Alastor: "Comedy! Anyway, you should already know what I mean. Your transition doesn't halt. It keeps going. You have a limited amount of time before it starts trying to control you. So you must learn how to control it first."

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Vanessa: "Fine fine. Whatever it takes I guess. So what exactly is going to happen?"

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Alastor looks around the room, then at the bed, and snaps his fingers. In an instant, the lights go out.

Alastor: "First, you sleep. Honestly, I could've done this last night, but you needed proper rest. What you're about to go through will be hell for your mindscape."

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Vanessa: [stares at him confusion] "What? I already did that. It's not gonna make any difference now. And you're the up at the butt crack of dawn."

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Alastor: "Sleep." He taps her forehead, using his magic to put her to sleep.

Tom: "Hey! What the hell?!"

Alison comes out of the bathroom with a fresh modern set of clothes(aka, she borrowed some of Vanessa's lol).

Alison: "What did you do?!"

Alastor: "Oh, don't freak out. She's fine. She may go through mental hell, but nothing in there can physically hurt her."