[ text | un: anonymous ]

[supersweet]

If someone takes control of you, does that mean that there's something bad in you all along?

How do you get rid of it?

Comments

un: ghostking

[deathkid]

depends on who, what, and how you were controlled.

[supersweet]

Really? All of that?

[deathkid]

in my experience?
yes.

[supersweet]

Is this something lots of people have experience in?

[deathkid]

probably not.
but i've seen and heard it happen a few times
in my world.

[supersweet]

[ Jon isn't going to mention the who and he doesn't know the what but . . . ]

I don't know if I can explain it.

[deathkid]

i'm the half-godly son
of the god of the underworld.
i've seen and heard some weird stuff.
try me.

[supersweet]

Fine.

It was some kind of black intergalactic goo that got into my head.

@the.doctor | text

[axefight]

[ he thinks he knows what this text is getting at, but it's still rather vague. ]

What exactly do you mean by "something bad"?

[supersweet]

Like . . . hurting people? To prove you're strong?

[axefight]

Is that something you do, when you aren't under someone else's control?

[ text > private video ]

[supersweet]

[ After a few minutes, Jon switches to video. His eyes are rimmed with red and on the table, sits a clear canister. He also looks exhausted. ]

Yeah.

[axefight]

[ the doctor, who had just been lounging about in his office chair and fiddling on his phone, suddenly sits up straight. wasn't expecting to see that face. his brow's knit in confusion. ]

Sorry, I have a little trouble believing that. [ he doesn't know jon very well - but this kid, deliberately hurting people? pshh. ]

What's happened?

[supersweet]

Uhm, Miss Jones told me I had one of these canister thingies to pick up at the portal. So I did and I remembered — I remembered a lot of crazy stuff.

[ Jon wipes his face with his sleeve. ]

[axefight]

[ a distressed child... and here he is, without bill or anyone to provide the proper emotional support.

c'mon, doctor. you can do it. something's clearly gone horribly wrong. ]

Do you need to-- do you want to talk about it?

[supersweet]

I-I dunno. I should — I need to tell my dad but . . . what's he gonna say?

[ His voice drops. ]

I could have killed him.

@a.parrish

[antietam]

[ That's a sore spot. ]

Maybe. Or maybe it means you have some sort of susceptibility.

I'm not sure it can be fixed alone, though.

un: vakarian

[dispenserofjustice]

Not always. If you're worried about it, then I think that's telling within itself.

[supersweet]

So I have to fix it with someone else?

[supersweet]

You mean I'm not that bad because I'm thinking about it?

[antietam]

If you can't stop yourself from being possessed, someone else is going to have to do it. Even just stopping you from hurting others would be useful until you can find a solution.

Is that something to worry about here?

[supersweet]

I don't think it's gonna happen again. I think this guy had this planned for months.

[dispenserofjustice]

I mean that you're worried about it. You're wanting to get rid of it. Usually people who are "bad" don't ask those sorts of things.

[supersweet]

That's true.

I guess I still feel bad. It was really awful.

[antietam]

Did it happen here? Who was it?