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I dug a hole so deep I'm going to drown in my mistakes (Closed)

Who: Samantha Grey, Merlin, Regina, Hisao Nakai and Ritsu Sohma, possibly one or two more... (PM if interested)
What: Someone has to stop her from making a mess of things...
When: Day 142
Where: A House in Baldr District abandoned during the last of the darkness days
Rating: PG-13, but Trigger Warnings for Violence, Classic Death Traps (Pendulum), kidnapping and the use of chloroform. Possibility of Character Death (Samantha only)

(OOC: Because right now, we're at five people in this thread theoretically, I'm going to risk just doing one big thread and a possible side thread for playing out Samantha's abduction of Hisao. The confrontation, theoretically, won't be a very long one. Loosely speaking: Hisao, feel free to reply whenever you wish, and let's do Bad Guys followed by Good guys followed by Bad Guys etc...)

Samantha stood there, amused at her conversations with a few people. She sent a private message to Ritsu, hoping that the silly, apologetic little thing would actually come by regardless of her public post earlier. He was, after all, quite impressionable and she knew for a fact that he didn't have the will to seriously impede her powers. Having access to a proxy would be helpful, given that she really didn't expect this whole gambit to work.

She stepped over towards the table in the basement, taking a look at her captive and smiling before she brought out the smelling salts. As she did, she looked up at the crude looking pendulum she'd constructed. It wasn't elegant, like the real thing, but it would do the trick. Giving the rope a little tug to untie it, she let it start to swing. The whole apparatus was a bit unstable, but it would do in a pinch hopefully. "Good evening, Hisao. You might want to wake up to see if your rescuers arrive in time," she purred.

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Hisao's head was throbbing. His eyes opened slowly and then closed again quickly - he felt like he was going to be sick.

This was what she'd warned him about, wasn't it? He'd accepted her invitation to meet up and he wasn't even sure what had happened. But he wasn't so dense that he couldn't put two and two together and come up with four - this was Evil Samantha's Night Out, wasn't it?

He could feel himself lurching from side to side and forced his eyes open - he was tied to some kind of big swing. Hows and Whys started to race through his mind but really, those were inconsequential when compared with the Who.

"Sam... Samantha.... Let me down." he said, doing his absolute level best to force some authority into his voice despite the fact that he was scared witless. His heart was racing - not fast enough to be a problem yet, thank the Gods, Medication and Morning Runs for all the improvement he'd made, but still. This kind of stress wasn't going to be easy on him for too long.

"This isn't you, I promise it's not. Let me down and I won't tell anyone, OK?"

Of course Ritsu would accept the invitation, since she hadn't really given him an option to decline, knowing his self-loathing neurosis. So he arrived at her place, dressed in a good kimono, not suspecting anything unusual to happen. Sure, her message was a little odd, and the public post was strange too, but he figured he was merely blowing things out of proportion. As always, anything wrong with the world had to be his fault.

But why here, of all places? How curious. Maybe she was so ashamed of him that she didn't want to see him in public. Yes, that made sense. He stopped at the door, and knocked twice. "Miss Samantha?" he called out, hoping he wasn't being too loud or interrupting anything important. "It's Ritsu... am I too late? Or too early?"

"You are precisely on time, my darling little Ritsu. Come in!" she said just a shade too long. If he entered, he would be clearly visible to her long before she would be to him. She palmed a small vial of something liquid and yellow in her hand, an extract from the wolfnettle that she had taken. She'd played a little too much today, and she didn't want to risk running out of juice when the cavalry came.

Leaning over while the blade whisked by the first time, a good foot above Hisao's body for the moment, promising that there was time yet. She ran her fingers along his ear and came close to whisper and flicker her tongue right there. "You know this is me perfectly well Hisao," she purred. "I've warned you ample times about what I am. Please... if they don't come in time, feel free to scream sweetly for me. You have such a lovely voice."

As soon as she could see Ritsu, she would unstopper but not drink the draught, reaching out with her will to try to take control of him. She wanted someone innocent involved in this to keep anyone who might have been not long behind him at bay.

(OOC: The good guys may feel free to enter. Hisao, post whenever you like. We'll go Regina/Merlin and then Ritsu/Myself if that works for folks.)

"Ritsu..."

That poor guy - He already had a million problems just dealing with himself, let alone all this. He wanted to scream to warn the other boy, but really, what good would that do? Scare him? Make him run down here to see what was wrong? Or to just blame himself a million times for everything?

"Send him away, Samantha - you can do whatever you want with me, OK? Just send him home. He doesn't need this."

He struggled against the ropes binding him there but it was really no good at all - they were viciously tight and strong. Sweat was building on his brow and stinging his eyes, and he could feel his chest becoming tight.

"I'll do whatever you want - just don't involve anyone else."

Darling little Ritsu? He blinked a bit, as that was quite unusual. But then, how long had he known Samantha? Again, he blamed himself for any worries, and let himself in. "Thank you for the invitation." He politely closed the door behind him, and walked inside the building, following the somewhat muffled voices of Samantha and... someone else? Did she have another guest? Was he really interrupting something important?

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you had other guests." He said as he found the basement, and headed down. "Are they friends, Miss..."

... A pendulum. Hisao.

Hisao was under a pendulum.

Okay, if this was a nightmare, now would be a damn good time to wake up. Blood began to drain from his face, and the strength in his legs was fading. "Ah... ah... ah..."

"Of all the times for me to pass through,"

Comes the very bored voice of another half-demon. She's been watching for a few minutes, gazing upwards towards the pendulum. Well, that was new, she inwardly mused. She hasn't really moved an inch, but she couldn't help it when she recognized Samantha's voice over here. Very visibly, she gives a sigh, looking down at her spear, that she gives a small slap into her palm.

"Really, is there any other easier way for you to catch your prey, dear? You're starting to make us look bad."

"I don't think that's the way to go about it, Regina," said another voice from the side. Merlin stepped up next to her, though his gaze was still on the scene before him.

He had a very bad feeling about all this, given what he remembered of Samantha's last venture through her other side.

"Samantha, we talked about this, remember? You can fight it."

Other people were here? Oh thank god. He didn't know when they'd arrived, how they'd gotten in or who they were exactly, but they were here and hopefully not insane.

"Aaaaany possibility someone can stop the giant blade that's swinging around above me, there? I would actually really appreciate it?"

He tilted his head so he could see a little better. Actually, he did sort of know one of them - her name was Regina, wasn't it? He'd spoken to her on the network a few times and got the distinct impression that she didn't like him much. Maybe this wasn't quite the blessing he'd anticipated it being.

"My dear, darling heroes! You've finally arrived!" she proclaimed loudly, reaching out with her fingers and clenching her fist. Her will snaked straight for Ritsu, aiming to take control of his body and make a grab for Merlin. Part of her expected that Regina was the sort to have little qualms or trouble brushing the lad aside, but Merlin was more likely going to try to reason with him. For the half-watcher, her claws snaked out and she stepped between Hisao's prone and bound form and her, watching as the blade sliced through the air again, an inch or two closer this time.

"You'll have to forgive me, my dear watcher. I already caught this one some time ago. I've been meaning to see if anyone would come to his rescue, or if he would die of one fate or another first," she explained, tail lashing about behind her. "And I'm afraid, Merlin, that you're going to find I am far more ... lucid than I usually am at a time like this. It will take a better attempt than that to sway me."

Had not the will of Samantha suddenly coursed throughout his body, Ritsu probably would have fainted by this point. But as it were, his body was no longer his own. His body quivered as it stepped forward without his say, and he immediately recognized what was going on - this was not the first time that she had controlled him. "M-Miss Samantha?!" He was still too frightened to put up much of a resistance, and still had a delusional belief that this was all one big, weird misunderstanding.

But despite his fervent belief, he suddenly found himself hugging onto Merlin's arm in an attempt to stop him from going any further. "I-I'm so sorry!" Tears were already brimming in his eyes, but that would really be the only struggle the wizard would face - Ritsu's body was quite weak and frail, so pushing him aside would be easy. "I-I don't understand... what's going on?!"

"Save it. All of you, I'm speaking to her."

Regina will make that pretty clear, especially to Merlin; it's nothing personal. After all, she likes to think that she knows best in this situation. She's like her, they have so much in common.

She can't connect with her through her senses, but at the very least, Regina is approaching her, setting her eyes on only her. She may come off as uncaring for the situation, but that's far from the truth.

"I really don't care either way, truth be told. I care more about our image. Our self-preservation . Isn't there something else you can do than to use... that?"

She gestures t Hiaso vaguely, "It's so boring. Listen to them, this is ridiculous."

"It's not your fault," Merlin said, only tearing his eyes away from the pendulum to reassure the other Traveler--a newcomer, if he has to guess. "Samantha's power is body control, and she's got a hold of you."

He doesn't try to break free from the grip just yet, as it's not tight enough to hurt. Instead, he gives the room a quick scan, judging if he has enough time to get to the unfortunate man strapped under the contraption if the blade does fall.

"Do you think you stop her?" Merlin says to Regina, voice soft, lips barely moving. If anyone in the room has a chance, it would be the only other person with demon blood in them, especially when his power does nothing for offense and he left his bow and quiver back in the house when he stopped by for a visit. Hopefully this other side of Samantha doesn't come equipped with enhanced hearing.

"...b-boring?"

Regina, that is probably not a word he would have used for this situation. In fact, he was becoming less bored by the second, considering the pendulum was swinging lower and lower on each arc.

Samantha's eyes lit up with a bit of fire while Regina tried to reason with her, grinning quite madly even as the pendulum swung up. It hitched an extra inch, but held on with its next swing, just a little closer than was originally intended so far. There was still space to spare, though it was growing closer with each swing...

"Boring? A matter of opinion, though a little bit of melodrama was quite the intention on this occasion, I assure you my darling Regina," she said, sneering right back at her. I'm afraid though if you're hoping to protect our collective reputation, you'll want to speak to me tomorrow I'm sure. In the meantime, the clock is ticking for our little friend here. Although... I suppose we could just watch him die."

That might actually be fun. She reached over with a hand, standing such that she was still barring the path to the mechanism of the pendulum. Her one hand gently ran up underneath Hisao's chin while she used her will to try and have Ritsu body block Merlin into the nearest wall to keep him thoroughly busy. His days of ignoring the boy were nearly over.

Ritsu wanted to close his eyes and cover his ears to block out this entire frightening scenario. Instead, as per Samantha's internal orders, he stood directly in front of Merlin - "I'm sorry!" and began to push him up against the nearest wall - "I'm sorry!" - and then pinned him by the wrists to the wall. "I'm so sorry!" This was still not very difficult to wriggle out from, especially now that he was shuddering and crying.

"Is it now?" She watches Merlin and Ritsu out of the corner of her single eye, the sound of the blade going back and forth over Hiaso. The only thing Regina does at that moment is lick her lips. "I honestly prefer dismemberment, but I suppose that's just me."

She actually laughs. If this is actually going to stop, Regina knows she has to tap into her own demonic nature. For a second, the white on her eyes turn black, reflecting an almost animal-like glow in her eyes. But of course, the first thing Regina does is encircle around, like a wolf, slowly pushing herself further.

"Heh, then the lot of you better make due, otherwise it won't be my friend here making the mess!"

She makes a point not to give a hint other than licking her lips and without hesitation, Regina makes a bound towards Samantha herself, lunging at her to shake that hold off of Ritsu and the others.

Instead of answering, Merlin simply shakes his head at Ritsu, body tense as he waits for something to happen. They don't have much time, judging by the progression of that blade.

Then, a chance presents itself. When Regina's sudden attack seems to change the situation, Merlin seizes the opportunity to break free from Ritsu's grip. It's temporary, he knows, unless he finds some way of incapacitating the other Traveler without harming him. Well, he'll deal with that when Ritsu catches him again. For now, Merlin makes a grim dash for Hisao.

"Thank you - Thank you!"

To say Hisao sounded relieved was an understatement - he also sounded incredibly nervous. This thing was rickety and if it was handled the wrong way, he was deathly afraid that the blade could come down on him anyway. His face was white as a sheet and covered in sweat, rolling down into his hair.

She lunged herself, backwards. Cackling as she did, she could feel her control over Ritsu slipping. If he tried, at all, to stop her from controlling him it would shatter like so much glass. She didn't have time to bother controlling him right about then, not with Regina barreling down on her.

The half demon could see her trying to pull away, claws snaking out and aiming to lash right back. She knew that this little game of hers was not going to end terribly well, but she wanted to at least try and make it seem like some effort was put into the fight. She didn't like going down easily.

That line about preferences, though, had her grinning low. "I've always preferred evisceration personally..."

He was free! He was free! And what was he bravely going to do with his body restored and his friend in danger?

Hit the floor, cover his head with his hands, apologize profusely, and cry. To be fair, he was still incredibly confused as to what was going on and didn't even know how to stop the pendulum or release Hisao. So he stayed on his knees, keeping his head down, trying not to get in the way, all the while being a loud nuisance.

If Regina's going to met with claws, obviously she's going to retaliate right back. To her, that pain doesn't really register at first, not when she's got her attention fully on the other half-demon. Of course she feels pity for her brethren, which is why Regina feels more than obligated to deal with her. To Regina, based off of her own experiences, Samantha is unreasonable, she's consumed with her worse half of her mind. She's been there, many, many times.

The somewhat taller, pale woman still comes down on her with her with such force, not even hesitating to sink her teeth, hard, into her flesh enough to take a small chunk out of her arm. Half-demons don't have a good taste, so Regina spits out what she's taken, blood already coming out of her mouth. Who cares if she looks demonic.

She is.

She doesn't smile, she just gestures to her, "Cod ar dy draed, ferch fach," Get up, little girl, she purrs, "I'm hungry."

(OOC: I'm fine, but double check with the others if you plan to get significantly more bloody.)

She was up on her feet in a split second, bounding at Regina, a maddened gleam in her eyes. She lunged with her clawed talons to try and wrap her fingers around the demon's throat and slam her down to the ground if she could manage it. One arm was decidedly less strong than the other, but she didn't seem to have noticed, her eyes filled with the unmistakeable look of arousal.

"I like you," she hissed. "But if you're really hungry, chew before you swallow!"

This is far from the bloodiest thing Merlin's been witness to, but the few seconds' worth of Samantha and Regina's struggle that he catches--teeth catching on flesh and tearing--makes his stomach churn.

Forcing himself to turn away, Merlin takes a deep breath to steady his shaking hands and work at the ropes. He pauses every few moments to study the knotting to make sure he doesn't somehow make it worse.

"Almost done, I think," he says to Hisao quietly, trying to ignore the blade that continues to swing lower. "What happened?"

"Thank god..." Hisao said, eyes following Merlin's fingers one moment and switching upward to the blade the next.

"She's my friend usually - she invited me over for coffee using the audio on her bracelet. I showed up and she slapped a rag over my face and I fainted. Then when I woke up... well... here we are."

There is nothing she can do when she's slammed down, but it's not without Regina sinking her claws into her arm, and kicking her off. The irritation of Merlin's reaction coupled with Hiaso still stuck, Regina lets go momentarily.

Her face contorts to something else. Her body snaps a few times as a snarl comes from her mouth as her teeth become more akin to fangs as dark veins start throbbing in her face. The white of her eyes turn black. Her eye is filled with something else, something sadistic and unforgiving.

"Once more, girl, I dare you. I'll do more than than swallow, I'll tear you to shreds!"

That sudden spurt of demonic rage is momentarily as Regina grabs her spear in a defensive stance.

"Whatever it is that the three of you are doing, make it quick!" Regina's tone returns to normal; the previous display was more intimidation. A natural side affect of her mind just begging to end this a bloodier way. Thankfully, Regina can restrain herself for now.

Merlin works at the knots with renewed concentration, spurred on by Regina's urging. Finally, finally, the ropes give way, and he pulls Hisao from what could have been his death bed.

He eyes the pendulum, which ominously slips another few inches, before giving Hisao a gentle push toward the door.

"Better go quick, and take the other one with you," he said, nodding toward Ritsu. "I should stay behind in case Regina needs help."

"I am going to enjoy this," she said, getting up from where she had been released by Regina. Her eyes had a similarly sadistic light to them while she took a step forward, only to glance downward.

Why was her foot shaking?

"Oh hell..."

She actually giggled as the half demon toppled over. Whether it was the end of the day or simple blood loss, it was somewhat unclear. Something about what had happened had solicited a certain amount of shock in her system and it was partially shutting down. As likely as anything had been that she had abused her powers far too much today and the use of chemical stimulants was finally taking its toll along with Regina's attack.

Collapsing to the stone floor, there was a twisted, if vapid, smile on her face. This had been an amusing little game. One more giggle and it looked like Samantha was losing consciousness.

(OOC: for simplicity, I think it's time Sam went night night. Too much and we would have gotten confusing. Any and all of you are welcome to post as you please in wrap up, or assume it.

Thanks, btw. I know multi-person threads are hard to manage. You guys actually did quite well with how many were involved. I appreciate it.)

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I dug a hole so deep I'm going to drown in my mistakes (Closed)

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sorry for the late tag

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sorry for the hold up, guys

it's all right <3

Totally fine!

no worries!

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lemme know if this is NOT okay

TJ - Merlin's up after this

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