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Hyde without a Jekyll

Hyde without a Jekyll

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Part 2 of A Prank too far ( https://disqus.com/home/dis... ) created by @DreamerArtist aka Dreamer. Hopefully everyone can get their RPs finished up on here! :D

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It is another usual day in the society with Nex as usual messing with chemicals in till the formula explodes causing a gas to spread through the society turning everyone that inhales it in to children of about 8 years of age. The hall of Dreamer and Nex's room is filled with the gas and it's spreading rapidly. The chemical's intention was to be a prank a harmless prank but with a screw up of chemicals it turned to far. Who will be the adults left to fix this?

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Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Catt: \*The trouble with accidents is that they're rather difficult to reproduce. Catt thought to herself before grumbling.\* I mean I woke up in a junkyard cave knowing how old I was and haven't aged since...

HJ: That's...unusual. \*She said trying to think of something to say\*

Catt: Singular, as far as I've seen. But we have more pressing matters to attend to, \*Catt said, shaking off the sullen mood.\* Do you know what ingredients Nex was using for the smoke thing?

HJ: ...Oh yah! \*She rummages around in her satchel and produces a list of ingredients that she got from Nex before storming out.\* Here you go. \*She hands the list to Catt.\*

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Nex ran in looking rough like she had been in a fight. Her hair was short in ragged in burned in some places. "I got the chemicals" She said. "We need to come up with a reversal"

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago • edited

\*Not-Allison was frantically pacing through the halls waiting for Catt to come back with the ingredients. She was nervously chewing on the loaves of bread Catt had made.\* YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT!?!

\*She swallowed the bite she had just taken and in a calmer voice said.\* Catt should be back soon with the items you need.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

"I need to do it soon i can feel my memories ebbing away and look" Nex said pointing to her arm it started to look slightly transparent. "I'm fading. I don't belong in this form"

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

FADING!?! IS THIS PERMANENT?!? AM I GOING TO DIE?? \*She stopped and though about what she just said.\*...I'm going to die... \*She looked at Dreamer\* ...and you're going to live.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Dreamer had just ran in carrying a bag and her eyes widened seeing Nex. "Oh gods" She said horrified.

Nex nodded sadly. "unless we don't reverse this"

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

...you're going to live... \*she kept looking at Dreamer and began to smile\*...she's going to live...

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

"This IS NOT good! Dreamer called grabbing Nex and running toward there room.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

\*The girl watches them leave. Just a few more hours and I'll stop existing...and then Allison can come back...and then things will go back to the way they should be. She smiles at this thought and walks down the hall to her room to prepare for Allison's arrival.\*

(\*angry narrator noises at Not-Allison\* No! Bad not-allison! You're not supposed to die yet! You've still got more suffering to do!! AGH!! D:< \*Throws hands in the air and stomps away.\* )

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Hey! you're not leaving this madness yet! \*grabs narrator and drags her back\* I shall duck tape you to the wall if i have to)

Dreamer and Nex got to work quickly working on a reversal.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

(I'll stay! I'll stay! No duck taping please! O\_O Also I sent a message to Catt so she should be getting over here soon with the rest of the ingredients...I hope. That is unless you want this to get worse before it gets better?)

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(No Dreamer came in with what she thought they needed for the reverse and she went to her secret stash of stuff)

Dremaer and Nex worked, it was the first time they had worked together in a long time.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

(Good! Hopefully that'll work! Also it's so cute that they're working together!! <3 )

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(yeah)

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Might need you back on this story soon. I've got an inspirational speech prepared for Not-Allison [regarding the nature of Jekyll & Hydes], since I'm assuming she won't want to take the antidote. If the speech doesn't work, Catt might force it. Would that be okay with you, Catt forcing the antidote on Not-Allison? It's mostly a suggestion since I'm assuming [again] that you still want her to stick around for a bit. Did you have any ideas on how to keep her around? If not, we can use the ideas I mentioned.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

(Sorry I haven't replied to this sooner. My internet connect was a bit wonky today.

I can't wait to hear your speech but I don't know how well it'll affect Not-Allison. Not-Allison really wants Allison to come back and for herself to stop existing. She sees this as a chance for that to happen, even though Allison will be a child when she returns. As this is completing all her life goals it's a win situation for her. [however it's not her time as she has many story lines to suffer through and the new Dreamer time travel story line has her in it. Also as her mind is unstable as her body is I don't know how well the speech will work too. You're more than welcome to force it the antidote upon her but you'll need Dreamer's and Nex's help to hold her down [her Hyde is fairly nimble]. If you do force it upon her she will not like Catt as much and probably be super mopey for a long time around Catt [though it would set her next story up nicely where she gets a name]. Also something else to consider: Catt forcing the antidote on Not-Allison is sort of similar to Elaina forcing HJ7 on Hela so Catt may have some issues with that. You might want to consider that... Finally as far as I can tell you're probably going to need to force the serum on her as she will resist any attempt to willingly take it [but I don't know what's in your speech and it might work]. ...Yep all in all lots more suffering for Not-Allison! Yay! :D )

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(The speech is a bit more of a lecture on how Not-Allison is Allison[or at least part of her] and the general misconceptions around Jekyll and Hyde being two separate people. [This ties into how Catt can stay so resolutely supportive of Hela.]

The antidote is in a smoke form, so all Catt has to do is block the door. I'm thinking little Alli might try to attack her to prevent her from activating the antidote. Consider it considered. Catt will feel guilty about it, don't worry. If Not-Allison wanted revenge, she wouldn't fight back either.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

(That was a lovely speech! I really enjoyed it! That last bit about Not-Allison being all that survived was a great touch!

Not-Allison considers Allison not only to be a separate person but an ideal [leaving happily without pain or fear]. While she sees herself as part of Allison she considers herself to be a plague which is hurting and prevent Allison from coming back. Since she doesn't know how to step back and let Allison take over she sees herself as an parasite feeding off of Allison's memories and using her body. As due to the miss mixed serum she's in constant mental and physical pain [although she doesn't show it, does take a toll on her] and her main goal is to find relief for that pain. The only time she remembers having relief from the pain is when Allison was in control hence her desire to have her come back. She doesn't want to kill herself because if she destroys the body then it will kill Allison too and so she want's to stop existing while keeping the body alive...now whether or not that happens is a different story all together but that's her motivation.

What Not-Allison's probably going to do is try to jump out the window and when that doesn't work hold her breath until she can escape...[she'll pass out be for that happens or right as she opens the door or something]. I doubt Not-Allison will try to get revenge [unless her Hyde becomes more in control then Catt better be careful]. She'll probably just mope around for a while and be super paranoid. )

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Thanks!

Not-Allison might have to learn the hard way that no one is perfect and pain free. If Allison decided to, I'm sure she could push her way to the top.

At the moment, I think Not-Allison is what's protecting Allison from any further damage. Continuous mental and physical pain? No wonder she gets along with Catt, they have so much in common! >:3

Is this pain author-enforced or is there some way for it to be lessened in-story? Like say, trans-dimensional vicodin?

The window is locked, and Catt is pretty fast. [yay, limited oxygen! :\ ] I'd actually not mind to see that. It doesn't have to be full canon, but I would like to see what would happen if Allison's Hyde became more in control and went after Catt! [I'm sorry Not-Allison! :( ])

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

(She definitely does as it's probably the only way she'll listen...

Allison is currently in a vegetative state from a combination of the miss created serum, the injection from the silver feather men, and the mind destroying night in the shed. ...but more on that if she ever shows up again.

Friendship! :D Yah Not-Allison is very protective of Allison...sort of like love [I think] but different...I'm not entirely sure how to put it into a couple word description but you seem to get the gist of it.

Well I'm sure after the research Not-Allison and Hen have been doing they may have found a way to sort of tranquilize the physical fear [and maybe the mental fear] a bit but not remove it all the way...and even then you get into the idea of her being hopped up on meds which could cause it's own problems of addiction and side affects...actually I'm liking this! ...this might be included into her next plot point [which will probably show up after A Prank too far ends].

I can guarantee that her Hyde will take on much more of a control if Catt tries to pop the gas and ruin her chances of disappearing and letting Allison out. [Her Hyde is either calm and calculative like what you saw with Sozo or she becomes extremely aggressive {which hasn't been seen yet in it's entirety} and that only happens when someone or something she treasures is being threatened of utter destruction.] [It's ok she needs the slap in the face.])

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(\*sigh\* Poor, poor girl...

So if she was forced out we'd just have a vegetable and no Allison or Not-Allison? Yikes!

Misery loves company. :3 TuT T-T T^T Maybe try looking up Greek words for love, they've got like seven and each one refers to a different type. Like eros, being the romantic love, and agape [ah-gah-pay] being an all-encompassing love. [I get the gist of it? :3]

Would they consider using an herbal tea remedy? I'm sure they could come up with a blend that would work. Then Catt could have a reason to stare guilt in the face help every day! You are a cruel narrator, but I look forward to the stories!

:T Well-p! I dun did it, didn't I? [I might as well have put a target on her back. {But I must confess, this sounds interesting and I can't wait to see what'll happen! and it hurts!!!} I did, I really did...] [I'm not slapping anybody! \*hugs Not-Allison apologetically\*])

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

(Yah...I'm currently debating between having Allison [if she ever shows up] be either a vegetable or constantly reliving the night of the fire...either way she's going to be a non responsive mess.

That's a good idea! I think I'll go check that out now! [thank you!]

We could definitely do it as a tea or something but I would like to have it cause some side affects if that's ok...just something to help with a later plot line that I've got planned. [It's either side affects or she gets really drunk]. Catt's so luck to have a nice narrator like you! :D

Oh the FEELS of it all!! D: It'll be very interesting to see how this goes! )

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Wow, harsh. If you have it so she's constantly reliving the Night of Fire then Catt may be able to use her hatt's dream dimension access stuff to try to help her. [This is stuff from before you joined, like, right near the beginning.]

Find what you were looking for? [:3]

Side effects for all the guilt! You're really not nice to your character, you know that? But I hope you don't stop writing! [Alcohol tastes bad. :P] Heh, yeah. She's lucky to have such strong plot armor, otherwise she'd never survive how nice I can be. Honestly, sometimes I feel like a jerk putting her through some of this stuff.

Indeed it will!)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

(She's welcome to try but I doubt it will go anywhere...It may help/hurt Not-Allison. [Yah this is before she came to the society. I wrote it all down in her character page.]

Well...stuff like Impaired judgement is the only mandatory one. We can do other ones like irritability, mood swings, drowsiness, insomnia, decreased appetite, seizures, etc. What do you think/suggest?

She has survive the most...especially with the gun story line and all. ...ok maybe you're not the kindest of Narrators... :) )

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Catt's got some incorporeal duct tape than can be used to help repair psychies in a pinch. Also I was thinking she'd only do that after Allison came back as a veggie. :\ [I should reread that.]

Impaired judgment is the easiest symptom to manufacture, so we're good using that one. Drowsiness would be a good second one, and it would add to how impaired her judgement was.

The most? Dude, I don't even get the prize for "First Character Death-un-Death." Mz. Hyde set that standard a long time ago.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

(That could work then...if she ever shows up again...

I like it! But we may have a problem with Catt getting the tea to Not-Allison as if she knows it's from Catt then she'll probably leave it as a burning heap of ash outside Catt's door... :\

...Ok fair points... [First character Death-un-Death award has been added to Mz. Hyde's wikia])

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(If and ever?

Catt would probably give it to Hen, and tell him not to let Not-Allison know it was her.

:3 [Wee!])

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

(Yah there's only a handful of situations where she'll come back and the way it sounds those may never happen. [I did some sneaky asking around]

That would be the best option I think. Then she would drink it and not burn it.)

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Oh dear.[Asking around about what?]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking too.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

([things! \*wiggles eyebrows\*])

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

([Oh boy, I'm off to do some reading! \*your eyebrows wiggle so much they take off, flying into the sunset\*])

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

([\*giggles\* Don't Forget your eyebrows! Also it's on the wikia and it's with Hen that this research is done.])

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(It's not my eyebrows that flew off! \*runs away to find the wikia page in question.\*)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

(Wha~? \*looks up and sees eyebrows flying off into the sunset.\* COME BACK HERE!! \*Runs off after eyebrows.\*)

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Catt Hatter  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago • edited

\*Just then Catt walked in, fully her normal size and carrying several vials and assorted jars. \* I got the stuff! Oh, hi Dreamer, Nex.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

"Hi" Dreamer said quickly and Nex finished the product and it seemed to smoke. "Alright let's hope this works." She said.

"Wait your normal size?!" Dreamer yelled when she turned back to her current age along with Nex.

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Catt Hatter  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

Yeah. \*Catt sighed, looking at the ground.\* Looks like I missed being part of this rewind.

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

"No you just got here as we finished it" Dreamer said.

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Catt Hatter  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

I mean that I, \*sigh\* Never mind. I'm glad you were able to make the antidote. Here's your stuff. \*Catt shoved some bread trays out of the way and set down the equipment.\*

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

"Oh!" Dreamer said blinking.

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Catt Hatter  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

Yeah. I went back in time to grab your ingredients, it was Not-Allison's idea. \*Catt looked around.\* Speaking of, where is she?

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

Nex shrugged

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Catt Hatter  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

Do you think the antidote would reach her room from here? \*Catt asked urgently, grabbing her by the shoulders.\*

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

"We can make a another one." Nex said.

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Catt Hatter  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

Do it! I- we've got to get it to her right away!

(Hyde without a Jekyll We'll be needing you here shortly!)

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

Dreamer poured in the stuff but held off putting in the last chemical.

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Catt Hatter  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

That the last ingredient? \*Catt asked, pointing to the last container in Dreamer's hand.\*

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Miss-Dreamerkat  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

"It causes the smoke." Dreamer said.

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Catt Hatter  Miss-Dreamerkat • 3 years ago

I'll take that as a 'yes.' \*She said, making to grab the two beakers and run off to Sort-of-Allison's room. With her current mindset there was no time to lose.\*

(Hyde without a Jekyll Hello!)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

(Here! :D )

\*Sort-of-Allison was in a giddy state smiling and laughing. She had cleaned the room and was currently writing letters to Allison; explaining everything that had happen, where they were, who she was, etc.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

(Keen! Did you get my message about potential events?)

Alli! \*Catt called, letting herself into the room. She caught sight of the little girl and visibly relaxed.\* Oh thank goodness, you're still here! Nex and Dreamer managed to make the antidote!

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

(I pretty sure I've seen all the messages and I think I've responded to the tackle message [which sounds good btw] and stuff...if not let me go make sure it got sent.)

\*She doesn't turn around be continues writing.\* Good! Nex and Dreamer should take it before Nex disappears. Now, please leave as I'm very busy!

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Catt wouldn't need to tackle her as the antidote is a gaseous substance, just keep her in the room until she breathed.[Thanks! Though I suspect Not-Allison might resent Catt for it.] I don't think it got sent.)

They already have, I'm here to give you yours. \*Catt said a note of urgency underlining her tone.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

(Oops I guess It didn't go through...anyways a giant paragraph out this is on the other page now all about this. [Yah lots of resentment]. )

\*The girl put her pencil down and turned her head to glare at Catt harshly with a cold eye (orange one is still just as dead as ever though flickers of life almost can be seen behind it for a second at times.) and flatly says\* No.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

No? \*Catt asked. Not that she didn't see this coming, sometimes she was glad she could hear the plans being made for her world.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

(Darn it! She's been listening to us the whole time! D: Our master designs have been foiled!)

No. \*She repeated and anger creeped into her expression.\* Now Go AWAY!

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Of course she has, you said her name!)

Not on your life! You won't help Allison by disappearing! \*Catt snapped in response, checking to make sure the window was closed and locked.\* You're wanting to help her right?

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

(...curse my proper, specific language!)

\*Sort-of-Allison stood up a growl rising in from her throat.\* YOU DON'T GET IT! SHE ISN'T HERE BECAUSE I AM AND IF I DISAPPEAR THEN SHE COMES BACK!

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

She isn't here because she doesn't want to be! Have you even once heard her speak to you in your head? No! She hasn't been talking because there's nothing there to talk! \*As she spoke, Catt angrily marched around so she was between the screaming child and the door, making sure she kept facing the girl.\* HJ7 doesn't create a new personality, it cuts it half! Don't you get it? You are all of Allison that survived!

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*Tears began to well in her eyes and her voice wobbled.\* S-She's dead?...NO! \*She wiped the tears away remembering the words of Hen, Dreamer, etc.\* THEY SAID SHE WOULD COME BACK! YOU'RE WRONG! SHE'S GOING TO COME BACK!

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

I never said she was dead! \*Catt said, desperately backpedaling. She didn't mean to make her cry!\* It's more like she's in a coma, and comas are the way a body heals itself from a horrendous trauma or terrible injury. If you pull her out too soon, you could hurt her even worse! Irreparably even! Please, I know you want her back. But forcing won't end well for either of you!

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*The tears begin to flow from her blue eye.\* SHE'S BEEN IN A COMA FOR 4 YEARS! I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING TO HEAL HER! EVERYTHING!

IF SHE'S NOT BACK, IT'S NOT BECAUSE SHE'S STILL HEALING...\*she looked down at the ground, salty tears splashing against the floor.\* ...It's cause I'm in her way...

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

... \*Catt looked down at the sobbing girl. She knelt down and looked up into her tear streaked face.\* Are you still in pain? Some people get hurt so badly that it takes them decades to heal enough to wake up. If you're still in pain, then she's probably not better yet. If she was, she would be able to push you out of the way, don't you think? Was she not strong enough to do that?

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*She sniffs.\* ...I don't know why she would...It's not like there's anything left of her life to come back to...

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

What about your life? You have a place with all of us here at the Society. If there's nothing left of Allison's life, \*Catt pulled the small girl into a warm embrace and let her cry into her shoulder.\* why are you so adamant to give it back? Why give back nothing?

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

I-I thought if I destroyed all the things that weren't good for her, she would come back...I killed her master...I burned down that hell of a house...I finished her work...\*she sniffs\*...I destroyed it all and she didn't come back...M-Maybe it's the Silver Feather Men, but I'm--We're here in this safe place...They can't touch either of us here... \*she grew silent for a long time.\* ...She wanted to die. For it to all the pain to end. ...But that night she made me...that night she disappeared...the pain only got worse. I want--Need to show her that the pain stops. That she can come back and live. That there's reasons to live...\*she grips her chest.\* ...I need for the pain--my pain to end.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Well, I think that might be your problem. \*Catt murmured, gently stroking the girl's back.\* You can't very well make someone believe something you don't, especially when the person you're trying to convince is a part of you. Everyone wants the pain to stop, sometimes it hurts so bad, you don't think it's worth waiting for it to get better. But you don't have to face it alone, and if you want to convince Allison that life is worth coming back for and living. I think you'll need to start believing it yourself first. \*Her throat was starting to ache. It was too late to back out now, it had been too late when she mixed the chemicals together and left them on the ground before coming over to hold her friend. Now the antidote's green smoke had nearly filled the room. She kept holding on to her friend, standing as Not-Allison returned to normal size. Catt's voice was a hoarse whisper as she buried her face in her friend's shoulder.\* I'm sorry.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

\*The girl stood there arms hanging by her sides as Catt held her. Her eyes were shut tight as tears, silently, fell from them. Her next words were barely audible\*

…I want to die…

\*This was the first time she had admitted it to herself. She did want to die. She wanted to die so badly. She wanted it all to end. The constant physical pain to end. The constant mental and emotional torment to end. The joy to end. The fear to end. The hope to end. She wanted it all to disappear with her. The Silver Feather Men, the killing, the torture, even Allison to just disappear. It was so much...too much.

Saying words like “disappearing” made less real. She knew she couldn’t kill her body as it would kill her beloved Allison…but if she just “disappeared”… it would be okay. Allison would still live.

She’s tried to get over it. Tried to conquer the pain and emotions. Understand them. That’s why she killed all of them. Allison’s master, the other maids, those who walked in to the abandon warehouses where she lived for a time, and those she tortured to suicide. She was freeing them all from their pains.

Those she tortured, she studied. She wanted to understand how the fear, the pain, the hope worked. If she could understand it then maybe she could stop it in herself. When her victims would finally beg for death and ready to take their own lives, to end the pain, she would let them. Who was she to stop them? Who was she to prevent it, what even she wanted for herself? So she let them take that knife and plunge it into their hearts. They always looked so relieved…relieved for all eternity.

She wanted to put this all in words. To tell all of it all to Catt. To make her understand. To let her finally die. But sorrow and grief had gripped her throat closed and only tears were allowed to escape.

Unknown to her, the antidote had finished it's work and the girl was now full size.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Shh... I know, \*The whispers of Not-Allison's past pervaded Catt's mind despite her efforts to ignore them. Why did they have to keep saying her name!

So many lives, she wondered- No. Now was not the time to be selfish. She had already done that, and was sure she'd reap the consequences soon enough. She would deserve it too...

Her eyes, pressed shut against her friend's shoulder, were barely shedding tears as she clung to the girl. She wanted to cry for her, to fully weep with her, to show her she understood, but she didn't know how. Her breathing was ragged, but the tears wouldn't fall properly and freely, as she wished them to.\*

I know, and I'm sorry. I'm so sorry! \*She squeezed the girl tightly as her words caught in her throat and threatened to choke her.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

\*She hugged Catt tightly, gripping her coat, and crying into her shoulder. The girl was happy to share the pain, even if it was just through a hug. She didn't know why Catt was apologizing, it wasn't her fault Allison was gone and even so the pain would end soon enough and Allison would finally come back. The world was going to be right again…all she needed to do was wait. \*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*Trying to put off the inevitable as long as she could, Catt let them stay there. Holding each other and crying on one another's shoulders. Who knew if Alli would ever allow Catt to hug her again, or let her be in the same room ever again. She would open her eyes only to see the betrayal, and Catt would see the hurt she had caused. And she knew she would deserve whatever happened next.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*They stood there a long time holding one another. The crying slowed and then stopped.\* Catt I--

\*The silence was too long. Not-Allison's hug grew tighter. Her arms tensed. It was getting hard for Catt to breath. This was no longer a hug.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*Catt stayed the way she was, she didn't even try to break free. She didn't want to.\* I, gh- guess you noticed. \*She gasped as Not-Allison slowly crushed the air from her lungs.\* I'm -ghk- sorry.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*Not-Allison growled in Catt's ear.\* You don't get to be sorry. You don't get to speak. You've lost those rights. \*Catt could feel her rib cage painfully rubbing against her lungs. The air was being forced out of her and the arms of her once friend would not let it back in.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*I have... She tried to say, but there was no more air to be spent on pointless words. As the last of her oxygen was used, she wondered what if Not-Allison had enjoyed the bread.

The world faded to nothing and Not-Allison felt Catt's arms slide off of her shoulders to hang limply at her victim's sides.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*Not-Allison gently laid Catt down on the floor. She wanted to kill her right then and there. It would be easy, but it wouldn’t satisfy her. She needed to hear Catt beg, she needed to hear her scream and cry. She needed Catt to suffer the way she suffered.

She strode over to the mirror and stared at the face in it. It wasn’t Allison’s face anymore. The edges had become sharp and harsh, her blue eye radiated hatred, and her hair was brown and wild. If there was any part of Allison left, it had been covered by the dangerous, dark aura that surrounded her face. Avenge and revenge were one in the same. Not-Allison covered her orange eye with her goggles, tucked her long hair into her top hat, and concealed her nose and mouth with her scarf. She was ready to work.

Not-Allison gently, placed Catt’s body to a nearby wheel-able trunk. She placed a pillow under her neck and laid a blanket on top of her, making sure she was tucked in and comfortable on the journey ahead. No point having the goods damaged before they arrived. A peaceful expression rested on Catt’s face, as the lid closed and locked clicked into place.\*

(New chapter on Wikia)

\*Catt awoke in a strange place. It was dark, damp, and cold with bits of lamp light creeping into the room through the cracks in the walls and ceiling. The wind blew angrily outside making the entire room sway and groan in protest. It was hard to tell what lay in the shadows of the room besides a few tables which held shadowy items and objects that glinted in the gas light. When she tried to move she found that it was impossible. Ropes lacing her arms, legs, and torso held her down. They cut into her skin almost warning her, begging her not to struggle. Her back hurt from the hard unforgiving surface she was tied to and creaked with pain when shifted her weight. But something was off about this place that she could seem to put her finger on.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

\*An errant gust of wind snuck through the thin cracks, chilling her skin. The unexpected sensation made her shiver and she noticed that her jacket, and the swatch of red silk she used as a necktie, were missing. She also was lacking both her shoes and socks, but she could feel the brim of her hatt pressing into the back of her head against the surface beneath her. So there was that.

Catt sighed heavily in the near darkness, she remembered what she'd done. She had betrayed her friend with a hug, forced her to continue her unhappy existence and prevented her life goal right as she was about to reach it. Alli had more than every right to be angry with her, and take her recompense.

I'm worse than Judas... She thought, lamenting that she had hurt her fr-, her once friend.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*The shadows danced and swirled around the room playing tricks with Catt’s eyes. As a breeze drifted through the room a strange aroma reached her…it smelled of smoke, burning wood, and something sickly sweet. The smell itched the back of her mind, as though a memory or emotion was trying to crawl its way up past the bullet fragment and into her consciousness. She laid there listening to the building groan and creak with the wind, begging to fall and let its days of standing end. Something was off about this place, something that taunted her in the swirling darkness. Catt glanced around the room looking for the unknown but finding nothing. Or was there something? Was there a figure standing in the corner watching her? No, it was only the shadow’s ballet…Wasn’t it?\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Alli? \*Catt asked the shadows softly, her voice sounding strange and unwelcome in the near dead air of the room.\* I'm awake.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*A low growl originating from the corner echos around the room. It doesn't sound like Alli's voice.\* You don't get so say that name! \*A glint of metal, the whistling of air being cut, and then a sickening thunk as an object embeds itself into Catt’s upper thigh.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

Ngk! \*Her body reflexively spasmed, straining against the ropes as the blade struck bone. She struggled to catch her breath and caught a glimpse of the end of a small knife handle.\* Ow... \*She groaned laying back against the table, breathing shallow.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

\*A figure stepped towards her. It wore a worn, torn, and bloodied suit; goggles that relfected the gas lamp's light; a scarf that covered the lower half of it's face; and a top hat which strands of dark hair stuck out from underneath it.

The figure calmly strides over to Catt's leg and gently massages the muscle around the wound. It hurts but eases the pain a bit.

The figure then puts one hand onto Catt's leg, knife handle between the index finger and thumb and pushes, while the other hand slowly twists and pulls the knife out sending shock waves agony through her body.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*Catt gasped roughly as the blade was withdrawn, her body going rigid once again. Her vision swam, was it tears or just the pain? She couldn't tell, and didn't care. She just lay there breathing as she felt warmth slowly spill down her leg.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

Shhh....No tears. Not yet. \*The figure then plunged their hands into Catt's leg, reaching deeper and deeper into the warm muscle and blood until they hit the bone. The figure stopped for a minute letting Catt catch her breath while they slowly and carefully wrapped their fingers around her femur, feeling where the knife had chipped it, weakened it. \*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

\*She tried to apologize, but her throat clamped down on the words as the intrusion of her captor's hand sent sparks through her body and splotches clouded her vision.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

\*When vision finally began to return to her she saw her the figure looking at her. There was a moment where it almost seemed like the figure was about to apologize but it was gone and no words of sorry were heard over the loud snap of Catt's femur bone breaking in half.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

\*What was that sound, was someone screaming? As her mind slowly returned, she realised it was her that was screaming. Another moment and she remembered why. She felt light headed and gasped, then the scream continued. Her whole body quivering as she howled, the wind rattled the warehouse windows indifferently.

The sound of her distress drifted across the abandoned neighbourhood, over the silent streets and into a pair of sharp, attentive ears. He knew that voice, almost as well as he knew his own. But what was she doing here? He stepped easily from rooftop to rooftop, letting her cries guide his direction.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*The figure pulled their hands out of Catt's leg. They dripped with blood.\* Oh Catt...what did I say about crying. \*The figure signed with the disappointment of a mother.\* You're going to ruin your makeup.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*A confused whimper was all the sound she could manage. As her body shook and heaved, its shallow breaths coming in spasms, more involuntary tears slid from the corners of her eyes.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*Her Captor took out a candle and a box of matches.\* Don't worry Catt...\*They took out a match.\*...I'll make it all better. \*The figure lit the candle. The shadow's dance intensified, swirling in and out as the flame swayed in the breeze\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

\*Catt stared at the candle's warm glow, she would have sighed if she could control her shuddering chest.\* Yo-ou sh-oul-dn't bo-th-ther... \*She choked out sullenly.\* I d-on-n't de-serve to feel bet-ter, n-ot af-ter ho-w I hur-rt you...

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Jasper Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

( Almost as if on cue, the giant perks up. She knows that scream. She tiptoes to the every edge of the door, peering at Hela's sleeping form before rushing down the hall to a familiar well furnished office. A giant fist bangs against the door. )

Jekyll!

I know you're in there Jekyll, get out here!

( Nothing. He must be on an emergency call. She runs a meaty hand through her hair with she notices sweet bell-like notes floating down from the top floor. )

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Catt Hatter  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Good grief, how good are her ears?! Catt and Not-Allison are in an abandoned section of town really, really far away!)

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Jasper Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

( I'm not sure Gems have ears? With Jasper it's more like a sixth sense from her battle days. Also, depending on the size of Catt's vocal folds, her scream could be high enough to carry long distances. )

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Catt Hatter  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

(Wow, that's impressive. Catt enjoys singing, but only when no one is around, so her voice would definitely not carry across half of London. Also the whole abandoned part of town thing, I didn't expect anyone to come to the rescue. We'd kinda planned it that way... Is it okay that this tangent timeline isn't the main one? Or did HJ invite you? I'm sorry, I'm so surprised someone else showed up that I don't know how to deal with this. :\ )

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Jasper Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

( We weren't originally following this story, HJ was the one who mentioned it in a different discussion. If you want to continue suffering, go ahead, but let us know when you need the intervention. )

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Catt Hatter  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

(I don't mean to send you away! I just, um... I'd just rather it weren't the main story, if that's okay with you? I had planned on Catt being mopey and depressed afterwards and not tell anyone what happened. There's nothing saying that you can't join, I just, really didn't anticipate it! Now that you've started though, I'd be interested in seeing how this tangent went!)

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Jasper Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

( Ah it's okay, you two carry on. Jasper's probably going to find herself in the infirmary at this point. )

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Catt Hatter  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

(The infirmary? What's happening? Does she get hurt, or go try to find whoever she heard scream?)

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Jasper Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

( The dear old Dame she just called on is an auntie of two young boys. You don't ask her to guard a violent criminal without her sending you straight to mothersville. )

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Catt Hatter  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Ah, okay. Is she going to be alright?)

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Jasper Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

( There's nothing wrong with her. She's fine 😉 )

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Catt Hatter  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Okay good. \*sighs with relief\*)

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Jasper Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

( She'll probably end up being tranquilized though. )

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Catt Hatter  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Oh boy. 8T)

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Jasper Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

( 'Tori don't take smack from nobody! )

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Catt Hatter  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

(I'll be sure to remember that and stay on her good side!)

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Jasper Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

( It's pretty hard not to .3. )

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Catt Hatter  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Well that's good. :) )

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Jasper Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

( She may be a Prima Donna, but she's one of the most stable amiable people in the Society. You do not have to worry about suffering at her hands...beyond what a child would have to go through anyway. )

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Catt Hatter  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Catt might need someone like that soon, given what's happened. Would that be okay?)

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Jasper Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

(Victoria, erm, the MADAME adores Catt! she'd be delighted to have her company! )

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Catt Hatter  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

(Great! Thank you! :D )

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Madame La Déchante  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

( A few minutes more and the singing stops abruptly when the door nearly comes crashing down. The Prima Donna had been rehearsing her latest aria when the thunder so rudely interrupted her own. She opens the door. )

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Jasper Jekyll  Madame La Déchante • 3 years ago

( Before she has a chance to speak, Jasper interrupts her again. )

I need you to guard Hela.

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Madame La Déchante  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

You...want me...to guard an attempted serial killer?

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Jasper Jekyll  Madame La Déchante • 3 years ago

Yes.

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Madame La Déchante  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

Erm ( She gingerly guides The woman back behind her auditorium and into her dressing room. ) Why don't you have a bit of a lie in, mm? You're not quite looking very well. Just rest here. ( She guides the giant onto her bed. )

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Jasper Jekyll  Madame La Déchante • 3 years ago

I don't NEED rest.

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Madame La Déchante  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

Oh come now, all creatures big and small require rest.

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Jasper Jekyll  Madame La Déchante • 3 years ago

( She stands up, pushing the lady aside. ) If you don't want to take the shift, that's fine. I'll find someone else.

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Madame La Déchante  Jasper Jekyll • 3 years ago

( In one swift motion, the diva flips her back onto the bed, landing a tiny syringe in her thigh. ) You're not going anywhere until your hysteria has calmed.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Madame La Déchante • 3 years ago • edited

(Oh snap! XD )

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Madame La Déchante  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

More like tranquilized, actually.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Madame La Déchante • 3 years ago

(OHHH!!! XD )

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

We can agree on that. \*The figure chuckled.\* But I'm still going to help you...because that's what friends do...\*The figure pressed the fire and hot wax into Catt's open wound. The sweet smell of burning flesh filled the air. It made Catt gag. The flame sizzle and pop as the wound is cauterized and the flow of blood lessened to a trickle.\* ...at least that's what you taught me.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*Catt cried out as the heat fused her skin. It was hard to think through the pain, but she couldn't help but wonder if she had meant what she'd just said. It would be a miracle if Alli considered them to still be friends.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

\*After what felt like forever her captor pulled the candle away from the wound, leaving a gaping hole all the way down to the broken bone. The figure brought the candle close to her face.\* ...I want you to get a good look at this flame Catt, because it will be the last time you'll ever get this close to your precious light again. \*And with that the figure pinched the flame between their fingers, turning fire to smoke. The room was once again enveloped in darkness.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*Outside the wind rattled the windows again. The screaming had stopped so he had to trust his memory if he was going to hope to find her. A fortuitous breeze wafted the familiar smell of iron, and of her. He changed course, it wasn't far now.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

\*As Catt's eyes readjusted to the darkness she could see her captor placing the candle back into her satchel and pulling out something new as they walked around to her right side. The snap of rubber against skin echoed around her. A gloved hand rested against her cheek and a thumb gently wiped away Catt's tears.\* ...You're makeup is smudged.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*Catt didn't flinch as the hand moved across her eyes. Her breathing still ragged, she made another attempt to speak.\* I, I don-n't wear mak-ke-up. \*She croaked, the recurring make-up reference didn't make sense to her. It was the only thing that didn't.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*The figure pulled out a vial and uncapped it, placing a cloth over the top.\* Oh but you do... \*The turned the vial upside down letting it's contents soak into the fabric.\* ...and I'm going to help you remove it. \*They capped the vial and placed it back into the satchel.\* I'm going remove the lies you use for makeup, reveal what you face truly looks like.

\*The figure began to rub the cloth on Catt's cheeks, temples, and forehead. It doesn't hurt...at first. As her captor stroked her face and it grew warmer and warmer. The figure stepped back and watched intently. Catt was unsure of what was supposed to happen but then she feels it. A warm sticky liquid ran down her scalp and neck. It pooled in her ears.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*She opened her mouth, but words were forgotten as she felt her cheeks, and everywhere the liquid had touched, dissolve. Her face was burning, melting under the heat of whatever chemical had been spread across her pale skin. The smoldering pain brought fresh tears, which fell unbidden to trace lines of fire down her already searing flesh.

If one were to hear her cries, they would think her throat was being crushed as she fought desperately to draw a full breath. The sound was broken and garbled, almost beyond recognition. However, the silent figure peering through the window would know that voice anywhere, no matter what its condition. After all, he had been hunting her for decades. And right now her choking, fractured sobs were music to his ears.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

\*Catt's captor didn't notice the figure in the window as she was much too absorbed watching her prey writhe in agony. She waited and watched as Catt's skin turned red, liquid bits running off her face. Soon specks of blood appeared as the lye ate through to her blood vessels. The specks pooled with the soup of flesh, slowing turning it to a deep crimson color.

She had perfected this technique over the years. Testing, watching, and waiting until the lye had almost just eaten through to the nerves. It had taken her a while to know when was the correct time to start phase 2. Too early and the nerves wouldn't be exposed, too late and there would be no nerves to expose.

Her tormentor watched as Catt gurgled, trying to get a scream out as the chemical ate through the lies and deception that made up her flesh. It was time.

Catt gasped from the pain trying to catch her breath. Suddenly she couldn't breath at all as gallons of water washed over her face. She tried to suck in air but only got a lung full of water. Her chest burned. Her face burned. But her face didn't burn with that of chemicals, no it felt different. It felt like the burning of a candle's flame--no of a roaring fire, as though the lye had turned to blazing inferno that burned water like gasoline.\*

Most of my...playmates...normally pass out by now. \*She heard her tormentor say as the flood ended. They almost sounded proud.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*Catt gagged and spluttered on the water, the cold liquid sent her mind reeling back to when she had nearly drowned in the river all those months ago. But this time there was no Dr. Helen to save her. No one even knew she was gone. The breeze caused white walls of pain to come crashing over her mind with every movement. It felt like something was tugging at her, pleading her to just fall asleep and let it all go. But, had Alli just said something? She couldn't focus, couldn't remember what those words meant. She moaned softly, physically drained and mentally exhausted.

Her eyes stared absently out the window, there were no stars to light the lonely sky. Only a grinning shadow that covered half the glass pane as the wind shook it once more.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

\*Her once friend gently dabbed away the excess water and lye from Catt's face with a towel.\* I know you're tired but you cannot fall asleep yet...I'm not done playing with you. \*As the water drooled out of Catt's mouth, the figure delicately wiped it from her exposed nerves. It hurt but the burning sensations lessened to a stinging.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*Catt merely groaned, her mind too far gone to make sense of anything her senses told her. There was just pain, a continuous haze of pain that swayed her gaze around the room. Was someone laughing?

The shadow at the window couldn't contain his delight at seeing his prey so weak and pitiful. He laughed loud and heartily, though it almost sounded like he was coughing as he dropped down into the room, perching on a stack of old crates labeled "Felt."\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*Not Allison whipped around to face the intruder, growling. This man-- (Not Allison blinked as this...thing. She didn't know what it was but she was sure it wasn't human so the best description she could come up with for it was thing. ) --This thing had just walked into her private engagement with Catt. Her Catt. Laughing like a hyena no less! This place was supposed to abandoned. It was abandon. History had made sure of that.\*

You better run off little monster! Don't you know this place is dangerous?!

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

Dangerous? I'm scarier than anything we're gonna see in this forest. \*He quipped, slipping into a Scottish accent. Regaining his composure, his form coalesced into one more recognisable as a young man.

Pale, translucent skin surrounded his cherry-red predatory eyes, covered by a white collared shirt and pants. His black vest and hair matched his glossy black shoes. On a second look, Not Allison saw that where the soles of his shoes ought to have been, there were instead rows and rows of human teeth. The man growled mischievously,\* Mind if I watch?

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

Forest? \*Not-Allison shook her head.\* I don't care who or what you are! She's my Cat to skin and if you dare touch her, I'll destroy you! \*To prove her point Not-Allison picked up a nearby rock, swinging it over her head she slammed it hard into Catt's right hand, shattering several bones. Catt will never be able to extend her false hand of friendship again. Not-Allison thought.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*Catt cried out again as she felt her hand crunch under the rock. Everything was hazy, muffled voices, then another sharp pain in her left cheek caused her to yelp.

The man, in response to the threat, had jumped down from his perch atop the crates. Without breaking eye contact with the tormentor, he'd stepped up to the table and smacked the nearly unconscious girl across the face before Not Allison could stop him.\* All is fair in love and war. \*He leered.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*Not-Allison growled in rage as she pulled the knife from her satchel and leaped across the table at the man.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

\*The man's grin extended grotesquely across his face. He caught her by the wrists and flung her across the room, where she landed and rolled to her feet.

When Not Allison looked back at the man, he was standing on top of Catt, grinding his heel into her fractured leg. Catt screamed, her voice wavering as blackness clouded her vision.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*The wound in Catt's leg reopens and begins gushing blood everywhere.\* You fool! You've opened up a major artery! She's going to die! \*She once again rushes at the man, hoping to knock him off the table before he does anymore damage.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

\*The man leapt backwards off the table, landing as gingerly as a bird. He laughed, seeming to mock her concern.\* Legends are buggers to kill.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

Legends are only hard to kill because their legacies live on forever! \*Seeing the blood drip from the table and onto the floor, she knew Catt had lost too much to be saved. If she couldn't make Catt suffer for all eternity, then she would claim the next best thing...her life. Not-Allison plunged the blade into Catt's chest watching and waiting for the blood to come up through her mouth and the mechanisms that propelled her wretched existence forward to slowly grind to a halt.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*The man howled with laughter, jumping back on top of the crates to get a better view.

Catt's head rolled towards Not Allison, her eyes pausing briefly on the knife handle lodged in her chest, before meeting her tormentor's eyes. Blood came up into her mouth and dribbled down on the table. But the light in her eyes didn't go out, and her heart didn't stop beating.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

\*Not-Allison stared at Catt in shock.\* ...you're not dead...

\*As the idea sunk in she grew angry.\* WHY AREN'T YOU DEAD?!? \*She ripped the knife out of Catt's heart and began to repeatedly stab her with it, screaming all the while.\*

WHY

\*Chest.\*

DON'T

\*Neck.\*

YOU

\*Chest.\*

DIE!?!

\*Head.

That last blow went straight through her eye and deep into her skull.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*Catt's body convulsed each time the knife pierced her flesh. By the time the knife went through her head, she was unconscious.

The man continued laughing from atop the crates.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*Not-Allison's hand let go of the knife leaving it in Catt's skull. She panted from the emotions and fury of violence and turned back towards the man.\* ...why...isn't...she...Dead!?

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

Hats off to our volunteers! \*The man chuckled, savouring the spectacle.\* Hats off to a job well done!

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

You have a way with words. \*Not-Allison mumbled under her breath. The man was very odd but she understood his meaning. That Hatt, that hatt Catt always wore, it's what's keeping her alive. Not-Allison had tried taking it off earlier when she was tying Catt down but she couldn't grab it....As long that hatt was on Catt's head she wouldn't die. Not-Allison sighed in frustration and tried to grab it again just to make sure her hypothesis was correct.\*

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago • edited

\*Her hands grasped nothing, even though there had been no physical way for her to miss. The man watched contentedly.\* Burn baby, burn.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago • edited

\*Following the man's advice, which hadn't been wrong so far, Not-Allison pulls out a candle and lights it. She slowly raises it up to the hatt until the tip of the flame caresses the brim.\* Burn baby, burn.

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 3 years ago

\*Catt hurriedly grabbed the list and told Sort-of-Allison to wait there until she got back with the ingredients before taking off for her room.\*

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 3 years ago

\*Sort-of-Allison grabbed many loaves of bread before walking out of the kitchen to pace in an attempt to calm her nerves.\*

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