Monsterhearts:Blood on Your Hands

Thrusday August 21st, 6:15 AM
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**Illiadius**: **Rolling for Liam to** **Gaze into the Abyss** **6 + 5** **+2 Dark** **is 13. Choosing for the visions be lucid in image and sound.** **Marking Experience**

**The familiar stone hall he dreamed of the morning previously appears before Liam again. The large sarcophagus set at the back of the chamber. The strange white clay mask already hovers before the shadowy feathered form that hobbles through the chamber slowly.**

**Avarada**: *The second soul. You will find that she is of pure breed.* **He raises his hands forward, and a dull purple light that flickers with Principal Foxx's face appear. The light takes the shape of the principal, fallen onto the floor and weak.**

**???**: Yes... This one is of sufficient *PURITY*. **The mask floats foward, and Principal Foxx recoils, she attempts to crawl away from the hovering visage, but it's mouth stretches open, and the glow of Foxx's form is pulled into it as if the mask were breathing her in. She screams as the dull purple light of her soul funnels through the mask's open mouth and is refined into a white-hot beam that cuts through another chain. The process is much faster than when Adam's soul was used, and the smouldering chain bursts off, shattering along its length into specs of dust before it even hits floor. The mask closes its mouth and looks to the shadowed demon before it.** Five souls.

**Avarada**: **He nods slightly.** *And five we will soon have...*

**Liam is jarred from sleep by the loud pounding of his father's fist on the foor.**

**Otis**: Get dressed Liam! Get ready! Move it! **He pounds the door again one more time to punctuate his command.**

**Liam**: **He looks at his door and gets out of bed. He's in a pair of boxers and an old ripped shirt. He looks at Sunny and pats her a few times before heading over to his closet and getting some of his old clothes out. He yawns and heads for the door to his room.**

***Later that Morning...***

**Liam's dad drops him off at school, then drives off without saying another word. The fact that he even gave him a ride at all was unexpected. The school seems strangely empty. There's only a few other cars pulling in.**

**Liam**: **He looks around for a moment, wondering if he's late, and then walks towards the front gate.**

**As Liam reaches the front gate, it's closed and locked.**

**Nemo**: School's closed. **His voice comes from behind Liam and to his left. He's leaning against the flagpole, a few yards behind him.**

**Liam**: Huh? **He turns and looks to Nemo.** ...It is?

**Nemo**: Pricipal was murdered yesterday, remember? **He's lighting a cigarette.** Didn't you get a call? It's closed so the police can investigate the scene.

**Liam**: **He turns and looks back into the school. He sighs, now he's going to have to walk home.** ...Why are you here then? **He looks back to Nemo.**

**Nemo**: Was going to go check out the crime scene. Wanna come with? **He smirks as he takes a long drag of his cigarette.**

**Liam**: ...Huh? What? No. **He looks at Nemo strangely.** Why would I want to do that.

**Nemo**: You seem like the kinda guy who watches everything happen around him. Afraid to take a chance. **He walks towards the gate.**

**Liam**: **He looks down, uncomfortable.** I don't want to get in trouble.

**Nemo**: You dread the sight of what you think you've caused. **He leans up against the gate in front of Liam.**

**Liam**: **His expression goes blank for a moment before he realizes what Nemo is saying.** What? **He looks up at Nemo.**

**Nemo**: The action of a demon isn't *entirely* your fault, is it? You'll make it worse by doing *nothing*.

**Liam**: **He takes a step back.** ...How... I don't know what you're talking about.

**Nemo**: Let's can the charade, alright? **He breaths out a stream of smoke.** I know Shane's possessed. I know he, or more accurately, the thing inside of him, killed Foxx. I know it was only possible *because* of you.

**Liam**: **He looks down.**

**Nemo**: So are you going to stand around and let Chris play hero while he talks down to you? Are you just going to let everyone walk all over you, forever?

**Liam**: I deserve it...

**Nemo**: Do you? **He pulls his cigarette from his mouth.**

**Liam**: I got Shane possessed. It was my fault.

**Nemo**: If it's your fault, shouldn't you be taking ever measure to fix it?

**Liam**: **He looks up at Nemo.** Chris has a plan. We're going to stop the demon and save Shane.

**Nemo**: Chris's *mother* has a plan. A *bad one*. One that's dangerous for *everyone* involved. **He takes another drag from his cigarette.** Even Chris doesn't want to do it her way anymore. He's opted to try something faster, less convoluted, and safer.

**Liam**: ...What?

**Nemo**: He wants to cut you out of the picture. Thinks you're incapable of helping. **He narrows his eyes as he looks down at Liam.** You want to be on the sidelines while he plays hero? What's Shane going to think of you when Chris is the one that saves him?

**Liam**: **He looks frustrated, feeling betrayed by Chris.**

**Nemo**: You've let weakness define your *whole life*, Liam.

**Liam**: **He shakes his head.** I'm not going to be so easily manipulated! **He looks at Nemo.** You're lying about Chris!

**Nemo**: **He shakes his head very slowly.** I'm not a very good liar, besides, you know I'm telling the truth. I can see it in your eyes.

**Liam**: Why would *you* want to help me?

**Nemo**: Because I need help. *Your* help. You have a link to this demon, you're a witch. **He looks towards the front gate.** You see things, right? Recently you've dreamed of things.

**Liam**: **He narrows his eyes, remembering the vision he had this morning.**

**Nemo**: You help me, and I can teach you how to control it. **He turns and looks at Liam.** I can show you power enough to make sure no one walks all over you again. You can *take* what you want.

**Liam**: **He stills seems hesistant.**

**Nemo**: You're alone in the dark, Liam. Let me show you the way, and you'll be capable of great things... But you've got blood on your hands, so let me help you wash them... You need to *earn* your happy ending if you want it.

**Liam**: **He closes his eyes. He remembers what Coty said yesterday.** ...You're right. **He opens his eyes, looking at Nemo.** I let this demon trick me. Chris got people hurt, too, but he acts all high and mighty. Fuck him. I'm not gonna let this happen anymore. I'm gonna get what I want, and I'm gonna make sure no one fucks it up from now on. **He balls his hands into fists, filling with resolve.** Teach me.

**Nemo**: First lesson. **He backs up to the front gate and clangs his knuckles against the metal fence post.** Climbing. **He smiles.**

***Meanwhile...***

**Chris**: **He knocks on the door to Karen's house. It's early, but he doesn't want to waste the day. He needs to talk to her about what's happening.**

**There's a long delay before the door opens. Karen is on the other side, leaning on it, seeming to hold it partially closed to hide the interior.**

**Karen**: ...Chris. **She looks back into the house.** ...This really isn't a good time. **It looks like she didn't sleep well, and she's still dressed in the nightgown she was in two nights ago when Shane first revealed himself as possessed.**

**Chris**: Is something wrong?

**Lorelei**: **A feminie voice echoes forth from the door. It's loud and strict, but somehow pleasent at the same time.** Katharina was Sie an der Tür tun? Wir haben keine fertigen diese Gräueltat zu diskutieren!

**Karen**: **She winces at the sound of the voice. She turns and yells into the house.** Der Nachbar ist hier, ich sage, *ihn zu verlassen*! **She sighs and looks at Chris.** ...Sorry Chris, I'm still sorting things out with Adam's death... Family is here... I can't talk.

**Chris**: ...Oh... Sorry... Maybe later? **He looks at her hopefully.**

**Karen**: **She solemnly closes the door, not responding to him. Chris can hear her turn the lock. There's another barrage of shouting in german from inside the house.**

**Chris**: **He sighs, turning and walking away from the large house, he looks back at it a few times as he walks back to his house.**

**As Chris nears his house he sees Orion pulling out onto the street in a cream-white cadillac. He stops and rolls down the window, looking out at Chris.**

**Orion**: Not going to school today? **He's wearing his medical attire.**

**Chris**: School was cancelled, because of what happened yesterday. **He walks up to the side of Orion's car.** ...You going to work?

**Orion**: Something like that. **He looks forward and then back to Chris.** I'm going to check up on your friend, Brendan, if you want to accompany me.

**Chris**: **He looks at the towers of the mansion, with everything that's happened he hasn't really made time to check up on Odie.** ...Yeah.

**Orion**: Hop in. **He rolls up his window.**

**Chris**: **He walks around the car and gets in the passenger side, putting on his seatbelt.** ...We're paying for all of Odie's medical right?

**Orion**: As per your wishes. **He looks at Chris.** You still feel responsible?

**Chris**: **He nods.**

**Orion**: Well maybe you'll feel better after today. **He speeds up a little as they get on the main road.**

**Chris**: **After a long quiet pause he looks to his uncle.** Have you ever fought any demons?

**Orion**: Can't say that I have.

**Chris**: ...Have you fought anything?

**Orion**: Fought your mother once... That ended... Poorly.

**Chris**: What? Really? **He looks surprised.** What was it like?

**Orion**: It was a verbal quarrel... **He pauses.** ...For the most part. Natalya has a way of... Injuring members of her family. I highly recommend that you keep from her bad side.

**Chris**: ...I think I'm already on her bad side. **He looks out the window.**

**Orion**: She offered to help you, didn't she?

**Chris**: **He nods slowly.** Yeah. I guess.

**Orion**: When you get on her bad side... You'll know.

***Meanwhile...***

**Nemo and Liam have snuck into the school. It looks like it's mostly empty as they make their way to the pools. As they arrive they see a police car, parked right outside the pool area. A black pontiac firebird is parked next to it.**

**Nemo**: **He walks up next to the pumphouse and looks out at the pools. He whispers.** This isn't so bad, right? **He looks back to Liam.**

**Liam**: **He quietly sneaks up behind him and looks around. He whispers quietly.** ...Why are we here again?

**Nemo**: To get a better look at the scene. **He narrows his eyes, watching an older grizzled man in a brown trench coat that's about ten yards away. He's looking at the scene, pulling back the plastic coating that's overlayed the blood, though most of it looks like it's been cleaned up.** ...Detective... Back in town... **Officer Bishop walks up next to him.**

**Liam**: I think that's Odie's boss... **He leans passed Nemo a little to get a better view.**

**Murdoc**: **He stands up, letting the plastic fall back in place.**

**Officer Bishop**: Well?

**Murdoc**: I'll have to see the body, but it looks like she was dragged here, by a very strong individual. **He motions to the trail of blood beneath the plastic.** Then ripped apart.

**Officer Bishop**: So for once, you actually think a person did this? **She sounds surprised.**

**Murdoc**: Didn't say that. **He looks at Bishop.**

**Officer Bishop**: Well based on an array of five punctures on her shoulder, we think it was a male. He had a wide palm, long fingers, likely had some kind of sharp knives on his finger tips. We're not sure yet.

**Murdoc**: **Something seems to catch his eye.** Give me a moment alone with the scene, will ya? **He looks at officer Bishop.**

**Officer Bishop**: Yeah... I'll leave you alone to work your "spooky". **She turns and walks off towards the exit of the pool yard.**

**Liam**: **He's starting to get real nervous.** Seen what you needed to see yet?

**Nemo**: No.

**Murdoc**: **A white robed figure suddenly seems to fall from the sky and lands on the ground next to Murdoc. Murdoc jumps and stumbles slightly, the figure obviously startling him, and he slips on the plastic, falling backwards towards the pool.**

**???**: **One of his hands darts out and grabs Murdoc's wrist, pulling him away from the pool. He's wearing a fairly ornate white hooded garment with short sleeves that hides his face. His baggy white shorts are tied to his legs just below the knees with white tape. His clothing has golden accents along the edges, but he's wearing normal sneekers, black Nikes, which contrast with the rest of his out of place outfit. He has tanned skin, but his face is hidden within his hood.**

**Murdoc**: Christ, kid. What the hell? **He straightens his coat as the young man lets go of him.**

**Nemo**: **He sighs.** *That's* what I was afraid of...

**Liam**: Did he just fall from the sky? **He looks up, and then looks back at the hooded figure.**

**Nemo**: **He moves back, hiding a bit better.**

**???**: Been a while, Mr. Murdoc.

**Murdoc**: Detective. *Detective* Murdoc.

**???**: Find anything?

**Murdoc**: Nothing of note, other than the obvious fact that this wasn't done by a normal man. If you're here it *must* be serious.

**???**: The whole area has been defiled by a demonic presence. I can practically smell it. **He looks around, after a moment he turns to look in Liam and Nemo's direction.**

**Nemo**: **His eyes go wide and he ducks behind the wall, pulling Liam with him. He whispers very quietly.** Let's get the hell out of here before he spots us. **He turns and crouch-runs towards a back gate.**

**Liam**: **He moves as quickly as he can after Nemo, almost crawling on all fours.**

***Meawhile...***

**Chris and Orion are in Odie's hospital room. Odie laying on his side, and he's all wrapped up in gauze and large bandages. There's tubes going in and out of his arms and mouth, and his eyes are taped shut. His skin is pink and blotchy, like it's blistering up in places due to it being so inflamed.**

**Orion**: Considering that he was assaulted with hellfire, your friend is in excellent condition. **He's in the corner, looking over Odie's patient report.**

**Chris**: ...That's... Almost comforting I guess...**He raises an eyebrow at his uncle.**

**Orion**: He stabilized quickly. He's stronger than he looks. **He puts the patients report down and opens his doctor's bag.**

**Chris**: **He looks from Odie's bandaged body to his uncle, then back to Odie.** Sorry this happened Odie.

**Orion**: **He pulls a small bottle of red liquid from his bag.** Accidents happen. **He grabs a small syringe from his pocket and pierces the needle into the cap, pulling some of the red liquid up into the syringe. He moves over to Odie and injects it into his IV drip.**

**Chris**: What's that? Medicine? **He watches him inject the liquid.**

**Orion**: It should help speed his recovery. **As he finishes injecting the liquid he grabs the bottle and the syringe, putting them both into his bag.**

**Chris**: **He looks to Odie.**

**Orion**: Let's go grab a bite to eat. I'm starving. We'll come back to check up on him afterward. **He grabs the patient profile and writes something down.**

**Chris**: ...Yeah. Alright.

***Meanwhile...***

**Nemo and Liam are walking down the road, away from the school. Nemo is walking at a very quick pace.**

**Liam**: **He runs up next to Nemo.** So, wait, who *was* that?

**Nemo**: He's a demon hunter. A good one. **He turns into the school parking lot, making his way across it to get to the other side of the school.**

**Liam**: A-Wait, what? A demon hunter? Doesn't that mean he's a good guy? Shouldn't we be asking him for help?! **He looks back at the school, in the direction the swimming pools are.**

**Nemo**: I don't think he'll entertain the uniqueness of the situation very well.

**Liam**: I don't understand, what do you mean?

**Nemo**: You summoned a *demon*, Liam. He hunts *demons*. Get it? **He looks back at Liam, zipping up his leather Jacket as he does. The sky has started to become cloudy, and it looks like it might start raining.**

**Liam**: Oh... So... He's not a good guy? **He sounds a little confused.**

**Nemo**: Not everything is so black and white. He's a good person, he's just not *good* for *us*. **As they reach the other side of the school, Nemo picks up his pace even more, running towards a black motorbike.**

**Liam**: **He runs after him to keep pace.** What are we doing now?!

**Nemo**: That all depends on you, Liam. **He gets on his bike and looks back at Liam.** You want to start learning how to control your gifts?

**Liam**: That's the only damn reason I'm here! **He crosses his arms over his chest.**

**Nemo**: **He grabs a helmet from the back of the motorbike and holds it out to Liam.** No time like the present.

***Meanwhile...***

**Orion**: **He's in line at the hospital cafeteria.** There's something about hospital food that I've always liked. **He piles on a few Salisbury steaks that look like something from a cheap TV dinner.**

**Chris**: **He frowns slightly.** When you said we were going to go get food, I thought you meant from an actual... Food joint... **He looks into the window. There's a tray of brown squares with red syrup on them that shake slightly, like they're made of jello or pudding. A small sign is sticking out from them that says "Enchiladas".** ...I feel like eating here will shorten my lifespan, *considerably*.

**Nurse**: **She's next in line behind Chris.** Oh, you talking about the "enchiladas"? **She has long, straight black hair, and brown eyes. She looks like she might be half asian, and she's very short.** The first time you eat them, you feel like you're going to die, but once you build up a tolerance, it's like an addiction. **Her name tag says "Kira Kamiya" on it.**

**Chris**: **He looks over at her, unsure of what to say.**

**Kira**: Your body starts to crave the hospital food. Eventually, you can't even live without it anymore.

**Orion**: **He looks passed Chris, to the small young nurse, then looks away, not saying anything.**

**Chris**: ...That's horrible... **He bites the inside of his lip.**

**Kira**: It's my life now. **She leans forwards and scoops "enchiladas" onto her plate.** I'm just thankful that I work in the ICU, that way when my liver finally gives out, I'll already be in the hospital.

**Chris**: **He smiles nervously.** ...How... Totally morbid... **He looks at the food and gulps.**

**Orion**: **He reaches the register and pulls out his wallet. He pays for his food and walks over to one of the tables.**

**Chris**: **He sees that they're already to the register and just grabs a salad, paying for it and following his uncle. He tries to put some distance between him and that nurse.**

**Orion**: **As Chris sits in front of him he looks at the salad on his tray.** That all you're getting?

**Chris**: I've lost my appetite. **He opens the plastic lid on his salad and looks at it, unsure of if he should eat it.** ...Maybe I'll just get something on the way back home...

**Orion**: How are you progressing with your mother's trial? **He cuts his small steaks into pieces and then takes a bite.**

**Chris**: Uhh... Just need a witch, and the name... I guess. **He thinks about Nemo, still unsure of his "deal", despite having agreed to it.**

**Orion**: If you fail this trial, *then* you will see Natalya's bad side. **He takes another bite of his food.**

**Chris**: **He bites the inside of his lip again and looks down, wondering what she might do to him. After a moment he stands up.** I'm gonna go walk around, I don't feel like eating.

**Orion**: You don't want that salad? **He looks up at Chris.**

**Chris**: No, you can take it. **He walks off.**

**Orion**: **He grabs the salad and sticks his fork into it, eating the wilted lettuce. After a moment he shrugs slightly.**

***Meanwhile...***

**Nemo and Liam are sitting outside of a gas station, around the side. They're a few miles away from the school now.**

**Nemo**: **He's eating a microwaved breakfast burrito, sitting on the curb.** Alright. Lesson number two. You look into a reflective surface, and stare, visualizing what you want to see. **He reaches into his pocket and pulls out a small square mirror. He throws it to Liam.**

**Liam**: **His eyes go wide and he reaches out and catches it, fumbling it a few times before his finally grabs it less than a foot from the ground.**

**Nemo**: Go for it. **He grabs his cup of coffee sitting next to him and takes a long drink.**

**Liam**: **He looks around.** Right here?

**Nemo**: Yeah, why not?

**Liam**: **He sits down on the curb next to Nemo and looks into the mirror. After a short pause nothing happens.** I feel stupid.

**Nemo**: **He sighs.** Just, think of someone you want to see, stare into your reflection. That's all you have to do. We'll work on refining the technique later.

**Liam**: **He stares into the mirror intently, thinking of Shane.**

**Illiadius**: **Rolling for Liam to** **Gaze into the Abyss** **6 + 2** **+ 2 Dark** **is 10. Choosing the visions to be lucid in vision and sound.**

**Shane is sitting in his room. The carpet has been torn out, and he seems to be scratching something into the exposed cement floor.**

**Coty**: **He walks out of his room, wearing a pair of black boxer briefs and nothing else, it's obvious that he just woke up. He moves towards the bathroom, but stops, hearing the scratching from Shane's room. He looks through the open door, seeing Shane sitting in the center of his room, the torn up carpet all around him.** The fuck are you doing?

**Shane**: **His head turns, darting to look at his brother.** *Redecorating.*

**Coty**: **He walks up and stands in the door frame to Shane's room.** You had mom and dad spend all that money on that shitty blue carpet, and now you're tearing it right off the floor? They're gonna be pissed.

**Shane**: **He looks back to what he's doing. Liam can't see passed him. Due to the angle, all he can really see is Coty's backside and some of Shane's room between his legs. After a brief pause Shane responds.** *You've lowered your standards considerably, I could practically smell Liam's old, moth-ridden clothing on you during second period.*

**Coty**: **He crosses his arms over his chest.** Yeah? Rumor going around school that you were practically *on top of him* with lust. Your jealousy is showing.

**Shane**: *I've had far better.* **He continues scratching into the floor with something.**

**Coty**: You mean the guy who called you a faggot in front of everyone and pretty much ruined your whole social life? **He leans against the door frame and crosses his legs.** If the best you've done is getting used and then tossed to the trash, that's just fuckin sad, bro.

**Shane**: *You want that whimpering pile of trailer park excrement, take him.* **He looks back at his brother.** *He's filthy, weak, pale, malodorous...*

**Coty**: He's not so bad. Nice and slim, tastes good. The trashy poor kid look sucks but that just means he needs a little fixing up... Plus he's clueless. Wilts like a little flower every time I so much as look at him... And when I'm splitting him open in the next room over, you'll be alone in your bed, probably rubbing one out while you listen to me deflower that flower... **He pushes away from Shane's door and walks towards his bathroom.**

**Shane**: **He turns away from his brother. He murmurs to himself as Coty walks into the bathroom.** *Only if you think corpses moan...* **He stands up and heads out of his room, moving from Liam's sight. There's a symbol of some kind that's partially scratched into the floor, though it looks unfinished, and the angle makes it difficult to see.**

**Nemo**: **His voice snaps Liam back to reality.** Looks like you're seeing something you like.

**Liam**: **He blinks several times and then looks around.** What the hell? **He looks behind him and then back to the mirror.** It really worked... That worked... I saw Shane, and his brother... **He thinks about the vision for a moment.** He was... Carving a symbol into the floor of his room... I couldn't see it.

**Nemo**: He's probably going to attempt a ritual. **He tosses his burrito to the trash.** Let's head over to my place, you can practice some more there, and we can test out what else I'll be able to teach you.

**Liam**: **He feels uneasy, and looks down at his hands, wondering if he's been able to control a power like this all along. He opens and closes his left hand once.**

***Meanwhile...***

**Chris**: **He walks up to one of the nurses stations and peaks over the panel.** Excuse me?

**Kira**: **She peaks out from behind a shelf stocked with medical materials. It's the same nurse from the cafeteria earlier.** Oh, hey there.

**Chris**: **The fact that it's the same nurse catches him off guard.** ...Uhh... Hi. I was just wondering if a guy named Leo was here somewhere, he's a friend of mine. Had his arm... Well he lost his arm.

**Kira**: Ahh... That guy. Yeah he's here. Room 212. He's got a shi-*Poor*. Poor attitude. But I don't blame him I'd be kinda kooky if I lost an arm... **She looks around to see if any of the hospital staff heard her.**

**Chris**: Thanks. **He silently wonders how she ate all of her food and got back to the nurses station in the time it took him to walk out of the cafeteria as he moves down the hall, looking at the room numbers on the door. After walking for a few minutes he sees room 212, and pauses with trepidation. After a moment he takes a step forwards and opens the door, slowly peaking into the room.**

**The room is dark, with the blinds drawn shut, but there's a sound of the TV on, and it's electronic blue light flickers across the room.**

**Chris**: **He walks into the room cautiously, and looks for Leo.**

**Leo**: **He's sitting in the corner, his eyes fixed on the TV screen hanging in the corner, which is showing a baseball game. He's leaning on his left arm, his right shoulder bandaged up. His eyes slowly turn to look at Chris for a moment, but then quickly look back to the TV.** I was wondering when you'd show up.

**Chris**: **He stops when he sees him, making sure to stay near the door.** I didn't think you'd still be here after all this time.

**Leo**: Parents are somewhere in Europe. I have no where to go to. **He keeps his eyes fixated on the screen.**

**Chris**: Why the hell did you think we had one of those Sigils?

**Leo**: Because one of you had one. Probably Shane. I'm guessing that demon possessed one of you by now. **He laughs slightly, it almost seems to be like a nervous tick, involuntary.**

**Chris**: **He tilts his head.** How could you know that?

**Leo**: Because I'm not an idiot, like you, *rich kid*. I actually had to work my ass off for everything I have, and learn how to deal with all of this the *hard* way. **There's the sound of a crack of the bat, and Leo lets out another quiet chuckle, but keeps his eyes glued to the screen.** Look where *that* got me...

**Chris**: If you think you're going to get me to pity you, after what you did to Odie... Don't even bother. **He feels a little unnerved by Leo's quiet laughter.**

**Leo**: I don't want your pity. You don't *matter*... None of this matters. Nothing. You and your demon possessed friends... The Sigils... The powers... Pacts... Nothing matters. **He lets out another slight laugh.** Heh... Heh hah...

**Chris**: So now you're completely indifferent, huh? Losing an arm would do that I guess. **He looks at Leo's bandaged stump.** Serves you right.

**Leo**: Why are you here?

**Chris**: I wanted to see if Odie's assailant was sufficiently punished. Looks like you're about halfway there. **He glares at Leo with obvious anger.**

**Leo**: So summon that demon and cut off my other arm. Oh wait, you *can't*, because it's eating away at your friend's soul. Heh... Heheh... The only comfort I have, is knowing that you and your friends summoned a demon, and *now* one or more of you *will die*, and it'll be your own fault for not listening to me when you had the chance. **The baseball game ends, and he turns off the TV with the remote.** You deserve a lot more pain than what's coming to you... Heh... Heheh...

**Chris**: You know if you had just talked it out with us, none of this would've happened.

**Leo**: HAHAHAH! **His laugh is really loud.** You're delusional! If you think this wasn't going to happen! You think that demon was just going to go back to bed? I had *nothing* to do with your screw ups! I hope I'm going to hell when I die, just so that I can watch *you* burning there *beside me*! HahahahahaeheheHAHA!

**Chris**: **He narrows his eyes at Leo, then takes a few steps back, closing the door to his room as he laughs. He's shaken by his hysteria.**

***A little while later...***

**Chris**: **He's walking back to Odie's room, having grabbed a magazine about cars from the gift shop. As he walks into the room he looks around for his uncle.**

**The curtain is drawn around Odie's bed.**

**Orion**: Is that you Chris? **His voice comes from beyond the curtain, from out of sight.**

**Chris**: Yeah. **He wonders what his uncle is doing.**

**Orion**: Close the door, please.

**Chris**: ...Alright. **He turns and grabs the door, closing it, then walking back towards the bed.** What are you doing? Is everything alright?

**Orion**: **He pulls the curtain aside. Beside him, sitting up in bed with his eyes open, is Odie.**

**Odie**: Everything's gonna be just fine, baby-doll. **He smiles at Chris. He doesn't look hurt at all.**