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[totallynotaspaz.livejournal.com]

Okay.

I need some help! I think I really need some help. I'm. I was in the training grounds earlier trying to. Hone my skills. But, I actually kind of stink and I can't do anything against these animals and I really need some assistance attacking them! So if it's not going to be any trouble, could someone please come down to the training grounds and help me?

It's kind of urgent, because I drank some water--okay, actually I drank a lot of water the past few days, I totally forgot about the 'stuff' inside it and I think I'm starting to feel the effects! I--I feel kind of funny and out of it and oh god

I'm scared

I'm so scared right now

How fast does this stuff take effect?

Okay, I'm going to try to go back into the training grounds and get some animal--um, maybe it's not too late still.

If anyone can make it here soon, I'd be so, so grateful.

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[And this? This is Danny, frazzled and panicked, clutching to a dinner knife in the middle of the training grounds like it's his last lifeline. As far as he's concerned, it very well might be. Any moment now, he's sure that an animal is going to creep up behind him and kill him, but. But he has to do this, or else he'll be dead anyway. In all the ways that matter.

So if you were kind enough to actually head down there and help the poor kid having a meltdown, you might want to be careful approaching him.]

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[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

[What the hell was all that?]

[All he'd gotten out of the message was that some kid was in the training center and, uh, possibly insane.]

[So, the worst possible person in Garden to do this is stomping around trying to find this kid, while kicking Grats away like they're footballs and he's the the Mirror Universe Charlie Brown.]

Hey! Uh, kid! Where ya at?!

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[totallynotaspaz.livejournal.com]

[OH MY GOD WHAT WAS THAT NOISE

Danny lets out a small shriek and practically RUNS away from his current hiding spot and into plain sight.

Which is when he realizes that what he heard was someone's voice. Oh thank god, help has arrived.]

Ummm--! I'm right over here!

[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

[Jeez, and he thought his OWN kid was a spaz!]

What's going on out here anyway? I was expectin' a lot more blood, maybe some limbs bending weird, the way yer message was goin'!

[totallynotaspaz.livejournal.com]

[HE IS NOT A SPAZ OKAY THIS IS AN EXCEPTION I mean]

I...haven't done anything yet. I-I tried a few times, but I'm not cut out for this sort of thing!

[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

Uh. Tried fighting?

...kid, how long've you been here?

[totallynotaspaz.livejournal.com]

A--a few days, I think.

...Why?

[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

And I'm guessin' ya didn't have any trainin' before ya came here, either.

[Because seriously, who spazzes out like that, you spaz?]

[totallynotaspaz.livejournal.com]

Uh...no. I...barely ever got to leave the house, actually.

[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

Then of course yer not suited for this! You don't have the slightest idea what you're doin'!

Yer supposed to take the classes on learnin' to use the weapons and the paramagic and the GFs and all that before ya start tryin' ta whack monsters!

[totallynotaspaz.livejournal.com]

I know, I know! I just--I don't know how long it'll be before the--before I'm---

[Okay. Okay. Calm down. Take a deep breath. Okay.]

I'm only doing this because I have to.

[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

Uh. Why? I mean... yeah, you're trainin' for it, but three days in?!

[totallynotaspaz.livejournal.com]

Well, I--I don't know how fast it happens, especially if you drink the water! By the time I know what I'm doing, I might already be braindead!

[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

[Blink.]

[He scratches the back of his head.]

Ya sure you're not already? I mean, have ya seen the T-Rexaurs in here, that you just came in to see like it was feedin' time at the zoo?

[totallynotaspaz.livejournal.com]

Well--w-what else am I supposed to do?! I don't want to be a zombie!

[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

...Zombie?

[totallynotaspaz.livejournal.com]

Yeah! Zombie--braindead--mindless--I-I don't want that to happen to me! I wouldn't be here at all if I didn't have to worry about that!

[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

What the hell are you talkin' about?!

[totallynotaspaz.livejournal.com]

T-the spores! The spores they put in everyone's brains--I-I need to drink some of the--the animal blood to keep the spores from taking over my mind!

[He is so hysterical right now he forgot that this is supposed to be ultra-secret.

He is so hysterical right now he also doesn't realize how absolutely bullshit sci-fi this sounds.]

[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

[Jecht cannot even begin to respond to this.]

[Seriously.]

[What.]

[totallynotaspaz.livejournal.com]

[Danny tries to keep himself calm, but fails miserably as he begins hyperventilating. He manages to keep it from getting any worse, though, by wiping his sweaty hands against his shirt to get a better grip on his 'weapon.']

[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

Kid.

[Groaning, Jecht facepalms, taking a moment to rub at his face, like this would give him some clue.]

Start over! At the beginning!

[totallynotaspaz.livejournal.com]

Oh, okay! Okay, um. I...It was when I just got here, a few days ago. This girl came up to me and told me that...that they put these spores inside me when I got here, and that later on they'd--multiply and completely take me over.

[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

And you believed her.

[totallynotaspaz.livejournal.com]

I--I just got transported to a whole different world where there's supposed to be real magic! I didn't--I don't know what to believe any more.

[nomark1or2.livejournal.com]

[Well THAT deflates him a notch (though he doesn't show it on the outside). After all, he's been in that situation twice now. He can understand a little.]

I've been here longer'n a year, and I practically live in the water. An' I ain't a zombie. Someone was playin' a joke on ya.

[Actually, it's kinda funny. But he isn't gonna admit that either!]