OOC: Logs
Here's the final log for this whole possession plot thing. not!Jeff gets found out, fights back, shit hits the fan several times, etc etc.


* Kacey PINs back in, looking around. No mepit tonight, she is here on Serious Business. ". . . has anyone seen Jeff?"
Nick_Wright: Eh? He's right here, why Kacey?
Jeff_Levitt: ...huh?
* Keaton glances at the girl who just appeared. He's used to PIN's now.
* Kacey blinks. Oh, well, that was easy and . . . yeah. She heads over to Jeff and peers up at him, fidgeting. "Um."
* Keaton returns to sipping his drink.
* Jeff_Levitt turns to her. Oh? Huh?
Jeff_Levitt: What's wrong?
* Kacey wrings her hands a bit. "Did you remember who I am yet?"
* Jeff_Levitt gives a sheepish smile. "Sorry..."
Kacey: Well, um.
* Kacey goes "um" a bit more and then gets over herself, already, and straightens up (to only two feet shorter than Jeff) and composes herself. "I wanna tell you something. But you gotta promise you won't think I'm crazy, 'cause we're friends when you're not LOLed."
* Jeff_Levitt watches Kacey. She... actually DOES look familiar, but he can't quite place it. Huh.
* Nick_Wright watches the two curiously.
Jeff_Levitt: ...Sure? I promise.
Kacey: . . . okay.
* Keaton is half listening to the conversations around him and half daydreaming as he sips his drink.
* Kacey huffs a breath and kicks at the floor with her sneaker. "I keep having bad dreams about you," she says, carefully and a bit more quietly. "And--" she gulps-- "and, sometimes my bad dreams are true."
Jeff_Levitt: ...What do you mean, bad dreams?
* Nick_Wright looks back to Jeff and Kacey.
* Jeff_Levitt is frowning, a little paler than usual. The idea that the dreams-- whatever they are-- could be true, is more than disconcerting.
Njoki: "Do you really? I ... if you really want, I could look into that. I don't know how, not yet."
* Nick_Wright sort of bounces back and forth between the two conversations.
* Jeff_Levitt is also giving the occasional glance over at the other conversation, though
* Nick_Wright finishes his drink. Ponders refill.
* Kacey is fidgeting again. "I-- there was a guy I heard about, I guess 'cause you're LOLed you don't remember him anyway? But he gassed the Sanctuary or something and I wasn't here but I dreamed about it--" she's gone beyond fidgeting to something near a panicked babble-- "before I /heard/ about it, even, but I been dreaming about him and you like you're a puppet on his strings and--"
* Kacey is going to breathe, now. And cough a bit.
Nick_Wright: [Wh...what?]
Jeff_Levitt: ...what?
Kacey: . . . yeah.
Jeff_Levitt: I'm sorry, wait, what?
* Keaton doesn't quite catch what Kacey's rambling is about at first but a few seconds later he pauses. Wait... what?
Nick_Wright: [LOLed... person on a string... and the Jeff who didn't recognize me... or Some's cooking... wait a second!]
* Jeff_Levitt fidgets, though it isn't entirely obvious.
* Nick_Wright frowns. He seems to focus a bit, and those observing with spiritual ability may notice the magatama around his neck growing green a bit.
* Keaton doesn't catch on quite so well. Soze /did/ have Jeff under his thumb for a while... but why bring it all up now?
Kacey: Puppets. On strings.
Nick_Wright: ...
Nick_Wright: !!! S-s-s-s-s-s...
Jeff_Levitt: ...I don't think that makes any sense.
* Nick_Wright backs THE HELL UP. "SOZE!!!
* Jeff_Levitt doesn't move.
* Kacey is ten years old and already spent today in the Clinics with her comatose friend DO YOU EXPECT HER TO BE COHERENT
* Keaton jumps a little and stares at Nick like he's lost it. Wait... this is the guy who can sense spirits...
* Fish stops chewing. Okayyy...
Nick_Wright: Exorcist... somebody who can exorcise, help
Nick_Wright: !
* Keaton looks directly at Jeff. There's no way...
Mr_Todd: .....
* Kacey jumps when Nick yells, and bursts into tears.
MikhailRamphet: Exorcist... what? What on Earth are you talking about?
Jeff_Levitt: ...
* Jeff_Levitt just... doesn't... move.
* Njoki looks over to the mess. What?!
* Nick_Wright points to Jeff shakily. "Soze... Soze's in Jeff's body!!!"
MikhailRamphet: ....what is a Soze?
* Some pauses, fully distracted, and leaves his fish to look out at the Sanctuary.
MikhailRamphet: Soze... wait, that man with the gas...
* Keaton is up in that moment, hand on his gun though it's not drawn. He watches Jeff carefully. He's still skeptical. Needs to be skeptical. "Well?"
* MikhailRamphet frowns at Jeff. "He is.. possessed?"
* Nick_Wright nods, looking pale.
Jeff_Levitt: This was all too good.
Jeff_Levitt: Wow.
* Njoki will let someone else deal with what may or may not be a possession. She's learned to keep out of these troubles.
* Keaton is trembling a bit now. Can't be. Can't fucking be.
* Nick_Wright would, but he can't. ;_;
* Mr_Todd scowls.
MikhailRamphet: What makes you so certain?
* Jeff_Levitt shakes his head, laughing quietly.
Nick_Wright: I... I can see it! He's there, possessing him!
Jeff_Levitt: And what are you planning on doing now, Nick?
Jeff_Levitt: God, this was really poorly planned on your part.
* Fish looks over to Njoki, wherever she may be. Facial language says: what the junk?
* Some totally knows he's better off with no soul now. This shit can't happen to him.
Nick_Wright: Gh...
Nick_Wright: I... gh...
* Keaton draws his gun shakily but... doesn't aim it at Jeff. He's remembering the AVF.
* Kacey sits down hard and cries. "I just wanted to help, okay, I just wanted to /help--/" It's perfectly okay to leave her alone for the moment, as she probably won't snap out of it for a good bit.
* MikhailRamphet narrows his eyes. Then again, if Nick were able to see that projection, maybe he does have a sixth sense. That, and it looks like the possessed man is agreeing with him.
* Njoki makes a face Fish to signify 'to the loft, Batman!'.
* Deb wanders in, currently in a sweater and jeans. She looks over at Keaton. o-o
* Nick_Wright totally has that light shining, the one that shows souls out. Mind, he's fully aware it's an exercise in futility.
Jeff_Levitt: Keaton, come on, you can't use a gun in here.
* Jeff_Levitt hardly sounds like Jeff at all anymore. He has the same voice, of course, but it's all... it's all out of place.
Deb: What's going on? *she fiddles with her glasses a moment*
Nick_Wright: [Aglaophotis... didn't Otto have some sort of stuff? I've gotta...] *begins reaching for his PIN to nake the call*
Mr_Todd: >_>
* ElizaHarker looks at Some, acutely aware of what he's offering her, and what it might mean if she says yes - but she, like Some, is completely bewildered by the goings-on of the outside, and when she sticks her head out she doesn't even notice Fish, she's so raptly attentive to the situation at hand.
* Keaton is pretty much frozen there. He can't believe what's happening. It was just too good. It's Jeff's voice... but... oh god.
Jeff_Levitt: Nick, please put that down. I'm not hurting anyone in here either, you know.
* Fish shakes his head, wearing the world's fakest grin. No, this is weird!
Nick_Wright: No, but who knows what you've been doing out there, you psycho? Get the hell out of Jeff!
MikhailRamphet: Hmph. The last time you attacked this place....
Jeff_Levitt: haha... this is just too good, I can't believe this.
* Njoki will stay, for Fish's sake. B|
Keaton: It's really Jeff...? *Keaton manages weakly. It's directed at Nick*
Jeff_Levitt: I'm not Jeff.
* MikhailRamphet stomps up to Jeff and attempts to slap him across the face.
Deb: o-o Anybody willing to clue somebody in here?
* Keaton was hoping it just /looked/ like Jeff. But if it's possession. Christ he can't shoot him...
Nick_Wright: It's Soze. He's in Jeff's body. Bastard... I should've seen it sooner when he didn't recognize me in the Nexus...
* Jeff_Levitt calmly, very calmly, stands up.
* Jeff_Levitt pulls a gun out of his jacket, OH HEY THERE.
* Keaton is still trying to wrap his mind around this. It's too much. OHGUN. Keaton has his gun trained on "Jeff" in a flash. Fuck.
Jeff_Levitt: It was nice while it lasted, I guess.
Deb: ... but isn't he dead? *unworried about the guns... mostly*
Nick_Wright: Wh... what the hell?! You said it yourself, you can't use that in here!
* Some comes out of the kitchen, still carrying his long boning knife. "What good do you think that's going to do any of you in here?"
* Bastet , in her impeccable timing, chooses about now to arrive
* Kacey curls up on the floor. "no, no, I wanted to /help/, stop it--"
* Nick_Wright looks at Deb. "Death isn't always the end."
Bastet: ...*blink*
Jeff_Levitt: Because I'm not planning on sticking around for much longer.
Keaton: Someone get the kid out of here. *Keaton hisses*
Deb: Yeah, but how'd he get from -there- to...
* Mr_Todd expects the fellow to hold himself hostage.
* Jeff_Levitt raises his gun in the air.
* Fish sneaks over to Njoki-- if Todd's near enough, he'll nod at the guy, 'sup-- then settle down into a seat next to her, all hunched up like a kid goofing off in the library. "Thiiiis is kinda messed."
Nick_Wright: !!
* Simon is a teenly looking lad, with a lean build bordering on Thin. He stops inside the hallway to tap the snow off of his boots and to tug his Too Big winter coat tighter. A gloved hand ruffles short black hair, skewing it all over the damn place. Inside the main room, he peers around at what all the noise is. Where is everyone?
* Mr_Todd is sitting near her.
Jeff_Levitt: Hey. Anyone feel like taking a stroll?
* MikhailRamphet forgets about the slapping thing, and attempts to grab Jeff's gun.
Nick_Wright: ?!
* Jeff_Levitt jerks away, oh don't you dare.
Simon: "WHOA SHIT HE'S GOT A GUN!"
* Some pulls the hood of his hoodie up, because if that gun goes off, the avf doesn't usually stop the muzzle flash.
Keaton: What are you on about? *still has his useless gun trained*
* Simon dives into the kitchen! D:
Njoki: "More than kinda, yes." There's room on the arm of the chair for a Fish?
MikhailRamphet: rgh- hand that over, you brute!
* Mr_Todd watches. Or not.
* Jeff_Levitt laughs. "Excuse me?"
Jeff_Levitt: Excuse me...?
Jeff_Levitt: Like I said, I'm going to take a stroll.
* Bastet blinks
Jeff_Levitt: Anyone who wishes to join me, of course, is welcome.
Nick_Wright: What're you planning to do?!
* Jeff_Levitt completely ignores Nick.
Keaton: You fucking... *Keaton's gun hand is shaking.*
Jeff_Levitt: I'd like to remind you, though, that this isn't my mind
* Fish perches! ...and glances over to the kitchen, because, yelling.
Jeff_Levitt: And if you try anything it's just... well, it isn't going to work too well.
Jeff_Levitt: I'll see you later.
* Jeff_Levitt leaves for the yard, still holding his gun above his head.
Nick_Wright: Jeff... damnit! If I could just exorcise spirits...
* Keaton stares after him for only a moment. Fuck. He follows quietly.
* Some can't follow. Guns are involved, he's no help at all.
* Deb starts after him, after just a moment.
Bastet: Okay, what the heck's going on?
Deb: He's been possessed.
* MikhailRamphet runs after Jeff, drawing his sword.
* Kacey gets up and follows. Why, she couldn't say.
Bastet: ..Uh-huh
* Nick_Wright knows this is fucking stupid. There's an AVF in here. But if Soze does something to Jeff... He grits his teeth and follows.
* Some groans through his teeth. Why is everyone being a fucking moron and following him. "Kid! Don't go out there!"


In the yard


* Jeff[yard] strolls out into the yard, taking the occasional glance back behind him. Not that it matters.
* Keaton moves out into the yard and trains his gun on Not!Jeff. Like it'll do any good.
* Jeff[yard] cocks his head, ever so slightly, and turns around.
Jeff[yard]: Hey.
Keaton: Keyser. *He practically snarls.*
* Deb comes out a few moments after Keaton, hands held together in front of her. She doesn't exactly look that imposing, what with being a casually-dressed early-teenage girl.
* MikhailRamphet comes rushing out with Keaton, sword drawn.
* Kacey|yard comes out and sits down on the steps right outside the Sanctuary, arms wrapped tightly around her knees; she's still crying, and her shoulders are shaking, but she wants to /know/ what's happening.
* Nick_Wright darts out. "You bastard..." He hovers by the door, though, where the AVF is still functional.
* Keaton automatically moves in front of the child. For Christ's sake wasn't anyone tending to her?
Nick_Wright: Kacey, get back here, that man is dangerous.
* Deb glances back at Kacey, hesitating a moment before her attention goes back to Jeff.
Jeff[yard]: There are a lot more people than I thought.
Jeff[yard]: God.
Jeff[yard]: Haha. This is -amazing.-
Jeff[yard]: I love this place.
Kacey|yard: I was trying to help.
* Kacey|yard is really kind of a broken record, right now.
MikhailRamphet: ....che... you were the man who attacked the Sanctuary with gas.
Jeff[yard]: Aw. Good one. Yes, that's right.
Nick_Wright: I know, honey, I know, but we've gotta get you back in here. Please.
* Kacey|yard huddles down a little more and shakes her head.
* Keaton remains near Kacey, though he'll move if he needs to. He's hoping Nick can handle her.
* Jeff[yard] isn't raising his gun, but.
MikhailRamphet: And now, what? You're hoping to kill the man you possessed?
Jeff[yard]: Oh, no.
* Deb is smiling just a little, for some reason.
Jeff[yard]: I'm hoping to kill a few of you first.
Jeff[yard]: And of course, if Jeff dies... I mean, ha ha, it's not like I'm in any trouble, because I'm already dead, right?
* Keaton 's finger tightens a bit on the trigger. Fuck. Fuck.
Jeff[yard]: Maybe I'll just slip into one of you.
* Nick_Wright heads over. "Please, Kacey, you don't have to get involved with this. We're the ones he wants..." He glares at Soze as Soze says that, but.
Deb: Go ahead and try. *shrug*
MikhailRamphet: What makes you think you will actually be able to harm /anyone/ here?
* Jeff[yard] tilts his head, ever-so-slightly.
* Kacey|yard stares at Jeff, and shakes. "'m inside the AVF." She thinks.
Jeff[yard]: What makes you think I won't?
MikhailRamphet: The fact that you are outnumbered.
Nick_Wright: That hasn't stopped him before. He's nuts.
Keaton: Get out of his body. *It's like talking to a brick wall but what can he do? The situation is pretty shitty*
Nick_Wright: Kacey...
Jeff[yard]: Weren't you listening before?
Jeff[yard]: You can't kill me.
* Nick_Wright stays next to her.
Deb: You're talking like there's nobody here who can deal with spirits.
Jeff[yard]: And don't worry, Keaton.
Jeff[yard]: I'll be out soon enough.
* MikhailRamphet flourishes his weapon. Like a rapier is going to do anything against a guy with a handgun! "And this time, you have made the mistake of angering a Royal Knight."
Jeff[yard]: Can you deal with spirits, Miss?
* Nick_Wright looks to Deb hopefully.
Deb: It's not my main area of study, but- yes.
* Jeff[yard] raises his gun, suddenly, and fires at her.
* Keaton leaves Kacey to Nick and moves to a better position. /Why/ he has no idea since he really doesn't want to shoot Jeff. At least he feels like he's doing something.
Nick_Wright: NO!
* Kacey|yard whimpers.
* MikhailRamphet takes advantage of the distraction to charge at 'Jeff', cutting the distance on his long legs and thrusting his sword out at the man's gun hand.
* Deb is shot in the shoulder, very obviously... and despite the sudden hole and bleeding there, she barely moves. "Ow."
Nick_Wright: Doing that in front of a child... you really are heartless, Soze...
* Jeff[yard] spins away, giving a frantic shot at Mikhail, now.
* Keaton nearly fires automatically but restrains himself, gritting his teeth. No one's hurt badly. Not yet.
* Bastet[Yard] comes jogging out here, a long handle appearing in her hand via PINpoint
Nick_Wright: Don't hurt Jeff!
* Jeff[yard] has been nicked, though, and his sleeve is torn just above the wrist. He's starting to bleed.
* Kacey|yard stiffens and, inexplicably, glares at Nick for a moment-- which is better than being curled up and whimpering, but still. She's perpetually baffled and confused by the idea grown-ups here have that they need to /protect/ her from knowing about death.
Jeff[yard]: Fuck.
Bastet[Yard]: Yeah, fun word, that.
Jeff[yard]: Oh, great, someone else. Hello there.
* Bastet[Yard] holds the device behind her. It looks like some sort of hilt or something.
Bastet[Yard]: Hi :|
* Nick_Wright is overprotective, wut.
MikhailRamphet: *with a grunt and a loud metallic 'clang', Mikhail stumbles back and slips, falling onto his butt.*
Keaton: Nick... what can we do? *Keaton moves a little closer to him, talking quietly.* No one here can handle this shit? *For Christ's sake the Nexus has EVERYTHING and now they are suddenly short an exorcist?*
* Bastet[Yard] is /not amused/ at this BS.
* Deb 's hands flick, and there's an explosion of light and sound not more than a foot or two in front of Jeff - and all, somehow, mostly aimed in his direction, so that to everyone else there's a flash and a thump, but to him it's blinding and deafening, almost-but-not-quite painful.
Jeff[yard]: Man, Jeff is going to hate this cut in the mornin-- ??
Nick_Wright: ?!
* Jeff[yard] drops to the ground.
Kacey|yard: !
* Bastet[Yard] flinches slightly when she does that. Nngh, that felt weird.
Bastet[Yard]: ...
Jeff[yard]: ...ah... god.
* MikhailRamphet drops his sword and half-crawls over to Jeff, ignoring the pain in his shoulder and attempting to restrain the man. Fortunately for him, he'd bothered equipping one of the few pieces of armour he wears... a decorative pauldron over his right shoulder.
* Deb is shaking a little, but it's not affecting her pace as she jogs towards Jeff -too- much.
Bastet[Yard]: How long will that keep him stunned?
* Bastet[Yard] is jogging that way too
* Nick_Wright continues to stay with Kacey. "Can you extract the spirit? I... I can do things, but I can't do anything like that..."
* MikhailRamphet is 6' even and in peak physical condition, so getting a scrawny weakling like Jeff in a wrestling hold shouldn't be too difficult for him.
* Jeff[yard] 's gun hand flinches. He shoots up, once, and tries to jerk himself away.
* Nick_Wright winces.
Bastet[Yard]: Gah!
* Deb tries to kick Jeff's gun away - pretty hard. It might hurt something if he's holding it tightly enough.
* Keaton remains with his gun trained but there isn't much he can do at this point.
Bastet[Yard]: If someone can get the ghost out, I think I can banish him.
Jeff[yard]: [no no no no]
* Jeff[yard] is able to jerk his hand away from the kick, but barely.
* Jeff[yard] tries to pull it away from Mikhail.
* MikhailRamphet doesn't even flinch at the sound, slowly working the man's hands down towards the snow. He attempts to shift behind Jeff to better restrain him.
Nick_Wright: Soze... why'd you have to go after Jeff... I was the one who got you caught...
Jeff[yard]: fuck it.
* Jeff[yard] jerks his hand away, aims for his OWN HEAD, and fires.
Bastet[Yard]: -!!!!
Nick_Wright: NOOOOOO!
Bastet[Yard]: SHIT
MikhailRamphet: Urgh!
* Bastet[Yard] rarely curses, so.
* Kacey|yard shrieks.
Deb: F- o-o
* Keaton watches, stunned. Oh... fuck.
Bastet[Yard]: o_o
Nick_Wright: Jeff... Soze, you goddamn son of a bitch!
* Jeff_Levitt twitches.
Keaton: Fuck. *Keaton lets his gun arm drop.*
* Soze 's spirit is nowhere to be found. Is he still inside Jeff? Is he away somewhere? Is he in somebody else...?
* Kacey|yard bursts into tears again.
* MikhailRamphet , still clinging to Jeff, gets an artistic spray of blood across his face. "Grh!"
* Nick_Wright begins looking around frantically, magatama on full blast.
* Bastet[Yard] is reaching out with her own mystical senses as well, where is he...?
* Jeff_Levitt 's eyes suddenly open, staring blindly.
* Keaton realizes this isn't over when everyone else starts "searching". Right. He's still somewhere.
* MikhailRamphet wrenches the gun from his hand, a little too late, and throws it away.
Soze: *Meanwhile, there.... something really weird going on with the blood. It's... trickling off towards Jeff's left. Wait, what?*
* Bastet[Yard] tightens her hand on the hilt of the device she's holding.
Bastet[Yard]: ...O_o
Kacey|yard: O.O
* Jeff_Levitt suddenly takes a deep, shuddering breath. And he really, really shouldn't be doing that, what with the BIG FUCKING HOLE IN HIS HEAD.
MikhailRamphet: ...dear Lord...
Nick_Wright: J...Jeff?
Bastet[Yard]: ....o_o
Keaton: Jesus...
Nick_Wright: How...
Bastet[Yard]: What the /hell/.
* Deb pulls a vial from between her hands - where it actually came from isn't clear - and wrenches it open, trying to force the (blue, fizzy liquid) contents into Jeff's mouth. (It's a healing potion, but not really rated for injuries -that- bad.)
Jeff_Levitt: *The big fucking hole in his head that's...slowly getting smaller.*
* MikhailRamphet is horrified, but tries not to lose his grip on the man, especially as it looks like he's still got some kick in him after all.
* Jeff_Levitt doesn't swallow. The liquid just trickles out of his mouth.
* Kacey|yard gets up from the steps, finally, and goes to see what's going on. She's still shaking and huddled in on herself, and staring a bit blankly.
Soze: *The blood, meanwhile is building upwards, or... something. It's folding on top of itself, forming patterns and glistening blue waves and it's all very beautiful, and slightly horrifying, because wait a second, is that a LUNG? Okay, now that's just freaky*
* Nick_Wright is staring, and notices something out of the corner of his eye. The blood...?
Bastet[Yard]: ...Oh god. It's reforming into him or something
Keaton: ..... *Looks very pale*
Deb: ... o-o
Kacey|yard: . . .
Nick_Wright: Oh HELL no.
Soze: *Yeaaah, pretty much.*
* Deb drops the vial, bleeding a little from her shoulder onto Jeff's body.
* Kacey|yard backs up a step.
* Bastet[Yard] will try to do the obvious thing and blast it to bits with a dark magic bolt of energy before it fully reforms.
Soze: *The forming speeds up, though, all of a sudden, waves and waves and waves and patterns and oh, hey, look, that's definil-- oh*
* MikhailRamphet gets even more blood on him. As Jeff's body goes slack, he realizes that there's no point in holding it and... "....dear God."
Soze: *For whatever reason, though, despite the GAPING HOLE IN it, it just starts all over again. Can you stop that, please?*
* Jeff_Levitt 's body erupts in burns that match the places where the reforming body was blasted.
Bastet[Yard]: ....o_o
Bastet[Yard]: Okay, what the /shit/.
Bastet[Yard]: ..../ACK/.
Bastet[Yard]: You gotta be kidding.
* Jeff_Levitt 's body begins to slowly repair itself.
Deb: Shit! Do you even have any idea what that's -turning into-?
* Deb pushes herself away from where she's almost-not-quite leaning down on Jeff's body.
* Keaton is cursing repeatedly under his breath*
Bastet[Yard]: Okay, if it shoot that, it hurts him, and it keeps reforming /anyway/...
* MikhailRamphet finally releases the body and flops back onto his rear, staring in horror at the bizarre event taking place in the yard. "What... what is happening?"
Soze: *Okay, so NOW the forming is speeding up, having recovered from the dark blast or whatever, and speeding up and speeding up and speeding up and... hey, we have a person here! An unconscious person, entirely familiar to a lot of the people in this room.*
* Soze is there, yeah. Wait. What the hell. WHY?
* Jeff_Levitt 's own wounds are healing faster and faster, until he, too is whole. And also unconscious.
* Keaton stops cursing. Ohshit.
Deb: ... the fuck ... symbiosis?
MikhailRamphet: ....that man...
* Kacey|yard lets out a small sob. She's huddled and shivering and it's really really /not/ because it's cold out here.
Bastet[Yard]: I'm guessing
* Soze wheezes suddenly, eyes snapping open.
Bastet[Yard]: Meaning this is /way/ the heck out of my realm of experiance o_o
* MikhailRamphet crab-walks back to where he threw the gun, and grabs it, aiming it amateurishly at Soze.
* Keaton is wondering if it's too late to start hoping this is a /really bad nightmare/
* Kacey|yard takes another step back.
* Jeff_Levitt 's eyes focus at the exact same moment. "Nnnnh..."
* Soze 's clothing is covered in bloodstains that don't quite match Jeff's. His eyes are open, but he's completely oblivious to the gun being aimed at him. Instead, he's focusing on remembering how to breathe. Excuse him.
* Keaton very much recognizes that pattern of bloodstains. And the clothes.
Kacey|yard: . . . I don't get it.
Deb: ... ngh... *she retrieves another of those vials from wherever the no-space they're from is and downs the contents herself. A little of the color comes back into her cheeks, and the bleeding slows, but her right shoulder keeps the gunshot wound.*
MikhailRamphet: Die.
Bastet[Yard]: Don't shoot him!
Deb: Don't! You kill him, you might kill the other guy.
Bastet[Yard]: What she said
* Soze snaps back to reality, still wheezing.
* MikhailRamphet steels himself and fires, missing horribly. The wall over there probably hates him, now.
Bastet[Yard]: ...
Soze: ...fuck... *wheeze* please don't... jeez...
* Soze curls up.
MikhailRamphet: Ugh... what?
* Jeff_Levitt stirs, just a little. "Wh...whrr'm....whu.."
* Bastet[Yard] goes to take the gun from Mikhail, if he'll let her. Of course, she won't be much better with it, but she won't be firing it off at random. God knows who he could've /accidentally/ shot.
* MikhailRamphet struggles to his feet, and doesn't protest when Bastet confiscates his firearm.
* Soze is just curled up there, wheezing. Well, clearly he's done shooting at people for the night.
* Ariekne is that dark-robed and hood-covered figure with the glowing eyes stepping outside. a golden shield surrounds her, as well.
* Jeff_Levitt tries to sit up, and fails utterly.
MikhailRamphet: I would like to know which of these men I should be killing. What has happened here?
Ariekne: What's going on?
* Kacey|yard is here and probably recognizable, as she is the only blonde ten-year-old who's usually around here. She's curled into herself and shivering and crying, though, and yet still too fascinated by Soze and Jeff to notice Ari just yet.
* Keaton is moving towards Soze slowly.
* MikhailRamphet goes to retrieve his sword, which is a much more trustworthy weapon. He's angry-looking and covered in blood, none of which is his.
* Ariekne runs over Mikhailwards. admire her concerned face.
* Deb pulls a roll of duct tape from between her hands, offering it up to... whoever. "Somebody... who doesn't have an arm going numb, at least get his arms tied, please?"
Bastet[Yard]: Bad guy just came back from the dead.
* Ariekne frowns. "Bad?"
* Soze is perfectly good, honest. Look at him, pathetically on the ground there. wheeze.
* Ariekne can imagine Soze is the "bad guy" as he's the one on the floor.
MikhailRamphet: Aah... Ariekne. That man... he revived himself from the dead by possessing someone and drawing blood from his body.
* Keaton is in the process of carefully approaching Soze
* Ariekne GASPS! looks a bit horrified. "Are you injured?"
* Jeff_Levitt is also on the floor, but would point out that he is NOT a bad guy. Or he would if he could say anything more coherent than "Mfrgthrlse."
Deb: Somebody? Anybody? Christ, do I have to do this myself... *she starts towards Soze*
* Ariekne knows Jeff is not the bad guy, as Kacey likes him, and she is obviously the best judge of character, being ten.
* Jeff_Levitt stares at Ariekne. "Whrrmi?"
MikhailRamphet: Me.. no, I am fine.
* Soze really isn't up for talking right now. He squeezes his eyes shut. Oh fuck, not this again. He's tired of dying.
Ariekne: Oh, good. *relieved*
Keaton: Get back. *Keaton says this to Deb as soon as he sees her move.* Jeff... can you hear me? *He's near Jeff now*
* MikhailRamphet heads towards Soze, weapon drawn. Nuts to talk, he's going to stick this guy like a pig.
* Ariekne looks at Jeff. "Jeff? Oh.. Kacey was -" She notices Kacey. "She found you."
* Kacey|yard giggles. She sounds just a little more hysterical than someone her age should really be capable of.
Deb: Then is -somebody- going to make sure that if that guy gets his breath back he isn't going to run off or shoot himself again or something???
Jeff_Levitt: Uh?
* Deb proffers the duct tape again.
Keaton: Jeff get up. *Keaton says carefully, nudging the man with a foot. His eyes haven't left Soze's curled up form*
Bastet[Yard]: Hello. I have the gun. *Holds it up.* Even then. *Rolling her eyes and gesturing, Soze will, if this works, find his wrists and legs bound together with tendrils forming out of some sort of shadowy material*
* Ariekne looks over at Deb. "What do you need help with?" Two delicate hands appear out of the long sleeves of the robe.
MikhailRamphet: The world will be a safer place if this villain is dead.
* Soze coughs.
* Jeff_Levitt tries, he really does, but he hasn't used his body in almost a week, and it's kind of in bad shape. He manages to roll onto his side with some effort, but sitting up is out of the question.
Ariekne: .. Apparently, if he came back to life...
Bastet[Yard]: You might want to tape him, though, those'll eventually collapse
Bastet[Yard]: And /don't kill him/.
* Deb relaxes a bit when she sees/senses what Bastet is doing, but still offers the duct tape to Ariekne.
* MikhailRamphet pauses, frowning at Bastet.
Bastet[Yard]: Injuries transfer over to the other guy--his name is Jeff, right?--/and he might die too/.
MikhailRamphet: Are you so sure?
Deb: S'... the one side is sticky, you can get his arms and legs with it.
* Ariekne spends a few moments looking at the duct tape - what is this stuff? it's so sticky and strong! Damn, if goblins had this.....
* MikhailRamphet kicks Soze with one of his spurred boots.
Ariekne: .. Ah. I see.
Bastet[Yard]: Considering Jeff got hurt when I blew a hole in him while he was reforming..
Ariekne: Mikhail! Don't be cruel.
* Nick_Wright has been watching all this, a little bewildered.
Jeff_Levitt: AH!
* Kacey|yard edges towards Ari.
* Soze grits his teeth, squeezing his eyes shut.
* Deb is hoping Ariekne will be able to pick up on the idea on her own. Yeeeeah, she's going to just stand her and chill a little, and down another of those healing potions before she gets back to shaking.
* Keaton kneels a bit and offers Jeff his hand. Srsly get away from the Soze Jeff. Though Soze is restrained, Keaton still has his gun and eyes trained on him
* Ariekne glares. Then goes to duct-tape Soze's arms behind his back.
* Jeff_Levitt yells in pain and clutches whatever spot Mikhail kicked on Soze.
Nick_Wright: ?!
Nick_Wright: Jeff? ...oh, you've gotta be kidding me.
* Ariekne knows tape. duct tape however would be like, the goblin messiah. PS: Soze, if you try to hit her, you'll feel weaker. :D also, it will. reflect off that golden shield surrounding her.
* Soze is... really not going to try to hit her in this state.
* Keaton curses at Mikhail and tries to get Jeff up.
Deb: Get 's ankles, too, don't want him running... away... *she starts back towards the Sanc, kind of unsteadily*
Soze: I... I would like... to go to the clinics, please.
* Ariekne Good. *tapes*
Ariekne: Of coures.
* Nick_Wright takes his glasses off and rubs his face. "Well, this is all a fine howdy-do isn't it?"
Ariekne: Mikhail, lift this gentleman, so we make take him to the clinics.
* Jeff_Levitt tries to help, but is pretty much a rag doll right now, sorry. ._.
* Ariekne smiles up at Nick, despite the fact she's currently duct-taping Soze's ankles together.
Deb: Think I could... probably use a stop there, ... too...
* Bastet[Is-in-the-yard] didn't leave
* Nick_Wright goes over to Jeff as well.
Jeff_Levitt: Wha...hap'n...?
Bastet[Is-in-the-yard]: You were possessed.
Keaton: Nick? Help me get 'im up. *Keaton is less focused on Soze as he's bound by people*
* Kacey|yard sits down in the snow, quietly.
* Deb is now back into the sanc!
* Nick_Wright nods. "Man, this is messed up even by my standards. NOW what do we do, if Soze and Jeff are linked like that?"
Bastet[Is-in-the-yard]: I don't know...
* Jeff_Levitt would be shocked if he didn't feel like he'd been run over by a fleet of semis. He does manage to stare at Bastet. "Whuh?"
MikhailRamphet: ...tch... how can this be...
* Soze 's breathing is calming down as he gets used to it. He still doesn't move, though, offering no resistance.
* Keaton hasn't gotten that far yet.
Bastet[Is-in-the-yard]: I don't know anything that could /unlink/ them.
Ariekne[yard]: My magic is not that powerful.
Nick_Wright: This is bad. And with the Nexus having no method of incarceration...
* Keaton very reluctantly puts his gun away and moves again to get Jeff at least sitting. "Are you hurt?"
* Jeff_Levitt shakes his head weakly.
* Keaton is trying very hard /not/ to look at Soze now.
* MikhailRamphet sheathes his sword, defeated, and helps Ariekne by lifting Soze up over his shoulder, grunting a little from the pain but too stubborn to try shifting him.
* Bastet[Yard] gestures the hilt device behind her back, where it vanishes in a subtle PIN effect. She still has the gun, though, unsure /what/ to do with it.
MikhailRamphet: ....
Nick_Wright: How'd that happen, though? You should've been dead...
Jeff_Levitt: ....tirrred...
Soze: *breath* ... *breath* ... *breath*
* Nick_Wright blanks a bit. "Wait a sec. Haven't I heard about something like this before?"
* Jeff_Levitt looks at Nick, confused.
* Bastet[Yard] glances at Nick as well
Bastet[Yard]: Enlightened those of us on the darker side of things.
Nick_Wright: What was it... the situation my alternate had, with his version of Edgeworth. Or something like that. Um.
* Ariekne[yard] blinks at Nick.
* Keaton will also give Nick an expectant look.
Ariekne[yard]: Should we take him to the clinics?
Nick_Wright: Like... Edgeworth was supposed to have been fatally wounded by something, but didn't die... or... damn, I don't really know the specifics.
* Jeff_Levitt hasn't noticed Soze yet, apparently.
Bastet[Yard]: Clinics might be smart, although what we do with Soze, I.. have /no idea/.
Keaton: Lock him up until we figure this out. *Keaton sounds tired all of a sudden*
* Jeff_Levitt tenses. "Soze?!"
Ariekne[yard]: So that's his name.
MikhailRamphet: I... suppose there is no other choice, if his health is tied to that of an innocent. I don't know what will stop him from harming people in the future with the threat that retribution will only harm this man, though.
Nick_Wright: Geez, Jeff, don't strain yourself, you just came back from the dead. Or never really died, or, uh, something.
* Keaton pinches the bridge of his nose
Ariekne[yard]: Yes.
Ariekne[yard]: You need to rest, Jeff.
Bastet[Yard]: Goddess Alive this is weird to wrap my head around. *Rubs her forehead*
* Soze coughs.
Nick_Wright: Immortality, huh? Man, you lucky bastard.
MikhailRamphet: Where do I bring this criminal?
Ariekne[yard]: The clinics.
Ariekne[yard]: He can be chained to his hospital bed, can he not?
* Jeff_Levitt just nods. He would really, really like to sleep now.
Bastet[Yard]: Yeah, they can strap him to a bed or something
Keaton: He needs more than that.
* MikhailRamphet nods, and heads back towards the Sanctuary, not thinking to use a PINpoint. "He... should be. A nurse offered to... when Georik was unwell.."
Nick_Wright: Should be able to yeah. *looks to Jeff* Man... do you want to go to the clinics too, or do you just need to lie down a bit?
Soze: oh... haha.. that sounds lovely.
* Soze is... talking, apparently!
Bastet[Yard]: And there they have scanners, along with M--Eiko's stuff, maybe they can figure out the nature of the link.
MikhailRamphet: Silence, dog.
* Bastet[Yard] says Eiko's name like she's unused to referring to her that way.
Jeff_Levitt: Maybe juss...lie down...?
* MikhailRamphet is about to tote Keyser Soze through the Sanctuary, past all the nice people. Maybe someone should stop him?
* Keaton is not pleased with Soze going to the clinics but he says no more. Instead he once again tries to get Jeff on his feet. He'll help support him but he damn well isn't carrying him.
* Nick_Wright nods, smiling a bit. "We'll get you to one of the side rooms."
* Ariekne[yard] moves from next to Mikhail to over to Jeff. She whispers some magic words, which should have a calming effect on him.
* Jeff_Levitt does seem to be a bit calmer, but it's kind of hard to tell.
* ElizaHarker bursts into the yard fast enough that the door nearly breaks off its hinges, and ... arrives at a scene nearly over. She would facepalm if she felt anything except like a shell, like a pointless waste of time. She fights with herself so much, makes the right decision, and this is the result. It's enough to make a girl laugh, so she does, hoarse and quiet.
* MikhailRamphet wrinkles his nose and tries to ignore the bloodstains on his face, hair and coat.
Nick_Wright: !!
Bastet[Yard]: !!
Nick_Wright: Geezum H., Eliza, you scared the shit out of me.
Ariekne[yard]: !!
MikhailRamphet: ....ugh. Out of my way, Miss Vampire.
Jeff_Levitt: ?
* MikhailRamphet is also carrying a duct-taped guy. He looks mad.
* Jeff_Levitt stares at Eliza. Hi.
Soze: ...oh hi.
* Bastet[Yard] blinks
* Ariekne[yard] facepalms. For a royal knight, he sure can be rude.
Bastet[Yard]: Don't /DO/ that.
* Soze 's voice is quiet and raspy.
* Jeff_Levitt is leaning on Keaton rather a lot, sorry. ._.
Jeff_Levitt: C'we go inside?
* Ariekne[yard] will help Keaton with Jeff.
Jeff_Levitt: Please?
Bastet[Yard]: Inside sounds good
* Nick_Wright sighs. "Yeah. Where's Kacey?"
Ariekne[yard]: Over there. *points*
Bastet[Yard]: It's bloody cold out here.
* Jonathan is here with canisters. What's going on?
* Nick_Wright blinks. "Dr. Crane... ah, you missed the main fireworks."
* Jeff_Levitt stares tiredly at Jon. "...Jon?"
Bastet[Yard]: ...*And look at Bastet pale a little! o_o;
* MikhailRamphet is holding Keyser Soze and would be carrying him to the Clinics if there weren't all these damn rubberneckers in his way!
Jonathan: Jeff!
Jonathan: Where is he?
Jeff_Levitt: ...yeah.
* Soze sees Jonathan and goes white.
* Ariekne[yard] is helping Keaton and Jeff. :3
* Keaton will try to guide Jeff towards the Sanctuary. Out of his way ppl B|
* Ariekne[yard] helps!
* ElizaHarker growls, and moves out of the way, without so much as a change in expression at the sight of two bodies - she could smell them the whole time, after all.
* Nick_Wright goes along with Keaton.
MikhailRamphet: I would appreciate.. a little room...
* Bastet[Yard] will head inside as well, trying to get the hell out of dodge before Crane explodes or something.
* Jeff_Levitt shuffles along.
* Kacey|yard is sitting here in the snow, a very small heap of shaking crying ten-year-old.
* Jonathan sees that Soze is held?
* Soze is very, very still. More still than before. Oh god. Crane. Crane.
* Ariekne[yard] goes over to Kacey, acutally.
* Leoben follows Jon out.
* Nick_Wright stares. "Oh... Keaton, can you handle getting Jeff inside?"
Ariekne[yard]: Kacey?
* Ariekne[yard] leans down next to her.
Jeff_Levitt: He's...afraid...
Keaton: I can handle it *Keaton's strong :D*
Kacey|yard: I tried to help, I tried to help, I was worried and I tried to help--
* Jonathan sees that he is afraid. Oh, that's wonderful. He -smiles-.
* Nick_Wright stares at Jeff. "You guys share an EMPATHIC link too?!"
Jeff_Levitt: I c'n feel him...why can I feel him?
Ariekne[yard]: Shh, shh.
* Leoben , for once, doesn't notice Kacey right away. He is glaring /holes/ through Soze.
* MikhailRamphet finally manages to stumble around and back into the Sanctuary, now that the assholes are out of his way. He's tired and in pain, and doesn't notice that Soze has gone still upon seeing Jonathan.
Nick_Wright: Ugh, the hits just keep on coming.
* Ariekne[yard] whispers a few calming words.
Soze: ...Leoben. oh this is wonderful.
Ariekne[yard]: You helped.
Jonathan: Those were my thoughts.
* Ariekne[yard] hugs Kacey close.
Jeff_Levitt: Oh...God...what's happening?
* Soze is in the sanctuary with Mikhail, I think!
Nick_Wright: We'll, uh, TRY to explain later, try being the operative word. Come on...
* Keaton mutters something and quickly gets Jeff into Sanc.
* Nick_Wright leads him in as well.
* Jonathan follows in.
* Leoben follows as well.


[Soze is brought in from outside.]


* Soze is.. pretty thankful he's away from Leoben and Crane. Oh hey, anti-violence field. Sweet deal.
* Jonathan is back in here.
Bastet: ..Hi.
* Some sits up when he sees Soze. "... Goddamnit."
Jonathan: Let me help.
* Keaton wanders in supporting Jeff
* Leoben doesn't give a crap about your physical health, Soze. "Yeah," he's saying. "It's a really good time we're all having."
* Jeff_Levitt is supported by Keaton. Hi.
* Nick_Wright is supporting Jeff on the other side. He looks very troubled.
MikhailRamphet: Urgh... alright. I'd appreciate you negotiating with the nurse at the Clinics, Jonathan Crane.
* Eiko gets up, throwing off her backpack. "You don't need to do that. I'm a doctor there.
Bastet: >_>
Some: Eiko's the best doctor the Clinics have.
* Keaton will try to get Jeff over to a couch to sit
Nick_Wright: Ah... Miss Eiko! The normal Miss Eiko! I haven't seen you since that guy futzed with the AVF...
* Soze is, for those who don't know yet, utterly soaked in blood and looking mentally beaten by a train, or something.
* MikhailRamphet pauses. "Do you have a full-body restraint for this man? He is dangerous, and if he harms himself, Jeff will be injured."
Jonathan: Negotiate?
Bastet: Yeah, that was the plan, tie him to a bed at the clinics.
* Leoben is yea close to choking a bitch. Seriously.
* Jonathan has canisters. He doesn't want to -negotiate-
* Jeff_Levitt also has a great deal of blood on him, mostly matted in his hair and on his face.
Bastet: [Probably not the /best idea/, but I've got /nothin'/]
Nick_Wright: We should get you washed off first, I think...
* Leoben heartily approves of the use of canisters, where Soze is concerned.
Some: We have a place he could be kept... The door is welded shut.
* Jeff_Levitt collapses bonelessly onto a couch.
* Soze really doesn't approve, thank you.
* Soze stiffens again.
Jonathan: Oh, that's right, Some, we do.
Jonathan: We do....
* Bastet really wishes you would /put those away/, Jon. They make her nervous. Very nervous.
* Nick_Wright sits down next to him.
* Jonathan shivers.
* Leoben continues not caring what Soze thinks, tyk.
* Eiko nods. "Jonathan, please take Mr. Soze to the clinics and insure he is restrained the best you can think of. Until I get a chance to examine him more, I'd like him somewhere I can get at him."
Nick_Wright: ...I should go make sure Kacey's okay too.
* Jeff_Levitt just...watches, expressionless.
* Eiko knows that Jon will give it to old Arkham try.
* Soze is oh you are fucking kidding me no.
* Leoben /chokes./ "What happened to Kacey?"
* Keaton looks very worn. Again.
* MikhailRamphet nods to Jonathan and Eiko, then heads off with Soze. Right now, he won't really care, even if he knows that Soze is being tortured.
Some: She ran out after -them-.
Jonathan: Let me take him somewhere -else-
* Leoben will likely regret saying that if Soze catches on, later.
Leoben: Where. Is. She.
* Some points to the yard.
* Nick_Wright sighs. "She's okay; she stayed close to the Sanctuary so the AVF was still operational."
Nick_Wright: But she's very, very rattled.
* Soze is... taken away, I guess?
Bastet: And, uh. *Glances to Eiko* I /really don't/ know what to do with this, at this point >_> *Hold up the gun*
Eiko: Jonathan. Until we know the effects of what happened on both Mr. Levitt and Mr. Soze, I don't want either of them in anywhere unreachable.
* Keaton quietly finds a seat not too close but not too far from the whole thing. He's very quiet.
* Jonathan doesn't listen. Following!
* Some is sticking with Jon, like a shadow.
* Leoben heads back out to the yard. D:<
* Eiko tried.
Eiko: Bastet, bring me my backpack, please?
* Eiko sits down next to Jeff and starts checking him.
Bastet: Okay. *Jogs on over to get the backpack without a second thought, and handing it to the past-version of her Mother.*
Eiko: Thank you.
* Jeff_Levitt is dead pale, and looks completely exhausted, but is uninjured.
* Nick_Wright sighs. "I wonder... maybe this was some sort of bizarre side effect of the immortality?"
Bastet: No problem, and.. ..What should I do with this gun? Because I honestly have /no idea/.
Eiko: Put it down on the bar, I'll look at it later.
Bastet: Okay
* Some will simply try to distract Jon at the earliest possible opportunity.
* Eiko checks Jeff's pulse and heartrate.
* Bastet goes to do so, and looks a lot more relaxed when she does. Guns are /not/ her thing.
* Keaton seems rather oblivious to everything going on around him now.
* Jonathan was distracted from stealing the prisoner, somehow!
* Jeff_Levitt 's heartbeat is strong, though very, very fast.
* Eiko opens the bag, which folds open to reveal a full doctor's kit. "Jeff, can you hear me?"
* Jonathan is back here now?
* Jeff_Levitt nods. "Uh huh."
* Some is trying to take him home. C'mooon.
* Jonathan is annoyed. But he can be taken home, sure.
* Keaton stands quietly, puts his gun away, and leaves.
Eiko: I'm a little concerned about your heartrate. I'm going to give you a light sedative, slow it down a little. I understand you've had a bad day, so this will take the edge off.
Nick_Wright: I'm just thankful he's alive...
Bastet: So am I.
Bastet: Oof. X_o
* Eiko injects him with something. There's no pain from the injection, just a small pinching sensation on the lower arm.
Nick_Wright: Jeff, how long have you been immortal, anyway? Have you always been like that?
Jeff_Levitt: ...I'm immortal?
Bastet: Apparently.
Bastet: You. uh.
Jeff_Levitt: What *happened*?
Nick_Wright: Uh, considering you took a shot point blank to the head...
Eiko: ...I guess that's an 'I don't know'
Bastet: ...I can't say it x_o;
Jeff_Levitt: ...A *what*?
* Bastet 's PIN chirps four times.
Jeff_Levitt: I...last thing I remember...coming home...day after New Years.
Bastet: ..Ohboy. >_>
Nick_Wright: Oh man. Jeff, you've been possessed since then.
Jeff_Levitt: By Soze.
* Bastet gets to explain this little adventure later. That'll be fun.
* Jonathan is gone!
Bastet: Iiiii gotta run guys. >__>
* MikhailRamphet returns from the Clinics, still angry and blood-soaked.
Jeff_Levitt: God...He...I remember...he was in my *head*.
Nick_Wright: I'm sorry, Jeff. I wish I'd seen it sooner...
Eiko: it's probable the only way to tell would have been an EEG.
Jeff_Levitt: And he's back now. Oh Christ.
Eiko: he's also being locked down in the clinics.
Bastet: Night all, and uh. Be careful
* MikhailRamphet sees Jeff and friends, and stops by them. "I... am sorry, for harming you."
* Nick_Wright shakes his head. "Or if I'd just been more clued in to the idea instead of thinking alternate... I swear to God I'm going to try and pay more attention."
* Bastet will PIN out after goodnights
* Jeff_Levitt smiles weakly "Thank you," he says before Bastet PINs out.
* Jeff_Levitt shakes his head. "Not your fault."
* Bastet said 'your welcome' before PINning out, she's polite! And wasn't raised in a barn (The Nexus, sure, but not a barn).
MikhailRamphet: This situation was unlike anything I have had to deal with on my own world, yet... I allowed myself to become frustrated and overwhelmed with emotion.
Jeff_Levitt: You did?
* Jeff_Levitt is a bit fuzzy on the events of the last hour or so.
* MikhailRamphet sighs, realizing that Jeff probably doesn't even know what happened... or at least, he wasn't around for it when it was.
* Kacey|yard is shrieking out there. Really a lot. Something about how THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT AND I HOPE HE KILLS YOU.
MikhailRamphet: !!
Nick_Wright: ?!
* Eiko looks up.
Nick_Wright: Was that... Kacey?
Jeff_Levitt: ?!
* MikhailRamphet goes clattering off to see what's going on in the yard. Did that vampire...?
Eiko: ....wonderful.
Jeff_Levitt: She's okay, right?
Nick_Wright: I... well, she was pretty rattled. She tried to warn you.
* Leoben comes back in. He looks about twenty years older, which is quite an accomplishment since he doesn't age, and horribly tired and sad. ". . . okay," he says again, quiet and even. "Someone. Tell me what happened."
* Jeff_Levitt stares at the door worriedly.
* Jeff_Levitt looks at Leoben. "I...I don't know. I think I was possessed by Soze. I...don't remember anything after New Year's."
* Jeff_Levitt 's voice is tired and slurred.
* Nick_Wright rubs his face. "Soze possessed Jeff. When things looked bad, he killed himself, but Jeff had some sort of immortality... and they seem to be linked body and soul now."
Jeff_Levitt: ?
Jeff_Levitt: Wait...what?
Leoben: . . . immortality?
* Leoben looks at Jeff, sharply.
* Nick_Wright looks at Jeff. "Soze... he formed from your body. I guess that means you two share pain and emotions as a result."
Jeff_Levitt: ...Oh fuck.
Nick_Wright: Tell me about it. If Soze goes and does something...
Eiko: ...that's a problem. Or it can be one.
* Jeff_Levitt I think...maybe there's a way to keep him...
* Leoben is still looking. ". . . Jeff," he says, quietly. Apparently this is his night for opening as many emotional wounds as humanly possible, all at once. "Remember when you rescued me from Soze, before?"
Nick_Wright: ?
* Jeff_Levitt looks at Leoben and nods. "Yeah."
* Leoben flicks his tongue over his lower lip. "Did I--" There is no tactful way to put this, really. "I called you the wrong name, didn't I."
* Eiko starts running a small scanning device over the top of Jeff's head, not blocking eye contact.
* Jeff_Levitt nods again after a moment. "Yeah. Um...'Jack', right?"
* Jeff_Levitt obligingly holds still.
* Eiko probably finds no missing brain tissue, skull fragments, et cetera.
Leoben: . . . that's it, then.
* Jeff_Levitt appears perfectly healthy and uninjured, yes.
Jeff_Levitt: *Just really, really tired and stressed*
Jeff_Levitt: What's it?
Nick_Wright: Huh?
* Leoben tilts his head, looking at Jeff with near-unnerving steadiness. It's possible he's not blinking. "There was an LOL," he says, slowly. "Made you a fact, made you permanent. Like Jack. But it's gone, now."
Jeff_Levitt: ...
Jeff_Levitt: I'm sorry, I don't understand.
Jeff_Levitt: A...fact?
Nick_Wright: A LOL... Maybe that's what happened with that other Edgeworth back then too...
Nick_Wright: So you're saying the immortality is gone now?
* Leoben smiles, with only the barest hint of warmth (and that's for the thought of Jack, not for Jeff at all) and shrugs. "Doesn't matter," he says dismissively. "It's too late for it to matter, now-- it's gone, and you're good old mortal Jeff again. Except--" and he nods, meaningfully, towards the portal to the Clinics.
Jeff_Levitt: --Except for him.
Jeff_Levitt: God.
* Nick_Wright sighs. "This sucks. Though I wonder..."
Jeff_Levitt: There...has to be some kind of way to...I dunno...keep him in line?
Nick_Wright: Hmm... if his pain is yours... doesn't that mean yours would be his?
Jeff_Levitt: Probably, yeah.
Nick_Wright: Maybe there's a way to take advantage of that somehow...
Jeff_Levitt: ...maybe? I...I don't know. I...
* Jeff_Levitt shakes his head.
Jeff_Levitt: I'm too tired to think.
* Nick_Wright nods. "You should get some rest."
* Jeff_Levitt nods, starts to stand up...and stops, putting his head in his hands. "Ooh-kay. Bad idea."
* Nick_Wright stands up. "Don't strain yourself! Here, lemme lead you. I'd let you stay at my place but, uh, I've kinda got another houseguest right now."
Jeff_Levitt: 'Sokay...maybe just one of the side rooms?
* Nick_Wright nods and leads him that way.
* Leoben sits down, quietly, in the armchair nearest where Terrwyn's curled up asleep on the floor.
Jeff_Levitt: Thanks.
Jeff_Levitt: ...for everything.
Nick_Wright: ...I just wish I could do more, Jeff. But... you're welcome.
* Jeff_Levitt manages to get to a bed with Nick's help, and falls asleep almost instantly.