9/27; general eye trauma warning

[eyestitch]

Nui Harime shared a video. 9/27

[It's definitely a video, but the camera appears to be filming...nothing? At best, it's pointed at a table, so most of the lens is obscured in darkness. Every so often in moves, revealing a small sliver of light and what appears to be some kind of spilled glass and drink is strewn across the floor.

Nui's voice, however, is clearly audible. No picture is needed for that. Also she is screeching, with increasing volume and emotion by the second.]

I'm blind I'm blind I'm blind I'm bliind I'm bliiiiIIIIIND I'm blind I'm blind I'M BLIND I'M BLIND I'M BLIND I'M BLIND IIII'M BLIND I'M BLIND I'M BLIND I'MBLINDI'MBLINDI'MBLIND IMBLINDIMBLINDIMBLINDIMBLIND IMBLINDIMBLINDIMBLINDIMBLINDIMBLIND!

[Heavy breathing for a few seconds.]

YOU BASTARDS I'LL RIP YOUR FERMENTED GUTS OUT UNTIL YOU DIE! FUUUUCK YOU, I'M BLIND I'M BLIND I'M BLIND I'M BLIND I'M BLIND I'MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM BLIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIND--

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[liberal_arts]

-At first, he thought it was some weird artistic project, but it becomes clear that the truth is much more upsetting.-

Please, try to calm down first.

-Wait, that was pointless, she couldn't read that if she was blind. Kasen fidgets with his phone for a bit before finding the facetime function.-

Hello? Are you still there? Miss?

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[rygdea]

Whoa, whoa! Calm down!

[Just what the hell is going on here? Fynn doesn't exactly know the user but that shrill scream is enough to make him jump.]

Hey, what's going on? Did you get in a fight or something? Hello?

[doublesmall]

[WELL THAT'S ALARMING. if it were a stranger he'd probably leave this be, but look, they survived skeleton hell. so.]

Holy shit, Nui, breathe or you're gonna be blind and have no voice.

You need to punch something? 'Cause I can help with that.

[that doesn't sound like an 'i want to talk about it' reaction to him, and hitting things usually calms him down a bit... worth offering.]

[twelfthspark]

Nui what the hell

[... if she's blind she can't read that, huh? Arlene switches over to audio.]

Just because you're blind doesn't mean you have to make the rest of us deaf! What happened?

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[judgementkazzy]

[ That's... definitely something, holy shit. ]

Woah. Do you need someone to call a doctor? Are you hurt?

[eyestitch]

WHAT?!

[It's enough to shatter glass--and, honestly, with all the weird visual sound-based stuff that's been happening in addition to all the misfires, very well might end up doing that, too.]

Are you going to tell me to CALM DOWN?

[eyestitch]

Calm down? Caaaaaaalllm down? Try telling that to someone who isn't missing an eye!

[eyestitch]

Don't tell me what to do! [Imagine about seventeen more exclamation points on this end of this. That's the level of volume and shrillness coming out here.

The video wobbles a little bit, then finally the camera turns around to focus on Nui's face. Her hand is clasped over her left eye so that entire side of her face is covered.]

How's that supposed to help?

[eyestitch]

[Good! Good! Then they can all suffer! Everyone can just go deaf and die!

That thought's definitely broadcasting over her head when she finally wrenches the phone back around to reveal her face, one hand clasped over the entire left side of her face.]

Who do you think? It's not like they already almost KILLED US! [She laughs, sounding a little unhinged. And beneath whatever crazy screaming is going on, there's also real panic. She's terrified.]

[eyestitch]

[She screams about being blind a few more times before finally stopping, going dead silent, and continue in a tone of flat sarcasm. Possibly she is going into shock? Oh well.]

What good's a doctor gonna do? It's already gone!

[judgementkazzy]

[ This is made all the more horrifying when he considers that Majima probably went through the same thing, christ. ]

Oh... Does it hurt?

[doublesmall]

[jesus. hang on he's gotta turn down the volume a bit here-]

With the situation? It's not. Nothing I can do about that part for you.

[he doesn't know shit about eyes, these are the services he can provide...

-well, this and alcohol.]

I'm just saying, sounds like you could use something to beat the hell out of right now-- assuming you don't need to call 911 instead of coming to the app, anyway, I'm just giving you the benefit of the doubt on that one.

['retrospec bullshit' seems to be a pretty safe assumption, the way things have been going here.]

[parodeity]

Whoa, Nui? Do you need help??

[ legitimate concern here HE ACTUALLY LIKES HER... ]

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[sunnymerc]

[ That is clearly the voice of a cute girl in distress, but holy shit this is not the kind if distress she knows how to deal with. ]

What did they do to you?!

[rygdea]

Okay, okay! [Shit. What can he do here? This girl is freaking out badly. She needs 911, not some cop on the phone. He starts dialing on his end.]

Just tell me what happened! Did someone attack you?

[He's tempted to assume domestic violence or something. Theres no way she could've just woken up and lost an eye---]

...oh shit.

[Pause.]

Hey, stupid question but do you remember being "blind" at all?

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[erythristic]

Hush for a second, miss.

[Grell's voice is clear, with a note of authority in it. she knows that fear - she can understand, but none of it helped her.]

Where are you? I'm a doctor, and I've dealt with something like this before.

[blessmefather]

I have 911 on the other line.

[ Matt isn't going to tell her to calm down but the fact she's screaming at some "bastards" has him concerned that she's about to be hurt even more. ]

Who are you yelling at? Is someone attacking you?

[liberal_arts]

Well... I mean I was going to make a noble attempt. I will say that your current state of mind isn't going to help you any, but if you really want to lash out, there ARE less destructive ways of doing so, creatively speaking.

But that's besides the point, what the hell even happened here?

[covenantal]

[ holy fuck. ]

Nui-san? I can heal, if you need someone. Or simply be there, if you need company.

[sotenbori]

Shit, clam down --

[ he's trying to sound calm but mostly he sounds like calm the fuck down so it probably doesnt work out that well ]

Screamin's not gonna help anyone, least of all yourself.

[twelfthspark]

[Don't take it out on us because Retrospec fucked you up. The thought flickers into view briefly, even though Arlene won't be the one to tell her to relax. If this is what it looks like, well, holy shit, she has the right to panic; it'd just be nice not to have been hit with that screaming before she had a chance to turn the volume down. Arlene scrutinizes the image, trying to figure out if she's bleeding or what, if she would likely regret seeing what Nui's hand is hiding.]

That's not what I asked but jesus, what--shouldn't you be calling 911? Like, now?

[eyestitch]

Yes!

[She's flailing a little bit, and the phone filming moves with that flailing. Then, everything goes completely still as Nui freezes.]

It doesn't, really. [Now that she stops to think about it.] But it's gone and it does! [Just off-screen, she scratches at what's left as if itching some phantom pain.]

[judgementkazzy]

Oh.

[ Yeah, it hadn't hurt Majima either, so that's probably lucky. He'll refrain from voicing that though because Nui just lost an eye. ]

Yeah, it's... [ He doesn't. Know what to say... ] Do you need an eye patch? My boyfriend has some.

[eyestitch]

I would call 911 if I needed 911 because I'm not FUCKING STUPID![Exclamation points. The defensiveness is apparently warranted though, given how many completely reasonable people are now threatening to go ahead and call the doctor because they don't have any way to know she's freaking out about Retrospec. But what is she gonna do, call the cops on Dr. Mahoney?

Nui lets out a frustrated, agonized shriek, probably tearing at one of her pigtails.]

...So what exactly am I supposed to hit?

[eyestitch]

Can you blow up that stupid corporation for RUINING MY LIFE WHEN I'M JUST TRYING TO LIVE IT? Don't ask stupid questions if you can't!

[Her volume just ticks up even more as she keeps speaking. Getting concern from Dave is especially rankling, if only because they were talking about trying to look the other way on Retrospec's interference in their lives just a few weeks ago.]