BETA ROUND 1 WEEK 4: RETURNING TO THE HUB

[worldkeys]

Who: The White Rabbit and the Alices.
What: Ken's World has concluded, and everyone is probably in awful shape. Surgeries sure are fun. As are vivisections!
Where: The World Hub.
Warnings: Probably talk of what went on, potentially violence knowing this lot. A lot of broken down people, maybe.

The White Rabbit seems exceptionally cheerful once they finally return, not at all the usual picture of impatience he tends to be.

"At last, we have only three World Keys left to get. His and his, and hers," he says, motioning to Lalli, a certain General, and Harley. "This is wonderful. Would that we could only be able to retrieve them at once... alas, we must continue as we have. A shame he ended up out here, but I see it served you well."

He nods to Sasuke.

"I am confident you all can retrieve the other three and return home."

He seems completely oblivious to the suffering you all have endured, it seems.

Comments

[not_that_sasuke]

Well. That happened.

Sasuke is indeed already in the Hub when they return, hands frequently wrapping around his own wrists as though to make sure there's no lingering bonds. To be honest, he's got half a mind to double check to make sure his chest hasn't been split open again, but he wrestles that feeling down.

He just needs to keep it together. Three more Worlds. If he can last through those...

Needless to say, he won't be terribly talkative, but he's around.

[miseris_socios]

Ken is in the Hub, staring off into space. His hands grip his Evoker, knuckles white from how tightly he's holding it, but he's not saying anything. Everyone saw. Everyone saw what had happened, everyone saw him acting like him... just what was that supposed to accomplish? Nothing, that's what. He'd hurt them, he'd reached into their bodies, and not just the other Alices but people he knew. People from Animus, and... and his own mother.

What kind of a person is he now? A horrible one, obviously. But he can't even bring himself to care. Is this what Apathy Syndrome was like from the other side? He blinks slowly, now-golden eyes unfocused, not caring about the thick black goop that's dripping off of him. It seems to disappear a few moments after it hits the ground, but if he could bring himself to care he'd be horrified.

... But he can't manage to do even that.

[hopedout]

Of course we'll get the other three.

[ Hinata's voice remains even, regardless of the fact that just happened, and he couldn't stop it. And for better and for worse, he's not. . . as disturbed as he'd like to be. Maybe he's too used to death. Although he can't help but be disgusted about the whole vivisection and just ripping things apart. All the murders back on the island were somewhat clean, after all. They never opened a body like that in the slightest bit.

But maybe it's the Kamukura side that's getting to him. ] Is there a reason why we wouldn't?

[hesmypuddin]

[Harley will look just a touch different when she emerges from Ken's Heart, and while the changes are still slight they are present all the same. Her hair, once a solid blonde, seems to have a strange bit of coloring going on; one half red and the over half black. Though the colors aren't as if they've been newly dyed, instead looking faded and unkempt. Her costume seems to have changed a bit as well, no longer the black and red body suit, but a shorter jester uniform that cuts low into her cleavage and is held closed only by a few buckles. It appears she is either wearing just black panties, or something similar enough beneath the costume.

Different, but the same. Did a difference in her costume really mean so much?

Yes.

She'd worn this one during some of the darkest years she'd ever know. Had she been through those years yet? Were they still in her future? We're they even real? She had a daughter then... one she'd hidden from the Joker... Or did she?

She's leaning against the wall, gloved hands hovering over her stomach and brows drawn together tightly.

There had been stitches there... heavy staples holding her abdomen closed... she'd been semi-conscious during the operation, but it was seeing what they'd done ... what Ken had done... during the surgery... what they'd taken.

Had there ever been a baby?

Her brows draw together beneath the black mask around her eyes, a shaky breath slipping past her lips as she leans her head back against the wall.]

Dunno what's real anymore...

[Who knows if she's even talking to anyone or just to herself, but for certain, one Harley Quinn seems to have grown far more serious than any here had yet seen her.]

[patchworkcat]

[ Would you look who it is! It's the Cat! Except, well, he's not asking his usual question, or causing problems. He's just sitting there, against the sign, seeming to be taking a nap. ]