Shock
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Post by Shock on Feb 3, 2008 13:45:21 GMT -8
"Okay mum!" Toby said cheerfully, smiling at her. Woohoo! He hardly EVER got to go in the bakehouse! Maybe she'd let him in today! He always wanted to go down and help her, but she always said no, for some reason. "Ow..." SN rolled onto her back. Now, not only had one of her arms gotten sliced into rather harshly, but it felt like she'd broken the other one. "The door's locked from the outside..." Ichabod muttered, frowning. "No sh*t?" SN muttered sarcastically. Sweeney strode out of his shop and headed downstairs to drop a hint to Mrs. Lovett so she wouldn't let the boy in the bakehouse to see what had just fell down there. Evanesce frowned at Orin. "What're you staring at?" she asked, a little confused. She hadn't been around him much when he was high, so she didn't recognize 'symptoms'.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Feb 3, 2008 14:02:41 GMT -8
"You've been a good boy lately, so I think you can go inside," Lovett decided as she led the way to the bakehouse. She, of course, had no idea what had just happened. Otherwise, she wouldn't be offering to let Toby in. Orin didn't reply, but he stood up, staggering a little. His heart was beating a little faster than normal and he was breathing a little more heavily than normal, but that was what normally happened when he took that particular drug. He decided that he didn't like what he was seeing. It had been a long time since he'd had a bad trip, so he had forgotten it was possible. However, as he slowly turned his gaze towards Evanesce, he paled, a brief ave of fear washing over him before he yelled at her, "Move! Get outta the way!" His hallucinations were pretty realistic, so he didn't realize that he was the only one who could see them. And he was freaking out.
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Post by Shock on Feb 3, 2008 14:12:07 GMT -8
Toby brightened considerably. "Thank ya mum!" he said in an excited tone, the words tripping over each other on their way out. "Mrs. Lovett!" Sweeney called from the top of the stairs. "May I talk to you for a moment? I don't think it's safe to let Toby into the bakehouse." His eyes held deeper meaning behind his words, something he was trying to say without saying it aloud. Ichabod had pulled out his handkerchief and covered the lower half of his face with it as he inspected around the bakehouse, noting every pile of bones and identifying all of them to be human. "These are all-" "Human remains, I know. They put them in their pies," SN muttered, crawling over to a somewhat clean wall and leaning against it, both arms throbbing painfully. "What the hell?" Evanesce raised an eyebrow. She decided he was high, and started thinking of ways to sober him up. There was one thing that had worked considerably well the last time, but it required close contact.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Feb 3, 2008 14:36:58 GMT -8
Lovett almost looked up at Sweeney, then frowned. She was still angry about him ignoring her earlier. "Mmm-hmm. Talk," she snapped, refusing to look at her partner-in-crime. She intended to ignore anything he said. See how he liked it. Orin lurched towards Evanesce, much more uncoordinated than usual. "Get away from that thing!" he ordered, not even considering the possibility that she had no clue what he was talking about. Then he yelped and scrambled backwards, falling to the ground. Wide-eyed, he whimpered as he continued to freak out. It was a bad trip. He scooted backwards until his back hit the wall, then drew his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms tightly around them, staring around fearfully. He didn't know why he was scared, he just knew that he was terrified of something. His heart raced even faster, and he hyperventilated, his whimpering growing louder. This was an unusually bad drug experience. He'd probably stay away from the illegal substances for a while after he calmed down and sobered up.
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Post by Shock on Feb 3, 2008 14:48:34 GMT -8
Sweeney looked a little annoyed. He was trying to warn her so he wouldn't have to kill the boy for knowing to much! "I think something may have gotten in there. From the sounds of things it sounded like a wounded animal." "I can take care of it!" Toby said confidently, even though he was actually a scrawny little thing. SN stared at the door, expecting her worst fear to walk in any moment. She knew she was as good as dead if she was in that particular room. Running was no option because it felt like she'd twisted her ankle rather badly when she fell. Evanesce sighed, then walked over and knelt down beside him. And thus, she tried what had worked last time; she kissed him lightly on the lips, ready to spring back if she needed to.
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Post by Barrel on Feb 3, 2008 14:59:32 GMT -8
"Toby can take care o' it," Lovett agreed calmly, mainly to piss Sweeney off. She was a woman. She didn't forgive easily. Especially not when she was constantly ignored by Sweeney-- unless he wanted something, of course. "It'll be good for th' boy to learn 'ow to deal with things." She decided that if Toby did find out what really went on in the bakehouse, she'd play innocent and pin all the blame on Sweeney. That sounded good. Orin's eyes opened even wider and he jerked his head backwards, yelping as his head connected with the wall. "What was that for? What are you planning? What do you want with me?" he wailed, trying to back away again, and failing. "Make it stop," he whimpered softly, hiding his face. This rarely happened to him. He almost never acted like this. He'd deny it if you told him about it later when this was all over.
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Post by Shock on Feb 3, 2008 18:16:10 GMT -8
Toby nodded and skipped down the rest of the stairs, stopping to fiddle with the latch before pushing it open. He entered with excited cautiousness. "Fine, but if he ends up getting hurt, don't blame me," Sweeney growled angrily, storming off to his shop again. SN's eyes widened as she stared at the door opening. She shrank back, trembling, only to relax a hundred times over as she saw Toby enter. "Toby, thank god," she breathed. Ichabod stepped back so he was standing next to her. Evanesce sighed, trying to think of a way to snap him out of it. So, she tried slapping him.
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Post by Barrel on Feb 3, 2008 18:28:14 GMT -8
Lovett stuck her tongue out as Sweeney left, then turned and walked down the stairs to the bakehouse. "Toby? Toby dear, did you find anything?" she called as she neared the door. Orin paused, lifted his head, and made a half-hearted attempt to slap Evanesce back before drooping. Then he thought of something. Maybe he had a drug that could stop the effects of the current one-- or at least make him feel better. He began digging through his pockets again. When he was high, his "brilliant" ideas were worse than they usually were.
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Post by Shock on Feb 3, 2008 18:41:52 GMT -8
SN's eyes widened again in terror, and she shrank back, looking like she was going to have a heart attack at the sight of Lovett. She was too weak, to injured, to run, and that made her more scared than anything. "Mum, why are there people down here? Wha-is that a human skull?!" Toby's heart started pounding in terror, and turned to the door, only to see his 'mum' standing there. Evanesce shook her head. "No. No more drugs. You'll overdose. Stand still and I'll just speed up the effects of the drug you just took."
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Post by Barrel on Feb 3, 2008 19:05:12 GMT -8
"People? Skull?" Lovett asked, feigning confusion. "Wot are you talkin' 'bout, love?" She walked into the bakehouse. She hadn't been as careful cleaning up recently, she could see. She paused, about to say something, then stopped herself. No, Toby probably couldn't handle the truth. Now for the next best thing: a lie. "So that's wot Mr. Todd's been doing," she gasped. Play innocent and blame the barber. "So that's why none o' 'is customers been comin' back!" She shot a glare at SN, as if saying "Go on, tell him the truth and force me to silence you". "No, you'll make it worse," Orin gasped. "If I can't take drugs to try to fix things, can you at least help me out?" His heart was, by now, beating quickly enough for it to be uncomfortable, and he was breathing heavily to try to get enough oxygen into his body. "At least help me calm down or something," he said softly.
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Post by Shock on Feb 3, 2008 19:34:06 GMT -8
SN did say a word, though she wanted to jump to Sweeney's defense. She accused Lovett with her eyes, mentally screaming at her that she was a lier. Sweeney appeared in the doorway, giving Toby a deadly stare. "Lovett, he knows too much," he growled. Toby started to back away, looking shocked and confused and, more than anything, terrified. Sweeney flicked open his razor. SN couldn't take her eyes off the scene. She'd never been so quiet. Evanesce rolled her eyes, but used her own brand of magic to slow his heart down to its normal rate. It wouldn't make the hallucinations go away though.
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Post by Barrel on Feb 3, 2008 19:46:30 GMT -8
"Knows too much 'bout wot?" Lovett asked, much more calmly than she felt. She wanted to just turn around and scream at the barber behind her. "Leave th' poor boy alone, 'e didn't do nothin'." She walked over to Toby to try to comfort him. "Come on, dear, it'll be all right, Mr. Todd won't 'urt you." She shot a glare back at Sweeney. "Right?" Besides, she wanted to be the one to kill Toby, but only when he found out the entire truth about what went on in the barber and pie shops. Orin hadn't expected that, and had to quickly slow his breathing as he suddenly found himself lightheaded. Now he was free to search through his drugs, which he began doing. He glanced up, then yelped and threw himself aside, scattering various pills all over the place. He cursed and clumsily began to gather them up.
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Post by Shock on Feb 3, 2008 20:04:25 GMT -8
SN watched the scene as though watching a movie. This was getting interesting. Sweeney prowled into the room, looking positively threatening. Despite Toby's tough talk about dealing with anyone that might be a threat to his 'mum', he was shaking where he stood, eyes locked on the razor in his hand. "Think about it, he might go to the law. We can't have that. Because you'd be in it just as much as me for mutilating the bodies and baking them in pies," now Sweeney was just being spiteful. Now Toby did know everything, and it was Sweeney's chance to get rid of the little bugger once and for all. Evanesce frowned. "What are you on? Seriously?"
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Post by Barrel on Feb 3, 2008 20:16:24 GMT -8
"Toby, don't listen to 'im, dear," Lovett hissed at Toby. She paused, thinking for a moment, then said, "Come on, love, let's go 'ave a little chat. In private." She directed the last part to SN and Sweeney as she began walking towards the door of the bakehouse. She'd try to figure out how much of this Toby knew about, and if she needed to kill him. "I'm on drugs!" Orin said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. "But if ya wanna know WHAT drugs... uh... I dunno."
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Post by Shock on Feb 3, 2008 20:30:00 GMT -8
Sweeney resisted the urge to lash out and attack. He would let Lovett have her little chat with him. But from the distrustful look in Toby's eye, it looked like the boy wasn't even going out the door with Lovett. "Y-you lied to me mum. Mum...I was eating human!" Toby was shocked and frightened by that fact. He didn't know he had been eating human! He backed away from Lovett, eyes filled with terror. Evanesce shook her head. "You're hopeless," she muttered.
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