02- From Bad to Worse

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[Jack appears on the Astral plane, his coat gone. The front of his shirt is covered in blood, and he looks more dazed than anything, half wondering half stumbling. He mumbles to himself as he walks, an almost blank look on his face] Their dead. I couldn't even save Rhys for Gwen, and now so man people are dead. Why doesn't the blood come off......

[ooc: *cough* Do to his recent interaction with Simm!Master, Jack's mental state has gone from somewhat bad but manageable, to  a few steps from just loosing it completely. Which, of course, reflects on his reality, which in turn makes things worse >>

Oh, and just for the record; any post before this is basically pre!return, so he'll be his normal self there u-u]

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[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

Murdered. [doesn't even try to get his arm back, just looks down at her hold oon him]

[madamemoiselle]

Is that so? Who did that? {Pauses} Is it their blood?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

The weevils, the one's that lived underground...[nods. looking away] Mostly Rhys' blood.

[madamemoiselle]

Well then, if you're having trouble getting that blood off, I'm sure I can help with that~♥

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[shakes his head, raising up his hands] I don't care about that; it's th blood on my hands that won't come off...

[madamemoiselle]

{Stares for a moment with an indifferent expression before she closes her eyes with a small smile} Well, that blood will just disappear in time. There's no use in feeling guilty over a person's death. Especially if you weren't the one that actually killed them, Jack.

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[shakes his head] It's my fault their dead; I can't even give up my life for them...

[madamemoiselle]

Your life? {Self sacrifice? This concept does not exist to her} Why would you die for someone else?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

To save them. Because I wont stay dead myself.

[madamemoiselle]

Oh, you don't die when you're killed either?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

I don't stay dead, not for long.

[madamemoiselle]

{Smiles brightly} Then you and I are the same! I don't either. Only as long as it takes for my body to heal whatever is wrong~

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

....how?

[madamemoiselle]

How? Well, that would be...{She can't think of how to explain it, so she just lets go of his arm. Diva brings her hand to her mouth, biting into her hand hard for more than just the sharp fangs to puncture the skin. She pulls her hand away for him to see the flesh, move and even seem to bubble slightly as the skin and muscle heals the small wounds quickly.}

Like that, I guess?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[he watches, surprise clear in his eyes] I'd never met anyone else...

[madamemoiselle]

{Licks up the stray blood on her hand, but otherwise, her skin is as perfect as it had been a few moments ago} Well, I live with a few people like me, so I can't say the same. But they're the same as me. I doubt that Jack is a Chiropteran, so that means that Jack is different.

{Cheerfully} What is Jack if he doesn't die either?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[frowns down at her] Immortal.

[madamemoiselle]

...Immortal, but human?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

Originally just human.

[madamemoiselle]

Ah~ And I was excited too. It's nice in a way to meet people that aren't human. They seem to understand a few things a bit more~ Ne, but Jack is pretty close, so...

How long have you been alive?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

Two thousand years.

[madamemoiselle]

Ooh wow~~ {Claps her hands together excitedly} And you've been awake for that whole time? How neat! You must have seen quite a bit in all of that time! Ah, the beginning of the world, really~

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[shakes his head] Traveled to time, and I was only really alive for about two hundred; spent the rest dying of suffocation underground.

[madamemoiselle]

{A slight twitch of her lips, a falter of her smile, is the only indication that she doesn't like that information} Dying? Did someone trap you in the ground?

[itsthecoat.livejournal.com]

[simply nods, not saying anything]