by E Mouse » Tue May 06, 2003 5:36 pm
Somehow Jeremy got back up again, though he had no idea how - in fact, his brain seemed to be so disjointed from the effects of the Dischord instrument that he could barely see anything, let alone consider any psionics.
Over the roaring ringing in his ears, Jeremy heard something familiar. His name? He turned towards the source of the sound and could vaguely see someone familar standing in front of him. Very familiar, but he couldn't place a finger on it...
Somethin... something's wrong. I must have... must have... uh, amnesia. Yeah. How do you fix that again?
Oh yeah.
"One moment," Jeremy tried to say, but his voice was so slurred it sounded more like an orc trying to speak portugese.
Jeremy whacked himself on the head with a palm. His thoughts seemed to get mostly knocked back into place. He blinked, recognizing Reako at last.
"What'd you say again?" he asked.
"I said, could you stay here with Jeanine? I need to go find Excal and talk to him about something..." the elder psionist repeated.
Jeanine sniffled, still kneeling on the ground, looking pitiful and terrified. "I'm,*sniffle* scared...I wanna find Auntie *sob* Natalia." she said, fitfully.
Jeremy blinked at her once, still not quite recovered. He had a bit of a headache and his ears were still ringing, but he'd probably be okay in a few minutes.
"Well, I don't see any reason for us not to look for her..." he mumbled.
Jeremy felt something grab around his right leg. He glanced down to see Alice sitting on the ground next to him, seeming unable to focus properly. She looked around, confused.
The lesser psionist tapped her on the head. "You okay?"
Alice blinked and looked up. She gave Jeremy a lopsided, somewhat clueless grin.
"Headache." she said simply, releasing Jeremy's leg with one arm to rub her own forehead.
"Me too." Jeremy muttered. Then he noticed Reako giving him a bemused look, one eyebrow raised.
The lesser psionst glared at him for a moment.
"My, isn't this touching." his Author chimed in snidely.
Shut up. I can't deal with you right now.
"Too bad. You have to."
Jeremy sighed, and shook his leg to escape Alice's grip. "Get up. Natalia left for some reason, and Jeanine wants to go find her. Reako's going to go looking for Excal..."
Alice stared at him numbly for a moment, then nodded and stood up. She seemed a little shaky, but didn't have any serious trouble.
Jeremy glanced at Reako. "I don't know where to start looking, but Excal might have something to do with it. Why don't we follow you 'til you find him, first?"