taxonomites | X: [ voice | location: castle summers' dungeons ] pardon my past

There's an incessant throbbing in Piper's head that just won't go away.

She groans, and opens her eyes. When she does, things start swirling uncontrollably, and the urge to hurl is great. Piper closes her eyes, bites her lip, and rolls to the side until it passes.

Something feels wrong here. It takes her another second to process the fact that she's lying on a cold stone floor, that she's naked, and that her fingers are stinging. Badly. Opening her eyes again, she sees that her hands are bloodied, and that several wooden splinters are still embedded in them.

"How--"

And that's when everything comes crashing down on her - all the memories of the past day, what she's done, what she's become. "No. Oh... oh god." Piper spots her tablet and kicks it away from her, before scrambling to the very corner of the dungeon. She slides down, hugging her knees to her and resting her forehead on them. She doesn't even resist the urge to tremble and sob.

[ ooc: backdated to the day after the glitch. ]

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[ oh god. glitch. ]

Are you and DG okay? Did you two make it out of that building safely? [ she's asking because... she had no idea if they did. piper had blacked out after the chandelier fell on her, after all. ]

Yes, we're fine, we got out all...wait, how'd you know we were in trouble?

[ Running for one's life made noticing details like bracelets tricky. ]

[ very understandable. ]

Because I was there. [ she sniffs. ] I was the one who was causing the trouble.

[ There's a pause as this is processed and Glitch tries to figure out the best thing to say. ]

No, you were...they did that to you, the aliens did, it was not your fault. And and we're fine so don't even-- oh, cripes, your noggin took a wallop, are you okay?

[ she touches a small bump at the back of her head. ] I'm fine. That was a very smart thing to do, though. I'm... I'm glad there was an opportunity for you guys to knock me out before I did any more damage.

Hey, when you're in a scrape you do what you gotta do. But...I-I'm sorry we hurt you, if we'd known we would've come up with a plan B.

[ she shakes her head, belatedly realizes that glitch can't see it. ] Don't worry about me. You and DG are safe, and that's all that matters right now.

Exactly, we're perfectly fine, which means I get to worry about you because I don't have to worry about us. Are you safe now?

Yes, I'm safe. I'm very, very safe.

[ more importantly, taxon is safe from her. ]

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