. : F R E A K S H O W : . {Original plot~}

[Iilyda]

Darcy closed her eyes, taking deep, fulfilling breaths. She reached up and grasped the cross pendant hanging around her neck, caressing the smooth wood beneath the pads of her fingers. "Will the other kids be okay?" she asked, her eyes still closed.

Peregrine was staring at the boy as if his head were cut off, and his decapitated body were speaking Greek to her while doing an Irish jig. "Peregrine," she said distractedly, looking at him dubiously. "Why the hell does your... clone, want to kill me?" she demanded not understanding at all.

[Crabbiey]

Riya moaned in her sleep, she turned over. Restless she tried to cut out the image.

[Dradogo]

Nil nodded reassuringly. "They'll be fine."

"Peregrine..." Mono repeated. "Pretty name." He stood up and jumped to sit on the lowest branch of the tree. "My clone wants to kill you," He said, looking down at her, "because he finds it amusing and to keep Alex happy."

[Iilyda]

Darcy opened her eyes and stared at Nil skeptically. "How can you be sure?" she asked. "Mr. Puppet could be there now for all we know." Darcy was itching to get up from the gurney; the only thing that kept her back from yanking the chest tube and the IV drips from her arm was her restricting breathing.

Peregrine frowned, staring up at Mono perplexed. "Alex?" she asked, confused. "Who's he?"

[Dradogo]

"I just know their okay." Nil muttered.

Mono looked at Peregrine, his smile widening. "Alex is the 'friend'. He needs the blood for his paintings. I try to get him using regular paint, but he turns into a big baby about it."

[Crabbiey]

Riya moaned and turned over again, her breathing quickened, when she suddenly sat up, screaming. She opened her eyes to find that it wasn't real. Shaking she looked at Rolan.

[Iilyda]

Darcy shook her head, unable to be so sure. Just then Darcy's nurse entered the room with a tray of food, including a bowl of soup, saltine crackers, and a juice box. She set it down on Darcy's lap, as well as two large purple pills. "Soup's a bit hot," she said, and then left the room again, not looking at Nil still. Darcy ripped open one of the packages of saltine crackers and offered it to Nil. "Want some?" she asked.

All of the color seemed to flee Peregrine's face. "Blood?" she echoed. "He makes paintings with blood?" Green felt as if she had been dropped into one of her most dark and grotesque thriller novels, or into one of the Grimm Brother's more bizzare tales.

{Should the nurse come back in to check on Riya?}

[Dradogo]

Nil declined Darcy's offer kindly. "I'm not hungry."

Mono nodded. "Yeah... it's some weird obsession of his. His life pretty much revolves around a little doll." He jumped down from the tree to stand right in front of Peregrine. "You alright?"

[Crabbiey]

(Probably.)

Riya's breathing was quick and shallow. She stared at the bed with wide eyes and was gripping the bed sheets very tightly. It had been just so real....

[Crabbiey]

(Edited post!)