hyuugahime | Forty-Sixth Sunshine [Video/Offline]

[Having seen some gravestones that she would rather not have seen, Hinata has been staying inside as much as possible. Unfortunately, she and Raven have animals to feed, and she's decided to brave the garden for a few minutes to cut some fresh leaves and branches for Xavier, Alice's bunny. It's just a moment, get out, cut branches with kunai, get back in. It should be alright.

Right?

Of course it's not. It takes maybe thirty seconds before the fog rolls around her and the hallucination starts.]

[OOC cut to spare your flist/TW : blood, gore and death]

There are bodies everywhere. All of them have the same long blue-black hair as Hinata and completely white eyes. Men, women and children, all dead, most of them mutilated in some horrific way. In fact, quite a lot of them have at least one eye or both gouged out.

... Hizashi-jisama? Otou-sama ? Okaa-sama ? ... N-Neji-niisan?

... H-Hanabi! Hanabi! W-Wake up! Hanabi! HANABI!

[Hinata falls to her knee, branches and kunai forgotten, the vision tearing a scream raw with pain from her chest.]

G-Gomen nasai ... Gomen nasai ... Gomen nasai ...

((OOC : Coming close to her will let you see the lovely vision that made her break down.))

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[She is crying incontrollably, seemingly senseless words falling from her lips.]

Kaeshite ... Hanabi wo kaeshite ... K-kazoku wo kaeshite!

[She hasn't noticed his presence, the soft touch not enough to break her from the transe.]

[Sokka tightens his grip, squeezing her shoulder with a little more force. Out of his periphery, he can see figures, lots of bodies, but he's got his focus so keenly placed on his friend, worried he might be too distracted to properly help out thanks to Hinata's visions.]

Hinata, stop! Just- just look at me, okay? I'm here, I'm right here. It's not real! Let me help you, please!

[The squeeze seems to anchor Hinata, her eyes coming into focus brutally again, and she blinks several times.]

... S-Sokka-kun?

[She is shivering violently, then suddenly paws at her own face, feeling for her own eyes.]

[He pulls her against him, wrapping his arms awkwardly around her, tugging her close in his worry and upset.] It's me, it's me...

[It's unsettling to see Hinata so disconnected, but when Sokka opens his eyes and looks on the visions created for his friend by the fog, he can understand why.] Spritis, we need-- we've gotta get you inside; gotta get out of this fog, o-okay?

Sokka-kun ... What's ...

[She instinctively grabs him, holding onto him like he's the only real thing around ... and in a way, he is.]

C-Can you ... see them?

Yes. [Although, he wishes he wasn't seeing them. They all remind him so much of her, he worries the second he pulls back, he'll come to realize Hinata is just as dead as the rest of them. Sokka's grip tightens and he brushes a hand down her hair.] But it's not real, Hinata. It's not real. It's just-- it's the Animus being cruel...

T-They took their eyes ... A-All of them ... Otou-sama ... Okaa-sama ... Hanabi ...

[She's not going to move on her own if you don't forcibly move her back inside, Sokka.]

[He's not really able to move, yet, but he's starting to get that picture, yeah. Sokka squeezes her and chokes out a response as he tries to coax them both to their feet.] It's not real, it's not... You just- just close your-- [Wait, no, probably shouldn't mention the eyes in this case.] Just bury your face against me, okay? It'll help... [He hopes.]

[She stumbles upward, holding his shirt in a vice grip. She probably wouldn't be able to stand if not for the fact that she's now leaning on him rather heavily. It still takes her a long moment before she manages to tear her eyes away from the scene displayed around them.]

W-Why do they do this ...? Why? ... M-My family ...

[Sokka swallows against his grief for her, finding it hard to hear the hurt in her voice.] I don't know... [He wishes he did. It's cruel of the Animus to be so terrible without any explanation. Did they really think this treatment was acceptable?] Let's go inside, come on.

[She'll follow, her body wracked by violent shivers every once in a while. The tears are still falling down her cheek, but the sobs are getting smaller, mostly because she's exhausted.]

[As soon as Sokka finds a place for them to sit together, he lowers them both down but doesn't relieve himself of his grip on the girl.] Just sit here, okay? We'll sit here and relax a minute... Just gotta calm down a little and it'll be okay.

[Hinata nods. She won't try to get out of the hug, she needs the warmth and support right now.]

I'm going to stay here a while, okay? Just stay here with you as long as you need me. [Even if that meant all day and all night and all day again.]

Thank you...

[It's probably not going to take that long, but she appreciates it nonetheless.]

You're welcome. Do you want some water? Something to drink? [He likes to help. It makes him feel useful.]

J-Just ... stay here? P-Please.

I will. As long as you need me. [In the meantime, he'll just be here rubbing at Hinata's back, interested in making her as comfortable as possible.]

Thanks.

[She'll focus on taking deep breaths right now, and redirecting her chakra. She's not a medi-nin, but that should help her settle down a little.]

[Sokka will... try not to talk. He's a bit of a gabber when he wants to be, and meditation never really sat too right with him. Still, it seems like it isn't hurting, so he just continues with what he's doing until the time she requests him to stop or leave.]

[Stay long enough and she'll just fall asleep on his shoulder. The vision took a lot out of her.]

[Sokka won't mind that -- he really has no where else he has to be. And in a way, it's helping him too, since he's been a little starved for contact of late.]

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