Colin's posts

"...I'm sorry." Jake responded.

"I wanted to be fine. I wanted to be with you. I didn't want to cause you worry." he said further.

"But I was tricked. By that damn dark elf." he growled.

"She'll stop at nothing to make our lives miserable." he went on.

"...so is this return to my usual self YOUR doing?" he then asked her.

Jake was silent, sitting where he was, and accepted the hair. A moment or two later, he sighed heavily.

"That helped." he said.

"A LOT." he stressed.

"And I feel disoriented, discombobulated, dissociative..." he listed off, before pausing. "Admittedly, not so much on that LAST one, got caught up in the 'dis' train..." he admitted with a light chuckle.

He then slowly looked at her.

"How are YOU doing?" he asked.

Hal nodded.

"You do that." he said.

"I need to see just how this has affected anyone else, if it has." he continued.

"When you're finished checking around, come to my office." he then told her. "Depending on your report, I'll end the lockdown." he reasoned, before taking a step forward, and pausing slightly.

"...right. Need to walk carefully." he muttered.

"I'm complete, but... things are still shifting into place."

"Yeah, no." Hal responded.

"I'm sorry, but I'm not sure I would even GRANT that wish right now." he told her. "Given how I feel, and how you LOOK, I don't think risking hitting that wall of static is a good idea." he reasoned.

"..." he was then silent, before pausing and thinking about something.

"I need to check on a number of people." he realised.

"Hollie, Rowena, Vincent... see if it's just the Unit, or if this stretches out further."

Hal accepted her hand, and she helped him to his feet. Once he was standing, he cracked his neck a little, and sighed.

"That would make sense." he admitted.

"...I still wonder what the hell happened." he went on.

"But I'm just happy to be ME again, if I'm being honest." he then told her.

"...also, you are NOT looking good." he muttered, actually LOOKING at her and noticing her condition.

Hal was silent, and accepted it. When he did, she saw that it had already started to take effect.

"Ngh..." the djinn grunted, shaking his head slightly.

"What the hell was that..." he mumbled.

"I know what was happening... I know what I was doing... but what was THIS?" he continued.

"Everything just... came back abruptly."

Ty watched her leave, before getting up and leaving, himself.

"...hm." he mumbled.

"Wonder what caused this, then..." he said to himself.

Meanwhile, Anya made her way to where Hal was being kept, and knocked on the door, to no answer at first. She tried again, and this time heard his voice... low and hoarse.

"Come in." he said.

She did, and found him collapsed in a corner, grasping at his head. Odds are he was reeling from what had just occurred.

"...wait, what?" Ty asked.

"I'm not?" he asked further. "Who else is?" he asked her.

"Sebastien." Anya responded.

"...and he was REALLY steeped in the soul-taking, wasn't he...?" Ty muttered.

Anya just nodded in response.

"I wonder if that means the majority of the Unit has been affected now..." Ty then wondered.

"Come in!" she heard.

When she did, saw saw Ty sitting in one of the chairs, looking... a little shocked.

"Wow." he muttered.

"Dunno what you managed to do, but it was amazing." he told her.

"I feel... completely like myself again!" he exclaimed.

"Seriously, I feel back to my old self, 100%."

Sebastien paused for a moment, before nodding slowly.

"Yeah... yeah, I should be fine." he said.

"Just... gotta get my head on straight and such." he went on.

"Get this mind haze to clear." he mumbled.

"But that's all I need to do right now." he assured her.

"So I'll be fine. Pretty sure."

"Are you going to check?" Sebastien asked.

"Also, I understand if you don't want me to be out of this place." he then said.

"I'll understand if you don't trust me yet." he went on.

"After all, this happened... VERY suddenly and abruptly."

"Well, I could sense you." Sebastien responded.

"And I've heard people talking about how you're helping others." he went on.

"Or... well, Agent King, as you've said." he continued.

He then paused, and thought a moment.

"How IS Agent King doing?" he asked.

"And Agent Sharp?"

"...damn it." Sebastien cursed.

"I can't believe she managed to get to me. To Jordan. To everyone." he said.

"..." he was then silent for a moment, thinking about it.

"But my human soul is back, now..." he said quietly. "It just happened... right now. And I don't know why." he admitted.

"And the fact that YOU don't seem to know is... confusing." he then said.

"I know you've been working to help those here with that." he continued. "But this wasn't you?"

Sebastien shook his head.

"Not... really?" he responded.

"All I know is that I started to feel weird after my first picture was taken with her camera, but I didn't really seem to mind or care." he told her. "And eventually, I started to not see her as Jordan." he went on.

"...she was just a proxy for Vanessa Encrae." he mumbled.

"And... then, suddenly, I just felt whole again. Like, right NOW, suddenly." he finished.

"My mind is just swimming in a haze of memories and crap..." he admitted, placing a hand to the side of his head.