[open-ish] pain is supposed to heal with time

[eaudevamp]

Who: Reign Fear (eaudevamp) & Friends/Anyone
What: Hostage/rescue aftermath
When: 24th onwards
Where: His home, the Institute, Thesa Station, Shades Darker
Warning(s): Sad vampire, mentions of death, self-inflicted pain/BDSM, possible smut?

[ It had been a few days since the hostages were rescued, but Reign didn't feel like he'd achieved much despite managing to save them with the help of other rescuers. It was a combined effort that should have been a success, but the group Reign was in didn't quite manage so. They had guessed the wrong location, and thus lost precious time to find the correct place. But that was done now, and the extremists either escaped or were killed/apprehended, Reign didn't care.

No, he truly did care, but he found it hard to actually do so when some of his friends had ended up as hostages. That, he could deal with, but not death. It was a strange and unfamiliar situation for him to face, and thus it hit him harder than he expected.

For the next few days, Reign lived his life almost like a literally zombie, looking like an undead (though he really wasn't). He mostly shut himself up in his home, spending a bit of time with his pet giraffe, Scorch, or dabbling in his perfume research and creation in an attempt to get his mind off the pain eating into him. Sometimes he replied to messages sent to him, other times they went ignored. And yet life still must go on, so Reign returned to the Institute to work, sometimes stopping by to look into a particular office in the hopes of seeing a certain demon. But it wasn't enough.

So when travelling up to Thesa Station was finally available, Reign headed straight for the pods, standing or sitting in front of one pod containing a blond man. Anyone who noticed would either see him crying, whether silently or wailing his heart out, or mumbling and telling his friend about the events that had occurred. However, the pain didn't lessen, and so at night, Reign would go to Shades Darker for a special event, a night meant for patrons to partake in some BDSM play in one of the backrooms decorated in a dungeon setting. He allowed himself to be blindfolded, his wrists bounded to chains hanging from the ceiling, shirtless and displaying strips of red welts from an earlier session. At least this kind of pain would numb him, even if only for a while. Who's next? ]

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The Institute | 27th-ish

[meinwaifu]

[It was a strange experience, coming back from the dead. Particularly when you're not expecting it-- and even more so when usually you did expect it, but thought this time would really be the end.]

[But then it wasn't. And even now, Mephisto's not really sure how to feel about it all. Logically, he knows he's alive and (sorta) healthy, he's safe from such a thing happening again (for now), and no permanent damage was done against him (as far as he knows). But clearly his mental state took a pretty big hit.]

[But first things first: there are some people he needs to check in with. It would be easy to send a message, but... no. Messages could be faked. His phone could have been stolen, and then used to lure more people to wherever the remaining extremists were--]

[All things he didn't want to think about, honestly.]

[He's in his office right now, currently unsure whether or not it even is his office anymore-- did the natives think he died? Or did the Natha do something to undo the event in their minds? He's not sure which is worse... but the moment he hears the door open, he transforms himself into something smaller and out of sight.]

[Of course, regardless of how often Reign's been snooping in here, it'll be obvious that some things have been moved around and shuffled through when he checks inside. Will he investigate?]

Thesa Station

[notsolomon]

[It was hard to ignore the dust up that had gone on. It was chilling actually, to think that you could be so endangered just by living in this place. William had done what he could, though ultimately his own efforts had contributed very little in the end.

There were a few people involved int he mess who he was concerned about to say the least, but when he finally came across one it was entirely by accident. He'd come up to Thesa station to look at the pods, wondering if he could find someone he knew. He had failed every other time he'd tried and this time was seeming to be much of the same.

So when he saw Reign there, he sighed after a moment.]

This is where we first met, isn't it?

Shades Darker

[thetaintedsorrow]

[There are plenty of bars to drown his sorrows at, but tonight Chuuya might be looking for something more than just a stiff drink. Perhaps that’s what leads him to Shades Darker, to one of those back rooms; a chance to give or receive a bit of pain to take his mind off of his failures. He couldn’t save Dylas or Atsushi, couldn’t do a goddamn thing to fix the shit that had gone down, and he simply doesn’t know how to deal.

So he’ll just partake in both of his vices at once; alcohol and sex.

What he’s not expecting is to see Reign bound by chains and shirtless, his back red and raw from various tools. Chuuya is immediately filled with concern, and he rushes to Reign’s side before peeling off the blindfold blocking his eyes.]

Are you all right?

[colorature]

<sub>[If there's one thing Diva doesn't appreciate, it's being ignored. Reign has been doing exactly what he said he wouldn't do. He's ignored her messages and hasn't come when called. So, naturally, there's only one way to set such a thing straight - go to where he lives and kick down his door.

Well, she didn't kick it right off...but the hinges are smarting something terrible and he might have to get a new lock...it's debatable.]</sub>

REIGN!