015: Save Milla!

[ra_ra_razputin]

[Raz approaches the front door of 1487 Kramden St., just like has every day for... a while now. He hopes that maybe this time she'll be back to normal as he knocks on the door. "Milla" answers, looking a bit too happy, even for her.]

"Oh, hello again, Razputin! Did you have a good day at school?"

Uh, yeah, sure. Hey, Milla, what happened to all those clothes you dyed cool colors?

"Those ugly things? I packed them all away, of course. They were such an eyesore that I couldn't even stand to use them as dishrags! Why?"

No reason. Hey! What about cookies! Did you bake any cookies today?

"Now, now, Razputin, you know too much sugar will make you hyper! A growing boy like you needs something healthy! Why don't I fix you some carrot sticks and celery, instead?"

...Carrot... sticks...?

"They're nutritious and delicious~!"

...Carrot sticks. [He's not ready to admit defeat yet. If she's not going to snap out of it then he's just going to do it for her. He grabs her boring. non-tie-dyed skirt and tugs at it desperately. He might be trying to shake some sense into her but it's hard for a small child to do that to a grown adult.]

Agent Vodello! You have to wake up! They've got you brainwashed but I KNOW you're still in there somewhere! There's still a ton of work to do! Official Psychonauts Business! You remember, right?

["Milla" swats Raz's hands away and gives him a stern look.]

"Razputin! Were you raised in a barn? That was very rude, young man! Just for that, I want you to sit out here and think about what you've done!"

[She slams the door on Raz's face. For a few minutes he just stands there and stares at it.]

Comments

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

[Someone else is checking in on her/on the sidewalk looking sad]

....she's still droned, isn't she...

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

[Raz lowers his head.]

Yeah.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

....crap.

[She sighs]

Figures...they drone all the cool people here.

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

But why her? What did she do?

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

Probably nothing. This place likes to drone people for nothing sometimes.

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

It's not fair.

[crazyclownwoman.livejournal.com]

[thinking of roboKaito, Vorpal and all her other droned friends]

...no...it isn't....

[serverofshota.livejournal.com]

[Had also come to check on her, and sees the scene...

Damn. Sighs, on the sidewalk.]

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

[Turns to sit down on the steps and sees somebody else coming by.]

Don't even bother.

[serverofshota.livejournal.com]

[Nods, slow. I understand.]

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

[Sits down, plops his head in his hands.]

She must have tried something. I wish I'd known. I would've helped! Maybe they wouldn't have done it.

[serverofshota.livejournal.com]

Not always.

[sits with.]

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

But they wouldn't just... bring her here and send her away! What's the point in that? What's the point in anything they do here?

[The most exasperated sigh in the world goes here.]

[serverofshota.livejournal.com]

[Hand on shoulder, an attempt of comfort.]

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

[It's appreciated.]

[smallestsaiyan.livejournal.com]

[Oh hey he lives there. Is out playing on the lawn when he sees that exchange. Approaches!]

What happened to her? She used to be different but now she's all... funny.

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

They brainwashed her. They do that here.

[smallestsaiyan.livejournal.com]

Brainwashed! That's not nice at all!

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

I know! And she didn't even do anything to deserve it!

[never-any-doubt.livejournal.com]

[Spy walks up to Raz, takes a drag on his cigarette, blows out a plume of smoke, and then speaks.]

So you've noticed as well.

[A pity; just when he was starting to get somewhere with her.]

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

She'll go back to normal soon. [He doesn't sound all that convinced.]

[never-any-doubt.livejournal.com]

[Spy shrugs.]

We can hope, Razputin. Eet has happened before.

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

It will happen. She can't be gone. She just can't be.

[wolf-faerie.livejournal.com]

[Aisling had gone to Milla's house as well to visit, hoping to spend more time with her since they'd had a fun time together when they first met. But then she sees the scene play out with Raz and drone!Milla, and her face falls.]

She's been droned, hasn't she?

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

[Nods slowly]

Uh huh.

[wolf-faerie.livejournal.com]

[She sighs.]

That's too bad. I liked her.

Did you know her?

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

She's one of my camp counselors. And one of the best agents the Psychonauts have! Maybe that's why they did it, they knew she was too powerful for them!

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

[Someone is behind Raz. He looks awfull disappointed. He's holding his own tie-dyed shirt - well, more like he sort of just dumped a whole bunch of dye onto a shirt and hoped for the best.]


But.... I thought she liked these!

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

She did! But whatever's there now is just like all the rest of the drones.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

Drones? She... she's one of those now? When did this happen?!

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

A little while ago. I keep coming to check on her to see if she's snapped out of it, but it hasn't happened yet.

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

This is terrible. I thought dronings were punishments! Surely Milla did nothing to deserve it!

[ra-ra-razputin.livejournal.com]

She couldn't have! She didn't tell me she was going to try anything! She would have told me...

[dodo-master.livejournal.com]

This is highly unfair. So this is how this town operates? Just goes ahead and drones someone just for laughs? No no, this isn't right at all. [He wrinkles his nose, looking irritated.]