The rubber-band smacked him in the nose, "Hazuko!" He was about to give her a lecture about how his office supplies were not there for her to terrorize people for her amusement. As he opened his mouth to speak though, the door to his office opened and Astrid entered , shoving Kypri in front of her. He stumbled up to Runako's desk and grinned, " Where's the Chief? He dead? "
"Can it," Astrid smacked him upside the head and then addressed Runako, " well, do I need to leave so you can keep more secrets from me?"
Runako picked up the rubber-band and placed it safely in his drawer. "No." Then he turned to Kypri, " Kypri, I've tested your crytpic suggestion but I'm still not sure where you're going with this. You said my mind would be clear , but it's the exact opposite. "
"Chief? Is that really you?"
"Yes, of course. "
Kypri leaned forward, grinning like a madman, "Interesting. Very interesting."
Runako slammed his fist down on the desk but instead of denting it as he normally would , he bruised his hand. He winced. Wow. If this is what being human felt like , then it sure sucked! "Start making sense or I'll-"
What could he do? He felt so weak. He needed a weapon if he didn't change back soon. "Don't make Astrid hurt you."
Kypri recoiled and shot a nervous glance back over his shoulder at the psychic.
Astrid folded her arms over her chest and scowled, "Give me a reason to kill you, please." She really meant it!
Kypri laughed nervously, " Alright , alright. Look, I didn't know if it was true or not and I didn't want to say anything unless I knew you were truly interested in knowing what I had to say, okay? This was just a test. Anyway, Walt's brain is kind of ...fucked up . He's seen a lotta shit that made him go nuts so it's hard to tell what's real and what's not. I just heard that you're part of a pretty damn important project, Chief, and everything that you think you know about yourself is a lie. You're one of the first. Number nine, right? You've been here longer than anyone and yet you seem to be the most delusional. It's because you're the only one that can handle the verandum ius or whatever the hell. "
"But what is it, really?" Runako pressed.
"Uh...well, I don't know for sure , but Walt seems to think it's got the essence of dead people or something in it. Their life energy. Yeah, Graves sucks them dry , makes an elixir out of it and then makes you needle it up. And every time you absorb a life, you absorb the memories that accompany it. The nightmares that you have aren't nightmares. They're real. You're living on the blood of childeren, chief? How does that grab ya? " He grinned.
Runako suddenly shot forward in his seat and seized Kyrpi by the collar ,pulling him in close so that their noses nearly touched, "Say that again."
"I said that Graves sucks them dry-"
"No, the last part. "
"Oh, heh. You're livin' on the blood of children, chief."
"That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard," Astrid scoffed, "you're high, Kypri . Chief, I'm sorry but you've wasted enough time on this nonsense . Say the word and I'll take him to- "
Runako cut her off, "Before Hana died, she said the same thing to me. "Runako let go of Kypri and sat back in his chair. "Maybe she wasn't crazy."
"You can't be serious."
"There's too many holes. I don't know anything about myself. " The Chief twirled around in his chair, something that was possible now that he wasn't a big fatty cat thing. " None of this makes sense. There's something missing- no , there's a lot missing and I don't like that. I want some answers and I'll get them ...somehow." He stopped spinning and faced everyone again, " Kypri, do you know what Walt's patient number is ?"
((I realize that you have like...little to reply to here but uh...you can make things up! Sorry if there's mistakes! I'm sure you'll survive them somehow! ))
