[IC] Nobody Will Believe It [SporkoBug and Calle]

[SporkoBug]

Ray frowned at the sight of the staff, luckily for her no one went to speak to her. She never really knew her schedule anymore, no one had the guts to give it to her; too many employees had heard the bad stories.
She looked to Benjamin as he mentioned it went well. "Yeah." She said with a nod, "Surprised that they didn't even look at me." She commented before she glanced to the spirits behind her.
Dia and Ari weren't too far behind, both of them still talking to each other but she couldn't make it out what they were saying.

Sara looked to Marc as he spoke to her, her mind was focused on those two leaving before she was brought back to reality.
"Oh. Uh." She started before she gave a small nod, "Yeah that... That'd work." She said with a small smile, "Sorry, I've... Never been out like this before."

[Loksfjoer]

"I don't understand that," Benjamin said. "You were allowed to leave confinement, so they should start your therapies again. Are they still afraid of you?" It didn't seem professional they would just ignore Ray like that, but he thought he'd give them the benefit of the doubt: maybe the current sessions were full and they had to wait for an opening before she could join in a group session.

He continued walking to his room with Ray, he too looked back to see if the spirits were still there. His eyes rested on Ari for a moment, after which he faced forward again. He would be lying if he'd say he wasn't nervous, Ari was supposed to be the dangerous spirit and he would be close to her for a while. At least Dia was there. And Ray of course.

Marc gently put a hand on her shoulder. "It's okay," he said, taking his hand away again. "I know a good place for a drink, it's not far from here." He looked around in the hall, most were done and leaving. "I'm going to help Carol to the common room and give her a nice window seat. We'll talk later." He gave a short wave and walked to the catatonic patient to help her out of her seat.

[SporkoBug]

Ray gave a small shrug, "I wouldn't have a clue." She said with a sigh, "They just seem to have given up on me, probably waiting for me to go crazy before putting me into full solitary confinement and waiting for me to inventively burn out." He said with another sigh. She looked back to her spirits for a moment, before she looked back towards Benjamin with a weak smile. "You ready to actually talk to her?"

Sara flinched at Marc's touch before she smiled softly. "R...Right." She said, standing there as he walked off. She waited for a moment before putting her hands on the cart and moved it back to the kitchen for the kitchenhands to clean up. She just needed some alone time at this point... Not that she ever really had alone time.
You're going to fuck this up. A voice whispered, causing her to shudder.
Go away.
No. Never. The voice retorted, I'm here to stay, and you know this.

[Loksfjoer]

"I'm not sure," Benjamin said, not feeling as ready as he had hoped he'd be, "but the only way to get to know her is to talk to her personally." If he was honest to himself, he wasn't even sure what he could say to her. At least he had from here to his room to figure something out.

When they reached the room he opened the door and went in, leaving it open for Ray and her spirits. He looked around, maybe it was his room, but it didn't feel like it. Cold and impersonal. It was just a place designated to him for sleeping, nothing more. But it served another purpose now, there were no places to have a private conversation.
He pulled back the chair at the small table to sit on it, leaving the bed for Ray to sit on.

[SporkoBug]

Ray only smirked at his words that he was unsure if he was ready to meet Ari. She was worried; she didn't know how Ari would react to Ben and she hoped she wouldn't be too dangerous.
She sat on the bed quietly, closing her eyes for a moment and breathing in. "Tell me when you're settled in." She said with a weak smile, "Ari's here, Dia'll push her in if needed."

"I don't get why I have to go in." Ari mumbled, Dia moved and grubbed her arm slightly.
"To talk. That's it."

[Loksfjoer]

Benjamin nodded and flashed a smile. "I can see her," he reminded Ray, before turning to look directly at Ari, noticing how Dia held her arm. Was Ari reluctant? He had thought she'd jump at the chance of being in control, based on what he had heard so far. That was interesting. And in a way it was reassuring to see he hesitance. "Can we talk?" he asked her.

[SporkoBug]

Ari crunched her nose slightly as he spoke to her before she moved forward towards Ray's body. She seemed hesitant before she pushed Ray out of the body, the runes on Ray's body flexing to a dull red colouration. Ray's spirit stumbled out and almost fell to the ground before Dia moved to grab her.
"I have you." Dia said to Ray, who only smiled back.
"Thank you. I'm not used to not being in my body." Ray replied with a laugh.

Ari had closed Ray's eyes when she had entered. Her body trembled slightly before Ari slowly opened her eyes.
"Did... It work...?" She asked before she fully opened her eyes with a small smile. "It worked! It worked and I didn't need to be enraged!"
Dia and Ray both gave a thumbs up to Ari as they watched, Ray seemed relieved and Dia seemed proud.

[Loksfjoer]

Benjamin blinked at Ari, this was one of the last things he had expected to hear. And Ray and Dia seemed to be supportive of her, maybe this talk was a good idea. Obviously "You had to be enraged before you could take control?" he asked.
While it wasn't the question he had initially wanted to ask, it wasn't a bad starting question either.

[SporkoBug]

Ari looked up to Benjamin with a small flinch as he spoke to her, before she breathed in slowly. "He means you no harm. Calm yourself Ari." She whispered to herself.
She stopped herself from shaking before she looked to Benjamin as he spoke to her. She nodded once, "Y...Yeah. That's why I always stayed back... And all of the times i was in I was... only angry."

[Loksfjoer]

"So, how did you end up with Ray?" Benjamin asked. He had heard it from Dia already, but he thought it would be interesting to hear it from Ari's perspective. Right now she didn't seem evil at all, just insecure. He dismissed the idea she could be afraid, surely one who was described as dangeours wouldn't be afraid of him? But he had to be honest to himself, her way of talking was unlike he had expected. An agressive stance, snarls, that was he had expected. This could prove to be a very interesting conversation, he felt he would learn a lot about her, and therefore understand her.

[SporkoBug]

Ari paused at the question. She thought about it quietly, "I was... Wandering." She started, "I was slain in battle, Finding my way to the afterlife wasn't easy." She continued, "I don't remember exactly how. I was pulled into her body, all I felt was anger and pain- All my memories of being in War flooded back to me and when I evidently got control I just... Lost it."
She fell silent, her hands had clenched; her body trembling.

Sara finally walked to her room after standing around. She sighed and fell onto her bed with a grumble.
"Why is my life frustrating." She said to herself into her pillow. She sighed and pulled the pillow away from her face and stared at the ceiling.
She felt the other spirit coiling around her mind, moving to try and take control.

[Loksfjoer]

Benjamin watched the clenched hands and noticed Ray's body trembled. He stood up to do what he hadn't dreamt of doing: he sat down next to her and put a hand over her clenched fist and looked straight at her. It seemed like she needed it, and even though a part of him was worried this would backfire and make her aggressive, he wouldn't just let her sit by herself when she felt like that. "It must have been hard," he said to Ari, although he saw Ray's face. "Do you still want to move on? Because if that is what you want I will try to help you."

[SporkoBug]

Ari flinched at the touch, almost pulling away before she seemed to settle slowly. Her trembling slowly stopped, just having the physical touch helped her settle, it was something she never really got...
"Thank you." Ari quietly spoke, "It was hard. I don't... Know if I want to move on." She admitted, "Originally I wanted revenge on who killed me, but being with Ray... Being stuck in here... I don't know if I can be at peace with her stuck here."

Stop it. Sara hissed towards the other spirit, Let me just relax.
A laugh echoed from her head, the laugh echoed through her ears, she hated it. She sat up in frustration; she felt her frustration allow her other spirit to get a stronger hold on her.

[Loksfjoer]

"She won't stay stuck here if you can help us," Benjamin said. At this point he wasn't looking at the other two spirits, he had no idea what they were doing, but that didn't matter. He was talking to Ari now. "Just make sure she won't be put in confinement again. And when she is free from this place and you still wish to move on, maybe we can find a way to make that happen." He smiled at her. "What do you think?"

Okay, he had to admit he had the wrong idea about Ari. Right now it seemed she a tormented soul, driven by revenge, who had some troubles adjusting and was probably a bit quick to lash out. First wandering after being slain, unable to find peace, then being imprisoned in a body that wasn't even hers, he could imagine it hadn't been easy for her.

[SporkoBug]

Ari nodded at his statement of getting Ray out of here.
"Ray and Sara." She said, slightly forcefully. "We need to save Sara as well."
Ari thought about it quietly, "I will try my best not to get her into Confinement." She continued, "It really comes down to my aggression, I'll try and keep calm."

Ari was happy that Benjamin was able to talk to her so freely, this felt nice, having someone actually talking to her- Not in a condescending way, not in a feared way, in a normal, human way.

[Loksfjoer]

Benjamin had a smile for Ari. "I'm sure you can do it," he said to her. At this point there wasn't much else he wanted to ask, most of things he wanted to know had been cleared up and they'd be locked up in this place for a while longer. "It's only fair if I answer some questions too, so if you have any..." he made an inviting gesture.

He did take a moment to look at the spirits of Ray and Dia, of course they were still with them. It was odd to see Ray twice, her body here and her spirit a bit further away, it was also odd to hear someone else speak through the mouth or Ray when she wasn't there, but it was only temporary.

[SporkoBug]

Ari watched Benjamin quietly, thinking about his questions. "Does... This mean you'll be able to hear me outside of Ray's body?" She asked after a moment of silence, tilting her head.

Ray seemed to be watching the walls, Dia was watching Ari quietly. Ray didn't seem to stray too far from her own body; she seemed determined to keep watch.
Dia looked to Benjamin and gave a small smile to him before her eyes moved back to Ari.

[Loksfjoer]

Benjamin thought about the question, looking at the ground as he did. He went over the spirits he hadn't been able to hear and those he had. "There is only one way to know for sure," he said, looking up again and he reached out to take her hands, well, Ray's hands, but since Ari in the body it would feel like he took her hands. "I'm fairly sure we don't need Ray's body to talk from now on, because I trust you and I care about you."

[SporkoBug]

Ari blinked at Benjamin's words, her eyes wide. She glanced over to Dia, who smiled with a small nod before Ray floated back over to her body with a small tilt of her head. "You did it!" Ray said with a small smile, giving Ari a small thumbs up.

Ari smiled happily at Ray's words. "Can... Can I give you your body back?" Ari asked, Ray nodded and took control with a bit of a shudder.
"That's weird." She said with a small smile, glancing to Ari.
"You're telling me." She said with a small laugh.

[Loksfjoer]

Benjamin sat back and looked at Ari. "I can hear you," he said, figuring she would want to know that. "I suppose that is one thing crossed from my list of things to do the afternoon. On the way here I already apologised about missing group therapy this morning, which is another thing crossed off. And I haven't heard about an appointment with the psychiatrist, so I guess my busy afternoon isn't so busy after all."
Now that he realised that, another realisation hit. What was he supposed to do the entire day? Hanging out with Ray and her spirits was nice, but he would like to do something.

"So... we need to figure out what happened to three people now," he said. "The old cop Franklin, Simon, Susanna. I know both Simon and Susanna had an evaluation about their medication before they left, and they had always faithfully taken them. I don't know Franklin though."
He had decided to bring the conversation back to that topic, during lunch they hadn't been able to really talk about it.