Maw looked up as Von spoke, giving a rumble at the mention of if he had just 'obeyed'; he wasn't anyone's
pet, he didn't need to obey anyone. He felt his skin prickle angrily at the mention of not eating for two years, he was about to charge towards the stairs before everything went white.
The Real World, Quiet HiveMind Facility
The water levels dropped quickly in Maw and Torens' tube, Toren was shunted directly to the back of the mind as Maw tumbled out and fell onto his hands and knees. He didn't seem to have noticed the girls as they stood near him.
Maw breathed heavily for a moment before he felt his body tremble, he started to cough; bringing up bile and
blood.
The blood caused him to sneer, it smelt sour - like it was sitting in his gullet for way too long. It felt clotted and horrible coming from his mouth. The hidden seam across his cheeks where his mouth extended from felt tight, like it had almost healed over.
"F...Fuck." Maw spoke, his throat was sore and his voice felt scratchy.
"Hun...gry. T..two years..." He grumbled as he slowly pulled himself up from the ground, using the edge of his tube to stabilize himself as he winced.
He was
sore, everything hurt. He felt a growl rumble through his body as he moved to open his mouth, larger than his lips - making sure the slits across his cheeks weren't healed over. He'd need to make sure he could still eat as much as he needed to.
"Take... Pain for Toren..." Maw mumbled to himself, he felt like something was wrong in this body; which was stopping him from using his energy to warp the body into something more comfortable for him, but Toren wasn't responding in the consciousness.
The tube slid open, Axen tumbling out before his lights flickered. He wasn't injured like he was in the simulation, his body buzzed for a moment as he slowly came to and looked around to find Jays' terminal to get her out too.
Jay stumbled out slowly, Axen moving to grab the back of her shirt to keep her from falling to the ground.
"No, I don't want to." Jay grumbled as she waved towards Axen tiredly. She blinked slowly as she was slowly coming too.
"You're unwell." Axen said softly,
"I can sense somethings not right, how is your head?"Jay couldn't help but grin to herself,
"Haven't had any complaints." She uttered softly before Axen pecked towards her,
"Ow! Sorry, I'm fine. My brain just feels fuzzy." She said with a shake of her head before she looked around, noticing Nova and Cosy.
"Oh hey, they were in the simulation too." Jay commented as she slowly stepped towards them, Axen buzzing around after her.