Context: For as long as you can remember, you've been the lone nurse of Ravenspire Asylum. No doctors, no other staff, just you and an asylum full of crazy men and women that are terribly affectionate for you. The man on Floor 11 has asked for your company today. He has a lovely view of the sky if you recall correctly.

Setting: Ravenspire Asylum

Tags:[M4A][Associates to Lovers?][Blind Mild-Mannered Madman Speaker][Nurse Listener][Supernatural][Comforting][Blind][Inter-Dimensional][Kisses][Friendly]but[Insane][CW: Disturbing Imagery/Implications]

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Floor 0: Aubrey Williams

SIGNAL SEARCHING...

[Scene opens at the reception desk]

[SFX: A winter storm followed by a buzzer]

[Pause?]

“Hello, Nurse. It is Ignatio on Floor 11.”

[Pause]

“Good day to you too, Nurse. Could I bother you for some of your time? It gets so terribly lonely staring into the abyss alone.”

[Pause]

“Many thanks. I look forward to speaking with you, my dear.”

[Long Pause to Transition Scene]

[SFX: The Nurse walking down the tile floors, entering an old lift and it creaking to the top floor]

[You put your ‘Out to Lunch’ sign on your desk and head to the lift. The old gate closes behind you as you make your request: Floor 11, please. It dutifully sends you upward at a maddeningly slow pace before you hear a pleasant:]

[SFX: Ding!]

[Pause?]

[Ignatio calls out from behind his door:]

“Yes, you may come in.”

[SFX: The door opening and then closing]

[You enter Ignatio’s cell and find him where he always is. Leaning against the balcony, face tilted toward the sun]

[Pause?]

“Hello, Nurse… I hope you don’t mind me leaning on the balcony while I continue my work. I do hope the fire will help against the winter storm.”

[Pause]

“Hmhm, you’re welcome. Now, I am sure you wanted to know why I asked you here, hm?”

[Pause?]

[He gestures a pale hand toward a nearby armchair. You sit]

“There, sit… Good.”

[He pauses, head still tilted up]

“I saw it again.”

[...Pause?]

“...Yes, I am sure, Nurse. I know ‘sight’ might not exactly be the right word, given, well…”

[He turns to you, handsome to a fault, save for the empty voids that fill where his eyes once were]

“...Given what the abyss took from me when I stared too long… I’ve gotten more comfortable not wearing a blindfold, you know. After all… The things in there don’t seem frightened of a man with his eyes wholly burned out of their sockets. So, why should I be frightened of any sense of fragile ego?”

[Pause?]

[He pauses again, comfortable enough to stay facing with you]

“Did he wave this time? … I think so. He looked just like a little boy. But like a little boy forcefully drowned in ink, save for teeth and eyes. But, more importantly, he spoke.”

[Pause!]

[He nods, serious]

“Well… He mouthed something to me, over and over. I didn’t understand it until I saw him mouth a word I had heard from you before. Sonne. Kind Nurse… Sweet Nurse… I know you speak many languages. Would you help a kindly old doctor put his obsession to rest and translate?”

[...Pause]

[He sighs in immense relief]

“I thank you graciously, my love. Please. What does it mean?”

[You translate easily enough]

[Pause]

“...Sun. It means ‘sun’ in German?”

[Pause]

[He ponders this for a moment, lips moving silently]

“...Hier kommt die Sonne…”

[...Again, you translate]

[Pause]

“...Here comes the sun…?”

[Yes, you tell him, though it reads more like ‘bursting in on the scene’]

[He pivots back toward the balcony, glaring sightlessly into the sun]

“So it’s true, then!”

[Pause]

[He lets out a mad laugh as you try and comfort him]

“HOLD A MOMENT, DARLING NURSE! Oh, you cheeky, fourth-dimensional nightmare! Look at you, cackling and clapping!”

[He continues to laugh]

[Pause]

“That is it, then! The sun WILL erupt at any time, hm? Hahahaha! Oh, what a naughty prank you’ve pulled, my friend! Naughty indeed! I spent so long staring into that fiery portal into your world, let my eyes wither and die, let you sear my skin, even let you commit the ultimate sin by taking time away from myself and my Nurse!”

[Pause…]

[He calms. Briefly]

“Apologies, yes. ‘Our’ Nurse. No discourse, darling, I apologize. We are all meant to be sharing, and loving, and not tearing each other’s throats out with our teeth. My apologies.”

[Pause.]

“Thank you for understanding, dearest.”

[Pause]

[He turns back toward the sun, a calm smile on his lips, and a few giggles escaping]

“Hm… hmhm… Ah. Nihilism is so beautiful, in a way. The sun will erupt in a passionate gasp and we, well… We slower wither away under an infinite winter… Assuming we aren’t just incinerated immediately. I’m almost curious what that split second of the flame hitting and death would feel like…”

[Pause]

“No, not pleasant, I’m sure. Hmhm, I love your sense of humor, my dear.”

[Pause <3]

“Would you like to come and look with me?”

[...]

[SFX: The Nurse standing and approaching]

[He calms further as you join his side]

“Thank you, dearest… It’s beautiful, isn’t it?”

[Pause…]

“Oh, it is a bit morbid, yes. And frightening, certainly. I am sure Posie would loathe the idea… but I feel like it makes the time we have together all the more precious… It all could collapse in an instant. One microsecond of agony and then the calm of the abyss. Yet, here we are… You leaning into my side just a little because you know I enjoy it…”

[His smile turns more affectionate]

“You really are good to all us madmen and madwomen and… well, all us menaces. Could I give you a little kiss, in appreciation?”

[Pause]

[You reach up and guide his face until his lips lock gently with yours]

The tremendous flames, lashing out like an animal in its death throes, with no care given to who or what it burns with it. One moment, safe. The next, everything is gone. Even you. And what happens if what waits in the afterlife is unpleasant for a sinner like you?

[Pause???]

[You try to pull away but his arms tighten around your waist and back]

Mm mm, no… Don’t pull away. No tricks with my telepathy… I promise. I just don’t want to stop kissing you.

[...Pause]

[You ease]

There you go… I meant no harm with my little sinner comment. I’m just using a bit of humor to cope with having to share. A bit healthier than Vanessa’s ‘coping method’, hm? Hmhm… Besides, I’d say most of us are sinners here.

[Pause]

…Look into the voids that were my eyes… Just for a moment.

[Pause?]

I want to show you the sun…

[...Pause]

[You open your eyes and do as he asks]

[SFX: The sun crackling and roaring]

[You see it through him. The sun erupting, your stomach turning to ice as you watch build while you stand helpless]

[SFX: The Nurse fainting]

[Pause!]

[Ignatio catches you with a surprised grunt, panting slightly]

“Oh, Nurse! Poor Nurse, are you hurt? I think I just barely caught you!”

[P-Pause]

“Oh… I, a-ah… I will try to be more gentle next time. My apologies…”

[Pause <3]

[He chuckles and helps you stand]

“Here, let us stand you up… There we are. Hmhm… You really are a little sinner, you know that?”

[Pause!]

[He laughs]

“I never claimed not to be one either! But, ah, I sense you need to get back. The little boy is giggling so someone must be up to mischief…”

[Pause]

“Yes, you have a good day t-...”

[He pauses and seems to stare at you[

“Nurse… Do you know where you are…?”

[You answer him: Floor 11, Room 303]

[Pause]

“He studies you for a moment. A little too long before he nods]

“Yes… Floor 11, Room 303. I got a bit confused for a moment.”

[He clears his throat and turned back to the sun]

“I do hope you have a lovely day, my dearest Nurse. Oh, and, tell Viola I said hello, please.”

[Pause]

[SFX: The Nurse’s footsteps fading away, a bit woozy]

[Fadeout on steps echoing on tile]

[To be continued]

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