[Nsfw] ✾ Nanika's Crime Scene ✾ | cw: gore

[awuka]

[Finally laid to rest, Alluka is plunged into a long, drawn out dream that causes her to groan and cling to whatever's closest in her sleep.

She awakens in a dark, fleshy room with a weak lantern that just barely illuminates the darkness. Scared, she cautiously steps forward, wondering where her big brother could've went. As she walks, the soft, wet ground squelches underneath her, oozing old, reddish brown blood all over her squeaking berry boots. She can hear strange ambience throughout the cave: unnerving drip, drip, drips and even the sound of distant ringing which grows subtly louder the longer she navigates this horrible place.

(The rest is nested in the comments bc it's gross lol)

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[devil_or_angle]

*killua's eyes grow wide with alarm as she recounts her dream, dread gathering heavy in his gut at the realization that this is her mind's way of making sense of what nanika did.*

h-hey, it's okay... i'm fine now, everything's fine.

*he wants to tell her it was just a dream, but can't while he can still feel the phantom throb of his uninjured side, the memory of splitting it open all too real. maybe she hasn't quite figured out what nanika did, but he needs her to know that no matter what happened, it's going to be alright. he pets her hair as she sobs, noticing with a jolt that there's still some of his dried blood matting the locks of her hair.*

[awuka]

[Brought out of her immediate shock by Killua's comforting gestures, the first thing Alluka notices is the pungent taste in her mouth. Her tongue is dry from sleep, her tastebuds coated in a bitter, salty, and irony mixture that make her stomach lurch when she inhales. She gags in disgust, throwing her hand over her mouth as she breaks from Killua and rushes to the bathroom to huddle over the open toilet and unload the contents of her stomach into it with one painful heave.

The toilet water splashes, at least one droplet hitting her face as heavy and red chunks of something drop into the previously still surface. When no more comes up, she peels her tearstained eyelashes apart. Innocent, blue eyes widen in horror when they fall on the small, undigested pieces of kidney floating around in the water. Her first instinct is to hyperventilate and scream.]

ONIICHAN! I'M BLEEDING!!!

[What an awful way to start the day after your own birthday. Terrified, she wonders if somehow her dream did something to her body. It's never happened before, but anything can seemingly happen on the airship.]

[devil_or_angle]

*killua rushes after her, reminded of her reaction to her first hangover but knowing this will be much, much worse. he's proven correct when he sees the toilet bowl full of the meaty chunks of his partially-digested kidney and feels his stomach flip, quite nearly causing him to vomit too. overcome with revulsion, his first reaction is to reach past her and swat the lever, flushing the grisly remains of his own organ away.*

don't look at it, okay? *he urges as he crouches down close, rubbing her shaking back to help her calm down.* it's okay, everything's gonna be okay--

*he repeats the mantra half for her and half for himself, panicked thoughts of her being poisoned by the piece of himself she consumed filling his head as he wraps his arms around her again, fretting over whether he should take her to leorio for an examination. he doesn't know how to tell her the terrible truth: that the blood she's just vomited isn't hers.*

[awuka]

[Alluka reels back away from the toilet when Killua turns the lever, not wanting her face to get sprayed further as the toilet noisily whirlpools the blood and chunks down the drain at the bottom. Killua's comforting doesn't help at all this time. For a moment, she feels angry.]

N-No it's not! I'm puking blood and it's all chunky--! A-And..my stomach still really hurts..It's bleeding!

[Her stomach is absolutely killing her with sharp and dull pains alike. She gags and heaves again, almost throwing up on the floor if it weren't for the toilet being so close. She doubles over the toilet again, her throat croaking embarrassingly loud as more blood and chunks are summoned. Her eyes well up again, blinding her as the toilet is once again filled with more of the same thing.

Dejected, she sniffles loudly as she wipes her face and mouth with toilet paper she tore off the roll. She inconsolably wails, utterly terrified.]

Am I dying, Oniichan? Did I get poisoned by the cake? Or was it the icecream...I n-need a doctor...!

[devil_or_angle]

*there's no consoling her, so panicked and confused about whats happening to her that his reassurance falls on deaf ears. mouth hanging uselessly open and stomach churning with regret, killua is at a loss. all he can do is flush the toilet again with a trembling hand and murmur,*

it wasn't the cake or the ice cream that's making you sick, it's... something nanika ate.

*before she can protest, he stammers,*

i-i'm sorry, alluka, i really am... but she insisted...

[awuka]

[Alluka's panic pauses when she realizes that Killua knows something about this. Then it compounds even further.]

What did Nanika eat?! When she showed up and talked to me, I couldn't see what she was holding, so...

[A part of her knows the answer from the obvious layout of the familiar face and bodies in the nightmare, but the side that is still wracked with confusion and fear is the dominant one, unable to get her thoughts straight for long enough to accept the blunt reality of what she saw.]

If it's not poison, what is it?

[devil_or_angle]

*there's no getting around it now. he has to tell her the truth, or her mind will never be able to settle -- though he's sure it will only unsettle her more. casting his gaze guiltily downward toward his fists balled around his folded knees, he confesses,*

it was... a part of me.

*he has to choke down a surge of bile in his throat before he can continue, the acid biting at his voice as he forces hoarsely onward toward the truth.*

one of my organs, she-- she insisted--

[awuka]

What...?

[She gags. So that was why her mouth tasted so putrid -- and why Nanika wouldn't show her what she was holding. All those Killua bodies were there just for Nanika to consume in their dreams.]

I...I saw you there... Your body, or bodies... They were everywhere. Piled up on the floor and against the walls...

[She feels another kick to her gut and throws herself over the toilet. This time, there isn't as much.

Just like Killua's, there's a roughness to her voice.]

It was so frightening, Oniichan...

[devil_or_angle]

*killua winces as she gags on the taste of the ill-fated gift he'd given nanika, feeling her pain and nausea as if it were his own, as if the piece of him inside her had connected their bodies deeply, primally, even seeping into her dreams. he rubs her back sympathetically, wishing there were something he could do to reverse this and ridden with guilt that nanika had put him back to normal but left her to suffer in his stead.*

i'm so sorry... it's my fault you feel like this...

[awuka]

[Alluka senses the guilt in Killua's voice and her first instinct is to hug him, yet she ignores it due to their less-than-hygienic present situation.]

It's not your fault. You were just doing what she wanted like a good big brother would...

[Knowing the rules and consequences for Nanika's requests, it was the only thing Killua could possibly do. She could never blame him for that.

Wiping herself free of blood, she sighs.]

We should go see Mr. Leorio... I'm sure he'd be able to help us..

[Alluka picks up the empty mini trash can next to the toilet.]

Not going without this, though.

[devil_or_angle]

*killua gets to his feet after her, internally scolding himself for letting his guilt and despair cloud his mind. she sounds like the elder sibling right now, urging them toward sensible action.*

right, that's a good idea...

*he begins to leave the bathroom, but halts himself in the threshold with a grimace.*

can we... not tell him what nanika ate...? i don't want anyone to know... what she's capable of.

[awuka]

[Alluka follows Killua to the entrance of the bathroom and pauses when he stops, looking up at him for explanation.]

Of course not... I know what happens when Nanika's secret gets loose..

[devil_or_angle]

*killua gulps, forcing down a sudden, sickening feeling of suspicion that he's never felt toward his sister since they met. he turns away from her, leading them out of the bathroom and through the cabin to the hall without another word, lost in dark thought. how much does she know about nanika's violent tendencies? how little does he?*