22nd Invasion - 100% Droning

[moemoetentacles]

[It's such a lovely day for fireworks and 4th of July celebrations today!  And a certain little Squid Minamimoto down on Stone Street just can't contain her excitement.  After all, she's lived in Mayfield her whole life and the Indpendence Day celebrations have always been one of her favorite things to do with her family.  Ever since she was a little girl, she was mesmerized by the flashing lights in the sky.]

[Action; 452 Stone Street]

[Squid comes running into her parents' bedroom at the crack of dawn, jumping onto the foot of their bed and bouncing up and down excitedly.]

Come on, come on, come on!  Get up, get up, get up!  It's the 4th of July!  We have to go hot dogs and watch swimming and grill fireworks and stuff!

[Yup, so excited that she can't even form coherent sentences.]

[Action; outside 452 Stone]

[After waking her parents up and eating a big healthy breakfast of bacon and eggs, Squid's running around her front yard with two handfuls of lit sparklers.  Looks like she can't even wait for the sun to start going down before she starts celebrating things.  Unfortunately, she's kind of clumsy, so if you're walking by the house, she may trip into you.  If you're really unlucky, you might get hit with a lit sparkler while she does so.  Whoops!

A little bit later on, when she's done with that, she can be found sitting on her front porch with a plate full of delicious 4th of July cuisine - not the typical 'giant pile of raw shrimp' her friends would be used to seeing her eat, but rather a cheeseburger, a hot dog covered in ketchup, a heaping helping of potato salad, and a nice cool can of Coca-Cola to wash it all down.]

[Phone; unfiltered]

Hey, does anybody want to go swimming with me?  It's just not the 4th of July without swimming!  Mr. and Mrs. Honda?  Gilgamesh?  Are you busy today?

[Action; evening; fireworks display]

[It's evening, and Mayfield's big yearly fireworks display has started.  Squid got there hours early to get the best seat, and is now just staring upward, eyes sparkling as brightly as the shapes exploding across the sky.  During particularly big, colorful, or otherwise impressive displays, she actually jumps up out of her seat and pumps her fists in the air, cheering.]

Wow!  That was awesome!

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[mansfirsttrap.livejournal.com]

[Enkidu instantly covers his ears and shuts his eyes tight as soon as the next firework explosion sets off and hearing someone calling him.

Wait, which him? Is it the Mayfield him or the real him? But what if the Mayfield him IS the real him-- He shakes his head violently and grits his teeth to try and shut away everything from him.]

Stay back... stay away! Don't come any closer!

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[She stops, but very tentatively so. It really looks like she wants to approach further and help. Poor girl's so worried.]

...Do you need some help? Should I call an ambulance?

[mansfirsttrap.livejournal.com]

[Enkidu doesn't even answer those questions. His whole body is shaking violently from the anxiety and the shock of the whole ordeal. How hard he tries to keep who he is true but at the same time, unable to figure out which one of the personalities is the true one.

So all he can do is speak in hushed tones.]

Who am I... who am I really? I don't know... I don't know at all...

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

You're Mr. Shamhat! Aren't you?

[mansfirsttrap.livejournal.com]

Shamhat... that's... that's her name. Her name. She was the one who tamed me-- but that was my father's name... wasn't it?

No. I had no father. I had no mother. I was just created-- I have no name besides Enkidu so what is this?!

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

Mr. Shamhat... what's wrong with you?

[mansfirsttrap.livejournal.com]

[And he's shooting a nasty glare at her direction.]

Stop calling me that... that's not my name! Shamhat is her name!

[He's now clutching his head even tighter and shutting his eyes again when the next explosion was heard.]

Enough! ENOUGH! JUST STOP IT!

[moemoetentacles.livejournal.com]

[Well, normally she'd probably react differently to this, like laughing or calling him a wimp or something like that... but drone Squid Girl is just a confused and frightened little girl at this point. She has no idea what's wrong, and even worse, no idea how to help. It's really frustrating. So of course, the only thing she can think of to do is to burst into tears herself. As if Enkidu didn't have enough on his plate at themoment, now there's a deeply distressed Squid Girl standing in front of him bawling her eyes out.]

[mansfirsttrap.livejournal.com]

[And that was the final straw. As soon as she started crying, he bolted up to his feet and just started running. He didn't see where or what, he just had to go. Had to leave. Just get away from here. From all of the noise both outside and inside his head.]