Give Me That Sweet Mania

Why does it feel like I always kind of knew this day would come?]

Alarms were going off pretty much all over the place, leaving only the Doctor staring at the monitor in front of him. It's like… wires in my head. He thought, placing a hand on the side of his head, breathing a bit hard. No. I'm… here. The man thought to himself, having to resist the feeling of insanity that was gripping and clawing along his spine from her presence. Why… does it feel like…

Two major incidents had occurred between the woman who had come to call and the Doctor, Kabuto Hebi. The first had been during the Australian War, when the Doctor's madness had completely overcome his reason. His body had been unable to stop itself as he tried to murder the woman. He shuddered to think what would have happened to himself, his research, his possibilities if he had been allowed to go through with that attack. …Because of Nozomi. Thoughts of the blue haired Quincy helped him steady his ways of thought a bit, his hands moving quickly as he slid a finger onto the enter key.

…Always knew…

The other encounter was during a celebration. The Doctor had brought his wife and child to the Demon Realm with him. Perhaps this was a true sign of insanity… or perhaps the Doctor had honestly believed that he could protect them. While he was there, he had asked for this woman to watch over his child. …My, my. Why do I keep causing trouble for these two…? He wondered, breathing hard as his finger pressed into the enter key. He had made a similar request to that Quincy with the red eyes. Though the one he had made of her relating to his family was a bit more personal than just observing her realm.

"There." Out of the computer, a single… bug rose. The Snake Hebi reached forwards, consuming it as the Doctor got out of his chair. "…Titanomachy Protocol." He stated aloud… making the inside of the building surge, Hebi's mouth opening as a variety of items went within the snake. The Doctor had always been preparing for something like this to happen. How did I always know something like this would happen. The Doctor had made several protocols for if this exact situation wold happen. Only a mad man would come up with as many precautions as he had. Who's paranoid now? He thought ironically to himself. The building had released all of the items which his research was contained within; it was not completely bare. There are maybe... three other individuals who could attempt to access what I've done here. For one of them... I made my records purely synthetic, out of living material... without using a single drive. For the other... Well, that's the whole reason I'm in this Black World in the first place. It is the only place where the Lightning Thief has no automatic influence... which means I can run every protocol I need to, in order to insure that everything is destroyed... everything but what I need to keep. I absolutely cannot, cannot... allow for this to fall into the wrong hands.

…Which I suppose means this next part will hurt considerably. Hebi… The Doctor stood stock still… the snake sliding inside of his body. All around him, the cabin was beginning to collapse. Pressure and energy of madness and death, pushing in and crushing. The entirety of his cabin was destroyed… perfectly annihilated. However, standing amidst it all.. Was a man. Red lines streaked around his body, still in the middle of transforming. Gripped between both arms was a peculiar black scythe. Almost… protectively.

The man's breath was coming out in strong pants, and he was the only thing that was still standing. The rest had been… obliterated. Perhaps this is for the best… of all the individuals who could have come after what I have been doing… I believe that she is… the least dangerous… which… is ironic in its own way. The Doctor's spine shivered, his eyes widening as a bolt began to rise out of the side of his head. Mana had seen this state before; it was the same one he had used in Australia. Unlike the one he had used then, he still only had two eyes. Tattered and damaged patches of flesh slid off of his body, and he was only able to keep himself upright with the scythe that he was gripping in his hands.

"…I wonder… if my own madness called out to you about it." He said aloud, still shuddering a bit on the scythe. His transformation was still trying to finish, the blood splashes on his cloak not dispersing with the rest of its red. White stained red is what was left behind, the Doctor's pain receptors dimming as his defenses increased substantially. Standing up straight, the Doctor reached a hand up to his bloody chin, driving his fingers into it… while his other hand reached up to the screw on the side of his head. His eyes were moving lightly back and forth, his breathing shallow. He was still trying to fight against the influence of her madness, before turning the screw on the side of his head.

Just like that, he began to visibly relax. "You know, about thirty other possibilities just jumped to my head. More than half of them because of what your very presence brings." He told her, the bloody hand coming out of his chin. His fingers slowly spread out, before he moved the hand up to his forehead. The blood spread out along his hairline and along some of it, looking very messy against the lifeless gray strands.

"For example, I could always show off my Artificial Zanpakuto." He told her, twirling the scythe in one hand, the air around them beginning to stir up. "But… that insanity… you're emitting… is telling me that you would not really be pleased by that." He continued, the scythe still stirring the air up around them. The Doctor himself was no longer bothering to conceal his presence or abilities. It was very likely that the security of the Black World of the Hollow was beginning to go off all over the place, as not one but two juggernauts exploded outwards along their systems.

"So… I can show it to you. But I'm afraid that I cannot give it to you." He told her, the scythe still spinning around in his hand. "Are you going to be civil enough in that regard?" He inquired, finally bringing the spinning around to a stop. "…If you can, then that is no problem to me… I would rather not get on the bad side of Shadowfall… I think you know that." He told her, personally thinking about that time he begged his ally to knock him out rather than fight them.

….There's just one thing… one thing I can't do… If this works… just one thing… one absolute thing… or it could mean…

"Well, Madame Madness… I can certainly guess at them, but I'm afraid you probably don't want me digging any deeper than that into them." The Doctor replied, not seeming bothered by how her face was cracking and breaking away. My… if I could absorb that energy right now, it would make things much easier… but for me to be able to do that, I would completely give into the madness… and right now, I do not believe that to be much of an option.

But the Doctor was, well, a Doctor… and he did recognize the reaction. "Madame, are you in pain?" He inquired, while being half broken himself from her previous attack.

Then she exploded.

She was very casual about it, and the Doctor could merely use the opportunity to take a breather and regain his composure somewhat. To him, it kind of seemed like someone stretching themselves out. The show that she put on was certainly… interesting to watch. The Doctor supposed he had nothing else to do in that moment but enjoy watching it… well, that was not true, either. He was able to stand himself up straight, his white cloak straightening out along his body.

He seemed nonplussed by the massive levels of screeching, but he did seemed phased by the presence of something else reaching for his scythe. Exploding out along its length, Dust Energy crushed anything touching its length, moving it to the side of his body as he side stepped around her forming body. "Apologies… I'm a bit protective of this." He told her, watching the tendrils beginning to appear around her body. He could deal with these as well, if he needed to… but he really did not wish to escalate hostilities with the Queen of Demons.

"…Bored, hmm?" He paused, his free hand moving to his chin, lightly tapping it. In that statement, the Doctor could feel sympathy. He detested boredom; it was the reason that he did what he did. He entertained himself with his scientific inquiry, using it as the basis for the direction that he would take his life.

Once more, the Doctor was unable to prevent himself from noticing the various wounds across her body. He was still a medical professional, despite any other experiments or philosophies he dabbled in. In a way… they irritated him. He wanted them to be gone. Part of the appeal of being a physician was the idea of being able to control wounds, control pain. The pain she was experiencing was not something the Doctor had desired for her to have. He had no control over it.

His eyes widened as a blade shot out of her stomach. In that instant, the Doctor had a variety of ways that he could react. He could feel the madness coming off of that thing. If it impacted him, he would be reduced to a gibbering wreck. His mental processes kicked into high gear, analyzing his options as the sword tip worked its way out of her stomach. I could enter Unstable Mode. That's a bad idea; it would have the same end result as that item impacting me. I could attempt to stop it with my hand or Hebi. I really do not wish to put Hebi in harm's way. It was such a d-- Noise entered his thoughts, the sword growing closer as he strained himself harder. I could explode Dust Energy in front of me. But even so, she seems…

"Graaah…" The Doctor's mouth opened, his left hand gripping against the tip of the sword. He could feel the corruptive influence of the Madness as it slid its way into his fingers. I apologize, Suzu… the perfect skin… you helped me make… is flawless, but I am flawed… His head twitched, the screw that was attached to it beginning to spin wildly as the Doctor moved his hand to the side, finally throwing the sword down.

And then his left hand reached out to her stomach… and stitches began pouring out, stitches made out of spiritual energy. Each of the holes that had opened on her body were bound together, the blood still flowing through the miniscule spaces between the stitches. The Doctor had been forced to absorb some of the madness, and it was effecting his behavior as he moved Hebi to the side, his thumb bleeding. His eyes were jittering around in his head, shivering and twitching uncontrollably. She was dealing with one of the beings who had interacted with Madness the most, and the amount that she had put into him was a bit like injecting pure caffeine into a regular person. He could feel his focus taking a small hit, but that was only to counteract the massive amounts of stray and volatile thoughts that were now running around his head because of what she had done. He pressed the blood along his scythe's black handle, creating a puff of smoke.

"Haha… those wounds, were really irritating me. If you're super sure about this… Madame Madness." He told her, his right hand donning the golden chained device. The small links tingled and clinked together, the Doctor moving without fear as he removed his hand from her skin. The tendrils were still placed around him. "I'll heal that hole that boredom has made… But you have to keep this our little secret… and don’t stab me again. I won't be able to fix myself if I use my experiment and you do that again." He told her very sternly, without any kind of fear or reservation. If she wanted to come along for the ride, she had best not hurt her driver. Otherwise she could find herself in the middle of the woods without any way to call for help. His fingers from his left hand were touching and stroking along the chains, configuring the peculiar device.

"While I get this ready… Did you fight in the Platinum Heart Event?"