[clickclickclickclick…snap. The sound echoes in Stein’s mind, crystal clear amid a rush of other vaguely discernible noises…people calling his name, someone referring to him as ‘Professor’…one of his students? Was it possible..?
His breathing hitches and he shifts in the bed as he fights through a fatigue so thick it felt like drowning. Against its pull, he struggles toward the surface, until at last light breaks through his eyelids and he begins to come to. His head is pounding, and every last muscle he can feel in his body is stiff and sore from overexertion…but the overwhelming Madness Wavelengths that had devoured his sanity seem to be gone. A fair trade. He’ll take it.
As his fuzzy vision begins to blink into focus, the first thing he catches sight of is a figure in a long black coat. He squints, and through the cracked lens of his glasses he can see a pair of green eyes staring back at him. Even though the rest is unfamiliar, he knows those eyes. He reaches out with his soul, and…]
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The sound echoes in Stein’s mind, crystal clear amid a rush of other vaguely discernible noises…people calling his name, someone referring to him as ‘Professor’…one of his students? Was it possible..?
His breathing hitches and he shifts in the bed as he fights through a fatigue so thick it felt like drowning. Against its pull, he struggles toward the surface, until at last light breaks through his eyelids and he begins to come to. His head is pounding, and every last muscle he can feel in his body is stiff and sore from overexertion…but the overwhelming Madness Wavelengths that had devoured his sanity seem to be gone. A fair trade. He’ll take it.
As his fuzzy vision begins to blink into focus, the first thing he catches sight of is a figure in a long black coat. He squints, and through the cracked lens of his glasses he can see a pair of green eyes staring back at him. Even though the rest is unfamiliar, he knows those eyes. He reaches out with his soul, and…]
…Maka?