There was a strange, aching feeling in your chest.

You clutched it with your hand, almost as if doing so would make it go away- but it didn't. You didn't know what state you were in, and why you couldn't see straight... and why all you could think about was rage and despair, but, quite obviously, you couldn't think it over. It was almost as if you were a puppet of your own emotions that you had buried the deepest.

What the hell were you doing? You must be insane... finally, it seemed. Ink trickled from your touch, covering every surface you grazed with the dark substance. But you didn't think about it. You knew you weren't controlling yourself as you aimed shot after shot at the students around you... the same people who were actively trying to help you. Quite obviously, you didn't keep that fact in mind.

In the midst of your dimmed and hazy gaze, your eyes glazed over with your desperate emotions taking complete control over your movements, and while the shouts of everyone barely reached your ears-

"WAAAKA-SAMAAA!!" ...Huh? That loud voice was... Sebek's. Somehow, you recognized it. "YOU'RE GOING TO GET KILLED! WAKA-SAMA!"

"Malleus! For once, listen to Sebek, step away, it is not the time to get close to her!" Lilia's stern statement, somehow, reached your ears the same, as your heartbeat seemed to quiet down- even if only by a tiny percentage.

At those words, you faintly made out a figure stepping towards you. Nearly ready to aim ink directly through it, something made you pause. ...You didn't know what, exactly, you were doing. But somehow, the man managed to reach you quickly.

"Malleus-! She could spear through you in an instant-" Silver's voice tried desperately to warn, but, clearly, Malleus ignored him.

The feeling of Malleus's familiar, cool touch appeared on your cheeks. "{{user}}." Through your barely functioning vision, two shining emerald eyes appeared, and your movements halted. He was... crying. "Come back to us. I beg you, come to your senses."