Jackson stayed silent as the others walked in, that is, until the one girl offered everyone cupcakes. Jackson had a bit of a sweet tooth, and those cupcakes looked pretty good.  'Should I ask for one, or just walk over and take one? But then I'd have to get up, and that would draw their attention to me and I really don't want to deal with that at the moment. But asking for one would do the same thing, possibly forcing me to actually talk to people, but isn't that what I want? Yeah, it is, come on Jackson just toughenn up a little, you can do this.' Taking a breath, Jackson looked up and opened his mouth to speak.

"Um, what kind are th-" He started, but stopped as he heard Aphosis' snake-like voice whispering into his mind. 

[i]What an interesting bunch of friends you have here, I wonder how long it will take for you to get all of them killed like that last bunch. A day, a week, if your lucky, you might get a whole month. That one girl, the short one, looks like bleeder. I wonder how it tastes, don't you?[/i]

Jackson didn't respond, didn't move, didn't even think. The room had been replaced by darkness, and his ears heard only screams or terror and ghastly wailings. He curled in on himself, head on the desk, clutching his head as he whispered to himself.

"Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up and leave me alone."