[I don't really think you guys needed these quotes all up like this but with so many pages between I wanted to do it so that Britt's post could respond to everything and not miss any posts and make her/me look a fool.
Anyway it might be helpful for you two as well.
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PurpleInkFeather wrote:
Leslie Stuart
Leslie listened in stunned silence as Britt rattled off her plan and discussed it with this...Hikyro guy. Whoever he was. Was this really happening? When she met this person she expected normal things that happen when you meet new people. Things like learning that they chew with their mouth open or that they just wash their hair down the shower drain, leaving you to painstakingly remove it in one of the more gruesome and mentally scaring experiences readily available to your average citizen. Those things were unpleasant, but expected and she could deal with them. Not frigging this.
What the heck is going on right now? Is she...is she actually serious about this? She wants to...what???
Leslie snapped herself out of it, only picking up bits and pieces of the plan in her daze.
"Are you serious right now? Britt, we're talking about a top secret laboratory here! Do you have any idea how bad this could be for us if this goes wrong? Look, I don't like what they're doing to this Subject Zero guy, I don't, but...Dude if we get caught we'll get thrown in jail for who knows how long, and it'll be worse for anyone like me because of bias. And if the public learns that an Aberrant launched some attack on a lab somewhere it's going to make society's image of us that much worse. I don't want to have to live with more a-holes than I already do! I hate to sound selfish but it's the truth. And what about Zero? What are you going to do about him? Keep him as your pet in our apartment? You can't just let him loose! You don't know how long he's been locked up. He won't survive in modern society. The government or whoever is experimenting on him will come after him too and that opens up a whole other can of worms. I like your guts, but it just isn't practical," she said, though she got a feeling that whatever she said wasn't going to matter. Britt looked like she already had her heart set on freeing this guy, and Leslie knew from experience that it was hard to sway people when they were like that.
She paused a moment and sighed.
"But if I can't talk any sense into you...I suppose you can count me in. Someone has to be there to save your guys' sorry butts when this all goes pear shaped," she said.
Dyrezz wrote:Hikyro Shou
I was all confident with joining Britt on her strange plan, when the other friend here, Leslie, spoke up about all the problems with going through with this plan. She said that the idea of breaking into this laboratory would end up with all of us in jail. She quoted how bad this ending would be for her. For Aberrants. I never really thought about how bias courts and judgement would be for Aberrants whom are arrested. I begun rethinking this, even though Leslie agreed to help - saying she'll have to save our butts.
Simon knows my secret, knows that i'm an Aberrant, and turned out he was one too. Leslie right here in front of me is an Aberrant. She's assuming I'm human based on her concept of the prosecution of failure. Can I trust Leslie like I could trust Simon? Simon was blindly guessing at my identity... I should trust the stone carver too. Since she is putting herself into this.
"You're not the only one who would be prosecuted by bias Leslie," I felt unfamiliar to use her name right now... I don't know if she'll be okay with me saying it so casually, "Maybe you'll be sentenced harsher, because you're powers are more visible, but you're not the only Aberrant going into this mission," I said, then I realized something, will they believe I'm an Aberrant though? I can't visually show them, I can't manipulate my own time... I'm stuck in it. They can't see my power, not for years. Leslie doesn't Astral Project like Simon does... Britt's normality doesn't help either. There is no proof I'm an Aberrant other than memories and skills... and even then, skills that have gotten rusty over the years, I now realize, I shouldn't have said anything,
Leslie Stuart
Leslie looked over at Hikyro when he insinuated that he was an Aberrant. Today was really full of surprises wasn't it? Maybe they weren't so screwed after all.
"Really. Huh," she said. She looked at Britt, "Did you know that? Never mind. Doesn't matter. What can you do? I don't think you need me to tell you that we could use whatever you've got."
Thank god. Someone who isn't normal. If he's got something we can use we might actually survive this whole thing.
Dyrezz wrote:Hikyro Shou
****, ****, darn it, I shouldn't have said a thing! my mind was so furious with myself right now, "Oh, uh... well... you see, the thing is..." I couldn't find the words, for i think the third, or fourth time in my whole life I had not words to express or use. The first being the day my sister was older than me, the second when I was alone in the world, and I think the third was a few centuries following that... I can't recall right now because I can't even think of what I have to say to Leslie or Brittney, "...my power isn't exactly... a physical power? well, it is, but not like your stone work," everyone on campus knew Leslie's Stone-manipulation ability, it should be a shocker to hear someone express that knowledge, "what I mean is that my ability, can't exactly be presented, like yours..." I think I found the right phrasing for Leslie and Britt, "My... acquantance, Simon, knows my ability, because he's witnessed it. I don't age." I finally stop this beating around the bush, "My Aberrant power is that I don't age, I don't grow old. like, immortality, eternal youth... that sort of stuff," I look to Leslie, who looks like she could possibly split the world beneath my feet. I wonder if she think's my power is useless, "I've got experiences that no one else has," I put in a white lie, I didn't mention how I'm a bit rusty with some skills, my eyes are fixed with Leslie.
Leslie
Leslie paused a moment as she let that sink in that she was the only apparently useful person here.
"Right then. Ok. Any knowledge that will help us break into a secret-ish lab? At least some combat training. Something."
|Britney|21|Weather Manipulation & Dynamic Camouflaging|My mouth went dry as I listened to Leslie explain her thinking. All she was saying was so true and dangerous I felt a surprising urge to forget the whole thing. I might be mad at her for being as she even admitted, selfish, but I knew her fear was rational. I'd only just met her two days ago and Hikyro only a few MINUTE ago and here I was asking them to risk their lives, or worse their freedom for my own greedy desires. Yes, I had good intentions but other than Subject zero and me, who would this quest benefit? For the first time since Brad died I feel like crying. Feelings of hopelessness, confusion, and total loss of purpose capture me and pin me down for a moment. Luckily I have a very resilient skin and as soon as Leslie agrees to help if I 'can't let it go' I'm able to shake off the sudden depression as quickly as it came on. I'm so relieved I almost hug her but I stop myself for more than one reason. Brad. He would want me to do this. He would be just as angry as I at 'subject zero's' caging and he would go by himself to rescue him if he had to. And so would I, I realized with only mild surprise. Hikyro started to respond to Leslie and I turned my attention to what he was saying. "You're not the only one who would be prosecuted by bias Leslie" he says. I stare at him trying not to suspect and to be confused as he finished with "you're not the only Abberant going into this mission." I swallow hard. He couldn't mean...? But how could he know??? I was at a loss for words but as it turned out I needn't have been. The next thing Leslie said cleared up my fear entirely. She had automtically assumed it was himself Hikyro had spoken of and why not? It was obvious to me now that he had never guessed at my abilities at all and had in fact been admitting to his own supernatural talents. Leslie asked what he could do and I was glad she had because I was very curious myself. There were so many useful gifts he could have. Invisibilty, super strength, disintergration, any element manipulation, nerve manipulation would be especially helpful and in thinking of all of these possibilities I became quite excited. When at long last he blurted he was basically ageless I was... well stunned. It was weird how everyone I kept meeting turned out to be an Aberrant and I was slightly... joyful?, that I was close to people who understood what it felt like and maybe sometime I might be interested to learn a whole bunch about Hikyro and more about Leslie but for now I was only disappointed. It wasn't his fault and I supposed he could be more useful with all that experience than a normal human so I tried not to look to deflated. Besides not many people would agree to break into a highly guarded research facility with two complete strangers and since he had done just that I had to respect him. Either he was one of the strange ones (like me) or he was crazy. I half rolled my eyes and softly snorted. Well, we'll find out soon enough, won't we? And then I focused in on the conversation as Leslie asked how Hikyro might use his experience. As he thought I bit my lip. I was more useful than either of them knew and I was tempted to relieve them of some stress by telling them so but I couldn't. They were strangers. I couldn't trust them. They were going on a possibly fatal mission with me where only I would reap any benefit and still I distrusted them. I had known them for so short a time, I reasoned with myself but I felt as heavy with guilt as a giant rock would feel to the weakest person on earth. My mission. No matter how many people I hurt, or how lonely I felt I would continue for the sake of my mission. I would live, and breath, and walk until I had changed the worlds thinking of Aberrants and Sepers and I wouldn't let the the pain that loneliness brought trick me into spilling the beans. However I felt comfortable in telling them a little white lie to ease their minds a bit and so before Hikyro could reply I said, "I have some combat training. I learned it just a few years back and I've been keeping up with it." I averted my gaze in the hopes of not letting the fib shine through my eyes and silently prayed my dynamic camouflage would be good enough to fall a few guards if necessary. [Btw PIF I really liked the part in Leslie's post about her expecting to learn new and ugly habits of strangers while living with them. Lol, very humorous! Also I think we should get this moving along by having Hikyro go talk to Professor Duke. If he's quick he might catch Mr. Duke before he leaves the auditorium. Maybe after/if Hikyro gets to speak with Mr. Duke and asks him lots of questions and makes rude remarks about Aberrants Mr. Duke will feel compelled to invite him to some special Aberrant/Seper haters only event or ask of him a favor that Britt and Leslie can help with.
Just some basic ideas there for the taking Dyrezz.]
You can expect a post for Britt (Hopefully a really long one in an effort to make up for my unexpected absence) in about two hours. It'd be shorter but I don't want to skip reading any of what's happened as I like to be completely in the know. Again I am SO SO SOOOOOO Sorry!]