C A G E D {{hybrid}} version 2.5 - accepting - OPEN

[deku.]

[ ｍｉｒａ ]
. human-dragon-wolf hybrid| female | group one | crush; none (as of now) | tags; alysha
Mira still sat with her chest on her legs, and was still slightly dozing off. It was hot, and rather than keep moving toward the mountains, she let her wings shade her while she was sitting. Unaware of her surroundings, the approaching female didn't seem to stir her. Not even moving with the sound of her footsteps.

[ladybug5]

Anna Torres
15 years old (almost 16)
dome hybrid: experimental
60% human, 25% spotted owl, 15% wolf
group 3
tagged: Zach

Anna smiled at Zach's reply to her greeting and looked down at the ground for a moment. It was nice to have a friend again. Someone she felt like she could trust. It had been months since she had met someone she felt that she could call a friend. Anna looked up to gaze at the sky, which was growing lighter by the minute. It was nice, just sitting here, watching the sunrise. The air was still cool for now, but the hybrid knew it wouldn't last long. The desert would be hot again soon, and Anna knew that they should start on their plans for the day, and try to get as much done as they could before it got too hot. The hybrid sat there for a moment, not making an effort to break the silence, as she enjoyed the cool air and the sunrise.

When Zach spoke, Anna nodded in agreement. She didn't like the idea of just wandering, but at the same time, she couldn't think of any better plan. They had to start somewhere right? The hybrid had no idea which direction to go, and this seemed like the best option at the moment. There had to be food and water around here someplace. If there wasn't, why would they put everyone here in the desert? "Okay," she replied. "Sounds like a good plan to me." The hybrid stood up and offered her hand to Zach to help him up. She was ready to start the day. Sitting here wouldn't help them find food or water, no matter how nice it seemed right now.

[aura-]

a l y s h a n e t t
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"tear me limb from limb, I'm just a voodoo doll
stick a needle in my eye so i can finally cry"

Alysha approached her from behind. Was she asleep? unconscious? The hybrid knelt down beside her and softly place d her hand on the other back. "Mira?" the questioned. She hoped she was conscious, if not she could have to carry her back herself and the lab would not be happy. Even though it was their ide to bring them to this kind of place. Surely they had to be prepared for the amounts of hybrid with culture shock and the effects of the heat.

Alysha tilted her head, her ears atop her head swiveling to any movement around them. Weather it was a small animal scattering by or the wind picking up and stirring sand and rocks. She had hoped she hadn't startled the hybrid, she was trying her best to come off calm and friendly. The last thing and of them needed was for the domestics to be pushy and rude. The domie's had it much worse this time around. And Alysha felt bad.

[alpenglw]

Ashton Kyte
panromantic asexual | experimental | 30% grizzly, 10% crow | group five | Alex, Chelsea, & Ryker

Ash didn't say anything more either, now just keeping his eyes on the mountainous horizon. As they walked along, he slowly became aware of how tired he was. Sure, he'd been heavily sedated just that morning, but that wasn't the same as real sleep. In fact, he wasn't really sure when he'd last had a good night's sleep- it must have been at least a week ago, before he'd been taken to the dome. Since then he'd had much less sleep per night than he usually would- it's difficult getting a good night's sleep in the middle of the wilderness with no sleeping bag or tent of any kind. He opened his mouth into a yawn as he thought about this, but froze halfway through as a girl suddenly appeared in front of them.

Quickly closing his mouth, he glanced nervously at Alex- although he didn't know all too much about the dome yet, he had picked up on the fact that domestics tend to be much more cocky than your average hybrid, which made sense: they did have the scientists on their side, after all. With this one's little smirk and clever comment, she certainly had this going for her. And besides, why else would this girl drop in out of nowhere for them? All that coupled with the fact that Alex had begun growling at the girl was more than enough to affirm that she was a domestic. Overcome with fear for a moment, Ash took a step back, only to glance behind him and see that there was another just there, looking ready to pounce if they so much as took an odd step. So, they were trapped- this wasn't good. It wasn't good at all. He didn't say anything, scared of provoking one of the domestics, but did send Alex a questioning glance as though to ask "what do we do?"

Emily Roberts
bisexual | natural | 21% Steller's jay | group three | Zyr

Emily couldn't help but to smirk a bit as Zyr continued pacing, the snide little smile growing a bit as the cat girl assured her that she'd "give the scientists a piece of her mind" when she was brought in. Yeah, right, Emily couldn't help but to think. Good luck with that. This kitty's feisty nature was certainly entertaining, that was for sure. As she continued to ask questions, Emily quickly grabbed a burning clump of grass from the fire, blowing on it gently to put out the actual flame then pressing the glowing, ember-y mass against the bottom of the foot with the spines embedded in it with intentions to burn off the miniscule splinters. She did all this without wincing once at the pain of the burning grass against her sole, as though she did this fairly often.

Once this was being done, she looked back to Zyr and again began answering her questions. "Right, domestics. They're called that because they're basically the scientist's pets- they do whatever they're told to do, which is usually to come out here and capture us every time our testing numbers roll around." With another smirk, she added, "You can beat them up all you want, but keep in mind they have tasers and tranquilizers." Once she said this, she drew the smoldering grass away from her foot, throwing it back into the fire as she inspected her foot. Of course, it was pretty red from the continued heat, but she did seem to have burned off most of the little spines. Looking satisfied with herself, she then continued, "What are we? We're guinea pigs. Lab rats. Insignificant monkeys that exist solely to be tested on and tested on again." She scoffed at her own harsh truth. "But, if you want to get technical about it, we're what the scientists call 'dome hybrids,' or 'domies' as I like to say. I don't know how many of us are out here; I'd guess twenty at least, but the dome is a pretty big area. It's not the only one, either. I have no idea how many of us are trapped up like this across the world." She went silent for a moment, letting out a large yawn. "Is that all your questions? I kinda want to sleep now."

Eva Deichmann
bisexual | experimental | 45% Peary caribou | domestic | Bae & Emelyn

Eva nodded again and was about to turn around and leave as quickly as possibly when the scientist said something more to her. Turning back around, she was surprised to see Dr. Emelyn offering her what seemed to be a small chocolate wrapped up in colorful aluminum foil. She took the sweet gingerly, saying "Th-thank you..!" as she did so. She slipped it into her pocket, hoping it wouldn't melt while in there, then turned again to leave, returning Bae's gentle smile as she did so.

Once out of that section of the halls, she glanced down at the note the scientist had given her while murmuring the name of the recipient. "River, River..." She had heard this scientist's name before, but had never met her personally. She had no idea what she looked like, nor where her office was. Fantastic. Biting her lower lip with worry, she glanced up and down the hall, then quickly went back the way she had come. Going back to Emelyn, she asked, "Um, where is this scientist's office? O-or, could you maybe just call her maybe?..."

Nakai Taya
demi-pansexual | experimental | 30% cougar | domestic | Alexis, Bae, L, & Tadaomi

Nakai was completely silent, his ears pointed forward as he tried to make out what the girl was saying. After a moment, he realized what those mumbled sounds were- oleander. Just as he was about to say something, Bae tugged his shirt. Turning to look at him, Nakai said rather quickly, "Oleander. She's saying oleander." As Dr. Emelyn asked if that meant anything to them, the cougar hybrid glanced over at her and quickly began elaborating. "Yes- like L said, it's a plant, and it's poisonous to livestock. This girl probably ate some on accident while out in the dome. She needs it out of her immediately." He was tempted to say idiot instead of girl- as what sort of idiot would eat a poisonous plant fully knowing what it was?- but bit his tongue. He kept his eyes on the writhing hybrid as he spoke, ignoring L's quick gaze besides lowering his ears slightly in what can only be described as intense disinterest.

[purpledirewolf2019]

Dorak Maka /\ Male /\ 19 years old /\ 60% Human, 25% kangaroo, 15% platypus /\ Experimental /\ Number 2 /\ Open

Dorak woke up comfortably. He felt warm, a temperature he hadn't felt since was kidnapped. As he blinked himself into focus, he was shocked. He was in a desert. Maybe the past few months had only been a bad dream.Those thoughts were quickly squashed on. As he looked down at his feet, he could still they were were kangaroo feet, and he still had spurs. So he was just moved, but was it possible that the scientists had brought him back home? No, Dorak didn't think they'd do that. They had already invested too much in him. He'd show them though. He was better suited to this environment than the forest. He was part kangaroo after all. Plus, he knew all about desert survival from his six month solo experience in the outback. First thing was first, water. Where there were plants, there had to be water. So he started hopping, looking for an area with lots of plants.

Kyra Knight /\ Male /\ 18 years old /\ 54% Human, 24% Honey Badger, 22% Hedgehog /\ Natural /\ Number 4 /\ Open

Kyra woke up groggy. She didn't quite remember what had happened. One moment she was fighting off angry classmates, the next she was here. Where was here? It was hot, that was for sure. It appeared to be some sort of desert. Sitting up slowly, she tried to figure out exactly how she got here. She didn't live anywhere near a desert. She tried to go over her memories just before she blacked out. Her classmates were coming after her. They had seen her quills that she normally kept hidden. They thought she was a freak. Then she was fighting, defending herself, but there were people there. People she didn't recognize. They shot her with something. Those people must have brought her here, but why?

Confused, she slowly got up and looked around. There didn't seem to be anyone nearby, or around at all. Did they just dump her out here to die? She had to find someone. If she didn't get moving to at least find some shade or water, she'd surely just roast to death. If she was in a desert, perhaps there were cacti. Those plants held water. And she could build a small shelter with the plants around her, or even dig a burrow-like shelter if she found harder sand. Now she only had to find a good location, so she set off searching. If she was lucky, maybe she'd find someone who could help her get home. "Hello? Is anyone there?"

Justin Mallark /\ Male /\ 21 years old /\ 50% Human, 30% Black Rhinoceros, 12% Martial Eagle, 8% Crocodile /\ Experimental /\ Domestic /\ Mira, Alysha

Justin was right about one thing, the air was just a tad cooler up in the sky. He flew for a few minutes before he decided to pull out his tracker. With the new changes, there were a lot more hybrids in group one now. They popped up on the tracker, but he had to decide which one to go after. He could see that Victoria was nearby, but based off of what he knew about her, he wasn't sure he could handle her on his own. The next closest was Mira, so with a shrug he started flying towards her. It didn't take too long to reach the location, and he wasn't surprised to see another domestic there with Mira already. Justin landed calmly a short distance away, observing what was happening. "Everything okay, Alysha?" he asked curiously.

[Nocturnal Creatures]

|| Chelsea Kairen || 23 || Female || Domestic || 50% human, 30% amphithere, 20% snow leopard || Location; outside || Tagged; Ryker, Alex and Ashton ||
"Who we are, and who we need to be to survive are two very different things."

Chelsea watched how the two guys reacted. Alex, quick to become defensive already starting to snarl, in response Chelsea also bared her fangs, sharp and white, protruding from her rather cat-like muzzle. The other male however, Ashton, just didn't know what to do, cute, naïve. At least they were both smart enough to detect Ryker's presence behind them. Her confident façade had obviously worked to disarm the both of them, and that's all it was, a façade. She acted like she enjoyed all of this but all she really enjoyed was having freedom, or at least some of it. Hunting her own kind wasn't fun but it had to be done.

She stepped forward, moving towards the males, hearing Ashton's comment she let a light laugh, trying to hide the moment of doubt that had crossed her mind. "There's not much you can do really. If you don't want to get hurt then not resisting is your best bet. Or you can always try and fight your way out." It was too much to wish for them to come quietly. Her feathered tail lashed behind her and her head crest had risen, green, purple and yellow feathers rising from among dark brown hair. Eyes narrowed til there was the narrowest black slit amid a sea of amber and green. Her body language showed both aggression and nerves, she had done this many times and all too often did she feel like this. She could hide it well sometimes, other times... other times she got punished for being too soft. Her wings hung at her back, tight against it, ready in case a fight broke out.

[kleinerdrache]

Cesta Chamberlain || 20 || 60% Human & 30% Cheetah & 10% Lionfish || Open
Cesta rolled over on the warm ground, shading her eyes from the sun as she sat up, taking in her surroundings. She was back in the dome, yet again. Stolen from her life, yet again. She let out a humorless laugh, not sure if she wanted to scream or cry. She wasn't sure what time it was, she never could really tell in the dome. Standing up, she brushed off her clothes and stretched her limbs, a bit sore from the unceremonious capture-and-dump she had received the day prior. She could see some of the other hybrids off in the distance, but she didn't really know any of them that well. Given, they all had some weird bond, with all their shared pain and misery in the desert. She looked around and sat back down, she wanted to think for a moment. Being back in the dome was always such a shock for her, such a difference from the affluence of her outside life.

Though she'd been a dome hybrid for about a year now, she didn't really know any of the other hybrids. It got a bit lonely, but making friends under pressure wasn't her forte-- and the dome provided plenty of pressure. She preferred observing them, noting their quirks and habits. It was easier to manage when you had at least one aspect of your life under control. Lord knows, the dome took away all control from your life, and Cesta was used to having control over all parts of her life. Money could buy some things, but it couldn't buy you out of the dome.

[AirAngel]

Victoria Brand
Female ~ Naturalborn ~ 64% human, 31% dragon, 5% wolf ~ Number 1
tags; none

Victoria muttered profanities under her breath as she tramped through the sand. Sand, sand, sand, more sand. She would take the old dome in the north forests any day over this. At least maybe she would find an oasis that she could just stay in indefinitely- or were those only in African deserts..? Or would there even be any in the dome radius? There had to be a source of water somewhere. There was no way a bunch of scientists would actually dump a bunch of people in a place without water. They were depraved of morality, not intelligence.
Her stomach rumbled, and she scowled. She mused back to the hunting lessons her parents had given her; if she wanted to find food, she needed to look for what every animal looked for: food, water, shelter. Here, as far apart as those sources were, finding prey wouldn't be that difficult. Just annoying. Very few places to have to search, but said places had to be traveled between. Unless she could find an area with all three sources in it. Chances are that place would come from finding water, and the rest would follow. But where would she find water? There was a huge radius that she would have to search. The only thing she could really do was just keep walking and hope she got lucky. At least she had a while before scientists got to her group.

Dakota Kavalieris
Male ~ Naturalborn ~ 86% human, 14% unicorn ~ Number 3
tags; Ari, Rei

Intrigued but relieved, Dakota took the ice from the girl and drew the ice over his skin, quietly sighing with satisfaction. The chill of the ice felt like heaven in this baking heat. "Thank you," he murmured.
He slid the ice over the contours of his face and then his neck. "Ah..." he hesitated a moment before continuing. "What kind of hybrid are you? I've never seen anything like that before," he asked with a sheepish smile before biting off an unused piece of ice and sucking on it. He ran a now-chilled hand through his hair, drawing apart the damp strands and cooling his scalp, breathing slowly through his nose with satisfaction. At the word 'river', his eyes lit up and he nodded in response, following after the girl.

[VAALRAVN]

▹ ｉｔｏｎａ ｈｏｒｉｂｅ
male | eighteen | 20% gyrfalcon, 3% spiny tree viper | group seven | tags; masozi | location; cave / home

The male yawned slightly, pulling his bandanna off as he ran a hand through his messy hair before putting it back in its place. He looked to the cub, frowning slightly. He opened his wings, fanning out the feathers and watching with mild amusement as darts and stones fell from his feathers. He put them into the makeshift ox before looking to Masozi, arms behind his back.

"Are you still wanting to go hunting or take a bath? The water is nice and cool at this time and since you have fur I think reason calls for the latter."

▹ ｒｅｉ ｎａｇａｃｈｉｋａ
female | seventeen | 60% human, 30% rainbow serpent, 10% frost phoenix| group four | tags; ari | location; river

The girl hummed in thought at the males question, her wings bristled before she withdrawled them, now, save for her eyes, making her appear like a normal human. "Well, from what I have been told I am thirty percent rainbow serpent, a type of dragon, and ten percent frost phoenix." She offered a shy smile as she then continued walking to the river. With her keen eyes she could see it not a hundred meters a head.
Rei usually found it easy to find water due to being part rainbow serpent, they were naturally drown to the substance.

▹ ｌ
female | twenty | 30% ikran | tags; open | location; lab

L sighed, arms tucked under her head as she stared at the roof above her. The quiet ticking of a wall clock was the only noise she was able to pick up within the concrete walls. It was boring, she was bored. L had rushed off soon after that horse thing had been taken away and Mr. K had ordered her to her room until further notice. Who knew how long that could be.

That man seemed to think he could control her, a hardened war veteran. L grumbled to herself, tail flicking lazily beside her as her blue and red eyes glanced over to her mask.

[-voidcat]

Name: Lauryn Evangelina Dickens
Age: Twenty-five
Occupation: Scientist
Location: Lab
Tags: N/A

Grabbing a canvas medical bag filled with syringes, charts, and serums, Lauryn sighed as preparation for the reception of Group One began. Other scientists were gabbing away with each other, but being in a grouchy mood this day, Lauryn knew she had probably snapped at just enough people for the others to realize she needed to be left alone. Sifting through the fat stack of horizontally-laying charts and medical files, Lauryn found a wrapper from a stick of Trident that must have fallen in the bag one late work night. She grasped the paper to take it out, when a big, black spider came out with it. Lauryn let out a light shrilly scream and threw both on the floor in front of her. Her eyes darted around quickly, looking for, and hoping not to find, someone who had noticed.

Name: Gabriel Quintus Lee Rademacher
Age: Twenty-nine
Hybrid: Experimental
Percentages: 67% human, 20% snow
leopard, 6% Anna's hummingbird, 7% lynx
Group: Four
Location: Thirty feet away from Victoria
Tags: Victoria Brand

Ignoring the sand all over him, Gabriel stopped to look across at the girl who was talking to herself. His eyebrows furrowed in slight amusement as he tried to decide if she was crazy or just mad. "What're you looking for, Princess?" He yelled out, cupping his hands around his mouth to amplify the sound. A gust of wind suddenly forced a handful of sand to brush across his lips, and he sputtered, wiping his mouth on his arm to rid himself of the endless tan stuff.