|Captured Creatures|Semi-Lit+ to Literate|Accepting|

[aieralyn]

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☼ {Moody} ☼ {Dangerous} ☼ {Cunning} ☼
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"We have to distrust each other. It's our only defence against betrayal."

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Daniel's face morphed to display a sneaky smile at his answer.
“Oh wouldn’t you like know?” Daniel muttered. He seemed only slightly irritated, which disappointed Asher. He wanted Daniel to become frustrated, angry, annoyed, anything really. He wanted to see how thin his temper ran, so in a sense he was testing the other boy. He was doing well, despite how much he pushed the fire-user.
As Asher thought his behavior through, he noticed the small flames on his arms mingle into larger ones that danced around his forearms and singed his shirt. Daniel watched the flames slide up his arms, all the way to his shoulders before he finally turned his gaze back onto Asher's. He took a few steps closer, until they were an arm's length apart. This didn't particularly bother Asher, actually it enticed more of his pointless nuisances. Asher was losing control, and becoming eager to fight again, as he was earlier outside. Daniel tilted his head, “You know those cages that we sit in for most of the days when Freak doesn’t let us out?" Asher bit back his smart-alec response. He felt an extreme urge to pointlessly argue with this boy until they were full out wrestling if that's what it came to. "I was curious enough to wonder if it was possible to melt down some of the bars. Only I can’t really test that thought out because of the workers and gaurds, but mate I don’t think everyone could get out with only one person doing what he can now, don’t you think the same?”
Daniel's last question brought back Asher's self control. The other boy was right, and Asher knew it. They needed to work together if they were to have a chance at escape, no matter how unwilling he was to team up with anyone. He stood up and faced Daniel, but before he could form a response, Daniel's smile turned into a nasty grin. “A rebellion is going to be forming sooner or later and whether Freak likes it or not, it will happen." Asher nodded slightly, as it was true enough. All of the creatures were getting restless, and it was way overdue for an attempt to at least try to revolt. But for those who were loyal to Freak... He wasn't sure. He didn't want anyone to unnecessarily get hurt, but it was unavoidable if they were unyielding. Daniel continued, "No one has to get hurt but once the security system fails and the we run around there’s going to be a bit of chaos. Something that is unavoidable.” Asher smirked a little, because that was exactly what he had been thinking only moments before. He was still whispering, which was precautionary and probably a good idea. However, when Asher began talking, he didn't bother to whisper. He replied in an even voice, "You're taking a huge chance trusting me, but you know that right?" Asher raised and eyebrow and paused for a moment. When he continued, he made sure to make eye contact, daring Daniel to look away. "As much as I hate it, you're right. No one person can do this alone. But that doesn't mean I'm too keen on teaming up with you. Asher sighed, and let the intensity in his eyes drop out. "But we can't go blurting out everything, or even hint much that we're planning. And, it can't be just us... We need more help."
Asher turned around and walked a few paces away. He stayed silent, gathering his thoughts. Finally, he turned back around and walked back over to Daniel and held his hand out, not caring about the proximity of the flames. "You got me. I'll team up with you, but just a warning... I'm not the easiest guy to put up with." Asher allowed a carefree grin to spread across his face as he finished his sentence with a chuckle.

[SabrinaB]

*~Varias~*

Varias looked at Freak. He felt confused. Did he meant all the factories and other gasses in the air? "Why are we here exactly?" he asked him. "Why do you just leave us in these cages like animals, without anything to do?"
He noticed Freak seemed... fragile. Was something wrong with him? "Are you alright?" he asked him.
The ideas Freak had could be great ideas, he just used his ideas in a sick and twisted, unhuman way. He felt bored and sighed. How long could someone be in a cage like this, before getting insane?
He kept looking at Freak. His head hated him, but a small voice told him that Freak wasn't that bad. Varias sighed again, he had no idea of what to do.

[Moved </3 D:]

{S.o.r.e.n}

Soren shifted uneasily into his dog form and crept closer to the bars, his ears perked, but his head and tail low as he listened. What Freak was saying disturbed, terrified, and saddened him all at the same time. The world was suffering? Everywhere he went when he had traveled seemed just fine. A little downcast and gloomy, but fine. Though Soren had never really gone farther than 200 miles outside of the area that he had previously lived in.

"I'm not really the monster that you see." That phrase caught Soren off balance, and he frowned, his ears laying back slightly as he pulled his nose away from Freak. Of course...he did see the man as a monster, and had never trusted him. But there was so much sadness in his voice, that it made Soren confused and almost angry that he didn't know how to react. "We'll see." He managed, his voice gentle, as if he was talking to a young child. It held no malice, but was firm. The way he said it showed that he was ready to be as nasty and mean as he needed to be, but was willing to be soft and warm until that time.

Soren had never thought of himself as mean. Anti-social, hard to get along with, quiet, a little dark....but never mean. Whenever he upsetted someone, he almost always didn't mean it. He jerked his pointed muzzle towards Varias' cage, hearing his voice and his words. He snorted with annoyance, feeling that the boy was being incredibly niave. He shook his head, and took a few small steps closer to Freak.

He raised his head and studied the man. He could see that the man was in pain behind his mask, and not for the first time, the Wolfhound felt a tug of curiousity to see the face behind it. He sighed softly once more and sat, grabbing and cramming the last drops of patients he was capable of and sat down, ready for training.

[Dafna]

As long as Daniel kept his breathing under control he could control his temper and his emotions, a technique he had picked up over time. Not that it was to much of a drama but he wasn’t that good at trying to control his emotions, especially his anger. It was probably the reason why others thought that he wasn’t that nice, he was though, they just hadn’t seen his soft since as Freak just brought out the worst in him. As Daniel watched Asher he could tell that something seemed to be brewing inside of him, it started to make Daniel think that he was thinking back to the argument that they had earlier that day. It probably would be good to get some anger out of their system but if they started fighting now Daniel probably wouldn’t be able to control the flames, though there wasn’t any guards or workers around they probably could get away with the fight until they made some loud noises. Following Asher with his eyes as he saw the other boy stand up he stood up a little straighter, a natural habit unfortunately. He was glad that he wasn’t the only one that knew of a rebellion that was forming but that also meant that others would know, maybe even Freak himself would know. Though the thought was unavoidable.

As Asher started to talk Daniel shrugged a little “I wouldn’t be willing to take it unless it wasn’t worth the risk” Daniel replied slowly before listening to Asher as he continued. Oddly enough he had a little patience when dealing with the topic. He couldn’t help but smirk a little in agreement about what Asher had said about teaming up with each other. “I’ve talked to a few others but they only know what Freak has heard nothing else, trust me you deceive the guy with a false plan that gives you time to plan a real good plan – if you get what I mean of course” Daniel said in response to some of what Asher had said. He raised his eyebrows a little as he watched the boy walk away and walk back towards him. Looking at the extended hand that belonged to Asher while the boy talked he paused for a few minutes thinking about everything they had really just talked about. Sure it most likely wasn’t the best partnership and an unexpected one at that, hopefully unexpected that they might make it a bit harder for others to figure out but that was good wasn’t it? Glancing down at his own fiery hand he frowned a little concentrating on the flames. Watching as the hand he was concentrating on seem to cool down, meaning that the flames had slowly died down until his hand was back to its normal above temperature state. To Daniel his high temperature was normal because of the flames that seemed appear over his body. Only a downside to the flames was that he tended to get sick a few times to many, most of the time it was just fevers and what not but fevers to him usually meant drowsiness, being lethargic and being somewhat extra pale? He wouldn’t really know about the last one since he usually didn’t have a mirror to look in when he got sick, but no rest for the awesome right?

Turning his attention back onto Asher’s hand he slowly extended his and shook the other boys hand “I guess that mean this will be a bit of a wild ride for the both of us mate” Daniel muttered smirking a little mischievously. The sudden thought of punching Asher appeared in his head but he shook the thought away, even if it was random and slightly tempting he knew that Asher probably wouldn’t know why he had punched him… ha no one could really figure out what went on in Daniels head.

[~Everlasting~]

||Freak||

Time seemed to blur as Freak was picked up and carried into the worker's room. His thoughts were muddled and few. He didn't have the energy to focus on anything more than the pain. These crippling migranes were coming more and more often; at least once a week, he would suddenly collapse into a heap on the floor. He had been considering going to a doctor for them. There might an underlying cause for his massive headaches.
Any small noise added to the ringing in his ears. Any tiny movement made his head hurt even worse. He hated being this vulnerable; a rebellion could strike, and he wouldn't be able to do anything about it. But he knew he had to take care of himself first, or things would just get even worse. So he didn't resist being carried like a child into the worker's room. Didn't fight as he was gently laid onto the bed.
From a distance, Freak heard Aasiyah speaking gently to him. He could feel her trying to support his fragile mind, taking the edge off the pain. He couldn't make a sound to thank her. He couldn't even move. Right now, moving was a harder task than lifting a 200 pound weight over his head. He heard Aasiyah say something about jasmine tea, but he wasn't sure what. Daring for a moment to open his eyes, he saw a hazy image of Aasiyah sitting next to him with a glass of tea. Her face was an image of pain and worry.
Freak could do nothing more but turn his mouth up a bit at the corners, giving off a sublte hint of a smile. He concentrated hard on moving his hand towards her free one. Slowly but surely, his hand rose and loosely grasped hers. "Thank you," he said, his voice barely above a whisper.
Freak allowed his hand to go limp and his eyes to close, sinking back into his mind. With Aasiyah's help, the pain was beginning to decrease. But the monster called pain was still hanging onto him with a firm grip, refusing to let go. It looked like he was going to have to miss some of today's training session.

[Aniki]

Aasiyah Sari Valeska || Worker

I will ease as much pain as I can, Master, but what you need is a true doctor. Aasiyah thought to Freak as his eyes fluttered shut again. Taking his hands in hers, she slowly pulled the pain from his mind. Feeling her mind pounding and a strong urge to puke, she pulled away and sipped the Jasmine Tea. While it didn’t take the pain away entirely it did help the pounding dull down.

Once she could see without stars, Aasiyah went back to work on Freak. Hearing voices coming from the ward about what happened; Aasiyah broke away from Freak to go see the creatures.

“I want to thank you all for understanding to Freak’s pains. As much as it hurts him to say this, he will miss your training sessions tonight. As senior worker I am cancelling the sessions. You all will receive dinner out in the gardens. There you can romp and play and spar even if you want, but please no drawing blood from the others, understand?” As the creatures began to whisper among themselves, Aasiyah thought of a grand idea that should help dial down the angry thoughts towards her and the other staff members.

“Dinner tonight will be a treat. For those who are carnivores – pork and steak will be provided. For those who are herbivores – fresh greens and fruit will be open to you. As well as nuts and grains for all of you.”
Nodding to the guards at the doors, Aasiyah gave the signal to open the heavy metal doors that kept the creatures blocked from the gardens. Pressing the button that opened the cages, one row at a time, she let the creatures out to romp and have some fresh foods.

“Dinner will be served shortly.” Whispering orders to the kitchen staff, Aasiyah walked through the ward checking each creature’s health. Seeing that all were okay she went back to the kitchens. Telling the staff where she would be if they needed her or if something happens, Aasiyah went back to the study.
“I’ve taken care of the creatures tonight.” She gently whispered to the sleeping Freak. “All you have to do now is rest.”

[-Starchild.Keith-]

~Danika~

As the announcement was made that we would be out in the garden all day, a grin broke across her face. It would be perfect. She could get out of this cage and fly around, getting some exercise and possibly getting a chance to talk to Daniel again. She didn't care what Aasiyah said. She was closer to Freak for some weird, convoluted reason. Well, ignoring that, Aasiyah wasn't locked up like they were, always treated like some creature and not a person.

As the cage door was unlocked, she shifted and instantly sprinted out to the garden, finding a secluded spot among some bushes before curling up. She peered through the buses at the others, watching them go about their lives. How did so many of them seem happy? As if they could be pacified with a simple trip to a caged garden! It was pitiful. Nothing could pacify Danika. Nothing but freedom and vengeance.

[lynettetan1]

As the cage opened, Lissa took a tentative step out, and another, before hurriedly dashing out due to her phobia of the door slamming behind her, on her tail. It hurt. She dimly remembered the last time that happened in the elevator, and she shuddered, before walking outside. Flowers dotted the ground, their aromatic scent wafting gently in the air as Lissa walked around, investigating all the things, all the new sights. She then gave a grin, and giving her wings a flap, slowly rose into the air, enjoying the smells and the general look of the place, with so many others who were blessed going around seemingly happily.

Then, she caught sight of Danika. The girl was in the bushes, looking a little lonely. She went over and stuck her head in the bush, looking at her. "Heya! Why so sad?" She asked gently.

[-Starchild.Keith-]

~Danika~

Danika was suddenly startled a bit as a large head protruded through the bushes. She sighed, mentally grumbling angrily. She wanted to remain private and just watch the others, trying to find others to plot an escape with. Well, so much for that.

She turned towards her and shook her head. "I'm not sad, I was just relaxing in the shade and thinking. Sort of talking with myself you know?" She sat up and stretched her wings a little bit, looking around for Aasiyah. She had a legitimate question to ask her, so she decided to give up her vantage point.

Once she was out of the bushes, she looked around and walked towards the building. When she reached it, she yelled, "Hey, Aasiyah! I have a question. It's legitimate and I won't harm you. I promise."

[Aniki]

Aasiyah Sari Valeska || Worker

Walking out of the creature ward with her hands full of fresh fruits for those who wanted them, Aasiyah heard her name being called. Looking around and seeing Danika approaching her she smiled warmly at the girl.
“Ask away, but first would you mind giving me a hand?” More than anything Aasiyah really wanted to gain the girl’s trust. Setting the fruits on the long table along with the other foods and drinks, Aasiyah handed Danika a basket filled with strawberries. “Could you put it over there by the pears?”