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

[ladybug5]

Anna Torres
15 years old (almost 16)
dome hybrid: experimental
60% human, 25% spotted owl, 15% wolf
group 4
tagged: Zach

Anna stood there, shocked at the other hybrid's answer and her mind whirling. Soldiers? They were just teenagers. How could this even happen? Her mind was spinning with questions now. None of which she knew the other hybrid probably knew the answers to. She stood there silently, her mind full of questions that probably no one but the people who had made her into this...person, if that's what you could call it, could answer. She didn't want to be a soldier. They had kidnapped her and had given her animal DNA, causing her to grow wings, a tail, feathers on her wings and a few in her hair, along with slightly sharper teeth. Not to mention her ability to fly, her hearing, and any other abilities that had come from this. They had taken her away from everything she had known.

Anna gazed at the desert around her for a minute, thinking, before she finally replied, "Is there any way to escape?" Anna knew that would be dangerous, but it was probably safer than staying here. If this was training, then the scientists probably weren't done with them. They would be back. Leaving her and any other hybrids here in the desert was intentional. She had no idea what they would do to her, or any of the others, next. All she knew was that it wasn't going to be anything good.

[Nocturnal Creatures]

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

Chelsea nodded in reply to Ryker's question, "Yeah, last time I checked his tracking chip placed him off in that direction with another come, Ash I think." She said gesturing roughly in the direction that the two domies should be. They had probably moved since but it would be a good place to start and try and pick up their scent. She started a slow walk in the direction she had gestured, knowing that Ryker would follow quickly.

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

Ash didn't say anything as Alex explained that he'd been in the Dome since he was little. He didn't know what to say, really; was it a touchy subject, how he'd come to be in the Dome? How young did he mean by 'little,' anyway? After a short spell of silence, he was glad when Alex asked him about it. At least he knew what to say on this topic, more or less. "I know a bit, but not much," he answered.

Raising his head to look up at the quickly-darkening sky, he searched it for any stars or anything. After a moment, he pointed to one that was glowing bright even in the dusk light. "That's Jupiter, I think." He paused for a moment; did Alex even know the names of the planets, if he'd been taken so young? Did Ash even dare ask if he knew? He figured the best thing to do would be to just leave it at that. If Alex didn't know what Ash was talking about, hopefully he'd say so.

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

Emily snorted as Zyr agreed that it'd be a bad idea to try hurting her. "Don't worry, I wouldn't try to take you on if my life depended on it. Songbird versus wildcat? Yeah, I wonder who'd win that one?" Now, Emily wasn't quite as weak as she was making herself out to be; she would still probably lose a fight to the cat girl, but she'd make certain that the kitty wouldn't be able to make it out without a few good scratches. Physical fighting wasn't really her style, though. She much preferred verbal arguments; she found it much easier to win those.

I hope you know as much as you let on. Yet another smirk graced Emily's face, this one not out of mischievousness but of hubris. "Oh, I know much more than I'm letting on." Vague, she knew, but that was kind of what she was going for. She'd elaborate once they were safe by a fire in the shelter she'd been speaking of. Until then, Zyr would just have to wait for answers. Emily was about to comment on cat girl's final remark when she stepped on the same little cactus that Zyr had avoided.

Muttering a curse, she slowly raised her bare foot to reveal a multitude of miniscule spines embedded in her sole. "Fantastic..." She muttered, stopping to pull the prickles out. Glancing up at Zyr, she hissed, "You coulda told me about that cactus before I walked over it, ya know." After a moment of trying and failing to pick out the small, splinter-like spines, she huffed and took a step forward, moving with an obvious limp. "...Let's just keep going. I can get them out once we're not out in the open."

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

Eva stared at the materials placed in her hands for a moment, unsure of what to do. She just had to wrap the gauze around Bae, right? But what if she messed it up, by making it too tight or too loose? Biting her lip in nervousness, she hesitated a moment more before she began wrapping some layers of the wrap and gauze around Bae's torso over where his wound was. After she'd wrapped it a couple of times, she stopped for a moment and asked, "...I'm not hurting you or anything, right?"

[LostFoxInTheStorm]

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Zachary Isaac Barrett
Bisexual
Age 16, Group 5,
62% Human, 30% Deer (N) , 8% Red Fox (E)
Tags: Anna

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He shrugged lightly at her next question. He felt too numb to answer. "The same people who brought you here did it all, I think. I'm sure they won't let you out so easy as giving ways to escape. I'm positive a please will also get you about as far as that. We all just experiments now, I guess." The boy sighed, slowly putting together an idea of what was happening himself.

Zach grabbed his shirt, which all day had been used as a jacket and more recently a pillow. He folded it semi-neatly, putting the square on his shoulder. "Anyway..." He spoke, feeling the awkwardness grow once more.

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"kiss me on the mouth and set me free,
but please don't bite"

Alex looked up at the sky when Ash pointed to the sky and told him that was Jupiter. His eyes fixated on it, he never though you could see a plant like that. Well he wasn't sure which planet Jupiter was but he knew it was a planet. He had always assumed they all were starts. "That's so cool" he mumbled and then began to look at all the other stars surrounding Jupiter. "do y-you know anything else?" he questioned, looking back at Ash wanting to soak up everything he knew about the stars.

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"Forget all the shooting stars and all the silver moons
We've been making shades of purple out of red and blue"

Bae shook his head when she asked if she was hurting him "Not at all" he told her with a smile. Once she was done he reached over to grab his shirt, after putting it on he had noticed the two holes in his shirt along with the blood. Surely this bothered him but there was nothing else he could wear and he didn't want to go about shirtless. "Okay let's go" he said with a smile, looking up from his shirt and at Eva. He want sure where they would be going but he just wanted to get out of here, he needed to walk and talk to people, even if it is just Eva

[neonlyrics]

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seventeen | female | 35% serval cat | natural | group seven | location ; dome | tags ; emily

A vague sense of pride was present when the birdgirl agreed. She didn’t like to brag - okay, so she did on occasion - but she’d won a few good fights, even if she looked like death incarnate when her parents greeted her and fussed at the front door. Fussed a little too hard, sometimes, but that gash had been pretty nasty looking.
At Emily’s words, she cast a suspicious sideways glance in her direction, crossing her arms around her chest again. Was she hiding something? Well, obviously, or Zyr would have at least some idea what was going on. She didn’t even know what a ‘domie’ was. Or who ‘they’ were. Or where she was. It was all new and disconcerting, something the poor feline hybrid wasn’t used to. It was a feeling she was eager to get rid of as soon as possible. If this stranger was withholding information to keep her from doing that and getting home, she wasn’t against bruising her knuckles.
Home… It was still nagging at the back of her head, the thought of her parents and her cabin and her forest. Birds waking her at 4am, falling back asleep until noon. The odd cougar crouching at the bank of the lake. Climbing tree after tree until she fell asleep in one. Home. ‘I’ll get back there soon,’ she promised herself, but was dragged out of her train of thought when Emily muttered a curse.
She flashed a grin, whether or not the other could see it didn’t matter either way. “I did tell you I’m not your seeing eye dog. My voice would go hoarse, as if I’m not rasping already.” She cleared her throat, which felt dry. ‘They’ must not have taken the liberty to give her some water before dumping her in the middle of nowhere. “Watch your step though, there’s another one. And a few more along the way. Keeping your head down might be a good idea, even if we’re almost there.” The camp was getting closer much quicker than expected with a visually impaired partner.

[VAALRAVN]

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"but there's blood on my teeth and its far from dry"

Itona shrugged. "I guess I'm used to them I guess... I've had them ever since I can remember." Itona seemed to sigh, a rather sad look passing over his face before Itona looked back to the fire, the red flames dancing in his reptilian yellow eyes. He was deep in thought. He couldn't believe that this kid was born like that and his 'tribe' still loved him for who he was.

But then, that girl he had seen with those two males. She was a dragon and phoenix... she must have been a born hybrid too, but he couldn't be sure. Itona's gaze flicked back over to the cub and he smiled softly.

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fourteen || 50% cheetah || ♡ || mood: curious || tagged; itona

at that, the young hybrid nodded, taking another sip of water before handing it back. "when i was little, i used to bite my tongue all of the time because of my teeth," he chuckled softly. "oyibo would have to make a berry and milk paste to put on it when it swelled up. it tasted alright, but hurt a lot." he twitched his nose, whiskers quivering as he lay back in the sand. "...thank you, by the way."

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[ladybug5]

Anna Torres
15 years old (almost 16)
dome hybrid: experimental
60% human, 25% spotted owl, 15% wolf
group 4
tagged: Zach

Anna's heart sank as she heard the other hybrid's response, her hopes of escape beginning to vanish. Okay, but there had to be something they could do, right? Anna could feel the awkwardness between them, which seemed to grow by the second. Talking this much to a stranger made her feel uncomfortable, but he seemed to know a lot more about what was happening than she did. She tried to think of something that could make the situation a little less awkward, but came up with nothing. Then she suddenly realized that she hadn't introduced herself. "I'm Anna," she said quietly. She shifted her wings slightly, feeling a little awkward and uncomfortable with the situation. Anna could see the stars in the sky, and the cool breeze felt nice compared to the desert heat during the day, or at least the part of the day she had been here. Anna hoped she wasn't bothering the other hybrid by asking so many questions. She just wanted to know what was happening, and he was the first person she had met here.

[LostFoxInTheStorm]

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Zachary Isaac Barrett
Bisexual
Age 16, Group 5,
62% Human, 30% Deer (N) , 8% Red Fox (E)
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Upon hearing the other hybrids name, he held out his hand, hoping she didn't notice the paw like shape when shaking it. "Z...Zachary. Zach for short." He said, his voice shaking a little. Thought you weren't going to trust anybody. Yet you give them a nickname to call you. Well done, fool. Zach raised an eyebrow at his thoughts, but lowered it, realising how odd it must seem to have questioningly frowned and raised an eyebrow when there was nothing to be unsure about.

He tilted his head back, looking at the stars. "They're beautiful. I honestly can't remember how long it's been since I saw them. When I was back home, I never got to. I was told to always hide." His voice slowly trailed away as he spoke. Zach felt homesick as he brought up his past. The hybrid sighed and looked away from the stars and back at the female.