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The world of Arctecas is a world full of wonders, both magical and technological. By combining mystic power with scientific ingenuity, society has advanced rapidly, and men have even left the sphere of their home for a few nearby stars. The fruits of man's labors make competition for resources near-meaningless, and wars thus scarce. Little troubles the people, who have perhaps grown somewhat decadent as a result... And perhaps arrogant.

Under the highest security clearance in a laboratory deep underground, an elite group of ambitious scientists may unleash upon the world a price to pay for such arrogance, as their most precious experiment is about to be unleashed.

First there's a slight rumble, and then all Hell breaks loose. Sirens turn on, lights turn off, power systems and backup systems start to fail. A major earthquake has struck, and while the lab had initiated safety precautions against such a thing, this quake was one unlike any experienced in hundreds of years...




In a large room containing mostly automated equipment, sit two stasis tanks. One containing a young man, the other a young woman. Suddenly, in all the chaos, a large computer is knocked over, shattering the glass of the tubes, stasis fluids running out onto the floor. Opening his eyes, the young male slowly awakens, his fogged mind unable to take proper assessment of the situation thus far. However, after some few minutes, he is able to gain his bearings.

"What... What's happened?" he mouths, having almost forgotten how to speak. Even the sensation of touching the ground was distantly familiar, and yet very much alien. Rising, he finds his body has fortunately not forgotten how to stand, and walk, as he steps out of the tank and observes his surroundings. "Could I be... Free?"

Looking over to his left, he sees the other stasis tank, and a lady inside. Stepping closer, he can't help but admire how pretty she is. Still, there was no time to waste. It was time to go. "Are you... Are you awake?" he asks, somewhat timidly--he didn't know whether any of the staff might be nearby. For all he knew this opportunity for freedom could be over at any moment.

((Found a little time, I take it? smile ))

Seeing her on the floor, he knew he couldn't just leave her there. She had been through just as much--no, even more--than he had. He had to help her get out of here.

Carefully stepping into the tank, he picks her up gently, though almost dropping her as he found his body was not well-accustomed to carrying anything, let alone something as heavy as a person. Stepping out very carefully, he starts making his way across the room, stumbling in the darkness. Only a few lights lit the way, and he had to search for a while to get to the door.

Reaching it, he carefully places the girl down, and starts trying to slide it open. However, he didn't have much strength, and it was not going well. He was worried about any guards on the other side, too.

Looking down at the girl, he thinks, "If only she were awake... She could help me open this thing, and we could escape..."

((Well, in about 45 minutes you won't have to worry about me taking up any more of it razz ))

"Huh?" the young man murmurs upon hearing the digits suddenly spoken out. "Odd, she woke up right as I'd thought that..."

Just then emergency power starting running again, a few lights flickering to life and the door's keypad giving off a bleep. Looking over at it, he wonders for a moment.

"Well, it can't hurt," he says, shrugging weakly as he puts in the digits. Much to his surprise, the door actually opens! Picking the girl back up again, he walks into the next chamber, only to be stopped suddenly as the opposite door closed. Some kind of strange mist, entered the room, the strange substance eating away at the remaining stasis fluid on their bodies, before some kind of emitter turns on, the substance evaporating away before being sucked into a vent in the ceiling.

"Oh, I think I've heard of something like this, before..." he realizes, his memory slowly pouring back into him. "It's a decontamination chamber... I think?"

Regardless, the door was still closed. A door opened on the side wall, revealing safety suits. Putting the girl down, he starts to don a pair, thinking it'll allow him to get around without being noticed as easily.

Noticing the woman clutching the material, he starts trying to slip her into the suit, starting with her legs, but it was not a simple task, as she was fairly weighty and sitting on the ground. He was having to try to pull it up one leg, then lifting the other leg and pulling it up that one, and then alternating again, and it was going slowly. Someone was bound to find them at this rate.

"Please... Whoever you are, please wake up..." he thinks to himself as he struggles with the half-way-concious lady.

The man grabbed hold of the woman by the shoulders, thinking it another odd coincidence that she should gain strength just as he was thinking about it. Shaking his head, he throws the thought to the back of his mind and puts himself under her arm, his arm wrapped around her shoulders so as to keep her braced up.

"Think you can walk like this?" he asks, not wanting to strain her too much. If she were to be overworked, she'd probably pass out again.

"Don't worry... I'm like you. I was held here too. We're going to get out now..." he says, trying to comfort his ebony-skinned companion.

"Granted, I don't know how..." he thinks, not seeing much hope as things were. "If only you were stronger, but that time in stasis has wrecked that tiny body... Or at the very least, taller, so I could more easily help you along..."

((We'll start with growth in inches, since the power's still undeveloped razz ))

((Also, that's some first boost there lol))

He wasn't sure what this latest outburst of talk was, but it sounded like directions to him. Figuring there wasn't any other good lead on how to get out, he helps carry the oddly-taller lady along, passing through one room and then another, though it was slow since the woman was heavier, but no stronger, and the debris meant zig-zagging around through the area. Sirens could be heard in the distance, along with panicked yelling and footsteps somewhere.

"Okay, okay... Maybe just stronger..." he thinks, having some difficulty pulling along someone taller than himself.

He looks for something to use as a weapon along the way, but can't find anything he can reasonably wield. There were plenty of things to bludegon someone with, but he was too weak to effectively use any such thing and the guards likely had guns anyway.