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 Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2012 9:31 pm
So it hadn't been Cubert after all, which was. . .a bit weird that Ofelia had thought of that being the name in the first place. His office was so much easier to locate once she properly knew his name and had a decent map and since many of the Halloween kids were friendly enough to show her around she made it there without a problem. It was a shame hunters had to kill them all whenever they met, Ofelia found most of them to be way way more pleasant than half the assholes back on the island.
It was probably though that humans were way more monstrous anyway and everyone had been cooped up without proper portals for. . . forever, so there was that.
Anyway she wasn't approaching the office in her tiny male tanuki golem for gossip about hating other hunters - she had come here with the intent on getting information. Asking around about finding the DETH head brought her here so whomever this "QB" happened to be would certainly know, right? There was no room for doubt, she needed to get this done, and the teen knocked on the door to the office.
No turning back, everything was ahead.
Hopefully.
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Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2012 11:23 pm
Being a guest lecturer, the even more diminuitive professor did not actually have an office more so the common meeting room used for student DETH activities, a modest room next to the Boiling Room and emergency exit number six, a room that boasted two rickety chairs, a few cobwebs, and a single desk. The Professor wasn't on any of the aforementioned and simply sprawled, a one-foot white fluffy minipet of a creature, agains the curved windowsill.
His ears twitched as Ofelia knocked. And then, as the door was only half open, his ears twitched a second time as he turned only his head around, body still quite stationary. Red beady eyes looked at Ofelia's golem. <Ah, it has been a while since I have seen one of your kind. > While the tone was more curious than spiteful, there was no doubt as to what the Professor implied. < What brings you on such a journey here after so long? >
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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 3:53 pm
"No point in hiding it then. My name is Ofelia, and I've come to ask you a few things about that DETH event you sent several students on a while ago." The hunter-in-a-golem stepped inside and closed the door, not even remotely worrying why maybe there was another voice in her head. Rue (and growing up) had made her so long numb to it she didn't even so much as blink against the sounds.
"I was one of the Hunters who happened to...stumble there on a completely unrelated mission, and I've got questions for you over what happened to us and to the kids." She probably should have felt worried, the thing had its head all the way around like an owl but since this was Halloween she did her best not to let it smell her fear. These things thrived on fear and worry, right? "We got attacked by a defected hunter, who in turn joined your DETH group. Did you know that?"Zoobey I'm assuming he's a voice in her head, right? XD;;;
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:07 am
< Ah yes, you are one of the unfortunate Hunters from an equally unfortunate incident. My condolences, for that one experience is very different from what we teach. Our organization is indeed called DETH, and we are a large, group, as you may call it, in Halloween. Our goal is to assist Humans, never harm, and that includes you Hunters! Often we shelter humans with the ability to sense Fear, though not quite Hunters themselves. We thought this case would be no exception and we were wrong. Everyone is very devastated by the loss. > The tiny professor craned his head to one side, as if in inquiry. < I am always willing to help you gain better insight into our ways of Halloween. DETH is by far a harmful organization. They are appaled by these current events and have tried their best to make amends. I am however, interested in your curiousity, only as a teaching professor would to their student. Is this what brings you to Halloween or simply the threat to your comrades? > Rown He indeed does and only to the projected person!
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:40 am
Perhaps it was because Ofelia was happy to have a voice in her head that wasn't threatening, or anything else of the sort, but she felt...strangely at ease "talking" to this assistant professor. He didn't appear to want to hurt her, he at least sounded sincere in his words, but there was still a nagging bit of worry in her mind that should she say something wrong she'd end up like Mike. Crazy, alone, wanting to murder everyone and everything. That was a horrible, horrible fate and thought.
"If you're willing to help then I'm more than thankful for it. Getting information on my side is like pulling teeth." Teeth that would bite back if you tugged on them too hard, in a manner of speaking. "So you're saying Mike - was that really even his name? He came to you though seeking shelter for 'seeing things'? Why wasn't his body destroyed by the air here?" Ofelia was going to go on and say she she'd been told about humans exploding when they came into Halloween without a golem but she didn't want to be an overly trusting trainee who got everyone killed. "Or do you mean you found a way to protect him back in the human world?"
She had so many questions, it was hard not to flood the weird creature with them all at once.
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:29 pm
< As a general rule I do not assist Hunters, > the Professor corrected, ears idly twitching yet again, < However I will always provide answers where needed. The Human known as Mike belonged to our external station. As a group, we of DETH monitor two stations, internal and external. External refers to our stations located in the Human World, where we work on site to help Humans and create a bond between our world and theirs. In Halloween we talk about our methods and what we have learned from such experiences. It is not uncommon for Humans to know of and work with us in their world: unfortunately we cannot predict all the results that will happen. This was an accident that noone could have known. We make it a motto to offer everyone, humans and creatures of Halloween shelter when they are in need. >
The Professor turned his gaze to stare intently at Ofie, almost curiously, if not openly.
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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:52 pm
Ofelia's golem's ears wilted at the Professor's mention of not helping hunters, though as he continued they may have perked up ever so slightly. "I know it's not policy or morally right depending on the side we're on, but I think. . . because of what happened I don't care if they were human or Halloween or whatever. You're right about it all being wrong and. . . it's got me worried for a friend of mine." Why was she saying all this? Mot was right about it all, this could just be a trap but on their side and so she tried to limit what she was thinking and saying. "I'm worried it could happen again, even if it was a freak accident, so I came here hoping to get more information about that man called 'Mike' so I could look into him back at Deus."
They'd said he was part of a branch in the human world, an easy enough thing since his body would be safe and there wouldn't be trouble for him in terms of sporadic exploding. "About when did you find him, if I may ask? How long ago, that is, and maybe where? Anything you can tell me."
How it would help, she didn't know. If it would help, she didn't know. Deryk had been so uneasy at Deus, but. . . she wasn't going to think about it. What if this thing could read minds? She'd be s**t out of luck.Zoobey . . .can he read minds? OwO would he be able to hear Rue?
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 11:51 pm
The Professor closed his eyes, just temporaily, as if thoughtful.
< I would advise against prying too far, you may not like what you find about your origins > He gave the mental equivalent of a shrug, a strange sort of neutral mannerism. < He gave us a name, perhaps it is not even his real name. Yet this is not the first time we have sheltered those from your origins. Some seek us for help, others for various reasons. We have no right nor excuse to refuse. Perhaps we believe everyone should be helped.>
They looked directly at the golem now, sitting straight. < I cannot give you any more information because I do not know myself. You know what you must do if you really need answers and that is question the origins of who you seek. There is nothing else I can teach to you. > Rown He cannot hear weapons! Noone can except their owners unless in exceptional circumstances/ status effects!
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 9:50 pm
If there ever was such a feeling of disappointment to be had by any living being then Ofelia was feeling it times about a thousand at that moment in time. Hearing the Professor say there was nothing else he knew, nothing else he could do for her, basically had Ofelia almost drop to her knees in unhappiness. "Then this....all of this coming here was a complete waste of time. Why did I...?" She asked and stated, not really expecting an answer. The negative and depressive feelings she had practically radiated off her golem body as the teen clenched the golem's fists; it was not an act of aggression but rather one to prevent herself from just storming out.
It was like she'd expected something coming here, like she'd hoped all the doors would suddenly open and she'd have a sense of information she could report back, but finding out that no one really knew and she'd probably never find out was a blow to her ego that she didn't think would sting nearly as bad as it did. There was a bitterness in her mouth like she was swallowing blood. "Then I...I've got nothing for him. I....I guess I really did fail by coming here."
Taking a golem without really asking properly, shaking down students for information? It had all been for nothing, she wasn't going to be able to give Deryk a reason to feel at ease. The only thing she could say was that DETH picked up all cast-offs so there was a place for the two of them if things got bad but it also meant there could be one more person like Mike in their group, if not more. It meant DETH was actually far more dangerous than they thought, or that anyone thought.
She needed to know, she needed to ask. "Are there any other hunters that have defected and been taken into DETH? I know you probably won't tell me who they are or when they came, but I need to know. They could be dangerous like Mike was, just biding their time in order to find a way to strike." If there was a next time would everyone get as lucky as the group she was with had, or would there be a death? She didn't want to think about that, not with the same students she knew at least. Would she be caring less if they were strangers? It was a hard call and it made her feel a little bad about herself.Zoobey oh man i am just riding this
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Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:28 pm
The Professor's tail stopped flickering as he gazed evenly at Ofie's golem. For a second it almost felt unnerving. < I have only given you as much as I know and have been told myself. Everything else I could offer would only be guesses and assumptions on my part. They may be correct, but may be even more harmful if incorrect. >
If Ofie felt upset before, the feeling she would get now was one of a light, taught disapproval, a teacher gently chiding a student. < I do not understand why you need to be upset at what you do not know, this is a natural reaction, and you have not done any wrong in at least trying. You have learned more about us, about DETH in general but I an afraid if you need to know more about your origins you will need to return to the source. Human emotions are complex, it is what Fear is created from. Perhaps it is better to say I cannot properly relate to the same range of emotions as you feel. It is unfortunate for there to have been a defective incident in DETH but such incidents are also unavoidable. Blaming or pointing fingers will not solve problems. Not all problems are solved or need to be solved so suddenly and immediately. >
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:52 am
Ofelia did feel chided, for what it was worth, and the golem bowed its head in regards to what it was being told. "I didn't mean to sound like I was accusing anyone, I guess I just....was expecting a bit more. It was unfair of me to get my hopes so high and then get upset when it wasn't possible." She chuckled faintly in an effort to alleviate herself from some of the stress but in the end it felt just as bitter as the taste in her mouth. The golem's hand went and rubbed the back of her head and neck, a motion she so commonly used in her normal body too.
"Um...I know it's probably really stupid of me to ask but...you won't tell anyone I was here, right? I mean, I was planning on telling my friend what I learned here because it was a promise between the two of us but I wasn't going to say who I got it from." Ofelia's honesty was probably both her best and worst feature. She didn't like lying because she felt that integrity was all she had...and the fact that this voice was talking directly into her skull likely meant she couldn't lie without him? it? knowing. "Of course since you've basically only confirmed what I know there'll be nothing to share with him, so it would be safe for me to leave right?" The sudden onset that she was talking to a teacher of sorts, someone who naturally had to be stronger than the students, was slowly creeping up on her.
At first glance this thing seemed harmless enough and she was in a golem. There was no need to worry about her physical safety since she was in a pod back at Deus but the whole idea of being killed didn't really appeal to her senses. There was also the chance they could capture her and force her to talk, just as she'd been asking questions, so that seemed a bad thought too.
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Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2012 11:23 pm
< Many Hunters frequent Halloween in far greater numbers: even if it was a threat it is out of our ability to handle. I will not speak of of the encounter if requested, you are still a Human after all, and it would bring to me no benefit to see you targeted. Your greatest danger is only yourself, and perhaps what you represent. >
The Professor stretched a bit and turned to one side. < Good-bye then, young Human. If it eases your mind, I do hope you find what you are looking for. >
And then a sort of mental silence, as if a connection had been closed.
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:21 am
There was a pop of sorts, like something turning off, and Ofelia knew then that the conversation was over. She probably said something wrong (like typical Ofelia) but still it was refreshing to know someone wasn't yelling or screaming at her. In regards to the teacher-thing, whom had its (?) back to her, the golem bowed his head and upper body rather deeply in a sign of respect.
"I honestly thank you for everything today, and I hope if our paths cross again they may be on friendly terms." There was nothing but truth in her words, in her actions, and she straightened back up. There was a blushing smile on the golem's face as Ofelia headed to the door, still a little disappointed but glad to know she could at least....keep trying.
There was always hope if she could try again. "Take care of yourself, let's meet again someday face to face!" With that the door to the borrowed office closed and Ofelia was gone.
FINZoobey thank you so much for the RP on this end ;;; ofelia might have to harass/bribe mark now?
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