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♬♪♭Lexi looked up at Sean with a sudden jerk of her head, making her wench in pain. Blinking large, owlish teal eyes at her long time friend. Fear creeping into her eyes and face as she watched him lift his hands and walk towards her. "Sean, don't you dare. I swear to you that if you so much and toss me over your shoulder, I will make you so unstable that you'll end up a puddle named Sean on the floor." she said as she slipped from her seat, and started to back away from him. Her angular face, tilting as she looked warily at her friend. If it was one thing Lexi knew about her friend, was that Sean was a man of his word. That if he said it, he would act upon it no matter what,. even if he did regret the choice at that time.

♬♪♭Swallowing visibly as well as audibly, Lexi darted her eyes to the left and right. Taking in her surroundings and options. Her heart was beating a bit fast from a mix of her fear and the sudden adrenaline rush that was coursing through her veins. Giving her a rather heady feeling as she noted that she had more room to make a break for it on his left, her right. But seeing as that was the obvious choice she noted that going to his right, would be a minimum amount of space, meaning she would be caught and also a good viable choice as well. Then noting that her only other option was down the center, and between his legs in a sliding manuever, she flicked her eyes to his, before dashing straight forward, ready to drop and slide between his legs.

xxxxxx"I know more about you than you do..."
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"...because I watch you all the time!"




Her head was still busy with distracting thoughts. She had thoughts that mattered, thoughts that didn't and many thoughts that she didn't even think were hers. She also had many thoughts of particle physics, particularly light and how possibly the eye could possibly detect them. She needed to know more on how the mechanics worked. She had information without the concepts. Her focus was improving though. She always needed to look at 'the whole' and not the parts. It was backwards and illogical, but the only way to understand her world was to not analyze it. It was so hard. She only ever wanted to see the data. Her head always wanting to be busy, busy, busy.

Right now, she could focus on at least the more important of wholes, thanks to the efforts of Red Eye. Thinking about eyeballs could only help her visually. There was so much more information coming in. She needed Michael.

"You haven't done your job." She observed, ever literal. Her eyebrows furrowed in disappointment. He didn't say it directly, so it took her a moment longer, but she knew enough that 'sorry' meant he wasn't going to help her. Her shoulders drooped forward and she let out a sigh. It had been almost an hour since she had seen him last. Just over 3 thousand seconds. That wasn't a lot of time. He had been trying to talk to her before their examinations, and was distressed that she wasn't talking back.

As the man looked over her and continued talking, Cheza let her eyes drift, avoiding looking far down the hall. Upstairs? There were stairs? She looked back over her shoulder at the elevator that she had come through. She realized though that they wouldn't be able to go get Michael anyway. There were no buttons to use the elevator with. If you were down here, you were trapped. No. there was a small bud on the wall. Wide angle camera. If someone wanted to get in, someone on the floor above would have to open it or come down for him or her. She knew that it would ever open for her. She shrugged his question off. It didn't have a point. Michael was Michael, and knowing that would not open the elevator.

She turned her head back as the clipboard was held out to her to see. Michael! He looked somewhat upset, glowering at the camera with his dark grey eyes. It was from a handful of months back. Enough of their generation had changed appearance enough to warrant an update. He was healthier then, although he had beginning to fear he'd die, as a few others at the time had. Cheza felt herself smiling slightly at the memory, happy that he had not.

"He reads to me. It helps the world go away and be quiet." She continued to stare at his picture. She couldn't read very well herself anymore, always ending up memorizing and analyzing the the words instead of the story. Focusing on his voice, though, was great. Books left out all the details and graphs, science and data that made her life a confusing mess. In books, all that existed was the whole. When she filled her head with a story world, she could clean her head of the extra mess, at least for a short while.



xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"It's Broken..."
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"...It doesn't make sense!"

Sean was amazed at the way she was reacting, Making him grin wider as he turned to continue to give her chase. Only to hiss under his breath at a very familiar but not often heard voice. Taking a step out of the cafeteria, just in time to see Lexi sit on her but hard, before scuttling away from Abel. Rolling his eyes a bit as he came out to stand next to Lexi, resting a hand on her head in a comforting manner.

"Afternoon, Abel. I wish you would use my name at least. But to answer your question, we mean no harm. But I was trying to distract her from the news none of us wants to get. Sorry if we disrupted you on your tour with the facilities." he replied cool-like. His gaze drifting down to the Lexi as she peeked up at him, with a soft but very shy smile. Giving her a return smile, he looked back to Abel meeting the young mans red eyes with his own blue violet ones.

Making sure to place a soft, gentle and very friendly smile on his face as he gave a nod to Cheza, who was behind him. With a dazed and glazed look he knew all to well.

xxxxxx"I know more about you than you do..."
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"...because I watch you all the time!"




Wait. She'd have to wait. The words stung a bit, but she nodded, nonetheless. She could accept waiting. Even if she hated it. It was not like she could not fend for herself or function without him to balance her. Still, a tight feeling squeezed her small chest like a worry . She knew she was alone here until he came. Also hearing the struggle nearby, She watched the man's careful facade fall for a moment in reaction. Unintentionally he was showing Cheza a juicy morsel of his true self. Suddenly she had a feeling he was alone here as well, though his reasons were surely different.

Her eyes flashed over his face and body language as he turned away from her. The shape of his face wasn't angry, but militant all the same. The people here were not his peers. With a nod, Cheza began to follow behind him, giving him a few paces of space. He didn't lessen her stride for her, but Cheza could plainly see that he was not in any hurry on account of the disturbance. It was a different side to Red Eye, but much more informative than the flat face he had been showing her. He was not 'just' another experiment here. He was different from the others.

He stopped outside of a cavernous room that smelled strongly of several foods that Cheza had to fight not to identify. She kept her eyes from wandering too much because she didn't want to get lost. She wanted to see these other people that weren't his peers. Her head was already telling her that she did not know them or anything about them, just by how she could hear their movements. Looking blank, her eyes tracked until she found the nearest stranger. She was heading their way without looking what direction she was going, but Cheza still got a good measure of her expression and body language. Carefree and victorious for the moment.

Confusingly enough, the Blue haired woman stopped in her tracks and fell over at the sight of Red Eye. Cheza's eyes snapped wider at the illogical-seeming action, slowing down behind him as she walked. Blue Hair was scrambling back away from him with a panicked look on her face. Fear. Cheza's own pulse began to race just looking at her. She felt very suddenly uncomfortable being there, but she lacked the data to see why Red Eye seemed to be a cause of it. He was definitely not their peer though. She could confirm that guess.

Her mind racing and drawing frustrating blanks, she did not notice the other man until he had begun to speak, addressing Red Eye by the name 'Abel'. Her eyes focused dimly on him. His posture was cold as well, and his face was stone while he looked at Abel, but softened some as he looked down at the blue haired girl. They were together, but were they good or bad? Abel seemed unhappy with them, so she didn't know. Cheza's mind buzzed with probabilities, many of which only helped to increase her own stress.

The man's gaze fell on her and she froze midstep, staring pointedly at the wall away from him as he smiled at her. By his expression, he did not have any hostile intentions to her at this time, but. but. She inhaled deeply and then her foot came down and she began walking past the scene, heading pointedly in the direction of the dorms. While Abel was dealing with them, she'd find a soothing place to think about eye balls.



xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"It's Broken..."
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"...It doesn't make sense!"

xxxxxx"I know more about you than you do..."
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"...because I watch you all the time!"


A quiet hiding spot was not as hard to find as she had imagined. As it turned out, the end of the hall cut itself into a corner. She slid in next to a door that advertised the number one on it's face and cozied herself to the corner wall there. While crouching there, she listened to the noises down the hall and tried to make sense of the confusing emotions replaying in her head. Abel was definitely an outsider and as he had said, part of his job was making sure others knew the rules. He likely enforced them too. So he was like a policeman. That meant he was good. The other two had, though she wasn't sure exactly what, been doing something wrong. They definitely had been quick to stop their actions as soon as he arrived. The were bad then.

She stared at the wall as she thought about these. Somehow, the adrenaline did well to clear her head, and for the moment, she wasn't counting how many scratches existed in the walls around her. She was able to concentrate on the sound of Abel's footsteps approaching, and quickly calculated the exact moment he would appear around the corner. He seemed to spot her nook quickly, and she pressed her cheek against the cool wall as she arched her neck to look up at him. He was really tall. Like a tower. She was around 4 feet tall herself , but crouched as she was, she felt tiny. She remembered suddenly that he had wanted her to follow him. Was that a rule?

"I didn't fall behind, I went ahead." She clarified, her hands shaking with the drain of stress and adrenaline from before. She clenched them into fists and then unclenched them, relaxing herself. After a moment, she shrugged and stood up. She was focused enough, but was she wearing out quickly. She wasn't quite impatient, but after finding out that she was alone here and would be for some time, she really wasn't in the mood to play obedient and just kinda wanted to sit somewhere or do something to distract her from the waiting. She supposed she'd be allowed that after she followed him. It was his job after all, so she doubted she had that choice.



xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"It's Broken..."
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"...It doesn't make sense!"

Sean just nodded his head at Abel, as his violet gaze just watched him step around them, to follow after the new girl. Of which he noted had eyes that were slightly glazed and unfocused, giving him a slight clue that she might be a mental type. Raising up his right hand and running it through his hand as he let his gaze drop to Lexi, after Abel was out of hearing range. Silently watching with a very pained look on his face, at her actions. Hating that she was withdrawing into her own little world, while sorting out her own thoughts and feelings. Sean felt his lips purse into a thin line, before they turned down into a frown, silently counting in his head. Trying to keep from what he felt, bubbling to the top and making this situation more frustrating then it had to be.

So when she finally spoke, he hissed rather loudly, as his eyes met hers. Noting that she was flushed a nice dark red, that only emphasized the unnatural color of her eyes and hair. Making him suck in a breath of air, as the thought 'damn she is too cute' flashed across his mind, before the phrase 'and so vulnerably niave, followed right after. Shaking his head as he let his normal nonchalant grin curve his lips, before speaking in a carefree, teasing manner, "No, no your not. Just a normal girl in a not-so-normal situationn Lexillia. Besides, if I recall, you are turning the shade of your favorite color... So....I wonder if it would be full body if you got physically close.. Or maybe you'd turn purple and look like a blueberry's insides."

Once he finished speaking, Sean quickly took his hand on her, stepping quickly away to avoid her reaction. While the grin on his lips turning into a full blown smile, knowing he just set off a land mine of epic proportions, since she had been honest while confiding in him about what really went on in that slightly deranged female mind of hers.