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☆☆A Letter to Edmund☆☆

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☆☆Conflict Arises☆☆


Mira has become very educated at the facility. They have taught her many things and tested her for new research opportunities. Mira is happy to help to the best of her ability.

However... Mira hears words that travel soft. The facility has been on many lock-downs of bomb threats and has frequent protesters rioting outside it's walls. They limited Mira's access to the outside world. The last time Mira was outside, someone threw a rock at her. Mira remembers being in bed for many days after that.

They talk of the project shutting down. This facility will not be open for much longer. It is a dangerous business. The researchers have been hurt before, as has Mira. This world is not fair.

Mira is to return to the Academy where she came from immediately. She is not welcome in the world of the humans. The researchers have notified the Academy of Mira's return. However, travel arrangements have not been made. Mira may have to make the trip on her own. Most of the workers have left. Mira is almost alone. No one comes here anymore. Mira must leave soon. May the stars aide her safe arrival back to the place of her birth.

Mira is happy to have the chance to be able to see Aiden again. He may be sad to see she has new stitches, but to be so close again will make up for any scar inflicted while apart. It won't be very long now.

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☆☆He Came Back☆☆


There was a time that Mira thought maybe she dreamt up the boy that attacked her as a child. But who could forget such a thing. The indentations on her arms would tell the truth of those secrets. He came back. This time Mira could not see him. Why has this happened? Did he gain his own body? Mira knows about those kinds of things too. So now he is a person. Someone to truly fear as a beast with no restraints. However, Mira is not afraid.

She is... intrigued.

Why is Mira so drawn to this person? He could end her existence in an instant, but that risk excites her. Please make it stop. Satya will know. Hopefully she will not tell anyone the secrets Mira keeps. Aiden can never know how Mira feels for the demon she calls Adrien. No one can know.

As so the secret will stay safe lock and key within the stronghold of Mira's mind. Her thoughts. Her fantasies. No. She cannot. That is forbidden.

Mira needs to find something else to distract her mind from such thoughts.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

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☆☆The Need to Act☆☆

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☆☆Ulterior Motive☆☆


Mirabelle was still a little light headed from her escapade the day before. Though, it garnered what she needed. Now, she was focused on finding the meta that Lucian had mentioned. She walked around the ground, stepping carefully along the path, making sure not to trip over anything that might be in her path. She scanned the auras of the metas she passed and could see around her, looking for anything that was off. It's not like she could go off a physical description, she'd have to find the meta by her own means.

Ree sat in a tree limb high above the ground that was getting a bit of sun at this point in the day. It also let him both see the entrance to the administration office and part of the dinning hall. His eyes were closed with a book nearly forgotten in his lap as he tried to rest.. faint shivers of his nerve ending get telling him that he wasn't completely healed as he wished he was.

"Satya, help please." she spoke softly, trying to entice her mane to help her. She had been wandering around the grounds for far too long and was ready to be finished. She could hear her
Mane sigh loudly. "Look up." Mirabelle stopped just before almost running into the tree, placing her hands against as it was already too close for comfort. Another step, and she would have run straight into it. She then shifted to look up, seeing an aura sitting in the tree. "Is this him?" she asked her mane, but there was no answer, now it was Miras turn to sigh.

"Is that him?"

The soft question carried enough voice to reach his ears. He frowned faintly and opened his eyes, the voice was close by almost as if it were under him. Closing the book he tucked it under one arm and looked down meeting.. or actually not meeting the gaze of the meta who was staring up in his direction. Was she looking for him? but then who had she been talking too?

Looking left and right he was unable to see a second person and sighed. "Are you looking for me?" he called down below, reluctant to really leave.

"It depends on what you look like... " she responded as he spoke to her. "Mira is looking for a white haired archangel meta. She desires to talk to him." She explained, keeping a hand on the tree to steady herself as she stared with glassy lifeless eyes up at him.

Ree frowned faintly, didn't they have his name on file? " I am not familiar with any Mira" he said quietly, tired. Wondering if he missed filling out another piece of paper and they had noticed while he was gone. taking a quick lok around again for anyone else he got up and jumped off wings flaring and doing two long downward sweeps before landing down near her. "But I am a white hair archangel meta"


Mira frowned as she forgot new people didn't always understand the way she talked. Pointing to herself, "She is right here..." Then shook her head, not bothering to further explain it. Either he'd catch on or forever be confused. It didn't matter. She moved to a stern look for only a fleeting second before it seemed to drop in defeat, staring at him blankly. "Someone saw you with Melody. Mira wasn't sure whether you saved her or hurt her. Either way, she's still gone." She spoke, getting straight to the point. "Are you with SIU?" she asked with a frown, like it made her sad to even ask the question. "Mira isn't here to fight you... Just ask questions... "

Wings lifted up a bit in surprise before furling in close to allow him ease of movement. "SIU?" he sounded surprised because he was, how did find out so quickly? "No....Which one is Mari. The Mane or the Malice?" his voice has deepen slightly as he watched her... not taking off just yet because he was curious as well. Mira...why did that name sound so famili- as shoot. Spectrum.

She sighed, "Not mane, nor malice. Mira is standing right in front of you." She closed her eyes then thought of the only other way to get the point across, holding out her arms to show the deep etching of her own name up her arms from when she was attack as a child. She opened her eyes and frowned. "Melody is important to her caretakers and is being monitored by Spectrum Research. If you know where..... They... Took her, please tell Mira." She paused, taking another deep breath, "They took mira's dear friend. She just wants to know how to find them again. You seem to be the last person reported seeing them before their disappearance. It looks very suspicious."

Glancing at her arm he looked back at her frowning. So she was Mira...and she spoke in third person? huh. "I said I didn't work for SIU. Not that I didn't work for someone. " interesting, that he was being confronted by one of the two people who had opened the Sanctuary again and the one who seemed to be the most vulnerable as well. Either someone was watching... or they were to trusting. The former seemed to be more likely but he didn't see anyone close by. "Melody and a dear friend..... you know what you are saying pretty much amount to a confirmation that you are in league with the Renegades . Is that something you want to get out? risk what you worked for...even the Sanctuary itself?"

She kept the same sad face, "Mira doesn't like to say it, but Melody *is*property of Spectrum Research. She is allowed to inquire about the child's where abouts and wonder who took her." she paused for a moment, becoming inquisitive. "Mira never implied who the friend was... Interesting that you'd assume it's a renegade member..." she then sighed. "Mira cares very deeply for her,... This dear friend. She is troubled and thus causes trouble. The sanctuary is suppose to be a safe place for those who need it.. Even those who seek a safe place to change themselves for the better. You never know." Mira reached out and softly grabbed onto his hand, looking at him with sorrowful pleading eyes. "Is Andy even still alive?" she asked softly, faltering as she tried to keep calm from her longing for her best friend.

"Again, I never denied I didn't work for someone" he pulled his hand out of her grasp a look of disgust passing along his face as he took one step back to keep at least some personal space between them. Pretty face deadly dagger, even if the dagger were words this time.

" She's not, her poster has been rescind. Perhaps that is for the best, she wouldn't have to see the times we have reached when one meta starts claiming ownership of another. " he could not keep the disgust out of his voice as he lifted his wings. " I wonder what she would have thought if she knew you as the current owner of Spectrum, a rare accomplishment and a footstep for meta survival in a human controlled world, consider another meta under your care property? Slavery has always been only a hazy footstep away, but you don't have to wait for humans to get -that- idea when one of our own is already fomenting it" he tried kept his voice even but anger still seep through, he wanted to circle her.... stalk her like a cat or shadow might its target, but he didn't forcing himself to stay where he was.

He crossed his arms instead as the book he had been reading fell to the ground. He knew she was trying to get as much info from him and so was he from her, but what she had said....he had not expected, was Sanctuary nothing then but a subject gathering site? Or preserve?. Or had she thought talking to him as if he were a human might help her? And even if she didn't... There was obviously no hope in Spectrum or the Sanctuary if their Leaders didn't even notice and had already involved themselves so closely with the renegades as call at least one of the EE friend, one who only a few weeks ago murdered her own human husband.

Mira furrowed her brow in a pained expression, as everything he spoke was absolutely true and she knew that. "You have the wrong idea. Firstly, Andy and Mira never saw eye to eye about humans. Even despite that, Mira would never want to ownership of her own kind." she sighed, drawing back lightly. "Mira only just became the owner of Spectrum. The ownership is not her doing, but she will change away from that. One step at a time. Humans and metas can coexist. Mira knows it. Andy couldn't see that through her anger. Mira wanted to help her.. But.. There's.. No point in that anymore.." she was fighting back tears. Surely Aiden could feel her distress by now. She'd have to either calm down or end the conversation soon before her twin got involved. She sighed heavily, her breath quivering under her anguish.

"Mira wants to help metas. Not hurt them. Not kill them. Not own them. She's sorry she bothered you." she seemed regretful about something, as she closed her eyes for a moment then opened them to look at him, looking through him. "If you come to know where Melody might be, Mira would greatly appreciate to know.. She is very precious to Mira, like a daughter. So please..." she averted her gaze, turning. "Mira will be around. You.. Have a nice day." she spoke, regret growing in her voice as she turned to leave.

Ree wondered if she realized how much she will have to change to access the potential of what she have been forced into. But that wording...she knew.. She knew what she was doing, including mentioning not liking to say it, attempting to get him to defend himself with risk of the law.

Anyone else that cared or was pushing for change would have changed the wording, at least for themselves. Even some other human research centers said subject or patient not..property. Still she said she will change away from that, it was a start. even if it didn't calm the suspicious nature Tri and Mara cultivated in him.

Straightening he watched her turn away and would have been satisfied to leave it like that now that his cover was blown, but the mention of Melody being like her daughter twinge at his conscious in a way the sad blind face didn't when she talked of Andy.

"Melody might not have the same feelings back, she doesn't like being lied to either" he said quietly, his stance stiff now as he remembered what Mara told him about her talks with the child. "We won't touch your sanctuary without just cause, but I suggest you put more of your time into it and dealing with attempting change than ...playing nursemaid to renegades. They won't help your cause, they will just ruin any potential you have of actually allowing coexistence. I assume you saw the news and the hospital?....you should work quickly"

Mira paused as he spoke. Standing still as he made his opinion known. Lies. She turned to look at him, anger in her expression now, an emotion that almost seemed out of place with how she held herself. "You think Mira wants to lie and deceive?!" her tone was harsh like an angered mother scolding a child. "That was never her choice. She does not own this school. Mira does what she can, but tovpush hard is to be like them! Pushing too hard gets you killed ." she was mad, that not only he would garner such an opinion of her but he had the audacity to say something to her about it.

"Call it a foolishly soft heart, but Mira thinks the renegade can change. There doesn't have to be blood or death. Because the only ones who truly get hurt are the ones left standing." she took a deep breath, trying to calm herself. 'let it go..' the voice rang out in her mind. "If only Mira had become the owner of Spectrum sooner... She would have just left with Melody. She did not deserve what she had here. Now she's gone." she reflected for a moment then shook the thought. "Mira doesn't want to fight, but the currents of this storm are too strong. Soon it will only be how to survive than how to live." she stared off at nothing at all as she waited for his inevitable retort, expecting more accusations and talk of how what she's doing isn't right. "This is a very dangerous place, but Mira still wants to protect it like it could actually be safe again." she was frustrated, her feelings conflicted, regret starting in again.

"Don't push enough and you become compliant. You haven't found that balance point from what I have seen " he narrowed his eyes taking a step toward her instead of away and stopping. "If you don't think you can manage what is in your hands, transfer it to someone who can. Don't you realize what you are? You are almost like Freya from Guardian Angels in a different sort of way. Get people to advise you..something. Because at the end the only thing that will make a meaningful change will also be filled with risk, including being killed. But I might be wrong....yet nothing that you said have given me a better understanding of your situation other than you seem over your head..and unable to even take the criticism. You don't fight a storm you try to bunker down the best way possible, you build protections for that...you build alliances. So when you're stuck in the middle of one, you neighbor might let you stay with them. " he was calming down even as his retorts turned sharp, moving from angrily pointing out his views to trying to get a better feeling of the current Spectrum head's view and ideas..and personality.

Maybe she was raised up only with the hope that she would fail. "Something you overlooked ...this place was never really safe, not even when it was a school. So you shouldn't be putting a lot of your focus on the renegades, if they wish to change help them but they are not the danger..they are just the electric plod hitting the herd..at some point that herd will turn not only on them but every one of us as well. This won't be a sanctuary then...just a preserve. "

Mirabelle sighed, her face shifting back into sadness, almost in pity. Her voice was soft again, "Mira may be blind to a lot of things... but she sees a lot more than one might think. She may not be the best at dealing with everything that's been thrust upon her, but how can she learn if she does not act. Moving forward, staying determined, but not faltering.

Mira will admit that she lets her personal feelings get in the way, she's even doing it now, and maybe she will regret that later, but her heart is in the right place. We all dance the line of push and pull, even more so with tensions being so high. Mirabelle is not diplomatic. She is smart. She is a scientist. Only now learning how to lead than comply." she paused, her face becoming stern, "But she will not back down. If she has to learn to play the part, she will. And that is none of your business to question." she took a deep breath, her emotions back in control, possibly aided by her mane. Her eyes began to shift into a pink color, "We may not push, but we do not bend. And we certainly will not break." she stood firm, staring directly at Ree. "Don't act so high and mighty, /everyone/ has their faults. So don't go casting your opinions like they were asked for. We only asked if you were with SIU and if you knew where Melody was. So if you have nothing to contribute, we are done." her voice was direct and sharp, changed from the more gentle demeanor she had possessed at the start of the conversation.

Ree smiled but the brightness of it never reached his glowing eyes, making him seem malevolent. He had been listening trying to understand, actually what she said was the most as he could hope and would have said so until the -other- appeared. Mane..must be a mane since she hadn't attacked. "I am not one of your employees...I am not your ally and I never said I was without faults.

I said this because I am a meta and am concern when someone in your station with your supposed values starts throwing around the word property when speaking of her own species. But maybe not that odd, your other self has the makings for cruelty. Do not bend, do not break do not question...is this your answer to everything? " he said sounding almost friendly before shaking his head. "Never mind. As you said we are done. Excuse me" he reached down to pick up the book he had dropped, wanting to leave this place as quickly as possible now.

"We understand your apprehension." she sighed and shook her head. "Look,.." she seemed to strain lightly, "Neither... of us are good with words. We hope that maybe actions can be a better indicator to the vision we seek. We are sorry for the outburst.... it has.. been a rough day." she looked away, letting him do as he pleased, if he wanted to leave, he could. "..she's.. a lot nicer when she doesn't think her best friend is dead." she retorted bluntly, with a flicker of sympathy, hinting that she believed Andy wasn't really dead as she then walked away. She'd need to give her host time to grieve before they could start to make progress on things they had lined up.

Ree said nothing as she walked away, watching her for a moment before taking wing himself. He had left nothing in the room they lent him and even now he just took the keys out and dropped them close to the admin building as he finally flew out of there. Action is better than word, they will all see what she does but he really didn't have much faith. She wasn't the type that inspired confidence in him or gave him a reason that made him want to follow him. No...she just hit on an old fear, property.

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