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 Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:45 am
Amphi shook her head at the siren, "Not really. I think I recovered from the nets surprisingly well...." Considering the mermaid had been electrocuted twice and still was able to manage talking. She agreed again at the conserving of energy, in fear that hunters suddenly would whip in and attack them.
She tried not to let her mind wander to Roch, her heart racing at the panic that she wouldn't see her boilfriend. She rested her hand on her chest, rubbing the spot that ached and looked back at Amrita.
"Lou is...a vampire who doesn't know how to treat the ladies properly..." Or well, he knew how to treat them just not how Amphi would like him too. "Crude if you will..." her face screwed up as she hissed, "A jerk. Stringing him by his toes though-" Her eyes widened and then she laughed. "I would like to see a dangling Lou."
Should she really be laughing when they were stuck so? their fates unknown at the moment. The mermaid was sure she would explode from panic every time she thought she had settled into small talk and worry for the other students.
She quieted as she slung her arms around her. Wishing for once she had listened to Roch. Stupid hunter traps.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:49 am
So escaping was off the table. If he had been alone...maybe he would have tried on his own. But with four ghouls and Zar...well, he could not be the one to make that decision. He tried to just act nonchalantly about the the situation, not show how much it bothered him. Alexander was not here. Nor was Miss Danny. Things could still work out.
"It is cool, but bearable. Otherwise I feel fine Miss Israfel." Though it was starting to seep in, maybe if he just shifted partially...but no, more humanoid meant possible weakness. He needed to be ready to defend others.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 11:56 am
""
"The pleasure is all mine." He said with a small flourish before adding "I was leery to go along with it really. My track record with the student council is patchy at best, I'm convinced they had some hand in the myriad plans and disasters at the school. As predicted a great deal went awry at the event. So it was enjoyable but mainly from an entertainment point of view. I never dance. "
Zar took the comment about being the worst a compliment. He did so strive to be the worst sort of demon around. "Well it looks like if we are in enemy hands your birthright will soon be in your hands." He was also of the opinion that suffering was far from without purpose, suffering was a necessary state for people to remember their humble place in the world. But he didn't feel like arguing any longer with the siren.
"Dismissing the possibility of escape out of hand is rather defeatist for the one who supposedly defies death. We don't even know we are in the hands of the hunters and yet you assume there is fear draining capabilities built into the room."
He chuckled and shook his head, he wasn't physically suited to go headbutting at the walls or trying to claw his way out, but the idea of peacefully waiting was inaction. Inaction was time wasting and Zar loathed wasted time.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 12:52 pm
"Defeatist would be saying there is absolutely no escape. I am saying at this time? Its unlikely with high risk with little payoff. Not to mention, the more agreeable we are to them, the chances of them being more lenient to us rises. They are not beyond words." Nails tapped in a rhythm on the bed.
"And need I point out that even if the room is without draining properties, our FEAR can still be spent by exertion? It's not fear, it's logic. But if you feel you're justified in trying to escape that is your choice. If you succeed, then we might be freed. If you fail, then you just end up a little more battered than before or possibly worse. I mean jack, I could screech in attempts to shatter the glass, but I run the risk of making you all deaf, and harming my own vocal chords."
Again, he looked for some sort of speaker. Nothing he rolled over, nails scratching at the wall. "The odds are not in our favor. There is a time and place for all things." Without looking at Amphi he smiled. "Maybe he is shy in expressing his true feelings? Some boils wrap themselves in false bravado to hide the pain or fear from others. But that is no excuse for lack of manners."
The scratching stopped. "Aside from the lake vanishing, do any of you recall anything? I know there was light, and Medea looked... different. But other than that my memory is not kind to picking out other details."
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iStoleYurVamps
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 1:28 pm
"Well, Amphi, when we get back you'll have to introduce me to him! I'd like to try stringing him up for you~" Amrita chuckled, not feeling bad for the noise; it actually made her feel better, to be able to laugh. Who knew how much longer this could happen, really. Her laughter faded and she groaned outright, the frustrated groan of someone exhausted.
"That's enough, Isra, Zar. We're not getting into this. Not here. Where we're all in the same predicament." She didn't care for the way he spoke about himself; he didn't know about anyone else in this room, they could have been worse off. As for how she was... "Just disoriented. This light is jackin bright!" She answered slowly, shaking her head. She wanted the dull lights of Halloween back...heck even sitting under DC's heat lamp would be nicer than this.
"I won't be any help there; I was talking to a first year since we were both caught in nets, there was a flash and then I woke up here." She looked around, again at each of them. No Taima. Hopefully the little Thunderbird was safe and sound at home, and hopefully she understood the meaning of Bad trouble now. She got to her feet and shuffled over towards Amphi and Mei, taking a seat on the mermaid's other side to lightly rub the other ghoul's back with her knuckles.
Another glance was cast at the door; whatever came through there, if they made a grab for her she'd resist. She knew herself enough to know that; she couldn't just sit there and try to talk to them, now knowing what they were capable of. Some of the Hunters could be talked to, she knew that; she had met a few of them. But it wasn't their choice in the end. If the bosses called for their FEAR, their bosses called for their FEAR. It was simple as that; the bosses wouldn't sway, even if the lower ranks did.
"I'm just sayin...Whatever comes through that door? I'll show them the same amount of resistance that they try to take from me." Therefore, if they didn't come at her trying to restrain her, she wouldn't try to stop them. If they didn't try to kill her, she wouldn't try to resist.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:03 pm
Mei smiled weakly at the siren, shaking her head. "Sorry..I was a little preoccupied trying to get the net off. I didn't pay much attention to what was going on around me I'm afraid. Though..from what it sounded like..she was pretty pissed when that one hunter mentioned something about her sister." Something about Madea betraying her..?
Watching Rita make her way over beside her and Amphi, the doll moved over a tad to make sure there was enough room for them both. "I wonder if there are any other students here..trapped in other rooms like this.." If there was, how could they know? It was torture to think about it.
"Lets all just try and watch each others backs, okay?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:19 pm
"Attention all units in Cell 15, we have a special announcement for you!"
There was a loud screech and then a blast of entirely inappropriate music accompanied by what sounded like two people arguing over the background.
"This is the wrong track!"
"That's because you forgot to log out last night!"
"I HAD THE RIGHT ONE. You're the one who put that porno mov-"
-"IXNAY IN FRONT OF THE KIDSAY"
"For the love of Christ they're not even kids just gimme that remote and-"
Thankfully this was remedied moments later by the large window that took up a fourth of the wall suddenly blaring to life with most likely a variation of Beethoven's 9th symphony and a video of a tropical sort of island with a fortress at its highest post. "Welcome to Deus Ex Machina. Here, at our facilities, we promote the highest level of attention and care to all our specimens, including YOU. Don't forget to ask one of our lab techs for an in-depth demonstration on safety hazards and what not to do during the experimentation process." The image zoomed into a detailed image of a white-washed room with several panels and long cylindrical glass devices. "When entering the labs, make sure that you have no personal belongings on you as they may get damaged during the process. Please keep your hands and feet inside the cylinder at all times. Your safety is important to us. Have a nice day!"
The screen faded, revealing two normal looking Human-like figures in white coats staring peevishly at the students. One of them crossed their arms. "Well, did you like the demo?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:43 pm
Zar flinched as the music blasted into the cell, it was awful, a discordant song about greed and unwillingness to let go. He assumed it was a cruel joke at their captivity.
Thankfully it didn't last too long, though what followed was almost more baffling than the initial outburst of music. Deus Ex Machina. He'd never heard of it, but the laboratory facilities he was looking at looked very clean and refined, a professional establishment. Somehow this was reassuring, even if the initial introduction to the presentation had been anything but professional - it was probably some inexperienced interns.
He drew what comfort he could from the formality of the introduction, surely there would be some way to file an objection, to go through the relevant channels to be sent back home, that clearly there had been a misunderstanding.
He eyed the two humans in white coats evenly and stated.
"I think you could have done it more efficiently in a terrorpoint presentation with bullet points and zooming text."
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iStoleYurVamps
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:46 pm
"If it makes you feel better, I've seen pornography before. But yes 'kids' we still are in terms of Halloween. Hard to say if we have a comparable age with humans." Sitting up, wings shuffled behind his back as his hands remained at his sides.
"As for the demo, it was a bit lacking. I would have personally added in a smiling demon or happy monster to make it seem less impersonal and more 'pleasant'. But for what it was, it was not that bad. The music was nice however. A little over the top, but nice."
Remaining on the bed he motioned to the pair on the screen. "Might I ask what will be happening to us for these experiments?"
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 2:56 pm
Mei sat quietly the whole time, waiting for their damned announcement and demo to end. When it was finally over, and they asked their thoughts on the demo, Mei waited for the two to finish speaking before laying back onto the bed with her arms folded behind her head.
"It wasn't that good actually. The porn music kind of killed the mood for it too."
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 3:11 pm
Pornography? That was much more terrifying than the presentation, to the mantodae. Though of course...cylinders...he remembered a cylinder. Flashes came back to him, how he thought that by being chosen to go in he was somehow saving the others. How Alexander had faced the same transformation.
But yeah, that still made pornography (a word that even proper teenage boils could not ignore forever) the worst thing (even if he was not fully sure what it was, just that it was bad). There was a slight chance that someone had his priorities wrong. "I do not feel welcome," he offered. "I work not wish to be a specimen, can I be excused." Politeness first, but his guard was up, arms raising into a defensive position.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:02 pm
"Aww, Mike, he wants to be excused, can we-"
"NO!" Mike, the tech with the radioactive green goggles, literally slapped the other tech. "We talked about this. The rule book, remember the rule book."
The second pouted, picked up their clipboard, and said in a more monotonous voice. "All right, we just want you to feel comfortable here is all, nothing too serious okay. Don't get too nervous, nothing huge, just some questions and you can go." He looked down at the board. "Question one: can you please each give us your full names?" OOC: TRIAL AND ERROR STUDENTS:- At this point, the RP is divided to STUDENTS (contained within) and VISITING HUNTERS (any Hunters who want to talk/examine/ visit the students), making it more "orp" style - VISITING HUNTERS can talk with the techs, they can speak through the microphone to the students. If you are being quoted by a VISITING HUNTER PLAYER, that means they are trying to address you. - For the sake of making things clearer, please post below (after this prompt, only ONCE is enough), a small description of your character, so everyone can ICly know what they look like and work from there. - Your student can talk back/ respond however they want to the VISITING HUNTERS /TECH through the window. They however, cannot use any Fear attacks, or even try to attack each other. The room feels normal enough, but physical exertion does make them feel weaker. - Students CAN see more or less vaguely shadowed-out (but still recognizable) faces of the VISITING HUNTERS. Students can also interact with any VISITING HUNTERS around by QUOTING THEM - If a VISITING HUNTER has posted [EXIT] at the top of their post, it means they have left, if they post [ENTER] it means you are free to interact with them. - WILL GAUGE: ALL STUDENTS have a will gauge. This is divided into four points. You can start at any % you want, though for IC reasons, most of them probably start pretty low right now: gaia_crown [ TRUST ] How much does your student trust the Hunters so far. The lower the percentage the less trust they have/ the more suspicious they feel. gaia_crown [ CALM ] How skittish do your students feel? The HIGHER the percentage, the more calm they feel about things, the lower, the more anxious. gaia_crown [ OBEDIENCE ] How willing are your students to follow instructions/ do as told/ listen to things going on? The HIGHER the percentage, the more obedient they become. gaia_crown [ APPROACHABILITY ] This is how friendly/ approachable your student feels. The lower the percentage the less willing they are to talk about anything. - MAX PERCENTAGE YOU CAN GAIN FOR EACH IS 100%. If a student is above 80% for all four, it means they are at the OPTIMAL POINT for being weapons converted, though again, this has to be ICly figured out between Hunters, if they ever figure it out. - Whenever a Hunter interacts with your student or your student sees an action going on, their GAUGE CAN CHANGE. Make sure to post in OOC quotes at the BOTTOM OF YOUR POST all % rates of your student's current emotion gauges every single rp post, just so Hunters know what is going on! HUNTERS:- Upon arrival, you see two techs who seem to be talking to the students, though one of them looks extremely bored, playing tetris on his phone instead. They give you a clipboard - containing absolutely nothing, hopefully you brought that paper Caelius gave you - and tell you to go ahead and get started. The only ground rules is to not tell them any information regarding the facility and who they are ("That would get you killed, man, killed and tortured") and to not get overly friendly with them ("That would be even worse than being killed, man"). The goal is to extract information from them so you can use these points against them in order to get of course, willing weapons candidates as well. - At this point, the RP is divided to STUDENTS (contained within) and VISITING HUNTERS (any Hunters who want to talk/examine/ visit the students), making it more "orp" style - VISITING HUNTERS can talk with the techs, they can speak through the microphone to the students. If you are addressing a student, make sure you QUOTE THEIR PLAYER. You can say whatever you want, the techs don't even care much they just spend most of the time playing tetris. If you want to ask questions to the techs, QUOTE ZOOBEY and then any questions/ comments/ reports - When ENTERING THE LABS, please put at the TOP OF YOUR POST [ENTER ] and when LEAVING THE LABS post [ EXIT ] so students know who to address, so on so forth. Of course you can enter and exit as many times as you ICly seem fit - Make sure when QUOTING A STUDENT that you post OOCly a small description of your Hunter so students know what your char looks like. Also remember that you are viewing students IN A ROOM, from the outside. Read the setting on page 1 to get further details on what it looks like. - PLEASE ALSO VIEW THE STUDENT OOC section above, so you understand how GAUGES work.
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:27 pm
The siren rolled his neck. "Israfel." Looking at the door, the siren stood up and stretched out. "Do you have anything to eat?" Quote: Appearance: HereTrust: 30% Calm: 50% Obedience: 30% Approachability: 30%
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:28 pm
[ENTERING] Which one looks optimal.
< Are you asking which chick I dig? >
Jumpy ...
< Junpei- OH. OH JACK AMI. THE BLACK HAIRED ONE. WITH THE SCALES. >
Why?
< She's a mermaid. We're practically cousins!! >
Ami sighed, shrugging her shoulders and pulling her clipboard closer. She was lucky she had a pencil in her pocket. Her eyes grazed the strange form they'd been given by the death lead. Observations, notes. That sort of thing. Not to unusual for someone who took notes and data daily. Not bad at all.
What do I say?
< How about a friendly hello! >
I don't do those.
< Compliment her scales then? >
Ami looked at the microphone like it was a gross thing from Halloween itself. She hated public speaking. "Ah ... hi there. Little- mermaid one? My name's Ami ..." She thought about saying 'Junpei likes your scales' but it would be incredibly awkward to explain just who Junpei was. "I like your scales, the purple color is pretty." Internally Ami was just about vomitting. She was complimenting one of these things. Not to mention purple was her least favorite color and she hated with a passion. Ughhh. This was going to be long.Ami looks like this: grumpy face 5evr / trainee
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Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2012 4:30 pm
Amrita startled when a voice assaulted her senses, followed shortly by some terrible, terrible music. The ghoul pokerfaced as the voices bickered, and continued to do so as what they assumed to be a window actually ended up being a screen of sorts, playing some entrance tape. Err...what? Her confusion was only paused by the urge to panic at certain words. Specimens, Experimentation were two, but what got her the most was the sight of those tubes. They looked like the devices Calder described to her once...
The panic rose in her throat and she swallowed hard, glancing around at the others. How...how could they be so nonchalant about this? She didn't understand it, but she could at least try to follow their lead. She managed a slow, almost golf-like clap before she leaned her elbow on a knee, chin in the palm of her hand.
Whatever she had to say about the music and the demo was cut off however, as her friends answered it well enough, and there were questions asked of her. She pressed what was left of her lips together, staring at the screen. It crossed her mind to lie, to tell them off...but Israfel's earlier comment of being more compliant ran through her mind.
"Amrita." She grumbled.Quote: Amrita- Trust: 1% - Calm: 15% - Obedience: 20% - Approachability: 15% - Appearance: Basically this, only not smiling, missing the left half of her face (clear down to the bone), and with vines curling out from the stitches on her left wrist.
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