In this thread is where we will post all the metaplot changes and continuing. It will include links to metaplot events and summeries written by staff members and any written metaplot jumps that the staff dose. Here I will place the first of the metaplot events and then update as updates come. If you are new this is where you can find out everything that happened, from begining to end.
The First Clients
Adain sighed as he walked out, hands in his pocket as he glanced over at Chel, grinning a bit when he noticed the ring on her finger. He loved seeing it there, almost as much as he liked fiddling with his own ring. He was obsessed with this now that he had it.
"Well they were annoyingly snotty." Adain glanced over his shoulder at the pencil thin woman who glared at him and he stuck his tongue out at them. He always hated women like that; snotty and so sure they were better than him just because he lacked a large enough bank account to make them pant.
Chel only nodded meekly, fiddling with her own ring. Even with both their salaries combined they hadn't even had close to enough to afford a procedure there. It was shocking, how hard it was to find a decent fertility clinic.
"We'll…find somewhere else.." She said, grinning weakly, but the search was wearing down on her. She wanted to have a family with Adain, but…well, that was proving much harder than expected.
"Are you seeking help getting with child?" a man stepped forward, a wide grin on his face. He seemed harmless enough, his eyes a bright gentle blue. He was a few inches shorter than Adain, and was slightly husky with slightly messy black hair. The oddest thing about him was the outfit he made out of white doctor’s scrubs. He looked like he might belong in the clinic they just left it if wasn't for how approachable he seemed.
Adain looked him over with a frown, suspicious of about anyone who just approached random people on the street. There were a lot of freaks in Gaia, and not just on the outside, but inside too.
"Maybe, who are you?"
"Dr. Steven Ronchas." the man pulled a deep bow before grinning up at them with a friendly grin, "You see, I just opened own clinic, but I don't really have a lot of customers. I want to cater to people who need help but don't necessarily have the money for places like this." He nodded to the clinic behind him.
Chel, even though she was still not a long time resident of Gaia, was wary…but glanced at the clinic behind them. She couldn't help but feel guilty. When they'd first proposed the idea…that they were ready for kids, Adain had seemed so eager. Both of them had been. But after months and months of nothing.
"We're interested.." Chel said. It wouldn't hurt to get information, would it?
"Great!" the man grinned happily, honestly enthralled. He finally had some customers. He could finally get somewhere. It only took one domino to start a chain, and in this case it was two. "Please, please, follow me." Dr. Ronchas bid before turning around, to lead them away from the main street.
Adain frowned, but grabbed Chel hand, before glanced to her, "You sure you want to follow him? He seems a little weird to me." Adain admitted, looking over to the man's retreating back. "Very...happy."
Chel turned to him for a moment before glancing over at the Doctor, then back at Adain. "I…I get what you're saying but…" She bit her lip.
"We've been trying for a long time and all these places are so…exclusive..." She said with a sigh, placing her forehead to rest on Adain's shoulder. "It can't hurt to get some information, can it?" She posed this as a real question. Gaia was an odd place.
Adain was quiet for a moment and sighed, "I'm pathetic. I wish Reiha was here. She has such a bullshit meter." Adain shook her head then glanced at Chel and smiled, "I'd like to try, after all, if he could help us...." he grinned at her and nuzzled.
"I'd love to have kids, our kids." he admitted, and not for the first time.
Dr. Ronchas stopped and looked back to see the man nuzzle his woman and tilted his head to the side. They were perfect, young, idealistic, desperate, just the kind of...costumers he preferred best. The woman might ask a lot of questions but she seemed eager to please the good nature man.
Perfect.
"Hurry, hurry!" he urged, "We have a little ways to go."
"We'll ask for information, then if we think it's ok. We'll go again with Reiha." She said, agreeing with Adain in that fact that Reiha was most often a very good judge of character.
She nuzzled him back. "I would too.. That's why I think we should go.. At least get a pamphlet or a business card..." She said, before the man called after them. Nodding she turned back to Adain and grinned.
"Besides, it's not totally farfetched to wait outside an expensive fertility clinic for customers. Desperate perhaps, but not mad..." She joked.
Adain laughed, "You'd know." he mentioned, thinking of Nathan and smirked a little, then looked back to Chel with a smile. "How many psychos have you dated? Present company excluded of course." he joked, even as his long legs allowed him to catch up with Ronchas easily.
The doctor grinned at the pair and lead them along the streets. He didn't attempt to get in-between the two and their jokes, just let them stay relaxed and with their mind on other things till they got to his clinic. It wasn't hard to see why the building wasn't getting good business, it was in a small, out of the way and not exactly close to the breedable district of Gaia, and people would have to have to be pretty lucky to stumble onto it.
"Here it is!" The man glanced back and smiled before walking into the brightly lit lobby. It looked very normal, there were a few chairs, even a couch scattered around the small room. There was also a desk with a bored looking receptionist doing her nails, and a simple looking wooden door leading who knew where.
Adain looked over the room and then back to Chel, "Well...it's clean." he mentioned, the scent of cleaning supplies were everywhere, it kind of irate Adain's nose who was more use to dust than clean air but it seemed right for a clinic such as this.
Chel didn't even want to count all the psychos she'd dated. The number was crazy. Keeping up with Adain's long stride with practiced ease she strode into the lobby.
"It is…very clean." She said, the smell assaulting her nose as well. "But clean is good for places like these." She said nodded. She certainly wouldn't want a dirty clinic.
Turning to the doctor, she smiled. "Are there any pamphlets or anything you might be able to give us? So we can read them over before asking questions."
"Well, I think I got something. Let me go check." Ronchas turned to the simple wooden door, walking though it and closing it tightly behind him.
"Weird guy." Adain mentioned, "I feel like he's a few cards short of a full deck, but I mean if this clinic does what it's promised." he shrugged a little, "I guess we just got to see how much this will cost and such."
"Ah ha! I got something." Dr. Ronchas returned, closing the door behind him as he handed the couple a pamphlet. "I'll just let you two read over what we plan to do here, and when you're ready just let Selma here." the doctor nodded to the bored receptionist who didn't appear to be paying attention at all. "She'll alert me and I'll be right out."
Chel nodded to Adain and took the pamphlet cautiously from the doctor. Watching as he left she sighed.
"You're right, he does seem a bit…off..." She said, before looking down at the pamphlet and skimming through it…She bit her lips as she read before nodding…"but the process seems alright…and…and he's definitely in our price range." She said, before handing the pamphlet to Adain.
Adain read over the information too. It seemed right, increased fertility, no one else’s DNA was used (some shops purposed that and he didn't like that idea) and Chel was right, it was definitely in their price range. He grinned and started to feel hope again for the first time.
"I'll go let Selma know that we're interested." Adain told Chel, and kissed her cheek absently before moving over to the receptionist. He grinned brightly in that way of his that has become natural, and let her know that he wanted to talk to Dr. Ronchas. He wasn't even back by Chel's side when he came out again.
"So? So? Have we come to a decision?" the man's eyes gleamed with the child like delight at possibly having a customer. "Or do you have some questions? I'd be happy to answer any and all questions."
"Well this pamphlet mentions that you use a serum," Adain pointed to the part, "What would that do the mother? And the kids?" he asked, an arm moving around Chel protectively.
"Oh, no, no, no! The serum merely increases fertility. True, it might alter the child a bit, but mostly it just greatly increases the chances of having twins or triplets. More love right?" he asked with a grin, "Nether the mother or the child will be harmed in anyway. And we promise to continue work with you before and after the birth."
Chel stood to listen and nodded, feeling Adain's arm wrap around her. She was going to ask about the serum as well. Blinking slightly she looked at Adain.
"It sounds…it sounds great." She said, smiling. This restored hope in her. They could have a family now... Looking over at Adain, she smiled. She thought they should do this…This...This could work.
But she turned to the doctor and said. "Thank you for the information. We'll think it over and call you when we've made a choice." She said. She wanted to 100% sure.
Adain glanced at Chel, and then nodded slowly to the doctor as well. "Yeah, we have the number from the pamphlet, we'll give you a call as soon as we're sure this is what we want to do."
The bright, almost fanatic, hope in his eyes dimmed before he noticed the hope in theirs. He smiled and knew soon he'd be getting a call and a pair of costumers.
"Yes, yes, take your time." he urged, "We wouldn't want to make any mistakes." He grinned at them and took a step back. He couldn't seem too eager or else they might get a little suspicious.
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And just as Ronchas predicted less than a week later he got a call from the young couple saying they were very much interested in their program and would come in for their first meeting in a week. It was just what he had hoped for.
