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 Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 4:34 pm
Haunter was as pleased as could be about this place. Vaporon on the other hand was not so sure. He wandered the castle with his tail dragging slightly behind him as he looked into rooms in passing. His wandering was not without a destination of course. Vaporon did not leave his room unless it was because of a need. His eyes lifted and peered up and down the hall before he entered into the bathroom. Ah yes...here a small smile pulled at his lips and his tail picked up. It was odd, but as Vaporon wandered from shower stall to shower stall turning the cold water on full, he felt a flicker of amusement. The sound of the water falling to the tile floor made him feel more energetic then normal. With the cold water spreading over the floor, Vaporeon flopped himself down under some of the showering false rain and stretched himself out on his back. "Oooh...that feels so nice." He hummed to himself. "Now if only I could find a pool...
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 5:06 pm
Spearmint couldn't find the bathrooms. Judging from the conditions hallways, neither could the other patients.
Eurgh.
He wasn't that desperate. Not yet. But the grim, dingy asylum corners were starting to look inviting. In the end, the distant hiss of water that came to his rescue. Although it didn't help his current predicament... do not think about water, he ordered himself, it promised eventual relief.
When he stepped inside, the bathroom temperature immediately dropped a few degrees. The stalls had long lost their doors, and the floor was sticky with layered...Spearmint didn't want to think about the floors were layered with. Need won out over caution, and he leaned gratefully over one of the urinals, careful not to actually touch anything.
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 5:26 pm
Since the water he had turned on was cold, Vaporeon did not immediately notice the drop in temperature. He really was far too caught up in enjoying himself as he allowed the water to completely saturated every inch of himself and his cloths. It really was a pity that there were no pools as far as he could tell. He desperately wished to be able to submerge himself. It would have been incredibly relaxing, just like it always had been back in the science lab. Instead he had to make do with just this little drizzle, as it were. Vaporeon was also quiet ignorant of the presence of Mint in the other section of the bathroom. Due tot he nature of his need, and the constant flow of water from the shower heads, it sort of all just mingled together.
With a flip of his tail, Vaporeon rolled onto his belly, then pushed himself up onto all fours. He tilted his head back and with a smile let the water rinse off his back and hair. This was more of a play time for him then a shower at the moment. Still, he could only enjoy himself here for so long before he'd feel the need to take a nap...and that was best done back in his room. With a flick of his tail, Vaporeon rose and began to turn the water off from the stalls. One by one the sound of falling water lessened, until all that was left was the sound of dripping off his hair and cloths. Swishing his tail behind him, Vaporeon headed for the exit of the shower stalls. A soft hum on his face as he flipped his blue hair back from his eyes.
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 5:40 pm
Mint felt a literal chill crawl up his spine as one by one, the showerheads turned off. Someone else was in there. Maybe a lot of someones.
Finish, finish, finish.
He was trying to think of worse ways to die, and having trouble. He heard humming. His hair stuck out at odd, frozen angles, and as his temperature dropped again he started to look more like a blue, worried porcupine.
"Who's there?" he asked.
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 5:47 pm
(I have to say. Most awkward meeting ever here XD)
Vaporeon's steps came to a halt as he heard what he assumed to be a panicked voice from the front part of the mens room. His tail curled upwards and he peered back over his shoulder. Well, whatever happened, he had plenty of water around to work with. Though, he started to worry some as he noticed how much colder the room was becoming. Great...maybe it was a ghost, like Haunter. His brother did have a chilling effect at times, but only when he...no. best not think of that now. Carefully Vaporeon edged to the door. As he did so he held one hand behind him and curled his fingers upwards. A bead of water formed in his palm, and it steadily grew larger in size was he edged around the doorway. Blinking his gray eyes under the fall of wet blue hair, he glanced at the back of the one at the urinal. "I'm here...who are you?" He replied with a small degree of hesitation. Oh, he really hoped this didn't turn out to be a fight. He really didn't have the proper skills to defend himself.
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 6:48 pm
"Oh," Mint said, relaxing again.
The other person in the bathroom was not wall-eyed, bare-fanged, blood-stained. They looked sane, in fact. Nervous, maybe, but sane. Similar to him, in fact. Blue hair, weird flappy-ear things, a tail.
"I see you went to the same 'Secluded Recovery Spa' I did." He buttoned his pants, then rezipped his jacket, fussing with the collar. "I'm...Spearmint. Mint, if you like."
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 6:56 pm
The fins on Vaporeons head pinned back a bit as he looked at the stranger. He was stressed so...fancy. He found himself plucking at his wet shirt self consciously with the hand that was not hiding a bubble of water behind his back. This boy really did not look like the sort of crazy he had been coming across lately. He seemed, at the moment, as normal as himself and his brother.
Cautiously Vaporeon exited the doorway and walked over to the nicely dressed young man. "Recovery Spa?" he asked with a odd note of confusion to his voice. "I've never been to such a place.. I..ah..I'm Vaporeon." He did remember enough of his manners to reply to the other boy."
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 7:26 pm
"Maybe they called it something...different," Mint said. "But you're- I mean, different shade of blue, maybe," he approached Vaporeon curiously, looking him up and down, then looking significantly into one of the cracked bathroom mirrors. His ears twitched.
"But you have been through the same wringer, haven't you?"
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 8:20 pm
Vaporeon could not help himself. While Mint looked him over, he looked over the other. His tail swirled back and forth behind him as he shifted a few steps to one side. Looking Mint over, his ear fins flicked. A different shade of blue? Well yes... "You are a bit more teal in tone then me. But...I don't really understand what you mean. Wringer?" Vaporeon waved his hand in front of him in a gesture.
"Do you mean the science facility? You do sort of look like me...a lot more closely then my brother really." He couldn't help but reach his hand out to curiously touch the others lapel.
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 8:50 pm
"Yes. Facility. To use the term very loosely." Vaporeon must be from the same place. He had to be. Mint too hesitated, then adjusted Vaporeon's shirt collar, getting a better look at his ears. Not the same as his ears. But they both had a certain pointy quality.
The temperature had warmed, slightly, and Mint looked less like a porcupine. His hair was behaving again.
"...Your clothes are wet. Won't you get-" he was going to say cold, but then he remembered. "I mean, won't they freeze?"
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 8:57 pm
Haunter must have had a effect on him. That was all that he could think of when Mint reached over to fix his collar. It was only after he had reached out to touch the other one first of course. Vaporeons ears twitched again. The collar was a little too wet to hold it's shape and flopped back downwards. Looking down at it, he shrugged his shoulders a little bit.
"No. I don't think it get's cold enough around here to freeze, and I don't mind them being wet. I like the moisture normally." He shared with the other. His tail curled behind him and upwards a bit. "I am from a science facility however, my brother and I were transferred here after our research potential was tapped out I think, and we failed to perform to the expectations of our creators. I'm not sure what to expect from here though. What of you? Do you know why your here?"
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 9:21 pm
"Not cold enough? But don't you...?" Mint stepped back. Vaporeon was wet, yes, but none of the water looked frosty (except a bit on his collar, now).
"I'm not from a science facility. They sent me to a...clearly not legitimate rehabilitation center, and then they...after they..." The temperature dropped again. "They sent me here. The other place was clean, at least. You were transferred? What do you mean, creators?"
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 9:43 pm
"Don't I...?" Vaporeon paused as he reached up to touch his collar. The stiffness was clear under his touch. Looking down at his collar, he rubbed it until the frostiness melted away. It was the strangeness of conversation that redirected his dull colored eyes back to Mint.
"Sent you to..." It took him a few moments to digest the meaning behind Mint's explanation. He felt the air growing colder again, though it was not quiet cold enough to bother him yet...he wasn't freezing yet, though his skin was goosepimpling. They both seemed to be confused about each other.
"Well..the scientists of course." He decided to merely explain what he meant. "They created me in the lab. I was born from a artificial wound and trained with my brother for recon purposes. I suppose I was a bit of a failure and we were sent here to make room for the new experiments of course. I do agree though. I miss home." Vaporeons tail snapped unhappily behind himself. "At least there I had a pool to swim around in. here it's hard to stay clean. Haunter is the only one I've seen thus far enjoying himself."
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 10:22 pm
"Born in a lab?" Mint repeated, almost flabbergasted enough to lean on the sink. He remembered himself and saved his sleeves just in time. Recon? Failure?
"I'm...an athlete," Mint said. "Professionally. No science, no labs, no drugs either. Not performance enhancing ones. Anyway, I got stressed out, so my manager set me up with this private Rehabilitation place, for people that could afford it, real under wraps, but once I get there it's all injections and new diets and no contact from the outside world. Next thing I know, I'm Mr. Freeze and they say everything's signed off, nobody wants me, nobody wants contact with me, and there's no going back."
He looked at them both in the mirror. "It's like I'm stuck in a show and I can't get backstage again."
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 10:55 pm
Vaporeon listened to Mint curiously. He had to admit that it was a small shock really. He knew his own situation, and had no real energy for self pity. It wasn't really productive anyways. It was just his life and it wasn't remarkable. "Yeah. It's nothing really special. We're all born some way right? I just don't have any parents, I've read about them of course and I'm rather glad I didn't have any."
Athlete? His eyes blinked a little as he considered that bit of info. Vaporeon had seen athletes on videos and the like, so now he found himself looking Mint over carefully. "What was your sport? Track?" He looked fit enough for track... "I don't understand, they didn't own you to begin with. How could they claim you afterwords?" Vaporeon turned to follow Mint's gaze and spied himself in the mirror next to Mint. Wow...they really did sort of look alike. His hand lifted up to flip his hair from his eyes thoughtfully. "If this is a show, why would you want to get backstage? If your on stage that means you could still direct the way the play turns out. Right?"
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