"She went out to get fruit and vegetables. Despite your protests, she plans on making lunch for us, and wants something naturally sweet so you can eat it."
"She went out to get fruit and vegetables. Despite your protests, she plans on making lunch for us, and wants something naturally sweet so you can eat it."
She sighed. "And I'm going to have to eat it too, aren't I? I just don't have much appetite. But I'll do my best."
"I can understand that. Big crowds are intimidating. I've never played in front of big crowds either. Mostly I just play for myself."She took a long drink of water.
"You want to jam with me? Don't worry, I won't be offended if you say no."
"If you could point me to a violin I'd give it a shot, but I don't know any songs that go with drums."
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"If you could point me to a violin I'd give it a shot, but I don't know any songs that go with drums."
"I can understand that. Big crowds are intimidating. I've never played in front of big crowds either. Mostly I just play for myself."She took a long drink of water.
"You want to jam with me? Don't worry, I won't be offended if you say no."
"Oh, that's easy," she said, getting up and opening the doors of a large cupboard that was full of musical instruments. "All of the practice rooms have whatever instrument you could want. Not the best ones, but good enough. And every song goes with drums," she added with an impish grin.
"She went out to get fruit and vegetables. Despite your protests, she plans on making lunch for us, and wants something naturally sweet so you can eat it."She sighed. "And I'm going to have to eat it too, aren't I? I just don't have much appetite. But I'll do my best."
"Just a little." He admits, shaking his head a bit. "you do need to eat though."
"Just a little." He admits, shaking his head a bit. "you do need to eat though.""She went out to get fruit and vegetables. Despite your protests, she plans on making lunch for us, and wants something naturally sweet so you can eat it."She sighed. "And I'm going to have to eat it too, aren't I? I just don't have much appetite. But I'll do my best."
"I know," she said in a small voice. "But it feels like eating and otherwise going on with my life makes it all more real somehow. Like part of me is still hoping I'll wake up and this will have all been a bad dream."
She sighed. "Yep, I was right. It does sound as stupid to say out loud as I thought it would."
"Do you think knowing you could dream up something like this is a good thing? I know it must be bad even if I can't imagine feeling you that."
"Do you think knowing you could dream up something like this is a good thing? I know it must be bad even if I can't imagine feeling you that."
She shook her head. "I never dreamed anything this bad. I was supposed to care for them, to protect them. I couldn't even protect myself. That's what hurts the most. Knowing that I didn't even fight. That I just stood there and let it happen. They deserved better." Tears welled up and started rolling down her cheeks as she spoke. "I think I could bear it if I had at least tried to save them."
"Oh, that's easy," she said, getting up and opening the doors of a large cupboard that was full of musical instruments. "All of the practice rooms have whatever instrument you could want. Not the best ones, but good enough. And every song goes with drums," she added with an impish grin.
"It definitely doesn't look bad." He says to himself, testing it out with a few chords. "Doesn't sound bad either. Do you have a specific song in mind?"
"Oh, that's easy," she said, getting up and opening the doors of a large cupboard that was full of musical instruments. "All of the practice rooms have whatever instrument you could want. Not the best ones, but good enough. And every song goes with drums," she added with an impish grin."It definitely doesn't look bad." He says to himself, testing it out with a few chords. "Doesn't sound bad either. Do you have a specific song in mind?"
She shrugged and shook her head. "No, nothing specific. Just pick something and I'll pick up the beat."
"Kitty, you couldn't have ever expected what happened to happen. It's not your fault."
He thinks for a moment before playing out a nice beat.
"How's that work?"
"Here's the deal, Mel. The regeneration got interrupted partway through. You're stuck. Can't go back, can't go forward. So we need to get you and your second regeneration to switch places. She comes back out here, and you go in there to wait until you're actually ready for your third regeneration. I have a plan. It's risky, but I think if we don't do anything that you're in big trouble anyways."
Her expression softened. "And yes, I would. Stay with you. If it were time for you to regenerate and be you instead of her. You're my friend and I won't desert you, no matter what you look like."
the new Mel reaches up and places her hand on Ginni's cheek. "Thank you, I Won't be the same Mel, but hopefully I will still someone you can like, and are willing to travel on adventures. Be sure to Tell Mel, 2nd regeneration, all about me."
"what must I do?"
Mel (3) seems saddened that she must go, but being trapped between regeneration is no way to exist.
He thinks for a moment before playing out a nice beat.
"How's that work?"
She nodded. "I can work with that."
She took up the beat, a little awkward with it for the first measure. It wasn't a style of music she was all that familiar with, but she was a quick study.
"Kitty, you couldn't have ever expected what happened to happen. It's not your fault."
"Then why does it feel like it is?" she asked plaintively.
the new Mel reaches up and places her hand on Ginni's cheek. "Thank you, I Won't be the same Mel, but hopefully I will still someone you can like, and are willing to travel on adventures. Be sure to Tell Mel, 2nd regeneration, all about me."
"what must I do?"
Mel (3) seems saddened that she must go, but being trapped between regeneration is no way to exist.
"I'll tell her. I promise."
"Well, it's a big risk, but since the two of you can't be in the same room together for even a second, you're going to use me as a conduit. I'm going to stand in the doorway and sort of act as a buffer. Things seem solid in here, but technically you're both mental energy, so you're going to both travel through me so you won't technically ever be in the same room at the same time. It was the best plan we could come up with," she said apologetically.
Hew gives a quick smirk to Lang before returning his gaze back to the sorcerer. while eying the sorcerer Hew begins an incantation and a few small movements. After his blade starts dripping a green substance that lets out a hiss as it hits the ground.
The sorcerer sprouts claws from his hands with a loud cackle. Quickly he charges forward lashing out at hew with all his might. Hew is able to fendoff a few strikes before the claws find there target sinking in to his chest spraying blood across the sorcerer and ground.
Hew cries out in pain before shoving his sword deep in to the stomach of the sorcerer. The smell of melting flesh become rank in the air and the acids burns away at the sorcerer flesh.
Not expecting Hew to take such a hit. lang jumps to his feet with a renewed vigor. with a sudden fury balls of water are pulled from the puddles and harden into solid ice You hurt my friend , You should know better than to piss me off! Its as if a never ending barrage of ice shards fly at the sorcerer eventually impaling him to the ground.
Lang seem to be fighting with unrestrained anger at the injuries inflicted upon his friend. it probably matches what happened on the other world defending Ignace based on how lang described it to her before.
"I'll tell her. I promise."
"Well, it's a big risk, but since the two of you can't be in the same room together for even a second, you're going to use me as a conduit. I'm going to stand in the doorway and sort of act as a buffer. Things seem solid in here, but technically you're both mental energy, so you're going to both travel through me so you won't technically ever be in the same room at the same time. It was the best plan we could come up with," she said apologetically.
she seems to run through several calculations in her head.
"actually I place the odds at 5,763.97531 to 1 at a successful and uneventful transference. however, if you wish to no longer factor in uneventful and only consider success, then that will greatly increase the odds to 835.8714 to 1."
"I have a plan to increase the odds more, if you are willing to hear it. It will however place you at risk of experiencing a temporal flux inside your body. "
she seems to run through several calculations in her head.
"actually I place the odds at 5,763.97531 to 1 at a successful and uneventful transference. however, if you wish to no longer factor in uneventful and only consider success, then that will greatly increase the odds to 835.8714 to 1."
"I have a plan to increase the odds more, if you are willing to hear it. It will however place you at risk of experiencing a temporal flux inside your body. "
"I'm definitely willing to hear it. Increasing the odds of this working is good. What would that do to me? Experiencing a temporal flux inside my body? I'd like to know just what I would be risking."
"I'm definitely willing to hear it. Increasing the odds of this working is good. What would that do to me? Experiencing a temporal flux inside my body? I'd like to know just what I would be risking."
she seems to run through several calculations in her head.
"actually I place the odds at 5,763.97531 to 1 at a successful and uneventful transference. however, if you wish to no longer factor in uneventful and only consider success, then that will greatly increase the odds to 835.8714 to 1."
"I have a plan to increase the odds more, if you are willing to hear it. It will however place you at risk of experiencing a temporal flux inside your body. "
"I can only speculate, as you are not 100 percent human. but the most obvious effect would be the fact that you would house a small amount of Artron energy within you. this will cause you to register as an active time traveler by those that sense such things. the second effect I believe is a possibility, you would experience either visions of my past or premonitions of my future. these experiences may seem real to you as though they were your own. the next to last possibility, it would unlock some mental ability within you, and the last...I cannot say"
this Mel's tone has remained calm and precise in every statement, she seems to display minimal emotions.
"I can only speculate, as you are not 100 percent human. but the most obvious effect would be the fact that you would house a small amount of Artron energy within you. this will cause you to register as an active time traveler by those that sense such things. the second effect I believe is a possibility, you would experience either visions of my past or premonitions of my future. these experiences may seem real to you as though they were your own. the next to last possibility, it would unlock some mental ability within you, and the last...I cannot say"this Mel's tone has remained calm and precise in every statement, she seems to display minimal emotions.
"Well, the first doesn't sound so bad. I mean, as these things go. And I'm only half probably human. My mom was a demon. I don't know for sure what my dad was. Not sure if that will affect any of this or not. I think I can handle the visions and premonitions. I'm a telepath. I'm used to having to sort out other people's thoughts from my own. I'm not sure that there's really much left to unlock in the way of mental abilities. Telepath. With some extra kickers thanks to the demonic heritage. I'm a little worried about the mystery option there though. You cannot say as in you don't know or it's so bad you can't bear to tell me?"
"OK. I don't know if they will like me, though. A lot of people don't like me..."
"never know if we don't try, let's go" grim says picking him up as green wings erupt from his back obviously intending to fly
Lewis starts to panic and squirm.
"Please don't carry me! I can fly! I do the carrying! Please let me go..."
He isn't quite yelling and isn't quite thrashing. Kind of gentler versions of both of those.
"oh.. ok... sorry, I probably should have asked... I'm just used to doing this with my sister..."
"Well, the first doesn't sound so bad. I mean, as these things go. And I'm only half probably human. My mom was a demon. I don't know for sure what my dad was. Not sure if that will affect any of this or not. I think I can handle the visions and premonitions. I'm a telepath. I'm used to having to sort out other people's thoughts from my own. I'm not sure that there's really much left to unlock in the way of mental abilities. Telepath. With some extra kickers thanks to the demonic heritage. I'm a little worried about the mystery option there though. You cannot say as in you don't know or it's so bad you can't bear to tell me?"
Mel (3) stays calm but she seems to not want to upset Ginni "the last effect is bad, It may dissuade you from trying."
after a moment "My plan is for me to merge with you. then allow me to leave the room freely then i would un-merge in the room and you can go."
"It is basically the same plan but has some slight modification to increase success probabilities."
"To be complete, your plan also would have the same possibility of results with the bad one more likely"
"It's OK. I just don't like being held."
He kicks his large, leathery wings and he takes of following Grim.
His wings produce a lot of air displacement and make a lot of wind. A stray paper is blown a long way down the hall in his takeoff.
"What's a sister?"
"eh? what do you mean what's a sister, they're like a brother but a girl instead of a guy"
Mel (3) stays calm but she seems to not want to upset Ginni "the last effect is bad, It may dissuade you from trying."
after a moment "My plan is for me to merge with you. then allow me to leave the room freely then i would un-merge in the room and you can go."
"It is basically the same plan but has some slight modification to increase success probabilities."
"To be complete, your plan also would have the same possibility of results with the bad one more likely"
"You mean because there's a risk of my dying? I'd already figured on that. It's a risk, but I'm willing to take it."
"Anyways, you're right, your plan is better. If just you use me as a conduit instead of both of you it definitely decreases the variables of things that could go wrong. Alright. We'll go with your plan."
Grim is twice as fast as Lewis and far more coordinated on his more lithe and slender wings, where Lewis' wings are large and clumsy.(literally)
"........ what's a brother......?"
grim keeps pace with the tiny dragon though from the way he flys it is obvious that he could go faster if he wanted to "uh you know two people with the same parents,"
Lewis takes a deep breath in and out again before taking half a moment to say, ".....what's a parent.......?"
Lewis is feeling exceptionally dumb at this point....
"You mean because there's a risk of my dying? I'd already figured on that. It's a risk, but I'm willing to take it."
"Anyways, you're right, your plan is better. If just you use me as a conduit instead of both of you it definitely decreases the variables of things that could go wrong. Alright. We'll go with your plan."
"Very well then. let me know when you are ready."
Once Ginni tells her she is set Mel (3) places her hands on Ginni's temples and closes her eyes concentrating.
---- for those in the hospital room ---
Mel's body starts to glow with the blue Artron energy. it flares up then suddenly fades. It then flares up around Ginni.
all of Mel's vital signs go flatline.
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---- back in Mel's head ----
Mel(3) vanishes from sight as he psyche enters Ginni's.
Everything that is mel is now inside your head. All of her craziness, all of her wacky ideas. its a wonder she could keep anything straight.
Her mind seems to be the embodiment of chaos.
As More of Mels is making itself known. images of Mel's past flood in. several images of Kai and the times he was kind and gentle. her Sim room date, even the song she wrote for him.
She sees the images she saw before with Mel and Dom as children. some scenes you have seen before.
then things go dark. pitch blackness everywhere. Then suddenly an explosion, then another, and another. People screaming. flashes of a war. standing in the middle of a city being besieged. bodies everywhere. soldiers fighting back but being slaughtered.
Ships in the skies, kind you have never seen. blast beams of energy into the city killing without remorse, without mercy. targeting everything alive.
It's as if Ginni is standing there right next to another girl slightly older. maybe 18 or 19. she is wounded, her clothing charred and torn. At her feet a dead couple their bodies burned.
Someone runs by and grabs the other girl's hand dragging her off "come on Melody, there only one left, its the only way out."
Ginni hears the sounds of the attackers one word echos in her mind "Exterminate!"
everything goes black.
Mel (2) sees the opportunity and manages to make the switch while Ginni is in her trance trying to control the visions.
Once inside the Zero room the merge is severed and the switch is complete.
Mel(2) grabs Ginni and pulls her out of the room and shuts the door.
------ back in the Hospital room ----
the Artron energy fades from Ginni
vital signs return to normal on both Ginni and Mel.
both still unconscious
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Ginni is still in Mel's head but her mindscape is returning to what she remembers from their last joining.
Ginni blinks at Melody. "I think I know why you don't remember," she said somewhat cryptically before sitting down abruptly.
"At least I didn't die. But I think that I need to go back to my own head now...I'll do my best to explain the things that you forgot....maybe not all of them. But the ones you asked me to. But first, I think it's time for both of us to wake up now."
When the flash of blue light flares up around Ginni, Ace immediately turns his attention to his girlfriend. However, nothing bad appeared to happen to her.
Then, Mel's vitals flat-lined "Uh. That is very not good. We need to do something, fast" He went to lay hands on her, but the blue energy zapped and he wisely backed away.
"Damnit, I can't get near her!, What do we do?" Racking his brain trying to come up with a solution, Ace growls in frustration as nothing comes to mind.
Suddenly, Melody's vitals stabilize, and the strange aura is gone from around Ginni. She hadn't woken up yet, which was a bit worrysome. Ace leans over and kisses her on the lips, and whispers softly "Come on babe, wake up. I know your strong enough to come back from this. I love you so much and I don't want to loose you" A few tears falls from his eyes, landing on her face.
Mel gives Ginni another hug. "see you in the real world..." she says with a smile.
"On my planet, Alocatra, there are many types of people. Most of them are folk shaped and stand upright like you do, but all of them have characteristics of their ancestor, like me there are the catfolk, there's also the bearfolk and the geckofolk and hyenafolk and so on and so forth. Most of the folk tribes live on their own area, but we aren't hostile. The folk travel freely, but tend to stick amongst themselves and the folk of their ancestor. The catfolk live on a big island near the middle of the planet called Nekobay and my family is traditionally the leaders of the island. We revere and respect the creature that we resemble called our Ancestor during a festival at every season."
He falls silent seemingly finished with his story.
"But now I feel bad talking all about me. Tell me about you. Well, what you remember anyways."
He smiles at Tryko'Sam encouragingly.
He's finished something and sets it to the side, now he starts with some blue denim.
Shrugging a bit at Tybalt's question, Tryko'Sam says, "I dunno what to share -- if I were a painter or something, I could make you some awesome stellar views. Who am I? Dunno, seems the lady does. Not sure what to tell you there, really. I'm better with questions-- at least, as best as can be. Uh... let's see. I like dark colors. I prefer vanilla, I think? I have a lot of uncertainties, but don't really worry. I hate a!$@+**s, again, I think. Especially arrogant ones." He grins.
"So what do people do for fun around here? Apparently drinking booze is restricted, something funky happens. Guessing that's not a huge topic here though, huh? I barely know this place. Who pays the bills, and how?"
Ginni's eyes fluttered open. "Why are you crying? I know it was a near thing, but I'm okay now," she said with a tired smile. Saving Mel had taken a lot more out of her than she had realized. "And Mel should be okay now too."
"Um. No reason. Just. Uh. Got some dirt in my eye. Yea." He says with smiling back, and giving her hug. "I'm glad Mel's ok. It sucked, hard, not being able to help. Just sitting here, feeling totally useless. You're the hero of the day Ginni"
about a minute after Ginni wakes up. Mel's eyes open.
she looks around the room at all the people present. she manages a smile that soon fades wondering where Kai is at.
she opens her mouth about to speak but she is suddenly racked with pain. Her throat has not yet fully healed.
When they flat line and the energy flares up, Verris furritively swipes around on his data pad and runs more scans and diagnostics to see if healing would work now. Seeing that it doesn't he worries deeply for a moment before their vitals spring back.
He breathes a sigh of relief and removes the quarantine walls as they come back to consciousness.
"OK. Girls. I'm going to need to ask you some questions.
Can you tell me your name and what the date is today?"
igni returns to his weapon as if nothing happened. He looks at melody, and waits to make sure she's fine.
"Um. No reason. Just. Uh. Got some dirt in my eye. Yea." He says with smiling back, and giving her hug. "I'm glad Mel's ok. It sucked, hard, not being able to help. Just sitting here, feeling totally useless. You're the hero of the day Ginni"
"So melodramatic! I'm no hero. Anyone would do the same for a friend," she said quietly, smiling.
In response to Verris's question she said, "I'm Ginni and today is Spetember the err...." she counted out days very quickly. "fifteenth?"
"Well, we can get more in depth when you have everything back. As far as the school, it's just a place where kids with powers they can't control go. I don't know where they get everything, but I guess it's either magic or techy stuff. I don't really know. I've only really been here like a week, so..."
He let's that hang in space as he begins working in a heavy dark blue fabric.
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Lewis takes a deep breath in and out again before taking half a moment to say, ".....what's a parent.......?"
Lewis is feeling exceptionally dumb at this point....
"geez, a parent is a mom or a dad," "uh, the people who made you"
"Send a message? How was that done?" Repp asks curiously, taking in the information almost greedily, eager to hear everything. "As for experiments, I'm not quite sure. There may be many different ways it can be used.""I'm not really sure how I did it. It's like I can see places, and make letters there out of light."
Repp seems to think for a second, considering something. "Indeed? Perhaps this is some kind of latent Seer powers, if you can see distant things. How bright can you make the light? Does it have any force behind it?" Repp asks, curiousity at this new puzzle overflowing, as he watches Anthony with keen interest.
"I told you, no voodoo s##!, and certainly no transforming into spirit stuff, as if that would even work. Rather just relearn, adapt and survive, okay?" He folds his arms on his chest after saying such.
Maya replies after a moment, "Perhaps... If I were to interact with his soul or spirit, I could retrieve the memories thusly, with your assistance, Wizard Vare, and return here to bestow them? Does, or rather, is that viable in theory? Alterations to his physical state did have a tendency to ... Not last. I recall that much."
"Hmm... what kinda of assistance would you need? If he does not want his soul pushed out of his body, then it will be a little more difficult. Perhaps I might be able to develop a spell that would allow such an interaction though Maya. How would you retrieve the memories?" he asks thoughtfully, staring off into space at the moment while pondering all the potential options. He is seated cross-legged, though that isn't obvious under his robes. His chin rests in one hand as he stares off into space, oblivious to the conversation between Tryko'Sam and Tybalt.