[IC] The Two Sides

[Hawksnest565]

"Well, I'm just saying you seem proud of that archery power. I'm sure you like it for the power it has. Medical knowledge is no different. Healers do tend to use it for life, but I'm just saying how easily the opposite is done if you wish." Aya explained walking over to one of the arrows and adding it to the one she was holding already. "If you want to do what's best for your group, a group which already has many skilled fighters, wouldn't taking up the role of a healer be the right thing?"

[Fionraella]

"Well, I'm just saying you seem proud of that archery power. I'm sure you like it for the power it has. Medical knowledge is no different. Healers do tend to use it for life, but I'm just saying how easily the opposite is done if you wish." Aya explained walking over to one of the arrows and adding it to the one she was holding already. "If you want to do what's best for your group, a group which already has many skilled fighters, wouldn't taking up the role of a healer be the right thing?"

@Hawksnest565

Elauna scoffs. "If I wanted to do what was best for my group, I wouldn't give them a healer who knew shit about healing." She watches Aya grab her arrows but doesn't comment. She mentally counts how many she had left, seven, wondering what the girl wanted her arrows for. She then rolls her eyes a bit. "Don't talk to me about wanting what's best for my group, when you won't even discuss my healer who you've decided is leaving his group."

[Hawksnest565]

"If you think you know so little, I'd be willing to help you." Aya offers her best smile to the Elauna, which was quite an effort for her with this personality. "Besides, it's not my right to tell you why your healer is leaving. That's his choice. I'm not your group member. Really, I didn't have to say anything about this to you but I care about the people in your group." she does her best to seem strong to the older girl.

[Fionraella]

"If you think you know so little, I'd be willing to help you." Aya offers her best smile to the Elauna, which was quite an effort for her with this personality. "Besides, it's not my right to tell you why your healer is leaving. That's his choice. I'm not your group member. Really, I didn't have to say anything about this to you but I care about the people in your group." she does her best to seem strong to the older girl.

@Hawksnest565

Elauna laughs sharply. "And meet secretly with a Brom in such a forbidden manner? No thank you." She says curtly. "Though, if you have knowledge about his leaving, as a member of the opposite group, you don't have any reason not tell me. You're, in a way, leading me to believe that you're causing him to leave, which would be in violation of any truce between the groups for the winter. And as such, I can take you hostage and use you as a bargaining chip. For breaking said truce."

[wallaberry]

Jayden breathes in deeply, and composes himself for what he was about to do. It was always a battle trying to interact with her, and this would be even worse. The two feline shifters broke the treeline and approached their group mates. "Elauna, Destin has something he wants to tell you. So do I." He spoke clearly and firmly. He stood in front of Destin protectively in case she got violent. "Destin?"

[Fionraella]

Jayden breathes in deeply, and composes himself for what he was about to do. It was always a battle trying to interact with her, and this would be even worse. The two feline shifters broke the treeline and approached their group mates. "Elauna, Destin has something he wants to tell you. So do I." He spoke clearly and firmly. He stood in front of Destin protectively in case she got violent. "Destin?"

@wallaberry

Elauna turns to face them, scoffing a bit. "Gee Jayden, you think I'm going hurt the kid or something?" She demands, rollng her eyes as she looks down at Destin. "Well Destin?" She asks.

Destin gulps. "I...I'm leaving the Brom group Elaune and I want you to be the Brom healer to replace me, because you're a fast learner, and you're very smart and you know stuff..." He kicks at the ground. "This is my idea, no one else's so don't punish Jayden or Aya because they happened to know before you."

[xiaomiau]

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Ambrose nods, and rubs his inner elbow where the syringe had been injected. It stung slightly. "Maybe..." His eyes light up. "You could wheel me in there under that sheet, say that I should be tested first." Ambrose was unaware of them knowing he wasn't biologically male. "And then when we're switching, I pop out and grab one of them! And then you grab the other and Misha is saved!"

@Fionraella

Liwei stroked his chin. "Mm.. Not sure if that would work." He furrowed his blows. "The scientists have been briefed that you aren't part of the main trials anymore. If we aren't careful, they'll start to suspect.." He glanced back at Mona with a suppressed shiver. They were playing a dangerous role, and neither of them were armed and prepared for a fight. "We really need to think this over." And we have to do it fast, otherwise that poor girl is going to get hurt.

[Fionraella]

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Liwei stroked his chin. "Mm.. Not sure if that would work." He furrowed his blows. "The scientists have been briefed that you aren't part of the main trials anymore. If we aren't careful, they'll start to suspect.." He glanced back at Mona with a suppressed shiver. They were playing a dangerous role, and neither of them were armed and prepared for a fight. "We really need to think this over." And we have to do it fast, otherwise that poor girl is going to get hurt.

@xiaomiau

Ambrose frowns in confusion. "Why am I not part of the main trials? I don't understand. Am I sick or something?" He looks at Mona warily before back at Liwei. "If we don't go save her, something bad is going to happen, and I will always blame you!" He snaps, getting angry at this point. "Planning gets nowhere, we need to go now!"

[xiaomiau]

@Fionraella Liwei shook his head. "What's the point of getting all of us killed?" He closed his eyes and let out a deep sigh to maintain himself. "Listen - they were looking for a pair of shifters with different chromosomes to start off the control group tests. I guess we could tell them The Boss changed his mind, but the lead scientist is pretty bureaucratic.."

[Fionraella]

@Fionraella Liwei shook his head. "What's the point of getting all of us killed?" He closed his eyes and let out a deep sigh to maintain himself. "Listen - they were looking for a pair of shifters with different chromosomes to start off the control group tests. I guess we could tell them The Boss changed his mind, but the lead scientist is pretty bureaucratic.."

@xiaomiau

Ambrose's face fell. "Oh..." He mutters, the reality of what they knew, clicking. He sighs heavily. "I don't want us all to get killed, of course not, but I can't sit by and let a fellow shifter be killed..." He looks at Liwei painfully. "Do they recognize me? Like do they know what I look like? If not, my idea could still work!"

[xiaomiau]

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Ambrose's face fell. "Oh..." He mutters, the reality of what they knew, clicking. He sighs heavily. "I don't want us all to get killed, of course not, but I can't sit by and let a fellow shifter be killed..." He looks at Liwei painfully. "Do they recognize me? Like do they know what I look like? If not, my idea could still work!"

@Fionraella

Liwei sighed, tempted to move his hand to the boy's shoulder in a sign of comfort but wary of startling him. "We only have two active subjects. They would know." His face contorted in deep thought. "We could... hm. Do you think we could trip the alarms and make the scientists evacuate?" He looked back at Mona. "Would that work?"

[Fionraella]

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Liwei sighed, tempted to move his hand to the boy's shoulder in a sign of comfort but wary of startling him. "We only have two active subjects. They would know." His face contorted in deep thought. "We could... hm. Do you think we could trip the alarms and make the scientists evacuate?" He looked back at Mona. "Would that work?"

@xiaomiau

Mona listens to their conversation, then blinks a bit in surprise at his question. "No. Those alarms are foolproof. The only way they actually work is to start a fire or earthquake..." She ponders that. "If we started a small fire in the kitchen, there'd be enough time to get to your friend as they evacuate and slip out midst the chaos...but we'd have to be as fast as possible. The cooks know how to put out fires quickly."

[xiaomiau]

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Mona listens to their conversation, then blinks a bit in surprise at his question. "No. Those alarms are foolproof. The only way they actually work is to start a fire or earthquake..." She ponders that. "If we started a small fire in the kitchen, there'd be enough time to get to your friend as they evacuate and slip out midst the chaos...but we'd have to be as fast as possible. The cooks know how to put out fires quickly."

@Fionraella

"Let's do it," Liwei said, straightening his spine to mime an air of confidence. "We could grab the cooking oil, pour it over the stove.. Oh, we'll figure it out." He grinned at her, then turned back to the boy. "We should probably find a plan B, though. Someone needs to stay behind and help the others if something goes wrong."

[Fionraella]

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"Let's do it," Liwei said, straightening his spine to mime an air of confidence. "We could grab the cooking oil, pour it over the stove.. Oh, we'll figure it out." He grinned at her, then turned back to the boy. "We should probably find a plan B, though. Someone needs to stay behind and help the others if something goes wrong."

@xiaomiau

Ambrose frowns. "I'm saving my friend for sure. You two can go start the fire..." He bites his lip. "Or you should save her, making some excuse about being stronger and faster than the scientists..." He grins. "I got it! I could make the fire because I escaped from my room. And I'd lead anyone who is trying to catch me, down the hall away from you! Two panicking attacks at once!"

[xiaomiau]

Liwei's tan head cocked to the side in a motion of thought. He was still for a moment - then, with a shrug and a raise of his brows, he looked back at Ambrose. "That sounds doable, actually. So, we just swoop in and grab the girl? What if the doctors don't buy it?"

[Fionraella]

Liwei's tan head cocked to the side in a motion of thought. He was still for a moment - then, with a shrug and a raise of his brows, he looked back at Ambrose. "That sounds doable, actually. So, we just swoop in and grab the girl? What if the doctors don't buy it?"

@xiaomiau

Ambrose shrugs. "You're the Boss guy's right hand man? They have to believe you, right? In some sense, I'm sure they listen to you, even if you deny that..." He ponders that for a moment. "Okay. So I'll go to the kitchen, start the fire, which will set off the alarms. When that happens, you two go to the scientists and get Misha from them, while I run out of the kitchen, heading down the hall, leading as many people away from you as possible...You two get Misha out safely."

[Hawksnest565]

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Elauna turns to face them, scoffing a bit. "Gee Jayden, you think I'm going hurt the kid or something?" She demands, rollng her eyes as she looks down at Destin. "Well Destin?" She asks.

Destin gulps. "I...I'm leaving the Brom group Elaune and I want you to be the Brom healer to replace me, because you're a fast learner, and you're very smart and you know stuff..." He kicks at the ground. "This is my idea, no one else's so don't punish Jayden or Aya because they happened to know before you."

@Fionraella

Aya was relieved that the focus of Elauna was on Destin now. She had no idea how the girl was going to react to Destin's plea, but she hoped that it would work. At least Jayden seemed to be on their side. Still, she could hardly see someone like this willingly taking the vacant spot of the healer.

[Hawksnest565]

Misha stared blankly at the scientist. "Y.. you.. please don't!" she cried as she clawed at surface below the restraints. She tried to muster the energy to shift into her cat form, but she couldn't seem to control her ability. "I can't - I can't now." She shook her head. "B- but don't shock me! Please don't!"

@xiaomiau

Brianna lets out a long sigh of disappoint at the static shape of Misha. "No luck, hm? No matter, electrocution will do the trick just as well. I think I've can adjust the dosage correctly for one of your size." She paid no heed to Misha's desperate pleas. From the horror show of tools along the benches she takes a headband attached to a large metal machine and begins to fit it around Misha's head. She also takes a cloth and stuffs in into Misha's mouth. "Bite down on this, alright? We don't want you screaming out for the world to here. People find the sound of a subject's pain disturbing at best."

[Hawksnest565]

The Boss was sitting at his desk, still recovering from his encounter with the subject from before. He absently stared at a picture of his deceased son. Although he'd had many children, he still could be so easily shattered by the reminder of the loss of just one of them. Perhaps he was getting old. Or maybe... this was a sign? For all the people that subject could have resembled, it had been the one child of his who had the ability to shift. Could this child contain the answer to his life's work? He had to retrieve him at once. All of this could not be mere coincidence. He stood up from his chair with renewed vigour, grabbing his cane and walking quickly to the table where the boy had lay. It was empty now. Unsurprising, given his command to Liwei. His switched on his cellphone and called the absent bodyguard.

[Fionraella]

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Aya was relieved that the focus of Elauna was on Destin now. She had no idea how the girl was going to react to Destin's plea, but she hoped that it would work. At least Jayden seemed to be on their side. Still, she could hardly see someone like this willingly taking the vacant spot of the healer.

@Hawksnest565

Elauna raises an eyebrow. "So wait. You're the kid Aya said was leaving the broms???" She shoots a glare at Aya, before crossing her arms at Destin. "So what. You're going to join the Rabins to be with this girl?? Are you two dating? If I had half a right mind, I'd inform Fabine of this treason and let him kill you both." She scoffs and looks at Jayden. "Do you think we should just let the boy leave?"