[IC] The Two Sides

[Fionraella]

Ambrose gulps, seeing the handcuffs. He glances briefly at Liwei, before grinning and almost skipping over to the bed. "I assure you mister boss guy that I won't be any trouble!"

[xiaomiau]

misha: less ded now

Liwei crossed the room, dragging Ambrose behind him lightly. "Sir, he seems to be much more willing now." He gave the boy a reassuring look. "I sent Mona to send them over," he replied, nodding at The Boss. His work down, he turned to leave. Before he exited the door, he glanced back. "Oh, sir?" He paused. "Good luck with the experiment."

[Hawksnest565]

The Boss flinched slightly at the boy's weird naming for him.He paused to give Liwei his leave. "Your work was well done. Do not fret. Our goal is soon to be achieved. He turned his attention back to the boy. "Please... call me Mr Perdu." The words of the sentence implied that it was a request but the coldness of The Boss's voice manipulated it into a demand. This title was only used for people outside the family. Now that he was seeing the boy's face again, it was somehow just as haunting as the first time. The soft round face was so reminiscent of Harvey's. He needed something to differentiate the two of them. "Tell me, boy, what animal do you shift into?"

[Hawksnest565]

Brianna saw the breath return to Misha's body. She pushed her fingers to Misha's neck and felt a fluttering pulse. The subject's life had been maintained. "Subject 9 continues to live. Damage done to the body is unknown for the moment. I will take this lapse in consciousness to extract blood." True to her word, she took a syringe and carefully filled it with Misha's blood.

[Fionraella]

"A bumblebee bat mister boss man." Ambrose says, enunciating this time in an attempt to annoy the older man. "Bye Liwei!" He waves, acting childish.

[xiaomiau]

Dione fidgeted with her hands. She knew Ambrose could handle himself, but she didn't trust the two Brom prisoners, despite their injuries and diminutive stature. "What do we do? Shouldn't we go search for them?"

[Hawksnest565]

The taunting voice of Ambrose did nothing to the man. He had seen all walks of life on his travels, all the personality forms that shifters took and how they dealt with pain and fear. The boy was nothing new. He didn't react to his voice. The only emotion he felt towards the boy was relief that they animal was different. His son had shifted into a golden retriever. "I'm going to take some blood now. It might sting a little, but it's nothing like what the scientists do." His tone of voice changed to that one would use when trying to calm a young child. "Those scientists can be nasty... They'll be here soon, but don't worry. I'll protect you from them if you do what I say, hm?" His withered face cracked into a smile. He pulled back from Ambrose to retrieve a syringe.

[Fionraella]

Dione fidgeted with her hands. She knew Ambrose could handle himself, but she didn't trust the two Brom prisoners, despite their injuries and diminutive stature. "What do we do? Shouldn't we go search for them?"

@xiaomiau

Sacha nods, noting her concern. "Yes, let's get a few Rabins together and head to the river to see why we can find."

[Fionraella]

Ambrose scoffs. "My blood is toxic, didn't you hear? My chromosomes are wrong. Apparently I'm tainted." He crosses hos arms, but looks around the room, slowly planning his sescape. "Also dial back the toNE. I'm not a baby."

[Hawksnest565]

"However you act, I shall treat you. Agreed?" The Boss walked back over to Ambrose and pulled up his sleeve. "Admittedly, we are lacking in the Y chromosome department, but it does not matter so much. Our female subjects have given us less than the males so far anyway." He cleaned Ambrose's arm before sticking the needle in and drawing out the blood.

[xiaomiau]

Dione nods quickly, gathering herself. "I'm right behind you." She lowers her voice a bit and dissolves into the trepidation plaguing her mind. "I really hope we find him," she whispers softly, clenching her fists to steel herself into determination rather than fear.

[Fionraella]

Mona heads into the testing room with Misha. She gasos, seeing the girl, seemingly dead. "Brianna! Did you...kill this poor girl?!"

[Fionraella]

"However you act, I shall treat you. Agreed?" The Boss walked back over to Ambrose and pulled up his sleeve. "Admittedly, we are lacking in the Y chromosome department, but it does not matter so much. Our female subjects have given us less than the males so far anyway." He cleaned Ambrose's arm before sticking the needle in and drawing out the blood.

@Hawksnest565

Ambrose flinched at the sting of the needle, before growling. "I'd prefer if you avoid calling me female or even implying I am anything other than what I am. I am a boy and I expect to be treated as such." He glares fiercely at the old man.

[Hawksnest565]

Oh great... It's one of them. Brianna had to stop herself from groaning out loud. "Ah.. One of the family! For what reason am I blessed with this visit? And for goodness sake, the girl is simply out cold. Probably because you stuck too much tranquiliser in her." Brianna took off her plastic gloves with a huff. "What could possibly be so urgent that you drag yourself to my humble abode, hm?"

[Fionraella]

Dione nods quickly, gathering herself. "I'm right behind you." She lowers her voice a bit and dissolves into the trepidation plaguing her mind. "I really hope we find him," she whispers softly, clenching her fists to steel herself into determination rather than fear.

@xiaomiau

Sacha nods. "Well find him, don't worry." She makes her way through the trees, heading for the border, towards where Destin and the others are, of course.

[Fionraella]

Oh great... It's one of them. Brianna had to stop herself from groaning out loud. "Ah.. One of the family! For what reason am I blessed with this visit? And for goodness sake, the girl is simply out cold. Probably because you stuck too much tranquiliser in her." Brianna took off her plastic gloves with a huff. "What could possibly be so urgent that you drag yourself to my humble abode, hm?"

@Hawksnest565

"No way is she still unconscious from that. You did something to her!" Mona glares at her. "Boss needs you anyway, so why don't you go see what he needs."

[Hawksnest565]

The Boss let out what sounded like a tiny cough of laughter. "Boy, I do not care how you present yourself or wish to be accepted. I have thought of you as nothing less than male this whole time. Why, you look like-" He cut himself off, not wanting the boy to know of his attachment to his appearance nor to remind himself of the past. "Never mind. However, no matter what you may say the blood in this vial-" he tapped the red glass with a finger, "-contains a chromosome we lack experimental data for." He walked over to a desk with a microscope on top of it.

[Hawksnest565]

"The Boss?" Brianna blinked in surprise. "How odd, he should know that I'm in the middle of an experiment..." she shook her head. "No matter. If the hand that payeth calls, I must answer." She prepares to leave, slipping on a jacket near the room's exit but gives Mona cold glare before she goes. "I assume you have something to do elsewhere, yes? Leave the girl. She'll be fine."

[Fionraella]

The Boss let out what sounded like a tiny cough of laughter. "Boy, I do not care how you present yourself or wish to be accepted. I have thought of you as nothing less than male this whole time. Why, you look like-" He cut himself off, not wanting the boy to know of his attachment to his appearance nor to remind himself of the past. "Never mind. However, no matter what you may say the blood in this vial-" he tapped the red glass with a finger, "-contains a chromosome we lack experimental data for." He walked over to a desk with a microscope on top of it.

@Hawksnest565

Ambrose glares at the old man. "Whatever you say old man." He sneers and shifts, flyING over and perchung on the old man's shoulder to get a look at twhat he was doing.

[Fionraella]

"The Boss?" Brianna blinked in surprise. "How odd, he should know that I'm in the middle of an experiment..." she shook her head. "No matter. If the hand that payeth calls, I must answer." She prepares to leave, slipping on a jacket near the room's exit but gives Mona cold glare before she goes. "I assume you have something to do elsewhere, yes? Leave the girl. She'll be fine."

@Hawksnest565

"Of course. I'll follow you out." Mon'a says, following her out