[IC] The Darwin Project (An asylum roleplay)

[CLIW]

A small, orange bottle of pills with Lucille's name on it hit her on the back of her head, making her turn on one heel and snatch it before it hit the ground. She opened it, hands shaking, as if it were a bottle of water and she was stranded in the desert, and she took one dry before pocketing the bottle. She half-listened to Christopher, dizzy with relief and staring as usual. What fascinating eyes; she'd never seen the eyes of a blind person before. Shyly Lucille waved a hand in front of his face to test him, although she didn't really need to be told twice.

It was clear now that she was starting to calm down with that situation avoided and her antipsychotics working their way into her bloodstream.

She hesitated a moment, wondering if she could trust these people, and reminding herself that she had no choice, she reluctantly said, "I'll team." She glanced at Connor and Lester.

[Athoriel]

Connor bit the inside of his cheek in contemplation, staring at his feet so as to avoid eye contact, while he mulled over the situation. The girl had been quick to accept, which he felt was rash but understandable, if the voices over the monitor told you to do something, you did it.

"Trust you? No, but it's enough for me to work with you until this over." He replied with a stern gaze, interested to see how he would take his reply, it was blatant, but honest and he felt honesty was the right approach to eventually building trust.

"I'm Connor by the way." He added with a small bow of the head, holding out a hand in greeting, no need to be completely brazen with his manners.

[General Scales]

Lester listened on as Christopher assured his blindness though if someone looks and acts it he saw it a simple matter as to them being blind based on it. As for getting the other two to join it ended up being much simpler for the girl who seemed to just want to get it over with but not enthusiastic about it, he couldn't blame her. As far as the other guy he seemed to think on it just a bit more far more unsure as to complying with whoever decided to enforce the activity. Once he, noting that his name was Connor for later, accepted the offer Lester felt satisfied enough knowing they would at least be in the clear for the time being however long it would last.

"Good. Now that is solved I suppose we should wait this out until the rest have gathered. Unless they are unable to do so without help, then it would inconvenience all of us for their incompetence." Lester said sounding a little less confident in the rest of the room's inhabitants to do the ordered task.

There was a few questions poking at the back of his mind now as to what these other two could do different than the rest of the humans. The curiosity came as to what they could provide to the group should an issue arise beyond the enhanced senses Christopher had. It occurred to him that Connor and the girl might want to known what he could do but as of right now he had little motivation to show them. His power while always active had a few times and places where it was useful so if they decided to leave it he would show them then. One other issue slid into his mind making him face the girl who had yet to give a name leaving a gap in communication, there was no room for it in his eyes.

"What is your name? Mine is Lester." Lester said towards the girl (Lucille) just to close out what he saw as an imperfection in the team or at least the dynamic of it.

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Christopher Freidrich

'Eyeing' the bottle of pills that the girl caught with the back of the head, Chris couldn't help but laugh under his breath. He noticed that the girl was barely listening to him, but Chris got his point across so he only grinned as she waved her hands infront of his defective eyes. He almost instinctively licked her hand but he managed to hold back.

"I'll team." Lucille said in a rather reluctant voice. "Good! Any idea what we should name this ragtag crew." he said to his new 'crew'
"Trust you? No, but it's enough for me to work with you until this over." Connor continued, "Aw you're gonna break my heart Connie." he replied in a mock saddened face.
"I'm Connor by the way." he said while holding out an outstretched arm in a handshake. Relaying his gesture he shook his hands strongly. "Oh I know." Chris said with another smile.

"Good. Now that is solved I suppose we should wait this out until the rest have gathered. Unless they are unable to do so without help, then it would inconvenience all of us for their incompetence." Lester said. "Agreed. We just need to think of a group name now." Chris replied while 'watching' Lester try to pry the girl's name out of her, and in a rather stiff voice.

"Be anymore stiff and you'll scare her again hehe." Chris said as he put his back against the wall and slid down, putting his cane by his side. Contemplating on what the Scientists are up to, again.

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[CLIW]

Irked by Chris' comment and wanting to seem tough, but also still being frightened and knowing that her little anxiety attack made seeming tough impossible, Lucille looked at her shoes grouchily. "My name is Lucille," she muttered quietly. "Nice to meet you Lester. And I'm, um, sorry about the freak-out. I have higher levels of, what, cortisol? Something like that. And I..." An embarrassed pause. "I get really deluded when I'm off my meds. And m-more paranoid than usual."

She went quiet to think of a name for the group. "The slightly-less-mentally-insane-than-the-others squad. Although...maybe I would invalidate that name."

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[BurningCold]

Kane looked around at the others with a relaxed expression on his face, but his mind was racing. If they were going to be pitted against each other, there was no way he could win without finding a group to work with. He decided to scope out who would be useful. The blind guy was powerful, that much was obvious. The girl who could multiply herself would be a valuable asset as well. He chuckled.

We would be stronger if we all worked together, dividing ourselves into smaller groups is a mistake.

[Athoriel]

Connor felt the hand at his side ball into a fist, a tense feeling filled the atmosphere for him as he bit down hard on his tongue to resist the aggressive impulse that flooded his body, the metallic taste of blood filled his mouth as he grimaced behind his neutral facade.

"Oh, I'll break a lot more than that if you call me Connie again." He slipped, giving a short, sardonic smile while they shook hands.

The fact that Chris already knew his name mean't he would of heard it from the other side of the room when he told Lucille, feeding him more information on the scope of his abilities, making him more cautious. Connor chuckled at the suggested group name by Lucille before shaking his head at the idea of them having a group name in the first place. The whole idea was mad, the fact there were others like him was mad, how these people could handle it so calmly was mad. Am I the only sane one here? He thought dejectedly, frowning to himself in the corner as he watched the others. I've just got to bear with it I guess.

[General Scales]

Lester tilted his head slightly at Christopher's mention about him being very stiff which took a moment to register. He didn't see the issue with it so long as he got the result he wanted nor did he think he was that stiff though it was his opinion. He listened to Lucille, she had seemed a bit annoyed from Christopher's comment which he saw but said nothing of, getting some information as to why she had been so upset before the pills and it made enough sense so he wouldn't second guess it this time. However, while Connor and Christopher were conversing there seemed to be something off slightly with Connor, what with the balled up fist and looking like he was trying to hold back something or other plus his following statement, whatever had caused the reaction it was an unwelcome point to see what appeared to be rather strong anger from such few words. The name Lucille suggested fit proper into what Lester saw of them despite the length of it where he supposed the others wouldn't accept it so he had a bit of an idea come to mind for it.

"It might be possible to shorten the name slightly. Maybe something along the lines of 'Team Senses' since we seem to have ours mostly in order." Lester said to the others feeling just a bit clever over the name probably rescinding some previous thoughts on his own faculties, he redirect his next comment to Connor and Christopher attempting to mediate them. "Though the name might not be as fitting if the two of you end up in conflict so soon. So by all means remaining calm and not provoking one another is preferable as I would prefer not to have the Riders step in or have to do so myself beforehand."

Lester had full confidence he would make a very clear statement about keeping themselves together otherwise he would step in. He had very little concern as to getting between them because he knew just a few things they didn't about himself making him far less concerned about any danger involved. However there was a part of him that wanted to give him an excuse because it was hungry and there was nothing but food around it.

I feel as if they should have fed me more before letting me in here. Lester thought feeling a mildly disturbed though his expression remained quite the same, it never seemed to change really.

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Christopher Freidrich

As Conner shook my hand I could practically 'see' the malice ooze out of him, his anger almost looks like an aura forming around him. Sporting an even bigger smirk, "Conni- Connor, you're very scary, don't hurt me please." he said to him with a semi-sarcastic voice. With even Lester chiming in to this so called fight, "I am playing, I am playing! Chill." he said to try and assure his newly acquired teammates and even giving Connor a mock pat on the back, and sliding back down the wall.

Sitting on his back against a wall with his trusty cane between his legs and neck, he only slightly giggled at her irked response with her saying she was 'Lucille'. In response to it he just winked when he looked in her general direction. The name had given Chris' a raised eyebrow "Interesting, so are we all relatively sane?" he asked, looking down on the concrete floor. "Though I am digging Team senses." A memory protruded his mind and A rare saddened smile plastering across his face as he remembers one of his only childhood friends before he was put into this asylum. How is she doing I wonder. the fleeting expression lasted for a few minutes as nostalgia can only last so long.

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[CLIW]

A tiny rush of color went to Lucille's cheeks as Christopher winked at her. It made her worry for a moment that someone would see the infrared signature as her face warmed, but then she remembered that not everyone could see in infrared, so she was in the clear. Except for the regular red, which luckily wasn't very noticeable. And for just a moment, his expression changed, but it was back to "normal" the next second and Lucille didn't even know if she'd imagined it.

"I like Team Senses, too," she agreed, nodding appreciatively at Lester and trying not to acknowledge the tension between Connor and Chris because it made her nervous. She added to Chris: "Well, I'm sane, I guess, when I'm on my meds."

[Athoriel]

Connor shrugged off the attempted pat on the back, not exactly feeling like the amiable teammate, regulating his breathing to relieve the tension he felt.

"Team senses, why the fuck not.." He scoffed to himself, the stress of being thrown in here with these people, and those damned nightmares from the night before had him on edge. He found himself thinking clearer as the tension ebbed away, the others in the room were still scattered, perhaps he had a chance to group with others less likely to agitate him. Better the devil you know, than the one you don't. He gave an apologetic nod to Lester, after the remark about his behavior, heaving a sigh as he let his back fall against the wall.

"So, the walking Marvel cliche here has enhanced senses, what can you two do?" He asked, dismissively waving a hand at Chris before crossing his arms over his chest, awaiting their replies. Hoping to learn something of interest and otherwise asking to just pass the time until the guards told them to move out.

[General Scales]

Lester felt a bit better about Connor and Christopher ending the petty squabble that he did not want on his hands. However, the measure of pride from selecting something acceptable to the others as a name for the team was there even if it didn't reflect in his expression despite the quip from Christopher that both amused and mildly insulted at the same time. He noticed the small, mostly wordless interactions between the others like a shrugged off pat or wink though there was little for him to follow from it. It frustrated him that some of it wasn't registering in his mind which made him think of the scientists with some disdain because of the gaps in his mind.

"I do not expect your perspective on sanity to be the same as my own." Lester said giving something of a serious reply to Christopher though it had little more meaning than that.

Lester looked to Connor who had started to question about Lucille's capabilities as well as his own. There was a certain measure of caution as to whether sharing such information was a smart idea on his part as he figured there was little to gain from showing off any superiority. His inhumanity was something most would likely find disturbing and/or threatening given the danger he could pose to most humans if provoked. It did come to mind however that there might be a shortcut so to say to keep some information to himself in the meantime but it might also slightly upset the others should he not explain. For him it was a difficult decision simply because he so far had gotten on well enough with the humans, not eating them or otherwise, but then again there was a certain stubborn pride in his form that wanted them to see at the same time. Eventually in his mind the pride which became mixed with curiosity at what the reaction might be to his being more than human, they all were in a sense he supposed, but they held onto humanity unlike him where that thought had long since passed and in the end curiosity won out over reasoning.

"There is not all that much to say, I am not human anymore simply put. Though I suppose specifics might be necessary to explain my condition." Lester said taking a moment to recombine himself into a dense amoeba like state not bothering to keep unnecessary limbs or appearances for the moment as he examined Connor briefly before he shifted again doing his best to imitate the human's appearance by his cursory scanning alone. "This should be a sufficient display of some capabilities I would hope."

Lester gave a smile of sorts, though it was probably more frightening than the display of his form, as he stood there looking at them from behind the face of Connor having done as best he could at making a similar appearance and structure as was observed. He figured there was more he could do with his form given enough time or knowledge about the human body but there was little time for such things given the lack of reading material in his room.

I do hope this doesn't upset them. It must be quite the sight for a human. Lester thought not changing his expression much beyond the unsettling smile and mild eagerness to see the reactions.

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[Inertia]

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"Well it seems like we're all pretty sane, according to people in a mental asylum hehehe." he said with a grand smirk, and a tone of sarcasm "Though it does seem like you're all not that insane, I guess." Noting that the blood flowing from Lucille's face appeared to have changed, his smile growing ever stronger, "So what are you smiling about, these two pretty boys look good don't they? Though I wouldn't know." he teased, knowing why she was blushing.

"If everyone is up for it, then Team Senses it is!" he resounded out loud to his fellow members,
"So, the walking Marvel cliche here has enhanced senses, what can you two do?" Conner said in a vexed voice, with Chris replying, "Quite the Daredevil aren't you? We'll get along well Conner!" while slinking his arm around Conner's neck as a friendly gesture. Though he was curious as to the power of Lester, already noting that Lester was odd since his heart rate is really odd and the temperature he was emitting wasn't entirely normal.

After he had proclaimed he wasn't human, Chris propped up and gave him a pat on his back, "It's fine, fine, we're all freaks cause of what those lunatics did, right?" he asked with his signature smile. He snickered at his attempt to smile, "Gonna take a lot of work, Lest." he continued while dropping down against the wall, What do they want to do with us, it's been so long already.

[KazeXDZ]

Adolf Wolff stepped into the room, half-ignoring the guards behind him. He knew they were giving him strange looks again but didn't care. Looking around the room, he saw quite a few people. He'd never seen anyone other than his guards and doctors and they never really spoke to him. He raised his hand as if to wave when a voice came up with an announcement. His hand dropped as he listened. He saw the others make their teams and began watching for a bit. Eventually, he stepped towards the middle of the room.