[IC] Power Research Laboratory (PRL)

[MellyNyan]

Tori clutched the strap of her backpack she had on tighter. This was the place. The lab where she could get powers. Powers to become an animal. She smiled to herself and walked towards the door holding her acceptance e-mail she received after she applied and then printed it out. With her other hand she put her headphones around her neck after pausing her music. She let the wind rush through her hair as she pressed the intercom
Hello? How may I help? A voice rang out from it.
"Hey. Um I applied for a power?" Tori replies slightly nervous they would question where her parents were.
Alright. May I ask your name? They reply.
"Tori. Tori Firerock" She replies relaxing a little.
Thank you You could hear them tapping away at a Keyboard before they speak up again Age 14 and you applied for Animal Morphing Right?
"Yes. That is correct" She replies happy they hadn't mentioned her parents.
The gate is unlocked. You are the first here so I recommend taking your stuff to your room first
She nods subconsciously and looks at the Map that came with the e-mail she printed off for the housing.

[MonsieurShade]

"So this is the place, huh?" A one armed man muttered as he stood before the building that was home to the P.R.L.. The man began to walk towards the building, producing a hookah pen from his pocket and taking a few puffs and blowing out small clouds of smoke as he drew nearer. For a few seconds his face scrunched up as he savored the taste on his tongue, almost as if he was unsure whether or not he enjoyed the taste of a wild honey flavored hookah pen. "Definitely an odd one. Probably should've just stuck with the passion fruit flavor like I normally do instead of being adventurous. Well, no use lamenting now." He mused aloud as he clenched the pen in his teeth and pressed the intercom button. "Hello, how may I help you today?", "'M here 'fer-", He stopped midsentence to remove the pen from his mouth and pressed the intercom button to speak again, "Sorry about that. I was saying that i'm one of the applicants here.", "May I have your name please, sir?" "Jacque Baila.". Th man -Jacque- waited patiently and tried to adjust his duffel bag a bit as he listened to the faint sound of typing over the line before a response came through, "Here we are, you signed up for hydrokinesis, is that correct?" "That is indeed the case.", "Very well, the gate is now unlocked, you're free to pass through."

With that, Jacque wordlessly pulled his finger away from the intercom and slipped into the compound, opting to make his way directly towards the main facility while still puffing away at the pen, "Definitely an odd one.".

[VKAllen]

She sulked alone seated on a bench pf the deserted labs. Its steel cold on her bum while the clinical feeling of the pharmacists room took presence that made Eva shrivel. The stiletto of her obsidian heel flat on the ground as the black pearlescent palms covered her nose and mouth. She breathed air in amd out slowly... Just maybe that was normal to her. The doctors had not yet bothered her in the past two days-- Judging from a small scar on her shoulder meant that either that was due to an accident or she was sedated via darts. She was unstable after all. "Acck--" Her fists clenched and cracked the wall behind her with a cratering punch. The mark was still fresh and it painfully stung.

[MellyNyan]

@VKAllen

Tori had headed inside and was looking around when she heard another person. She walks around the corner to where she thought she heard her "Hello?" She asks the girl sitting on the bench. She was happy to see someone else around as was not surprised that they were older than her. She was unsure weather to walk towards them or to stand where she was so she stands there deciding that she didn't quite want to startle them

[VKAllen]

@MellyNyan

"Hello?" The voice nearly shriveled her as she quickly seeped her palm to the cratered wall and fixed the damages herself. Eva saw her looking towards her direction which forced an awkward smile.

"Hehe..." She whimpered. Weirdo laughing by herself for no reason. The girl was slender and tender standing there observant of Eva's strange behaviour. "H-Hello." Her attempts to cover this up made her stutter in nervousness. "C-Can I help you?" Her face smiled with her teeth showing.

By now it should be obvious to the girl that Eva's arms and legs were of metallic-black in colour. It reflects light from its smooth obsidian-like surface that appeared like sparkles to decorate a lady's beauty.

[tsukune]

By the time Rei Yorutsuki stumbled out of the cab, the sun was setting, painting the sky with a crimson hue. The color of blood, he thought absently. He looked up at the pristine building ahead of him, dimly aware of the man - whom he had been calling 'dad' for the past nineteen years - stepping out of the car behind him. Rei felt drained from the long ride - it was bumpy; each time he tried to doze off, he was thrown out of his seat with a horribly-timed jerk.

"Let's go," the man said, a hint of uneasiness in his voice. He then strode ahead of his son, seemingly in a hurry to get through the glass doors. Rei followed after him silently, and through the blast of cold air they arrived in front of an intercom. He raised an eyebrow at the sight of it.

How welcoming.

The man pushed the button rather forcefully and the device buzzed, "Hello, how may I help you?"

He cleared his throat. "I'm here for a power application." He stole a quick sideways look at the bored teenager beside him and added, "Not for myself. For my son, actually."

"May I have your son's name, sir?"

"Rei Yorutsuki." The man fumbled with his black briefcase before he fished out a stack of slightly crumpled papers. "I've brought the documents with me---"

"Thank you," the cool, robotic voice from the intercom continued, and Rei could hear the faint sound of someone typing on a keyboard in the background. "Rei Yorutsuki, aged 19. Power applied for is hemokinesis, is that right?"

"Y-Yeah - I mean, yes."

"The gate is now unlocked. You are free to pass through."

The man passed the papers to the boy, his eyes pointedly avoiding contact with his son's. "Here. Now go on."

Rei took the documents and went through the gate without a second glance, his mind mentally erasing what's remaining of the little memories he had of the man who had chosen to desert him, to this strange faraway place beyond the walls of society.

[Slendy]

Zarr was sipping his coffee strangly like a regular person. He was on his way to greet his new friends. When he reached the outside he grinned taking another sip of his coffee. Zarr after his little relaxing pause continued to walk. Oddly when he began to walk he took higher steps as if he was walking up stares, but there was just grass and trees so he had to be walking on air. He stopped walking and stood in mid-air looking at the view. His eyes also came across an old friend.....and a new person. "New play thing!!!" Zarr shouted as he spun in the air towards Eva and Tori's direction. From ground view a guy in a lab coat drinking something while spinning as if he was doing cartwheels without hands could be seen. "Friend! Friend! FRIEND!!!" He shouted as he got closer to the women. From other perspectives he looked like one of those ragdolls that you would shoot out of a cannon and laugh at as it flails through the air.

[King Tai]

About a day or two before coming, Troy was at his contact's hideout where it was a warehouse with papers that had information and maps on the table. His contact was a little on the run seeing that he was having his phone tapped and being monitored by law enforcement. Troy learned about The P.R.L from documents and an application that was printed out and laying on the table. Since he and his contact had no access to a computer and the only info his contact had was the location of the place and the app that Troy saw and what they do there, He made his way to where the lab is located out of interest in finding a way to gain this power that's claimed to be obtainable.

Now....

Troy made his way up to the facility catching sight of a boy and his father, Asian looking, talking on an intercom. From what he realized, whoever was applying for powers must have registered beforehand so to get their information in the system and already picked out a certain ability. The problem now was that Troy could not just walk up there and talk on the intercom since they would not have him in their system. They would just deny him and make him leave. His only chance of getting in was to hurry and run in when the gates open and figure a way to find what power he could choose from and hopefully gain that ability.

Now, once the son was accepted in, the gates opened as he rushed not to be seen by either one and ran into the property right before the gates closed. Now that he was inside and he had the rolled up application in his hand, it was time for some exploration to see who he could contact to help him.

[Valkyr]

"C-Can you go any faster?" Sarah asked in a slightly panicked voice. She leaned towards her window and stared out at the darkening sky. She was sure she was late, but maybe she might still be able to get in before it was totally night.

At her question, the taxicab driver replied. "Its okay, we're almost there. Its just up ahead," He pointed forward at a building some short distance away. "You see, that's it right there."

Sarah timidly leaned forward and squinted her eyes slightly to get a good look at the building. It was certainly... strange. She was already questioning whether she wanted to go through with this.

"Alright, here we are," Announced the driver as the cab slowed to a stop.

"T-Thanks," Sarah said quietly, leaning forward and handing him his money for the drive. She stepped out of the cab, dragging her duffel bag with her. She honestly was not sure if she should have brought this. Apparently she had a room, but she wasn't certain if they were going to have food and clothing. In a pointless final effort to make sure she had everything, she mentally cycled through all the things she had brought.

Her favorite books, in case she ever needed to waste some time; A few sealed plastic bags with crude sandwiches. Just in case; A few other sets of clothing and underwear; and a couple of other miscellaneous objects she might need.

Hefting the duffel bag off the ground, she strode as bravely as she could to the front door. She paused before spotting the intercom. She pressed the little button.

"Hello? How may I help you?" A voice spoke out. Sarah jumped in surprise, somehow not expecting that to happen.

"Oh, um.. I'm here for.. something about a power?"

"Alright. May I ask your name?"

"Sarah Anabelia."

There was a pause before the intercom continued.

"You're age 19 and you applied for invisibility, correct?"

"Uh, yeah."

"The gate is unlocked. You're free to pass."

Sarah, still holding onto her bag, stepped through the threshold. She withdrew her cellphone from her pocket and began checking her email for the map she remembered they had sent.

[MonsieurShade]

As he entered the building Jacque could hear voices chattering away somewhere in a room down the hall and to his right. The man's brow quirked a bit as he made note of the particularly youthful quality of some of them. 'Never would've guessed that they'd allow kids in here. Must be take your kid to work day or something.' He mused before stopping to remember where he was to go. It took a few seconds to figure out, however Jacque's decision to try and memorize the map for the last three nights before coming finally payed off. He walked briskly down the hall, taking in the almost sterile cleanliness of the facility as he took a right at the end of the hall.

As the voices happened to be emanating from the direction he was heading towards, Jacque found himself wondering if perhaps he was wrong about the 'take your kid to work day' thing. His answer would have to wait as he was stopped in his tracks by what he assumed to be a scientist hurdling towards a pair of young girls in one of the examination rooms. "The fuck?" Jacque said rather flatly under his breath as he watched Zarr flail his way towards the females while screaming friend repeatedly. Jacque would never admit it, but now he was beginning to worry about being imbued with his powers, especially if said powers required someone like that guy standing over him with a scalpel or syringe.

[VKAllen]

Zarr's presence immediately shrieked her in a jolt of worry and rigidity. "Go away Zarr..." Her voice sounded as if wailing. She retreated to her harms and beginning to curl herself.

[SomeoneSomewere]

Austin slowly exited the taxi, swinging his back pack of things into his shoulder. A grimace escaped him, a spike of pain racing down his side. He forced himself to take a deep breath, while ignoring the sharp pain that action cause. Tightening his grip on the strap that rested on his right shoulder. He walked towards the gate, gazing at the building behind him. He felt no doubt in his body. He knew that he needed to get away from home. He pressed the button, flinching at the voice that sounded. He spoke, his voice flat, hard, and rather low," Austin Steele, I'm here for a power." After the brief moment of typing, he confirmed it was true, and walked in through the gate.

He gazed slowly around at the white walls, a shutter running down his spine, causing another wince of pain. He let out a slow breath, gently pressing his hand against his side with a twisted grimace. He continued walking, noticing that voices were getting louder. Before he knew it, he had turned upon a group of four. One with her hand in the wall, one barreling to the ground, one young looking girl, and an older man. He stood back, a frown on his face the confusion was evident. Was this normal behavior?

[CLIW]

Kurt stepped off the sixth different public bus he'd taken, grateful to be standing and knowing that there would be no more cramped, smelly rides. In the very first bus he'd willingly trapped himself in, someone with a neckbeard and a fedora--yes, a fedora-- had sat right next to him and in the process made it apparent that he'd never heard of deodorant. On the fourth ride, an exhausted-looking mother with a screaming toddler had taken up the seat behind him, given him a headache that still cracked his head open, and multiple times made him nearly drop his potted plant. As a result, the uneventful rides had been tense as Kurt had waited for the next sweaty jerk to dampen his mood.

Now, clutching the pot that contained a succulent, he marched victoriously towards the nearby building which he knew to be the Power Research Laboratory. Finally, after that hellish public transportation journey, he could look forward to the powers he might soon be granted-- if he didn't die or hack up his kidneys. It was with nervous excitement that he approached the gate and pressed a buzzer. "I have an appointment here," he started, unsure.

"Name, please?" came a voice that crackled with having come through an intercom.

"Kurt Gordons." He stood, cradling the precious plant, in silence, while he assumed that the person on the other end was looking up his name.

"Oh, yes. A Poison Ivy wannabe," joked the woman, making Kurt crease his eyebrows and frown in a way that clearly demonstrated his lack of amusement. She hastily continued: "The gate's open, sir. Go on through and you'll find further instructions inside."

Eager to escape the bad humor and maybe have a seat to himself, he went through the gate, still scowling at the lady's sarcasm.

[MellyNyan]

Tori smiled at the girl and was about to reply when a man came running towards them shouting "Friend! Friend! FRIEND!!!" Tori smiles at the man before a couple of others turned up.
"Um Hey everyone! I'm Tori!" Tori opens with knowing that most of the people here are going to be new like her. She Lifted her hair up from around ehr Headphones and smiles at them all everyone was much older than her like she expected

[Melodia Alluna]

"I can do this. I will do this. I need to do this."

Volta walks up to the gates, her knuckles white from gripping the handle of her bag so tightly. She had been repeating her current mantra for the entire car trip here, and she still had not turned around, which was a good sign. Pulling out the printed email, she heads up to the gate and presses the buzzer.

"Hello, how may I help you today?"
"I am here for an appointment. I applied and received an email stating to arrive here at this time."

Volta was surprised at her steady voice, but looking down, she could see her slightly trembling hands. All was not over yet.

"Name, please?"
"Volta Orario."
"Ah, yes. Volta Orario, age 17, time manipulation, correct?"
"Yes."
"Very well. Please enter, and head to the location specified on the map we sent to you."

The gates slowly open, and Volta takes one long, deep breath, before walking in, her stride becoming more and more powerful.

"I can do this. I will do this. I need to do this."

[BurningCold]

Kory approached the gates that lead into the laboratory.

"Geez, my feet are killing me."

The orphan boy was rolling his eyes at the voice of the person on the other side of the intercom, this was boring. Finally, this guy over the speaker opened the damn gates and let him through.

As Kory entered the building, he was disappointed to see how old most of the participants were. How was he going to make friends with someone like six years older than him? How the hell was that supposed to work? Fortunately, he spotted a girl that seemed to be around his age. Kory trotted up to her.

"Hey."
@MellyNyan

[MellyNyan]

@BurningCold
Tori turns around to see a boy about her age had arrived. "Oh Hey!" Tori Replied happy to see someone of a similar age. "The name's Tori!" She adds smiling at them while twiddling with her headphones wire.

[BurningCold]

@MellyNyan Kory smiled gently at the girl. "It's nice to finally find someone in this place close to my age. And I'm Kory." He says, double checking that the rubberbands around his sleeves to keep them from rolling up his arms are secure, as well as subconsciously making sure his black leather gloves were still on.

[MellyNyan]

@BurningCold
"It sure is! And it's nice to meet you Kory" Tori smiles back before looking at the others "Shall we head to the rooms before all these don't ask why there are two 'little kids' here?" Tori whispers to him gesturing to everyone else there aslso doing air quotes at the little kids part. She smiles at him hoping that she can make good friends with him her eyes following his gaze to his arms and hands. She looks up at him and smiles.

[BurningCold]

@MellyNyan Kory noticed her following his gaze, and blushes slightly. "Yeah... let's get out of here." Kory was excited at the thought of making a good friend. She seemed really nice, and she was kind of pretty too. "Lead the way." He smiles back at her.