[IC] Mutant Facility

[Xiphonic]

@Carlsberg
It had been so long that Veronica forgot what a shower was like, Jen's words convinced her. "Alright then, I will be back in a bit." Veronica went off to the shower at the end of the hall with a smile. The clothes and towels provided were fine. She took the shower, the feeling of being clean was like having a weight lifted off. Skin was smoother and less coarse, it felt fantastic. Rain was cold, harsh, and ineffective in comparison.

[KatherinWinter]

Katherin's eyes widened at the news that there was showers that they could use. She was still sticky from the syrup. She watched V and Jen interact. She wanted a shower. But she was shy to shower with the others. She watched V go shower. She could either wait for Veronica to get done or look for another shower. She decided would rather look for other shower room. It didn't take very long for her to find one and take her much needed shower.

[Carlsberg]

@Xiphonic

Jen walked over to the shower room and leant against the wall next to the shower.
"They're good, aren't they?" She said to Veronica, a smile on her face.
To her, this was perfectly normal behaviour. She'd shared the one shower at Dollys with another girl plenty of times, to save hot water. So having a conversation in this manner was nothing out of the ordinary.

[Xiphonic]

@Carlsberg
Veronica wasn't embarrassed. For one, Jen was the person she trusted the most at this place. Two, her time on the streets left little in the way of privacy, so this wasn't that far of a stretch. She put clothes on and responded. "Showers are fantastic. I think I will take one at least every day." She walked out into the hallway. "Want to go to the library with me?" She asked with a smile, out of courtesy to her friend.

[Varicke]

There wasn't much sun to absorb considering it just slipped below the horizon as soon as he found an exit. He took a deep breath, the summer air relaxing him. The smell of grass and surrounding forest was peaceful. Despite being so monstrously violent and potentially insane, he really felt at peace when it came to nature. He loved watching the clouds, laying on the green grass, climbing in the trees and tossing pebbles into ponds. If there was ever a moment that he could truly be human, it was outside with nothing to hold him back, the experience of real freedom. But here, it didn't feel so much. With guards and staff keeping an eye on him at every corner of the facility, it's difficult to relax. 'I just wish they'd leave me alone already, it's not like I plan on escaping. There isn't much for me to even go back to, plus I don't even know where I am.' He can just barely make out the faintest colours way off in the valley through the tree leaves of the town he saw earlier through the window. All the trees were blocking the view but he was very curious to see what was there. He thought for a moment that he could just fly there right now, the guards wouldn't be fast enough to catch him... but then he figured that would just get him into more trouble, and they may never let him outside again. He eventually decided to simply sit down next to a tree to relax.

[Carlsberg]

@Xiphonic

Jen smiled at that.
"Sure, sounds fun. I've always enjoyed a good book when I've had the chance," She said.
She'd never had access to a large collection of books, but the few she had managed to find, she had devoured.
"What's your favourite book?" She asked Veronica, moving off the wall in preparation to go.

[Xiphonic]

@Carlsberg
Veronica was delighted, disusing books and reading them were are rare treat. "My favorite would have to be...Dunwich Horror. Classic Horror and it is amazing. What is your favorite?" The walk to the library was brief, the library was glorious. Books every where, even though they weren't real, it was still an expansive example of human knowledge and creativity. She immediately went to the section labeled 'A-E' In search of Dunwich Horror.

[GingerBoi123]

@KatherinWinter

Damien rolled his eyes at the guard's response. That sucked. Damien walked ahead to where the rooms were located. Damien saw Kiiros etch a symbol into the door of the room he chose, publicly claiming it. Damien decided that it would be fun if he picked the room opposite to Kiiros. "I'll take this one then." He replied as he swung open the door. It was pretty nice, considering it was a proper bed, that Damien hadn't had since he started travelling. Damien took off his hoodie and threw it on the bed.

A shower sounded nice. Damien headed to the Men's showers and proceeded to clean himself. Fighting, weapon training, not actually sleeping. It was a step-up from what he had before. Damien rolled his shoulders as the hot water washed away all worries. The shower was much needed, and Damien dried himself with one of the towels after. Getting changed back into his shirt and jeans, Damien walked back, until he spotted Katherin making her own way to the showers. He wasn't going to stop her, but he did remember that she didn't give a response to his offer about teaching her the world she didn't know, mainly because Kiiros opened his huge mouth. Damien walked forward and straight into his room, inspecting everything.

[Varicke]

Kiiros headed in after it started to get darker out, thinking that it was time he took a shower himself before lights out. The showers looked pretty fancy, all things considered. It showed evidence of somebody recently in there. Picking a random shower, he removed his usual attire of red and black, picking up a bar of soup. "...This is the girliest smelling soup I've ever seen." nothing like the scent of roses to choke you to death. Turning on only the hot water, he didn't particularly enjoy the feeling of being wet. Afterwards, quickly drying off and putting his clothes back on, he suddenly got a wicked idea. With a toothy grin stretching across his face he ran to each shower in the room and turned on the hot water. Once all the showers were running at once, he took a moment to admire his work before leaving to head to his room with the showers still going. He certainly loved causing trouble.

[Carlsberg]

@Xiphonic

Jen followed Veronica, heading for the section labeled for authors with last names beginning with C and picked up a copy of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell.
"This is my favourite book," She said, holding it up, the raven on the front clearly visible.
She flicked through the first page, smiling at the familiar words.

[Ryouko]

Ryouko had showered at one that he had found empty, silent, as he turned down the hot water that had been running. He had been wandering ever since he left the armory, the hole in his shirt covered ever since he had zipped up his jacket. He quickly washed off before he redressed in his jacket and left the shirt there, since it was torn and he didn't need it anymore. His blue hair was messy, as he thought about what they said...rooms.

Ryouko grinned to himself as he slid into the farthest room down the hallway, closing the door. Then...He crawled under the simple bed and closed his eyes, trying to sleep. He felt too exposed on beds. He didn't have the energy to stay awake any longer.

[Xiphonic]

@Carlsberg
Veronica was positively glee full as she scanned the various books. Jennifer found a book that she loved. "Never read it. I could give it a shot though." She said after a glance at the book, it was outside of the few she had read. Books were much more available back prior to leaving, but her passion and level at reading was not as high as it now was. "How about a deal, you read this and I read that, good?" She walked over to the aisle Jen was on with Dunwich Horror in hand.

[Carlsberg]

@Xiphonic

Jen handed Veronica tmher book and took the horror novel.
"Ok. I've never really read horror before, but I'll give it a try," she said, quickly reading the blurb.
She paused for a moment.
"What do you think we will be doing tomorrow? I know a guard said something about a trial mission, but I'm not sure."

[Xiphonic]

@Carlsberg
This book she received wasn't her type but was interesting none-the-less. She than looked up at Jen with a quizzical look. "I am unsure. Perhaps they will send us to dispatch some gang or save a cat from a tree. They will may just have us go through a simulation of something we may face... who do you think they will send?" It was unlikely that they would let Katherin leave due to her in-ability to conceal herself. And Kiiros was not going to be taken off his short leash. Even Wes could betray himself by adapting in front of many people.

[Varicke]

@KatherinWinter

On his way back to his room he was passing by one of the showers down the next hall that had the sound of running water. He got confused for a second thinking he must have turned around at some point when he was exploring a lab room and ended up back to the showers he just came out of, but then realized only one shower was going. He thought it might have been Veronica and a mischievous look crossed his face. He tip toed along the wall and dashed into the room. "BOO-AAHH!" he had slipped on the wet tiles and landed on his face.

[King Tai]

After heading to his room and then gathering what he needed for a shower, he walked in through the halls, catching Kiiros sneaking around, more than likely being a perv, trying to sneak a peek at one of the girls. Quietly he stood there watching Kiiros from behind when he dashed into the room. Hearing a thud, Wes walked over to check what just happened to his pseudo friend "You just couldn't resist, could you?" shaking his head.

@Varicke

[KatherinWinter]

@Varicke@King Tai
Katherin had been about to turn off the water when she heard someone come in. She wasn't too worried. She figured that it was V or J checking on her. She went to assure them that she was almost done. She turned and saw Kiiros run in she blinked at him surprised. Why was he in here? Well she was done. She grabbed a towel and wrapped it around herself and went to the boy. "Are you alright? You shouldn't run on a wet floor."

[Varicke]

@KatherinWinter

He sat up, a hand on his now very possibly broken nose that was now bleeding. When he heard the familiar voice, his face immediately went red with embarrassment and his eyes shot up to look at Katherin. He stood up in slight panic, completely ignoring the fact that the entire front of his clothes was soaking wet. "I am so sorry I didn't know it was you I swear I thought it was Veronica in here or something I didn't think you'd actually be in here hell I didn't think you even knew what a shower was like jeez how did you even maintain hygiene all your life considering you don't even know much about society and people and things we usually do on a daily basis like holy shit do you even find this weird at all like just please don't tell Veronica or Jen because I promise I had no intention of actually watching a girl take a shower and if they ever hear about this they're going to rip me a new one and very possibly kill me since they don't-" he was releasing a very long chain of words to try and immediately explain his situation before she got any ideas.

[King Tai]

@Varicke@KatherinWinter

Hearing out Kiiros trying to explain himself to Katherin, he smirked "Hmm...from what I saw, you seemed to be a bit sneaky when you were creeping against the wall, trying to give someone a surprise. It wouldn't surprise me if K told them...hell...I should say something just to see their reaction and what they'd do about it."

[Varicke]

@King Tai

He cut off his very long sentence to snap his gaze to Wesley. "Wh- what... NO... NO! What are YOU even doing in here!?" he felt all kinds of stressed and took a very deep breath before sulking his way to a wall with an aura of dread, slumping to his knees and resting the top of his head against it, staring at the floor with what could only be described as a look of defeat. "I'm gonna die...."