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Post by Book of the Twilight on Feb 18, 2009 0:54:48 GMT -5
(OOC: This is where everyone went after August and Echidna were arrested and Lillith went to the interrogation. We're waiting here now)
::Back at Takano's apartment, the others wait for Lillith to return after their successful capture of the most dangerous man in Lindblum. And yet somehow this doesn't feel like a victory::
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Post by Iole on Feb 18, 2009 0:58:07 GMT -5
::Iole sits on the floor with her back against the couch with Oliver's sleeping head under one arm and sighs::
What do you think they're going to do with Rena?
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Post by Eva Natsuki on Feb 18, 2009 2:10:46 GMT -5
::Eva rubbed her sore shoulders and sighed as she placed a cooling hand over it::
"Who knows...."
::She looked out the window still deeply disturbed before shaking her head::
"The only reason your not being wooped yet is because Oliver is there and I believe everyone is tired for the time being...honestly Iole what were you thinking? If Dante hadn't heard the scream there would have been a possibility I wouldn't have been able to come rescue you in time."
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Post by Iole on Feb 18, 2009 2:35:31 GMT -5
::Iole feels tears coming down her face, searing hot against her now clammy skin, knowing that if Eva did whip her this time, she'd probably deserve it. Right now she felt like striking herself across the face for everything she's just done::
I'm sorry. I was just... I don't know what I was thinking. I was just so scared. I felt like I was the only one who could save Rena, and that if I didn't get to her first she'd die. And then everything I promised Auntie I would have failed. But I couldn't even do that. I was right there, she was right in front of me and I couldn't do anything, and Ollie almost got killed because I was so stupid. I'm not strong enough. I'm not like you and Auntie.
::She leans her head against Eva's leg from where she sits on the couch::
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Post by Mongoose on Feb 18, 2009 3:05:05 GMT -5
Adrian stands nearby, treating his and Ashi's wounds but he can't help but overhear Iole's upset rant. He turns his head to her, putting down his thread and needle.
"Iole, what you did was stupid but it was also quite noble. It makes me feel proud that there still is a hint of humanity in the world, and that there are people that still seek an alternative method before they draw their blade. You may of choked, but you tried and that is what matters and in the end, we all left alive, including Rena, that is more then what anyone could ask for. Don't hate yourself for what you did, it was the right thing."
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Post by Eva Natsuki on Feb 18, 2009 3:05:07 GMT -5
::Eva smiled sadly and just started rubbing Iole's hair while looking out the window::
"Its nice to look up to us but don't try to be like us...we all have our own strength and weaknesses, thats why we're call individuals because all of us are different you know."
::She paused for a moment and then continued::
"What hurts the most though was the lack of trust...you may not have realized it or didn't mean for things to go like they have but I told you before that we all would help you. You didn't have to go out on your own like that."
::She smiled as Iole looked up at her::
"Even I need help at times, I'm not invincible and neither was your auntie. But even then didn't we just prove we wasn't going to kill her like you originally thought?"
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Post by Iole on Feb 18, 2009 3:10:42 GMT -5
::Iole slides into Eva's lap and just cries into her chest::
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
::Its all she can say really. How do you ask forgiveness for what was pretty much a slap in the face?::
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Post by Eva Natsuki on Feb 18, 2009 3:16:56 GMT -5
::Eva just wrapped a arm around Iole making sure Oliver was still comfortable in his sleep and continued to wait to see what the progress is.::
She's punished herself enough for now....
"Don't try so fast to be a adult yet...you still have plenty of time and still a lot of things to learn...but if anything just try to remember to have more trust in your friends...especially your sisters."
::She could tell the emotional stress was starting to tire Iole out a little bit::
"Go ahead and sleep now Iole...its been a eventful day..."
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Post by Mongoose on Feb 18, 2009 3:21:56 GMT -5
After a few minutes, Adrian calls Eva over in a high whisper. Atop the table where he is now sitting are a scattering of papers, many of them crumbled and blood stained. They look to be in the writing of August and are of notes and diagrams of anatomy and some strange devices.
"Come here, want you to see these. I think August may have stumbled onto something in all his wierd experiments. Look at these drawings of the vascular system, they are, for lack of a better term, brilliant."
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Post by Situation on Feb 18, 2009 3:26:48 GMT -5
The door opens wide, admitting the cold air and something far more annoying. Nurse Takano shuts the door behind her and shudders from the chill before removing her overcoat and scarf. "Okay Iole, I got the..."
"SHHHH!" the collective rebuke from the others silences her before she can wake up the sleeping children.
"Sorry, but I got the paperwork to transfer Rena back to the clinic. I just need Iole to sign them. The constable... well the captain said it was alright."
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Post by Eva Natsuki on Feb 18, 2009 3:41:12 GMT -5
::Eva gently laid Iole down when Adrian called her over and looked at the papers that was on the table with a frown::
"Why do all the mad scientists have to use extreme methods to get results....geez.."
::She grudgingly accepted though that the plans did indeed have some points that could definitely benefit people::
"If anything else we'll have to try and find the 'humane' way of getting this stuff to work though. Which I can say is out of my department."
::She said with a small giggle before turning towards Tokano who just walked in::
"Well thats good to hear. At least we were able to accomplish some of the things we had been trying to do."
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Post by Situation on Feb 18, 2009 3:47:42 GMT -5
"Well you guys are free to stay here for as long as you want. As soon as I'm clear to take Rena, I'm getting as far away from this city as I can. I'd quit the clinic too if I could, but I already promised Iole. And with Irie dead, there's no one to take care of things. Anyway, I'm sorry to do this, but..." She moves to the couch and very carefully nudges Iole awake. "Come on sweetie, wake up. I did exactly what you asked. I just need your signature."
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Post by Iole on Feb 18, 2009 3:50:12 GMT -5
::Iole sits up and rubs her eyes. It takes her awhile to get a grasp on the situation as the Nurse hands her the pen::
You promise you'll take her back and you won't stop trying?
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Post by Situation on Feb 18, 2009 3:54:22 GMT -5
"I promise. We'll keep trying. I'll work on getting a new staff. We'll take very good care of her, I promise." She smiles as Iole places her name on the dotted line. She gets back to her feet and tucks the papers safely into her briefcase. She gathers her coat again and takes hold of a rolling suitcase she's prepared and looks back at the heroes. "There's some more of those cookies in the cabinet. It's not much, just my way of saying thanks."
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Post by Mongoose on Feb 18, 2009 3:56:35 GMT -5
Adrian half-assly awknowledges Takano's arrival, too wrapped up in reading August's papers. He even begins talking to himself, though doubtful he cares if others are listening.
"Heh, with a few changes this could change medicine forever. Here, in this paper he goes into details about reviving a dead organism's head without magic of any sort. He has a schematic for a device that is both an artifical heart and filteration system, its so simple. Reattachement of limbs, organs, anything. It explains those dogs we fought... fascinating, so this is how he kept the organs alive that he pulled from his victims."
He looks up to Eva and the others with a sense of awe. "I could, according to these, cut off a head, attach it to this machine, and keep the head alive indeffinitly. Sounds a bit odd but... I don't know any magic that could that except perhaps in the hands of the most powerful of entities. Deffinitly not something within the grasp of the common man."
He snaps out of his facinated trance to see Takano leaving. "Wait, what just happened?"
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Post by Eva Natsuki on Feb 18, 2009 4:00:42 GMT -5
(OOC-shall respond later...zzz's are calling me lol)
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Post by Iole on Feb 18, 2009 4:13:09 GMT -5
(OOC: Me too. Plus the others really need to catch up)
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Post by Kenny on Feb 18, 2009 7:45:27 GMT -5
((OOC:Sorry had a little headache and took some medicine to make me asleep))
:Kenny just sat in the halls of the flat as he thought about what Lillith just said to him. He felt so bad about what he said to her about how his nightmare had him failing to help Lillith. He knew Lillith is not a damsel in distress but he only wish to do his best to help and now things looked bad for him.:
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Post by Jas on Feb 18, 2009 9:44:25 GMT -5
*Jas flops down onto one of the chairs, exhuasted from the fight. But anyone could tell something was still bugging him*
August: This hasn't ended yet, you've just nabbed the bishop and knight, the King and Queen are still on the board.
Rena: Attend the tale its near its end, But just around where the trail does bend, A hidden player of hatred born, a heart full of ice and a mind full of scorn, has come to plague the world once more.
In the pale moonlight see her, see her gaze does gleam, with a hunger in her eyes to seize the dream.
What could those words mean? I think this is far from over. We need to know what August wrote out of the book.
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Post by Lillith on Feb 18, 2009 12:36:16 GMT -5
(OOC: Awe, Kenny you just can't seem to stay healthy. ) ::The door opens once more to admit Lillith back inside:: What did I miss?
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