EHEG (IC/Open/Anime/Slice-of-life)

[Lycanth]

Faron smiled as he heard her thoughts. His eyes quickly went back to Bella as clothing was being made on her. Well, I'll be damned. She actually learned how to do that whole clothes making thing. he went back to Willow and held her hand looking into her eye, he tried thinking of a witty comeback eventually all he could really say was "Oh Well!... S-s-shut up and kiss me." He was slightly dissapointed with that. He was hoping for something better coming from his head. Then again, he did name a Dog "Bark" when he was 6. Faron leaned in to Willow, his mouth slightly open unconciously.

Willow raised an eyebrow, trying not to laugh at his poor comeback. She dodged his kiss, making him kiss her cheek instead of her lips. She tapped his nose afterwards and smirked. "Down boy! You gotta earn those. I don't hand my lips out to just anyone you know." She was getting better at the flirtatious teasing. She enjoyed it. It also came with it's perks. She smirked and blushed at some rather private memories of where her flirtatious teasing tended to lead things. The silk robe was short and was nothing someone would purchase for themselves or wear out in public. It was shiny and looked stringy. She had a lot of work to do on it, but it was a start. At least it covered Belle's chest and underwear. She glanced at Faron, wondering if he looked. She knew as a guy he probably did, but that still didn't ease her curiosity. She hoped he didn't pick up on that thought, quickly turning her glance into a playful smirk.

[Unified Free Lands]

Akuma sighed, leaning on the door. "Of course you saw everything..." she muttered, silently cursing her luck. "Did you at least like what you saw?" she asked curiously, but her voice was kind of cold, as if she was still upset.

Miia blushed deeper as she started to fidget around, suddenly uncomfortable, and causing her to stutter. "U-uh.. Well.. O-of course I did.. W-why wouldn't I? It's n-not everyday you get to s-see something like that.." Her tail wrapped and unwrapped around her, unsure of what to do.

Akuma's face went almost as red as it had been when Miia walked in on her. The floor around her suddenly became wet also. This would be way more awkward if I had no powers...
"You really like me, don't you?" she blurted out. This wasn't like her, but then again, nothing today had been normal. Why am I still talking to her? Why am I not running and hiding somewhere?

[Saleon]

Beth watched as the chaos around her grew toxic. The oven had been murdered, as could be heard from its screams throughout. Yet the battle marched on. A number of classmates from 4C had begun a much larger offensive. They had changed their plans from a small, but powerful vanguard, to a large and massive unit. The Turkeys were done, and now it was time for Beth to deliver just dessert.

Beth materialized something different from her original pistols. The energy took much longer to fully materialize. Soon came what looked like a fully automatic minigun of pure pink hell. This was her secret weapon. Her pistols delivered a consistent and powerful line of immense enemy. the minigun turned it around by splitting the beam into pellets. It was impossible to aim, but does much against a batallion.

"Eat Hell!" She screamed over the mucking of cakes, turkeys, and errant flower which flew by. 4C was not the wiser. Of course this left Beth weapon less after a good 30 seconds. The pistols took 10 shots to knock her out for a week. a the minigun reduced that number to three shots.

[Empire of Donner land]

Faron smiled as he heard her thoughts. His eyes quickly went back to Bella as clothing was being made on her. Well, I'll be damned. She actually learned how to do that whole clothes making thing. he went back to Willow and held her hand looking into her eye, he tried thinking of a witty comeback eventually all he could really say was "Oh Well!... S-s-shut up and kiss me." He was slightly dissapointed with that. He was hoping for something better coming from his head. Then again, he did name a Dog "Bark" when he was 6. Faron leaned in to Willow, his mouth slightly open unconciously.

Willow raised an eyebrow, trying not to laugh at his poor comeback. She dodged his kiss, making him kiss her cheek instead of her lips. She tapped his nose afterwards and smirked. "Down boy! You gotta earn those. I don't hand my lips out to just anyone you know." She was getting better at the flirtatious teasing. She enjoyed it. It also came with it's perks. She smirked and blushed at some rather private memories of where her flirtatious teasing tended to lead things. The silk robe was short and was nothing someone would purchase for themselves or wear out in public. It was shiny and looked stringy. She had a lot of work to do on it, but it was a start. At least it covered Belle's chest and underwear. She glanced at Faron, wondering if he looked. She knew as a guy he probably did, but that still didn't ease her curiosity. She hoped he didn't pick up on that thought, quickly turning her glance into a playful smirk.

Faron rolled his eyes and smiled going with it. "You are such a buzz kill." He said sarcasticly responding to her. He heard her wondering if he looked, Faron felt guilty now that he did. Its... not like that. She's in her underwear... Of course I would look. he shrugged and frowned a little. "But, understandable of course." He said continuing what he had said before. He heard some sort of gun firing from the Kitchen now.

[Protestant England and Germany]

Willow raised an eyebrow, trying not to laugh at his poor comeback. She dodged his kiss, making him kiss her cheek instead of her lips. She tapped his nose afterwards and smirked. "Down boy! You gotta earn those. I don't hand my lips out to just anyone you know." She was getting better at the flirtatious teasing. She enjoyed it. It also came with it's perks. She smirked and blushed at some rather private memories of where her flirtatious teasing tended to lead things. The silk robe was short and was nothing someone would purchase for themselves or wear out in public. It was shiny and looked stringy. She had a lot of work to do on it, but it was a start. At least it covered Belle's chest and underwear. She glanced at Faron, wondering if he looked. She knew as a guy he probably did, but that still didn't ease her curiosity. She hoped he didn't pick up on that thought, quickly turning her glance into a playful smirk.

Faron rolled his eyes and smiled going with it. "You are such a buzz kill." He said sarcasticly responding to her. He heard her wondering if he looked, Faron felt guilty now that he did. Its... not like that. She's in her underwear... Of course I would look. he shrugged and frowned a little. "But, understandable of course." He said continuing what he had said before. He heard some sort of gun firing from the Kitchen now.

"Um. Hi." BJ said as he walked into the room after spending an hour in his dorm recovering from being flattened by one of his peers. He was starving at this point and would eat anything, so when he picked up on the scent of cooking, albeit, burnt cooking, he followed like he was in a trance. What he didn't expect was the scene that confronted him. "What the hell?!" He rubbed his eyes. "Don't tell me you are the people who messed up the cafeteria." He was already weakened by his little card trick, but this was about to send him overboard. "Don't answer, the reason why I'm here is because I smell food and I'm starving. Is there any chance that you have anything to eat?"

[Scamvidia]

Miia blushed deeper as she started to fidget around, suddenly uncomfortable, and causing her to stutter. "U-uh.. Well.. O-of course I did.. W-why wouldn't I? It's n-not everyday you get to s-see something like that.." Her tail wrapped and unwrapped around her, unsure of what to do.

Akuma's face went almost as red as it had been when Miia walked in on her. The floor around her suddenly became wet also. This would be way more awkward if I had no powers...
"You really like me, don't you?" she blurted out. This wasn't like her, but then again, nothing today had been normal. Why am I still talking to her? Why am I not running and hiding somewhere?

Miia thought it was a little odd as the floor around Akuma became wet, but she didn't really pay any special attention to it, she figured it was just the girl not being able to concentrate on controlling her abilities at the time. Miia couldn't blame her, she would be pretty flustered too if she was in Akuma's place. Miia nodded in response to Akuma's question. "Yeah, I do, but I know you don't like me back, so I'm okay with just being friends, and I won't let my feelings get in the way of that."

[Lycanth]

Willow raised an eyebrow, trying not to laugh at his poor comeback. She dodged his kiss, making him kiss her cheek instead of her lips. She tapped his nose afterwards and smirked. "Down boy! You gotta earn those. I don't hand my lips out to just anyone you know." She was getting better at the flirtatious teasing. She enjoyed it. It also came with it's perks. She smirked and blushed at some rather private memories of where her flirtatious teasing tended to lead things. The silk robe was short and was nothing someone would purchase for themselves or wear out in public. It was shiny and looked stringy. She had a lot of work to do on it, but it was a start. At least it covered Belle's chest and underwear. She glanced at Faron, wondering if he looked. She knew as a guy he probably did, but that still didn't ease her curiosity. She hoped he didn't pick up on that thought, quickly turning her glance into a playful smirk.

Faron rolled his eyes and smiled going with it. "You are such a buzz kill." He said sarcasticly responding to her. He heard her wondering if he looked, Faron felt guilty now that he did. Its... not like that. She's in her underwear... Of course I would look. he shrugged and frowned a little. "But, understandable of course." He said continuing what he had said before. He heard some sort of gun firing from the Kitchen now.

I know, I know. You're a guy, it's gonna happen. Just be glad I don't spas and erupt with spiders out of jealousy anymore. She pulled him to her and kiss him passionately on the lips, showing him that she won't let it get to her. She pulls away and tapped his nose. She was about to say something when she also heard a gunshot. She whipped her head towards the sound. "More gunshots? I swear someone is gonna get killed one of these days." She sighed and rubbed her face. "And then someone with insane healing powers is gonna reduce the size of their private parts in order to save them even though they can regenerate on their own." She said bitterly. She was still a little sour about what Riri did. She'd gotten over it mostly but it did resurface whenever she'd find an old bra of hers or saw another girl who she used to be bigger than but was now smaller. She pushed the thoughts away and looked at Faron. "Shall we go check it out or just go back to bed and sleep until we're hungry and stuff our faces with turkey?" She asked, knowing they should do the former but really wishing they could just do the latter.

[Empire of Donner land]

Faron rolled his eyes and smiled going with it. "You are such a buzz kill." He said sarcasticly responding to her. He heard her wondering if he looked, Faron felt guilty now that he did. Its... not like that. She's in her underwear... Of course I would look. he shrugged and frowned a little. "But, understandable of course." He said continuing what he had said before. He heard some sort of gun firing from the Kitchen now.

I know, I know. You're a guy, it's gonna happen. Just be glad I don't spas and erupt with spiders out of jealousy anymore. She pulled him to her and kiss him passionately on the lips, showing him that she won't let it get to her. She pulls away and tapped his nose. She was about to say something when she also heard a gunshot. She whipped her head towards the sound. "More gunshots? I swear someone is gonna get killed one of these days." She sighed and rubbed her face. "And then someone with insane healing powers is gonna reduce the size of their private parts in order to save them even though they can regenerate on their own." She said bitterly. She was still a little sour about what Riri did. She'd gotten over it mostly but it did resurface whenever she'd find an old bra of hers or saw another girl who she used to be bigger than but was now smaller. She pushed the thoughts away and looked at Faron. "Shall we go check it out or just go back to bed and sleep until we're hungry and stuff our faces with turkey?" She asked, knowing they should do the former but really wishing they could just do the latter.

Faron gasped as she pulled him in. He was still suprised by some of this. He wasn't quite used to kissing someone and was still curious if she was willing to do more than that as any person would be curious of. He pulled away as she did and saw someone out of the corner of his eye, he ignored it for now. He rolled his eyes as she went on about Riri shrinking her parts. "Your... parts. Are fine, stop worrying about it." He muttered to her. "I want to do the last one badly, don't get me wrong." He said while putting his hands on her hips. "But the kitchen is exploding and 4C is probably getting their asses kicked." He said smiling afterward.

He looked over to BJ, he recognized him as the person in the corner in his eye. He blushed and was slightly angry out of embarrassment "Wh- no?! No we don't have anything. The kitchen is just over there, we're going now." He said nodding his head in the kitchens direction.

[Protestant England and Germany]

I know, I know. You're a guy, it's gonna happen. Just be glad I don't spas and erupt with spiders out of jealousy anymore. She pulled him to her and kiss him passionately on the lips, showing him that she won't let it get to her. She pulls away and tapped his nose. She was about to say something when she also heard a gunshot. She whipped her head towards the sound. "More gunshots? I swear someone is gonna get killed one of these days." She sighed and rubbed her face. "And then someone with insane healing powers is gonna reduce the size of their private parts in order to save them even though they can regenerate on their own." She said bitterly. She was still a little sour about what Riri did. She'd gotten over it mostly but it did resurface whenever she'd find an old bra of hers or saw another girl who she used to be bigger than but was now smaller. She pushed the thoughts away and looked at Faron. "Shall we go check it out or just go back to bed and sleep until we're hungry and stuff our faces with turkey?" She asked, knowing they should do the former but really wishing they could just do the latter.

Faron gasped as she pulled him in. He was still suprised by some of this. He wasn't quite used to kissing someone and was still curious if she was willing to do more than that as any person would be curious of. He pulled away as she did and saw someone out of the corner of his eye, he ignored it for now. He rolled his eyes as she went on about Riri shrinking her parts. "Your... parts. Are fine, stop worrying about it." He muttered to her. "I want to do the last one badly, don't get me wrong." He said while putting his hands on her hips. "But the kitchen is exploding and 4C is probably getting their asses kicked." He said smiling afterward.

He looked over to BJ, he recognized him as the person in the corner in his eye. He blushed and was slightly angry out of embarrassment "Wh- no?! No we don't have anything. The kitchen is just over there, we're going now." He said nodding his head in the kitchens direction.

BJ looked at what was happening. "Um, thanks." He walked out of the room and over to the Kitchen and dreaded what was happening. He opened the door and his jaw dropped. "WHAT THE HELL?!" He yelled as he stared at the chaos. "WHA-WHA-WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?!"

[Unified Free Lands]

Akuma's face went almost as red as it had been when Miia walked in on her. The floor around her suddenly became wet also. This would be way more awkward if I had no powers...
"You really like me, don't you?" she blurted out. This wasn't like her, but then again, nothing today had been normal. Why am I still talking to her? Why am I not running and hiding somewhere?

Miia thought it was a little odd as the floor around Akuma became wet, but she didn't really pay any special attention to it, she figured it was just the girl not being able to concentrate on controlling her abilities at the time. Miia couldn't blame her, she would be pretty flustered too if she was in Akuma's place. Miia nodded in response to Akuma's question. "Yeah, I do, but I know you don't like me back, so I'm okay with just being friends, and I won't let my feelings get in the way of that."

Akuma stayed silent for a decent amount of time but finally spoke. "I... Wouldn't normally do something like this... But I like you... So if you wanted, I would be up to give you a chance to be more than my friend," she said carefully. She was still uncomfortable with the whole idea, but Miia was one of the few people in her life who was nice to her, she didn't want to risk messing things up with her.

[Scamvidia]

Miia thought it was a little odd as the floor around Akuma became wet, but she didn't really pay any special attention to it, she figured it was just the girl not being able to concentrate on controlling her abilities at the time. Miia couldn't blame her, she would be pretty flustered too if she was in Akuma's place. Miia nodded in response to Akuma's question. "Yeah, I do, but I know you don't like me back, so I'm okay with just being friends, and I won't let my feelings get in the way of that."

Akuma stayed silent for a decent amount of time but finally spoke. "I... Wouldn't normally do something like this... But I like you... So if you wanted, I would be up to give you a chance to be more than my friend," she said carefully. She was still uncomfortable with the whole idea, but Miia was one of the few people in her life who was nice to her, she didn't want to risk messing things up with her.

Miia looked back up at Akuma after she had stopped speaking, her eyes sparkling and her mouth widening into a smile. She rushed over to Akuma and hugged her. "Oh yes please! I would love that chance! And I promise I won't mess something like this up!" Miia hadn't been this happy in a long time, especially considering her childhood of growing up alone, she was determined to make this work, no matter what.

[Castle Crashers]

"So, uh, Ellie, how'd you uh, get covered in flour? It doesn't seem like that sort of thing happens every day. I guess maybe you were helping cook...? Isn't it something like Thanksgiving? Where I came from, I didn't have dependable access to a calendar." Tikhomir says, not quite sure of himself.
Godammit. First attempt to make friends in this place, and I feel like I'm already screwing up.

Ellie nodded vigorously. "There's a huge chaotic mess over there in the kitchen where the four homerooms are competing against each other in a food race. I, sadly, was caught in the middle, as you can see..." She gestured to herself before saying, "it's probably gonna take three or four showers to wash all this out of my hair." She ended it with a giggle, even if it was rather a misfortune. She wasn't ever bothered by messes, and was rarely rubbed the wrong way about anything. Anything besides people. People, humans, were a whole nother ballgame. Only because they could hurt her, could make her feel things, could make her cry and make her laugh at the same time. Nothing could do that besides people.
Humans--her species--were the only ones able to break her apart completely.

[Charlia]

The androids quickly lunged forward and with all their might toppled the enraged oven on its back. Another android rushed in with a fire extinguisher and filled the oven with fire retardant foam.
Meanwhile Scott observed Chrono and chuckled.
"While rather inappropriate, I like your style," He commented through the PA. Randomly parts of the foor bobbed up and down to trip those who chased him.

Charlotte shook her head sadly.
What is wrong with this world?
Maybe she was just being oversensitive, but the things Chrono did were so... so wrong. They were abhorrent. She knew that he probably had no concept of how it would feel, and she didn't think--at least, she hoped--that he would never go any further than the sort of thing he had just done, but even that was horrible.
She hoped, for both of their sakes, that he never, never did anything like that to her.
Because if he did, and it didn't make her have a nervous breakdown, she would probably kill him.

[Protestant England and Germany]

BJ Cartwright

"ENOUGH!" BJ yelled as he took a handful of dice from his pocket and sent them hurtling across the room, bouncing and ricocheting off of everything. This produced a cacophony that could be heard down the hall. BJ propped himself on a counter, covered in some brown slime that he assumed was someones attempt at gravy. "This place is in absolute chaos! This is a kitchen for Christ's sake and you all are fighting and bickering like a bunch of wenches from a Shakespearean play written by Quinton Tarantino!" He shot glances all across the room. "I'm surprised that this room hasn't burned down from the amount of ineptitude present here!" He looked at the two androids, who were wrestling with what looked like a sentient oven, and turned his gaze down to the oven. "Listen you over glorified Easy-Bake, calm the frick down. You are supposed to help your owners make delicious food and by the looks of this place it looks like you decided to shaft them up the butt!" He turned his gaze to the rest of the occupants. "Now, I don't know much about cooking, but I sure as hell know that this isn't what a kitchen isn't supposed to look like. Now, can we act like civilized human beings and clean this mess up and start again." He let his good-ole-Tennessean accent role through out his tirade and he hoped that the effect would be work.

[North Arkana]

Maya approached Charlotte.
"You seem like something is bothering you. Is it anything I can help with?"
She pauses for a moment.
"Ah... it's the perv, isn't it?"
He face darkens a little.
"Do you want me to do something about it?"

Wait... what am I saying!?

[Charlia]

Maya approached Charlotte.
"You seem like something is bothering you. Is it anything I can help with?"
She pauses for a moment.
"Ah... it's the perv, isn't it?"
He face darkens a little.
"Do you want me to do something about it?"

Wait... what am I saying!?

Charlotte sighed quietly. "Yeah, it's him... the things he does... they just... I don't understand how anyone could possibly do something like that... Really? You'd talk to him about--oh. No, Maya, you can't do that! Come on, I don't kill anyone, you don't kill anyone, we'll be... about as normal as you can be here. Right?"

[North Arkana]

Charlotte sighed quietly. "Yeah, it's him... the things he does... they just... I don't understand how anyone could possibly do something like that... Really? You'd talk to him about--oh. No, Maya, you can't do that! Come on, I don't kill anyone, you don't kill anyone, we'll be... about as normal as you can be here. Right?"

Maya shakes her head.
"I-I'm sorry... I still get these urges... ever since I got put back together, I feel like the Fed conditioning has been having more of an effect.."
She takes Charlotte's hand.
"But we'll be there for each other, right?"

[Charlia]

Charlotte sighed quietly. "Yeah, it's him... the things he does... they just... I don't understand how anyone could possibly do something like that... Really? You'd talk to him about--oh. No, Maya, you can't do that! Come on, I don't kill anyone, you don't kill anyone, we'll be... about as normal as you can be here. Right?"

Maya shakes her head.
"I-I'm sorry... I still get these urges... ever since I got put back together, I feel like the Fed conditioning has been having more of an effect.."
She takes Charlotte's hand.
"But we'll be there for each other, right?"

Charlotte smiled slightly. "Right. I'll give you a heads-up if you start getting violent, and you give me a heads-up if I start getting violent, and then maybe one day we won't need to anymore. But we'll still be like sisters, 'cause we're the first--and hopefully the last--of our kind... even if that comes with violent tendencies or a computer in our brains or multiple personalities, it's still who we are. So yeah, we'll always be 'sisters'. Heck, we could have a secret sisterhood or something... the Apex Sisterhood. Heh, would you look at that, I think I just said something relatively normal. Maybe a few years before my age, but something a normal girl might say... that's not something I would have thought I'd ever be saying five years ago."

---

She unconsciously assumed a pose she had taken many times before, when talking to the late Dr. White.
It might have looked familiar to one person, because unbeknownst to her, the not-so-good doctor had taped her sessions with him, and the scientists had studied each tape carefully.
Occasionally, they even showed some of their collaborators.
Once, they even showed Faron Martins.

[Empire of Donner land]

As Faron held Willow by her hips he couldn't help but remember the past. That person on the horizon in his dreams he remembered now. His name was Dr.White. or atleast that's what Faron knew him as. Charlotte who he knew at this school, who hated him for what he did only a few months ago should have hated him for another reason before that incident. He didn't know what they did to her, only the tapes he had seen. Back when he was.

A Colaborator with the Feds.

That was all behind him now, he left over a year ago due to doing something he couldn't forgive himself for. He wanted to start anew. So he went to EHEG. He was suprised to see Charlotte there, scared even. He hid it expertly how ever until a few months ago the day Charlotte hated him. It seemed like his past was chasing him, maybe this is why he had the dream with Dr.White on the horizon in the white maze.

He remembered when he saw the tape all too recently it seemed.

"Martins, correct?"
"Y-yeah."

[Charlia]

As Faron held Willow by her hips he couldn't help but remember the past. That person on the horizon in his dreams he remembered now. His name was Dr.White. or atleast that's what Faron knew him as. Charlotte who he knew at this school, who hated him for what he did only a few months ago should have hated him for another reason before that incident. He didn't know what they did to her, only the tapes he had seen. Back when he was.

A Colaborator with the Feds.

That was all behind him now, he left over a year ago due to doing something he couldn't forgive himself for. He wanted to start anew. So he went to EHEG. He was suprised to see Charlotte there, scared even. He hid it expertly how ever until a few months ago the day Charlotte hated him. It seemed like his past was chasing him, maybe this is why he had the dream with Dr.White on the horizon in the white maze.

He remembered when he saw the tape all too recently it seemed.

"Martins, correct?"
"Y-yeah."

Oh, that tape. That tape had been of the first session, the worst of them all, and the ones the scientists had studied the most often and the most eagerly, with almost morbid fascination.
"Charlotte, it's good to meet you! I'm Dr. White, but you can call me Allen if you'd like, or just Dr. White, either one will be fine." A deceiving smile, but she had been completely taken in. After a stuttered introduction, he started asking questions.
"What was his name again? Michael, was it?"
"When did this start?"
"How did it start?"
"So the abuse escalated, and then...?" His face was so sympathetic, so kind.
"Then I... I thought it was over, so I started to leave, but he came after me again, and I ran, and he caught me, and he... he..." She started sobbing, burying her face in her hands as the doctor tried to calm her down.
After a while, her crying eased, and with gentle probing, he managed to get her to describe the horrible events of the last five years, from the first night when it all started to the last night, the night she finally ran. He was very sympathetic, and told her that she had been very brave, and that she should be proud of herself. After that, they talked about more innocuous things, but there was always an undertone of incredible horror, one she had been unable to hear.
How the scientists had loved that tape.
How the girl had suffered.
How she had cried.
It was awful.

[Raktio]

Looking satisfied in a weird way to the carnage she'd done, Bella stood still while the spiders climbed over her, making her something to wear other than underwear. "Thanks Willow, sorry about any spiders I incidentally squished. Know what, could you make me something like a pair if compression shorts and a sports bra? That way I can wear them and if I have time I can take off anything loose, that's till I figure out some sort of costume or something." Looking at Faron, "well considering I do have to sleep once in a while, I slipped in while you two were snuggling under the blanket, and there was the other few minutes of falling asleep while you two were mumbling to eachother and kissing, and rubbing, and... you want me to go on?" It had been weeks and he should have learned not to ask such questions, since she almost always made intentionally embarrassing replies. "Anyways I'm off to go get some clothes on, I guess that's the end of today's sleep in," she walked for the door back to her dorm room.

[North Arkana]

Charlotte smiled slightly. "Right. I'll give you a heads-up if you start getting violent, and you give me a heads-up if I start getting violent, and then maybe one day we won't need to anymore. But we'll still be like sisters, 'cause we're the first--and hopefully the last--of our kind... even if that comes with violent tendencies or a computer in our brains or multiple personalities, it's still who we are. So yeah, we'll always be 'sisters'. Heck, we could have a secret sisterhood or something... the Apex Sisterhood. Heh, would you look at that, I think I just said something relatively normal. Maybe a few years before my age, but something a normal girl might say... that's not something I would have thought I'd ever be saying five years ago."

I want to kiss her... I want her for myself... but she has Sam already... I can't interfere with that... and I already have Natalia...right?

It was a strange feeling for Maya. She knew she liked Charlotte, but she also knew she could never really say anything about it. Both of them already had someone. So they'd just have to be friends. Friends who both are trying to overcome their pasts with the Feds.

"I don't think either will ever be very normal, Charlotte... but let's do our best."

[Empire of Donner land]

Looking satisfied in a weird way to the carnage she'd done, Bella stood still while the spiders climbed over her, making her something to wear other than underwear. "Thanks Willow, sorry about any spiders I incidentally squished. Know what, could you make me something like a pair if compression shorts and a sports bra? That way I can wear them and if I have time I can take off anything loose, that's till I figure out some sort of costume or something." Looking at Faron, "well considering I do have to sleep once in a while, I slipped in while you two were snuggling under the blanket, and there was the other few minutes of falling asleep while you two were mumbling to eachother and kissing, and rubbing, and... you want me to go on?" It had been weeks and he should have learned not to ask such questions, since she almost always made intentionally embarrassing replies. "Anyways I'm off to go get some clothes on, I guess that's the end of today's sleep in," she walked for the door back to her dorm room.

As Bella talked his eye twitched a little. He tried to interrupt once but shut himself up before he could look like an idiot, again. "H-heh. N-n-no not r-really. B-bye Bella." His cheeks turned red as he spoke. He tried his best to hide his discomfort. From now on were doing it in our room... even though your bed is much more comfortable. He thought to Willow shaking a little now.

He remembered the tape again.

"Mr.Martins, did you enjoy the tape?"
"No, not really. She's telling the truth though, obviously."
"I enjoyed it, sometimes I watch over and over again."
"Who else do you want me to read now?"
"I have plans for you Martins"
Faron listened as the Dr explained how they could teach him to possibly hurt others with his power. Faron listened, acting like he was fully for the Feds.

[Atlannia]

Natalia Kyrov

Natalia yawned and stretched, standing up and leaving Amber on the floor.

"Well that settles that I guess," she said to no one in particular, taking in the charred and shattered remains of the oven, making a mental note not to piss off the girl responsible.

The thing I don't get though is that Amber told me she puts piece of herself inside everything she animates. Aber shifted slightly in her sleep, rolling onteo her side and cushioning her head with one arm, looking peaceful. Is there really a warrior who wants to be the strongest inside her? Natalia watched her silently for a few seconds then shrugged. who knows what's really going on in that head of hers?

I want to kiss her... I want her for myself... but she has Sam already... I can't interfere with that... and I already have Natalia...right?

It was a strange feeling for Maya. She knew she liked Charlotte, but she also knew she could never really say anything about it. Both of them already had someone. So they'd just have to be friends. Friends who both are trying to overcome their pasts with the Feds.

"I don't think either will ever be very normal, Charlotte... but let's do our best."

Oh, that tape. That tape had been of the first session, the worst of them all, and the ones the scientists had studied the most often and the most eagerly, with almost morbid fascination.
"Charlotte, it's good to meet you! I'm Dr. White, but you can call me Allen if you'd like, or just Dr. White, either one will be fine." A deceiving smile, but she had been completely taken in. After a stuttered introduction, he started asking questions.
"What was his name again? Michael, was it?"
"When did this start?"
"How did it start?"
"So the abuse escalated, and then...?" His face was so sympathetic, so kind.
"Then I... I thought it was over, so I started to leave, but he came after me again, and I ran, and he caught me, and he... he..." She started sobbing, burying her face in her hands as the doctor tried to calm her down.
After a while, her crying eased, and with gentle probing, he managed to get her to describe the horrible events of the last five years, from the first night when it all started to the last night, the night she finally ran. He was very sympathetic, and told her that she had been very brave, and that she should be proud of herself. After that, they talked about more innocuous things, but there was always an undertone of incredible horror, one she had been unable to hear.
How the scientists had loved that tape.
How the girl had suffered.
How she had cried.
It was awful.

Are you two...okay?" asked Natalia, running a hand through her long, dark hair, her eyes flicking from Maya to Charlotte and back again. "You've got that look on your faces again,"

[North Arkana]

"Ah, Natalia, I didn't see you there..."
Maya visibly blushes when she sees Natalia, and lets go of Charlotte's hand.
"Er, how have things been going for you? Besides the cooking contest. I was hoping we could hang out after you're let out from the contest... We could... Do things..."
She stumbles over her words a little, feeling a little awkward with Charlotte and Natalia nearby.