Thread: Jenova High: Whispered Truths (As Day Fades & darkest_fate)

Chirping female voices announced the quartet before a visual could, with them having to pass by several rows of stainless steel tables with their complex gadgetry and chemicals set up. When there was a visual, though, Hojo's dark, deep brown eyes narrowed. ... ... There's pods here or something! Maybe he wants to try and flash-freeze a buncha teenage girls? That was one option. Instead of approaching them right away he flipped back to the front page on his clipboard, reading over it again while they explored and poked and bounced and giggled, or whatever it was you called it that young girls did. The first page was for Tifa, the dark-haired athletic teen chosen for her physical strength. The information listed contained everything from vitals and measurements to a brief description of her combat style to her grades to her background and a personality synopsis. She would provide a good representation for the many physical fighters SeeD encouraged, with Hojo already far into planning several different potential enhancements he would test on her. Next, similar but on the other end of the spectrum, was the girl Yuna, whom he flipped the page for and compared the picture with the teenager standing at the opposite end of the room. Whereas Tifa was a physical fighter, Yuna excelled in magic, particularly in summoning magical beings, which had pretty much volunteered the girl for this role as far as science was concerned. They were two great examples of extremes, and would be the guinea pigs for many future enhancements that would be issued to other students, once the...potential kinks were all worked out. Third on his list, Hojo flipping the page, was the mousy Selphie, a girl average in most ways, exceeding in few, negative in none. She had been chosen as a great all-around subject, for there were many here who were good-but-not-great, who often acted as support on missions, and they too were due for potential enhancement. Last was the vibrant Rikku, a girl whose agility and speed were not often seen among the ranks, but there was certainly a valid representation, making her a late addition to the group. Of course, 'enhancements' was a very wide word that could mean a great litany of things. It could be better weaponry or performance potions, sure, but why not more? Why not longer lasting drugs? Why not a mutated body? The idea of students coming to this school for education was hardly a ruse - they were here to be weapons, raised under the banner of a private military, even if many didn't realize that's what the end-game was about. After talking a few months ago with the Headmaster, Hojo had received the green light for an entirely new style of testing, with proper funding and silent understanding that if results could be consistently produced going forward, the ends would justify the means. If there had to be...sacrifices along the way, they just had to be sacrificed quietly. He had the approval to do all that he wished, and after a few months of using that funding to set up the coming experimentations and to study everything ahead of time as well as one could, today it was finally time. We'll worry about those in a moment, Hojo spoke, walking toward the group now, his voice raising to cover the distance. We must attend to something else first - two somethings. As his steps brought him closer on the clean, sterile floor his voice would recede back to its normal volume. Clipboard at one side, he came to stand before the quartet, eyeing each with a simple calmness, almost oblivious of the warm flesh and soft curves that peeked out of so many places in their clothing - almost. Today was a day for science these were his lab mice, his guinea pigs, his fluffy little bunny rabbits to do with as exploration wills. Neither of those two things, by the way, was a proper introduction. Both parties here knew as much as they needed to. Stand in a line, come. He adjusted his glasses, then looked to his clipboard. Fingering through the first few pages, Tifa, Yuna, Selphie, Rikku, in that order. Each of you kneel down with your head lowered.