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Hello everyone! Just a quick note to let you know that I am on vacation this week with my family! I will try to be on as often as I can though!
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Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
((Helen Jekyll Repost of the Glasgow Field Trip, and reply:))
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Together, Helen and Henry ate their remaining two courses before returning to their cabin.
They spent the remainder of the trip continuing their exchange of questions and arrived at Glasgow a few hours later without incident.
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"Is this it?" asked Helen, her face nearly pressed to the glass as she peered out the window, grinning.
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"Ay," replied Henry as a the train pulled into Gallowgate Station. "'Tis."
They gathered their belongings.
"Let's stick close by each other," he advised. "And do watch out for pickpockets. The stations are rife with them."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Helen nodded once in understanding and moved closer to him.
"Alright... thought it really is too bad some of them have to live like that," She sighed as they began to exit the train, "I'd simply give them the money, if I could."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"I know," sympathized Henry, as they exited the train. "But Glasgow's not the place to do that sort of thing," he warned. "You'll invite a mugging, or worse. The children work for some truly unsavory characters," he illuminated.
"There are some charities in town which do good work, though," he continued as they walked down Gallowgate. "You'd be much better off donating to those, if you're inclined."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
"Are you sure the money goes to the right places?" Helen questioned rather anxiously, unable to help but feel her spirits sink.
Those poor, poor children... 
She thought and leaned against Henry.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"With certain of the charities, yes," he replied, and put his arm around her.
They arrived at Trongate before long, and checked into the Tontine Hotel.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Wow, this is absolutely amazing!" She exclaimed quietly and squeezed Henry's arm.
Beaming, Helen seemed to be trying to look at everything at once as they approached their room.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
They stepped beneath arches topped with comically grotesque stone heads and entered the hotel's Piazza, home of its restaurant and Coffee Rooms. They made their way to the front desk beyond and picked up their room key, then headed upstairs to settle in.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Helen stepped into their shared room and began to explore the space in a flurry of motion before coming to rest on the edge of her bed.
"I can't believe we get this whole room to ourselves," She grinned, crossing her legs, "You'll have to tell me if it was as nice to stay in as it looks, when I'm back tomorrow."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"We don't have to leave until half past ten tomorrow morning," offered Henry, taking a seat in the chair near the writing desk. "You could enjoy it a bit yourself, if you like."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Oh, wonderful! Over three hours would be plenty of time." Helen replied while she dug out her small pocket watch, her cheeriness fading as she checked the time.
"Well, it looks as if my turn's just about up," She told Henry, her smile tinted with sadness.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"It is, at that," Henry commiserated, sad to see her go.
"See you tomorrow, Helen," he said, giving her hand a squeeze.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"See you then, Henry," She responded softly, shedding her jacket and shoes and stepping into the bathroom.
She had nearly closed the door when a sudden thought caused her to pause.
"How thin do you think the walls are?" A frown curled her lips, betraying her worry.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Thick enough," said Henry, rising and taking a pillow from one of the beds, "but, here." He proffered it to her. "Should you have need of it."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
"Thank you, Henry." She hugged the pillow to her chest. "You've been absolutely perfect..."
With that, she closed the door and sat on the floor with her face buried in the pillow, closing her eyes.
Alright, your turn, Hela.
Her counterpart stirred, sounding rather irked. I am aware.
Helen sighed. You can't play games this time. This has to be quick.
A pause.
And please don't give Henry a hard time.
Your wish is my command, Jekyll. Came Hela's response, practically dripping with disdain.
A fiery sensation had sparked in Helen's gut, more warmth than anything as it spread to her limbs. Then, just as Hela fell silent again, the heat flared into a searing pain and Helen couldn't help but cry out, the sound thankfully muffled by the pillow she gripped with trembling hands.
Shudders wracked her body, rapidly growing in intensity with the pain, and suddenly seemed as if her lungs had closed up.
I hope this was quiet enough, was all Helen could think before she fell into unconsciousness.
....
Hela found herself curled up on the cold floor, the pillow clutched to her chest.
With an irritable growl, she stood and threw the pillow aside.
God d*mned doctor...
It took only a minute to properly adjust her clothing and, soon after, she left the bathroom.
"Hello, Dr. Jekyll," Hela addressed him flatly, leaving the door open behind her.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
He smiled to see her.
"Hello, Miss Hyde," he replied, without an ounce of irony. "You may call me Henry, if you wish."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"It's Hela. And I'll stick with Jekyll, thanks," She returned irritably, folding her arms across her chest as she looked him over.
Seeming rather dissatisfied, she wrinkled her nose. "You aren't all that different from Lewis."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"As you wish, Hela," said Henry, to her first statement. No need to make her uncomfortable.
"Oh?" he asked to her second, inclining his head curiously.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
Hela mirrored the movement, though her head pointed in the opposite direction.
"You look like him..." She began, her gaze flickering to his graying temples, "...but just a lot older and more chipper."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Hm," nodded Henry at her observation.
"That's...fair," he concluded, and wore a soft smile.
He looked over Hela's features, taking them in.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
Noticing his eyes studying her, she scowled, her cheeks tinting red.
"Haven't you learned staring is rude?" Hela snapped, turning her head aside.
"Besides," She added in a murmur, "You've probably seen me enough as Lewis to last a bloody lifetime."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"But it's only what you've just done..." said Henry, confusion apparent on his face, along with a trace of stifled hurt.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
"Well, I'm not some old man in a hotel room checking out a woman who's half his age and his great granddaughter."
She looked back to him and seemed to realized suddenly just how close Henry was, quickly stepping back.
"And after all, you were more than willing to hurt me or pin me down several times before..." Her arms drew tighter around her chest. "It's not like I'm strong enough to stop you."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Hela, it's...it's because I'm your great-great grandfather that there's nothing wrong with it. I don't think of you in any sort of...improper manner," he stated apologetically, seeming aghast at the very thought. "I'm family and a physician; I just wanted to..."
He sighed, and stopped.
"You have my mother's eyes, is all."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
She blinked, self-consciously touching a hand to her face, just below her left eye, and adverting her gaze.
"That can't be possible, I'm too far down the line... and a Hyde, at that." Hela countered hesitantly, "Loads of people have blue eyes, that's... probably where the similarities end."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
And there's no scientific reason Edward should have such dark eyes, when these are green. Yet it's so, he thought, but did not say. With a Hyde, many an odd thing is possible.
"Perhaps you're right," said Henry.
He did not meet her gaze, as she apparently found it unsettling.
"My apologies if I've given offense, Hela," he said sincerely.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Offense?" repeated Hela, her pitch raising with surprise.
She shook her head slowly after a moment. "No, I... just don't understand you." She admitted, "You don't seem entirely..." Her gaze flickered to meet his for a moment. "...human."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
Henry looked relieved when Hela stated he'd not offended her.
"I...don't know what I am, precisely," he admitted. Probably a cosmic joke. "Just a...person, I suppose," he said with a somewhat self-conscious shrug and the barest ghost of a laugh. "In a room...in Glasgow. With you."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
"See, it's that last bit that makes me feel like I should be armed..."
She dropped her hand from her cheek and brushed it against her sheathless hip, drumming her fingers.
"But the subject of your being aside, did you have anything planned for today or are we just going to stand around until dark?"
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Actually," said Henry, "I thought you might like to see the town? Its parks, museums, restaurants. But I am perfectly open to suggestion, Hela. This is your excursion, too, after all. What would you like to do?" he asked, a pleasant smile on his face.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Hela considered the question, her reponses brief as she rattled off the first things that came to mind.
"Kill people. Eat food. Climb things. Burn stuff. Explore places."
"Of course," She added with a slight twinkle in her eye, "It doesn't necessarily have to be in that order."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
For a moment, Henry's eyebrows shot up.
Remarkable. Just add shagging and drinking, and it's...
"I do believe some of those will be tenable, and some...will not," stated Henry slowly.
"There are many places to explore. And plenty to climb, particularly if you include buildings."
He paused, considering his words.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"It's the eating, isn't it?
Hela sighed heavily, seeming to wilt as she just barely managed to hold back a smile.
"I should've known I had my hopes too high... I bet there's nothing edible in a twenty mile radius, with my luck..."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"What?" asked Henry, taking a moment to absorb what she'd said.
"Oh, no, there are--Glasgow has quite a range of restaurants," he reassured. "Port city, you know. Everything from fine dining to cafes to hole-in-the-wall pubs to the odd ethnic place. You have your choices."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
The urge to smile vanished as it became apparent Henry hadn't realized she was joking.
"So, that leaves just arson and murder..." observed Hela, reverting back to the same flat tone she first addressed him with, 
"...and I assume you're not open to either of those pastimes, being the perfectly good," She rolled her eyes. "Dr. Jekyll."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Oh, wait, were you joking?" asked Henry. The realization had only just struck him, by the looks of it. "I'm sorry, Hela," he said with a shake of his head. "I'm afraid I was so caught up in trying to--well, never mind." If he was anything like Helen, he was no doubt silently berating himself for his mistake.
"It's...it's arson I'd really advise against," he said. "On the off chance you'd like to come back to Glasgow sometime, it'd be good to have the city still extant." There was no malice in the perfectly serious manner in which he spoke. Was he joking, perhaps?
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Hela dipped her head ever so slightly to one side.
"I suppose it would be better to leave the citizens of this town shaken from a massacre than have them all die in ash and smoke and flame."
"After all," She reasoned with all the cool dispassion of someone discussing the weather, "The first would leave witnesses to remember the killings and constantly fear their repeat, while the second would leave little to no survivors to recall the horrors of it all."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Hela..." said Henry, concern, worry, and mild alarm patent on his face as he met her gaze again.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Yes, my good doctor?" chirped Hela, a sickly-sweet smile on her lips as she clasped her hands behind her back in a rather Helen-like manner.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"If you leave witnesses, the police will find you," he said, a haunted look in his eye.
"I...I don't want to lose you, Hela," he said, drawing closer.
"Please don't do anything that'd get you caught," he besought her.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
Hela immediately shrank back, her muscles tensing to either fight or flee.
Blinking at Henry, she belatedly realized what she had done and chuckled to herself, shutting her eyes as she forced herself to relax.
"That's funny," She began, flashing a smile that didn't reach her eyes as she met his gaze, "Because I would be overjoyed to lose you."
Fiery passion sparked in her eyes and her body grew taut once more.
"Do you understand that? You mean nothing to me. Not you. Not Lewis. Not anyone."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
"I know," he acknowledged, nodding as he stifled his hurt with logic.
She was a Hyde. It would be odd for her to care for him, particularly given that she and "Lewis" didn't seem to get on well, and she likely held that against him.
"That's alright."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Hmp," She grunted, dissatisfaction plain in her expression.
Tension drained from her body and she appeared tamer now that her outburst ended, if still rather irritable.
"Well, I wouldn't waste your energy worrying about me evading the police," Hela muttered and shoved her hands into her pockets, "I've dealt with far more advanced forensics in the doctor's time."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
He sighed, relieved.
"Then as long as Helen's never killed anyone--anyone here," he corrected himself, "you ought to be safe...for now."
In Helen.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
A smirk twitched at the corner of her lips.
"Do you mean... here as in Glasgow or here meaning the general time period?" She asked with casual interest, leaning back against the wall behind her.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
"The...time period," answered Henry, leaning on his cane.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Then I'm afraid that I am not 'safe for now', as you had assumed," Hela informed him matter-of-factly, crossing her arms across her chest and grinning.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
The bottom dropped out of Henry's stomach at that. He paled, panic lacing his blood with adrenaline.
"What?" he managed, the sound strained, almost choked.
His left hand came up to rest over his mouth in shock and dismay.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Hela's grin only grew at the reaction she had caused.
"You heard me right."
She chuckled, rather pleased with herself.
"Your lovely granddaughter Helen has already taken a life, in this timeline, and did nothing to cover her tracks."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
Expletives raced through his mind as he grappled with the revelation, struggling to find words with which to respond which wouldn't make a sailor blush.
Belatedly, he remembered the calming technique.
Breathe.
In...
Out...
Just breathe.
He closed his eyes, and continued doing just that, leaning rather heavily on his walking stick.
"Please tell me it wasn't London," he said at last, grossly unsettled, eyelids still shut.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Love to, doctor, but I don't see a need to lie at the moment." responded Hela, regarding his reaction with an ever growing mixture of amusement and curiosity.
"While I don't remember all the details, it was only about a half-hour stumble away from the Society... so at most three miles, I'd say."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Sh*t."
He put a hand to his forehead.
Breathed in.
Breathed out.
"What led her to do so?" he asked in one breath, gripping the walking stick tightly.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"I did, of course. What else?" said Hela simply, dipping her head forward.
"She wanted to go to a party... so I had her pay for the time."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
Henry fell silent.
He took a moment.
Several, in fact.
He'd gone white to the very knuckle.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Hela took the opportunity to cautiously make her way around him, keeping out of arms reach.
"You doing alright, grandpa?" She asked with a note of mirth to her voice and made herself comfortable on one of the two beds.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
From the very brink, there came an insight.
He let out a breath slowly. Relaxed his grip on his cane.
Nodded, as if to himself.
Opened his eyes, but didn't turn to face her.
"I feel sorry for you, Hela," he said, all trace of anger gone.
"Self-hatred is an ugly thing."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
"That's a rather sudden change of topic, don't you think?" muttered Hela flatly, lowering her gaze as unease stirred within her chest.
"We had been discussing the details of Helen's first kill."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"On the contrary," answered Henry, turning to face her, "I've not switched subjects in the slightest.
"You manipulated Helen into killing someone so she could have time to herself--to share with her friends without endangering them, unless I miss my guess.
"But what does that accomplish?
"It robs you of an otherwise impregnable sanctuary. Where will you flee when they come for you, if Helen's wanted by the law as well? It's self-destruction at its most insidious."
His gaze conveyed a pity beyond words.
"I'm sorry you hate yourself.
"Know that I don't hate you."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Hela shifted uncomfortably beneath his gaze and scowled, "You say that like it should mean something..."
"And I'm not going to get caught," She insisted stubbornly, though doubt briefly flickered across her face, "I don't need the doctor to hide behind."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"It means something to me," said Henry simply.
She spoke further.
"I hope that's true, Hela. I truly do," he said with understated solemnity, serious as a funeral.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Well, I hope you won't be worrying like this the entire time," She grumbled under her breath as she slid off the bed, standing.
"So, because you believe I hate myself, you... don't care anymore about the doctor killing?" asked Hela, equal parts disgruntled and skeptical.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"It's in my nature to worry, Hela," stated Henry. "Though I don't always need to voice it," he allowed.
"As for Helen killing someone...I do care, insofar as I'm concerned for her and your safety, and her mental wellbeing. But, beyond that..."
He shrugged.
"What's done is done, and cannot be altered.
"I'm truly the last person to judge," he owned.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Hm... I suppose you were the first in the family to commit such crimes..." Hela remarked, "The doctor is merely following in your footsteps." She chuckled softly. "Just look at how well that's working out for her."
With a flourish, she turned her back to him and walked to the door that led out of their room, her feet still clad only in socks.
"Idle chatter aside, I believe you had spoken of buildings to climb and foods to eat?"
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
She spoke.
Rome was not built in a day, Hela, thought Henry. And the ebbing tide must turn at last.
Outwardly, he simply shrugged.
She continued.
"Indeed," he answered her question, then asked his own: "Would you like to eat before you exercise, or the reverse?"
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Reverse. Don't want to be tired out for my introduction to your more dangerous half and dinner will allow me time to rest," returned Hela somewhat earnestly, her eagerness bordering on impatience.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Very well, then," he agreed. "I'm ready to go when you are."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Hela turned back to him and grinned before taking off running down the hall, leaving the door to their room wide open behind her.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
"Ohhh dear," said Henry to himself.
Hela's action wasn't entirely unexpected, but he'd been hoping she'd at least wait till later to take it.
He sighed...then laughed...and left the room, ensuring the door was locked.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Taking the hallway to her right, Hela worked to put some distance between herself and the doctor.
Time to see how fast the old man can move, She thought, unable to keep a grin off her face at the idea of him hobbling along after her, exhilaration surging in her chest.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
The hallway ended in a T-intersection with another.
Hela could go left, or she could go right, more rooms in either direction.
Behind her, she could hear the door to their room close and the bolt slide into the lock.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Hela took a left, neither slowing nor looking back.
Which way was the exit again?
The doctor had spent too much time staring at the decor to remember the twists and turns.
She mentally shrugged. Oh well. I'll find one eventually.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
As Hela ran on, she was faced with another choice: Continue straight or turn left.
Henry, meanwhile, was pursuing his own route.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Choosing to continue down her current route, Hela ran past the turn, building up speed.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
At the end of the hall was a stairwell, leading to the stories above and the ground floor below.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
Hela grinned wider and took the staircase down, still moving at a run.
Bingo.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
As she came to the bottom of the stairs, two options presented themselves: She could either take a small door, to her right, leading who knew where, or she could make a dash to her left, through the restaurant, and head for the street they'd trod before. The former led who knew where. The latter would give Henry--if he was following--a longer window of opportunity to catch sight of her.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
With barely a glance at the door, Hela slipped on her enchanted bracelet and sprinted for the street, only chuckling at the protests of those she passed.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
A waiter spilled a tray full of fresh tea on himself as she brushed past him and reached the street.
She headed left, with the flow of foot traffic, and shortly came to a crossroads. Glasgow Cross, in fact.
She could continue straight on, or she could take the street to her left or her right.
Or, alternatively, try to duck into another building.
Not too far distant, a train sounded its whistle.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
Reaching the crossroads, Hela hesitated, looking at each street in turn as she tried to think of where to head next.
Middle is the train station from earlier, left is Hell knows where, right is Hell knows where-
Hela glanced behind her.
God, f*ck it.
She darted across the street to her right and followed the road, her pace beginning to slow.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
Almost immediately, the road she'd chosen split into two streets, one veering off to the left while the other narrowed and continued on.
She chose the narrower one, Saltmarket. Hugging the buildings to her right, she soon came to a crossroads. Four different streets, all at odd angles to each other, lay before her. She could go left, straight, fork right, or take a hard right.
A train rumbled by overhead.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
Hela frowned at yet another split, jogging down the left hand street with a slight shake of her head.
Goodbye, sense of direction. Hello, maze. She thought, sighing.
Her breathing was growing heavier with her continued movement.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
This led her down Saint Andrew Street, which ended, quite naturally, at Saint Andrew Square, in the middle of which sat the venerable old church for which it was named.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Hela slowed her pace to a jog, then a walk as she approached the church.
Good a place to stop as any, She thought, opening the front door and stepping inside.
"Hello?" Her voice was urgent, growing in volume as she looked around, "Is anyone in here? Hello?"
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
Hela had come at an off time, it seemed, for there was no one in sight.
The sound of footsteps approaching echoed in the otherwise empty church.
Shortly, a man entered the nave. He was not quite Hela's height but half again her weight, and wore a pastor's garments. He was easily in his sixties, with a shock of white hair, and wore a thick pair of spectacles.
"Good day, lad," he greeted her, apparently in need of glasses thicker still.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Oh, thank goodness!"
Deciding not to correct his mistake, she rushed forward and took each of his hands in her own, barely managing to keep her lips from curling in disgust from the touch.
"Please, you must help me, kind sir! There's a man who's after me and I'm already exhausted from running this far!" She pleaded, allowing her legs to bend at the knee so she wouldn't stand above the pastor.
"Would you be so generous as to let me seek sanctuary here?"
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Have you committed a crime?" he asked.
After all, this was Glasgow, not Paris.
"And is he a lawman?" he added, eyeing the "lad" warily.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
"N-No, of course not, sir!" She frowned deeply, her eyes widening in horror at the very thought.
"I'm his granddaughter..."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Granddaughter?" echoed the churchman. He adjusted his glasses, took them off, wiped them, and put them back on.
"Oh! Gracious, woman, where's your skirt?" he exclaimed, face reddening as he turned his gaze away, though whether he was blushing or irate was up for debate.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Her own cheeks turned a very dark shade of pink. "I-I had to wear pants, s-so I could disguise myself and run away..."
She tucked her chin and clasped her hands together in shame. "I'm sorry, s-sir..."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
"One moment," said the pastor, and excused himself.
After a few minutes, he returned with a woman of middling years, her face craggy but her step spry. She was perhaps Helen's height, but of sturdy build. Her dress was sober, her expression neutral.
"This is Mrs. Craig," he introduced her. "She'll see to you."
With that, he returned to his office.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Hela felt a twinge of annoyance, giving a quick curtsy to the newcomer to hide the shift in expression.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, ma'am," She said with a timid smile, touching a hand to her wrist and fiddling with her bracelet, "Are you... going to help me?"
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"I may do," replied Mrs. Craig.
"What's your name, lass?" she asked, eyebrow raising slightly as she briefly glanced at the trousers Hela wore.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Ruth. Hela ruth, ma'am." She readily answered, blush still staining her face a deep shade of pink.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Come, Mrs. Ruth," she bade Hela follow. "Let's get you squared away."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Hela trailed behind the woman, giving a brief glance to the door she had come in through before picking up her pace.
With luck, I've lost Henry... She thought, Though keeping up an act here for too long'll be a pain.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
Mrs. Craig led her down a hallway, asking questions as they went.
"So you're another runaway, are you? Any family in Glasgow?"
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"A-Another...?" She trailed off, blinking for a moment, then shook her head as the second question registered. "No ma'am, I'm just hear to v-visit..."
Her hands behind her back, she drummed her fingers impatiently against her arm.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
The elder woman stopped short, turning to face "Mrs. Ruth".
"So you're no runaway, you've no family in Glasgow, and you're just here in the city to visit," she repeated, scrutinizing Hela's face as she gazed up into it.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Hela swallowed hard, flashing a nervous smile.
"N-No ma'am, I just m-meant I have no family here," She explained and took a slight step back, "My grandfather took me h-here and I'm trying to keep a-away from him..."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"So you're visiting the city with your grandfather--meaning you do have family here," stated Mrs. Craig, stifling her emotions but still looking ever so slightly irritated despite that. This whole incident was taking rather too long and proving unusually complicated. "But you've disguised yourself and run away from him, which is why you have on trousers. That right?"
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"I thought... you meant living here, ma'am..." She started meekly, "We just... took a train... he doesn't... have a house here or..."
Hela fell silent, shrinking under her steely gaze and answering in an even softer voice:
"Yes ma'am, I dressed l-like a boy to get a-away from h-him, ma'am..."
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"So I see." The undertone of her voice had shifted from irritation to mere efficiency.
"What'd he do to you, and do you think he'll come lookin'?" she asked, her mind nearly made up.
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Y-Yes m-ma'am..."
She clutched at her shirt, opening her mouth a few times before closing it again.
Finally, she answered, "H-He h-hurt m-me, m-ma'am... h-hit m-me w-with t-things... a-a-and h-held m-me d-down o-on t-the f-floor..." Her eyes were now filled with tears, staring wide without seeing anything in front of her.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
Mrs. Craig's expression softened; then she regained her composure.
She patted Hela on the hand.
"There now, Mrs. Ruth. Where's your hometown? We'll write your husband and sort this out."
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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Hela flinched at the touch, though she hoped it would seem like the woman had startled her, rather than her finding the human contact uncomfortable.
"L... London, m-ma'am..." She replied, wiping her face on her sleeve.
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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Come along, then," said Mrs. Craig, and led her into a room at the end of the hall.
Inside were various articles of clothing which, by the look of them, had been donated to the church, all of them shabby but serviceable, though perhaps not vermin-free.
There was, however, one exception: a green dress with embroidery made to look like flowers and creeping vines, which hung apart from the other garments, in a separate corner of the room. It didn't look new, but it did look clean, and only lightly used.
In the middle of the room was a freestanding screen, for modesty's sake.
Against the near wall was a small writing desk.
"Change into something proper and I'll get a letter to Mr. Ruth straight away," Mrs. Craig reassured, taking a seat at the desk. "You have your pick of things."
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Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
((Flint Broadmayer Sorry we didn't get a chance to finish Flint's intro earlier. Here's a repost of the last few replies, if you'd like to continue:))
Jekyll1886 Flint Broadmayer • 9 days ago
"Ah, very good, then," he returned, smile warming at that.
"May I see the letter, if you don't mind?"
Flint Broadmayer Jekyll1886 • 9 days ago
"Of course." He extended the hand that clutched the letter with a curt smile.
Jekyll1886 Flint Broadmayer • 7 days ago
He quickly skimmed the letter, noted Jekyll's signature at the bottom, and handed it back to Flint with a relieved smile.
"Thank you, Dr. or Mr. Broadmayer," he said, opening the door wide for Flint and stepping out of the way, bracing his right foot against his cane as he did so. "Which should I call you?" he asked, not wishing to offend.
"Dr. Lewis Weir, by the by," he added, realizing he'd forgotten to introduce himself. He extended a hand to shake Broadmayer's.
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Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
((Helen Jekyll (("If I don't, you'll be searching for that corkscrew for days." She stabbed the cork with her knife, the blade sinking about an inch down. Slowly turning the bottle and pulling up on the knife, she began to open it.
[Thanks, she tries. XD Oh dear... o-O]
A flicker of fear and surprise passed over her expression, quickly being replaced with anger. 
"Don't you dare." She snarled, whatever triumph she had managed before, gone. "It's the doctor's weakness, not mine."))
(( "Thank you." Catt quietly watched her work at the cork.
[Love that zany girl! ^u^]
Sozo rolled his eyes.
"Jail bird doesn't like having a weakness from her brain-twin used against her? Surprise, surprise. Not like it was news though.
C'mon, if you're wanting to do anything before we head back we should start by getting out of this alley." He gestured down the passage toward the street.
Of course he had already known about the siamese-brained twins aversion to puns, Catt had lamented about it to him when she'd first found out months ago. ))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
(("Hm."
With a soft pop, the cork was out and Hela set the bottle on the counter. "Done. Drink up."
Despite the teasing, her tension drained away at the changing of topics.
He's not going to do it. She realized with surprise.
"Alright..." Hela muttered, casting a wary glance in his direction as she passed by to head to the street.
[Hela is currently torn between yelling in exhilarated relief and running as far away as she can and hiding from Sozo.]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
(( Catt quickly served the drink into the glasses.
"After you?" She offered one to Hela, the liquid shimmering in the light.
Sozo followed up behind her, content to let her wander where she would until it was time to head back to the Society for the night.
[Well, if she tries to run she'll just get caught again. Plus the yelling would certainly surprise him. XD]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
((Much like with Catt's thank you, Hela only responded with a curt hum, taking the glass and sipping its contents with a slight roll of her eyes. 
"It's too sweet." Her nose wrinkled slightly.
Hela stepped onto the street and began naturally making her way down the sidewalk, observing the shops that ran along the side with a slight smile.
[*alarm is going off* Hela's gonna try a thing. D:]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( "Really?" Catt sniffed at the ruby substance in the glass. The odour stung her eyes, but it was far too late to be backing out now. And wasn't it a sign of camaraderie to share a drink with a friend?
The Raspberry Liquor stung her her mouth, and as soon as it touched her throat she had to fight gagging. The aroma and flavour were savoury enough, but the drink burned like breathing smoke and the sensation brought tears to her eyes.
A coughing fit claimed her next few minutes of awareness upon swallowing.
Keeping close enough to make a grab for if she decided to bolt again, Sozo followed her path. Ever watchful.
[Oh? *plugs ears because loud*]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
((Her eyes briefly widened at the sight of Catt's coughing, followed by a slight tilt of her head. 
"Oh. Perhaps you should've started with something not so strong." She stated simply, drinking again from her own glass with a smirk. "I don't mind the burn myself. The serums fire is that tenfold."
After making it about halfway down the block, Hela causally glanced backwards and frowned faintly at the sight of Sozo. Continuing on her way, her alarm seemed to grow as with every glance backward, he was still there.
[Yep! I have no idea if it's going to work. *buries alarm in pillows*]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( Catt just leaned on the counter, catching her breath, at most managing a nod.
She was looking back too often, and acting too afraid. Whatever she was planning, he didn't want to end up on the receiving end of it.
Quickly stepping up beside her, he slid his fingers inside the magical bracelet that still rested on her wrist and dropped his gaze to the ground.
"If you try anything, you will find out just how many puns I've learned during my time here."
[Dude is sharp. *unplugs ears* Unless she wants to be carried home in the teeth of an irate zebra, she may want to reconsider.]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
(("Here, I'll top you off," Hela chuckled, taking the bottle and refilling her glass to the top, "On the count of three, we both down our drinks, alright?" She began putting more in her own glass.
Hela went rigid, the mere mention of the dreaded wordplay, accompanied his touch, was enough to send a genuine shudder through her entire body. It took all she had to keep walking.
Speaking became impossible with her trembling breaths, so she merely nodded her understanding.
[That... would be something...]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( Catt tried to hurriedly tell Hela that she'd had enough, but only managed to start another gagging coughing fit. She shook her head, trying to signal no while her body tried to clear her throat.
"That's better." He let go of her arm, but stayed next to her, careful that he didn't bump into her by accident.
[And in public no less! Does the lad have no shame? X3 ]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
((Hela had to surpress a grin, her eyes twinkling. "Come on, Hatter. You wouldn't want to let me down, would you?"
She stumbled, constantly rubbing the spot where his fingers had rested on her skin and trying to remember how to breathe properly as her heart beat rapidly.
When black spots began to speckle her vision, she made a sudden, rather clumsy dash for one of the shop fronts, fearing she'd fall unconscious without something to support her.
[XDDDD Just imagine the newspaper headlines!]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
(( Catt let out a hoarse whimper, her expression a mix of pain, disgust, and fear. Why on earth would people drink this? She thought. Why does she do this kind of thing to me? I probably deserve it, sharing a drink was my idea. My own, stupid, idea.
She stood upright and raised her now full glass.
"Hey, you okay?" Sozo asked softly, coming close, but not reaching out to her.
[XDX Probably something frantic and closed minded about magic/science. "Shapeshifter kidnaps Scientist! Has the alliance finally started to crumble???"]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
(("One... two... three!" Hela raised her glass then began gulping down her drink, noting Catt's expression with a touch of satisfaction.
"Heart..." She whispered, pressing her forehead to the wall, her own voice sounding miles away. Her eyes shut briefly, the momentary lack of concentration enough for her legs to give out.
[XDDD Perfect!]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( Catt wordlessly brought the glass to her lips, and tried to match Hela's drinking rate. Even when her throat and lungs forced her to cough mid-swallow, she kept going until the glass was drained.
She held a hand over her mouth to keep from retching on the counter.
Sozo hurriedly crouched next to her, still minding touch.
"Hela? Focus on your breathing." He spoke firmly, but gently. "Can you do that? Breathe deep, and slow. In, two, three, four, out two three four." He kept guiding her as much as he could without actual touch. He briefly wondered if that's what had set her off, but quickly returned his focus to damage control.
[*bows, bows* Thank you! :D I hope she's gonna be alright... :/ ]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
((Hela set her glass aside and chuckled softly. As much as she disliked drinking, the one glass of alcohol was more than worth seeing Catt like this.
"Having trouble keeping down your liquor?"
With shuddering breaths, she followed his count, drawing in on herself. While being curled into a ball didn't help with breathing, it provided some sort of protection from external dangers and therefore calmed her rattled nerves.
"I'm fine... space...?"
[She's fine, she just starts to get into this positive feedback loop sometimes. ^-^]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( Catt had her eyes shut against the fire that burned all the way down to her stomach and kept her lungs from being able to take in oxygen.
She coughed and red started dripping from her nose.
Sozo leaned back to give her some air.
"You sure?"
[Positive? Doesn't seem so 'positive' to me. :T]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
(("Are you... bleeding, Catt?"
Her brow furrowed in confusion.
Even if it's her first drink, she shouldn't have that bad of a reaction... unless...
Hela blinked, realizing what must've happened with a growl.
"You tried to poison me!"
She nodded and touched a hand to her chest, "Yeah... it's slower now."
[I think it's considered positive in the sense that whatever is happening ends up growing exponentially... which for things like this, isn't very good at all. ^^']))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( "H-uh? No!" She croaked, snorting to try to clear the burning from her sinuses and accidentally spraying tiny droplets of red on the counter. "Oops. No, I-I think my coughing sent the stuff up my nose."
Everything burned and smelled like sour raspberries, she swallowed over and over, gasping for air and struggling not to cough again as she got a cloth to wipe down the counter.
Breathing an internal sigh of relief, he stood with a grunt.
"That's good. We probably should get moving if you're wanting to do anything fun before we head back."
[Ah, that makes sense. Poor girl.]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
((Hela stepped back, eyeing the blood warily and scowling.
"You're lying! You drank from the wrong glass!"
Being careful not to cut herself, she forced the cork off of the tip of her borrowed knife.
"That's what I've been trying to do..." She muttered under her breath, standing up, before meeting his gaze, "I thought I'd head to the park."
[She really should see a doctor about her heart...]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( Catt coughed into her hand, gasping for breath over the sink.
"I d-don't lie!" she croaked, every word grating against her throat like fruit-scented sand. "I don't- I'd ne-ver poison you, I c-care about you!"
"Sounds good."
[She really should. I'm sure Dr. Henry would be willing to help her if she asked.]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
(("You've lied before, Hatter!" She snarled and stepped up to Catt, "And you're lying to me now!"
Hela still held the knife, the blade pointed towards the ground as she shoved her back.
"You only care about the doctor!"
Hela walked with Sozo to the park without incident, only gradually picking up speed.
[Yeah... Maybe I can have her head down to the infirmary sometime for a checkup.]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( Catt stumbled backwards, only saved from falling to the floor by the counter biting into her back. Anything she tried to say was cut off by another vigorous bout of coughing.
"The park is nice." He said, looking over the grassy fields and flowerbeds.
[Please do, I'd rather she not suffer for longer than she needs to!]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
((Hela recoiled from the coughing and winced, looking slightly annoyed.
"Say it, don't hack out your lungs..."
She nodded and approached a tree, wearing the faintest of smiles. "Yeah. It is."
[I'm with you on that. Don't worry, I'll take care of my child!]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( "Care...'bout you -too." Catt said between coughing and gasping for air. She braced herself against the corner of the counter.
Sozo followed her, content to say nothing unless spoken to.
[T^T Please do! *hugs Huffle*]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
(("Only because you no doubt believe me to be the doctor, only with her mind clouded by the serum and such." Her grip on the knife's handle tightened, but she didn't move closer. 
"I'm just sick, aren't I? Something you need to help the poor pitiful doctor through, something to fix."
Stripping off her shoes and socks, Hela sat at the base of the tree, leaning back against it.
"How long 'till I have to be back?" She asked, closing her eyes and breathing in the smell of nature.
[*Huffle makes happy noises*]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( Finally regaining control over her breath, Catt stood upright and looked Hela in the face sadly.
"There is nothing to 'fix' about you. You are yourself, and I still consider you my friend." She licked at the red under her nose. "And you deserve to live and be happy and have friends."
Sozo checked the position of the sun.
"About three hours."
[^u^]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
((Hela shifted uneasily and growled, seeming to almost bare her teeth as she spoke.
"What decides whether or not someone deserves those things, provided they even wanted them?"
"Hm. Wake me then..." She paused for a moment, then opened an eye. "And I'd prefer if you did so without touch."
[*Huffle offers you a flower in exchange for the lovely hugs*]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( "I dunno. I guess friendship is given by people to folks they think deserve it." Catt looked at the sink, still wanting to clean up the mess she'd made while it was still wet.
"What, you want me to sing you awake?" He scoffed.
[0u0* ^u^* *enjoys the flower and thanks her*]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited
(("And... why do you think I deserve your friendship?" She rested her knife on the counter, and though her hand still hovered over its handle, it was an improvement from her white knuckles grip from before.
"Is it some sort of punishment? Or a way to try and bring out the doctor?"
"Whatever works, snow-cap." She closed her eye again. "I'm sure your singing voice would be more than enough to startle me awake."
[*Huffle beams and offers another flower* *If it made you happy the first time, surely you'd be even happier with two!*]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( "I just don't want you to feel lonely!" Catt burst out, sorrow cracking her voice. She covered her face with her hands. "Yes I want to spend time with Helen, but it's not worth the price of your existence! You deserve to live and live happily as much as possible! Everyone does!"
"Oh ha-ha jail-bird. Go to sleep already." He grumbled, finding his own seat to watch over her from, while still affording him a view of any approaching threats.
[ *^u^* Hee-hee~ Thank you Huffle! *hugs* Did you want to end the Park scene here?]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
((Her voice dropped to the back of her throat. "I don't feel lonely. I don't want your company." 
She gritted her teeth, letting out the last couple words in a hiss. 
"I am happier without you, Hatter!"
Hela chuckled softly and settled down, soon dozing peacefully to the sounds of the birds and the smell of flowers.
[*Huffle snuggles up and hums a happy tune.*
Sure!]))
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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( "Do... do you really only want Helen, and Dr. Weir for company?" She asked just as quietly, trying not to cry. "For the only people in your life to be prison guards, for the rest of your life?"
End Scene For now~
[*Happy humming all around* Keen.]))
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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago
(("I am not going to stay here for the rest of my life... One way or another, I am going to get away and I'm going to be perfectly happy without anyone with me, guard or otherwise." Hela informed her, unwavering in her belief for the future, "And the sooner you get out of my way, the better."
[*Huffle crafts a flower crown and puts it on your head*]))
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RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
(Thought I would actually join in on the roleplaying today. If any of you want to say hi to Jamie or Rose, or have an idea that you need either of them or both of them for, then just let me know. X3)
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
((Just want to see how Griffin would interact with Jamie, if that's alright?))
Griffin saw the tall woman in the library one morning, after an unsuccessful search for Belasis' Human Anatomical Anthology. Coincidentally, that very book was in the stack she was carrying to the check-out desk. He sidled over to her, and while she wasn't looking, yanked the book from her pile. He had been looking for this book for a week, how on earth did she find it?
He was about to turn quickly and leave, until he felt a firm hand on his shoulder.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
(Of course it's alright. X3)
(Also if I take ages to reply, don't worry I haven't forgotten about the rp. X3)
Jamie glared down at the older lodger, her ruby eyes blazing with anger, while she held the remaining books under her left arm.
"Hand over the book." The brown haired sexologist growled.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
"Aheheh..." Griffin laughed, unfazed. "No. I won't. I've been looking for this book for a while, and I deserve to have it."
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Mz.Hyde Mod  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
Oh really?~
*Mz. Hyde takes the floating book out of the hands of the invisible man, a mischievous smirk on her face.* 
Oooo! This looks interesting!~
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Dr. H. Griffin  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
((Okay, as she's entered: I'll say RB goes next then me?
RBDECEPTICON17 ))
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RBDECEPTICON17  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
Jamie looked at Griffin, then at Mz. Hyde, and then back to Griffin...before she dropped him onto the ground, and then turned to look at Mz Hyde.
"Hello Mz. Hyde." She calmly greeted, a small smile on her face.
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Mz.Hyde Mod  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Hello Jamie! How are you doing today?
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RBDECEPTICON17  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago • edited
"I /was/ doing well, until this thief stole the book I was borrowing from the library today." Jamie explained calmly to Mz. Hyde, shaking Griffin's body for emphasis to her words.
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Mz.Hyde Mod  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Yeah he does shit like this ALL the time. This is Dr. Hawley Griffin, our resident invisible asshole.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
Jamie smirked at the other woman's comment.
"I've figured that out pretty quickly, Mz. Hyde." The brown haired sexologist retorted.
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Mz.Hyde Mod  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
*Mz. Hyde smirks back as she scans the book, checking it out in Jamie's name.* 
Due back on the 12th.
*She hands it to her.*
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RBDECEPTICON17  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
Jamie's eyes shined with gratefulness, before she took the book from Mz. Hyde, and then placed it into her brown bag, along with the other books she had gotten for not only herself, but also for Rose, since the poor blonde was too nervous to go out to the library.
She felt so bad for her fellow sexologist.
"So what are you doing at the library today, Mz. Hyde?" The brown haired sexologist asked, curious.
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RBDECEPTICON17  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
(Mz.Hyde)
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Mz.Hyde Mod  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
What anyone does at the library: reading!
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RBDECEPTICON17  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
The brown haired sexologist chuckled at the other woman's words.
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Mz.Hyde Mod  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
So what about this book caught your attention? I've seen lots of other people check this out.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
The brunette suddenly turned stiff before the smaller woman, her face becoming consumed by a hot and crimson blush at Mz. Hyde's question.
"W-Well I...I-It's not for me...a-actually." Jamie stuttered out, before quickly looking away from the other lodger.
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Mz.Hyde Mod  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
It's not? Then who is it-?! Ohhh!~ I think I know~
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RBDECEPTICON17  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
Jamie's eyes quickly met Mz. Hyde knowing ones, as she gulped back the saliva that had been building up in her throat, her heart racing in her chest.
"Y-You do?" She nervously questioned.
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Mz.Hyde Mod  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Yeah~ Did you and Rosie get well acquainted?~ Nudge nudge wink wink?~
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RBDECEPTICON17  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
The brown haired sexologist's upper bent back slightly, her ruby eyes wide in shock at what Mz. Hyde was clearly hinting at, a dark blush coming to her face.
'I wish things could ever go that far between us.' Jamie thought sadly, a sigh escaping her as she stared down at the ground.
"Yes we're getting along well, Mz. Hyde...but not /that/ well." She sadly answered.
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Mz.Hyde Mod  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Well, if you ever need some dating advice, let me know!~
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RBDECEPTICON17  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
Jamie frowned, still staring down at the ground, the blush now gone from the brunette's cheeks.
"I don't think that's gonna be neccessary." The older sexologist muttered sadly.
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Mz.Hyde Mod  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Oh, so you're already putting the moves on her? Nice!
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RBDECEPTICON17  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
Jamie slowly rose her head to look Mz. Hyde in the eyes, her own filled with worry, as she stepped closer to the smaller lodger.
"You can't tell her anything, okay? If she finds out then she'll never trust me around her ever again. She can't know that I feel such things for her. I got that book because she's my friend and partner, /not/ because I love her." The brunette explained to Mz. Hyde, her voice low and desperate as she spoke to the other lodger.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
But Jamie wasn't unfazed as well, her eyes narrowing down at Griffin for a second, before she suddenly grabbed Griffin by the scruff of his collar, lifting him up off of the ground.
"Give back the book,you bloody thief." She growled out.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
The invisible man was quite often surprised, and his being lifted off the ground wasn't an exception. He reacted by the way of an open mouth, a slight yelp and flailing of legs and arms. But he didn't let go of the book.
"Thief? How *wheeze* dare you?!" Griffin protested, albeit with a hanged throat. "You've got plenty of... *hack*... books on that *wheeze* pile of your's!"
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
"You /are/ a thief. You grabbed that book that I was going to be borrowing from this library and then tried to get away from me before I caught you, which might I add, was a terrible mistake on your part. I need that book for my work, and once I have used it, I shall return it back to the library and /then/ you can use it." Jamie explained to Griffin through gritted teeth, not letting go of the older lodger.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
"Um... no?" Griffin replied. "How long are you going to be using it?"
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
"For as long as I need it, which could be a week, maybe more." Jamie responded, anger thick in her voice, her grip tightening upon the scruff of the older lodger's collar.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
"That's too long! I need it now!" Griffin protested. "It's the only copy in the country!"
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
"Well I had it first, so I will use it first." Jamie gritted out down to the older lodger, her eyes burning with the threat of violence.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Sighing, Griffin held the book under his arm, quickly rolled down the sleeve of the other lodger, and gave her a Chinese burn.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
Jamie cried out in pain, dropping Griffin and her books as she clutched her harmed arm against her chest.
"You son of a wh*re! That f*cking hurt!" The brown haired sexologist shouted.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
"Exactly." Griffin replied, grabbing the book which had dropped from the impact. He stood up, and began running for the exit. She doesn't know who I am or what I look like; might as well have seen a ghost.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
Jamie growled in anger, before she grabbed her remaining books, placed them inside her bag, and then dashed off after the b*sterd.
"Get back here with that book, you sc*m bag!" She shouted out to Griffin.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Griffin, laughing mischievously whilst looking behind himself, failed to noticed a stray book left abandoned on the floor. He also failed to remember that the library floor was often slippery from cleaning. His foot stamped hard on the book, and in that split-second the foot flew up behind him; the book skidding away.
He hit the floor hard.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
And seconds after Griffin had hit the ground, Jamie had rushed over and pinned him to the ground with his wrists trapped in one of her strong hands against his back, her ruby eyes blazing with rage.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Griffin certainly had the wind knocked out of him, and a tall angry woman pinning him to the ground wasn't the remedy he required.
"Ow..." he wheezed pathetically.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
"Hand over the book, then i'll let you go, you f*cking thief." The brown haired sexologist growled down to the older lodger.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
"Never..." Griffin wheezed, his face like rubber against the cold floor. The book was beneath him, tightly gripped in both his hands. "Now bugger off..."
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
"Rose needs that book for her work, and I will not allow you to rob her of such a neccessary item." Jamie gritted out viciously, pressing the man's own hands painfully into his back.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Griffin winced at the pain, but was more concerned about air coming back to him. "And I need it for mine. And my work is far more important than whatever insignificant study that girl does."
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
(Is Griffin trying to get himself killed?! XD)
And suddenly, as if in retort to the older lodger's words, a snapping sound came from between Jamie and Griffin's bodies, the brown haired sexologist's rage radiating off of her body like magma from a raging volcano.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
((He often does.))
Griffin looking across his chest to observe what was happening. It wasn't the oddest thing he'd seen (he was one of them) at the Society.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
Jamie wanted to murder this man so badly, make him pay for insulting Rose.
But she couldn't do that...Rose would never forgive her.
The brown haired sexologist growled, and instead of killing Griffin with her bare hands, she simply opted to punch the b*sterd into unconsciousess, face contorted by restraint as she raised her fist to bring it down upon Griffin's--
"Jamie! Where are you? Please come back!" A familiar and shy voice called out, not too far away from where the two lodgers were.
(And your *ss just got saved, Griffin! You owe me one for that! XD)
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Griffin looked around for the caller, never hearing that voice before. But whomever it was, he was grateful. And that was an oddity all on its own.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
But Jamie knew exactly who it was, her eyes widening as she quickly got off of Griffin and turned around to where the shy and worried voice was coming from.
She blushed and stared at the pretty blonde, that she called her friend, rushing down the street towards them, her expression one of worry and tear stains.
"Jamie!" Rose called out to her friend, who stepped forward and opened her arms for the blonde sexologist, smiling at her.
"Rose!" Jamie called back to her friend, as the younger lodger leaped into her arms, face hidden in her strong chest as the brunette wrapped her strong arms around Rose's smaller and thinner form.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Griffin didn't get up to his feet, instead he rolled over and crawled helplessly. He eyed the pair a moment. If only.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
"I'm sorry that I was gone for so long, I just had a little trouble getting that book you wanted, Rose." Jamie softly apologised down to her friend, her aura, voice and expression the opposite of what they had been moments ago.
The blonde looked up at Jamie, smiling, as tears of joy ran down her face.
"It's okay, Jamie. At least your okay, so don't worry about the book." Rose softly retorted upto her friend, before she hid her face in the taller woman's chest again.
Both woman had not noticed that Griffin was crawling away.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Griffin finally managed to get to his feet, albeit with some minor pangs in his knees and elbows. He had wedged the book inside his waistcoat, and began limping off. Griffin failed to notice his shoes making an odd squeaking sound against the floor.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
Rose and Jamie's ears quickly picked up the sounds, the older sexologist looking over her shoulder as her friend did the same, both of them quickly fixing their gazes upon Griffin.
"Hello Griffin!" The blonde called out to the older lodger, while Jamie glared at the man.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Griffin stopped in his tracks, turned, and immediately covered the area where the book was hidden (in this instance, folding his arms). He didn't know, or didn't bother to remember, the names of the two people before him, and so settled on something appropriate.
"Hello... you two." he finally managed to blurt.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
"How are you today?" Rose innocently asked, her tone one of curiousity and sweetness, while Jamie tightened her embrace around her friend's waist.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
"Not too awful." Griffin replied simply.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
"Happy to hear it!" The blonde exclaimed happily, her emerald eyes shining sweetly in the sunlight, yet Jamie quickly turned around to stare directly at Griffin, Rose's gaze now fixed upon the street behind us.
Jamie's expression hardened with possession, as the older sexologist growled at Griffin.
"Now that that's out of the way, hand over the book, Griffin." The brunette gritted out, tone harsh and cold, while Rose stared wide up at her friend.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
"Book?" Griffin asked, fake confused. He looked around himself. "What book?"
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
"The book that your hiding. Hand it over." Jamie gritted out, impatient, while Rose could only watch in shock and awe.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
"Me? Hiding a book?" Griffin queried mockingly. He turned to Rose. "Perhaps you should take your friend inside. I think she needs some help."
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
But Rose didn't take kindly to Griffin's comment over her friend, as she quickly moved out Jamie's arms and stomped over to the older lodger.
"Say that again, Griffin. I dare you to say that about Jamie again." She quietly uttered, angered, as her friend watched on.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
"I. Think. She. Needs. Some. Help." Griffin repeated loudly.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
Rose growled, and before either Griffin or Jamie could utter a single word, the angered blonde had grabbed the older lodger, lifted him over her shoulders and then brought him crashing down onto the ground.
Jamie's eyes widened at the sight, her mouth agape in awe and shock.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Griffin had broken something. He didn't know what nor didn't have the energy to. What he did know, and the very thing that all his energy was devoted to; was that he was screaming and shouting.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
Rose turned around, and quickly searched Griffin's body for the book Jamie had spoke of, which she quickly found and yanked away from the older lodger, before skipping happily over to her friend and handing the book to her.
"Here you go, Jamie! I got the book back!" The blonde exclaimed innocently, unaware that the book was actually for her.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
"Urgh..." Griffin groaned after venting. "You... g- give... it b- back... you f- f-... urgh..."
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
Jamie blushed at the adorable sight, before she quickly snapped out of her shocked state, as the brunette smiled down at her friend and placed the book into her bag.
"Lets get back home, Rose. We've got work to do." The older sexologist uttered, Rose quickly nodding and smiling in agreement, before the two women walked side by side back to The Society, leaving Griffin bookless.
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
"...urgh... women..."
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
(XD I think that is a good place to end the rp at. This was pretty fun. X3)
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
((Yeah, thanks!))
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
(Same to you! X3)
(Also, sorry Griffin, you should have been more careful. ^-^)
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Dr. H. Griffin  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
((Don't worry, Jamie, thought Griffin. I'll get you later.))
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RBDECEPTICON17  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
(With Rose around, you might want to re-think that idea. XD)
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Wizardblizzard  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
((YES! I've been puzzling over where I've heard the name "Belasis" before, and I told myself I'd give myself until tonight before giving in and asking you just in case I remembered, and I did! Hello fellow reference-lover! :-) ))
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Dr. H. Griffin  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago
((Oh, right. What am I referencing? Just to make sure we're on the same page?))
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Wizardblizzard  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
(("Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell", right? :-) I wondered before whether you'd read that, when I first saw Molony! I love that book, if only it was written in slightly less of a heap...))
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Dr. H. Griffin  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago
((Yeah, Molony is honestly a carbon copy of Vinculus! I reread it recently over the course of a week, so that's as to why. 
I don't think it was a heap, but it could've left out a lot of unnecessary aspects (Jonathan Strange's father's intro; the woman who secretly loves Stephen Black and then immediately forgotten about; the copious amounts of footnotes which I have yet to read), to say the most. Still a fantastically magical book. Glad to have met someone who appreciates it as well!))
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Wizardblizzard  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
((I think the main problem, for me, was that she has such a lot going on at once and she didn't seem to know how to cut from one strand to another. Usually you cut on a slight cliffhanger. She cuts when nothing particular is happening, so that by the time I got back to the first strand I couldn't rmember what was happening last time. And oh, yes, those footnotes! She's cramming in background stuff to create the effect of a world with a great hinterland of history. Like Tolkien. In which successful, which I love, but unlike Tolkien at the cost of making it read all lumpily. The footnotes are great stuff, by the way, read them, but you did the right thing skipping them the first time. I kept reading them in case they had some bearing on the story, but in fact they have nothing to do with it and again by the time I worked that out I'd forgotten where I was up to again!
Have you read "The Ladies of Grace Adieu"? That's short stories, in the same universe, so she hasn't room to go off at tangents, and they're magic! Most of those footnotes ought to have been saved for that, I think!
Is Molony a struggle without any backstory? Isabella definitely is, even though as I've said before it's not even her backstory. Properly, she belongs to a book I had ideas for writing but never got anywhere with. But she seems to think she belongs to J.S.M.N.'s universe and without it I haven't got any background to draw on for her (of course, since the book never got anywhere there's nothing to be got from that either. It was rather inspired by J.S.M.N. itself, too, so that proably accounts for it). Of course, in the thread she's currently in it's a jolly good thing she HASN'T got that background or she'd have freaked out by now, dream or no dream! :-D ))
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Dr. H. Griffin  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago
((Molony does have a backstory, see the Intro page I did. And no, I haven't read the short stories, but I want to.))
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Wizardblizzard  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago
((Oh yes, I missed that! Good solid stuff. Isabella kind of has a backstory but it's not drama, and the problem I had in mind is also that she doesn't have background - I don't know what her reactions to things would be because I feel I don't know what they'd remind her of or what kind of "world" she's supposed to belong to. TGS's, I suppose. Once again, I think this is just a question of stop picking t it and decide on stuff! As I say, though, if she really came from JSMN Charricthran would have been... a lot more of a priority for her long before now! :-D (He ought to have been anyway, but I was ill when he first stated to make himself conspicuous.) ))
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Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago
Have fun on vacation and stay safe!
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The Fox • 2 years ago
( Hyde without a Jekyll You're back! :DDD )
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Hyde without a Jekyll  The Fox • 2 years ago
(Yeah! :DD Nice to see you!)
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The Fox • 2 years ago • edited
( Jekyll1886 Hyde without a Jekyll So I made the silly mistake of posting our rp on last weeks page despite you HJ saying they wouldn't be there that week, so I'm just gonna leave this here for when we ACTUALLY get to rping...>m<;; )
The Fox:
Malemi wasted no time moving. He leapt forward, grimacing as his whole body screamed out in pain. Outside of aches and pains, he seemed pretty chipper considering the situation. It was mostly left over mirth from the ghost's outburst earlier but some of it came out of Orin's retreat. He's never heard of anyone escaping from Orin, let alone one-upping him like he just saw.
Granted, it was more so luck than anything, but that didn't mean it didn't count. He managed a laugh in between pants. This chaos surrounding them...it seemed fun almost. It felt as though the fire was a part of him, wild and free, vicious and cruel in the joy it took in its destruction.
He pushed the thought back. He could think about this later, right now they have to get out of this glorious mess.
Callum and Orin were making good distance between their pursuers. Orin looked back behind them. He smiled.
They weren't even close catching them and they certainly were too far to see what the hound was about to do.
With a glance to Callum, he ducked behind the nearest tree and vanished. The werewolf followed suit and vanished just as easily. It went dark around them and soon, a heavy mist surrounded them. Tall, grey trees towered over them, evidence that they had escaped into Orin's domain.
Callum stopped running and plopped down on the cool ground beneath him. He panted heavily, a smile still etched in his face from the ordeal. His heart still screamed for carnage, for him to rip and tear through the innocent masses. It still yearned for the taste of blood, for the weight of flesh in his stomach, for the smell of death in the air.
Orin stepped away from his host, unconcerned with Callum's state of mind. He had other things to think about, like how he was going to capture the cat without his 
friends getting in the way.
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"I'll explain when we're in a little less peril," Weir replied to Sterling. 
Lewis wanted to ask Emerson to trust him, but didn't think it'd go over 
well. He considered telling him he knew what he was doing, but wagered 
that'd be even less likely to meet with a positive response.
Instead,he simply continued to run, making sure to keep pace with Malemi. Lewis 
worried for his friend, but was aware worry would do little.
He reached out to the best of his ability, seeking Selan's energy, based upon what Resham had described.
Sterling and Malemi at hand.
The police behind.
Other humans at the fringes of the park.
Orin and Callum, ahead.
Wait, where did they--? Weir wondered as their signatures vanished.
No...not gone, he realized, feeling past the blatant energies around to focus on the subtle ones just barely there.
They've hopped dimensions...sort of.
A place which is and is not "here", yet is and is not "there". Like "Through", in a way.
Hm...
Are there others?
For he did not doubt that Selan might well be in such a place.
Selan... he thought-spoke desperately, slowing as they came to the waters near Buck Hill. Where are you? Malemi needs you. His very soul hangs in the balance!
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Hyde without a Jekyll  The Fox • 2 years ago
(Oh don't sweat it! XD )
The inspector skidded to a halt now in an empty group of trees. Faint wisps of mist and fog licked the foliage.
"Sometimes I really 'ate this city." The inspector grumbled to himself as the officer accompany him caught up.
"They're gone." The inspector declared more to himself than the man following him. "Let's go put out those fires." He pivoted on his heel and headed back towards the raging inferno.
"But Sir!" The officer protested, "They couldn't have gotten far and the trees aren't that thick!"
"Son," He stopped and a look of weary disappointment fell upon his features, "I've been in this job a long time. They're gone."
There was no objection. The duo headed back to deal with the burning park.
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"You better." Emerson huffed in response to Lewis's answer. He had a list of questions and considering he had thrown in his lot with these insane idiots, the man deserved answers. 
Sterling continued to run easily keeping up with the rest of the group--a group he disliked but it was better alternative. Lewis and Malemi may be sickening but they were lessor of the two evils. 
...
Emerson wanted a drink.
((The Fox ))
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
Weir's words drifted down to the Serpentine and came to rest on the bank. The sheer desperation in his voice seemed to call out to some unseen force, opening up a spiritual gateway. The bank peeled away from some great burrow that seemed to have no end.
It was dark but dry, the faintest hint of a breeze drifting up from some far off place. It carried the smell of wildflowers and rain, with a whiff of heather mixed in.
Malemi felt it open up and called out to his friends alongside him.
" There! I can feel it! "
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"I will," Weir asserted to Sterling as they continued to run.
Lewis, like Malemi, could feel a shift in energy. Weir ran toward it for all he was worth.
Guessing--but not knowing--where it led, he bolted into the burrow, then slowed his pace, not wishing to accidentally step on anything important.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Great. Thought Emerson sarcastically at the sight of what appeared to be a lair or den or some form of what he assumed to be Selan's dwelling. 
Sterling slowed down with the group but didn't watch his steps carefully. It was highly doubtful he could squish anything of importance considering he couldn't even bend the grass or dirt with his non-existent weight. 
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
Malemi was the last to enter the tunnel. As soon as he came behind Emerson, the entrance snapped shut with a heavy rush of bank soil.
The tunnel stretched out in front of them with only a vague speck of light showing the end of the tunnel. The tunnel was mostly clear but soon moths could be felt along the sides of the tunnels. They couldn't clearly be seen in the dim light but they ranged from large moths like the Poplar Hawk Moth and the Ghost Moth, to smaller ones like the Spindle Ermine and the Ash Bud Moth.
They started appearing in greater numbers as they made their way forward. Soon, they were laying in the tunnel floor itself, making walking more treacherous.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
"So, Emerson," said Lewis, as they walked down the tunnel, "what happened with Callum--that wolf-man, Orin's host--is that he showed up at my flat and I did my damnedest to talk him out of there before he decided to harm me or Malemi. I let him think I agreed to turn Malemi over to him if we couldn't find Selan.
"But even had I actually agreed to that, he broke any semblance of the 'deal' by chasing us instead of letting us find Selan on our own. That's what that was about, back there. They claimed I'd broken it by running, when I was running from Errack because I feared he might have some influence over you," admitted Weir, looking Sterling in the eye.
"Hmm..." said Lewis, as the moths became more dense, "I was told not to step on these, or something ill might happen.
"I'm going to try to scare them into flying off," he said, giving Emerson and Malemi a heads-up.
He clapped his hands as loudly as he could.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
The tunnel opening crashed shut causing the man to jump. His eyes adjusted to the new lighting while they walked in silence.
Lewis spoke.
What he revealed both equally impressed and unsettled Emerson. First, Weir seemed to have pulled a similar stunt on Orin and Callum that Emerson pulled on Errack. Also similarly they ended the same way, that is to say terribly. 
When Lewis admitted his fear that Errack could have had some influence over Sterling, he scoffed at the notion. Yet the look in Lewis's eyes said more than his words could ever had. The doctor knew.
Emerson had no clue how Weir knew about his meeting with Errack. 
He'd been careful to not let on but Lewis somehow knew and the intensity in those d*mn eyes confirmed it. 
Sterling held the doctor's gaze defiantly ready to say some protest or snide comment but his composure broke and this eyes darted towards the moth covered ground. 
Here he was trapped in an under ground in a place covered with moths. The only upper hand he had, his conversation with Errack, gone. His options gone. Sterling couldn't go back, even if he wanted to. There was only forward.
Emerson was about to talk when Lewis spoke again and then began to clap. 
"What are you doing?"
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
The smaller moths were startled by the clap, many of them flying into the air with erratic aim. The larger ones remained mostly unaffected, though some seemed to grow tense at the sudden sound.
One in particular, a Pale Tussock, flew up from the wall and landed on Lewis in a panic. Its wings vibrated with energy as it tried to crawl about in Lewis's hair.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago • edited
Lewis went absolutely still.
"Well," he said quietly, after a moment. "That didn't go as I'd hoped."
He made no move to remove the moth from his hair, banking it would leave of its own accord.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Emerson snorted at Lewis's new hair piece and then burst out right laughing at Lewis's statement!
He doubled over clutching his sides in a joyous guffaw. 
"OH GOD!" He wheezed out between bellows as the moths flitted through him, "THE LOOK ON YOUR FACE!" 
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
It was everything Malemi could do to keep from swatting at the little moths as they landed in his fur and crawled around his face. With his tail lashing back in forth, he managed a restrained hiss.
" Can we keep moving? I'd hate to spend more time here than neccesary... "
The Large moth seemed to stop panicking, though it didn't leave Weir's hair, choosing instead to settle down there.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
"Doubtless I look very silly," said Weir to Emerson.
At least someone's enjoying himself...
Lewis shrugged, then put his hand against his head, hoping the moth might prefer it to his hair.
"Let's," he replied to Malemi. "Though we do need to tread carefully."
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Someone was enjoying himself! He was enjoying himself quite a bit at Lewis's new found friend!
"Silly is an understatement!" Emerson said and managed to compose enough of himself to walk though the insect cavern. 
This was the few times being dead brought some befit. Sterling didn't need to concern himself with the well being of the winged creatures surrounding him, instead he could fully enjoy the struggles of his companions. It seems he was finally in fickle fate's fancy for once. 
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
Malemi huffed impatiently, displeased with the route things have taken. Stepping lightly, he resisted the temptation to shake his pelt of the insects that were only now calming down.
The Pale Tussock inspected his hand closely, its antennas lightly tapping against his skin. With a rather excited flutter of its wings, it crawled onto his hand and clinging onto him with vigor.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
"Well, at the risk of looking even sillier..." said Lewis, noticing the moth's excitement.
In for a penny, in for a pound.
"Would you lead us to Selan?" he asked it.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
At first Emerson was concerned for Lewis's mental health but upon further inspection his actions, though seemingly odd, were quite intelligent. They were traveling with a talking cat, had been chased by a talking bird, and threatened by a talking dog. 
Sterling drew closer to the moth and Lewis the last of his laughter receding. He was very certain the moth in question would talk back.
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
The moth stayed still for a moment, its antennas twitching in a curious manner. The other moths surrounding them started doing the same and the tunnel was soon filled a sense of unease.
All around them, the trio could feel the many eyes of the insects burrow into them.
The tussock began shaking its wings, the vibrations easily felt on Lewis's hand. The feeling went from his hand to his arm and worked its way to to his chest until suddenly diving deep into his heart. It was looking for something, something within his very being, but for reasons unknown.
The moths covering Malemi did the same, resulting in great distress on his part. He reeled back, his breathe catching in his throat.
This feeling of pervading invasion entered Emerson as well, pulsing through his ghostly form.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago • edited
Lewis once again paused at the strange behavior of the moth.
The energies involved...it was a matter of the soul, he realized.
I am what I am. There was no way around it.
"Malemi needs her help," Weir clarified, hoping the...moths would take that into account.
What a terribly odd day this is... came the stray thought.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Emerson inhaled sharply and doubled over again. This time not from laughter but from pain. 
The odd vibrating sensation pulsed throughout his entire body quickly followed by waves of agony. Sterling gritted his teeth to keep from crying out. 
"Lewis," Emerson grunted, trembling slightly, "Don't--Don't talk to moths."
He didn't want to be here anymore.
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
Malemi fell to the ground in a crumpled heap. It felt like his pelt had been set of fire. The very core of his being was being probed, tested, examined for anything and everything. It was like clawing at an open wound.
His body shuddered with every assessment of his soul. He wondered if this would ever end...
The waves of outright torture only grew more intense as more moths began to cover him.
Emerson's pain was short lived, unlike his friend behind him. Under the creature's influence, they managed to peel off something, something sickly and malicious, that had been clinging onto him since he last spoke with Errack. The moment it was removed, Emerson's was no more.
Finding nothing out of place in Lewis, The moth crawled up his hand and took off. A low rumble echoed out through the tunnel, the light at the end growing larger and brighter. Soon, the entrance lay right in front of him and many of the moths evacuated the tunnel in a flurry of motion.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
At Emerson's words, Lewis immediately ceased speaking.
He felt for Malemi, but didn't know what to do for him, at this juncture. Didn't know whether the pain his friend felt was akin to a cleansing fire or just a consuming agony.
What Weir did know was that the light held promise. Perhaps of the best chance they all had. Perhaps of nothing more than closure.
With a silent nod to his compatriots, he stepped through.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Finally judgement ended and so did the torture. Sterling; still doubled over, hands resting on knee; closed his eyes for few moments letting the memory of the pain recede.
He took a breath. Then two. With a slight shutter Emerson opened his eyes and straightened back to his full height. 
Lewis was no where to be see. Typical. and Malemi was quickly being covered by the swarms of insects. The mound of wings grunted and whined but quickly the black fur was becoming infested. 
"Malemi!" Sterling bent over the feline, "Where did Weir go?" He attempted to brush off enough of the flying pests to get an answer. However this was easier said then done as his hand only passed through the animals. 
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
Malemi tried to answer back but the only thing the came out was a strained whimper. At this point he was virtually unrecognizable underneath the sheer number of the little creatures crawling over him. His agony multiplied under the growing weight of moths which kept him from moving any further.
He reached out a weak, moth covered hand to Emerson in absolute torment.
A lush, green Ireland greeted Lewis when he stepped out from the tunnel. A small water mill sat to his right while a well trodden path went from his left into a thick forest clearing.
Butterflies fluttered through the air with a calmness about them, but more importantly, a March Moth sat in the grass nearby the entrance.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
Weir took in his surroundings with wonder. Damned if this place didn't feel...good.
He noticed the moth.
"Hello," he greeted it. "Sorry to trouble you, but...are you or can you take me to Selan? My friend's in dire need."
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Come on, Malemi!" Sterling reached out to Malemi's extended, moth covered paw but it was a futile effort as his fingers lightly passed through the creatures. He gritted his teeth.
"Just point to where Lewis is!" Emerson's distress was growing and as much as he hated to admit it Weir could do far more than he could. 
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
The little creature regarded Lewis calmly and fluttered up from its spot in the grass, leading down the worn path into the woods. A heavy sense of melancholy hung in the air like lead. Wildflowers sat in thick clumps along the way, most of which were Heleniums and Meadowsweets.
The deeper they went, the more palpable the taste of misery filled the air.
Malemi could hardly move much more. Tears ran down his face as he looked to the light, showing Emerson where Lewis had gone.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
The meanings of the flowers he passed--tears and uselessness, respectively--were not lost on Lewis.
But he continued on, undeterred.
Malemi needed him, needed Selan, whether she thought she could do anything to help or not. This was the best he could do by his friend and flatmate, and he wasn't about to turn back.
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Sterling followed the cat's gaze to the light. 
"Alright." He nodded, "Think about something...pleasant, while I go retrieve Lewis's sorry *ss." With that Emerson turned and bolted down the tunnel.
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
As soon as the ghost departed, the opening to the tunnel slammed shut, leaving only a large grassy hill in its place. Malemi happened to look up just as the light vanished from the tunnel. Everything went dark and all he could hear was the fluttering of wings...
As they approached the end of the trail, the distinct feeling of pushing past a barrier became evident. A soft glow pervaded the area along with the smell of earthly pain.
There, encircled by bountiful Harebells and Bluebells, was Selan. Her aqueous body sat in a stone hovel, moss covering the stone in thick layers. She was like a dew drop, still and round, heavy with tragedy.
A strange smell pervaded the area, one of stagnant water and early rot.
Her back was turned to her new visitor. She was holding an unseen form close, her watery tentacles hugging it gently like a cradle.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
Weir's senses sharpened, the pain bringing them into keener focus as he slipped soundlessly through the barrier.
He beheld flowers of submission and grief. And constancy.
His worry grew from care for Malemi to concern for Selan herself.
"Selan?" he asked quietly, not knowing if it was right to do so, but unable to help himself, after coming all this way.
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Emerson was blinded by the sudden light blinking and shielding his eyes with his right hand. Though his retinas were stunned his ears worked just fine as he heard the tunnel's opening close behind him. Whipping around he frowned at the missing passageway. 
Looks like there's no going back. 
His eyes now adjusted to the sudden daylight, Sterling scanned the area. While general in appearance, each aspect brought back a flood of memories. 
A quite mill sitting in clear water that lapped against an natural shore. 
Steep cliffs dropping off into a massive gray body of water. Stone ruins and castles overlooked the eerily quiet liquid. The gray sky threatening rain while the trees growing just off the rocky shore created an isolation.
The tall waving grass climbed endless hills. The breeze bent the foliage while the hills curved the horizon.
Good news, they still had food and water. Bad news, Sterling had run out of booze yesterday. The sun beat down on the duo as they trucked their way through the luscious land. They were lost, only rolling grass in sight. Who knew how much longer they would have to hike to find that wannabe castle or at least civilization? He was no longer thinking about the mission. No, the only thing filling his skull was a headache--a present from his massive hangover. How thoughtful.
A dirt path weaved it's way into a dark forest. The large trees stretching up to the blue sky, protecting what lay beneath them from the sun's scorching gaze.
A mad dash sprint in the dusk. The shadows spilled over lanscape making every root and rock larger than normal. It was getting dark and the advantage would soon be his adversaries'. Ducking behind a tree, Sterling could hear the panting and snapping of twigs grow nearer. He held his breath, closed his eyes, and willed himself to think of a solution. 
The thunder of feet grew closer. This was it--
He shook off the memories and longed for a drink back in London. Oh, how he hated traveling.
Emerson reassessed his surroundings. A mill, some hills, and a trail. Lewis was no where in sight.
"D*mn it Weir!" He cursed under his breath. 
Seeing as the mill was closest, Sterling opted to check there first, and began to trudge his way towards it. 
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She didn't notice him at first. A beat passed before she even realized someone was there. Finally feeling the new presence there, she hugged the form closer to her, a flash of heartbreak passing through her. Selan didn't want this...she didn't want to let down another creature, she didn't want to hurt anymore people than she already has...
A small ripple passed through her form, little waves making their way across her surface.
She shut her eyes, hoping that whoever it was simple went away.
The mill, although empty, was well maintained. It was clear that this was an old mill being taken care off by some person from the nearby town. Its front door was shut, along with all the windows.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
Those waves of regret and sorrow...were not unknown to Lewis.
Whatever happened with Malemi, he felt...empathy for the being before him.
Spurred by compassion, he wordlessly made his way to her...and knelt.
He extended his hand, palm up, gently. She could take it if she so desired, but didn't have to.
A mother's love, the thought--feeling--came to mind and heart.
Sympathy, tenderness. Commiseration.
I know it, too.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
Sterling circled the mill, and peered in the windows. After seeing no sign of Lewis he stepped inside and called for the missing man. When there was no response, Emerson quit the premises. 
Weir was not in the mill and Emerson sure as hell hoped he wasn't in the river as that would make retrieving his flask very difficult. Thus only the path into the woods was left.
I thought I said 'Don't talk to moths' not 'Go frolicking through a forest!' He though quickly walking down the dirt road and scanning for the doctor.
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
Selan was unsure how to react to the human next to her. She turned and looked over him with tired eyes, not recognizing his gesture at first. Her eyes went wide when she realized what he was doing and she shied away trembling.
Her eyes were just as dark as Resham had described them. They looked like the space between stars, old and wise, but vulnerable as well. In their depths sat a century's worth of memories, all of them filled with sorrow and anguish.
She stared at Lewis, frightened and bewildered. Tears, more specifically parts of herself, welled in the corners of her eyes. They ran down her shapeless form and fell to the ground.
Cardamines and Convolvulus Majors emerged where the tears had landed.
Deep inside, she longed to take his hand, to feel his compassion...but she felt unworthy of such a thing. That didn't stop one of her tentacles from trying to reach out anyways.
The March Moth from earlier fluttered off to meet Emerson, making its way back along the trail behind them.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago • edited
Feeling unworthy...was an all-too-familiar sensation. And a trap, he well knew, into which so many fell. It had taken him years to dig himself out.
Surely he could extend a hand to help lift another out of it.
He let out a breath, the energy from him calm and soothing, like temple incense on the breeze or a starry sky on a summer's eve.
The planets in their measured orbits. The beat of the heart at its steady pace.
The hum of all creation, everything sacred, everything one.
No pitched battles of "good" or "evil", of "worthy" or "unworthy". Difference an illusion, judgment a delusion. Everything, every being, simply was. Just as it should be. Must be. Would ever be.
And you, too, love, he thought-spoke gently, heart and hand and soul reaching out. Open. Loving. Compassionate. Understanding.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Emerson continued to walk down the path, unaware of his approaching guest.
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
This feeling...This feeling of being one in the world and all of its energies...
It's been so long since she's felt like she was connected to heart of creation. She'd lost this feeling so long ago, when she got involved with the world of beasts, maybe even before that, when she entered the urban heart of London.
She couldn't even remember why she had gone in the first place...
Selan's fright faded away as she took in the aura of comfort coming off of Lewis. Slowly, as though afraid of being bit, she reach out and took his hand.
This opened the floodgates of emotions within Selan. Years worth of pain and hurt poured from her heart into his while tears rushed down from her eyes. Her whole body in fact seemed to be tearing up, water shedding from her form soaking the ground. Balm of Gileads grew all around them in thick clumps, as though they had been just waiting for this moment.
Her tentacle gripped his hand lightly, but there was emotional grip like a vice. Another tentacle came up and pull him close, letting him rest near her. From here, he was able to get a clear view of the creature she held close to her.
It was a goat, white with long fur and bright blue eyes. It looked to be dead for some time, but its body remained preserved with Selan's efforts. It looked as though it had taken its last breath, its eyes closed as though sleeping. Even though it looked like an ordinary goat, it had a altered sense about, like Malemi.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
Lewis knew in an instant she had lost this creature, as he, too, had lost a child. From out of the hum of the oneness of creation came sympathy, empathy, his heartbeat and the rippling of her form synchronizing in profound understanding as she pulled him close.
"I know..." he whispered, reassuring as he put his arm around her lightly in a gentle embrace accompanied by merging energy fields. His gaze lingered on the goat, then met hers once more. "I know."
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His feedback pulled more misery out of hiding, small waves disturbing her aqueous form. Despite being water, her surface was cool and solid, a membrane keeping her from soaking everything.
Selan sat there, taking solace with Lewis as he hugged her. She followed his gaze as he spoke and blinked. With a gentle pull, she pulled his hand to the goat.
Its fur was soft and clean, having been taken care of by a doting hand. Its soul, or what what was left, was kind and gentle, along with a strong sense of justice. It could easily be imagined that this creature was unlike its brethren, choosing instead to fill the world with honesty and compassion, helping all who crossed their path.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
Lewis felt compassion for this creature, too. To be kind in an unkind world, to know the strength held in gentleness...to cleave to them and feel in one's bones the justice that ought be in the world but seldom was...required its own internal fortitude and unflinching strength of heart. Admirable qualities, all.
He wanted the best for this little one. Whether in this world or whatever came next, he wished it well as his tears slid silently down. He stroked its soft, white hair as a mother would her beloved child's.
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She let him go on petting her son for some time, a rare, heartfelt calm coming over her. Selan felt her heart grow a little lighter, no longer weighed down as much by recent tragedies. It was so unusual...this feeling of empathy...it almost felt unfamiliar. The last creature she had opened up to was Resham who, even then, held back from feeling too much.
Her tears stopped flowing and she placed a tentacle on Weir's shoulder. She looked down at one of the many flowers around them nodded.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
He dipped his head, and gave the goat-child one last reverent stroke.
At Selan's behest, he picked a flower.
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The moment he took the flower in hand, a fuzzy mental link formed between the two.
She blinked and a strained, female voice entered his head. It was her voice and it sounded raw, as though she had been screaming beforehand.
Hello...?
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
"Hello, love," answered Lewis, the words soft and the thought gentle.
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The Fox  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
Her eyes sparkled.
Aah...You can hear me...wonderful. I'm must be honest, this all new for me. I haven't spoken humans before. Though something tells me you aren't like others.
There was slight smile in her voice with a drop of playfulness mixed in.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
I simply am what who I am, he thought-spoke in return with the mental equivalent of a shrug and, simultaneously, a flattered smile.
I'm so glad to be here with you right now. A multitude of reasons, boiled down to a simple feeling of the rightness of it all--echoes of the universal hum.
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A touch of worry entered her tone.
I can only imagine. You wouldn't travel all the way here if you didn't want to. That makes me curious though...Why have you come here? Where did you come from?
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
I came here from Hyde Park with my friend, Malemi, and our ghostly flatmate, Emerson.
Malemi is very ill, and I...don't wish to lose him. Echoes of others who'd passed, their absence a cold void, each one a light extinguished from the world.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
"Lewis!" a faint call came over the trees for Weir. 
Emerson had been walking for what seemed like ages, though in reality it was just a few minutes. 
"Lewis!" Sterling called again. He didn't have time for Hide-and-Seek! They had to find Selan, prevent Malemi from being crushed by moths, and then wipe Orin, Errack, and whoever else off the face of the Earth!
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
She looked down in faint shame. A beat passed before she reply, remorse edging along her voice alongside ripe confusion.
But why...? Why come find me? Surely if you know me, you must know...You have to know of all my mistakes.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
That'd be Emerson, thought Lewis, hearing his call. I apologize in advance. He's...not an easy fellow to get along with, I'm afraid.
He turned back to the matter at hand.
What I know of you, Selan, I know through Malemi and Resham and what we've shared just here.
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Emerson came around the bend spotting his missing companion. 
"Damn it Lewis! Where the hell have you been?! Malemi's--" Sterling's words stopped short at the sight of the aqueous lady. He blinked a few times attempting to process what he saw. 
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
Selan listened politely though before she could inquire further, Emerson came in shouting at Lewis.
She turned and blinked. The ghost bore the unmistakable mark of misfortune, the jagged scars of a violent death clear as day with the foulness of alcohol wafting off of him. It pulled at her heart to see the earthbound soul and the torment he had gone through.
Selan stared, unsure how to greet Emerson. She pulled at Weir's hand, a silent plea for help.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
"Emerson," said Lewis, turning to him as he arrived, "this is Selan," he gestured to her, "who is communicating with me by thought.
"Selan," he said, gesturing to the ghost, "this is Emerson Sterling, my flatmate and a dedicated defender of London and its denizens."
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
Defender of London and its denizens. Sterling mulled over this for a bit internally nodding and appreciative of recognition for all the work he does.
While extremely flattered by Weir's complement there were still an important matter at hand.
"Well don't just stand there cuddling and whispering sweet thoughts of nothing to each other!" Emerson huffed at the Lewis and water woman entwined like young lovers. "If you hadn't noticed Malemi's currently being crushed by moths!"
Some where subconsciously Sterling was laughing at the ridiculousness of it all. To save a cat being killed by moths, he had to pull apart his flatmate and an elemental who communicated by thought. This was not at all what he thought death would be like. 
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
Selan's body rippled with a mild flinch as Emerson screamed at them. An anxious look came over her as she turned back to Lewis.
Please, I must ask, Who is Malemi? Surely he can be helped elsewhere.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
"I'm on it, Emerson," asserted Weir.
Lewis was, however, surprised at Selan's question.
Malemi is...one of yours, Selan. At least, that's my understanding. He's black in color; sometimes calls himself the Smoke and the Flame. I think he may have once been a cat, but I'm not certain. He didn't used to have a tail, though he does now.
In any case, he's in dire need. He defended me against Khoros and became infected in so doing. Without your aid, Selan...I'm afraid he won't be Malemi much longer--at least, not the Malemi I know.
It was apparent to Sterling, from the way Lewis looked beseechingly at the elemental, that the two were communicating even now.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
"Mind sharing the plan with the class?" He grunted frustrated by the delay in action. When he last saw the fur ball he couldn't speak and quite frankly looked on the verge of passing out ... maybe even worse. If Malemi's pain was anything like what Emerson experienced they needed to stop dilly dallying and get moving. 
"You know what, tell me on the way there." He pivoted on his heel and started walking back towards where the opening had existed. Sterling hoped that this would prompt the smitten couple into action. 
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
Her confusion was short lived as he described the beast in detail. Soon her face went from anxiety to abject horror. Her mental voice died away and she withdrew mind from his.
She slid away from the both of them, tightly hugging her son to her form. She shook her head no again and again. Bubbles manifested within her and forced their way out, creating a high pitched hiss, like steam coming from a pipe.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
"I will catch up with you," Lewis promised Sterling.
Selan's reaction confused Weir utterly.
"Selan..." he asked softly, not wanting to disturb her further, "good gracious, what is it? What's wrong?" Concern radiated from him, undergirded by a wish to help calm her, to ease her distress.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
Though Weir's words encouraged forward progression, Emerson stopped. This was going to take longer than he hoped.
"Listen," he sighed pinching the bridge of his nose, "I don't know what sounding like boiling water means but here's the situation." His eyes grew serious and his voice left no room for question. 
"Errack and Orin chased us through Hyde park searching for you, and we were trying to find you because Malemi is sick. I'm not entirely sure what sort of 'sick' but I do know he's expelled his stomach contents once, already. As far as we know you're his last chance to save him. 
"Now you can either stay curled up, surrounded by your sorrow and emotions or you can come and at least try to help, even if it's futile." Orin's words echoed though his mind, When he isn't there in the morning, don't say I didn't warn you. "In which case comforting him in these last few hours would be more than anyone could ever ask for." 
It was more than he had had. Emerson died alone with a monster, in a dark, dank basement of a place that he hated. He died alone. Even though he perished in a blaze of glory for the name of a cause, Sterling had hoped he'd die by the side of people he knew. He hoped he wouldn't die alone. 
"Right now Malemi has none of that. He's alone, trapped in the dark, hurting and being smothered by insects. The tunnel's entrance disappeared shortly after I arrived so neither Weir nor myself can be there for him and I'm pretty sure you're the only one who can open it again." 
Sterling looked at Lewis and then Selan. He hated wasting these seconds, now was the time for action and they couldn't spare a moment. 
"There's no time to morn the dead while the living are dying." 
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"Yes! Yes! And you're still the delusional, obsessed fanatic who kidnapped me!" He said with a hysterical chuckle glancing back at the door that Catt stood behind. Keeping his voice low and his intensity high, Emerson continued, "Now I've dealt with these beasts before and you need to leave. Right now. I am already dead but you are not! You need to get out of here before it kills you too."
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
Selan looked from Emerson to Lewis over and over, another hiss filling the air. She tried to speak to Lewis but couldn't pull herself together. Out of desperation, she forced her thoughts out into flowers. A rapid bloom nearly swallowed her up with every flower imaginable. Pennyroyal, China Pink, Musk Plant, Meadowsweet; there wasn't any flower left out. Moving plant, Fraxinella, Fumitory, Cardamine, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Fuller's Teasel, Hemlock...
It was too sporadic to tell what she was saying with the panic she had been whipped up in. In a futile attempt, she uprooted a clump of Fraxinella and Fumitory and forced it into Weir's arms, her eyes pleading for him to understand.
Her limbs began trembling with overwhelming fear. It was moment like these she wished she could scream.
She took hold of Lewis's arm and shook it hard, her grip too tight for any natural creature. Selan's voice came in bit and pieces, her tone frantic.
I----n't, Please!! You ha-----o listen ple-----He's dangerous an----sto--Don't------I CAN'T GO N-----M----Your---!!
It was then a wail ripped through the air, making Selan go quiet. She froze where she was, hold onto Lewis with terrible stillness. The wailing never stopped and seemed to be growing louder and louder.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
A jumble of blooms, a tumble of meanings.
And Lewis, a Victorian, knew them all.
Pennyroyal: Flee away.
China Pink: Aversion
Musk Plant: Weakness
Meadowsweet: Uselessness
Moving Plant: Agitation
Cardamine: Parental error
Birdsfoot Trefoil: Revenge
Fuller's Teasel: Misanthropy
Hemlock: You will be my death.
She handed him the fraxinella--fire--and fumitory--hatred--in particular.
"Selan," he said, his mind forcing itself calm in response to her panic, "Malemi is not as was. He lives with me, in a flat, and eats sausage. And if you do not help him, I will lose a friend and you a child.
You may have made mistakes. So have I. So do we all, in life.
But each failure, difficult as it is--sometimes heartbreaking as it is--is an opportunity. With each one, we learn what not to do. We further refine our technique and discerning judgment. We come one step closer to getting it right.
We never know when success will come: It could be with our very next attempt, or it might not. But if we do not get back up after each setback, muster our courage, and try again, as many times as it takes...we shall never find it.
My friend is dying, in one fashion or another, just as Emerson says. I must go to him.
Please open the way.
I pray you'll follow.
If not...just shut it behind me."
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited
Emerson watch the new life bloom all around him. Damn elementals. But he knew their meanings. He knew the look on Selan's face as he had seen it before on himself. Gentle words were as useless as a kiwi's wings.
It was too late for Malemi.
He sighed, shifted thought processes. Shifted plans.
"Right then. Lewis, get the flamethrower." Sterling's eyes were cold with acceptance. He wanted a drink.
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
Weir's calm slowly pulled her from her trance, her senses returning with every word spoken. As she listened, an understanding started to dawn over her.
The wailing suddenly stopped leading to an eerie quiet in the clearing.
Selan looked up to the sky then down at the son in her arms.
The thought of losing another child nearly tore her apart. It hurt to think about, even with the sheer hate she felt during Malemi's first moments. Malemi was still her son, one she left out of fear and shame, and what had she done for him but leave him alone in the world...What kind of mother was she...
A blue spark appeared in her center, casting watery patterns across the stone around them. She met Weir's gaze with an air of determination.
With a sudden burst of speed, she darted across the hovel and took a clump of Balm of Gilead. She then took Lewis and Emerson's hands and bolted out onto the path.
She felt a lump of fear in her being but held it down with a firm grip. In the back of her mind, she lamented neglecting her child, to have been scared off so easily and leave him without a thought of his well-being. All this time, she had thought she failed to make a good son, when in reality she had failed to guide him...
If he could still change, she had to be there. She had to at least try...and maybe it wasn't to late to guide him still.
There was no time to waste.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
There's life in the old girl yet! came the thought as Lewis found himself rapidly dragged away.
With the crook of his cane, he snagged a stabilizing handle on the phlogistonic igniter as they went, aware he had to return the device to Sinnett.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago
It was all Emerson could do to keep his footing and compose himself after the sudden agility Selan demonstrated. Though he nearly tripped from it, the elemental was moving again. She was being proactive at last.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
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The Fox  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
With her speed, it didn't take Selan long to burst out of the forest and stop next the mill. She let the two of them go and looked upon the scene of utter destruction.
Where the entrance had been lay a massive hole. Soil was everywhere, like there had been an explosion, and moths lay dead, many torn apart and crushed.
Signs of a fight covered the area, mounds of upturned sod and black fur marking each move made.
Malemi sat a little ways away, panting heavily while loose fur encircled him. He whipped his head around to greet them, his eyes wide and tense. His teeth were bared in an ugly snarl, his tongue stained with his own blood. There was a strange glint in his eyes, almost like oil on water, and his hands were bleeding out.
He let out a low hiss and pulled shadowy threads to his claws.
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Jekyll1886  The Fox • 2 years ago
Lewis thought either this was the moment of change, or Orrin was lurking nearby. He focused, do his damnedest to get a read on Malemi and his energy, as well as scanning for any other signatures nearby.
"What happened, Malemi?" he asked, concern patent on his face.
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Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
((Hey everyone! I'm back! :D 
I'm sorry for the delay on responses but I hope to get back into the swing of things soon enough. I'll be catching up on the goings ons and doing "real life" which may take a bit so if I don't respond to things right away, that's why and not because I don't like you lovely people. XD ))
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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
(Hyde without a Jekyll Shall we continue the rp, HJ? :3)
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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
(Yes sorry! Wifi and disqus problems. XP)
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Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( RBDECEPTICON17
I'm so sorry for the delay but I just got back in town! I hope we can continue and finish up our RP. :) ))
RBDECEPTICON17 
But Jamie simply shook her head at the other woman's second question.
"And to answer your first question, I was the local sexologist in my town, but I wasn't very appreciated by those around me. I was hoping for a chance to do my work without being judged by all that saw me. That's when I got the letter, and that's when I quickly decided that a change of scenary was needed." The tall brunette calmly explained.
Hyde without a Jekyll 
Alice nodded and continued making the sandwich. Jamie's story sounded an awful lot like Rose's, yet the woman seemed so different from Rose.
"Why did you think we had another sexologist?" The girl asked, she still didn't trust this woman completely.
RBDECEPTICON17 
"I guessed, since the place is bloody huge, that you might have another sexologist around here." Jamie explained.
The brown haired sexologist then raised a suspicious eyebrow at Alice.
"Why else did you think I asked such a question?" She questioned, curious and suspicious.
((My response))
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"I want to be clear," Alice finished making the sandwich and pulled out a knife looking Jamie directly in the eyes. "the other sexologist who lives here is a very good friend of mine and I don't want to see her hurt since you two will probably be working together." She cut the sandwich, and paused before putting the sharp blade down.
Alice remembered how Rose was so nervous about her declaration of love to Lady Venom. She remember how they scoured the bazaar looking for the bird. Rose was very tense in the bazaar due to the harsh glares from others. Alice worried for her friend, even though the Society was a typically safe place.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
(Aside from the odd bits of chaos and danger that show up every so often. XD)
'The other sexologist is a woman as well...? Interesting.' Jamie thought to herself, as she stared wide eyed at the other woman, surprised by Alice's explaination.
Female sexologist were few and far between.
"You think I would hurt her?" The taller woman questioned, confused.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
"You never know...." She replied placing the sandwich onto a plate and began to clean up her mess.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Do you have a problem with me being here or something? I'm not going to cause trouble for someone in the same line of work as myself, unless their bloody incompitant." Jamie calmly retorted.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago • edited
"Rose is a genius!" Alice snapped back defensively. "But I'll let her show you that!" She quickly picked up her plated meal and stomped out of the kitchen towards Rose's room.
Meanwhile her hungry stomach complained about it's vacancy. The sandwich was so close yet so far.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
(Such poetry on that last line. XD)
Jamie's eyes widened for a moment, before she walked along behind the other woman, her curiousity peaked over the other sexologist because of Alice's words.
Meanwhile, the mysterious Rose was sleeping softly and adorably in her chair, tired from her previous night of working herself to sleep, her journal closed upon her desk, while the lights of her room had been turned off hours ago.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
((If her stomach ain't happy, then nobody's happy! Oh I'm so sorry Jamie had to meet Alice while she's hangry! XDX ))
After a bit they arrived at Rose's room. With one quick last warning glare at Jamie Alice knocked upon the door.
"Rose? Are you in there?" All previous hostility seemed to be (for the most part) gone from her voice.
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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
The only response that came back was a sleepy and adorable groan.
Jamie raised an eyebrow at both the noise and at Alice...though she had to admit that the sound was kind of cute.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
"Rose?" Alice tried again, "There's a new lodger with me who you should meet."
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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
Seconds after those words were uttered, a loud thud came from the other side of the door, a small sound of pain leaving the blonde sexologist.
"I-I'm coming! J-Just a s-second!" Rose stuttered out to Alice, voice shaky and nervous.
Jamie frowned at the sounds she heard from the other side of the door.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago
Alice flinched at the massive bang and began to reconsider her actions.
"It's okay Rose!" She shouted through the door, "We can come back later if you're busy!"
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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
"No! I-It's okay!" Rose protested, as her footsteps drew closer to the door, before the door was suddenly swung open to reveal a young woman, with long blonde hair tied back in a ponytail, and emerald eyes that shone with a small tears, while a wide yet nervous smile was on her pretty face.
And to say that the brown haired sexologist was both stunned and saddened by Rose's appearance, was quite the understatement, as she stared wide eyed at the other sexologist.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago • edited
"Rose!" Alice grinned at her friend, sandwich in hand, "I would like you to meet our new sexologist, Jamie!" She gestured towards the brunette besides her.
((She's so proud of her friend! :') ))
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Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
((@flFlint Broadmayer I'm so sorry for the delay but I just got back in town! I hope we can continue and finish up our RP. :) ))
Flint Broadmayer 
He yielded with a nod and an apologetic smile. "Of course, my apologies."
Hyde without a Jekyll "That's okay." Alice nodded and smiled. "Do you want help bringing the luggage to your room?"
Flint Broadmayer 
"No need! It's just this," he said, raising and thumping his fist on the side of the large trunk he held.
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"Okay!" Alice nodded and smiled once again. "Follow me please!" And with that the girl turned and began to walk down the hall.
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Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
(( Miss-Dreamerkat I'm so sorry for the delay but I just got back in town! I hope we can continue and finish up our RP. :) ))
Miss-Dreamerkat 
"No, I am stuck here forever," Kito said sadly and he looked down at the ground. "I just wish I could stop seeing all of them dead!"
Hyde without a Jekyll 
"How do you know you're stuck? There's ton of people here in the Society and more coming every week!" Alice thought of how she hadn't even knew the wolf had existed before an hour ago. "I know a few study dimentional things. Maybe they can try to help you get home," She paused and lowered her voice to console the man. "or give you some closure."
Miss-Dreamerkat 
"Perhaps, but how could they find it? There are many worlds," Kito said.
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"I don't know." Alice shrugged. "That's what they study, not me."
Alice thought for a moment running through the people she knew who could help. Dreamer had left. Catt knew about time travel not dimension travel. There was that Gabby fellow. She paused for a moment Wasn't he Lewis's friend?
Her eyes narrowed at the thought of the difficult man.
"I think Lewis has a friend who could help."
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Miss-Dreamerkat  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
"He does?" Kito asked, ears perked up.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago
Alice nodded. "A Gabby, I think? Or at least that's what I heard."
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Miss-Dreamerkat  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Perhaps I could talk to her," Kito said looking up at Alice.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago
"We can try!" She nodded again, "We should go find Lewis."
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Miss-Dreamerkat  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
"Not like this, nightmare or not I need sleep," Kito said.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago
"Oh okay!" A sudden yawn came upon the girl at the mention of sleep. "J-Just come to the kitchen tomorrow morning and we can find him then."
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Miss-Dreamerkat  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
Kito nodded and changed in to his wolf form and curled up and soon fell asleep.
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago
Alice left the sleeping beast lie and she returned back to her room to finish the night dreaming of fluffy wolves.
((End? Or do you want to skip to the morning where Kito finds Alice in the kitchen?))
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Wizardblizzard  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
((How does this work, by the way? Did 86 contact you behind the scenes, or did you contact them, or did you just throw that out there to see whether 86 rose to it? Interested because I like this kind of thing but can't work out how it's done!))
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Wizardblizzard • 2 years ago • edited
((I first looked through the wikia trying to figure out who could help. Saw Gabby was an option, who has contact through Lewis. I then sent 86 a message asking if it was okay if I proposed this idea to which they approved and that was it. Hope this helps! :D )
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Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago
(Mz.Hyde Just our luck that you leave on vacation when I finally get back. I hope you have nice trip though! I'm ready to get going when you are (: )
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Hyde without a Jekyll  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago
((Welcome back Hastier! I hope you had a good trip! :D ))
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Hastie Lanyon  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago
(Thank you! I had a good time, but it's nice to be back home again.)
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Helen Jekyll  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago • edited
(Hey, you're back! :D Did you enjoy your trip?
If you've got time, I have a few questions about how Hastie's vampire-mess works! ^-^)
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Hastie Lanyon  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited
(Oh I had a great time! A month away from home was a bit much though. But ask away! God knows I should figure the whole thing out myself. x) )
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Helen Jekyll  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago
(That's wonderful! Wow, a month seems like a really long trip.
Okay! I was wondering, is a simple vampire bite that turns you into one or do you have to be drained of all your blood?)
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Hastie Lanyon  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago
(Drained of all your blood. If not, Lewis would be a vampire by now!)
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Helen Jekyll  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago
(That's what I had thought! Thank you! ^-^)
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Mz.Hyde Mod  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago
(Dude, I'm in a condo. Im ready to go whenever you are! Glad to have you back!)
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Hastie Lanyon  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
(Right, here are the last two segments + my new one)
Mz.Hyde -> Hastie Lanyon
*Mz. Hyde scanned the crowd, looking for something, anything to help them escape. And then she sees it: a moped!* 
Hastie, over there! 
*She points and runs over to the scooter, knocking off the small one-eyed monster on it.* 
Sorry, I need this now! HASTIE GET ON!
Hastie Lanyon -> Mz.Hyde
*Hastie had never seen such a contraption before, but he figured he would ask questions later as he saw the guards get a little too close for comfort. He clung on tightly to Mz. Hyde as she drove straight through the crowd, honking for people to get out of the way.*
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*Creatures of all shapes and sizes jumped out of the way as they speeded the two of them speeded towards the sewers. It took all Hastie had to hang on to Mz. Hyde, as well as make sure they didn't lose any bags along the way. But along the edges of the crowd he could see creatures clad in armour that was black as a moonless night head towards the same exit, trying to cut them off. Hastie pointed them out to Mz. Hyde, who grunted in response and sped up even more, pushing their stolen metal horse to its limit.*
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Mz.Hyde Mod  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago
(Alright Hastie, let's do this!) 
GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY!!!
*Mz. Hyde screamed at the crowd of monsters as she swerved the scooter in and out of traffic. She looks back in one of the rear view mirrors and sighs.*
I think we lost them!
*And that was when Anastasia and her goons parted the streets behind them in three leather, chrome, and bone motorcycles. The commander herself had the most evil grin on her face, complimented by her glowing red eyes.*
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Hastie Lanyon  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
*Hastie followed Mz. Hyde's gaze. He froze as he saw the Death's Guard close in on them.*
We can't lead them to the surface, they'd wreak havoc!
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Mz.Hyde Mod  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago
NO SHIT SHERLOCK! 
*Mz. Hyde grips the handlebars as hard as she could, making the small scooter go as fast as it could. Unfortunately, a scooter with two people and many pounds of opium is not going to go faster than a motorcycle with an angry demon commander on it.* 
"YOUR HEAD IS GOING ON MY MANTLE HYDE!" 
YOU'LL HAVE TO CATCH MY ASS FIRST! Come on brain...think! Think! 
*Mz. Hyde made a hard left and one of the demon lackeys crashed into a cabbage cart. She made another turn and was able to catch a glimpse of a street sign.* 
Ok, we just got off of Greed drive...now we're on highway-I mean, MOTORway 666... Alright, here's the plan Hastie! In a few minutes I'm going to drive into a park. When I say NOW, you are going to grab all the bags and hold onto me as hard as you can, GOT IT?!
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Hastie Lanyon  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
I'm not going to like this, am I? *Hastie clung on to her all the same. The surrounding buildings and creatures blurred together as they drove past. Hastie dared to look back, only to find that Anastasia and her remaining guard had gained on them. They were barely ten metres apart by now, and they were inching closer.*
HYDE DO SOMETHING.
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Mz.Hyde Mod  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago
I AM DOING SOMETHING SO SHUT UP! 
*While keeping an eye on the road, Mz. Hyde takes one hand and wraps one pigtail around a handle bar. After she ties it, she does the same to the other pigtail and handlebar.* 
We're coming up on our stop in about ten seconds, get ready! 
*As Hastie turns back to grab the bags, he hears a big clang on the back of the scooter and the scooter slows. He then comes face to face with the demon commander. In one hand she has a loaded pistol and in the other she is holding some of the bags that Hastie just grabbed onto.* 
"I HAVE YOU NOW! FILTHY HUMANS!"
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Hastie Lanyon  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
*If you'd asked him later, Hastie wouldn't be able to tell you what had posessed and made him to do what he did. Maybe he wasn't thinking clearly because of the adrenaline, maybe it was because this creature dared to touch his posessions. Maybe it was because that thing behind them, that dirty, foul-mouthed beast, dared to call him filthy. Hastie may have been vain, prude, proud, scared, and a thousand other things. But filthy? Never.
Hastie yanked the bags towards him, causing the demon to fall forward, before punching her in the face with his free hand. Anastasia grunted and let the bags go, but she did not relent her pursuit.*
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Mz.Hyde Mod  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago
*Anastasia growled in pain as she let go of the bags she was gripping onto to touch her face. The scooter sped it's way into a playground.* 
NOW! 
*As Hastie latched onto her, Mz. Hyde veered the car over to the merry-go-round. As the little monster children ran out of the way, Mz. Hyde grabbed onto one of the bars on the playground staple. The merry-go-round spun at an incredible speed from the inertia of the scooter. As they spun, Anastasia began to lose her grip on the scooter.* 
"YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE LAST OF ME HYDE!" 
*With that, Ana was flung off the scooter. It was then that Mz. Hyde let go of the merry-go-round, shooting her and Hastie into the sky like a rocket. They landed about half a mile away from the playground, speeding right into the entrance to the London sewers.*
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Hastie Lanyon  Mz.Hyde • 2 years ago
*Hastie had closed his eyes when they went flying, but he noticed the sudden darkness all the same. A mere two seconds later they landed with a bang, but somehow the scooter didn't fall apart. Mz. Hyde braked hard, and they skidded to a stop. Hastie still had his eyes closed, but the foul smell that hit him told him exactly where they were.*
Bloody hell...
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Mz.Hyde Mod  Hastie Lanyon • 2 years ago
(Alright Hastie, let's do this!) 
GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY!!!
*Mz. Hyde screamed at the crowd of monsters as she swerved the scooter in and out of traffic. She looks back in one of the rear view mirrors and sighs.*
I think we lost them!
*And that was when Anastasia and her goons parted the streets behind them in three leather, chrome, and bone motorcycles. The commander herself had the most evil grin on her face, complimented by her glowing red eyes.*
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