[18:55] * Sisip keeps her arms around Seven as she supports her pale friend, kissing her forehead gently. "Hey there." Still holding Sev she smiles over to Metalhead as he approaches, eyes flicking to Tremor as she watches him for a moment. "Hey Metalhead." She tries to make her voice cheery but she's obviously as refreshed and full of vim and vigor as Seven appears to be. It had been quite the ordeal for everyone, to be honest. "Getting there, slowly but surely."
[19:00] <Edwin> Well, so much for giving Seven some space and letting her work things out for herself. She still looked miserable and exhausted, and Eddie was wondering if there was anything that he could do to help bring her around a little and at least set her back on the path to being her usual self. Felipe was here now, and he gave the Brazilian rocker a metal horns salute by way of greeting. \m/ "'Sup, dude?" The two of them were usually going in opposite directions, so he hadn't had much time to hang around with other rocker lately.
[19:04] * Maximus Those of who are outside would start hearing the fast paced, deep rotor beats of a rather large helicopter slowly approach. A mellow, jet like whining howl, produced by the engines, slightly overpowers the rotors beating sounds along with the airy, bbbrrrrrrrr sound of the massive tail rotor joining in. Its an odd sound, something one doesn't hear everyday. As the copter approaches in the waning light of the day, its impressive size can be seen as it turns to line up for a landing. Tail low, nose up, the massive chopper slowly edges down to land upon its designated LZ. The trees off to its left began blowing and swaying as if in a hurricane, a large cloud of dust rises into the air out in front of the beast as it touches down. Seconds after landing, the engines cut off and the rotor blades come to a very quick halt with the use of the rotor brakes. All is quiet and calm again as the pilot climbs out via the side entrance/exit door. The door's promptly closed and locked and said pilot heads for the guard shack to check in.
[19:04] * Tremor grabs a tray and gathers up his usual grapefruit, instant noodles and eggs. He makes his way to a table near a window with some natural light and begins to quietly study as he eats. The bandage on his nose seems to have been traded for a much smaller cleaner one and his bruises were almost gone. The SND on his wrist was still as bulky and cumbersome as ever and he keeps messing with his jacket to keep out view.
[19:04] * Xerxes stepped back so as to get out of the way of the door, and watched Sisip and Seven quietly for a moment. He nodded back to Tremor, then recalled a memo... and made a mental note to keep an eye on the young-man. All in all, it seemed like a good chunk of his friends where now in the walking-wounded category... *Sigh* He was sad it had happened like this, but he wasn't surprised... which was sad as well, really.
[19:07] <Holtzmann> "Just, y'know... rockin' on." Felipe gave Eddie a pat in the back and stood in place, hands folded behind his back. He looked quite content to just watch the conversation regardless of the cold, but something jolted him into straightening his back. "Oh, hey! Before I forget! I'm not sure if she's told you this already, Sisip... or there's gonna be a freak-out... in which case I'd rather catch it than her, she's already got it hard enough at home-- hang on, I'm ramblin'." Pause. Rewind. Do it again. Smile. "So I'm datin' Ashlynne. Are we still cool? Jameson had somethin' to say against it after I chewed 'im up in the cafeteria, but I -think- we might be cool again already. So, yeah." That was better. Still rambling, but better.
[19:09] * Angel`Pearson just kinduv tagged along with the group, looking all lost as Felipe spoke.
[19:09] <Holtzmann> He kinda does that to people sometimes.
[19:12] * Sisip watches the massive Hook soar overhead, a smile in her tired eyes as she watches it land. Max was back. Looking over at Felipe she raises an eyebrow, "Dating.. Ashlynne? Ena's Ashlynne?" Her smile fades and she stares at Metalhead, eyes narrowing. She holds him in her dark gaze for a few moments before she rolls her eyes and shrugs, "Dude, she's a good girl, we're cool for now, and don't listen to Jamie.. he's an arrogant blowhard who doesn't appreciate what he's got."
[19:19] * Tremor looks up from his textbook at the helicopter. He was still relatively new here and had yet to see anything land in or near the school. He watches for a bit.
[19:19] <Edwin> Eddie looks up and watches the helicopter come into view over the campus and touch down. Max must be coming for a visit. How many other people were there who'd commute to campus in a chopper? He had nothing to say on the matter of Felipe dating Ashlynne, because really, it was none of his business to be offering commentary on the subject. He moves beside Seven again, putting an arm around her shoulders. "You look exhausted, Sev. Still having trouble sleeping?"
[19:24] * Maximus After checking in with security, across the quad be goes, heading for the cafe for a drink. Slung over his right shoulder's a big duffel bag, meaning he's been camped out someplace for a while. He's wearing what looks to be cargo pocketed olive drab colored work pants and a heavy duty hunter's coat of the same color. A Bikers bucket hat of tan color is perched on his head, ten 40 caliber rounds sitting in tight holders surround the black band of the hat. He's whistling a tune as he walks along, seemingly in a good mood.....a change from his normally quiet, distant demeanor. "Holy..." He raised his eyebrows as Sisip's stare pierced right through him. At her answer, he looked relieved. "Ah, good! Seriously, I don't think I'd survive another drama session!" The Brazilian rocker chuckled. "Miss Duchesne seems to think it's alright, so I think I should finally be good. Ashlynne's the best, I'm gonna take all the care in the world. Also, I-- uh..." He considered asking her to send his apologies to Jack, sin
[19:26] <Holtzmann> hadn't been able to talk to him since the bar brawl, but something in the corner of his mind told him it would be a bad idea. "I'm happy to see you back and walkin' 'round! The campus needed more of your skin tone. And the occasional loose feathers!"
[19:29] * Xerxes blinked at Metalhead, and inwardly winced a few times. He wasn't sure why there were people wandering around claiming to be Jameisons teenage children, but he was fairly sure it was a pool best not waded into. It seemed like the way to do the least harm, right?
[19:29] * Kraken Physically and aside from the weight loss, the squidman was looking a great deal better. Color was bright and unwavering even with the memory of the past month nd the other day's music man related news broadcast. He didn't seem afraid of himself anymore as more and more time lapsed between the incident. Sure here was still some shadow under his eyes and something not quite right in them but he had come a far way from the 'I'm a monster-ies.' As for Kevin's location? On his way to the cafeteria.
[19:34] * Tremor spots Maximus and Kevin walking across the quad. Looked like the whole gang was beginning to assemble. He frowns slightly at the notion. Maybe this was a mistake. Too many distractions. He sighs and figures he will stick it out a bit longer. After finishing his grapefruit and allowing his noodles enough time to cool, he resumes eating and study.
[19:53] * Xerxes waved at Kraken as he crossed the quad. "Huh, looks like just about everyone is here... But where's Jack? I haven't seen him in a while, either." It is true, Jack would complete the whole set.
[19:55] * Maximus Spots Kevin out as he's heading towards the cafe and gives a quick, sharp whistle to get the squidman's attention "Yo...Kev!!" The otterman calls out, waving him over.
[19:56] <AnE> Seven didn't bother to move. Or wave. So tired. She'd simply passed out once Eddie had slipped his arm around her shoulders... but now she snapped awake again! Funny how that worked, right? Reaching up, she'd rub at her eyes, shaking her head quickly and sighing as she peered up at Eddie. She could barely recall what time or day it was, more or less where the hell she was or who she was talking to. Still, she managed to remember what Eddie asked her before she dozed. "Oh...uh... no. No trouble. One cannot have trouble sleeping if... they do not sleep."
[19:56] * Angel`Pearson also gave Kevin a lil wave as he spotted him, and frowned a bit hearing Seven...Awww!
[20:00] * Sisip blinks out of her own internal thoughts as she looks over at Seven, frowning a bit. She hadn't seen her pale friend at all since before the bar... she couldn't blame her for not sleeping.
[20:02] <Holtzmann> Aaaand that was Felipe's call for getting the hell out. Things were getting a bit too crowded in there. He said goodbye for everybody, "Up the Irons" to Eddie (how ironic!), then slipped into the cafeteria before his toes froze into a single mass of pain inside his sneakers.
[20:03] * Edwin lowered his voice so as not to be overheard by the entire group. "You look like you're barely functioning at all, Sev. You want to come over tonight? Or is there anything I can do for you? Because I hate seeing you like this." She'd been out on her feet for a moment, and if not for him holding her up, she probably would have just fallen like a marionette with its strings cut.
[20:03] * Xerxes put an arm around Sisip's waist when he saw she'd been super-uber-wool-gathering. "Well... perhaps we should all go inside where it's warmer? And there's food? And coffee?" Coffee! Yeah! Though in Seven's case she just needed some goddamned sleep... for starters.
[20:05] * Kraken glanced to Xerxes and Max, raising an arm to wave at the two. Seemed a rather larger crowd outside the cafeteria tonight. Though he didn't link everyone to the Nickies like Xerxes had. He neared the crowd a little bit, frowning as he spotted the trembly look on the albino girl. Hey Angel was there too, he also got a wave. He would head on over but oops! quick detour as Max whistled, he'd meet with the crowd in a few.
[20:06] * Sisip 's arms wrap around Xerxes's waist as she nods just a bit. "I think so, on both parts." She looks over at Kevin as he approaches.. and the veers off to meet with Max. Well they'd both be back. Sisip had some thanking to do to her pseudo squidbrother.
[20:08] * Maximus As Kevin approached, Max would greet him "Wuz up dude! Didn't mean to detour ya like that but I was plan'in on work'in out later tonight. Prime time to get yerself back into shape......if yer up to it" He would shift the duffle bag over to his left shoulder now, thinking it would have been better to leave the blasted thing in the chopper. But he wanted a drink and some food first so the cafe was his first stop....and that bag was going to have to follow.
[20:09] <AnE> "Should I....? I mean... I know it is not healthy to stay awake for so long..." Seven lacked the ability at present to control the volume of her voice, so she didn't bother speaking in a particularly quiet manner. "But I can't help it. And the news is not making me feel any better -- have you seen it lately?" Eyes widened a little, dark circles beneath almost looking red due to her pale complexion. "They -- uh, a name. A name for the man at the bar. He--" Dizzy. She looked ready to swoon, but instead rested her weight against Eddie with a frown. "Sorry. I am a mess, aren't I? I apologize. I should have known better than to sleep, but it is difficult. Why did I not just go to the medical center? It is not rocket surgery!" Even in her sleep deprived, slightly delirious state, she still managed to effortlessly produce Sevenisms. She placed a palm to her face and groaned deeply, highly disappointed with herself.
[20:10] * Xerxes arched a brow. "Yes, I've seen it. It only shows MusicMan and not any of the people who went so that Sisip and Jack could have their own bodies back. You think theres footage of the people who went?"
[20:14] <Kraken> "It's ok, and thanks I'd like that just need to get some food in me." Toxins were gone from his system, organs had recovered the infirmary did all it could. Now it was up to Kevin for the rest. Eating right and exercising, keeping to his classes and therapy. "I think I'm up for it." He smiled to the otterman. and glanced back over to the cafe and the small crowd before it.
[20:15] * Sisip stays quiet, her eyes closing for a moment. So much had happened that night... more than people realized, at least when it came to Sisip and Jack themselves. when they'd finally had a chance to discuss what had been xeroxed into Sisip's memories Jack had become quieter, more upset... not that she could blame him in the least. She understood, now, why her father had such respect for her beloved.
[20:18] <Edwin> "No, it's definitely not good for you. Would you like to? I'd be glad to have you over." He didn't know if the change of venue would help her sleep any better, but it certainly couldn't hurt, could it? "Yeah. I saw some of it. You think that's him? Or...at least, who he was before?" It was hard to imagine that someone so young could wield power on the scope of the Music Man so effortlessly. Who knew what he was before? "I dunno, you were hoping things would get better on their own? We can take a walk down to the med center if you want." Her mangled turn of phrase made him smile and kiss her on the forehead. 'It's not rocket surgery!' would be a pretty decent name for a band, he thinks to himself out of nowhere.
[20:24] <AnE> "Perhaps. It might help. I feel a little bad leaving Einstein and Newton by themselves overnight, but they can keep each other company." Rubbing at the bridge of her nose, Seven resigned herself to quietly slumping against Eddie for the time being. She didn't want to go to the medical center, where they would have probably told her to go home and get some rest. Maybe a pill. Either way, she hated the way sleeping under the influence of a pill made her feel. It reminded her of the old days. "I do not know..." She mumbled, feeling useless as ever. Surely all of this self-loathing would go away after a few days' sleep. Maybe. Glancing up, she sighed softly, the tip of her tail twitching, "Hey... Eddie?"
[20:26] * Maximus would nod to Kevin, hazel browns shifting over to the group out front of the cafe "Awesome man. figured you'd back outta it." He'd shift the duffel bag again then groan "Man this dam thing's heavy....." With that, he motion Kevin towards the cafe " I gotta get this thing off my shoulder....wanna carry it?"
[20:27] <Edwin> "Oh, hey. You named him Newton. Rockin' name." He told her she'd come up with something good if she just gave it a little time. "All right, no rush. We can always go tomorrow if you don't feel any better, right?" He hadn't really thought about the fact that doctors and hospitals might make her nervous, considering her past. "What's up, Sev?"
[20:27] * Xerxes sorta nodded to Angel and maybe half-escorted Sisip right on in thar, as she seemed to be in semi-conscious mode to... Also, there was this strange icey vibe that came up when he mentioned Jack. Clearly it was thin conversational ice, there.
[20:27] * Angel`Pearson blinked at the nod, and sortuv followed along.
[20:32] <Kraken> "Why would i go back on it?" The smile remained on his face. "I want to get my strength and health back up to my normal again." He turned back to Max and took the bag from him with a tentacle. "No problem there, Max." And then it was off to the cafeteria.
[20:34] <AnE> "Yes. When I am around, he becomes quite agitated if I do not call him by his full name -- Sir Isaac Newton... erhm, Junior." Weak smile, shrug of shoulders before she stifled a yawn -- only the twentieth or so that evening, really. "Yeah. I am sure that I just need a little sleep." She flicked her tail and grimaced. It was no secret that Seven hated the medical center. Of course, normally when she was in it she was unconscious or seen quickly enough for it not to make a difference, but the smell of medical supplies, the sterile environment. It brought back bad memories. Lowering her bright red eyes, she shrugged again, "...nevermind. It can wait." Always with the ceasing of the thought.
[20:40] * Maximus Would give a slight shrug "I dunno......folks change their minds bout things all da time ya know." His jaw dropped as Kevin effortlessly plucked his heavy duffle off his shoulder. "Geez dude.....you snatched that like it was nothin. I was joke'in actually but.....thanks."
[20:40] * Tremor finished his noodles long ago and closes his textbook. He seems to think quietly to himself for a moment and looks out at the various students gathered. Some looked like they had seen better days. Must have been some kind of fight by the looks of it. He wasn't up to date on the whole Music man situation ether. He reflects for a moment before getting up to throw away his trash and ponder what to do next.
[20:44] <Kraken> "Yea, my tentacles are a good bit stronger than the rest of me." The smile left Kevin's face and he winced, thinking of the last time he'd used them to such an extent, color flickering a little. Even though that memory was hazy and seemed more like he'd watched it on TV than lived it, it was still a very horrible thing. "I... haven't really used them like this too often..."
[20:52] * Edwin laughs when she tells him that Newton becomes peevish if not referred to by his full name. "Sounds like a proper Englishman to me!" He nods, and rubs her back gently. "It'll certainly do you a world of good to not be falling asleep on your feet all the time." And then she tells him nevermind, and he gives her a poke in the ribs. "Seven, I hate when you do that! Tell me what's on your mind."
[20:52] * Maximus watched Kevin carry his duffel as they headed towards the cafe "Well keep'em in use dude. They're a part of ya.....a useful part of ya. Trust me, if i had extra limbs like that, Id be lift'in helicopter engines wit ease" He reached over and grabbed hold of his bag, slinging it back over his shoulder. Once at the cafe, he'd open the door for Kevin, sliding the duffel off his shoulder and holding it via the handstrap.
[20:56] <AnE> A weak smile was offered to Eddie, a dull purr beginning to rumble in her throat as he rubbed Seven's back, eyes beginning to slide closed."Well, I was wondering..." Her voice faded. She looked up and around, the very tips of her ears twitching, "...do you hear that?" Of course, that wasn't what she'd been wanting to ask, but she couldn't help it. Eddie would have been hearing it, too. ... That flute. The sound of music -- no, not that sound of music. Swan Lake, for those so inclined. It coursed through the campus with jittery notes, the melody slowly building.
[20:59] <Kraken> "I know they're a part of me, and yea, they'd be useful; but while they're strong, they can get damaged pretty easily... That blades everywhere guy that attacked the formal... Severed all four of them with very little effort." Compared to poor Nick, she'd only been almost cut in two with some more oomph to the blade. His tentacles twitched from the memory, the damage no longer visible having been healed up long ago. Duffel was taken away with a nod as Kev entered the cafeteria. All color seemed to fade from the squidman's body as that music played... "no... no..."
[20:59] <Edwin> "Yes?" He asks as she trails up, and then he hears the sound of flute music drifting across the campus. At first, he was wondering if it was just his imagination--or maybe he was hoping that it was. His shoulders slumped when Seven asked her question. "What the hell? I thought that Jack got rid of the flute? How...?" He should have known it was too good to be true. "...So, Sev. You hungry at all? I was just thinking that it would be a great time to run into town and get some burritos."
[20:59] * Sisip sat with Xerxes in the cafeteria where she simply stared out the window. The music didn't click at first, eyes sliding around the cafeteria as she tries to locate the source. Looking at Xerxes she raises an eyebrow... before she freezes.
[21:01] * Angel`Pearson scooted in on the table Sisp and Xerxes sat at, eyes blinking again behind his fabulous glammy shades as he saw Sisip's reaction and then the flutey music registered.
[21:01] * Xerxes was one of the few people who had very little experience or exposure to the music-man, and so he didn't notice when Sisip thawed, and then heard flute music and immediately froze. What tipped him off that something was wrong... was her expression. "Sisip? Hun? What's wrong?"
[21:07] * Tremor glances around at the music. Everyone seemed to stop what they were doing. It seemed different than before... maybe? He walks over to Sisip and Xerxes' table, still looking around for the source, "Is that what I think it is?"
[21:08] <AnE> "...oh, no. Oh, no, oh, no, oh no." Like several others, Seven couldn't do much but freeze, eyes going as wide as saucers. If it were at all possible, she would have gone paler. Getting out of the area seemed like a good idea at first, but it was going to be extremely difficult to accomplish when her body wouldn't freaking move. "Ggh..." She was already beginning to feel sick to her stomach. | The music intensified steadily, until a loud 'WOOSH' could be heard in the quad. Several students who'd been standing in that area quickly scattered as a bright flash of light appeared. The red suited individual, plucking at hidden strings, adding a bit of harp background to the score. As he dragged his bony fingers across the air, ethereal energies shifted along his fingertips as though the strings he was plucking appeared at his will. He was surrounded by a number of hooded figures, each carrying an instrument as ornate as the flute he had originally sported. Blood trickled down his nose as he lifted his hands, breathing heavily, the music continuing to rise -- the man's face, identical to that of the one on the news, was entirely visible, twisted with rage.
[21:12] * Sisip leans closer to Xerxes. It was understandable that anything with music, music man, nick, flute, and randomly played music, scared the crap out of her now. She doesn't even mind the fact that tremor was around. Dark eyes widen as she stares into the quad from the safety of the cafeteria. Safety.. pft.. there was no such beast. She steps close to Xerxes, pressing up against him. "Xerxes... Xerxes he's back.. " And he was pissed.
[21:14] <jimgone> Despite Jack's blah-ness after the incident with Nick in Salem, he nonetheless wanders out from the townhouses as soon as he began to hear the music. Dressed in his more recent purchase of a knee-length leather coat - think Richard Hammond's from Top Gear - he makes his way into the quad, walking at a relatively quick pace... until he spots the Music Man appear, shielding then narrowing his eyes, gritting his teeth a bit. Fists clench - along with his jaw - as he stalks forward. Weren't they ever going to get a break? He nearly growls with his own rage to match the fiendish musician's.
[21:15] * Angel`Pearson frowned scooting closer to one of the cafeterias windows to watch the Music Man appear...Despite the terror and whatnot he couldn't help thinking the guy was quite dapper.
[21:15] * Tremor looks out the window, shielding his eyes at the flash before peering over his arm at the hooded strangers. He paid particular attention to the leader and the rage in his eyes. Tremor knew that look all too well. "This might get worse before it gets better."
[21:15] * Maximus paused just as he opened the door, having heard the music faintly "Da hell....." At first, he figured it was his PDA phone but as soon as it was plucked from his pocket, that notion went clean out the door. The so called Music Man suddenly appeared in his flashy entranced and Max shifted his gaze to stare. He nudged Kevin and motioning to the music laden guy "Is he spose to be here?" Now Max has heard about the Music Man but not very much to know who he is in person. The angry guy playing the music with his 'band' would simply get stared at.
[21:16] <Edwin> "...So." He says as the Music Man appeared, this time with a back-up band. "That's the guy, huh?" This was the first time that Eddie had actually *seen* their antagonist, rather than simply seeing the effects of his work. This looked bad. This looked *really* bad, as a matter of fact. "He looks angry." Thank you, Captain Obvious. It seemed like the days of the Music Man just yanking their chains and making them all dance for his amusement were over. Whatever he was here for, he doubted that it was just to provide a free concert. "And what's with all the hooded guys with him?"
[21:16] * Angel`Pearson mumbled "Thats probably an understatement.." as he heard Tremor...He had no idea who he was, so had no overt negative feelings toward the guy. He hadn't gotten the memo apparently.
[21:16] * Kraken after all there were no bones in the tentacles to slow down the blades, just flesh; and very squishidy soft flesh at that. But back to the panic! Yea Kevin had pretty much graduated from deathly pale to his near transparent 'Seven Impression' "Not him, please..." Hands clenched and his tentacles wriggled around behind him. He moved further into the cafeteria, sure no going outside with the Music Man and an whole orchestra out there! "This is not good, not good at all..." He started breathing heavily. Not from any trouble in his respiration but because he was terrified. Hands dug around in his ever present bag for a bottle of water, he needed some to ease his breathing. Water was gulped down and another tentacle reached for Max, pulling him close. "Don't go out there. Don't go near him..."
[21:18] <JadeElf> "Hmm, pretty. I wonder where it's coming from." Alyssa is in her dorm room, studying when the music starts. It takes her several moments to realize that something is out of he ordinary but eventually realization dawns. Her "pretty music" smile fades and she slides off her bed, moving over to her window which conveniently overlooks the lawn. After taking in the bizarre scene Alyssa puts her studies aside and rushes out of her room.
[21:20] * Tremor glances over at Sisip and company, "You said he's not a god right? How did you stop him before?"
[21:20] * Maximus was yanked promptly inside, a protest of "Hey" was given. He turned and gave Kevin a look before his appearance made him blink "Dam dude....you ok? Like ya seen ah ghost or somethin...." His attention would turn back outside at the Music Man and his hooded band. A step was taken towards the door, "Who da fuck is that guy.....and where's he get his threads?"
[21:23] * Isaiah_Mannstein blinks, pulling his headphones away from his ears for a moment, frowning, he turns off his mp3 player and pulls the blinds on his room's window, looking outside to see what's making that... sound....
[21:23] <Holtzmann> "Who defiles Swan Lake...?" Anatoly staggered out of the Rec Center, clutching his chest. Tchaikovsky was being played in anger, and even the not-at-all patriotic young man was feeling sickened. Or maybe it was just the melody, somehow messing with him. He leaned heavily against a wall, and a large earthen effigy rose up besides him to offer its master support and protection.
[21:24] <AnE> "I... I..." Words were lost on Seven. Her form slowly faded out of view -- he was back, and he brought friends. This was beyond bad. "G-going to...stay here...don't go..." Her voice was a harsh whisper as she slithered away from Eddie and, presumable sought somewhere safe. Where was safe, anyways? | Drawing his cane, the Music Man waved his hand, the gem-tipped rod becoming a conductor's baton. "Time to set the stage..." He mumbled, raising his arms. The band began to play louder -- a massive crescendo into a hellish cacophony of sound, and... was that fire? From the sky, even. It rained down around the school, the land outside the wall set ablaze, massive walls of flame rising higher and higher in an obvious attempt to keep people from getting in... or getting out.
[21:25] * Sisip spots Jack and her nutmeg skin pales almost dangerously. "... NO ..." She lurches forward, slamming the flat of her palm against the cafeteria window, banging on glass hard. "Xerxes! Xerxes not Jack!" She was almost desperate, she knew his mood, she knew what the MusicMan had caused, the dredging up of memories he had locked away, that he hadn't even shared with Sisip voluntarily. She gasps, spotting the fire wall. No! Jack! And away she went, out of the cafeteria doors, leaving Tremor's question unanswered, leaving Xerxes to do what Xerxes was doing.
[21:28] * Angel`Pearson blinked jetting out after Sisip. Despite having not having an offensive mutation or anythin' he couldn't let her go out there alone.
[21:29] <Kraken> "Not a ghost. That's the Music Man, Max... You know, that guy that's been terrorizing the campus and causing all that chaos? Stay away." He drew Maximus closer and would take the hydrokinetic further inside, oh look food! In a cafeteria who'da thought? He didn't see the flames but some flashes of light and the glow was quite visible, not to mention the music was getting louder and louder. Max likely felt trembling through Kevin's tentacles, increasing a bit as he looked at Sisip.
[21:29] * Tremor frowns slightly. He was dealing with an unknown element here. More over, with his SND he wouldn't even be able to test his theory. He watches the walls of flame tower around the school and glares out the window at the band. "Anyone have a tuning fork?"
[21:29] <Edwin> Fire was raining down from the sky, turning the world outside the gates into an inferno. It was clear that nobody was going anywhere right now. Anybody who wasn't here now wasn't going to be able to do a damned thing to help. Seven had disappeared, and though invisible, he had a vague idea of where she was thanks to his ability to detect vibrations and air moments, a pale shadow of what the sense was in his spider form, but still present. Eddie walked away from the front doors of the cafeteria where he and Seven had been standing when this all started, out further into the open in the quad.
[21:30] * Isaiah_Mannstein blinks and rubs his eyes and instinctively ducks when he spots the fire raining from the sky... "What in the name of all that is holy..."
[21:32] <Jeem> Jack continues stalking towards the Music Man, snarling towards him, "Enough of this! Why do you keep fucking with us, you MANIAC?" His fists clench and unclench rhythmically. Every time his fingers curl outwards, they grow wraithlike, talons of ethereal smoke, before the smoke bleeds away back into closed fists again. "What did we do to you? WHAT? Why do you have to torment us, you crazy fuck?" Students standing near where he walks quiver in fear, and Jack gives one of them a shove, shouting at them to get indoors before focusing his angry glare back on the Music Man.
[21:32] * Tremor watches Eddie walk out to the quad, Sisip was likely already half away across. He thinks for a moment and then steps out the doors of the cafeteria, making his way over to Eddie's position.
[21:33] * Alyssa isn't the least bit certain what is going on, but the giant wall of flames encircling the school seems to her to be a bad thing. Who is responsible for the firewall seems rather obvious. Soon she would jog up just behind Jack, arriving just in time to hear him yelling at the Music Man. She thinks to ask him what's going on, but quickly decides against it. For now she will just stand and watch.
[21:35] * Isaiah_Mannstein threw on his nomex jacket shell, and his boots, and is outside almost before he realizes what he thinks he's doing... it isn't like he's trained to deal with any of this... "Just what do you think you're gonna do, sparky? He'll cook you to a cinder before you lay a finger on him..."
[21:35] * Maximus Indeed would feel the trembling from Kevin and glanced back at him. "Music Man? Heard of'em.....dont know much bout'em" And thats true. Half the time when the Music Man struck, Max was either out of town or flying a charter, thus, out of harm's way. He'd work himself from Kevin's grasp just as Sisip rushed past. "Da fuck?! Kevin...lemme go dude"
[21:36] * Isaiah_Mannstein spots Alyssa outside along with a few other people that he recognizes as well... well at least he's in good company... "Hey Alyssa... who is this flaming flautist?"
[21:37] <Holtzmann> A small group of large, burly men made of earth and stone arrived at the edge of the quad and stood at ready, their faceless heads turned towards the dark orchestra. Someone else, now laying on the floor of the Rec Center, had minions. Minions that Xerxes or other people who were aware of the rumble downtown would quickly recognize as awaiting orders.
[21:39] * Kraken and sisip fled outside! Kevin released Max and would run out after the grouse girl. "Sisip!" He was late in chasing after her! Late and out of shape, he couldn't keep up with his sister, and especilly not near the end of the day when he'd been out of his tank for the longest. He stopped to catch his breath, taking long and large gulps from a water bottle, his color was still transparent and eyes widened as he looked at the fire wall going around the school. Bad bad bad, very bad...
[21:41] <AnE> "This time, my darling, I've come to take back the energy that was expending bringing Nicholas back from the dead. Again." He hissed, slowly extending a finger in Jack' direction. From the ghostly phaser he would begin to sap his very life force, plucking at ethereal harpstrings as a twisted grin worked its way across his face. It was, fortunately, a slow process, but over time, Jack would find himself growing weaker. The transfer would be made visible in the form of illusory musical notes and such that fed themselves into the Music Man. All the while, the band begun to shift, now playing to the tune of Ride of the Valkyries as they swarmed their conductor. | With a gasp, Seven's invisible form would scramble across the lawn after Eddie, especially after witnessing what the red-suited figure was doing to Jack. Oh, she was going to regret this in the morning -- hell, she was regretting this now.
[21:41] * Isaiah_Mannstein zips up the front of his jacket and takes a drag from his cigarette... he was feeling jumpy as hell, and the music was starting to grate on his nerves
[21:46] * Maximus Blinked as Kevin did let him go and took off after Sisip. Max would stand there a moment, simply staring until his brain kicked into gear. A half a second later, Max was into a dead run, blasting by Kevin, who stopped to catch his breath. Poor Kev. It wouldn't be until he was dam near close to the Music Man when he caught up with Sisip, pushing himself into a running dive. He was aiming to tackle the smaller girl and if he succeeded, he'd end up grabbing hold of her and twisting his body so he'd land on the ground and not on top of her.
[21:46] <Alyssa> "This guy is fucking shit up!" She reports to Isaiah, which is all she has figured out for sure. Then the man seems to attack Jack. She doesn't know Jack from Adam but he clearly belongs on campus while the Music Man clearly does not. "Energy?" She asks the Music Man, though he is obviously not paying her any mind. "I've plenty, have some of mine." She raises her palms towards him and blasts out with a stream of EM energy. She doesn't cut loose completely, stopping short of supercharing the air and burning herself again. The level of energy being poured out would be enough to cause neural disruption in a normal person however.
[21:50] * Xerxes flies on out of the cafeteria, and hovers to get a birds-eye-view of the proceedings.
[21:52] * Isaiah_Mannstein is holding what looks like an aluminum baseball bat that has been striped with copper bands
[21:52] * Sisip 's eyes widen as she watches the MusicMan point at Jack, watches him suck the life from him. As she was just about to throw her hands forward towards the man of her nightmares, intent on blasting him with every ounce of rage she had.. she was tackled to the ground, Max wrapping his arms around her. She screams, flailing as she struggles against him. "MAX! No!! Max! JACK!"
[21:53] * Angel`Pearson blinkblinked as Max zipped by him to tackle Sisip "Whatthehell?!"
[21:54] <Jeem> Jack lets out a groan of pain as he feels... feels like he's being emptied. He can FEEL FEELINGS, MAN! No but srsly, Jack could never explain it in real life, feeling a dread, despair, pain, sadness washing over him as his very life force was being drained. Was it his soul? Chi? Odic Force? There were probably a million different explanations for what it was MM was draining from him. Gritting his teeth, he ghosts, trying to break the 'chain'... and with a deep, hollow gasp as his body transforms into a black-and-blue smoked wraith (think a scary ghosty made of Nightcrawler's BAMF smoke), he starts sprinting forward towards Music Man, smoke-clawed hands held out at his sides as he hurls himself at the mad conductor, oblivious of Alyssa, Isaiah... Sisip, Max, and the others.
[21:56] * Caroline window is open trying to get fresh air. She blinks as she sees the ongoings......she watches fearfully from the safety of her room...this...was a real life horror.....really was... She blinks again and grips the rails on her wheel chair.
[21:59] * Kraken poor Kev; so out of shape that a simple run across the quad had caused him do double over in need of breath. Poor Sisip; she was somewhat thankfully tackled by the hydrokinetic Maximus before she could likely incur more musical wrath. Besides who knew what could happen if the music man was disrupted especially with other mutants around ready to go crazy on blasting him. Kevin took a few more breathing gulps of water before capping it and continuing his running to Sisip and the others.
[21:59] <Edwin> Seeing Jack being drained like this, Eddie decides that he can't just stand idly by and do nothing and just watch. He unzips his jacket and tosses it on a nearby bench, and peels his shirt off over his head, then stretches his arms out and psychs himself up to transform. Skin blackens and becomes chitinous, hair becomes coarse and bristly. As he falls down upon all fours, four limbs become eight, and fingers and toes vanish as his limbs gain extra joints. His face becomes arachnoid, as it merges into his torso to become a cephalothorax. Before long, the man had become a giant black and brown tarantula with eight round eyes and fangs like icepicks. He begins circling the group, then chooses his moment and launches himself at one of the Music Man's hooded minions with a lightning-quick pounce. Taking them out of the fight would make it far easier to deal with their conductor, after all. If he made contact, he'd do what came instinctually and wrap his legs around his target and bite down. --
[22:00] * Isaiah_Mannstein looks at the bat in his hand... looks at MM... figures if he's gotta go, might as well do it doing something meaningful... any maybe he could impress Alyssa at the same time... though, she had a serious edge when it came to sheer badassness of power... oh well! He starts to sprint towards MM's band, raising the bat in both hands as he charges. Every atom that whipped pas his form as he ran was stripped of it's extra electrons, rapidly charging the aluminum and copper instrument of beatings held in his hands to extremely high voltage...
[22:02] * Tremor frowns, this was all wrong. How did the music work? Was it really just for show or did they need the rythums and harmonics to acomplish their reaility warping effects? How would draining the life from Jack help anything? He thinks then runs over to Isaiah, "Wait! Stop!"
[22:02] <AnE> Xerxes sees: Shit's on fire, Music Man's pissed and fucking Jack's shit up. By now, the loudspeakers have begun to announce that people unprepared to deal with this kind of threat should get to safety, wherever that is. Faefae sounds ready to pee herself! Security's running around trying to douse the fires, but it doesn't seem to be working out very well as they just keep coming back! A pair of shadowy musicians swooped before their leader, Alyssa's blast catching them and making them explode -- but a moment later, they reformed, bigger than ever. The girl would be blasted with double the amount of energy that she had put out in the form of blaring soundwaves played from their instruments. A second pair of these musicians swept around their leader as Jack broke the link and advanced. The closer he, or anyone else came, the louder and more maddening the music would play in his head. "None of you will deny me this!" He hissed, his words ringing in Jack's skull. None of the air Caroline would get would be fresh, of course -- it was all smoky and burning and nastiness. One of the minions, the one who Eddie had pounced, would fall. It writhed and screamed hellishly beneath him, shadowy tendrils engulfing the spider tightly in an attempt to fight it off as its ornate violin fell to the ground.
[22:04] <Holtzmann> And also a few earth and rock effigies were standing just beyond the whole mess. Y'know, just hangin' around.
[22:05] * Caroline aaaand with that closes the window and watches from that safety. She coughs a little and shifts her chair moving turning small fan on and watches...well tries to.
[22:05] * Isaiah_Mannstein is already mid swing when Tremor's words make a connection with his brain... like his dad (and little league coach) used to say: dont take your eye off it, and swing for the fences!
[22:07] <AnE> As Isaiah rushed one of the spectral musicians, it turned around and lunged. It opened the equivalent of a mouth as it rushed toward him. Running into the thing would restult in a massive headache induced by a painful cacophany of music ringing in his brain before the wraith-like creature engulfed him. For the next minute or so, he would find himself shrouded in nightmare before the overload of energy from the charged bat would cause the creature to explode in a brilliant, colorful display, though it slowly worked to reform itself almost immediately after!
[22:07] <Edwin> He couldn't speak in this form, only hiss loudly to express his surprise when he bowled into one of the hooded figures and saw what was hidden underneath those robes. What the hell were these things? Were they even people? Legs wrapped tight and tried to restrict its limbs as the two of them went rolling across the grass. Eddie did what came instinctively--which was to bite repeatedly and try to load it up with venom until it stopped struggling--if it was even substantial enough to bite into, much less effectively envenomate.
[22:09] * Kraken one tentacle held a water bottle to his mouth, all this smoke and heat and any ash was not healthy for the aquatic mutant. His kin was feeling dry, his breathing was heavy, he could taste all the burniness through his skin. Why was it always heat?! He couldn't run off and hide this time... Sisip was here. Jack, Eddie, Seven, Max, and a bunch of others. Instincts were screaming at him to ink and flee even though he didn't think he had it in him to produce any with the dryness in the air and seeing what happened to the other attackers...
[22:12] * Xerxes circled up and over the battle field then attacked from above, behind, and at a parabolic angle of attack with ye olde two-booted justice stomp at -jelly- velocity, aiming for the MusicMan's torso. His interception line would not hit any of the home-team, to be sure. He'd done this before.
[22:12] * Isaiah_Mannstein grabbed his head and fell to his knees as the music in his head was deafening
[22:13] * Tremor winces at the sounds, but appears to listen closely to them all. He seems to mumble in thought before he breaks into a run for the med clinic. In the chaos, who would stop him?
[22:14] * Alyssa gets blasted by a wall of sound and clutches her ears screaming in agony. She manages to keep her feet for a moment, but the pain is completely overwhelming and she pitches forward onto the ground, bleeding from both ears.
[22:14] * Sisip sobs as she struggles against Max since Mun's not sure if he's posting or not so she makes it up as she goes along, and finally she breaks free, rolling along the crud of the quad. Finally she scrambles up, "JACK!" It was all she could say apparently now, all she could think of. He was going to get killed.
[22:17] * Isaiah_Mannstein blinks slowly as he tries to clear his head... "Where are the fuckin Ghost busters when you need em?!" he grumbled as he shook his head, trying to make the ringing of his ears stop
[22:17] <Holtzmann> The group of moving statues marched into the quad. They had no minds to be tampered with, and no ears to hear the deadly cacophony. Moving ponderously as their hardened surfaces crunched, cracked and reformed, they split up and advanced over the rest of the orchestra. Their master was watching from the Rec building, laying on his side and wincing with pain. He wouldn't be able to do much after all the effort he had spent in the sim but he'd at least try to distract some of those creatures so the mutants who were at a disadvantage could retreat.
[22:18] <Jeem> Jack keeps on throwing himself forward. Unfortunately, at this time... he couldn't effect anything physical from the ethereal plane his body transports to. Thusly, he's faced with a choice. Avoid pain and suffering, or... try and stop the maniac. Fuck it. With a snarling roar, the sound coming through a deep, hollow baritone, echoing like it was coming from the helmet of a suit of armor, Jack throws himself at Music Man, rematerializing in mid-air. He tries to reach out to grab at him - his face, his throat, anywhere he can get a hold on the mad man, wincing in pain at the sonic assault that starts ripping through his head, crying out.
[22:19] * Isaiah_Mannstein scrambles to get out of the way of the approaching golems
[22:24] <AnE> The creature that wrestled with Eddie did its best to engulf him as well. Whether or not he could truly experience the hellish nightmares in this form...weeeell. After a while, however, the creature began to slow. The tendrils that had been doing their best to fend off the giant spider recoiled and the musician started twitching. It was about this time that the shadowy veil melted away, revealing the form of, what we can presume is a mutant -- young, male, green-haired, completely unconscious, foaming at the mouth. The Music Man snarled, "No!" But before he could send his minion back into the fight proper? Xerxes... and Jack. The Music Man was not one to be taken down quite so easily, however. Xerxes' booted feet ram him and he stumbles significantly, blood seeping from his nose before a pair of shadowy minions lunge to protect their master, dark talons raking at the Persian as his head was assaulted with that hellish sound. Jack's hands managed to brush the collar of the conductor's blouse -- and in that moment, he is granted clarity. [I will PM to tell you what that means!] After a moment, he would blast the man backwards with some crazy combination of the sonic and the mystic, leaving Jack's entire body feeling as though it were on fire. The blaze that tore through the school's outer walls shifts to an almost serene blue color. A number of small black stones find themselves clattering onto the grass.
[22:29] * Tremor gets to the med clinic and sets up his alternate plan. He sighs, hoping it wouldn't come to this and then runs out the door at break neck speed for the Academic building. It takes him a bit to get there and inside but when he does, he scrambles for the music room. There he gathers up a multitude of microphones, speakers, portable editing equipment and -lots- of cords. he piles the mess onto a large cart and begins to wheel it furiously through the hallways towards the door, an extension cord trailing in his wake.
[22:30] * Alyssa lays there and bleeds a bit. That's good though, because corpses don't bleed.
[22:30] <Holtzmann> Actually, they do. Just not under pressure. Eventually it just sort of pools. But, uh... yeah.
[22:31] * Isaiah_Mannstein crawls towards Alyssa, he's going to drag her clear... as soon as there is only one of her to choose from... so he's splitting the difference and aiming for the center
[22:31] <AnE> Where's Seven in all this? Running around like a headless chicken, presumably, though that should be Sisip's job. The invisible girl would stumble upon the downed Alyssa and despite the massive migraine she had going on -- oh, nevermind. Isaiah totally had it! Cool. She'd resume cowering under a bench and needing a change of pants
[22:32] * Alyssa twitches, cuz unconsious people sometimes do that when stimulated
[22:33] * Xerxes recovers from the hellish sound somewhere at about 300 feet and climbing, and forces himself to roll to his 'feet' with a snarl. From that he manages to slow to a stop, and then climbs some more- This time in control of his ascent. Once up at a decent height, he puts in his earplugs. Pressure issues and high heights can be a bitch... maybe some gum would help as well. He shakes his head to clear it.
[22:33] * Kraken Kev remained staring at the chaos, unable to do anything, his powers were mostly defensive aside from close range and even that was wavering from the heat and dryness. His color shifted from SevenImpression to a camo of his immediate surroundings. Water bottle was finished and clattered to the ground as he lost his grip on the empty thing. Kevin wheezed, a whistling sound coming from his gills. He looked around in a frenzy, still getting air, just not as much as would be considered optimal. Where was Sisip?... He looked around dizzily trying to locate which way was home. His tank. That was a happy place. A good thought to focus on....
[22:33] <Edwin> His brain was different in this form, in ways that Eddie himself didn't fully understand, and it wasn't just from his ability to translate air currents and vibrations into meaningful information about his environment. No, he thought differently, approached problems differently, and had a set of instinctual behaviors to contend with. So as his shadowy assailant tries to drag him into a nightmare, the spider does indeed experience the panic and terror, but his first response was to continue to try to incapacitate his prey. OHGODMAKEITSTOP. MAKEITSTOPMAKEITSTOP! Finally, it stops moving and the shadowy veil peels back, revealing an unconscious youth flat on the ground. Spinnerets and legs worked in tandem to web the green-haired fellow up so he wouldn't be rejoining the fight. The discarded violin on the ground is nabbed as he skitters the hell away to clear his head so he could figure out his next move. Once he got near a bench, the violin is transferred from his mouth to his pedipalps, which at least had thumb-like projections that allowed him some ability to grasp, and proceeded to try to destroy the ornate violin by bashing it against the bench.
[22:36] <Jeem> Jack blinks. Just that touch of the Music Man's collar, and his body stiffens, eyes glazing. Time seems to pass so slowly for him as he receives the vision... and then time careens wildly back on course. He lets out a sharp cry and goes flying backwards, slamming into the grass, writhing in pain as that 'fire' courses through his body. Fingers, pained, dig into the soil of the quad, growling as he struggles to pull himself upwards, wincing, biting the inside of his cheek, trying to bring himself to his feet... body shaking and trembling at the pain all the while.
[22:37] * Sisip hears Jack cry out and she stumbles forward, watching him get blown backwards. The MusicMan is forgotten... well maybe not forgotten but perhaps ignored as she lunges towards her beloved. Not even in chicken form! That's reserved for sudden shocking scares, though it would be amusing! As he struggles to stand she flings her arms around him, sobbing as she tries to help him up, and hopefully away.
[22:37] * Isaiah_Mannstein checks Alyssa for a pulse, makes sure that she's breathing, and starts dragging her towards the medical clinic, god, his head hurts....
[22:38] * Xerxes touches down by Jeem and helps him to his feet. " I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT I THINK YOU OR I HURT HIM. WANNA TRY AGAIN?" Ahh the problems of not being able to hear properly.
[22:38] <Holtzmann> Anatoly had finally managed to sit up again, the arrhythmia subsiding once more. Under his command, the large earthen men started dragging off casualties and those too stunned to act, ignoring any weak protests from bravado. Any cover was used to protect the helpless from whatever tricks that red bastard was going to attempt next. Two of the effigies, however, rushed towards the center of the mess, intent in bringing their stony fit to bear on whatever was still in there, making noise.
[22:38] * Tremor bursts out the main door of the academic building with his card of sound equipment, the extension cord still uncoiling behind him. He quickly hooks up the speakers and mic to the sound equipment. The noise outside was deafening for everyone, but he had been at the center of earth quakes. Vibration was his art. He boots up the whole rig and then makes sure there is plenty of cord for the microphone before throwing it as close to the hooded band as possible. After getting a feel for the sounds, he clicks the rig on and then.... silence. All the sound waves in the area are canceled by exact inverse coming from the speakers. No more noise. No more music.
[22:40] * Alyssa is still alive and being drug towards the Med Center. She stirs slightly as she is touched again, but does not awaken. Probably for the best as having both ear drums burst is not only extremely painful but incerdibly debilitating.
[22:41] * Isaiah_Mannstein blinks in the sudden silence... has he gone completely deaf? did it finally happen?
[22:50] * Isaiah_Mannstein deposited Alyssa with the nurses at the clinic before turning and staggering towards Tremor
[22:50] <vile> Jameson was here all along! Some...how.Well, the guy wakes from having fainted like a little sissy girl (time number three for those counting), much like the first time he'd seen the Music Man's doing. The guy stumbles and stands while rubbing the back of his head. And he gets to see...fire! And chaos. The guy grimaces and makes a mental note to work on some things that can actually be used offensively. But until then! There's not a whole lot he can do, other than hurry towards Sisip and the fallen Jack. And try to not faint...again.
[22:52] * Xerxes finds himself probably helping to hoist BOTH Sisip and Jack to their feet at this rate. And then -silence?- Even he could feel it, with his earphones in and all, so he popped one out and frowned. His expression clearly reading 'what the fuck?' as he said the same thing. Was that to inaudible?
[22:52] <AnE> Destroying the violin is not a task that comes easy. And when the object is finally decimated? It seems to simply vanish, as though it were never there. Sisip touching Jack results in the same agonizing pain, but she'd only catch the very end before the pain 'burned off'. Whew! The Music Man's all growls and snarls now. When he opens his mouth to speak -- nothing comes out. He turned his eyes on the source of the lack of sound, that fire shifting and burning white. Despite the lack of sound, those on campus would be able to hear the faint whisper of the Music Man's melodic voice in their heads. "He has seen the darkness, and from it I have brought him to light. Now, you too will plunge into darkness. What shall you see in the dawn with eyes enlightened?" The last thing that they would see is the Music Man, turning and walking away through a portal that opened up onto a beach, taking his minions with him -- all except for the one that was revealed to be a young mutant, bound by Eddie's webbing. As he walked, his frame shifted, from the red silk-clad man to a younger boy with wires extending outward from his body, dressed in white hospital garb, before he was whisked away. The fires died down, leaving the campus outskirts a charred mess, a furious lightning descended upon the campus, shock tearing through the forms of those outside and even some in. Everything faded to white... [PAUSE!]
[22:55] * Angel`Pearson stood kinduv nearby where Sisip and Jack were, staring in the direction of the Musicman and his band and looking sick as the horrible music asaulted him...until finally the blessed silence fell and the dapper villainyguy departed...The beach scene and Musicman's transformation were pretty weird...and then he saw Jameson running up toward Jack and Sisip.
[22:55] * Kraken and Kev just discovered a very good reason to wear the suit Demi made for him when it wasn't hot out. When random chaos is in the air! Would be nie to have warning so he could wear it ahead of time. But too late for that now. Another water bottle was plucked from his bag. His last one. Breathed in quickly and heavily. It was over... please...
[22:57] <Jeem> Fading to white means that it's not the end yet. Just look at Return of the King. Jack passes out!
[22:58] <Holtzmann> A quiet oath in Russian was Anatoly's only answer before he tried to shield his eyes from the glare.
[22:59] <Edwin> It was the transformation that got him moving again as the Music Man made to depart, as if he'd seen past the wall of obscuring bullshit that was the Music Man's stock in trade. The wires and the hospital gown made him think that this boy that they'd shown on the news was just a puppet--but who's holding the strings? That's the last thought Eddie has before feeling every hair on his arachnid body stand straight up on end. And then everything went white.
* Tremor smirks darkly as the music man leaves. Don't fuck with the sound tech! He frowns then as the lightning begins to strike everywhere and looks over at Isaiah before the world goes white.
* Maximus Tackling Sisip and landing the way he did with her full weight dropping on him knocked the wind out of the otter man. He'd fight to catch his breath, eventually loosing his grip on Sisip, who escaped promptly. It would be a couple long seconds before he caught his breath and a good min before he had stable control over his breathing. His vision was a bit blurred as he looked up and around. Blinking a couple times as he stood, his vis'on cleared, and he'd stare at the confusion around him. The Music Man was about to make his escape along with his minions thru said portal when Max remembered his hunting knife tucked in its plastic sheath strapped to his thigh. He quickly drew out the knife, flipping it to hold it handle first, quickly aimed and flung it. Now, Max was killer accurate when it came to aiming weapons or throwing things like rocks or a ball. Knives, he hasn't really practiced at much, let alone with a hunting knife. The hunting knife would whisk thru the air just as the Music Man went thru his portal and.....everything went white. Max closed looked down and closed his eyes to keep from being blinded. The knife? Where it landed was anybody's guess.
<AnE> It's not too long until you all awaken. But you'll find that things are not as they were before... [ANOTHER PAUSE]
<Jeem> Sisip passes out.
<vile> Jameson faints. Again. Make that four!
<Isaiah_Mannstein> Isaiah collapses on the grass
* Maximus Max crumples to the ground in a heap
<AnE> Unpause and let the chaos ensue. ... stop fainting, wussies.
* Kraken had passed out! And not just from his decreased oxygen!
* Xerxes stands heroically? Still? Maybe. He cracks open an eye and looks around, mostly for hostiles...
* Isaiah_Mannstein slowly blinks... realizing there there is someone very close by... and his perspective seems to be different than he remembered, maybe it is just a trick of the light... woah that was bright white light... what the hell happened?
* Xerxes totally finds it hard to stand heroically when he's on his back... and -hurting- Everything is wrong. He closes them thar eyes and attempts to reassess the situation. When the fuck was he inside? Perform the five W's...
* Tremor blinks and tries to get to his feet. Damnit... his whole body felt wrong... particularly the tail. Wait... tail? He looks down and his brain tries to do the math, but keeps coming up with a wrong answer. This wasn't his body... in fact it looked a lot like Seven's body. He looks around and it suddenly dawns on him. "Oh shit."
<Jeem> Jack grunts, groaning as he sits up, rubbing at his forehead. What a fucking headache! Eyes blinking, he looks around... Anatoly's body staring at Jack's across the quad. "Oh you are fucking kidding me what the fuck."
* Sisip 's eyes open as she groans, then gasps. Jack! Where was Jack! "JACK!" She stops, mouth dropping open as hands clap over her lips in shock. What did he DO to her? She stumbles as she gets up, looking around as she see's.... Jack.. and... her? But? Gods.. no... not again... nogodno.... Her hands whipped over her body and finally gropes... OH GOD.... she was a DUDE AGAIN! IsaiahSisip starts to sob, openly, horribly.
<vile> Jameson is near Jack and Sisip. But he's no longer...on the ground? This is odd. The guy glances around a bit and looks up at the couple. "Uh. So...how are you gu--hey I sound different." he observes and looks down to find...well, first of all he's shorter. And his faabulous clothes are gone! Instead of a suit he's in, "Wait what. OhmygodIlooklikeateenagegirl. With no tits." he grabs his chest to double-check, frowns and grabs his crotch to find out just what gender he is! "Okay at least that's right. Gorram hair." his hands snap up and he pulls the long bangs away from his face and tucks the mess behind his ears. A deep breath is taken in and he frowns, "Gorram it I'm a swizzlestick girl with a dick. Not cool. Ogod Ena's not going to give me sexytimes like this." whimper!
<Isaiah-Sisip> "Whaaaat thaaaa....fuuuuuuuck?!"
* Angel`Pearson sat up slowly as conciousness returned....He realized something was off the moment his eyes opened, from the lack of blue hair that always slightly obscured his view....He'd look down and blinked slowly, touching the body he now possessed in dibelief...Jamesons body, trying to see if this was real, once reality was confirmed he blurted out "WHAT THE FUCK?!"
<Holtzmann> Anatoly's eyes opened. Pain, pain, pain everywhere. Not just in his chest. He cursed, and a voice that wasn't his echoed, his damaged ears picking up only a whisper. "Agh... what... happened?" He squirmed, Jack's broken body (now Anatoly's) unwilling to move. Anatoly-Jack groaned loud with the realization.
* Sisip-Isaiah doesn't realize what happened and he stumbles towards Jack and her own body, not even knowing how she was moving. Who was she? Not philosophically, ... really... she had no idea who she was.. but Jack! "Rex? Jack?" Isaiah drops to his knees infront of Jack, taking his hand. "Rex? Baby? Jack?" Tears poured down manly Isaiah's cheeks.
<Holtzmann> ((Jack would be feeling some pretty severe angina... Anatoly has a hell of a weak heart.))
<Seven-Tremor> Why wasn't she under her bench anymore? What was all this sound equipment? Hey, she could hear again! Why were her hands shaking? Stop that! Was she taller? Looking down at herself, she notice two very big... absences. With a loud gasp, she started to pat herself... himself... down. Oh god, oh god, oh god. With a scream, she started to dart out across the quad, squealing like a baby, "Sisip! Jack! Eddie! I do not know what is going on here b-b-but everything is messed up!" Comes the blubbering voice of Tremor, tears in his eyes. Goddamn, why couldn't her hands stop shaking?!
* Angel-James stood wobbily...his thoughts mimicing Alys almost exactly....Oh my pretty body! Who had it?! They'd better not fuck anything up!...annnd then he'd burst into tears like a littlegirl. How long would he be stuck like this? This was horrible!
<Isaiah-Sisip> "This is fucking unreal..." He stared at himself from inches away, looking at himself through someone elses eyes..."HEy... who are you? cause I know you aren't me!" blinks and claps a hand over his mouth at the sound of his...? voice
<James-Angel> James scratches the back of his head and fidgets around uncomfortably. A glance around and he spots his real body and heads over. A finger is pointed at the faux-Jameson, "Hey! The heck! Gimme my body back! Dude this is sooo not cool. Ohmygod what is my fiancee gonna say? Come on, I can't go home looking like THIS!" his hands ball into fists and he grabs at the lapels of the other man's coat. "I want my body back. Dude stop crying. That's an expensive suit. Don't get it wet." he fusses and narrows his eyes. "Don't you get any ideas about touching my woman. Not without telling her who you are, imposter."
* Maximus The light cleared....as did his vision. But he doesnt remember crumpling here. Max looked around to get his bearings only to break into a coughing fit. He wasnt used to breathing thru gills and the sudden change took him totally off guard. Something told him to look down....and so he did....and wished he havent. "Oh what da fuck man!!!! I GOTTA FUCKIN CHARTER TO FLY TOMORROW!!!" And thus begans the ranting rage of Maximus. "You orchestretic, pimped out music playin son of ah bitch!!!" And he rages....on and on...loudly.
* X-Alyssa hurt. Especially his ears, which shouldn't... unless his earplugs had made things worse. The nurses come and start to talk to... her. What? When they offer expedited healing services, he- she does not initially accept. Her hands going immediatly to her crotch only to find some key parts of her anatomy has been switched. His mind begins to gibber, and then she shuts off the stoopid. Panic will get you killed.
<Kevin-Maximus> "Ennnnng....." He muttered as consciousness returned to him. Still on the ground, he tried to hoist himself up with a tentacle, but that was a no go. He paused. Tried again. Nothing. Third try he used his arms. Success! Slowly, The Max looking Kevin was rising to at least his knees. Something felt off. He could breathe just fine. Hand raised to his throat. He felt no gills; only smoothed over skin with... hair? Fingers flexed. Nails? He looked at his hands. Human. And not the human he remembered. "What's going on?!" That wasn't his voice either! What happened who was he why was he not himself? He shakily got to his feet, he felt so heavy. And he heard his own voice coming from behind him... He looked and saw himself, jaw dropping... "Maximus?" Max's skin was very likely red with the moving stripes right now.
* Angel-James blinked as his real body walked up to him and started acting beligerant...looking dumbfounded a moment before somewhat collecting himself and replying "You think I want your fucking body or your woman?! Jesuschrist! I'm gay you retard. Its Angel."
<Jeem> Groaning as he lifts himself up to his feet, Jack, in Anatoly's body, begins lurching across campus in a somewhat wobbily manner. Not used to the way that his body moves, he awkwardly makes his way towards Sisip... or who he thinks is Sisip. "God, not again... Are you alright, baby?" he calls over, speaking in an alien voice, so unused to this... then realizes what everyone else is saying. "Oh... no, no no. This is not... who AM I?" Jack never met Anatoly!
* Sisip blinks at .. herself .. her head hurting.. her heart racing... unable to stop her tears. "I... I'm me.. you're me.. what.. I don't ... Jack??" She looks down at Jack, soft fingers drifting over his face... or... not soft fingers... manly dude fingers? She had a penis again! She'd have to take man-poops. This was not fair! She was going to slaughter that MusicMan when she had a chance.
* Trem-Seven cracks his neck in his usual habit and limps over to Tremor's body. She sees the paniced expression on his face and the shaking of his hands. "Calm down. They only get worse when you do that."
<vile> "Angel? Oh. Shoulda...recognized that. This body looks like an underdeveloped teenage girl's. My bad. Uh. Don't...let her rape you then. Maybe we should swap phones. I got some gear under that coat I needa get. So, uh. Take the coat off and let me get the pack. Should we swap keys too? I mean, unless you wanna stay in my dorm room." he shakes his head and points at the jacket, "I need my stuff. You got anything you need?"
* X-Alyssa accepts on her second offering. Feeling numb. This changes once she is patched up, and finds that she can walk. She stretches, frowns, and assesses the damage. She's not trapped with another mind, just in someone elses body. But who's? Alyssa was not someone he had met in any immediatly memorable manner. He checked if he could fly...
<AnE> A sniffling Seven -- who was now in the shaky body of Tremor, probably made even more shaky by the fact that she was stressed out, stalked over towards what she thought was Jack and Sisip -- but, no, she was intercepted by... Herself! With a loud and very girly squeak, she reached out to take herself by the shoulders, giving Tremor a firm shake, "Who are you?! What are you doing in there?! Why am I in here?! Get out!" There were tears in his eyes. She was a guy! She was tall! Oh, god.
<Isaiah_Mannstein> "Um... You're in my body. I think we've been swapped... I'm...your... shit... umm... Isaiah."
* Angel-James blinked and nodnodded still looking like he was in shock, he'd take the coat off and held it out to him...Not sure what to do with it. He was pretty sure dropping it on the ground was not proper protocol. Jamesons question would take a moment to register before he answered "Uh...My bag.."
* Trem-Seven gets shaken and grabs Seven by the only recently healed but still very tender nose, "I'm Tremor, you are Seven. Please stop making me do this to myself." lets go shortly after making his point.
<Holtzmann> On the ground, the poor Russian, trapped in Jack's body, was simply not used to this much pain. Thankfully, his minions had dissolved when the mind transfer took place... he didn't want to wonder what would happen otherwise. And he probably couldn't, as the only thing passing through his mind was to ask for help. A quiet murmur, at first in his mother language, then translated into English, escapes from his lips: "Help... anyone...
* Maximus And he'd hear his very own voice coming from behind him. He whirled around, pointing at himself...or rather Kevin, his coloration bright red and black, alternating and pulsing "Got dammit Ke-" WHAP!! The act of pointing somehow commanded one of his tenticles to come around to likely point also....and slap him square in the face. "AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" Yea...he was likely going to flip out "This aint right man!! I should kick your ass Kevin!! Kick....your....ass!!!"
* Sisip looks back at .. herself .. "I... Isaiah? But.. Jack? " Isaiah's frantic eyes look down at the fellow she .. well he now.. was knelt by. Then he spoke an she.. Isaiah... was back, running fingers over his face. "Jack? Baby? It's me baby, it's Sisip... I'm here.. I... " Isaiah? Who? She looks back at herself.
<AnE> Being grabbed by the nose almost brought her -- him. To her knees. She squealed and yelped and flailed her now longer arms, tears welling up in her eyes, "S-stop it! You are hurting me! Ow, ow, ow, ow!" And then he let go. Her bottom lip quivered, the expression absolutely ridiculous, hands trembling. "W...what...y...you d...do that...f..for...?" She sank down, hiccuping gently, eyes as wide as saucers.
<Isaiah_Mannstein> "Uhh... wow, this is freaking crazy..."He...she... shook her.. his head
<Jeem> "We're all getting fucking nametags!" Jack-in-Anatoly shouts out, as he makes his way down to where his body is being cradled... by... a dude. A dude he doesn't recognize, even. "Oh for fuck's... Sisip?" he asks, staring at his body speaking a foreign tongue and his girlfriend's body moving and talking awkwardly.
* X-Alyssa finds a mirror and finds that she is... horribly un-persian. And kinda pale. But she can walk. Flying clearly isn't working. She turned to one of the nurses who wasn't a simian and asked, "Has anyone else come in since the music started?" The answer was no? Good. "Did I have a jacket when I came in?" Jacket on, she headed on outside at a... wobble. Holy hell. how do wimmin walk- like this? Argh.
<vile> The coat is folded over one of his arms and he reaches up to remove the holster-style backpack. The thing is slid off and put onto his back and the jacket handed back after he took some other various devices out of some hidden pockets. "Had some expensive stuff in there." and he nods then hands Angel's bag over. "Anything else? What about the keys? Uh. Can you see fine with the eyes? You should if you got my powers. If it gets to be too much...I don't really know what to tell you. You can change the settings of the eyes. Can also control machines. Just...think what you want the stuff to do. It'll take focus. Orrr you can just turn the SND all the way on. What about you? Er. Your body? The one I'm in."
* Trem-Seven must look like as much of a unamused and slightly pissed Seven as Tremor appears to be a scared little mouse. She/he looks at Tremor, "Relax, once we get back into our bodies, I'll be the one feeling the pain. If I wanted to hurt -you- I would have done something to -this- body." he looks around and then at his body, "Do... do you hear the voice?"
* Sisip looks up at she hears her name.. hes HER name. She blinks at Anatoly, not recognizing him. Was this.. it was then she noticed the chaos, everyone frantic as if .... "... Jack? ..." She eases back on the petting of Jack's body, eyes widening as she looks at herself.. or Isaiah in her body, then bac to AnatolyJack. She stands, facing him, arms dropping to her side as once again Isaiah bursts into tears. "I'M A GUY AGAIN"
* Angel-James blinked again and his head bobbed in another nod as he took his bag "Yeah...The keys..Uh, I guesso..My body..? What about it..?" he wanted it back obviously...but he didnt think James could do that.
<Holtzmann> Thud! "Ow."
* Isaiah_Mannstein rubs his eyes slowly and takes a deep breath
<Kraken> "What the (*cheese doodle*) did I do?" Kevin exclaimed, very shakily walking to Maximus. Ug bones, this was going to take some getting used to. He kept staring at himself, his hands, his legs. Everything was more muscular and warm and bigger. "I'm just as stressed as you are!"
<Isaiah_Mannstein> "Okay, this is freaking me out..." He looked at his body, and Anatoly's body, and rubbed the back of his neck, trying to get used to having... hair... again
* X-Alyssa hobbled outside and onto the quad. Carefully. This wasn't the origional body. The owner would be upset if it was harmed. This ment be extra -careful- on the ice. Especially with the new girl-hips. Huh, so for the most part women -did- have to walk this way... She made it to the scene of the damage and looked about. Someone's craddling some-one-else... and complaining about being a guy again... Gee, that probably was Sisip, but who was in Sisip's body? Or in his? But lets not get silly now. "Someone get Jack's body to the medical center. Being out in the cold helps no one." oh god. This voice!
<dusky> After finally getting one of the guards opened the gate, the cloaked mutant slowly entered Cobalt Academy itself. Strolling along the main street with her heavy luggage, she paused every so often as if she was either resting or looking around for something. She slowly surveyed the scene of carnage and confusion with *violet noise* thoughts.
<vile> "I mean, what are your powers? Better to just ask and find out rather than do it the hard way. Don't you make drugs or something?" he fishes around in his pockets, looking for keys. If they're in the jean pockets he'd hand them over. "Uh. Maybe we should be telling the others to swap keys or something." he mutters and glances around before looking back at his own. A grin cracks across his face, "Man I'm hot. Gonna miss looking into the mirror." wistful sigh~
* Alyssa is in poor Edwin's body. For the time being though she remains unconcious and therefore Edwin remains still. Laying on the ground all eight legs splayed out.
<Jeem> "Careful! That's precious cargo!" he says, wincing as he watches his body thud to the ground again. He looks... up, at Sisip-Isaiah? "Good lord, I'm like... Five foot five. Five foot six. This is awful... is that a Russian accent? Well, that's kind of cool..." Sighing, he reaches out to take the strange man's hand, pulling him-her (oh god) towards him. "Shh, love, it'll be okay... We'll manage to get this worked out..."
<Isaiah_Mannstein> "Alyssa! Er... prolly not right?" he slowly gets to his feet, trying to get used to the change in center of gravity... and everything else for that matter!
* X-Alyssa headed over to Jack's body, and checked his pulse. That's right. Random girl is pokin the Jack bod's wrist. What up with that?
<Angel-James> "Oh...Yeah, my body produces a hallucinogen...Keep your SND on at all times...It goes airborn, so if you have it off you'll have a cloud of it floating around you...Um...and I can spit a concentrated stream of it from under my tongue..." pause, frown...and then he'd tear up again "..This is so horrible...I want my body back.."
<Holtzmann> "S-- spaseeba..." Anatoly managed to say to whoever came to help him. Heartfelt thanks, before all went black for him.
* Sisip watches herself move away and calls.. after herself? "YOU BE CAREFUL WITH THAT DAMMIT! " She looks at AnatolyJack, then down to the girl near Jack's body. Isaiah's arms wrap around Anatoly's body as Sisip hugs Jack, sobbing into his chest... or... shoulder?
* Isaiah_Mannstein turns around "Hey now, nothing that I'll have to atone for when I get my body back, you hear me!"
<AnE> "I don't hear anything but the sounds of panic! Where are Jack and Sisip?" Seven-Tremor looked around with extremely wide eyes -- eyes possibly wider than they should be, bottom lip aquiver. She stood up, cupping her hands over her mouth and calling out in Tremor's voice, "Jack?! Sisip?! ANybody!? Please, tell me that one of you is there! I smell like a man and I do not even have my tail anymore!"
* X-Alyssa attempted to move Jack... and made a 'nrgh!' noise. So... weeeeeeeeeeeeeak. "A little -help- here? Anyone else -Hurt?-" For once, she couldn't do the heavy lifting. That screaming in the back of her mind was louder. He gritted his teeth aaand held on to sanity.
<vile> "Hoo boy. Alrightly. I'll leave it on. Uh. For the love of god, avoid any static coming out of a machine. There's evil spirits in it." his eyes widen and he looks rather horrified, "Ogod I can't work. I don't got my super brain. No! Aww man frack the Music Man with a rusty fork. Omygodthisistheworstever!" his fists ball again and he tosses them in the air like an enraged monkey.
* Alyssa comes too after several minutes. Her legs twitch feebly, then start to claw at the ground. She flops back down for a moment wondering why she is having such a hard time standing, and why she is seeing double, double double? She claws weakly at the ground with mostly her hind legs slowly becoming aware that something is terribly wrong. What she must be thinking inside her spidery brain is anyone's guess. The outward effect is that of a wildly flailing and hissing spider. Full on giant sider tantrum.
* Trem-Seven looks over her body and smirks a little before shaking his head. "Yea... this is going to be weird for a while." He looks to Seven/tremor and sighs, "Ok then. I think we were mostly swapped. Sisip
<Isaiah_Mannstein> "I think we need nametags."
* Trem-Seven overhears Isaiah and points, "Good idea! I'll get some paper!"
<X-Alyssa> Jack, goddamit! Help me move your body before I need a corpse-cart!
* Trem-Seven begins to make his way to the academic building, "How the hell do women run around in pants like these?"
* Angel-James his thoughts mirrored Sevens words as Jameson went on...Where was Sisip? He needed a fucking hug! She was probably having her own freak out, and he realized this, but that didn't stop the feeling.
<dusky> Getting very lost, she eventually comes upon a large group people arguing... about what she cannot tell. She stands back with a slight anxiousness as she flips her pad finally setting on certain page. Turn the pad towards the group, it clearly shows the words, "Hello".
<Jeem> Jack frowns at 'Alyssa', and blinks. "CAREFUL! Jesus! Don't strain yourself... uhm... person. Who are you?" He grunts at Isaiah's words. "Yeah, babe, I think... Agh!" He called a dude babe. But it's his girlfriend's body!" Jack snaps at Xerxes, "I'm right here! Hold on!" Looking up at Sisip-in-Isaiah, he sighs. "It'll be alright, hon. We'll get this sorted."
<AnE> When SevenTremor caught sight of the way that TremorSeven was looking at the body that was technically his now, she -- he glared. Those eyes narrowed and a shaky finger was pointed. "Do not look at me like that! My body has been through enough torment, I do not need you screwing it up!" From crybaby to snappy, the young man who was apparently Seven hopped nervously from foot to foot before darting over to Sisip. Her body, anyway. "Uhm -- in the event that you are not Sisip, could you please be so kind as to tell me where she is?" The young man sniffled, eyes wide, bottom lip aquiver. It was then that she noticed the girl with the notepad. Her eyes widened and she pointed at the notepad, "Hello! Do you have any extra paper? I need to tell people who I am!"
<vile> "Ugh. Maaan. And I wanted sexytimes with Ena, too. This sucks. She'd probably break your body, Angel. Ugh. Well, I guess you can go to class like normal. I can too but I can't do my freaking job. If we get swapped back and you're in a chef coat, it's just my classes. Culinary arts. Are you allergic to any foods or perscriptions? I'm not so you don't got nuthin' to worry about."
<X-Alyssa> ...if that's Sisip she-he can help. I'm Xerxes. Also I have no idea who's body this is. Do you?
* Alyssa is headless to Jack's advice. She has only half figured out what is going on. Having a semi-arachnid brain to try and process the situation with is not helping her any either. She does have it figured out that she is trapped in the body of a giant spider though, and in her panic is absuredly attempting to run away from herself. For the moment she hasn't figured out how to use her legs, but the other six are beginning to flail about, which means she likely soon will.
* Sisip nods as JackAnatoly moves over towards his body. She just stands there, not sure quite what to do. Maybe if she stands still everything will... no... the girl with Jack's body was right. "Bigguy? Oh gods.. you've... got... .. uh.." She didn't state the obvious... dude had tits. With a sigh she moves with JackAnatoly to help tend to her beloved's body.
<X-Alyssa> Tits. I've got tits, and I very much miss my penis. I will have a good freak out in the morning. Hones. It's scheduled. Hi Sisip... I do believe you have the bdy of the young-man who carried -this- body into the medical center. Do you know who he is?
* Angel-James shook his head, still tearing "No allergies...and I can't go to class like this! I...Do you have any more of those hologram things? Didn't Kevin used to use one?...That'd help a littlebit.." christ he felt so awkward in this body. He'd look around scanning the area for Sisip...before realizing she wouldn't be herself either.
<dusky> With purple eyes, she quickly stares at the peculiar young man before ruffling for something in her duffel bag. She pulls out four pads and pens. She writes something quickly down on one of pads before handing it to the young man. It says, "Sure... umm how many do you need". She then hands them the rest of the pads and pens. She then quickly writes down on her original pad, "I am Levina O'Smith."
<vile> "Yeah but you'll still be the same size. There's a holowatch on your wrist, Angel. Just look at it and think about what you wanna look like. Man. Daaang. I wanna look like myself but I can't build nuthin' now. Ugh. I can probably still hack a watch to look like my usual studly self." he rumbles with irritation. "This sucks. Why are you so skinny? And little? Yeesh."
<AnE> Grabbing ahold of the pads and pens, she tucked one beneath her arm before scrawling out 'HELLO, MY NAME IS SEVEN' and sticking it onto the jacket that she was wearing. He was wearing. Whatever. Afterwards, she thrust all the pads but one back and smiled weakly, "Thank you. Uhm -- Levina. It is nice to meet you. I am Seven but I am also Tremor and... and... I must find my brother!" The young man squeaked, turning around and flailing his arms as he searched for some sign of ... anyone familiar! "Jack? Sisip?" This was different than last time. Last time only Sisip and Jack got screwed with and it was just Sisip's consciousness sharing a body with Jack. Now everyone was all messed up!
<Jeem> Jack kneels down to help Xerxes-Alyssa lift his body, glancing back over his shoulder as he hears... Tremor. Squinting, he catches the tail end of 'find my brother'. "Oh, for... Seven? That you?" Jack-in-Anatoly calls over, struggling to help lift up his own body. Damn smaller body.
* Sisip turns her head, hearing her name. "Here! I'm Sisip!" She.. he.. raises his hand, looking around for the voice that..... TREMOR..... no no.. it's ok.. it's been a rough night.... don't punch him right away.
* Angel-James blinked "I look good!...Ohgod my hair! Please don't hurt my hair!" as he instructed him in the use of the holowatch he tested it out....and a moment later he appeared to look like himself again...A taller version of himself, but it helped abit...As Sisip identified herself his head turned that way before looking back to James "..Uh...Thisway.." and he'd head over toward where the person identifying herself as Sisip.
<Isaiah_Mannstein> "Okay, this is strange enough for all of us... I'm Isaiah... Sisip? This is an awkward way of meeting new people..."
<vile> "Don't worry. When you get your body back, your hair'll be softer than a kitten's. Couldn't be in any better hands, man. I mean, have you SEEN what I look like? Seriously? I'm pristine!" he insists and huffs. A nod when Angel points Sisip out and heads towards her...him. Hands in his pockets he sighs and shoves some escaped hair behind his ear again.
<AnE> "Jack!" And, of course, she... he... goes running over, bottom lip quivering. Then she hears Sisip ... rather, a dude claiming to be Sisip, but how can one be too sure here? Seven, in the form of Tremor, skidded to a hault before the two, looking back and forth between them. Hey, look, people she had never met or only saw once. "....you have no hair." She murmured to Sisip and then looked at... Jack. Looking down at herself (himself.), she then looked up with tears in her eyes. This was bad. This was so bad. "E...everyone's...g-going to try to beat me up now..!" Then, she glanced over towards Sisip's...body. "....Sisip, who is inside of you?"
<dusky> Levina quickly trails after Tremor-Seven taking her bags with her. Afterall, she still need to ask her/him something. Pausing she nods to Isaiah before continuing to head after Tremor-Seven.
<Holtzmann> That's a dangerous question...
<Alyssa> Finally she seems to get her legs figured out. All 8 finally find the ground and she lifts up. She spins around in a quick circle then crouches for just a moment before sprining off at a full sprint. Headed straight for the nearest exit. Her spider brain has entered flight mode, and the human conciousness that inhabits it is, at the moment, all too happy to induldge it.
* Isaiah_Mannstein takes a deep breath... and then another... and fights down the feelings of panic and alarm and... fuck these damn hormones are fucking with his brain....
<AnE> Random blurb! From the Music Man's departure, a number of small, black glittering stones have been left scattered across the quad. They're a bit hard to spot in the dark, of course.
<Sisip> I.... uh.. Isaiah? I ... don't know him..." She looks over at him, then to TremorSeven. The body? She loathed! But that was Seven in there and because of that SispIsaiah wraps her arms around TremorSeven, giving her a soft kiss on the cheek. "It'll be ok, Sev. You'll see, we'll fix this. Jack and I.. we wont' let anyone hurt you. I promise.... no.. HAIR???" eyes widen
<Sisip> as he reaches up and .. yup .. totally Mister Clean. She looks stunned. She'd never been bald before.
* X-Alyssa takes Jack's legs. Its lighter... glancing at Seven-in-Tremor, she smiled. "Hey Seven. It's Xerxes here. Don't worry... now that we know where you are, people are going to be MUCH less likely to punch you."
* Isaiah_Mannstein is trying not to freak out "okay... its okay... dont freak out... everything is going to get worked out... we'll all get back to normal soon... and you know... normal..." its hard to tell who Isaiah-in-Sisip is talking to, him(her)self or to the people (s)he is with
<Jeem> Jack winces at Seven and Sisip. One was bald, the other had a face half the campus wanted to beat in. And he... he was short. Shorter, anyway. Gross. "We'll all get through this. We'll get ahold of as many telepaths as possible," he says, with a growling tone to his words. As much as he hates telepaths, they might be the best way to fix things.
<vile> "So, Angel, if I bang Ena with your body...would it count as rape?" he asks and glances at the other guy, "Especially since you're gay and all. You can do, uh, whoever or whatever in my body. I just don't wanna get crabs again so no barsex. But I'm totally fine with it if you wanna have fun with, uh, if you got a boyfriend." he nods sagely and turns his attention back to Tremor-Sisip. And he points at her and...laughs. "Haha I wonder if you can stick your head into a bowling ball polisher and it'll come out shiny. We can get you a wig tomorrow if you want. Or I can rig up a holowatch for you."
<Holtzmann> Anatoly's consciousness returned. Sort of. Jack's body opened his eyes and stared around groggily, another groan coming out of his mouth. "What...? Who...?"
<AnE> "...please do not take your rage of Tremor out on my body. I know that he is in there, but... I... I still own it. Technically. I'm just..." Was he going to cry? Maybe. Manhug time! She buried her face into Sisip-in-Isaiah's shoulder -- they were the same height. Again. He started to sob quietly. "D...do..not want..." The young man blubbered, lacking coherent thought for the time being.
* Angel-James the two angels would make their way over to the group gathered around Sisip, though one was quite a bit taller then the other "I...What?...I'm not going to....Not in this body...I couldn't...Nooffense...and no...Noboyfriend." annnd being reminded of that fact was just swell.
<dusky> Levina pauses taking the scene in, her eye's bulge a hearing the word "telepath" and her mind fills with a *saw wave* of fear. Still... As she sees her new possible-friend Tremor-Seven crying, her eyes soften with *blue* concern. She quickly flips her pad to a blank page an writes, "What happened here? Any I can do to help?" She then pauses showing it to the group.
* Isaiah_Mannstein takes the notepad and starts by writing his own name and afixing it to the zipper on the jacket he's wearing. "Thanks, at least now I dont have to keep telling people my name... God... this is like a sublimely fucked up version of that game where you have to guess who someone is..."
<vile> "Yeah, it's fine. I was just letting you know." he reaches over with an elbow to nudge the other Angel's side. "Hey, I didn't have a boy or girl friend until I met Ena. Never thought I'd ever shack up with someone. Love at first sight, almost literally. You're a good person, Angel. You'll find someone. Helps to not look. I guess. Uh. I'll gotta look like you for a bit until I get the holowatch fixed. I won't do nuthin' stupid. And if I do, I'll make sure they know who's doing it. Um. I got three kids about your age, if that holowatch flakes out on you and some bickering teenagers run up to you followed by their pissed mama."
* Angel-James the lecture on love wasn't helping any...except that 'good person' part, that was nice, and made him smile a bit, his head bobbing in a quick nod as he went on to warn about his family "Uh...Okay....Do you really think they'll be able to fix this..? Ohgod I hope so.."
* Alyssa tears off across campus as fast as her eight spindely legs will carry her. Perhaps if she knew exactly what had happened she might stop and try to shift back, but for the moment she is clueless and panicing. Strangely she finds running on eight legs to not fairly easy. It's slightly more involved that two, but the basic premise is the same. She reaches the Rec Center building and springs up, clambouring up the walls in a mad drive to find high ground, for some strange reason.
<AnE> "M-malevalent f-force... Music Man... swapped bodies. I... I am not really a man!" She began to sob again as she looked toward Levina, sinking to her (his...) knees and holding her face in her palms. Then? Suddenly, the young man looked up, reaching up and rubbing at her eyes, bottom lip aquiver, "Oh, god. J-Jack? I... I have to go to the bathroom." A look of horror shot across her face.
<vile> Jameson sighs and nods, "Yeah, I want my body back. And I don't wanna wait on the Music Man to decide to do it, either. This suuucks. At least I didn't get switched with someone that's a total dick. But now I gotta be nice so I don't piss off nobody you know. Ugh." he rubs his forehead and shakes his head.
<Sisip> NO no, Seven, I promise that until this is cleared up... everyone is off limits... Even Tremor." Being a dude again Sisip had previous experience. She nuzzles SevTremor once more. "I'll help you, Seven. I've... been here before."
* X-Alyssa jiggled on Jack's legs to get Jack's and Sisip's attention. "Jack's body is bleeding in the ice and cold. Can we go now?...and was that a giant spider?" And then Seven said that. It was like dropping a stone down a deep well. Not the panic that kicked in from what she just said... but the sudden realization that she needed to go take a leak as well. "Uh... and I've got to go to the bathroom as well...urhm." *uncomfy shift*
<Jeem> Jack stiffens, and groans a little as he and Mini-Xerxes help carry his real body to the med center. "This is so fucked up... Hey, uhm, what's your name?" he asks... well. Himself.
<Isaiah_Mannstein> "Umm... just dont freak out okay? and anything you see... please keep confidential, okay?" he looks himself(?) in the eye when he says this... being reminded uncomfortably of the fact that he is quite a bit shorter than he is used to...like... almost a foot shorter!
<AnE> Suddenly, everyone had to pee!
<X-Alyssa> *hypnotic suggestion! Goddamit, Seven!*
* Isaiah_Mannstein suddenly looks very...pensive
* Sisip nods to .. herself.. and then scowls. She jabs a finger in her chest. "You keep your hands to yourself mister and I'll do the same, got it? And -NO- experimenting."
<dusky> Hearing Tremor Seven, Levina eyes quirked up suddenly in a Vulcan like muted expression. After all she couldn't exactly smile. Suddenly she realized her problems paled in comparison. She suddenly looked down and shifted her feet back and forth.
<Isaiah_Mannstein> "Look, I just want this over as quickly as you do."
* Angel-James James super eyes would finally notice the shiny stones scattered about "Uh...I think our visitor left something behind.."
* Maximus glares at himself...er Kevin and points again "You gotta fuckin fly tomorrow!! I cant go anywhere lookin like this!! Do you know what would happen to Highlife if our customers saw the company's best pilot lookin like a ....squid!?!? We'd go down in ruins....RUINS!!!" He throw his hands in the air, tenticles following "I SHOULDA STAYED IN DA WOODS!!!"
* Alyssa reaches the stop of the building and decides it's a suitable place to cower until this whole mess blows over. She scrambles across the roof ad eventually finds a decently place to cling to and hide.
<AnE> Seven-Tremor's lower lip began to quiver again, "D...do I just...whip it out and go behind the bush? Or should I find a--" HIC. "B-bathroom?" Neither suggestion was particularly appealing. She didn't want to stand in the men's room with all the men and their junk wobbling around and... Augh, why couldn't someone warn them before they were going to have their sense of self compromised so they could at least take a leak beforehand? The young man looked apologetically toward Levina, mumbling a quiet 'sorry'.
<vile> "Huh? What?" he asks and squints at Angel, "Left what?" he looks to the ground then, leans closer to the larger Angel and looks where he's looking. Then he crouches and examines the dead grass, searching for...he finds nothing! Nothing worth notice. A shiny rock but he's not sure if it warrants a second glance.
<Holtzmann> "A-- Anatoly..." And off to blackout land he goes again. They learned his name, he'd be safe. Or at least that's what his semi-conscious mind had to say in the matter.
* dusky Levina quickly looked to the side or up in air given Tremor-Seven the privacy she needed.
* X-Alyssa siiighed once Jack was taken care of, and grabbed a nurse and explained the situation. "I need... help in urination. Urgently." And off to the lavatory they go. There. In privacy. Xerxes will break the fuck down for a little while. Nurse Bonobo hoots and puts her 'how to urinate as a girl' flashcards down, and hugs. A lot.
* Sisip 's eyes find JackAnatoly. "We'll be back, baby, I promise, as soon as I show Seven... I promise... I love you Jack." And she urges Seven towards the ... men's room... promising her she'll keep guard.
<X-Alyssa> *don't worry. We're all girls here.*
* Isaiah_Mannstein looks around having never really looked for the ladies room before...
<dusky> Eventually realizing she might never find the right moment to ask, Levina finally flips to a pre-written page saying, "Umm... Where is the administration office? Is it open?". She points it to Jack. She doubted it was as it was already past midnight, as she could tell by the position of the moon. In this case she might have to find somewhere to stay till morning...
<Amsterdam> Dr.Lee meanwhile marches on out in a hazmat suit with five more of his lab assistants, and they go around collecting whatever was left behind, with tongs and lead-lined boxes. This happens so often it's practically habit by now.
<Jeem> Jack raises an eyebrow at the new girl, and shakes his head. "No. It's closed. Right over there."
<AnE> Safe to say, using the bathroom is a new process. She wouldn't let Sisip watch, as she lacked the confidence to use a urinal. We'll summarize thi like so -- "...uhm, so... okay, I am not going to... not going to look..." Several seconds later. "...nothing's happening." Wait -- wait! There is goes, in no particular amount of detail. "...Ha! I did it! Sisip, I'm... oh, god, it's all over my hands. SISIP." Insert a lot of whining here before she gets the damn sense to finish. "...so, I shake it how many times? I don't like this. Am I supposed to wipe? I don't want to look at it... urgh..." This concludes your bathroom montage for the evening. A while later Seven and Sisip would emerge from the men's room. One or more of them may be looking fucking terrified.
<Kraken> "Fly?! ME?! I don't know the first (*Slinky*) thing about flying a helicoptor!" He yelled at Maximus. "And what is that supposed to mean?! Just the otherday you were telling me my squiddiness wouldn't matter over at highlife! And now yopu're saying that looking like me is some sort of monster thing!" He was upset, having gotten over that feeling himself a while ago and here Max was bringing it right back to the surface. "That watch on my arm isn't just for show you know!"
<dusky> The cloaked girl closes her eyes attempting to wince. She quickly writes down and show him/her the message, "Umm... you wouldn't know if there was a.. a place I could stay till morning? Would you?"
<Isaiah_Mannstein> "Okay... I need my keys. I need to go back to my room. I'm fucking exhausted all of a sudden..."
<vile> James gets one of the stones first. Hah! Can't let the NPCs steal everything! And he stands again, the stone slipped into his pocket. Like hell he's handing over something of interest to some guy in an orange jumpsuit. "Sooo...I guess I gotta keep my hands off the woman until we're changed back, huh?" he scratches the back of his head again. "Of course this happens and I don't got my lab up and running. Maaan."
* Maximus - "You dammit you'll learn!!" he motions around wildly "You aint me and i aint you!! Or rather......oh fuck it!! You...I....cant go flyin around Boston lookin like this! Sure limited to the hangers.....the office....." He sighed, rubbing his temples. One of his tenticles came around and slapped him in the face. He glared at it "Hey fuck you too!" Another sigh "How do i control these things?"
* Angel-James he'd drift off as curiosity got the better of him, wandering over to pluck up one of stones about the same time James did, managing to do so before the science police got thar cuz...He sawed em first! Also discreetly pocketing it as hazmat guys showed up....He had a bad experience with them.
<Isaiah_Mannstein> "Okay... Um Sisip? I think it would be a good idea to pack a bag of necessities... cause um... I dont know the first thing about... "he gestured at the body he was inhabiting "And, as a tennant, I feel it is important to take good care of the real estate."
<vile> Jameson looks a bit disturbed for some reason. One side of his lips twitches. "Oman." he mumbles and shivers involuntarily. He leans towards Angel and mumbles, "It's making music. I...I don't know what to do with it." and he sees that the other guy got one too! He shuffles around uncomfortably. "Man. I wish Jack didn't get KO'd. I should still talk to Sisip. Ugh. I think we gotta go look for the Music Man. I don't wanna. Maybe I can rustle up some weapons or order some from that guy I know." sigh.
* Sisip looks at herself and nods, holding up a finger. "You're right, me! Or Isaiah... of course.. uh... yeah.... clothes and such but first phone numbers. God.. don't you DARE leave campus, do you hear me?"
<dusky> While waiting for Seven and Sisip to return and Jake to reply, Levina sees one of the stones at her feet, picking up she hands it over to one of the hazmat teams. Afterall, *she* has no use for them though she could think of a certain eccentric brother who might like them.
<Jeem> Jack twitches. "I've got things to deal with. You can ask someone at the dorms to help you." And with that, Jack'll hang around his real body while Jim gets in bed.
<Isaiah_Mannstein> "And go where?? Only place I'd even THINK of going would be the Din'r, cause they have some of the best food around. Yes. Phone numbers. Umm... my phone is in the front right breast pocket of my err...your jacket
<Alyssa> After the paniced finally subsides Alyssa finds herself feeling rather hungry. Part of her concludes that the solution is as simple as a a visit to the cafeteria but at the some time she is overcome with the urge go feed on more exotic fare. To this send she slowly and rather awkwardly goes about spinning her first rudimentary web. She is far from being proficient in the task, but her spidery instincts help.
* Trem-Seven walks back out of the dorms this time. Noone had noticed him go from the academic building to the men's dorm... which must have looked interesting. He hadn't planned on staying out long so thankfully he forgot to lock his door. Standing there in Seven's body, he had gotten a proper change of clothes. His backup jacket was a black coat, but the rest was the standard jeans, boots and metallica t-shirt. The clothes look too big for Seven of course, so he had to improvise with some clothes pens and a belt, but at last he felt a little more like himself.
<Amsterdam> Dr.Lee meanwhile has no idea that students are picking these things up and pocketing them. When Levina hands him one, he just nods and palces it into a handy lead-lined container. "Next time, don't use your bare hands," he advises her, his voice filtered through his headpiece like Darth Vader. "In fact, I'm gonna hafta ask you to come with me back to the lab so we can decontaminate you, miss."
<Kraken> "In one (*onion*) day?! No, not even that. I have what a few hours?! Can't you just program yourself into my holowatch and use that? I know I'm not you which is why me flying in your stead will result in a horrific crash, my painful death, and you being stuck in my body permanently! Don't you have sick days?" He was still fuming on the inside, Maximus had said he'd be welcomed for a job at Highlife even looking all squiddy and now it was looking liek that jiob would be some out of the way little thing where people wouldn't have to look at him. "Think of them like your arms except more flexible and no fingers..."
* Trem-Seven walks out to the quad and almost trips over one of the little rocks. He reaches down to pick it up and pockets it for future study. Seven's body then looks around for anyone else and... oh crap... where did Tremor's body go?!
<AnE> Seven-in-Tremor was currently wiping her hands off with sanitary-bleach-god-knows-what wipes. Where'd she get those? It is a mystery! She was standing around grumbling when Tremor wandered up, and she stared at the totally unflattering clothes that he stuck on her body. "...You made me look like a hobo!"
<dusky> Levina walks back slowly.... shaking her hands back and forth. She pick up her pad with and writes the message, "Umm.... Lab!? umm... no, no ... computers and I don't exactly mix very well...." Still glances around hoping someone else will take her in.
* Angel-James blink "What? Theres no way you're doing anything near that dangerous in my body!"
* Trem-Seven frowns at Tremor's body and then looks down, "What? You don't like Metal?"
<Amsterdam> "Sorry miss, but this is for your own health and safety," Dr.Lees ays calmly, as hazmat guys surround the poor girl, like sharks in a pool. "If your mutational abilities interfere with computers or electronics in any way however, please tell me now so you can be directed to a different chamber to be decontaminated," he sighed.
<AnE> "...You made me look like a hobo!" Tremor's body repeated as it scowled at Seven's body. Though she was a little curious to get a glance at herself from this angle. Not bad, not bad, hobowear aside. Walking without a tail was odd -- as a key factor in her balance, she found lacking the appendage to be more trouble than she exected. So wobbly!
<vile> "Oh come on. He wouldn't be the first person of ambigious morality I've worked with. Or for. Whatever." a hand waves dismissively, "No need to worry. But yeah, sure. Fine. It'd help if I actually looked like my usual self. Aaaand have my abilities. Can't cheat by watching the security cams if I can't see their feeds." he sighs heavily and pinches the bridge of his nose, "Frack all of this. I'm still gonna try calling around, maybe look for him at a distance. Or any traces I can find. I got some glimpses and whatnot by searching the city street cams but no real leads. But now that we got some more things to work with...damn. I need my body back."
* Maximus - "I dont know the first thing bout.....wait a holowatch?" And he'd glance at the watch around his wrist "HHhmmm...." A glance back to Kevin "Well....Im the owner of the company so sick days come when i want them too. Ill jus get Rob to fly the run tomorrow.....he's on stand by anyway fer da weekend" Another sigh "This is crazy.....Ill make da call tomorrow
* Maximus mornin.....im gunna hit the sack...." And with that said, he turns to walk off....towards his apartment. He doesnt know of having to sleep in a tank full of water.
* Angel-James found the nearest bench and sat, putting his head in his hands as he started crying again....This was sooooo horrible.
* Trem-Seven sighs, "Fine. You can change when we get back into our normal bodies. As it goes, you lucked out. My SND you're wearing will keep you from shaking your room to pieces. I'll even let you keep the pants... had to cut a hole for the tail..."
* X-Alyssa left the med-center ladies room calm, cool, and collected. Her eyes red, and if the real Alyssa wore make-up of any degree, it's probably gone by now. Nurse Bonobo walked hand-in-hand with her, at her side. She made it to the front desk and was gifted with three things. Instructions on how to work Alyssa's SND, a bananna, and a bottle of gatorade. She turned to the glass doors and drank. Quietly marshelling her becalmed thoughts.
* Isaiah_Mannstein is lucky he had 2 sisters, so he's been exposed to a great deal many things, but... still.
<AnE> Seven-Tremor was taken aback. She scowled, slapping a palm over her forehead, "I do not want your smelly manpants!" But the thoughtfulness about cutting a tailhole in the pants. Smooth. Wait... "You changed your clothes. That means... you...saw...!" A look of horror washed over Tremorbody's face. It was like being in the sixth grade again, if she had ever been in the sixth
* X-Alyssa nodded to herself, and started to wobble to the rec-center. The new body needed to be put through it's paces. She needed to see what she could do. She'd lost much, but in the mean-time, she would -NOT- be helpless.
<AnE> grade to behind with. "...you better not have stared for longer than was necessary, Tremor."
* dusky Levina looks around with a slight *saw wave noise* that get louder and louder. She slowly back up till she hits on of the hazmat teams. She quickly tries to dash past them in vain. Eventually she curls up in a ball attempting to hide herself. Nearby is the still open duffel bag she had set down. Slowly as the wind blows a paper with the mutants name on it can be seen flapping.
<vile> James sighs heavily and narrows his eyes at Angel. A hand is run through his hair and he settles next to the other guy and reaches out to offer a hug. "It's okay, Angel. At least you don't have a pussy. I mean, at least I didn't have one. Maybe you'll enjoy the piercings I got down there." he flashes a wink and beams. "I'm gonna have to borrow your head to look for the Music Man. What times are your classes? Oh, and don't do drugs in my body. I've been clean for a while. Tobacco is fine but everything else? No. I don't wanna get switched back to find I'm craving some weird stuff."
<Kraken> "you don't know the first thing about what? and of course I have one, a dampener can only go so far..." He seemed to calm a little. Max saw sense and would call in sick. Then Max started walking away and that panic returned. "Wait! Where do you think youre going?!" Max's eyes had gotten wide in Kevin's worry. "You need to head over to my apartment! You're not gonna kill my body! you have gills now and you need to use them!" he chased after
* X-Alyssa stepped into the rec-center and- Oh! Did we mention her name-tag? It was right there reading, "Hi! My mame is: Xerxes. She paused inside the doorway, looking around for other... survivers.
<Amsterdam> Dr.Lee sighs as he bends down to rifle through the girl's paperwork. The hazmat team meanwhile tries to reassure the poor girl that they're not here to hurt her, and they attempt to soothe her with all kinds of motherly noises, since not all the hazmat guys are actually dudes; women work in the science department too, apparently.
* Trem-Seven frowns at Tremor a little, "So when I go to the bathroom, you would just like me to wait till the bladder on this thing explodes?" he tries to get control of his anger, "I like your body, you're hot, ok?! That doesn't mean I can't -function-!"
<Trem-Seven> And in any case, quit bitching. This body is the safest thing on campus. If anything happens to this, when things are fixed, I get to go back to being powerless and having the crap kicked out of me.
* Maximus would give Kevin a look over his shoulder "Im goin home....thats where im goin..." and he would continue on, the rest of what Kevin was saying didnt weigh in on him "Gills smills.....im goin to bed!!"
* Angel`Pearson blinked looking up through the tears at Jameson "..I....I can't promise that..." ..well, atleast he was honest. He spent almost all day every day tripping out on hallucinogenics, stopping wouldn't be that easy.
<Amsterdam> After going through the necessary documents, the professor nods and gently tucks them back into the girl's abandoned bag. "Miss Levina O'Smith, if you'd kindly come with me, I can set you up in the girls' dorms tonight," he then offers a little more gently, holding a hand out to the frightened girl. "There's been a bit of an event here on campus, so I apologize on behalf of Cobalt for your confusion."
* X-Alyssa saw that someone had been watching Eraser head on the tv, and had... promptly left it on. And -staaaaaared- at it like a stunned Walleye. "...Dubyah. Tee. Eff?"
<AnE> "Buh...well, no! I do not want you to ruin my kidneys! I just...don't-" You're hot. He hiked a brow and then broke into the stupidest grin possible, a brow hiking. "Y-yes? Well, okay. Uhm -- just... do what you wish, just do not get me pierced or tattooed or anything. I have no desire to wake up in a bathtub full of ice with missing organs. That watch--" The young man pointed to the device on TremSev's wrist, "Will make you appear more human should you have the desire to leave campus. I do not reccommend it, however."
<vile> "You have to get off the drugs and I gotta keep my dick outta my drop dead gorgeous fiancee. It's gonna be hard for both of us. But we gotta do it, man. Seriously, withdrawls and rehab sucks. I'm not going through it again, man. You shouldn't have cravings since my body doesn't get exposed to anything but cigars and some light booze. I find out you've been abusing anything else and I'm gonna shave my head. Er. Your head." and he sounds pretty serious about it too! "Aww man. That means I'm gonna have withdrawls in this body too! Ugh. Not fair. At least it'll be cleaned out when you get it back."
<Kraken> "Then go to my home!" Poor X-squid was sounding panniced as he continuedto chase after Maximus. "gills smills?!" He hissed, yea even with Maximus's body some small part of him still had some squiddy thoughts and insticts. "Don't you notice that you're short of breath? Everything feels dry and hot? Get to my place and sleep in my tank!"
* Angel`Pearson frowned, replying simply "..I hate you."
* Trem-Seven nods, calming down a little. He looks to the watch and nods, "Don't worry. No tattoos or anything. I got it." he/she rubs the back of his/her neck, "So how long is this going to last?"
<dusky> Levina feels slightly better and stands up. Seeing doctor ruffle through her bag, her mind suddenly erupts with a *bright red noise*. She takes a few moments to calm down before quickly writing something and handing it to one of the hazmat wemon to read out aloud. It says, "Fine, Dr. Who, you have a deal. But no complex computer/phone booths or Dalek probing..... or Tarteris!!"
<vile> "Yeah, I get that a lot. But it still stands: no drugs in my body." his arms cross over his chest and he leans back on the bench, turning his gaze out to the quad. He sighs heavily and lets his eyes drift partially shut. "God this sucks. I'm still gonna take you so I can do some searches for the guy. No way I can go through that many security cameras by myself, not even with OSBOURNE. Or I can get Junior to do it..."
<AnE> "You are asking me? How in the world should I know?" Scowling, she flopped down on the ground, planting her far less soft and squishy bottom in the grass with a little groan. Men. "I think we will need to get some rest and then figure it out. Especially you -- I had not slept for days before this happened so... that body will be on the verge of passing out soon. I recommend at least eight hours of sleep. ... are you wearing your underwear?" Random questions! He squinted a little, folding his arms and grunting, "Perhaps the stones that the people that the science department were picking up can help us. Or maybe there is a clue on the news -- I am certain that someone at school has been recording it."
<Amsterdam> Dr.Lee squints at the sheet of paper when it is handed to him. He then laughs, and hands it back to the girl. "Deal. No computers, Tardises, and especially no Daleks. But we do have a neato laboratory that's bigger on the inside than it looks on the outside," he adds with a smile. "Don't worry, I'll look after you. We're quite the same, in fact," he adds.
<dusky_> Sigh she gets help from the hazmat crew and follows them to where-ever the doctor wants. A few hours later she falls asleep in a nice warm bed.
* Angel`Pearson just lowered his head, staring at the ground as James went on. All the stress made him want to reach for a trippy cigarette....though instead he fished a normal one from his bag and lit up, frowning a bit as he did, it was a pale reflection of what he was craving.
<Amsterdam> Dr.Lee is very nice about it! The decontamination requires some showering and scrubbing and so forth, but afterwards she gets a free room and a comfy bed, and a note from Dr.Lee asking Levina to come see him tomorrow morning out in the quad, away from general electronics.
* Isaiah_Mannstein exchanges keys with sisip and heads back over to the male dorms and puts a bag together. its a basic collection really... 72 hours of clothes: three pair of pants, three athletic shirts, three long sleeve t-shirts, a five pair of underwear and five pair of socks. Included in the bag are some basic toiletries, and a note: if you remove the SND (the watch on your left wrist) Do NOT go near water. if you need a shower, continue to wear the snd please, for everyone's safety!
<vile> James narrows his eyes at the cigarette and holds up a hand. With his pointer and middle finger he does 'snip snip' gestures and points at Angel's pretty hair. "I'll know if you fracked up, even if it's after we switch back. I'll hold your butt down and take a pair of clippers to your hair. I'm bigger than you are so I can do it."
* Trem-Seven looks down at Tremor, "Sorry. It just seems to be the run of things. You've had more expirence with this music man than I have." He blinks and remember the sound equipment. He may need help getting it all back inside. In addition, this body had indeed felt as Seven described. He/she yawns and blinks a few times. "Wait... do you mean the underwear you are wearing on that body or the underwear I am wearing on this one?"
* Angel`Pearson snapped "Shutup! Its normal, christ! If I was going to get stoned I wouldn't do it right in front of you...I'm not retarded.." sounding all sniffly as he spoke...He couldn't imagine it getting worse then this...unless it was permenant, but yeah this was the most horrible thing he'd been through yet. Way worse then the quarentine and pulse withdrawls.
<AnE> "Er. The underwear you are wearing on that one. Like -- do you have your man-underwear touching my... parts?" She glanced south, then up again, leveling her gaze on... herself. "I suppose I should bring you some of mine." Score! Or not. With a heavy sigh, the young man rubbed at the bridge of his nose, "You are going to have to feed Einstein and Newton for me, I think. They will not be used to this... scent."
* X-Alyssa first went to the gym and... frowned. Xerxes locker combination was in the boys locker-room. Which presented several other levels of freak-the-fuck-out. BUt she'd already crossed the biggest hurdle, right? The only problem she'd have would be... acting wei- oh fuck it. She went into the boys locker room, ignored the boys who freaked the fuck out with a calm but stern "I've seen bigger," and got the stuff. A t-shirt, and sweats. then it was back to the girls... -rest- room, to change in private.
<vile> "Yeah, yeah. I can't be distracted when we get switched back." he hisses and stands. "I gotta go yank Junior out of bed so he can stay up and look through security feeds all night. See you around, man." he takes a step away from the bench, points at his fingers with two eyes and then at Angel, "I'm watching you. Sleep well, man. Goodnight." he says and heads for Ena's townhome. Hoo boy this is gonna be fun to explain! Especially to Ena when he gets to explain why he kept his son up all night.
* Trem-Seven ups a brow, "Boxers. They're more comfortable. I can bring you a few changes of clothes. nods at Seven's idea, "Yea, that's fine. I'll feed him if you want. Just let me know when."
<AnE> "...yes. You do that." She scowled at the thought. Sure, she occasionally borrowed Jack's shorts, but... this was different! Oi, she was tired. Her fatigue from earlier was not just the physical but the emotional. Slowly did she push to her feet, still rather wobbly on these manlegs with her lack of tail.
* X-Alyssa then went to the gym. Her clothes tied up in her jacket, so as to minimize stress for all involved. The basic work-out provided some humbling, but not dissapointing, statistics. Alyssa was in good shape, thank goodness. It wasn't the body she'd have picked if given a choice, but it would do fine. And then she headed down to the SIMS. Now for true fear!
* Angel`Pearson watched his pretty self walk away with a look like someone was killing his puppy before breaking into heavier sobs once it was out of sight. After a bit he'd start fumbling the shiny musicman stone he'd pilfered around in his hoodie pocket.
<AnE> "Einstein and Newton are fed at exactly ten in the morning. Any earlier and they won't eat, any later and they will make a fuss." Seven-in-Tremor explained quietly, folding her arms and nodding. "Einstein prefers slices of banana with his breakfast but Newton only eats little chunks of apple with his first meal. Make sure that you don't give them any seeds because apple seeds are deadly to rats. Oh, and when you address Newton, you must call him Sir Isaac Newton Junior or he will not come to you."
* Trem-Seven glances at the around and then looks back to Seven, "I'm going to hit the sack... Let me know if you need anything. Oh yea... if you hear something in your ear just... nevermind" he thinks and then sighs, "Sorry you didn't get someone else." He/she turns and heads for his room.
* Isaiah_Mannstein went back his her...his room, and sat on his bed for about an hour before getting the courage to open the bag he was given and get changed for bed
<AnE> "Good night! Do no do anything I would not do!" She waved weakly, watching her body depart with a heavy sigh. Afterwards, she turned and stalked in the direction of the townhouses, more than a little nervous to see how her pets react to her new appearance and scent.
* Angel`Pearson he'd let out his breath in a heavy sigh, listening to the hum of the pretty stone, mumbling "I want my body back.." before looking up to see if anyone else had stayed behind in the quadish area. Most seemed to have run off fairly quickly after...it happened.
<vile> James also mourns the loss of his hot body! At least he's not the only one! Sob~
* Trem-Seven seems to pull his jacket tighter around him/her self, catching all the little details about the feeding ritual. He was sure he would forget and have to ask again later. Hopefully, this whole thing would be over in the morning.
<AnE> However, Seven learns that sleeping on her belly is a hell of a lot easier in a guy's body. Maybe not such a terrible thing after all.
* Kraken kevin is mourning his body too, and the fact that Maximus doesn't seem to care about its special requirements
