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Post by Avi on Oct 11, 2006 17:36:12 GMT -5
She sat on her bed, knees drawn up to her chin. Eyes were glazed over, but it was hard to tell from what. Fear? Indecision? Pain? Sleep, or lack of? But the topaz chips were dull, although the rest of her looked alive, but tired, like a newly-made rag doll tossed to the floor. S
With effort, she strained for a pen and paper, uncurling from her position. She set the ink to the paper, but after a couple moments of thought she put it back, easily growing frustrated. Eyes burned with rage and unshed tears tears, and she curled back into a ball, head resting on a thin pillow which barely supported it.
In truth, she was beginning to doubt her previous decision of coming back to the Collective. She wasn't evil- it had been for hr own reasons. Other than just helping Eris with her work. And involuntary shudder overtook her; Eris had, if possible, become more evil in Tessa's two years at the Guild. Before she had had a hint of compassion -or had it been trickery to get them to side with her?- but now she was completely cruel to her expeiriments. Tessa was in the clear from this, being her 'assistant', and Tessa regretted things she had done, and wished to banish horrific images now lodged in her brain....
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Post by Amaranth on Oct 11, 2006 18:36:21 GMT -5
"Teeeeeeeeesssiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeee!" Speak of the devil. Eris pranced in, grinning from ear to ear. "We've got new oooooooorders, Tessiiiiiieeeeee! Isn't that great?!"
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Post by Fear on Oct 11, 2006 21:27:24 GMT -5
A dark, quiet, and very unstable chuckle emanated from a dark corner of the room. "Eris my dear friend, you are completely and utterly insane." Salem laughed from the corner, his own insanity evident in his laugh.(he could transport himself through shadows as if they were portals, presumably because of his spirit's abilities but this is unconfirmed)
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Post by Amaranth on Oct 12, 2006 9:20:43 GMT -5
"Oh, looooookie! Tessie! Tessie! Lookie! It's the big lummox!" Eris grinned, looking completely oblivious, which she wasn't.
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Post by Fear on Oct 12, 2006 12:33:11 GMT -5
(lol big lummox? he's a tall gangly guy... )
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Post by Amaranth on Oct 12, 2006 13:50:33 GMT -5
((Yup. The Big Lummox.))
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Post by Fear on Oct 12, 2006 16:17:35 GMT -5
(*shrug*)
"Big lummox eh? That's a new one, i'm barely bigger than you are my dear, unless you're counting height..." He said with an evil grin, the evil in his grin wasn't implying anything its just the way he was...evil.
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Post by Avi on Nov 4, 2006 9:33:44 GMT -5
"Hullo Eris..." She gave the twisted scientist what could be the remains of a smile, while completely ignoring Salem. "He does look like a big lummox, doesn't he?" She hadn't even turned to look...but Tessa knew agreeing with Eris was always best. Always. "What are the orders?"
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Post by Amaranth on Nov 4, 2006 9:42:33 GMT -5
"Yes," Eris agreed. "The orders? Um...." She had clearly forgotten. "Oh! Right. Yeah. Orders. We're to do some more lovely experimenting!"
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Post by Avi on Nov 4, 2006 9:44:46 GMT -5
"On who, with what, for what?" It would probably end out to be splicing (again) but you never knew with Eris...She waited attentively, cassually calling up some flames to play with to keep herself amused.
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Post by Amaranth on Nov 4, 2006 9:47:21 GMT -5
Eris glanced sharply at the flames. "Put those out," she ordered. "You'll light the curtains on fire. Again. Anyway. The orders. Well, we were supposed to do some more experimentation on the wolfies, but they got out." She pouted. "So I dunno what we're going to do now. We need a volunteer for a test subject..." She let the sentence trail off, looking innocent.
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Post by Avi on Nov 4, 2006 9:56:33 GMT -5
She obeyed, extinguishing the flames immediately. "I've only done that once!" she protesting, a lsight tone of annoyance entering her voice. "They did? That's impossible, I checked on them last night and-" The implications of Eris' next words hit her. Oh, damndamndamndamndamn..... She smiled coldly. "And of course, you can use the big lummox." For the first time, she tipped a glance at Salem. "You want /me/ for it." Yes, or no? "Fine." It burst from her before she could stop it, and now she regretted the words...but she would carry through....
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Post by Amaranth on Nov 4, 2006 9:59:11 GMT -5
Eris smiled widely, clapping her hands in joy. "Oh, goodie!" she cried, spinning a happy circle. She leaned down, caught hold of Tessa's hand, and pulled the girl out of the room. "Yes, yes, my dearies do keep escaping, don't they? Well, we still have the birdie- oh! Goodness, you haven't met the birdie!"
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Post by Avi on Nov 4, 2006 10:02:01 GMT -5
With growing dread, Tessa was puleld along with minimal reluctance. "The birdy?" Didn't Eri's remember?!? Last week she had been assigned to cleaning out Thistlen's cage! It was, she presumed, safer to play along than call Eris insane and senile. Well, there /was/ one bright side. IF she were to be experimented on, at least she would still have freedom of sorts...not trapped as Eris' others...
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Post by Amaranth on Nov 4, 2006 10:03:54 GMT -5
"Yes indeedy!" Eris said. Of course she didn't remember the cage-cleaning incident... Why would she? It hadn't effected her. "Yes, you must meet the birdie! Oh! Maybe we could use her instead! And you could just help me!" Eris pondered this, dragging the girl off toward Thistlen's cage. "What do you think?"
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