I13DT - Sixteen and Holding

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:40 pm

"No, no entirely my fault," she said earnestly, managing to fumble the blindfold back into place. "I meant the collar."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:41 pm

"Right, of course, the collar...hrm.

Do you happen to know if these things are booby-trapped in some way, before I poke and prod?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:43 pm

"I..." She sat down a little dejectedly. "I don't know... I don't think so since they always took it off before working on me, but am I sure? No..."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:11 am

"Right. Better safe than sorry. This may feel a little weird for a moment," Will said, slipping between the bars.

He put his hands around Miranda's throat, gently, and then oozed clay inbetween her flesh and the collar itself.

He then expanded rapidly, which would shatter the collar.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:33 am

A wave of discomfort, akin to having bright lights turned on you when you're in a darkened room, washes out from Miranda, but she quickly manages to reign it in. "Thank you," she said, rubbing her neck. She looked directly at Will and immediately attempted to hug him.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:25 pm

Will took a quarter-step back, but returned the hug. "It's alright. You're going to be safe.

Just as soon as I can get this darn door open."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:08 pm

Steph nodded, shifting to human form to be a bit less imposing.

"Just remember we're the ones offering to get you out of the jail you're in now. Think that's a rather compelling reason to trust us for now."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:15 pm

Miranda let Will go. "You're the first ones who've offered to remove the collar immediately. That's enough for me."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:37 pm

"Nasty things, collars. They give me the willies."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:26 pm

"Yeah, I can't see while the damn thing's on," she said, walking over lean on the bars.

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:24 pm

"I don't mean to pry, but...your eyes..."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:32 pm

"Surgery... I think. Not sure why, maybe just because they're sadistic bastards."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:44 pm

Will swore under his breath. "I'm sorry. Perhaps one of our healers will be able to do something for you..."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:47 pm

"It's not really necessary. They didn't work before I came here. I don't really miss them."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:41 pm

"I'm not seeing any sign of keys around here," Steph said returning after a sweep of the place. "Think you can make yourself a key again, or should I just rip the door open?"

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:10 pm

"I see," Will said. "I mean, I understand. I mean...yeah, I'm gonna go talk to Steph now, one second."

"I dunno, Steph, it seems pretty complex. I've been trying to pick the dang thing for a few minutes now. Might be better to blow it up--though there has to be someway to open it naturally. I mean, they must take them out occasionally...right?"

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:17 pm

"Did we bring explosives? We unfortunately left the girl who can make them at will guarding the school."

"I've got some muscle, your wife can reshape stone...brute force cleverly applied might do the trick..."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:37 pm

"If you think you can get them out safely," Will nodded. "I'm just worried about booby-traps. These aren't nice people who would give their captives a free chance at escaping.

This entire thing smells funny to me."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:40 pm

"If they were trapped well, you playing with the keyhole might have set them off..." she mused, looking around and sniffing deeply, trying to see if she could smell any strange chemicals--explosive, noxious or otherwise.

"We could--" sniff sniff "--try and use you as a human shield again..."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:13 pm

No chemical smell, but a weird, electric buzz.

"You DO know how to please a guy, don't you?" Will teased. "Alright, I'll be your blast shield, if you want to try."

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 9:05 am

Miranda turned to look at Charles. "Charles, do you have something you can do? If they get the collar off of you, I mean."

by **Charles Franklin** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:24 pm

Charles looked over at Miranda.

"Maybe," Charles said, "I could try... spraying acid on it or maybe if I made myself some armor?"

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:46 pm

"It might be worth a shot," she says, turning towards the others. "Charles says he might be able to do something with acid, if you guys want to try it."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:16 pm

"I meant protecting them not me. I can heal. But if you," she turned to Charles, "have acid or a force field, that may work better or help me with the breaking."

by **Charles Franklin** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 1:47 pm

"Sorry, I'm not sure how I'd make force fields," Charles said, "But I could do acid, blades, and armor during their tests... most of the time at least."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 2:45 pm

"Armor...that's what I meant." she nodded.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 3:22 pm

"Here, let me get that collar off," Will said, slipping through the bars into Charles' cell.

by **Charles Franklin** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 3:25 pm

Charles stepped towards Will so that the X-Man could remove the collar. In the back of his mind he was just hoping that if this was a test at least he'd shown the researchers what he could do.

"Thanks for this," Charles said, "Just let me know when you want to start, eh."

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:14 pm

"Whenever you're ready. Show us what you've got."

by **Charles Franklin** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:20 pm

What happened next was probably a little horrifying if you weren't expecting it. Charles' throat and head began to change shape before approaching a more fleshy version of this with only two eyes. The cracking of flesh and bone as he shifted probably didn't help much with the disturbing part of things either as the shift spread giving his skin a almost chitin like appearance.

He then vomited a viscous purple substance onto the lock

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:43 pm

"That kind of armor..." Steph said, impressed.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:44 pm

"That's... disturbing..." Then she added quickly. "No offense..."

by **Charles Franklin** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 4:52 pm

Charles turned his head towards Miranda and the response was unintelligible chittering. The shifting progressed, unintentionally, and the hospital gown tore as the carapace like coloration became a hardened projected bone like substance along with extra limbs.

...Damn...

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 5:00 pm

Miranda focused for a moment and then thought in the general vicinity, Charles? Of course, as unskilled as she was, everyone likely 'heard' it.

by **Charles Franklin** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 5:08 pm

Charles chittered again and made an approximation of a nod.

Miranda? How?

He sounded more than a little confused that there was an eerily familiar voice in his head.

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 5:37 pm

"They called it telepathy," she said. "The guy who worked on me would always put something on that made him hard to see and I heard someone say it was because I was a telepath."

by **Charles Franklin** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:10 pm

Charles chittered some more then shook his head in frustration.

Oh? Cool, sorry you've become the middle man here. Having problems shifting back...

by **Miranda Weaver** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:15 pm

"He says he's having problems shifting back," she said to Will and Stephanie.

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:57 pm

"Well, he's come to the right place.

Just try and relax, Charles. Draw a picture in your mind."

by **Stephanie Kaltiera** » Fri Mar 14, 2014 10:17 pm

"It's almost like make believe...just...picture yourself the way you want to be." she added.

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