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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 11:26 pm
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Espeon_Commander Aile would stand there as Darts wound up for his initial punch, trembling heavily now as the punch neared her face. She wasn't expecting it when he disappeared from reality, reemerging at the table and destroying it. She pretty much ignored the wood shard that caused a cut on her forehead, just staring at and listening to Darts with a slightly open mouth. She stared at where Darts had stood when when he left, stunned by everything that just happened. Nothing the others had said really registered after that, with the woman merely collapsing to her knees when Darts left. "I..." She finally began to say, at least a good minute after the hybrid had left the room. "I... Where's the jacket," she finally asked, still staring at the remains of the table with a stunned face. Quietly, Amaranth looked to Aile, then Reno, then the table and various foodstuffs on the floor. Then, she'd return to the other side of the two-way mirror, grabbing the jacket and marker and returning to the cell with it. Finally, she'd set them down next to Aile and took a step back. "Here..." She said, her voice a lot softer than usual. She was still stunned over the earlier display.
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 11:33 pm
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2017 11:52 pm
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Aile continued to stare off, grabbing the jacket without really looking at it. She was just now realising that she had just pretty much asked Darts to kill her without understanding that she did. "I... Which outcome would have been better, I wonder" she murmured, barely audible to herself, laying the jacket on her lap as she just absently stared at Reno trying to build his sandwich. After about a couple minutes of this, she blinked rapidly and finally looked to the marker that came with the jacket, grabbing it. "Would it even show up? And even if it did, would there be enough to cover the entire thing," she wondered, tilting her head. "I... I think I need to be by myself. At least, I would prefer it. Please." She got up finally and moved to the cot, lying down and covering herself with the jacket, back to everyone. She wasn't sure if she was going to attempt to color in the jacket, but it wasn't happening tonight. At least, not with the small, quiet sobs that could be heard underneath the jacket.
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 1:01 am
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After everyone else had left her alone, Aile would find, if she were even awake at that point, a new visitor. They wouldn't show their face but she would likely recognize the voice that began to speak to her through the intercom. "Don't say anything. Just listen." Lykas started, his voice showing a level of concern that he wasn't particularly known for.
"People like us? We don't tend to have many friends. You and I are of a kind in that respect. We don't trust others much and we rely on ourselves and our own power far too often." He said, sounding a bit reflective. "It's not in our nature to ask for help, even when we know it's there. And what's worse, when we do make that occasional friend, we often take for granted what they offer us. We're so accustomed to keeping our loyalties loose that when someone shows it to us, truly and genuinely, we forget to appreciate it for how wonderful a thing it is." He'd pause and take a breath here.
"God knows I don't deserve most of what the people here have given me in that department. The things I've done in my life and the people I've use and abused to get what I wanted? Forget about people being loyal." He laughed softly here, the sound of fabric shuffling at this point, a small catch in his voice. "But if there's one thing this crazy group has taught me, it's that they're crazy loyal to each other; More of a family than a bunch of misfits who came together through happenstance." He'd pause again. Another breath. "Everyone's angry right now because they're hurt. They're feel like their family couldn't trust them. Like their sister turned her back on them even though they'd have been there for her in a heartbeat. It's gonna take time for them to get past that. But I promise you that if no one else around here is on your side......You've got a friend in me." He told the girl. The intercom would click off at this point, though the hybrid wouldn't go anywhere just yet. Whether she was awake or not, he wanted her to be able to feel his presence, one way or another.
He, of all people, could understand her a lot better than some could. Maybe she could've done better. Maybe not. Who cared at this point, though? The fact of the matter was that now they had her back and, though he didn't know it, there was a growing understanding of her motives recently. After a minute or so of just standing there, keeping Aile a sort of company, even if she couldn't tell he was still there, Lykas finally left the room.
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:00 am
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Aile would have been awake when Lykas came around, her sleep not being the greatest this time around, either. She remained silent during all of that, doing her best to not break into another round of crying as she listened. The only motion she would make would be about a minute after Lykas had stopped speaking, poking her head out from under the blanket that was the jacket and turning to look at the mirror, only to go back hiding under said jacket a couple seconds later.
By now, Aile had given up on sleep, accepting the fact that she was probably going to be having, at the very least, bad dreams (if not full on nightmares) for the foreseeable future. She was sitting up on the cot, the bottom of the jacket in her lap and the marker in hand, testing to see if the color would actually show up on the black jacket. Most markers she encountered in the past wouldn't. But, after the show of force last night, she was a bit more willing to appease the necrotic daemon dragon. Her actions at the moment, though, were more absent minded as she had a lot going through her mind. The Holo Caster would still be where she threw it last night when Darts had shown up, under the cot. It was a good chance that that probably wasn't going to be touched for a fair bit.
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:12 am
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:22 am
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:25 am
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:38 am
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:39 am
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The door to Aile's cell would open without warning, only for a box with a plate full of food on it to slide in. The door was closed and locked quickly, so Aile couldn't get out - if she was even up for that.
I moved to the two-way mirror before activating the intercom. "There are clothes from your room in the box, in case you've gotten tired of wearing men's clothing. Don't worry, I didn't snoop around in there. As for the plate, I figured day-old food crumbles wouldn't suit your pallate."
I paused for a moment, before continuing. "I wasn't there for most of what you did, but I know why you did it. The end never justifies the means, but... it's the thought that counts. ...and I know you didn't betray us willingly."
I stopped there, waiting for a moment. My intention was to walk away immediately, but the thought of Aile wanting to respond to what I said was valid enough make me want to see what she had to say for herself, if anything.
"And if you're wondering how I knew about the table beforehand... well, you probably don't, so nevermind."
I considered leaving it there, but there was something nagging at me that I couldn't let lie. "And if we find out where your parents are, I'll be the first one to hunt them down and bring them to safety."
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:41 am
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:59 am
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Crystal would tilt her head as she made the tea, a standard black tea for Sub and a green tea for Crystal, and brought it over to where the leader was as. "That.... sounds crazy, I'll be honest. Extremely. That must have been you I thought I heard, though, then. I sent Kairos out to try and find you, but instead, he gave us advanced warning of Flare." She shook her head. "That could have gone so much more worse, I swear. Better, as well, but..." She'd set her head on the table for a moment before lifting it back up to take a sip of her tea. "I can only hope that there's not a hostile takeover of Alola, though. There's probably quite a fair number of things I want to study over there...."
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Aile would stare at the box and the plate of food when it was slid in, tilting her head as Terashi spoke. Finally, after hearing Lykas and Ter, and with Reno's actions as well as this, she had to ask a question. "Why are a bunch of you being so nice to me? I mean, I wouldn't blame you for being at least as upset as Sub, if not Darts, but... I don't deserve any of this. I did everything with the full expectation of being hated afterwards, that I was going to be burning this bridge somehow one way or another. I'll be honest, it didn't numb the pain any, or make it leave less of a bitter taste in my mouth, but I knew that things would not be pretty for me if you all got your hands on me. So, why are you doing this. And also, I do appreciate the gesture, but..." She raised up her manacled arms, showing that she couldn't really take at least her shirt off. "I'm kind of stuck in this."
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 8:09 am
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Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 8:17 am
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