NationStates Jolt Archive

Vix stood at their approach, wiping her hands off. She had been making up her pack and noticed the fish with a hungry look. As soon as she started to cook it she knew Sio would go back for more, but she had not liked the way Vix had left. "Edward, would you cook the fish please?" she asked him sweetly. "I need to go find Stacy." Without waiting for his reply she strode off into the woods. Sio nodded, took the now dead fish off the spear, and handed it to Edward. "Remember, turn it or we'll be eating cold fish. Try not to let it burn." He turned and walked back to the river, to catch more. Sio would need to catch five or six fish to feed everyone.

Vix moved though the trees and around rocks, shivering slightly. While the shirt was fine, the cloth was little more than a thin screen over her front and afforded no cover over the back, leaving her exposed from her ankles to her lower back. "Stacy?" she called, eyes peeled for any sign of what she had come to think of her sister and lover.

Vix stood at their approach, wiping her hands off. She had been making up her pack and noticed the fish with a hungry look. As soon as she started to cook it she knew Sio would go back for more, but she had not liked the way Vix had left. "Edward, would you cook the fish please?" she asked him sweetly. "I need to go find Stacy." Without waiting for his reply she strode off into the woods. Sio nodded, took the now dead fish off the spear, and handed it to Edward. "Remember, turn it or we'll be eating cold fish. Try not to let it burn." He turned and walked back to the river, to catch more. Sio would need to catch five or six fish to feed everyone.

Vix moved though the trees and around rocks, shivering slightly. While the shirt was fine, the cloth was little more than a thin screen over her front and afforded no cover over the back, leaving her exposed from her ankles to her lower back. "Stacy?" she called, eyes peeled for any sign of what she had come to think of her sister and lover.


Edward nodded and began to cook the fish, it wasn't a hard task, rather easy. He rememberd how bad he screwd up there first catch on the planet, he didn't really like fish, prefering what was on land. He watched Vix leave.

OCC: TG Xscapia.

OOC: Dammit all, I get off for half a day and two new pages arrive, and Xis someone takes over my chars. ^^ Okay then, time to update...

IC:
Lia and Wlater had long wondered if they were ever going to get back to their home. Lia longed for her home planet, the opens plains and the blue sky, this new enviroment was different. It hadn't taken her long to abbandon most of her civilized ways, she was still much more animalistic than the others. Her hair had grown out some, down to the bottom of her neck, most of her equiptment was still useable, she left it in Walter's care. She carried around her favorite weapon, a spear she'd gotten on her home planet as a right of passage. She isolated herself from the others, often hunting and looking out for only herself, she and Walter talked occassionally but had grown noticeably apart. She ran around, for the most part, naked, with the exception of a top, her fur was often dirst which gave her good camoflauge. Walter on the other hand hadn't changed much at all, he was often slient unless address and respected everone, even Edward. He, like Lia, often stayed away from the rest of the group, there were a few times they'd come looking for him because of the odd noises that sometimes came from the areas he wandered into.

He had kept his cryptic network active and was always aware of what was happening back home. Scout ships were looking for the group to no avail, this was a fact he kept from the others as he didn't want to get their hopes up. He was however, learning constantly, about the enviroment, and the limits of his own cryptic abilities. A few times he'd wanted to teach the other how to unlock some cryptic powers but decided against it, they weren't decendants of the Elden and their abilities, if they learned any, would most likely corrupt them. Walter required no food because he was drone, he also did not age, his clothing often 'regenerated' whenever something happened to it, an occurance he tried not to bring to the attention of the others.

On this particular day he had decided to return to the camp where the others were, it had been about five days since the last he'd seen them, he had two sheithed short swords at his waist and had abbandonned his cloak, instead only wearing his pants and shirt. He hadn't seen Lia for around a week and despite his typically indifferent state, he missed her. He emerged from the forest the same way he always did, by appearing in the camp without a sound. He sat down and watch Edward cooking the fish, he then looked over at Vix. "Have you guys seen Lia?" He said in a low voice, he already knew the answer, Lia had made it almost a habit to stay away from the others.

OOC: Question, if the clones are supposed to age at three times the normal speed of other creatures. Should it not be pretty noticeable to Walter and Lia that something is up, assuming you still haven't told them?

As Vix hunted around, Stacy appeared from behind a bush. She was carrying her spear over her shoulder and a pair of large fish tucked into her belt. However, she was limping slightly and a large patch of darkened blood had stained her shorts. She gave Vix a small nod,
"I fell on my spear" She said with little enthusiasm as if it were only a cut, despite the fact she was obviously in pain.

Edward got up " Whow, wait, you "fell" on your spear, and your alright?!, come here let me look at it." Said Edward putting his glasses on and standing up. He set his book down.

"You should get that looked at... we can't have you getting an infection now can we?" Walter said in a dead vvoice, looking away. He had the feeling that this group was disentigrating, at least in his eyes. Of course, he hadn't been in said group of awhile so he wasn't completely in the loop on the personal relations between everyone. He was however, aware the Edward seemed to be well hated by all the females except Lia. "...hmm..."

OOC: Don't see how so, GW. Lia and Walter have spent a lot of time away from the camp anyway, and none of them know they're pregnant.
IC:
Vix rushed to Stacy's side, a hand going out over the blood spot. "Stacy, you're hurt!" she exclaimed. "You need medical help now. Come on, we need to patch you up." She tugged the Alversian forward, slipping the fish and spear of her belt and handing them over to Walter without another word.
OOC: NC, you have a TG.

"No," Stacy tried to shrug her off stubbornly, "I'll be alright. It's only a scratch" There was a hint of resentment in her voice, as if there was a result of any examination she didn't want there to be. She continued to resist the Xiscapian, even though small rivers of blood were starting to run slowly down her leg,
"I'll be alright" She repeated stubbornly, "I can clean myself up. You have breakfast. I'll join you when I'm done"

"Stacy," Vix stepped around in front of her, forcing the Alversian to stop in her tracks. "That looks serious. Let me help you. Don't shut me out, you need my help. Please." She looked at Stacy, eyes darting around her sister's face, searching for some sign of emotion.

Stacy bore deep into her eyes, although there was little sign of emotion across her face. Her eyes seemed to beg, to be furious and yet hopeful at the same time. That was not how her face appeared though. She looked as though she couldn't care less what was wrong with her leg,

"Go back to the camp" She said in a more soothing voice, "I can look after this on my own. Now go" She nodded gently to over Vix's shoulder, a small smile appearing on her face as she said it,
"I'm a big girl now, I can clean myself up" She gave a small giggle.

Vix bit her lip, the skin turning even whiter where the teeth pressed into her flesh. She seemed to be debating with herself, struggling with an internal conflict. Finally her shoulders slumped and she resignated with a sigh.
"Okay. But promise me you'll look after that alright, or I'll come do it for you."

Stacy gave her a gentle hug,
"I'll be alright, Sis" She said, "Just go back and enjoy your breakfast. No need to worry over me"
She watched as Vix went back to the camp and waited until she was both out of earshot and out of sight, then she let the smile drop back into a scowl and went back to her wound. She winced as she slowly peeled the shorts down to reveal the wound in it's entirity.

That was why she had not wanted Vix to see it. The wound was not made by the smooth spear tip but a serated blade. Like the one tucked into her belt. She shook her head and went about repairing the damage,
"You stupid bitch" She muttered to herself, "You dozy, selfish, inconsiderade stupid bitch" She went on cleaning and muttering darkly to herself, almost like threats.

Vix was back to cooking fish with all the others, except for Lia and Sio, clustered around the fire. The morning was cold and the fog might last all day. Her stomach growled as the smell of meat rose to her nose and she breathed deeply. Sio appeared out of the trees with another two fish hanging off his spear, handing them both off to Walter to cook. Vix had one, Edward had one, Walter had two and Sio took the last, spinning it in silence over the flames.

Stacy emerged from the bushes, where she had been cleaning her own wound. It was now wrapped in bandages and the blood that had coated her leg at one point had been cleaned off to reveal the normal smooth skin,
"Anything for me?" She asked politely

At her words Sio silently reached over, took Edward's stick from him, and examined the fish on the end critically. He nodded and handed the stick to Stacy, handing his own fish-on-a-stick to Edward. Then he sat, stretching, and gazed into the fire. Vix looked at Stacy with concern. She seemed okay, but still Vix's eyes did not leave her sister's face.

Stacy took the fish reluctantly after seeing that Edward had touched it. She examined it carefully, as if looking for some deadly disease before nibbling carefully on one corner. She stared into the fire to avoid both Vix's gaze and looking at the Calaveran. Even the name boiled her blood.

OOC: Okay, I'm just saying I figure their bellies might have gotten a little bigger and such... And what I meant was Walter, since he'd the only one there for now.

IC:
Walter looked around at the group, "So I'm assuming the answer to my question is no. None of you have seen Lia... I'm concerned, I haven't seen her for around a week. She's distancing herself from all of us, or so it seemsm but I don't know why..." Walter was obviously concerned, "But I suppose on a brighter note... I've still been in contact with other drones through my cryptic network. And I've learned some new tricks if anyone wants to see." He gave a small smile, it was obviously fake, by this time everyone knew that Walter wasn't very capable of showing emotion. "And if anyone wants my fish, take them, being a drone means I have no reason to eat."

Meanwhile...

Somewhere in the forest Lia was busy stalking her next prey. She swung from branch to branch with natural skill, which in itself for Leanorian, was strange as her home planet was more like a massive savanna. Her bottom jaw was covered in dry blood from her last kill and her fur was dirty which made her blend in to her surrondings. She enjoyed hunting now, she'd given up her weapons and instead used her ceremonial spear. Its silvery edge was invisible in the thick mist, this time, the prey she was stalking was not meant to be killed, only frightened. It was apart of her self-training, fear tactics were as important as her stalking abilities. It was something the military had taught her.

"No," said Sio, looking up at Walter even as he took the fish from him. "We haven't seen her. I gave you that fish in hope she'd come or you could at least give it to her, but since even you don't know where she is..." He shrugged and began to tear into the new meat. Vix turned her attention from Stacy to the drone. "New tricks? Like what?" she asked feigning interest. Anything to get her mind off Stacy.

"Believe me, Lia is... was my commander, its not like she and I are really close or anything. Plus, I studied her for a little while, she seemed to like Edward a little. I figured she'd stop by and see you guys every once in awhile." He looked down for a moment, "Obviously I was mistaken... But the neww tricks, of course." Walter held out his hand and kept it there for a moment. At first nothing happened but after a few seconds the mist around them began to clear up a little and a ball of water began forming in Walter's hand. "I've been learning how to expand the influence of my cryptic abilities on the world around me. So far I've learned a little water and fire manipulation. I'm hoping to soon learn some cryptic earth abilities and then some lightning manipulation." He gave a bit of a smile as the small ball of water sat in his hand. Then, without any real reason, he drank it. Not because he was thirsty, but just because he figured no one else wanted it.

Edward finally finished his book, he was a little sad since it was the only book and he savored every page. The book was put back inside the cave, and he returned to the fire, he looked up at the sky " I wonder if anyone will find us.."

Stacy winced as she moved slightly, revealing the bandaged wound she had treated earlier herself. The bandages were already black with the dried blood from Stacy's leg and she looked down at it casually, as if there was nothing unusual about it.

"...." Edward soon dosed off into a sleep, his dreams brought him onto the Twilight, everything was in slow motion as the cameramen took there pictures. Edward rememberd going to his quarters when an officer stopped him and gave him the scoop....Mary was gone.

Walter looked at the bandages Stacy had wrapped around her leg, he then looked up at her face trying to make eye contact with her. He gave a small nod before looking away into the fire.

Meanwhile...

Lia had successfully stalked and infuse fear into the animal she was hunting. She smiled as it ran off as quickly as it could, she then looked up at the sky and then at her surrondings. "Stupid mist, its only good if I have a target in mind..." She mummbled to herself. She gripped her spear and using her powerful legs, attempted to scale a tree by simply running up the surface. She got nearly half way up before she lost momentum and had to dig the claws of her one free hand into the back to keep from falling, Dammit, I guess I'm still no Crimson Sharpshot. She got to the nearlest branch and looked around, she'd been all over the place and had begun leaving some discreet markings to show her the way to the others. Maybe I'll drop in... If I can even find my way back... Her sharp eyes honed in on a marker and she jumped from the branch to another to see it better, she then saw another and began jumping from branch to branch back to the camp. She was out quite a ways though, she'd been traveling around in this new enviroment for awhile and it'd taken her nearly two days of wnadering to get to where she was. Guess I'll have to double time it if I wanna see 'em tommorrow. I wonder how Walter is doing? She jumped down to the ground and began running, spear in hand, through the undergrowth back in the direction of the camp. It would probably be some time before she got back.

OOC: Just to let everyone know, this coming thursday I'm going to be in Russia for a school trip. I'll be gone for a week, so assuming I might not be here to RP to the very end of this thread, I might need someone to RP my chars for me (and preferebly not get them killed).

OOC: I nominate Alversia (one, two, three, not it!)
IC:
Vix looked at Walter with surprise and new found respect. "How did you do that?" she asked, looking him full in the face from the fish she was eating. "Why didn't you tell us before you were psychic?"
Sio had been watching Walter, and his glance at Stacy brought Sio's eyes to her. He noted the wound and bandages around her leg, raising an eyebrow but making no other visible reaction. In his head he resolved to have it looked at: The cut looked deep, at least deeper than the bandages would hold.
OOC2: Sorry I've been away, finals are coming and it's all about studying...

OOC1: LOL
OOC2: My finals are done :D

IC:
Walter looked up at Vix, “Well technically I never was, nor am I now a psychic. This is called Cryption, you’ve heard me talk about my 'cryptic network,' this falls under the same category. Cryption, to put it simply, is the ‘outward manipulation of elements and the universe.’ Its counterpart, encryption, is the ‘manipulation and distortion of oneself.’ I just learned this a few hours ago which is why I’m here, I really wanted to show you all.” Walter smiled, he was feeling proud of himself, he didn’t know why but he was. Even though he didn’t understand it, he still like it and continued to do so. “I’m glad you like it, I’m going to continue learning more elemental manipulation so that I can help this group. If only Lia were here…”

Meanwhile...

Lia was still making good time, Walter hadn't been the only one to learn somenew moves. Lia had meditated while she was alone and had built up her own cryptic and physical strength. It would stil be about a day befoe she mad eit back to the others but she had plenty of time. The mist was thick but the markers she'd left behind her as she explored were still quite visible to her. She made many transfers from the ground to the trees and then back to the ground again. She swung for vines and branches, she crossed rivers and waterfalls, she was moving with the speed of a true Leanorian, a true hunter.

OOC3: Funny thing that only Vix and Sio noticed/acknowledged Walter's new ability. This group obviously isn't phased by much. XD

OOC: Hold on, I'm in the middle of my A-Level Final Exams! I can only RP my own characters I'm afraid, they're KILLING me!!

Stacy glanced up at Walter with badly feigned interest before going down to her leg wound. Her shorts were tight, finishing just down from her buttocks. Everything was covered and they were skintight, thius allowing maximum movement. However, now it was showing the blood blackening from her wound and small droplets were racing down her leg. She was still eating, not saying a word and ignoring those around her.

Forest

Not far from the camp, a creature was watching amongst the bushes and trees of the jungle. The figure, black and hidden in the shadows, was not trying to hide yet remained hidden from the camp and those in the jungle. The figure watched silently through the bushes and trees at the small group without a sign. However, suddenly, as it knew it was being watched, it vanished within a single blink. A mysterious addition to a mysterious planet.

OOC: Damn you, Greywatch! I've got another bloody two weeks! I'm not really comfortable with, nor do I have the time to, RP someone else's characters.
IC:
“Well technically I never was, nor am I now a psychic. This is called Cryption, you’ve heard me talk about my 'cryptic network,' this falls under the same category. Cryption, to put it simply, is the ‘outward manipulation of elements and the universe.’ Its counterpart, encryption, is the ‘manipulation and distortion of oneself.’
"Sounds a hell of a lot like psychic powers to me," Sio muttered. "What else can you do? You said the manipulation of elements and the universe. Does that mean all matter, or just elements commonly found in nature?"
Vix looked interested, but for a moment she found her attention wander and looked at Stacy's blood stained shorts. For a moment the Xiscapian didn't move, but then gave a loud sigh that was half disgust, half pity. She stood and vanished into the cave, appearing a moment later at the mouth. Stacy, come here. she thought.

OOC: Yeah I get that a lot... anyway... if you guys are so busy why not just put it on hold or something? Or I'll just make Walter go look for Lia and train. Lia's on her way back, they'll meet up, she'll see his new abilities and so on... They could get lost, we could just pretend that or something to take them out of the picture temporarily. Like a storm destroys her markers or something.

IC:
"Well... cryption would mean, Fire, Water, Earth, Air... Darkness, Light, Wood, Electricity, Metal... as well as a few others. And encryption... well let's just say there's a guy who possess the ability to manipulate the shape, size, density... everything... of his body based on the amount of raw meat and/or bone he has consumed. (OOC: If you watch Naruto, think Kimimaru, or youtube/google him. Then take that a step further.) The entire list of abilities that come with cryptive and encryptive forces is difficult to explain entirely..." Walter decided to put on another display, he stood up and pointed two fingers at the sky, his arm fully extended. From his fingers came fire like that of a flamethrower, "As you can see, there's a lot I can do now. Fire is one of the easiest to learn but the most difficult to excell in."

OOC2: The funny thing is how we're all talking about this and NC just decided to vanish. XD

Stacy sighed and got up, wincing with pain as she did so. She limped into the cave and looked at Vix with barely hidden boredom,
"What'ya want?" She asked looking around, the blood was still trickling down her leg slowly. Not as badly as it had done before but still bad.

OOC: Yeah, just kind of remove them from the thread for a while. NC is caught up in a war at the moment, so he might not be posting for a while...
IC:
"Well... cryption would mean, Fire, Water, Earth, Air... Darkness, Light, Wood, Electricity, Metal... as well as a few others."
"Fascinating," Sio was looking at Walter's hands. "All that...can this be taught to others, or is it something only you can do?" he inquired.
"What'ya want?"
"Don't play that shit with me," Vix snarled, eyes flashing. For the first time she looked truely angry, and forcibly hauled Stacy deeper into the cave. Without another word she pratically tore Stacy's pants off, still carefuly to avoid the wound, and examined the hole in her leg.

It was worse than she had thought: Deeper than it appeared, and bleeding badly. The bandage had been improperly applied, and no effort had been made to clean or sanatize the injury. Blood was rushing down the girls leg even now, and Vix looked at the crimson liquid before making a desicion.
"Lie down on my bedroll," she ordered, grabbing the first-aid kit, "and keep the cut away from the floor." Stacy was naked from the waist down, wearing only her shirt and shoes.

Walter looked at Sio, "This ability can indeed be taught, but I warn you, its not easy. Especially for someone who does not possess Elden blood, they are the ones who first mastered this... well, them and the Twilight Demons, and the Angels... and a few other races... That actually brings me to my next point, what a drone is. I am actually a clone of a powerful soldier who has the blood of an Elden running through me, about 5% of my blood is Elden. So likewise I have 5% of an Elden's true power. The Elden are the ancestors of Lia and the humans in Greywatch. There are very few of them left, however, the most well known being a man by the name of "Redemption." But I'll save his story for later. Drones like myself come in packs of fifty, we are then split amoung many different groups, we have hive minds so I am currently aware of everything my packmates are doing and thinking. Drones are the ultimate of expendable soldiers, if one dies its memories are recorded and placed into a new Drone that is born shortly after the first's death." Walter paused, that was going to a bit much to take in. He was worried about Lia, he would stay a bit longer before going off to look for her. A storm was coming though, he could feel it.

OOC: Gah! Xis, check this thread before logging off because chances are I've responded to your last post.

Stacy gasped as her skirt was torn off, not only showing the wound for what it really was. In truth, she hadn't thought it was that bad but then again she had been in a VERY bad mood so she might have been overzealous with the knife. No chance of escaping now, the wound was open for all to see, including Vix.

Rather than showing the same submissive nature as before, the nakedness seemed to turn her mood darker. she gave a snarl worthy of any Xiscapian and pulled her shorts back up,

"Get away from me!" She warned in a dark voice, "Don't touch me! Don't come near me! I'm warning you!" She was screaming now at the top of her lungs, the sound echoeing through the cave.

Edward jumped to his feet and ran into the cave, startled by the screams. " What the hell happend?!" his eyes quickly darting, trying to asses the situation.

"Drones are the ultimate of expendable soldiers, if one dies its memories are recorded and placed into a new Drone that is born shortly after the first's death."
"Well...I mean, yes, that's all good and fine, but," Sio paused, struggling with the concept. "But you die. As a person. Yes, your memories and experiences and data is transferred, but your own personality, that is gone. A person is not expandable, and from what I've seen you are a person in all respects. You cannot simulate the care or attention I've seen you demonstrate-"
"Don't touch me! Don't come near me! I'm warning you!"
It was Stacy. A stunned second later came Vix's voice, shouting equally loud:
"So you just want to become infected and die? What the fuck is wrong with you, that wound is serious! You could lose your whole leg, do you hear what I am saying, or are your ears too clogged with your own blind selfishness wrapped in a fog of self-centered pity for you to listen to reason or see the right choice!" This last part was screamed so loud it echoed.
Sio's head snapped around, but even as it did so Edward was up and running, disappearing into the mouth of the cave.
"What the hell happened?!"
"Man's got a death wish!" muttered Sio, rising from his seat and moving forward, fish abandoned. "She'll kill him!" Normally, Sio would have let the two females work it out: Anything he could try would only make things worse. But now Edward had inserted himself in, and Stacy's rage combined with her hatred for the Calaverian could mix into a venomous bite...

Walter laughed at Sio's difficulty to grasp the concept, he was right. Walter was lucky, he'd actually survived long enough to begin life as an actual person, if only Sio understood completely, Drones could barely be considered 'alive,' presonality or no, Walter was lucky he'd even been given a name. "Don't fret over it too much. It's not like I mind or-" He was cut off by the screeming, Well shit. This could be a very bad situation. Walter looked at Sio and then at the sky, the mist was still thick but a storm was coming, he could sense it, and it wasn't the storm that was developing in the cave. "Assume Essence of Redemption." Walter said, a small vial of red liquid appearing in his hand. He turned to Sio, taking him by the arm and smiling, "Take this, it's Redemption's blood, he's type O and his blood has some kind of healing power I haven't fully studied, but it's safe. Pour it on her wound, she'll have the equivilent of a sugar high for about 30 minutes and then she'll crash. The wound should heal in about an hour." Walter force the vial in Sio's hand before letting go. "Assume Standard Medic." A small kit of disinfectants, bandages, and adrenaline shots appeared on the ground. "Sorry I can't give you anything more than that, just some emergency supplies I've been saving for such a moment." Walter smiled again, "I'm off now. Sorry about the short visit, but I need to find Lia." And like that he was gone, he rushed off into the bushes at an inhuman pace.

Meanwhile...

Lia was still moving at her quickened speed. She sensed the storm, she had maybe a few hours at best. Dammit, I'll need to triple time this if I wanna make some pregress.

OOC: And that's it for awhile, sorry about controlling the weather like that but I need an exuse. :D Talk to y'all later, 7-11 days approx. Stupid long school trips.

Stacy saw the Calaveran and her thunderous expression changed to one of pure murder,
"You!" She screamed, ignoring Vix, "And you!" Now she turned to Vix as well. She looked as though she was about to burst in an explosion of anger. Then she just seemed to crumple and started crying, her tears mixing in with her blood,

"Why can't you just leave me alone?" She sobbed before getting up and running from the cave, battering past Sio and vanishing into the thick of the surrounding jungle as the thunderous rain started to fall.

OOC@GW: It's cool.
IC:
Sio only stopped long enough to grap the vial and medical kit before rushing to the cave. As he was about to step in front of it Stacy ran out, knocking him to the ground and vanishing into the trees. Vix came stumbling out moments later, reaching after the fleeing Alversian as if she could somehow stop her. "Staaaccyyyy!" she screamed, falling to her knees in the mud, arm still extended, tears streaming down her face. She staggered to her feet, made it another few steps, and abruptly fell again, on all fours now, and promptly threw up. Sio had taken a step after Stacy, but now looked back to Vix. For a moment he was torn, then shouted to Edward, pointing at the forest. "I'm going after her!" he shouted, then pointed to Vix. "She's not well, take care of her! Don't let her leave the cave!" Without another word he tossed the vial and kit to the Calaverian, grabbed a pack, bow and arrows, and sprinted away into the darkness.

It was no less than three days since Stacy had vanished into the midst of the jungle. There had been no sign of her, no evidence that she had been there and, perhaps worst of all, no sign that she was fine or dead. Any evidence there may have been had been washed away by the violent thunderstorms that pinned all other creatures in their homes.

Stacy was still missing.

The Calaverian cought the medical kit in his arms and his eyes darted back and forth. Edward took Sio's orders with confidence, he set the supplies down and waited....and waited...

OCC: when are we gonna have little ones around!!!

Vix had not been well at all. The loss of Stacy combined with the harsh sickness that had taken hold on her body made life nearly unbearable. She spent nearly all of her time on her mat in the cave, sometimes wildly hungry, but her stomach rejecting the food she forced into it. Her belly had swelled slightly larger than normal, but only she took any notice. This alarmed the Xiscapian greatly, but she dared not tell the others. Who knew what their reactions would be? Edward was busy trying to treat her and generally keeping the cave in order while Sio hunted and fished for food and kept an eye out for Stacy. He had emerged from the jungle at dawn of the day after the Alversian had vanished, sweaty and covered in mud and water, shaking his head.

Now the Xiscapian was sitting on his own mat across from hers, a leg drawn up to his chest, staring out the cave entrance into the fading light as the third day of Stacy's disappearance drew to a close. "All gone..." he muttered. "All three of them. But why? Lia and Walter can take care of themselves, sure, but Stacy...we could never see her again." He did not seem to be speaking to anyone but himself, gazing out into the sky, wishing he could go home. Sio would never complain about his life again if he could only get back to civilization.

Another fortnight after Stacy's disappearance and Sio would start to hear strange voices in his head as well as recieving visions of various images in his dreams. His images would include various wild animals as well as a strange path through a variety of plants and trees, past rivers, all the while listening to strange whisperings and moanings, cries of pain and the sound of babies crying as well as the hissing of a lightsabre. This dream would take place night after night. Always the same, always in the same order.

Edward hadn't taken notice of Vix's rising belly, but eventually it would come to everyone. He was still amazed at all that had happend over the past year, since being a doctor on the Twilight and then sitting in a cave on some world on the edge of space. He was still trying to find out if this world would have a small outpost, in case it was being Observed.

As the weeks past it became impossible to hide Vix's pregnancy. Sio made no mention of it, but tried to keep her as comfortable as possible and meet all her needs. Even if an abortion would have been possible, out here, Vix would not have taken it. She felt a bond with what was growing inside of her, and at times she could nearly forgot Stacy as she concentrated on her child.
Sio, however, was not so easily distracted. Even in his waking hours his dreams haunted him with muttering, indistinct voices, and when he was not out doing some task he sat by the fire, huddling by it as winter approached, looking gaunt and gloomy, sunken eyes still staring into the forest. As dusk closed over the land on the eighteenth day of Stacy's vanishing, he rose, and, taking only his katana and a pack he had prepared many days before but had not touched in his indecision. He scratched a note in charcoal with a stick:
There is something I must do. Take care of Vix. I will return.
With that he left, following the path in his dreams.

Edward, being a doctor himself, looked over Vix, whether she liked it or not. The swelling was a definate sign of pregnancy, holding his ear against her stomach he could tell. Edward didn't think Sio knew how to deliver a baby, and Stacy was gone, so in his mind he prepared himself to deliver something speacial, something this universe had never seen before.

The dreams and voices in Sio's head were getting louder and louder. More frequent as well and more extreme as well. As well as showing the path in a faster pace, it was also showing a clash of two lightsabers, a girl screaming in pain as well as a baby's soft cries. It was also showing animals calling and whooping as fires raging throughout the forest. A disturbing set of images by any means. But the emphasis was always on the path.

Vix tried not to look at the Calaverian doctor as he examined her. The kitsune's stomach now stuck out noticeably even to a casual observer, though the child was not yet even a large fetus. She was uncomfortable, lying on her back, feeling bloated and swollen as her child grew inside of the young Xiscapian.
As the images grew violent Sio broke into a run, blindly leaping over logs and underbrush in his path. He began to pant, eyes seeing only the path, feet tearing up dead leaves and dirt as he sprinted.

Suddenly, the images seemed to merge into one. They were coming so quickly that they seemed just like one image. Then they stopped suddenly and faded into a black image. In front of Sio stood a figure just over a foot taller than him. It's face was hidden beneath a brown hood. A lone hand rose and beckoned for Sio to follow it.

Without thinking Sio moved forward, although his right hand strayed to the hilt of his katana. If the figure beneath the hood felt hostile towards him, he would probably already be dead. At least, that was what he hoped. And Sio sensed that no amount of questioning would release any information from the cloaked being, so all he could do was follow. He knew, somehow, that this was linked to Stacy. Whatever or whoever this was, it had met her. Had it helped her? Taken her in, feed her, sheltered her? Or had it killed her, eaten her flesh and bones, and was going to do the same to him?
Sio stepped forward into the unknown.

The figure led him through the wilderness of the forest, past the rivers, mountains and trees that he had seen in his dreams. It led him up a new mountain path, stepping from slippery rock to slippery rock until they entered a cave just above the tree line. Soon, they were deep within it and there, was a sleeping Stacy.

She looked the same as she had when she had left, apart from the bulging stomach. The wound on her leg had been properly cleaned and bandaged. She looked thin. The figure said nothing, it just pointed.

Sio rushed to her, kneeling beside Stacy's prone form. It was obvious the same had happened to her as had to Vix. Damn the Calaverians! Sio leaned over her sleeping face, looking at her. Obviously her wounds had been properly cleaned and bandaged, but despite this she looked unhealthy. Sio stared at her, then turned back to the hooded being, yellow eyes probing the cloak.
"Who are you?"

The figure looked at Stacy then looked at Sio. Slowly, very slowly, it started to remove it's hood. It reached out with long, elegant fingers and pulled the material away to reveal a deer-like face (http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/5679/ff12franuz0.jpg) and long rabbits ears which sprang up and offered another two feet of height to the creature, which was obviously a female.
It gave a small nod,
"Welcome, Xiscapian" it said in a gentle voice, "To my home"

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The figure looked at Stacy then looked at Sio. Slowly, very slowly, it started to remove it's hood. It reached out with long, elegant fingers and pulled the material away to reveal a deer-like face (http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/5679/ff12franuz0.jpg) and long rabbits ears which sprang up and offered another two feet of height to the creature, which was obviously a female.
It gave a small nod,
"Welcome, Xiscapian" it said in a gentle voice, "To my home"

"Uh?" Sio gave a grunt of surprise, reactively taking a step back. A stranger being he had never seen, not even among the cells of the Calaverians or the warped manner of the Imitators. His hand went to the hilt of his sword and he stared. "How do you know of my race?" he asked softly, barely more than a whisper. "Are you the one who led me here?"

"We have always known of your race" The creature stated, "Since the earliest days we have watched you travelling the stars, looking for a new home. I'm afraid I had no choice but to guide you here using the only method I know"
She glanced down at his hand and gave a small shake of her head,
"You are in no danger Xiscapian. I brought you here for a reason" He nodded to Stacy, "This Alversian is in pain, terrible pain and I knew she was not alone. I found her barely alive in the jungle fourteen days ago. I believe she needs your help"

Sio shivered slightly at her words. Always watching...
"She needs my help?" he asked incredulously. "I am no doctor, and if you have kept her alive for fourteen days and she has not become well, then whatever is troubling her is far beyond my capacity to fix. If I can go back, and quickly, there is a doctor and medical supplies in the cave..."

The creature shook her head again and Sio's words and looked down at Stacy sadly,
"She does not need medical supplies. Her problems are not physical. They require a mental touch" She closed her eyes gently, "I can feel her pain, her emotions, anger, pain, guilt, grief, sorrow, fear, longing. All are conflicted with each other and they are tearing her psyche apart" She gave another shake of her head, "I cannot help her, but there is one of your race who can help her. Only one"

Only one?
"Vix!"
Sio didn't realise he'd said anything aloud until he saw the expression of the being, but he was too wrapped up in his own thoughts to care. "Vix is the only one who can help her. But she is pregnant, and not up for a trek though the jungle to here. I must return to the cave and get her..." He looked at her. It occured to the kitsune that he did not know what her race was called, or even her own name. "I have to go."

The creature gave a nod,
"I will be here with her. You will remember the way without help. Good luck, Xiscapian"

Edward had been watching over Vix's progress since Sio left to find stacy, he was laying down on a piece of deerskin inside the cave, the fire lighting and warming him. His eyes almost never left Vix's protruding belly.

OOC: NC, you haven't forgotten about the Xenocide Forever thread, have you?
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Sio left the cave quickly, going nearly as fast back as he had getting there. A blur of forest later he was back at the cave they called home, silloueted at the entrance as he looked inward. He could see Vix's startled expression as she saw him, and Edward looked up in surprise. Obviously neither had been expecting him back for some time.
"Sio!" exclaimed Vix, struggling to sit up. "What is it? What's wrong-"
"There's no time to explain," Sio went to the both of them. "I've found Stacy, but she's in a bad way. Vix, you're the only one who can help. Edward," he gazed at the Calaverian, "I need your help to get Vix to Stacy. Stacy's not in any condition to be moved, and she needs help now." The kitsune had moved to the other side of the cave and unfolded a collapsible stretcher. "Help me load her on," he grunted to Edward, and in no time they were headed out back into the jungle.

OOC: NC, you haven't forgotten about the Xenocide Forever thread, have you?
IC:
Sio left the cave quickly, going nearly as fast back as he had getting there. A blur of forest later he was back at the cave they called home, silloueted at the entrance as he looked inward. He could see Vix's startled expression as she saw him, and Edward looked up in surprise. Obviously neither had been expecting him back for some time.
"Sio!" exclaimed Vix, struggling to sit up. "What is it? What's wrong-"
"There's no time to explain," Sio went to the both of them. "I've found Stacy, but she's in a bad way. Vix, you're the only one who can help. Edward," he gazed at the Calaverian, "I need your help to get Vix to Stacy. Stacy's not in any condition to be moved, and she needs help now." The kitsune had moved to the other side of the cave and unfolded a collapsible stretcher. "Help me load her on," he grunted to Edward, and in no time they were headed out back into the jungle.


Edward and Sio were both strong men and kitsune but after a while Vix's light body was starting to get a little heavy, beads of sweat were appearing on Edwards half-tanned and sunburned body. " What's wrong with Stacy?" he asked Sio as they moved.

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OOC: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=555537
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Sio shook his head. "I don't know. All I was told-" he caught himself, "all I know is that Vix is the only one who can help. They share a special...bond, you might call it." Finally, after just under ten minutes of shuffling, they reached the cave where Stacy and the strange being stayed. Even as they entered Vix got off the stretcher, unbalancing both man and kitsune, and moved labouriously over to Stacy, concious of her swollen belly. Sio looked around for the one who had greeted him originally.

OOC: Good morning from Latvia, you ppl are making my life difficult to no end right now.... but I will deal with that later... no promise about how active I will be but I will try to respond at some point. So like, three weeks have gone by apparently... dammit.

The Creature emerged from the shadows again and gave a small nod of approval to Sio,
"I am glad to see you were able to return Xiscapian, and with the one who can save this Alversian" She walked gracefully to Stacy's bed and placed her hand on her forehead, closing her eyes as she did so,
"There is a great deal of torment in this young soul, her conciousness is crushed beneath that torment," She offered her hand to Vix, "It must be you who draws her out again"

"Me?" Vix asked with a hand on her stomach, staring at the strange sentient with a mixture of puzzlement, fear for Stacy and nervousness. "What do you want me to do?" She asked as she placed her hand into that of the stranger's. Sio watched the proceedings keenly, watchful for any clues of hostility or signs that something was amiss. Of course, he had been summoned by this strange creature though his dreams to discover this women he had only known for a few months and nearly died with countless times was now pregnant after vanishing into the jungle for over two weeks. Anything amiss? Of course not.
OOC: Well, glad to hear you can still at least get online. How them Ruskies treating ya?

Edward sat down to catch his breathe, he didn't know who this person was, he would find out eventually.

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The creature took Stacy's hand and Vix's and gently pressed them together so they were linked into a triangle together. She looked at Vix seriously for a moment,
"You must be strong. This will be a terrible strain on us all. You must be strong. Do you understand?" She was looking at Vix, waiting for confirmation, the rest of the room seemed to have melted away.

Vix nodded seriously, licking her lips, eyes bright. She squeezed Stacy's hand in her own, staring at the one before her. "I'm ready," she said quietly with an air of determination. She didn't know what was going to happen, or if it would be painful. But if she could help Stacy, she would do it.

The creature nodded herself and closed her eyes gently. She muttered a few words of an unknown language then suddenly, the cave, Sio and Edward seemed to vanish. Now Vix stood alone on a flat, black landscape, nothing on the horizon and the ground smooth. Her swollen stomach had gone and she was wearing the clothes she had when she had been at the port with Stacy. Before this all started.

Then the Creature's voice echoed through the land,
"This is the subconcious of your friend. You need to find her true self, do you understand? Her true self. The other aspects of her personality will also be in this land so you must chose the correct one to bring to the surface. I cannot help you in this task. Good luck"

Then, just a little in front of the horizon, stood Stacy, she was wearing her normal clothes with clean black hair. She was facing the opposite direction.

The first thing Vix did was put her hand to her stomach, immediately noticing the sudden lack of protrusion. Of course. This was only a mental image of herself, a construct of her mind, or the alien's mind. She stared around the featureless black plain, catching the form of Stacy framed against the horizon. Quietly, cautiously, Vix moved towards her, weary because she could not see the girl's face. Well apart from her, some fifteen feet, she called out.
"Stacy?"

The figure of Stacy turned around to face Vix and scowled fiercely, She looked as though she was ready to kill someone,
"You!" She screamed, "You were there! You watched as I was raped! Why didn't you try to help me?! Did you enjoy it?! Did you enjoy me being humiliated!? Answer me you kitsune piece of shit!" She was coming towards her now, fists curled up into balls.

Vix nearly stepped back, and it took a supreme effort of will just to ensure that she held herself in place as the human advanced. This was not the Stacy she was looking for.
"Watched?" asked Vix softly, trying not to shake. Her left hand went reflexively to the katana that wasn't there before settling to her side. "Do you forget the man who mounted me that day, do you not recall my own screams? I bare the same ill-fortune and pain as you, and know that if you cannot control it as I, it will consume you."

The Stacy ignored her response and continued to advance on Vix, her fists ready for a fight,
"You deserved to die on that planet, you filth," She scowled darkly, "You deserved to be imitated, traitor, I was relying on you, I needed your help and you ignored me.

The creature's voice echoed throughout the barren, empty land,
"You need to keep moving, if you are killed in this state, I cannot bring you back. You must hurry"

The Stacy was still coming forward, her face red with rage, panting heavily, waiting for a fight.

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In the cave, the creature explained to Sio via her thoughts,
"The mind in which the Kitsune female explores is full of Alversians, each reflecting a different part of her currant personality. There is one that can be brought to the surface and, as I cannot find it, your Kitsune friend has to complete my mission."

Vix stepped back, indecisive, before passing judgement. Nodding to herself, she tensed, then sprang forward. A booted foot lashed out to trip the impostor Stacy as Vix dodged past her, sprinting across the desolate landscape. She had to hurry...but to where? There were no landmarks she could see, the land endless and never-changing against the dead horizon.
Cave...
Sio was startled to hear a voice in his head that was not it's own, as he did not possess telepathic abilities. It took him a moment to ascertain it's source, and when he did so he looked at the being for some time. The words echoed in his mind, and he shook his head in confusion. "What has happened to her to make her recede into herself like this?" he asked aloud, pointing to Stacy.

Then, as if by magic, another Stacy appeared in front of Vix. This was one looked different, her face was red as well but from crying rather than anger. She looked at Vix and began to wail again,
"How could I have let it happen? I was raped. raped by a soldier. I was raped." It just kept repeating the same words over and over again, as if there was nothing else she could say. Vix had run into the hysterical side of Stacy's personality.

Cave

The creature spoke slowly this time, as if struggling to maintain the link as well as talk to Sio, but talk it did. In his mind,
"The Alversian has been through a terrible ordeal and cannot control her emotions. They are conflicting with each other while her dominant personality has been trapped beneath them. I put her into a deep sleep so that I may be able to bring her mind back to the foreground. However, I failed, for she has a special connection to one creature, one whose name she continued to call out. That someone was the female. Only she can bring your friend back"

This time, however, Vix had wised up and did not stop. She sidestepped around the blubbering Stacy without so much as a word and continued on. She had no time to fool with what she knew Stacy truly wasn't.
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Sio looked at Stacy after the words faded from his mind, not just seeing her but really paying attention. The Alversian's face was gaunt despite her pregnancy, and she did not seem at peace. She was dirty, and even from where Sio sat he could smell the stench of neglect of personal hygiene. His eyes then fell on Vix, kneeling with her head bowed, showing only determined concentration.
"They really love each other, don't they?" he said quietly.

There was some russling in the undergrowth outside the cave as a familiar figure shambled in, its golden fur shimmering in small strands of light, "Well well Walter, looks like I win. If its a physical entity, I can sure as hell track it." Walter's familiar figure appeared behind Lia's, "Is everything okay, we got lost due to the rain destroying most of Lia's markers... I sense something unnatural happening here. The two walked in slowly, Lia stared, she was confused about what was going on, the new creature was unexpected. "Pardon me but who the hell are you?" She said in a rude and uncaring manner. Walter sighed and was unsure of how to respond to what he was seeing, "Well its good you found her... Please excuse Lia... But... Wait who are you? What's going on? How much have we missed?"

Then Vix was met by the most disturbing sight of all. This Stacy was holding a blood stained dagger and it was not difficult to see where the blood had come from. She was covered in a pattern of cuts, slices, bits and pieces of flesh missing where they had been cut cleanly off, gleaming white bone showing through her leg,
She looked at Vix with her blood soaked hair and face,
"You stupid bitch" She mumoured to herself, "You stupid bitch, You stupoid bitch"

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The creature gave a small nod,
"It is the nature of their bond, one that I cannot substitute for and one that can rescue them. They are linked through the force"

When the two Agents entered, the creature did not speak, only threw her arm up for silence and beckoned to Sio as if he could explain what was happening. The creature did not open it's eyes and kept up contact between herself, Stacy and Vix.

Lia frowned an left the cave, deciding to wait at the entrance, spear in hand. Walter was clearly worried and approached the group, he got on his knees and closed his eyes in order to open his third one. His third eye looked over all of them but saw nothing interesting. He frowned and promptly closed it, he wasn't able to peirce psychic connections yet. He was obviously bothered with this as it had been awhile since he'd seen any of these people, most importantly Sio, who had seemingly enjoyed Walter's presence the most. Walter then turned and rose to his feet, he went out to Lia who paid him little attention. She'd become colder now, being left on the rock they were stranded on without the ability to communicate had made her a loner.

Vx stared in horror at this latest apperation, not daring to get close. It seems Stacy had mutilated herself, perhaps symbolically, who knew? The girl was covered in her own blood, coating her hair, face, body, everything. Vix nearly stopped, but this could not be who she was looking for. Stacy was not like this. The Xiscapian kept going, unsure of what she sought.
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Sio looked to Walter. "Stacy's been though a lot of pain," he said softly, moving towards him. "This...person found her out here, in the jungle, and has tried to nurse her back to health. Stacy's mental state is unstable, and Vix has," he paused, "gone in, I suppose, to bring her back. Stacy's true personality has sunk into her battered pysche." He looked from the droid to Lia, standing bad-temperdly near him with a spear in hand. "Where have you been?" he inquired without rancor, gazing at her with calm eyes.

The next Stacy looked normal, a little paler than usual but still normal. The only difference that she was rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet and chanting to herself,
"Let it happen, must be punished. Let it happen, must be punished. Let it happen must be punished"
Then she seemed to see Vix and smiled,
"Vix!" She called out in delight as she pulled out a blaster and put it to her own head. Without even a hesitation, she fired, blowing the contents of her head out her other ear as she slumped to the ground. The blaster and remains of her head vanished and she got up again, rolling backwards and forwards on her feet,
"Let it happen, must be punished. Let it happen, must be punished. Let it happen, must be punished"

Walter nodded, "I see, not the first time I've heard of something like that happening. Though, from the cases that I've studied, I've never heard of anyone's mental state being that damaged. How... troubling..." Walter spoke with a calm and unemotional voice. It was obvious that due to his lack of connection with Stacy, he had no real feeling towards her. Lia looked over at Sio with the look of a predator, "The first step to adapting is abandoning the old self. I've been adapting, that's where I've been. There's not much else to say." She took a step towards Sio and looked him up and down, "You appear to be doing fine without me... I suppose I'll be leaving now. Unless there's something you really need from me." She looked away, Walter stared at her with a worried look, he knew why she was so cold. It was understandable, he had other drones to talk to, the others had each other. But Lia had no one in this group, Walter was a drone, he was barely even considered a living thing by Greywatch standards, Lia wanted friends, but she was also trained to survive without companions. She had orders and emotions, a state of Limbo.

Vix nearly stopped when she saw this, and her mouth formed into a O of revulsion and fear. But she forced herself to keep going, deeply disturbed by the destructive and self-destructive elements of Stacy's mind that were surfacing so quickly. Skidding this newest form, she kept running, feet pounding the blackened landscape, leaving the eternally dying and remaking Stacy behind.
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Sio met Lia's look with an unreadable expression. Between the pregnancies of the girls, the appearance of this new creature and now Stacy's strange psychological sickness, the last thing he needed to deal with was the emotions of the Greywatch agent. Still...
"Lia, who are you? Who are you really? Are you the same person we met on Celestis? Are you the lioness hunter, are you a loner, the beast? Leave us if you wish, but surely one such as yourself knows that if you don't hunt, you have no chance of making the kill. It's your choice," he nodded, "stay, or go? Choose who you are."

Lia took no time to listen to all of Sio's words, she pushed herself off the ground with amazing force and launched herself onto the branch of a nearby tree. She soon after disappeared into the leaves and branches above. Walter looked over at Sio, "You have to understand... Lia is a pack hunter, she requires the emotion support of others. Don't get me wrong, like any Leanorian she's a wonderful loner but she'd be much better in a pack." Walter looked up at the trees, "Its odd. She's not actually gone, she's using Gaurdian, watching over us in case something happens," he looked back over at Sio with a smile, "Perhaps she has a crush on you." Walter chuckled and walked back to the entrance of the cave.

The latest Stacy looked perfect normal, when she saw Vix, her face lit up and she strutted over to her,
"Hey Vix," She whispered seductively, "I've been waiting for you" She purred, indicating for Vix to come on.

Edward had enough stress and endangerment for one day, he quickly left the others without telling them. He made his way back to the cave, where he needed a damn good nap. Edward wouldnt be suprised if his hair was turning gray.

"Perhaps she has a crush on you."
Sio doubted it, but he jogged to catch up with the Drone. "If she's a pack hunter, then why has she left? Why dosen't she come and join us?"
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Vix hesitated. This Stacy wasn't trying to kill Vix, or herself, but there was something wrong with this one, too. "Stacy...?" she asked catiously, edging around the Alversian.

"That's me silly" She giggled happily, and slinked over to Vix, her eyes fixed on the Xiscapian, "C'mon, don't you recognise your little sister?" She was still looking seductively at Vix, her every word filled with lust, "You wanna play"

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"Simple, she has no pack." Walter said with a smile. "She's not close to any of us, not even me. Plus, as a pack hunter she also perfers her own race. No offense."

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"No." Vix stepped away, turning her back on Stacy. "You are not her." She walked now, looking ahead, always forward.
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"She's not close to any of us, not even me. Plus, as a pack hunter she also perfers her own race. No offense."
"None taken," said Sio, "but it still dosen't make sense. She would rather wander by herself than try and make friends? I understand wanting to be with your own kind, but that hardly seems to be an option here."

Then, ahead there came a call,
"Vix!" It was in the centre of a group of Stacy's, dozens and dozens of them, all in a variety of positions and situations, some were crying, dying, laughing or killing. In the centre came the call again,
"Vix! Help me!" The voice was begging

"Well first you need to know a little about the Leanorian, they're a prideful bunch that are loyal to their allies but find it hard to accept new friends straight away. When our diplomat first made contact with them awhile ago, his greeting was being stalked and then attacked without warned for no real reason. The only reason we even were able to establish a relation with them is due to our diplomat kicking the ass of his attacker and demanding an explanation... this is the short version of the story. Anyway, there's a lot of stuff at work here, for starters, the Leanorians have cryptic abilities like me but of a different kind, I'm based more on darkness and cryption, they are more based on light and encryption. Like destruction and healing or war and peace, respectively. I am, simply by existing, against everything they stand for, sure Lia can stand me and appriciate my ability but deep down I know she hates me, just because. Also, Leanorians go through a lot of training when they're young to become hunters and soldiers, they learn to fight in packs with mixed abilites and to stand alone. That all being said, the reason she won't stay around us is because of her very nature to an extent. She figures that because we're so different, we obviously are weak and will only burden her. That and because I'm a drone..." Walter paused, it was a long explanation, he knew Lia was still watching them though. He took a breath and then looked over at the trio of what could only be described as oddballs, at least to him.

"Stacy!" Vix cried, plunging into the middle of the mob of Stacy's, shoving and kicking and falling. Blood splattered her face as a gun went off into the side of the head of one of the horrid apparition, only to get back up the next instant without the wound, and then be killed by another with a knife. Vix stepped back from the vicious lash made at her, slapping the blade out of her attacker's hand and sweeping her legs out from under the clone, diving though the last of them to the middle. "Stacy!" she screamed again, desperately looking for the Alversian.
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"She figures that because we're so different, we obviously are weak and will only burden her...
"I don't blame her," said Sio dryly. "Two pregnant girls barely out of their teens, a Calaveran, me, and you. Quite the fighting force. It's no reason to shun us, though. These Leanorians don't seem like a very clear-headed bunch." He knew that Lia could hear every word he said, but he spoke no different than he would have alone.

"Personal beliefs are just something you get when you discover new races. Think of Stacy, sure she got raped but in her emotional collasp following that she'd, to an extent, shunned us. With Lia, being separated from all contact with Greywatch and everyone she ever knew and loved... that is the equal of rape to her..." Walter didn't know why he was bothering to defend Lia, or even why he knew so much about her but he spoke with a calmness that was unnatural for what was going on around the group. Lia smiled at him and with a russle of some leaves, was gone. No one should ever be alone... no one. She thought as she raced to the Calaveran at a breakneck pace, there was no indecation of anything hostile on this world but it still safe to stick in groups of two or more. Walter shrugged as he detected Lia leave and walked back to Vix and Stacy, So, I wonder what you two are doing...-

The group of the Alversians seemed never-ending, in fact, they were getting worse, more and more were appearing in Vix's way. They were no longer trying to slash at her, merely crush between them all as eahc pushed against the other. The voice kept ringing out,
"Vix! Please! I can't hold on any longer! Help me!"

With a snarl Vix bulled though the crowd of pieces of broken mind, shoving and punching and doing anything she could to get them out of her way. She finally broke though the wall and stumbled to the ground in front of another Stacy. This one didn't seem so deviant, and Vix knew she was the one she had been looking for. "Stacy!" Vix gasped, reaching out a hand, then the tide of Alversians behind her rolled forward to crush them-
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"I don't think being cut off from society and being raped are the same thing!" said Sio angrily at Walter's retreating back.

Stacy launched desperately through all the versions of herself and managed to grab Vix's hand. Together they were able to clear the crowd and, as soon as they had, Stacy fell into Vix's arms, sobbing bitterly into her shoulder.

Then a blinding flash, and they were back in the cave, the creature took a satisfied step back and allowed the two girls maximum room to move. As soon as the creature had fully retreated, Stacy stared into Vix's eyes, noticing nothing else but her,
She came forward slowly, still looking at Vix for any signs of rejection, the radiance that had been in the Alversian's face prior to her adventure had returned.

Now she was so close to the Xiscapian that she could smell her breath, she closed her own eyes as her delicate lips locked with Vix's soft lips and they embraced in a full and proper kiss. After what felt like a blissful eternity, they broke apart,
"I'm so so sorry" She whispered to the Xiscapian before glancing over her shoulder and seeing the creature standing with Sio, She gave a gasp of awe,

"A Veela!" She announced in disbelief"

Walter was about to respond to Sio but was cut off by Stacy and Vix's return to the world. He gave a small smile as they awoke and turned to walk out of the cave, "I doubt I'm needed here any longer... perhaps I never was..." He mummbled as he left. He gave a wave and slowly began his exit.

"A Veela!"
"A what?" asked Vix, turning to look at the creature too. Kissing had been hard enough, what with the swollen bellies, and Vix rubbed a hand across Stacy's stomach almost absentmindedly.
Sio stared after Walter, blinking in surprise as the Drone vanishe into the jungle. His back was to the rest as he sagged slightly, wondering how he and the Greywatch agent could have clashed so badly.

"A creature that lives on Alversia, they're meant to be super-powerful!" Stacy explained wide-eyed, "Their meant to be really in tune with the force!"

"We are, young Alversian" The Veela smiled, "Revealing her perfect teeth, "And I am glad to welcome you back to the physical world and welcome you all to my jungle exile"

Stacy was looking down at her belly then at Vix's and she gave a loud groan,
"Not those soldi..." She cut herself off, frightened.

Walter was quick to catch up to Lia who was outside the cave where Edward resided, as Walter approached she groaned and rolled her eyes. "What is it?" Walter gave her a serious look, "You already know the answer to that."
"What? About me never being around? You laid that out perfectly."
"With all due respect, bullshit. I laid out the typical Leanorian who's never worked with the Cryptic Regiment before."
"And?"
"You're not typical from what I've seen. You can use guns, case and point."
"Someone's emotional."
"Cryptic-"
"Cryptic netword, I know. Dammit, at least you have people to talk to to."
"Yes do you, you just choose not to."
"An insane preggy girl, a motherly preggy girl, a disturbed piece of crap who can't defend himself for shit, and your little talking buddy. Yeah, my options are unlimited."
"Lia, age 28. Female. Leanorian..."
"What?"
"Finds it difficult to make new friends. Is very loyal, needs support from allies to work effectively."
"You sonofabitch! Stop it!"
"Lost her family with the exception of her sister who works in the ninth regiment-" Walter was cut of as Lia pounced on him, taking him to the ground as he didn't resist. She was crying now and had her hands around his neck.
"Bastard!!! Stop talk!!! I don't need you to remind me of that. Shut up!!" Walter was calm as she screemed at him. "What would you know about losing everything dear to you?! You're a DRONE!! YOu know nothing, feeling nothing and are nothing!!" Walter stared at her as tear fell on him.
"So that's why you're so angry, you literally feel you have no one to talk to. Interesting, I never knew emotions were such a large part of life..." He stared at her as she slowly rolled off of him, "You need to talk to someone. Go ahead, talk to me... I won't understand most of what you speak of but at least you can get some of it out." He smiled at her and she stared back at him crossing her legs beneath her and looking away. "C'mon," he said, "It won't be that bad."
With that she slowly began to speak to him about her life and her feelings. Without any real knowledge of emotions, Walter listened intently withuot making a sound.

"Not those soldi..."
Vix had looked, really seeing this Veela for the first time, but in a second her attention was back on Vix. "'Fraid so," she said sadly, rubbing her own stomach. "We're already over a month in..."
Sio, meanwhile, was staring at the Veela, face hard. "Exile? What is your name, Veela?" he asked as if tasting the word.

OCC: ill be on all night Xscpia, Alversia, and Grey, so ill have time to post now.

Stacy embraced Vix in a fearful hug, tears running down her face, sobbing luxuriously into her shoulder.

The Veela was smiling at Sio,
"My name is Elania," She gave a small bow, "And you need not worry, I am exiled here by my own choosing. I made a decision to remain isolated so I may become more attuned to the force and to the nature it controls"

After a few moments, Lia pulled herself together, she had told Walter about her childhood and how her family was lost. Walter listened intently until she stood up, "We ought to go back..." She said. Walter nodded, "Whatever you wish. You lead and I'll follow."

Vix returned the embrace, struggling not to cry herself, maneuvering her fattening body to make Stacy more comfortable. "Shh, shh," she whispered into the girl's ears, "it's okay now. I've got you."
Sio ignored the other two, sighing in relief as he listened to Elania's words. "Oh. Well...on behalf of our little group, I have to thank you. Stacy wouldn't have made it without your help. I'm afraid we were stranded here when our ship crashed, and what happened to lead us up to here? Well, it's a long story..." He smiled wanly.
OOC: I think we're pretty much done here, seeing as the other thread has been started. It'll be a little while until our traveling ship meets this crew, and six years will have passed by then. I expect us all to be RPing these characters then, and if either NC or Alversia would give Greywatch the link, he can post at the appropriate time.
Thanks to everyone for making this a great RPG, and here's to hoping we'll have an even better next one.
-Xis

OOC: Oh well, are there any other threads I can join you guys on? It's like you guys make at least a thread a week or something.

OOC: Cool, this'll be picked up again soon then

OOC: Xis, just gimme the name of the thread and I'll try finding it myself.

it's called All who Wander are not Lost...

OOC: All who Wander are not Lost (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13749383&posted=1#post13749383)
Here ya go, Greywatch.
Night all.

OOC: Oh this one.