Prey: A Character Driven RP [FINISHED]

[TheDoctor455]

"What others?" Dr. Strauss asked, his voice growing raspy with his growing panic, "Who are you? What do you mean 'they know'? Who's dying? Why the hell won't anyone make any damned sense around here!?!?!?"

Dr. Strauss punched a nearby wall a few times. When he looked at his hands, he realized they were bleeding, and there was a hole in his layered latex gloves, leaving a small portion of his skin exposed. Suffice to say that Dr. Strauss lost all hope of staying calm and dove right into a full-blown panic.

 

[i don't know]

"Dr.Yang, or whoever, found me after I got fired from my job today. He asked for me to get rid of a few bodies hidden in this company's private graveyard. I tried to understand why he couldn't dig them up, and his explanation was that if the public knew about people buried in this graveyard, and if all the bodies were under tomb-stones, then they would find them easily! I was still confused about why he wanted me to find them, but I was...this is taking too long to explain, we have to leave now! Forget about whoever this doctor is, and lets get out of this hell-hole!"

Alec watches the man punch the wall repeatedly.

"Calm down! I'll explain completely when we get out of here, and to a safe hiding place!"

As Alec made his way out of the lab, the beacon glowed blue once more. Noticing this, he buttoned up his shirt, and continued his escape.

 

[TheDoctor455]

Dr. Strauss turned out the drawers, searching for keys. After virtually destroying the lab, leaving files lying around all over the floor and a few on the corpse, he found a ring of keys.
With that, he walked through the halls and headed for Mr. Kimura's office. He tried each and every key until one turned the lock. He opened the door.

"Mr. Kimura?" he said, "Are you all right? And what the hell is going on here?"

 

[i don't know]

Seeing the lab turn from neat and organized to a complete mess, Alec turned back. "Hey! Wait up!"

Alec followed the man to an office. Wait a minute, if he's going to find a doctor, maybe I can get him to remove this beacon, then again, Dr.Yang and Dr.Kimura work for the same company, so that's unlikely. Oh well, hopefully I can convince him to at least deactivate it, let alone remove it.

 

[JoJo]

Rin took Takeda's outstretched hand and shook it warmly.

"Excellent, we have a deal then. The two demons will appear as human women, but don't let their looks fool you, they are very powerful! We will leave immediately to meet my helper Myrddin at the place where we will carry out the job."

She then turned to Maya and spoke in a softer voice.

"Now dear, however lovely my dress looks on you it's too big and it'll just get in the way. Go to the bathroom and change into these. Be a good girl and be quick now!"

Maya nodded happily as she was passed back the t-shirt and shorts she had stolen earlier that day and skipped out of the room, evidently unaware of how serious the situation was. Rin smiled as she left but then moved closer to Takeda so only he could hear her.

"It would be such a shame if an unfortunate accident was to befall your little friend" she whispered "I suggest you don't fail." She then gave him a wink not unlike the one's she had before, and stood up as the small girl returned.

"Take my hand, child." Maya obeyed immediately "If you're ready Takeda, then I'll take us there now. It may be a bumpy ride, teleportation is just so unpredictable sometimes." Rin put out her hand palm open for the kitsune to take.

~​

While all of this was happening on the other side of the city Mr. Kimura breathed a sigh of relieve. He stroked the short white beard which undercut his thin, wrinkled, face. He sat back in his leather chair and beckoned the two men to come into the untidy wooden panelled office, with shelves on scientific books and papers lining both sides of the wall. Across his desk lay a number of forms and documents, the only space left clear was that around the faded photo of a young Asian woman.

"Thank the heavens you are safe! I am so sorry for what Dr. Yang did to you. Please take a seat."

He briefly checked a black touch screen phone and took on a disappointed look before putting it away again.

"Who are you?" he asked Alec "What did Dr. Yang try to get you to do... and where is he now?"

He then turned to Dr. Strauss "Glad to see you made it here safely, thank you for the assistance. It must have been the recent turn of events that made Dr. Yang finally flip. Not that I'm surprised after what happened all those years ago."

 

[TheDoctor455]

Dr. Strauss backed away from Mr. Kimura quickly; he covered it by pretending to check the time on an oscillating cat clock hanging on the wall.

"What happened?" he asked, "What was Dr. Yang doing here? Why did you invite me here?"

As he asked this, Dr. Strauss took some time to examine the room around him. It looked like any other office, over-sized hardwood desk with a folded laptop resting on it; a few filing cabinets, a shelf full of notebooks. As his gaze turned onto the shelf one notebook caught his eye "Case File: England". Dr. Strauss made no move to grab the file but he eyed it suspiciously.

 

[i don't know]

Turning to Dr.Kimura, Alec said what he believed to be going on. "Dr.Yang must have wanted me to find and dig up the bodies near the facility. I think they might have been hidden there because if anyone heard about the deadly experiments that go on in here, then this place will be shut down. After I refused and tried to run away, he shot a tracking beacon at me and it knocked me out cold. Long story short, I'm not sure if that's the only thing it is because the wound closed up over it in a few seconds. Can you please remove this thing, I don't want to be stalked by any Yang today."

Seeing the other man looking at a notebook, Alec's curiosity rose. "Hey, what is that?"

 

[TheDoctor455]

"Something caught my eye," Dr. Strauss said, "Case File... England. Mind if I take a look Mr. Kimura?"

This had better not be what I think it is.

"What did you say your name was?" Dr. Strauss asked as he knelt down in front of the shelf, looking at the notebooks. They all bore the heading "Case File" followed by a country's name. Dr. Strauss had seen a similar setup before, but he couldn't quite place it.

There is something very odd going on around here.

 

[JoJo]

Mr. Kimura shook his head sadly at Alec while stroking his beard.

"He must have wanted you to dig up poor old Hui, but why now? I suppose it must have been to do with the recent discovery, I had a feeling this is what that was about. Don't worry though, I have the situation back under control and I'll have that tracker removed as soon as possible. Again, I'm very sorry you had to undergo all this. I understand that this must have been very stressful but you must remain calm. There are no deadly experiments here; the bodies you saw are merely for autopsies of recently deceased patients. Locals of course, I guess you can't tell but I and all the major investors in this company are actually Japanese. It's just much cheaper here."

He then turned to Dr. Strauss while taking a notebook of the shelf to show the doctor.

"Those files are data on... lets say "special" people. Like you two here. You see, I invited you here as I'm very interested in your research into these types of people. We used to be ahead of everyone, we thought we knew everything. In those days I was a professor, and me and Yang conducted one of the most ambitious... and expensive bioscience experiments ever. Had it been successful, well the whole world could have changed forever! But alas we never found out the results, human nature made sure of that. I also had relationship troubles with my partner at the time... and well to cut a long story short I gave up working on science myself. Now I direct, but never conduct research personally."

He paused and looked down as if he had said too much.

"Forgive me, sometimes I talk far too much. So have you discovered anything interesting Dr. Strauss in your research? And American, I have yet to learn your name!"

 

[TheDoctor455]

Dr. Strauss backed further away from Mr. Kimura.

"If you have file on me, then you should have read it already. And you already know how dangerous I am." He warned urgently, "And you know that my goals are to find a cure for this affliction. I haven't found anything notable. Just some goose-chases... there may a series of genes that control whether an ability will manifest, when it will, and what it is, but I haven't been able to prove it. That also makes it nearly impossible to actually cure. From what you've told me, you want to spread this disease until it becomes a world-wide epidemic. Why?"

 

[i don't know]

Alec responded to Dr.Kimura's question: "My name is Alec. Also who is Hui?" Many questions flooded to Alec's head; What patients is Dr.Kimura talking about, what mutation/power does Dr.Strauss have, how does Dr.Kim know about his power, why is Hui so important. All of these questions and more kept pestering Alec until he was sure that he had lost his mind.

He thought, "What the hell is going on?! Nothing makes sense anymore!"

Then Alec realized something. His boss never fired anyone for not attending a presentation, or meeting, and Dr.Yang appeared to know that Alec got fired. This has got to be a set-up! Who did Dr.Yang hire to replace me? Snap! My company is in danger! What to do, what to do!?

Alec began explaining these thoughts to the two doctors in a panic.

 

[DktrAgonizer]

Rezetta blinked in surprise as Myrddin suddenly shoved a sandwich and a glass of orange juice at her, having forgotten for a moment that she'd asked for food. Before she got the chance to say anything, the man had already slunk back out of the room. She gave a mental shrug and took a sip from the glass, then began to scarf the sandwich down hungrily.

She listened to Rin as she ate, eyes narrowed in thought. A master of time, she says? One of the guys back in the ring had a knack for premonitions, but he never could predict things too accurately. She's got to be the same, really. Despite how many 'branches' of possibilities in the future she can see, she still seems to believe that both Lily and I are full-blooded demons. She swallowed the last bite of her sandwich and took another swig from the orange juice, giving a satisfied sigh. And... the thing that I most desire? I don't know, I've never given it any thought besides wanting to be left alone.

Zetta wiped at her mouth with a shirt sleeve, setting the empty glass gently down on the floor by her feet. She allowed herself a slight smile at Lily's response to Rin and declined giving an answer herself.

 

[JoJo]

Maya's doubts about Rin subsided as she entered the bathroom carrying her newly washed and ironed clothes. She imagined that the demons they were going to fight would be just like the ones she had seen in picture books; little red people with horns and forked tails. She laughed aloud as in her mind she saw the kitsune muttering a few words and waving his hands, causing the demons to disappear into puffs of smoke while screaming curses of rage at them.

And then Rin will take us both home again, and me and her and Takeda will all live together as a family!

Maya couldn't wait; the more she thought about Rin's favour the more it seemed like an exciting adventure. She got changed as quickly as possible before running back out to bedroom and taking the woman's hand when she asked without question.

 

[JoJo]

Rin gave Lily a vacent shrug.

"I can still ask anyway" she replied "If conversation is over I might as well show you something interesting, come through here."

She pointed behind her at a warehouse which Myrddin had already entered and left a couple of times. Little of it's murky interior was visible through the opened door except a few empty wooden crates.

~​

Meanwhile in Jinan Mr. Kimura rested back on his chair and thought before a moment for replying to Alec's question. As he did this he rested one of his hands on the sole photo-frame on his desk.

"Hui was an employee of mine, but we were also... together if you get my meaning. She was involved in some of this company's most important, and I hope you don't mind me saying, confidential experiments... but we split up many years ago and she died recently. She was a local girl, very nice. I apologise but I don't really want to talk about her any more."

He moved his gaze back to Dr. Strauss.

"I know about your... infectious problem. But you're still safe as long as you don't make skin contact with anyone. Despite it not always manifesting in a useful way, I wouldn't call being special a disease by any stretch of the imagination."

He lent forward to talk in a lower voice.

"I have a number of very rich clients who would give a lot to have a power. Of-course at the moment there's no guaranteed safe way to do that yet. Not that it would be completely secure anyway, I don't know if you've realised but a good deal of the special people we keep a tab on have been... disappearing recently. We have no idea what's causing it but I can tell you the investors aren't happy."

 

[i don't know]

Alec forgot about the dangerous situation his company might be in, and looked at the photo of the young Asian woman.
So sad, wait! I can still meet her in person!
"Dr.Kimura! I just thought of something! If you don't want to talk about her, why not talk to her!? Don't you want to see her again today?"

 

[TheDoctor455]

"Mr. Kimura," Dr. Strauss said giving up on containing his fury, "Regardless of what forms this plague takes, it has to be stopped. Did you ever once stop to think what your clients would actually DO with their new abilities? My guess is that they would do what anyone in power would do: get more power. What you're planning to do would throw the world into complete chaos!"

Dr. Strauss started pacing around the room, stomping with each step.

 

[JoJo]

Mr. Kimura shook his head and sighed.

"Now come on Dr. Strauss, you're making me sound like some sort of Bond villain. You know full well that our clients would have to keep their powers secret, can you imagine what the public would do if they found out people like you two existed? There really would be chaos! Regardless it's not as though we've actually been successful; at the most we've only ever had one case that actually worked and we lost her before we could even do safety checks, along with vital equipment."

He looked around uncomfortably as if he had just realised he had said too much.

"Sorry, that was confidential, I really shouldn't have told you that. Forget it."

The thin man stroked his beard yet again, before addressing Alec.

"Actually I'm Mr. Kimura now, I haven't been a doctor for over five years. But do you mean you can really speak to dead?"

He spoke in a fast excited voice, the scientist deep within him reappearing for a few short moments.

"How does it work? Can only you hear them, or see them? Are they aware of our presence when you do so? You must explain it all to me now!"

 

[i don't know]

"I thought you knew that that was my power, and yeah, I can speak to the dead, however I can only succeed if I am alone with the body. My research led me to believe that the dead can only see one person at a time, and if there is more than one person with them, the spirit is blinded.
I only have a few theories about why I can talk to the dead, although none of them make much sense, even the reason about why they can only talk to one person at a time. Also some spirits get angry at me for waking them up. There has been an encounter where a phantom possessed me, and my lab partner had to get me to an exorcist. If you can tell me where Hui is buried, I can summon her for a few minutes, and pass a few messages from her to you. Oh, and, I know that this sounds like a load of bulls***, but I got my job because of my power, that should be proof enough that this isn't fake."

Alec began hoping that Hui would be in a good mood. The last time he'd been possessed was a painful experience...

 

[TheDoctor455]

Dr. Strauss snorted irritably.
"I should've known. You can't really talk to the dead, can you? You're just another charlatan. I don't know why I bought into that bloody tabloid, even for a minute."

Dr. Strauss picked up his file and read it. What he saw there was rather disturbing; every intimate detail of his life since he was born was laid bare for everyone to know. The idea that someone had done that much research on him was threatening. The damage was done, he knew, but he decided he needed to do something about it anyway. Dr. Strauss reached into his pocket, pulled out a lighter, and used it to destroy the file.

 

[i don't know]

"Hey! I'm not faking this! I can prove it by answering a few questions only Hui would know after I summon her! In fact I could probably squeeze some info out of her about the experiment that she was in! You just wait!"

Seeing Dr.Strauss burn the files, Alec became enraged, for this file held a ton of info.

"Get your paws off those files! Who knows when they will become useful!"

Alec grabbed the other end of the file, and began putting out the fire.

Spoiler: ooc

I said that he grabbed the OTHER end of the files. Seriously, read my posts more clearly next time.