We Are Our Avatars IX: Act V: The Sabotage of the Scandolous Saurian Scoundrels (Open)

[Zepherus14]

Hearing what Seras had to say, Sophia gave her a odd look, mostly due to her lack of confidence at knowing what she was supposed to be guarding the door from. "W-What do you mean whatever? You mean it wasn't the knights this time?" Sophia was shocked.

Never the less, Sophia slowly started to loosen her grip on Victoria, feeling like she wasn't in immediate danger as she had been minutes ago.

 

[Outisakanobody]

"Well I didn't actually see what was attacking us, but I'm pretty sure they're gone now." Seras said.

 

[Slenn]

<color=brown>"She was accused of mass murder, illegal use of chocolate magic, and thievery. However there wasn't any solid evidence that linked her to the murders. The only thing we picked up on was from the memories of the knights. They knew that Sophia was the only user of chocolate mage at the time of the murders. While we never really saw memories of an attacker, we did see 63 counts of bodies that were killed gruesomely by chocolate.... if that makes any sense. We can only assume that the knights leaped to the conclusion that Sophia was responsible for the 63 murders. Sophia's magic, while harmful, was never observed to be that vengeful."

 

[ShindoL Shill]

[color=006d5b]"What about the other crimes? One of your friends said that, as far as you could tell, Sophia was innocent, but she wasn't telling the truth."[/color] Matilda asked.

 

[Slenn]

<color=brown>"The illegality of her chocolate magic is only relative to her original world. So we don't have much say on that matter. What she 'stole' was her foster parents' heirloom that they decided was passed on to her, so she says. She took it while she was fleeing from the knights. Food was also stolen as she was fleeing from them. I would say that she might have been telling the truth, just not the full story."


<color=purple>"And for that matter, almost no one has. This whole mess has just been nothing but secrets, lies, and information that has been ill-distributed to the wrong people. Apparently holding secrets is in these days, lying has never been more fashionable, and trust in rational people is somehow beneath some people."

 

[ShindoL Shill]

[color=006d5b]"Right... are any of the knights still alive?"[/color] Matilda asked, before saying to Gwen, though without looking at her, [color=006d5b]"If it makes you feel better, nobody can unjustifiably lie or keep secrets around me. I'd know right away."[/color]

 

[Zepherus14]

Seras was at least succeeding to make Sophia less worried about the attackers, mostly because now Sophia was wondering how Seras was so sure that there was no more worries even though she hadn't made any observations to see if her claim the threat was gone was actually true or not. "Y-You're sure?"

 

[Slenn]

<color=brown>"All of them have been eliminated, or so we presume."

Gwen smiled lightly, but was genuine. <color=purple>"Then EMily will be your best friend. She's gotten into a lot of mental based abilities with her electromagnetism powers lately. I'm sure she'll have a lot to learn from you."

 

[ShindoL Shill]

[color=006d5b]"Really? Shit."[/color] Matilda sighed, then said, [color=006d5b]"I doubt she could learn. My powers aren't mental, they're... spiritual, I guess."[/color]

 

[Outisakanobody]

"Yup." Seras said with a nod.

 

[Slenn]

<color=purple>"There's a phrase in science: extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Lying can also be detected through watching brain activity. Although I'm unfamiliar with any spiritual techniques. I should point out that 'spiritual' abilities tend to be wishy washy and ill-defined in our world, if not completely nonexistent. Regardless, how did you acquire these abilities? After all our world is different than your world."

 

[Gearhead mk2]

After a while of welding, the hole in the hull was covered by a large, flat metal plate? It wasn't prpretty, but it would at least hold. Samus disengaged her torch, tapping back and taking her helmet off.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

[color=006d5b]"I was born with them, as far as I can tell."[/color] Matilda explained. [color=006d5b]"I could prove it, if any of you can write in Braille."[/color]

 

[Slenn]

EMily rubbed her brow from the sweat that had accumulated during the assisted welding. She had also helped seal it with her own arc welder between her right middle and index fingers. She made a soft smile.

"I'm gonna go check on Sophia. Trial or no trial, we're all exhausted."

 

[Chungus]

Soon after Sam sat down and removed the top half of the bodysuit, the pitter-patter of footsteps could be heard in the hallway behind the door of the morgue, growing louder. Sam glanced away from his torso, to the door, seeing it slide open, the six-limbed figure stepping through.

"And here we are again." They commented idly as they approached a drawer on the far end of the room, opening it. The door closed automatically behind them. Elm greeted the figure as they walked past, calling them by their name, Ultri. Ultri in turn, gave a half-hearted wave.

[color=edc393]"I like it here so much, I decided to drop back in."[/color] said Sam while reaching into the top to pull the arm out of the sleeve.

"Of course. Who doesn't love a good morgue? Cold light, clinically clean, and permanently stinking of formaldehyde." Ultri said sarcastically, in a joking tone. Pulling a pair of latex gloves out of the drawer, Ultri put them on, then retrieved several impliments, held in a plastic binder. "So, how did this happen, then?" They asked as they walked towards the table Sam sat on, laying the implement binder to on the foot end of the table.

[color=edc393]"Cut myself while chopping vegetables."[/color] Sam responded as he pulled out the arm, giving a small chuckle at the joke. [color=edc393]"Truth is? I'm not even really sure how it happen. It's go--"[/color] He began to explain, pausing when Ultri told him to lay down and hold the severed arm close to the stump, continuing after doing so. [color=edc393]"--It's got something to do with those people we found. So you might want to watch yourself when cutting the one I brought here open, or whatever it is you do."[/color]

"It's probable it has something to do with the equipment, and appears to be aetherlogical in nature." Elm chimed in.

"I see, I see..."

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Samus nodded.

 

[Kirke]

The commander casually observed Samus making repairs. Soon enough the effects of constant alertness that he had been through the last weeks showed through and slumped down asleep.

 

[Slenn]

<color=purple>"Give me one second." Gwen said, summoning Graviton. Looking at it was a bizarre sight to see. As opposed to the other weapons the girls used, this one appeared to change its 3 dimensional shape if one slightly shifted their vision or if the gun moved. The only thing it could look like was a gun. Soon enough a hologram appeared showing the Braille alphabet.

<color=purple>"Lemma try writing something with this. So gimme another moment." She turned her back away to obscure the screen and write her message. She turned back.

<color=purple>"Okay, I'm ready." She said, showing the screen with her message.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Matilda reached out and ran her fingers over the screen, reading the message. If it were true, or false, Matilda would know as soon as she finished reading.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Samus looked at the Commander as he slumped to sleep, musing that XCOM really needs to take care of it's troops.