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

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Joanna saw the change in Kenna's eyes (presumably there was some colour change to amber that would be especially visible?) and although she did not know the full details of Kenna's condition, she was immediately certain that this was barely true, if at all. Without thinking, she leaned forward and placed a hand on Kenna's shoulder.
"Are you really? Think not of that man and what he has done. Think of everyone else here, and how confined we all are! If you lose control, if it would be even as dangerous as me losing control, let alone more so... think of what would happen to the others. For all our sakes, control your thoughts as best you can."

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Kenna closed her eyes and took a breath, unclenching her fists. She opened her eyes, and they were back to normal. "OK. I'm fine. I don't really lose control mentally, it just gets harder to stay lookin human when my blood gets up."

 

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Joanna pulled back hurriedly at this, suddenly embarrassed.
"Oh! I apologise, I assumed that you might also be dangerous if you gave in to your curse! I mean no offence, I should not have jumped to conclusions."

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"It's fine. Trust me, I get it. I was scared of that at first too... Still kinda am..."

 

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Joanna nodded contritely, and glanced briefly at the Soldier before returning her attention to Kenna.
"So, your curse, it is triggered by anger? And you said that you can also bring forth aspects of it voluntarily?"

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"I'm not sure exactly. I can't tell you if the human me is actually me and the wolf is me shape shifting, or if my true form is the wolf and this is just a disguise." Kenna looked forlorn by this, but tried to shrug it off. "I have super strength, speed and senses, more if I shift. Anger, fear, stress and stuff like that makes me do it automatically, I have to force myself to stay human."

 

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"Were you always like this?"

 

[Demonjazz]

"So your curse really isn't even a curse. It's more a super power that's just really ugly looking."
I remarked offhandedly to the werewolf and the soul eater. Humans never know when they got it good. We're always demanding more and more out of life. Can't have super strength you got too be able to control it too. It all ends up in a never ending spiral of wanting until we eventually run out of things to want and we meet our end.

 

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Steve turned to face Scout, his logic doing nothing to sway the veteran's ire.
"Then they should have been held as prisoners of war! Every soldier who fights for another nation is no different to those who fight for us, even the men of the Wehrmacht still had to fight for their country just like we did! Killing a man in battle is one thing, but there's no excuse to execute unarmed prisoners!"

Joanna glanced at Stone with a grimace of distaste, before pointedly turning her attention back to Kenna.

 

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Previously...

Soldier was so transfixed by Steve's uniform and shield that he didn't even hear the lecture on why killing hostages is bad. "You... you ARE America!"
[hr]
Engy...

"Previously, take us to that big building over there." Miss Pauling told the engineer, pointing at a lab building in the flooded city. A submarine airlock dock thing was convieniently on the building, despite that the city was not supposed to be flooded.

 

[Outisakanobody]

Seras and Faro were starting to wonder if they had ended up in some sort of sick parody if reality, with how absolutely insane the mercs were acting. Even with Faro's past being full of morally bad things, he could at least say he had little choice in the matter. Both of them decided it was better to not say anything for now, but they did appreciate Steve had to say.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

"Nope. Born human, got turned into this." Kenna ignored Stone, not wanting to dignify what he said.

 

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"I would think Pauling would tell plan. Where to go next, huh?" Heavy asked.

 

[ShindoL Shill]

Joel took out his phone and attempted to call Miss Pauling. [color=003399]"I'll call her and ask. In the meantime, you could go rest, or eat, or get some more guns, I suppose."[/color] he replied.

 

[Slenn]

"There's not much we can do at this point except contact Miss Pauling and see how she's doing."

 

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"I'm just a soldier. But I do believe that America stands for something. That all men are created equal under God, and we have a responsibility to uphold those ideals, and exemplify them among the other nations! If we kill or persecute people for their race or creed, or slaughter them like animals just out of convenience, then what right do we have to take pride in America? What is it worth, beyond the actions of its citizens?"

"Then how can the wolf be your true self? I presume that the lady I speak to now is the same one that grew up having never known what it was to fear herself. I do not believe for a moment that I am nothing but hollow, and that I merely pretend to be human. I am me, and simply risk losing who I am if the curse claims me. Surely you are the same, and the wolf is something different, that you must simply keep in check beneath your true self?"

 

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Previously...​

Soldier saluted Steve and held the pose. He still didn't seem to hear what Steve was saying.
[hr]

Presently​

"Hello?" Miss Pauling answered her phone, a bit surprised that she had a cell signal at the bottom of the ocean.

 

[Demonjazz]

Previously
"... What's a Prisoner of War?... Wait! Am I going back to Prison again!"
The Engineer that continued to pilot the sub looked over at Steve "Pardner, we are trying to stop a man from killing thousands of people to extend his own life. This is the least of your worries right now. Plus we ain't got nothing that we could have restrained them with and I wasn't exactly going to take the risk of having those soldiers best any of us and take our sub"
She seemed to think I was offense. People need to toughen up these days, don't even give a good insult back to people now a days
"Hey I was just asking Wolfy. Didn't mean to offend you Sounds like pretty good deal if you can control yourself."
Presently
"Can do. We'll be there in two shakes of a lamb's tail."

 

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"Put that hand down!" Steve barked suddenly, in much the same manner as his old drill sergeant might have done. Immediately after issuing the order, he snapped his head around to glare at the Engineer.

"Are you honestly suggesting that cold blooded mass murder was a better alternative to the inconvenience of posting a couple of armed guards on them until you could get hold of some plastic ties? Or that even armed with the same weapons you used to kill them, you couldn't manage to hold down a number of unarmed, defeated and frightened men?"

 

[ShindoL Shill]

[color=003399]"Hello. We've got the Heavy and I guess his sister, too. We're back at at Teufort."[/color] Joel informed Miss Pauling.