We Are Our Avatars VI (Closed for Good)
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Jessica had a considerably difficult time falling asleep the previous night. Something in her head was keeping her from 'shutting down', so she spent most of it messing around with the TV in her room, trying to get it to work, then flipping through the channels aimlessly once she managed that. Even when she managed to feel tired enough to sleep, there was something keeping her from doing so, leading to her tossing and turning throughout most of the night. Eventually she had exhausted herself completely and basically passed out. She currently remained in said passed out state on her bed.
Jessica yelped and tumbled off her bed as she was suddenly woken by a not terribly pleasant sensation. She scratched her head as she groggily looked around her room to try and see what had disturbed the hour or so of actual restful sleep she had managed to obtain.
Omega tilted its head as it saw Jess tumble off the bed. It eventually turned away and let out a soft robotic giggle before turning back to Jess.
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"My apologies, Dr. Broca. I see that you still require some rest. I shall inform Miss Sinclair that you aren't to be distrubed. When would you like me to return to have yourself sized up?"Jessica yawned and stretched as she continued to sit on the floor. "Nah...it's fine. I'm already up. [small]Probably should have been awake by now already anyways.[/small]" She stood up and stretched herself out some more, looking somewhat awkward as her right arm stayed glued to her right side as it usually did. "Anyway, where do I need to go?"
Omega motioned for Jess to follow her.
As they approached the door, Jess would see that Ness was raven-haired, wearing a mostly black hoodie, with zebra-print sleeves and large pockets. Under that was a white tanktop with a black broken heart symbol in the center. To top it off, she had black pants with a small blue belt tied around her right leg, her digistruct belt looked completely different as well. Even her fedora was gone as she looked at her friend, smiling wide and showing off red contacts.
[color=666666] "Morning, sleepyhead!" [/color]
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"Your presence is required at the boutique. Please follow me. Miss Sinclair is waiting for you."As they approached the door, Jess would see that Ness was raven-haired, wearing a mostly black hoodie, with zebra-print sleeves and large pockets. Under that was a white tanktop with a black broken heart symbol in the center. To top it off, she had black pants with a small blue belt tied around her right leg, her digistruct belt looked completely different as well. Even her fedora was gone as she looked at her friend, smiling wide and showing off red contacts.
[color=666666] "Morning, sleepyhead!" [/color]
Loki was still in Amalia's chamber, waiting for the opportune moment to test his theory. Despite having slept next to nothing in previous days, he had remained awake for the majority of the night. Now, at last, an opportunity presented itself, as the guards outside the door of Amalia's chamber had left, as their swift was over, leaving only a few guards further down the hallway until other guards arrived to stand guard by the door. It was a small window of opportunity, but Loki was willing to risk it. He walked over to Amalia, who sat on her bed, lacking the will to do much else. Lifting his shroud, Loki command, "Kneel before me."
Amalia having been freed from Loki's mindcontrol when one of the zombies knocked her out wasn't paticularly inclined to do as she was told, instead screaming in panic. "Guards!!"
His suspicions confirmed, Loki immediately shrouded himself again and as he did, placed Amalia under his control for the second time.
The four guards that were positioned in the hallway rushed into the chamber, weapons drawn. "My queen?! What's wrong?"
Being rather taken aback, Amalia stuttered, unable to get a coherent sentence out of her mouth.
Wasting no time in seizing this opportunity, Loki revealed himself to Amalia again, but naturally didn't lift his shroud entirely. "Say that your eyes deceived you." he instructed.
Amalia her eyes darting between where she saw Loki and the guards, she clenched the sheets of her bed as she steadied herself, then shook her head. "It's nothing... I thought I saw something, but it was only my imagination playing tricks on me. Leave me now..."
The guards bowed and, somewhat hesitantly, left the chamber, closing the door behind them.
With the guards gone, Amalia sighed and looked towards Loki. With a hushed tone, she said, "I mean no disrespect, but... could you please leave me? I wish to be alone in my grief..."
"I will. I only ask that you lend me a moment of your time. This shan't take long." Loki answered, then momentarily paused. "Tomorrow, I wish that you speak to the Lieutenant about granting my vassal and myself access to whatever we would need to end this war at long last. You need not do anything more then this."
Amalia feebly nodded.
Having done what he came to do, Loki began making his way out of the palace, a task made far more difficult due to the abundance of security.
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Estella having done what Loki wished her to do, the security all over Xiphatia was greatly tightened. MPs and golems patrolled the streets of Xiphatian towns and cities, all keeping an eye out for anyone even closely resembling Jessica or Vanessa. Without there being no conformation Tophat had died in the fire of the prison, it was also searched for. In the skies over Shaintaio, and the skies over and between Forward Base and Holadino, small airships, meant for reconnaissance flew.
Amalia having been freed from Loki's mindcontrol when one of the zombies knocked her out wasn't paticularly inclined to do as she was told, instead screaming in panic. "Guards!!"
His suspicions confirmed, Loki immediately shrouded himself again and as he did, placed Amalia under his control for the second time.
The four guards that were positioned in the hallway rushed into the chamber, weapons drawn. "My queen?! What's wrong?"
Being rather taken aback, Amalia stuttered, unable to get a coherent sentence out of her mouth.
Wasting no time in seizing this opportunity, Loki revealed himself to Amalia again, but naturally didn't lift his shroud entirely. "Say that your eyes deceived you." he instructed.
Amalia her eyes darting between where she saw Loki and the guards, she clenched the sheets of her bed as she steadied herself, then shook her head. "It's nothing... I thought I saw something, but it was only my imagination playing tricks on me. Leave me now..."
The guards bowed and, somewhat hesitantly, left the chamber, closing the door behind them.
With the guards gone, Amalia sighed and looked towards Loki. With a hushed tone, she said, "I mean no disrespect, but... could you please leave me? I wish to be alone in my grief..."
"I will. I only ask that you lend me a moment of your time. This shan't take long." Loki answered, then momentarily paused. "Tomorrow, I wish that you speak to the Lieutenant about granting my vassal and myself access to whatever we would need to end this war at long last. You need not do anything more then this."
Amalia feebly nodded.
Having done what he came to do, Loki began making his way out of the palace, a task made far more difficult due to the abundance of security.
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Estella having done what Loki wished her to do, the security all over Xiphatia was greatly tightened. MPs and golems patrolled the streets of Xiphatian towns and cities, all keeping an eye out for anyone even closely resembling Jessica or Vanessa. Without there being no conformation Tophat had died in the fire of the prison, it was also searched for. In the skies over Shaintaio, and the skies over and between Forward Base and Holadino, small airships, meant for reconnaissance flew.
Jessica quickly threw on her clothes as Omega made her way out, then followed after her. As she saw Ness, she gave her smile a curious look, as she mistakenly thought She was another one of Ness' employees that she had yet to meet. She looked surprised when she heard Ness' voice come from the person and speak to her. "Oh! Hey Vanessa! You had me fooled there for a minute." She replied, giving Ness a smile in return.
Ness smiled back as Roxy came out of the front door, skipping and humming. "I'm glad to hear it! Her work never fails it seems. Now then, just follow Roxy into the shop and pick out whatever you want. Just make sure you look pretty different from how you do now and I'll get us some voice modulators and a little something else to complete the disguises."
Roxy, with her drill curls bouncing, spun on her heels and smiled wide at Jess as she motioned for her to follow. As the catgirl walked into the store, almost any article of clothing Jess could think of was within it, ranging from things out of mecha anime to the most basic t-shirt. [color=3399DD] "If you don't find something you want, just describe it to me and I'll get right on it! Have fun~!" [/color] Roxy said cheerily as she skipped along.
Roxy, with her drill curls bouncing, spun on her heels and smiled wide at Jess as she motioned for her to follow. As the catgirl walked into the store, almost any article of clothing Jess could think of was within it, ranging from things out of mecha anime to the most basic t-shirt. [color=3399DD] "If you don't find something you want, just describe it to me and I'll get right on it! Have fun~!" [/color] Roxy said cheerily as she skipped along.
In front of both Rex and Skye, a small pamphlet of whit paper would appear at eye level, before falling to the ground.
Skye was in a lab room, reading something as she saw the small sheet of paper float down. She grabbed it curiously as she began to read it.
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Rex was practicing against a punching bag when the paper appeared. He grabbed out of the air with a swipe before beginning to read it.
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Rex was practicing against a punching bag when the paper appeared. He grabbed out of the air with a swipe before beginning to read it.
Jessica nodded to Ness and made to follow after Roxy. She started humming to herself as she imagined what she thought would qualify as 'pretty different'. She found a few things she felt fit the bill and grabbed them, seeming tentative about it though. She found some changing rooms and tried what she found on. She walked out of the shop again to show Ness that she had put on a black sailor top with a cyan tie, a pair of matching black shorts, as well as an eye-patch over her right eye and numerous collars, one worn over the neck and the others worn over her wrists like bracelets.
In wearing a short sleeve shirt, there was now nothing obscuring anyone from seeing that her right arm was a bionic prosthetic. "Well...? Too much...?" She asked, acting hesitant to actually finish her question.
Just minus the bandages.
In wearing a short sleeve shirt, there was now nothing obscuring anyone from seeing that her right arm was a bionic prosthetic. "Well...? Too much...?" She asked, acting hesitant to actually finish her question.
Jessica smiled back at Ness and took off the eye-patch for the time being. "Well, we're going to be mostly hiding out in Legaia, right? I figure it doesn't really matter if my arm is visible. In fact, it would probably just help me blend in more. And I got these so I can cover it up if I really have to." She replied to Ness, pulling out a spool of bandages from a messenger bag she had gotten to carry all her possessions around since she no longer had her multi-pocketed coat. "I still don't really like it though..." She muttered to herself as she followed after Ness.
Ness nodded toward Jess as she led them back to the lab. On a table, there were two bracelets and two sheets of what looked like plastic. "Yes, and we'll more than likely need to join the army in order to get the keys down the road." She sighed a bit at Jess' muttering. "...I'm sorry that you're still in an uncomfortable situation. Hopefully, we can find something for you to wear later, if the bandages don't cut it for you."
As she approached the stuff on the counter, she handed a bracelet to Jess. "This works as a voice modulator. Just fiddle around with the settings by tapping this button and following the instructions that the program will tell you in your mind. And finally..." She picked up one of the thin, clear sheets and pressed it over her own chest near her heart. "Just in case we run into Loki and he tries to mind control us again, these sheets will harden and stop the dagger from doing its work."
To demonstrate, she poked the sheet and it turned from clear to gray as she tapped it with her knuckle, making a metallic sound as she did. "Nanomachines are awesome..."
As she approached the stuff on the counter, she handed a bracelet to Jess. "This works as a voice modulator. Just fiddle around with the settings by tapping this button and following the instructions that the program will tell you in your mind. And finally..." She picked up one of the thin, clear sheets and pressed it over her own chest near her heart. "Just in case we run into Loki and he tries to mind control us again, these sheets will harden and stop the dagger from doing its work."
To demonstrate, she poked the sheet and it turned from clear to gray as she tapped it with her knuckle, making a metallic sound as she did. "Nanomachines are awesome..."
"It's fine. I can just suck it up for now." Jessica replied to Ness after realizing that she had overheard her mutterings. "I'll give joining the army a shot...but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't take me if I applied, so don't really get your hopes up on me helping you there."
Once they reached the counter, she looked at the bracelet she had been handed, moving it around in her hands to examine every angle of it. She pressed the button Ness had mentioned to see what would happen.
She looked at the plastic sheet Ness had placed over her heart, then tilted her head curiously as it seemed to harden and become metallic. "Ooh! That will certainly be helpful!"
Once they reached the counter, she looked at the bracelet she had been handed, moving it around in her hands to examine every angle of it. She pressed the button Ness had mentioned to see what would happen.
She looked at the plastic sheet Ness had placed over her heart, then tilted her head curiously as it seemed to harden and become metallic. "Ooh! That will certainly be helpful!"
Ness nodded as she calmly slipped on her own bracelet and tapped the button as Jess did.
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Jess would see a small hologram appear as she pressed the button in the form of a man in a suit.
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Jess would see a small hologram appear as she pressed the button in the form of a man in a suit.
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Hello [Dr. Broca]. Please give us a sample of your voice to begin the modulation.Jessica recoiled ever so slightly as the hologram man appeared and surprised her. "Oh, uh, okay. So do I just say whatever, or..." She wasn't exactly sure where to direct what she was saying, so she constantly twisted the position of the bracelet as she held it and spoke.
OoC @Dot shit, sorry, got totally sidetracked.
On the paper Rex and Skye picked up, there were words written in a silver font on the paper. "Eve Logan invites you to the wake of Bryce Logan. If you wish to come, sinply verbally voice interest."
On the paper Rex and Skye picked up, there were words written in a silver font on the paper. "Eve Logan invites you to the wake of Bryce Logan. If you wish to come, sinply verbally voice interest."