We Are Our Avatars X (Closed, Ended)

[Chungus]

Utarra - Day 9 - 12:34​

"Hmm. I don't want to deal with the heat issue like I did before where people can see it, and I can only go for so long with it turned off. And I think putting your legs against the wall would just hinder your ability to make the movement. So... let's keep it the conventional way, for now."

Stopping Timea turned to Anik. "This place should do. Oh, and you can lend my blanket to keep yourself warm during this."

 

[Silence]

Utarra - Day 9 - 12:34

"Alright." Anik said. "Yes, the blanket will do nice, thanks."

She placed bag and cane on the ground, then took off her coat and placed it next to them, after letting Hillary move back on the ground. After, she held out her hands in anticipation of Timea giving her the blanket, while she was thinking about what kind of exercise she should do first.

Her arms now bare, Timea would see how tense her muscles were, trying work against the instinct of her own body to just run away.

 

[Kirke]

Mountain Camp - Day 7
You step through the portal and then watch as Quan Chi begins reading in his books. [color=0066cc]It'd be so easy to draw my blaster and gun him down... So why can't I do it? He's in my head, somehow. Well maybe I can get him out...[/color] You look around for a place to meditate, but as you do you see your own body lying in the snow. The view shocks you and slowly you approach it.

When you get close, you crouch down beside it and stare into your own dead eyes. It is the face you've seen in the mirror countless times, and you reach out to touch it. You feel the cold numbness of 'your' left arm spread. Within minutes, time you spend softly crying over your own body, the feeling has spread across your entire body. You are suddenly aware again of how alien your left arm feels, and how much you loathe being stuck in it. Drawing your blaster you twist around and press it against your left arm, discharging it with a cry of anger. The blast vaporizes much of your lower arm and your cry turns to a scream of pain. You drop your blaster and double over, then fall to one side as the edges of your vision blur.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Quan Chi's Camp, day 7, 05:40
Quan Chi looked up quickly as he heard his Revenant scream out in pain. He ran over, tossing his tome aside. "What are you doing?! Stop that right now!" he shouted in a tone that sounded he was telling a child not to touch his things. He dragged Shara over to the pit in the ground she was spawned from and began chanting, energy rising from the pool to the stump and rebuilding her blasted arm.

 

[Chungus]

Utarra - Day 9 - 12:34​

Seeing the tenseness in Anik's body better now, Timea frowned a little. She opened her mouth, about to voice concern about it, but kept herself from doing it. Turning the fire off, Timea untied the blanket, and held it out to Anik, saying, "here it is."

After Anik would turn the flames back on, Timea moved closer to her, and said, "so, which one are you going to do, first?"

 

[Silence]

Utarra - Day 9 - 12:34

Anik wrapped the blanket around her body and turned it one, then said, decided:

"The push-ups."

She carefully kneeled on the ground and felt it for cracks, so as to not accidentally twist her ankle or wrists, then started doing them, first with both hands to get used to it, then alternating between both hands. She tried to do this until she felt exhausted, but instead the tenseness in her body led to cramps.

"Oww." she moaned, after stopping and kneeling on the ground again, holding one arm with the other hand.

 

[Chungus]

Utarra - Day 9 - 12:35​

Looking down to Anik as se did the push-ups, Timea held off on making it harder for her, first wanting to see how Anik would do, normally. This turned out to be a good decision, as Anik cramped up, and forced to stop. "Hmm. I'd thought you could work that tenseness you're having off. But, you should stop, if that's not the case. You'll just injure yourself, otherwise", Timea stated, then paused for a moment. "Hmm. Why don't you try some stretch exercises, instead?"

 

[Silence]

Utarra - Day 9 - 12:35

"You're right." Anik said shortly, in a very unhappy tone of voice.

So she started to stretch her arms, first trying to get the cramps out of them, then further, to let the muscles relax. It went reasonably well, even though Anik began to shake a little.

Ignoring this, she went on with stretching her legs, finding this easier as there were no cramps in them yet.

 

[Kirke]

Mountain Camp - Day 7
Your scream subsides to a constant groan, mostly due to lack of air. You push yourself back from the brink of unconsciousness when you see energy from the cursed pit rising up towards you. [color=0066cc]"No... Don't!"[/color] - You manage to say, but the cold pressure on your head prevents you from resisting.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Camp, day 7, 5:40
"Stay near the pit." Quan Chi ordered, sitting next to his Revenant. He heaved a sigh. "Your resistance puzzles me. I granted you a new life. I freed you, restored your body, eased your mind, gave you purpose. Yet you hate me. Why?"

 

[Chungus]

Utarra - Day 9 - 12:35​

Timea stood by with arms crossed, watching Anik go through the stretches. "You're doing well", she said encouragingly as she noticed Anik's arms relax somewhat, but cocked her head to the side and looked on with a small frown as she noticed Anik starting to shake.

At this, Timea said, "okay. Do you remember the breathing exercises I had you do? I want you to do a variant of that. Take a deep breath, and move your arms back like this--" Timea lightly took hold of Anik's arms, under the shoulders, and guided her into pulling them back, until the elbows were behind the shoulder blades. "--You should feel a little pull in your chest in doing so. Now, hold this position, and your breath for three seconds, then slowly breathe out and relax your chest again."

After giving the explanation, Timea stepped back, to give Anik some space.

 

[Silence]

Utarra - Day 9 - 12:35

Anik did as told without a word, for some time, maybe longer than she needed to.

Breathing out again, she sighed and said: "I think it does help - at least my body feels better."

Indeed she stopped to shake, and managed to prevent herself from tensing up too much again.

"Just don't get your hopes up. I am still confused about all these people. But maybe I can exercise again, now. Do you think I can?" she asked, sounding hopeful.

 

[Kirke]

Mountain Camp - Day 7
You tighten your newly rebuilt arm into a fist, wanting desperately to drive it into Quan Chi's face. When he speaks you turn around quickly to reply; [color=0066cc]"You freed me from imprisonment, only to make me into a slave bound by chains in my own mind! I feel no more at ease now than I did when locked up!"[/color] You get up, pacing away for a moment then turning and pointing at your corpse. [color=0066cc]"That is my body! This is a poor copy, conjured from some damn magic! It is weaker, it is disgusting and worst of all it is not mine! The 'purpose' you speak of is to follow you around like a blasted cargo drone! I don't even know what your goal is! You freed me and I was grateful, I offered my assistance freely! But instead you killed me and raised me as some undead servant! 'Hate' is not a word strong enough. I... I do not even have words for the loathing I feel for you!"[/color]

 

[Chungus]

Utarra - Day 9 - 12:37​

Seeing her suggestion had a positive effect, Timea smiled a little. When Anik finished the stretches, however, and asked what she did, Timea felt a little sad, finding Anik meekly asking for confirmation to be something of a piteous sight. Realizing Anik would probably pick up thee feelings, Timea did her best to put the thoughts aside, and with some forced, but natural-sounding cheer, answer; "well, there is only one way to find out. Start by doing, maybe... twenty-five, and we'll see how it goes!"

 

[Silence]

Utarra - Day 9 - 12:37

Anik frowned a little when she picked up the pity, it being something she absolutely hated. Swearing to herself to never ask about confirmation like this again, she got on the ground again, and started doing the push-ups again, without another word.

Even though her muscles did still not feel quite right, she pushed herself doing all twenty-five push-ups. Not wanting to stop, she turned and laid herself back to start sit-ups.

Doing these quite forceful and angry, she stopped after a while, breathed in and out, then started them again, slower.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Camp, day 7
"I killed you so you could be restored. You are a more effective servant with your body, weapons and armour." Quan Chi explained calmly. "And I could have done worse. As for the weakness, it is only temporary. You ask for my purpose, and I shall tell you." He stood. "I will free my lord Shinnok. When I find a powerful enough artifact, he will follow me into this realm, and he will devour the lives of all in preparation for war with the Elder Gods. Everyone will die, but those that serve him shall rise again and be infused with his strength."

 

[Chungus]

Utarra - Day 9 - 12:39​

Seeing the frown on Anik's face, Timea suspected her feelings indeed were noticed, the angry motions with which Anik preformed the exercises after confirming it. She opened her mouth a little, wondering if she should say something, then closed it again, not sure if there was anything to say.

When Anik started doing the sit-ups more slowly, Timea said, "well, things seem to be going well." Thinking it would add insult to injury, she spoke plainly, without any forced cheer.

 

[Silence]

Utarra - Day 9 - 12:39

"Well enough." Anik stated shortly, and finished the sit-ups after a while, starting with squats instead.

After doing this for a while, she stopped and stated in a weirdly neutral tone of voice: "I want to punch something."

 

[Kirke]

Mountain Camp - Day 7
You glare angrily at Quan Chi, replying; [color=0066cc]"And you wonder why I hate you."[/color] - With that, you turn around and head for the other side of the pit. There, you sit down to begin your meditating.

 

[Chungus]

Utarra - Day 9 - 12:41​

Hearing what Anik said, Timea narrowed her eyes a little, for a moment. Looking down to Hillary, Timea asked, "Hmm. Hillary, could you go check and see if how much of the cargo the sailors have loaded onto the ship, yet? It's the big boxes you're looking for."

After this, Timea looked back to Anik, and said, "No. Violence is not the way to channel your feelings", she said fairly sternly, then blew a sigh, and continued speaking normally. "I... had no control over how I felt, but I did over how I acted, after it. And for that, I apologize."