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@disqus_NnFUI30kih 2 years ago

As of last Saturday, February 24th TRPS had its very first birthday! WE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR YOU GUYS!

Edit: OH YEAH BITCHESSSSSSSSS! LETS FUQ DEM UP!!!!!! CHHHAAARRRRGGGGEEEEE!!!! XD

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Elbread • 2 years ago

Yayayayay happy birthday trps!!

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Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

It feels like an eternity already. ^-^

I've really enjoyed being here!

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RBDECEPTICON17  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Same here! X3

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Elaina Hyde • 2 years ago

Really?? Yay!!

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Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

Woo hoo! I've enjoyed being here, I hope we stay here another year!

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Tairais • 2 years ago

* Pops confetti cannons*

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RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Oh my god! A whole year? That's is so flipping awesome!!! X3

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RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

(Hey @Hyde without a Jekyll! We can continue the role play on this post! There shouldn't be too much left of it now. X3)

The blonde sexologist stepped closer to the exotic and unique birds, looking each one over with the precise gaze she used on her experiments and test subjects.

"She's really mysterious and elegant, so we need one that fits that's description." She said to the other lodger, though she didn't look over her shoulder or even turn around, in order to look at Alice as she spoke.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

(Of course we can and I'm very excited to see where you're going with this! :DDD )

"Alright!" Alice took to looking at the other side of the booth for a mysterious and elegant bird, though she didn't necessarily know what that entailed so she mainly looked for something pretty! "What colors should it be?" She called over to her friend.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(I'm happy to hear it! X3)

But as the question escaped past Alice's lips...the sexologist had finally found it.

The bird was one of the bigger ones that the man was selling, with large and intimidating wings, claws like small knives and a stern expression upon it's face. It's body was coloured black, it's eyes made of never ending darkness while it's wings were a dark shade of blue, said shade encircling around the bird's ankles and around the top of it's impressively white as snow beak.

And Rose was practically beaming with excitement and awe at the sight of the animal, frozen in place as she stared at it with her shining emerald eyes full joy.

"We've found it." The blonde muttered happily.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Alice quickly stopped staring at the little orange colored finch-like bird and rushed over to her friend.

As soon as she saw the magnificent avian, her jaw dropped in awe. "It's beautiful!! She's bound to love it!"

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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Exactly! It's perfect!" Rose shouted to the heaven, as she pointed upto the sky in a dramatic and somewhat ridiculous fashion.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago • edited

Alice looked up trying to figure out what Rose was shouting at, seeing nothing, she shrugged and pointed her gaze more earthward, "How much is it, though?"

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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Rose blushed quite visibly, before she quickly lowered her hand and took the small tag that was wrapped around the bird's throat, taking a look at the price.

The little white tag read: £50...that was a lot for the bird.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago • edited

Alice leaned closer to Rose and whispered, "Do we have that much?"

(Alice has £10 which she probably scrapped off the ground cause she has no job! Eh Oh! XP But there's always bartering as this is a bazaar! )

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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

The blonde squeaked at the sudden close proximity, before she stepped to the side with her cheeks flushed pink, and then quickly grabbed her wallet and opened it up, looking inside said wallet.

And when she saw the money she had within her wallet...Rose sighed in relief at the fact that she did indeed have enough.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago • edited

Alice looked in the wallet and then quickly stepped as to block Rose from the vendor's view. Making sure to keep her voice low, she urgently said, "Close your wallet! If the vendor knows how much you have then they won't give you a discount as easily. If you're able to bargain the price low enough you could get something else for Lady Venom with the money you save. "

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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

"I'm sure it would be best to save the remaining money for a raining day." Rose whispered back, as she quickly closed her wallet, before the sexologist nervously stepped over to the male vender.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

"Good luck!" Alice whispers before stepping back and watching the scene from afar.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Rose gulped and stepped forward, holding her wallet with her shaking hands as she tried desperately to not look like a nervous wreck.

"H-Hello there." She stuttered out nervously to the vendor.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

Alice stood off to the side silently cheering Rose on in her head.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Mind playing the vendor for this next bit, HJ. X3)

The blonde nervously and shakily pointed at the bird she was after, though she was unable to actually look the man in the eyes, and her mouth seemed to be having trouble letting out any words.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago • edited

(*Sits up at the prospect of a new 2-bit side character* GLADLY! :D Any requests on how they should act? Old or young? Nice? Impatient? Busy? Just things like that so I know how to play it for your story! )

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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(He's an old guy, busy and impatient and a bit of a jerk...as you do. X3)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  RBDECEPTICON17 • 2 years ago

(OHHHH!!! :DDDD I'm excited!!)

An elderly gentleman sat cross legged on a stool behind the table reading a leather bound book enthralled by it's words and diagrams. He seemed oblivious to the colorful and bustling bazaar around him. As Rose stood there shaking and pointing at the bird of her desires, his eyes never moved from the detailed drawings. However a corner of his mouth did upturn in a smile, though whether it was for the novel in his hands or the tongue tied fool in front of him, it was unclear.

He wasn't a large man and the top hat tilted on his crown and the wire glasses perched on the tip of his pointed nose seemed to mimic the precarious placements the cages. They rocked with his breathing ready to tumble off at any moment. His small shoulders slouched, blocking the world and sharpening his focus on the yellowing pages in his hands. Whatever he was reading it clearly held his interest well, that or it was by far more compelling than the illegal trade around him.

The moments seemed to tick on only marked by the sweet tune of the song birds that surrounded him. Singing for freedom no doubt as their cages were pressed together on the small counter, threatening to fall if an avian should try it's hand at flying.

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RBDECEPTICON17  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Rose saw the uninterest the man held towards her, and taking a deep breath, she pointed again and dared herself to look the vendor in the eyes.

"Excuse me, sir...I would like that bird." She said as sternly as was possible for her, yet her tone still remained shaky and dripping with terror as her eyes and the man's eyes met.

But she wouldn't give up, until the bird was hers, and was then in the hands of Lady Venom.

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Background Scientist #37 • 2 years ago

YAY! *sets off fire works what explode into giant umbrellas with ones on them* SCIENCE! HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYYYY

Really though, I've hardly been here but I'm still so very happy for everyone! *sets off more fireworks*))

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Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Happy Birthday TRPS!!! And to many many more! :D

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Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Hey! I felt this was very appropriate for this weeks page for the other STEM people out there! :D

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

XD Yes! There is such a wide variety of horrific creatures biologists could unleash onto you. Wasps, ants, frogs, seaslugs, ALL THE PARASITES!

Where did you get this list?

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

It's from a friend who sent it to me a long time ago. I remember it when all the scientists were charging into battle to fight! XD ....I kind of think maybe we should make one for the rogue scientists?

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Yes! I'm all in! Should we start here?

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago • edited

I don't see why not! Here's the list of known titles from the comic (though I'm probably missing a few. XP ):

Crypto-Horticulturalist

Botanical Clockwork Engineer

Ectoplasmic Pathologist

Exploratory Bathynaut

Extremofaunic Zoologist

Disapparative Biochemist

Automatonatomist

Philogistonic Pyrologist

Hollow Earth Submariner

Galvantic Engineer

Entomologic Intelligencer

Experimental Confectionist

Aeronaut Explorer

Detonative Homeopath

Neoalchemist

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

I did a couple but I'm not sure on them. XP

Detonative Homeopath: Do you want to explode? Do you want your belongings to explode? Do you want to be on fire? Do not fight the Detonative Homeopaths.

Crypto-Horticulturalists: Sure they may seem okay now but in a few weeks those lovely tomato plants you've been growing will become cannibalistic! Not to mention that you're room will inexplicably filled with fast growing vines and other assortment of plants. Plus the pollen will plague you for the rest of your life. Unless you like aggressive mother nature reclaiming your belongings, do not fight the crypto-Horticulturalists.

Galvantic Engineer: Don't fight the Galvantic engineers! Every punch you land will give you a shock--and not just a little shock but more like lightening coursing through your veins! Don't fight the galvantic engineers, don't be electrocuted.

Disapparative Biochemist: You should fight the Disapparative Biochemists...if you can find them.

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

XD No they're brilliant! You're good at this! I especially like your warning against Crypto-Horticulturalists.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

XD WOOT! I'll write more as they come to me and your's was SO TRUE!!

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

I look forward to more!

Got a couple others.

Neo-alchemist: Ever heard of the curse of King Midas? Yeah, that's what they'll do to you.

Extremofaunic Zoologist: Look, these people have dealt with biblical monsters and eldritch abominations from the Pre-Cambrian era. They think dragons and dinosaurs are downright adorable. You are not a threat to them. Find someone else to fight.

Ectoplasmic Pathologist: At best: You'll probably have to move house when the agonized screams, rotting stench and flying furniture becomes to much for you to live with. At worst: Say goodbye to your corporal body and prepare for a journey through the nine circles of Hell.

(If you've got something on these, please write them too.)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

XDDDDDDDDDDD I LOVE IT!!!! I've got nothing to add but same onto you if you think of anything for the ones I did/do.

I love how you are not a threat to the Extremofaunic Zoologists!! XDD It explains the current page so well!!!

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Automatonatomist: Do you really want to fight an entire army of killer robots?

Exploratory Bathynaut: These people get dropped in a metal ball to the bottom of the ocean--for fun! You'd likely find the trip...less than enjoyable.

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Jekyll1886  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Entemologic Intelligencer: Do not fight the entemologic intelligencers unless you actually want to be covered in spiders and bees.

Phlogistonic Pyrologist: Do not ever fight the phlogistonic pyrologists. They know how to make everything burn. Including you.

Botanical Clockwork Engineer: You can fight the botanical clockwork engineers. Just know that your time, too, will come...

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

XDDD Spiders and bees!! YES!!!

Including you! Brilliant!! I mean they can make water burn so a human body is cake in comparison!

TIME PUNS!!! XDDD

Oh! And I think that covers all of them! On to phase two! :DDD

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

What's phase two?

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago • edited

This! What do you guys think? Any changes I should make?

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Oh my God! I love it! XD

I really want to hang it up somewhere, even if people will most likely have zero idea what it's about! Can I keep it on my phone?

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

Of course!! I mean you helped make it so I see no reason as to why not! I was wondering if I should post it on the comic page, what do you think?

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

I don't think it could hurt. I think it's got enough thematic relevance ;P 'Here comes the Rogue Scientist Army, Moreau! Be very afraid!'

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

XDDD Very true! I thought some of the other readers may like to enjoy your humor just as much as I did! What do you think Jekyll1886 ?

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Jekyll1886  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

I love it, it's fantastic, and Moreau had better head for the hills! :DDD

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Thank you. You think I have humor. (Sorry. I'm glad you enjoyed it :) ) I think you and @Jekyll1886 write a lot funnier than me. The readers should defenitely enjoy you too.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

Really? Cause your's were hilarious!! I was doubled over laughing at some of them! XD

And I hope they enjoy it! :D

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Oh. Well that's, good :D

I think so. I burst out laughing from yours. I retain a stupid grin.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

Well I'm glad I could make your day! >///<

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

^v^

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Jekyll1886  Setae • 2 years ago

Are you kidding? Yours were fantastic!

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Setae  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Thanks ^v^

I really like yours. They're very short and sharp.

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Jekyll1886  Setae • 2 years ago

Heh. Thanks. ^v^

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

And posted on the main page! :D

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Yay :)

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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(Fiddle, I hate it when I'm late to things. :T)

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

XDDD Oh yes!! See Robots will take over the world and when that happens you better bow down to the automatonatomists!

As for the Bathynaut just imagine being trapped in said metal ball for weeks.... with Helsby. Dead or alive he's a very...flamboyant man! ;)

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

What do you mean by 'flamboyant'?

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

Well in the comic he's very vocal and when dead he'll be very pungent...maybe a better would would be unforgettable.

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

I got some...other images in my head of Helsby being flamboyant down under the sea. *Ahem*

But, true, you are very right.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

Oh. OH! Well...um....I mean....I wouldn't be surprised... um...

XDDD

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Heh sorry :P My head is a weird place.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

No! XDD It's was hilarious! Completely unexpected but extremely comical because of it!

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

I was... not really expecting to get it in my head either   :P

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

XDDD Those are the best kinds of comments!

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Completely true :D

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Setae  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

I can actually just picture Helsby do that. :D

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

Hallow Earth Submariner: Do not fight the Hallow Earth Submariners! They're work is underground, in the dark, under everyone! If you don't think that's suspicious then keep in mind that they know places where buried bodies will never be found.

Aeronaut Explorer: Let's say you were able to get up into the Aether where the Aeronaut Explorers reside. Let's say you were able to deal with the changes in air pressure. Let's say you didn't have a fear of heights or falling or crashing into the ground becoming nothing more than a puddle. Let's say you were able to do all that, still don't fight the Aeronaut Explorers! They have Nicholas D. Bryson.

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

Dude! XD XD XD These are fantastic!

That warning against Hallow Earth Submariners is really kinda ominous! But Mr. Mosley is kinda the creepiest looking lodger anyway, so it fits perfectly!

And yeah, fighting an Aeronout Explorer is just too unlikely an event to happen. Even before you go face to face with them! Though I guess should you ever reach Mr. Bryson, he could just bedazzle you with the majesty of the Cosmos and make you forget your petty human vendetta.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

XDDD I'm glad you liked them! When I was writing the Hallow Earth Submariner's a thing all I could think about was how they would know ALL the good places to hide bury a body!

XDDDDDDDDD Petty human vendetta! OH BRYSON!!! <3

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

They totally would! All the assasins and aristocrats they must know.

Just... don't fight Bryson. There are so many logical and humanitarian reasons not to.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

XDDDDDDDD So true! I mean--can you really hit that face? That is the face of Rogue science!!

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

It would be a legetimate scientific sin.

I think he actually is one of the Rogue scientists Jekyll would want people to see first. His work is about exploring the majestic heavens, which is something that's always held a certain appeal to people. Atleast, more than trying to reanimate corpses.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

Oh most definitely! It's my personal head cannon that during the Exposition he'll be giving people hot air balloon rides.

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

That sounds just like a publicity stunt Jekyll would like. I think I'll adopt that headcannon too :D

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

It spreads! XD

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ATasteForVintages  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

Crypto-Horticulturalist? That's an interesting way to spell "Alano"

😉

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Hyde without a Jekyll  ATasteForVintages • 2 years ago

XDDD VERY TRUE! Definitely do not want to fight Alano with or without my feelings!

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

I think you have it covered :D

And I think I have one.

Experimental Confectionist: Why would you ever want to hurt one of them!? They are the nicest people you'll ever meet. They'll do anything they can to aid you in any task. And if you don't need help they'll just brighten your day. Anyway, you won't get very far. Everybody likes them. Everybody. Including people ready and capable of bashing your face in if you try to hurt one of these guys.

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Hyde without a Jekyll  Setae • 2 years ago

XDDDDDD Excellent!!! Like you punch the guy but everyone likes him so much that they ALL take offense to it and punch back!! EXCELLENT!!

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Setae  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago



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Catt Hatter  Hyde without a Jekyll • 2 years ago

(I'll just, leave this here for consideration.)

Quantumtemporal Fluxdisplacmentologist.

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Setae • 2 years ago • edited

Crap, a year goes by fast now. Happy birthday, though 🎉🌂☂️

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TheGlassScientistsPodcast • 2 years ago

Happy birthday!

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Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Why is everyone shouting?! Can't I catch these wretched mice in peace?!"

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"It's apparently the anniversary of the Society's founding." Lewis looked around. "Need any help with the mice?" he offered.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"If it's the anniversary, then why did I her someone shout 'Charge!' incredibly loudly?"

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

"Oh, that," said Weir nonchalantly. "'Seems Dr. Moreau and some of his experiments blew a hole in the wall of the main hall, then chased Dr. Frankenstein's Creature back out through it. Mr. Hyde is rallying several lodgers to follow in pursuit of them."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Moreau?!" Griffin exclaimed, jumping up on the spot and rushing to Weir. "Frankenstein's Creature?! Alive?! Why does no one tell me these things?!"

Before Weir could speak, Griffin had already rushed pass him.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"You're welcome," said Lewis with a chuckle to Griffin's quickly vanishing silhouette.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Griffin, suddenly realizing something, shuffled back to Weir.

"Hang on, hang on. Did you say Hyde?"

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Indeed so," answered Weir. "Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll's assistant."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"I know who he is," Griffin snapped. "Why the hell are the lodgers with him?"

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"To keep the Creature from falling into the hands of Moreau, I should imagine."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Why would Moreau want the Creature's humanoid body? Doesn't he work with animals?

"Right, where are they now?"

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Likely charging out the main hall."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Right. Give me a minute."

Griffin rushed back into his office. After a short interval, he reopened the door.

"By-the-by, who are you?"

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Dr. Lewis Weir, transcendental metaphysicist," he replied with a small nod to the other. "Dr. Griffin, I presume."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Indeed, disapparative biochemist, according to Jekyll. I prefer optical fragmenter." Griffin replied, and shut the door quickly. Presently, a lot of tumbling and rumbling could be heard, rather loudly.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

The latter title does make more sense, thought Lewis. He wondered what Griffin was doing to make all that noise.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

After about a minute or so, the door opened, but nobody was there. The door closed in on itself.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Dr. Griffin?" asked Weir.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"We need to move quick," replied the voice of Griffin. "This batch works only for a couple of hours."

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

"Oh!" said Lewis with a bit of a start. "Very well, then." With long strides (and the aid of his cane), he walked briskly down the hall, hoping he wouldn't accidentally bump into Griffin.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"I don't suppose you have a coat to spare? I was told it would be cold tonight."

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"No, but with any luck, there'll be one on the coat stand in the main hall."

You're naked, aren't you? thought Lewis. Though I suppose you'd have to be, if your invisibility formula affects only the flesh...

He shook his head, and turned his thoughts to other matters. He and Griffin had nearly reached the room in question.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

It was odd for Griffin during the trip to the main hall. He had only tested the formula with cats and other lowly animals, but never on a human. He imagined how the inhabitants of London would react when the formula inevitably wore off.

"Why didn't you go with them?" Griffin asked, trying to get the thought out of his mind.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

"Someone has to mind the shop while the bulk of the lodgers are gone," Weir explained. "There's no guarantee Moreau won't come back, or that this wasn't a diversion from something more sinister. In any case, I'll send word to Jekyll and Lanyon of what's happened here. They're likely both still asleep in their beds at home."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(I'm sure Hela would love to take advantage of the confusion and, say... probably raid the kitchen, steal some weapons, then escape, in that order. XD)

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

((No doubt! XD))

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Jekyll1886  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Griffin?" asked Lewis, not hearing a reply. Perhaps the man had gone on ahead.

(( Dr. H. Griffin ))

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

((Sorry!))

"Still here." Griffin replied.

Reaching the main hall, Griffin finally saw the extent of the damage.

"Oh. Goodness."

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Yes..." Weir agreed. His gaze wandered to the coat rack, upon which hung two overcoats--one shorter and one longer. In the stand beside it were a few umbrellas and the odd parasol.

"It seems you're in luck, Dr. Griffin," he remarked.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

The longer overcoat was suddenly lifted off the hanger. The coat moved as if being put on by something. Then, the overcoat seemed to have a life of it's own.

"We should bring some weapons. Anything useful?" Griffin's voice finally replied.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Hmm..." Lewis made his way to the umbrella stand and rummaged about.

"Ah, here," said Weir, pulling out a medium-sized umbrella. "It's not as large as the others, but the metal tip's quite sharp," he observed, handing it to the ghostly overcoat. "Also handy if it rains," he stated wryly.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"An umbrella?" scoffed Griffin. "You do know who we are going up against? I've only heard partial facts, but Moreau's creations are inferior to the man himself."

An invisible hand pushed away the umbrella.

"If we can catch up to the Creature before Moreau does, I may be able to take Moreau before he even realizes it."

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Poke him once in each eye, he'll be blind, thought Weir. Once in the neck, he'll bleed out. You could do the jugular and the carotid if you needed to make assurance doubly sure. It's merely a matter of precision.

He contemplated saying what was on his mind, but thought better of it.

"I know for a fact Mr. Tweedy's invented a type of lightning-gun, though he may have taken it with him. If that's the case, why not try one of Mr. Mosley's heavy-duty drills? Diamond-tipped steel can do a great deal of damage, especially when it whirls at high speed."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Well, since I can't be seen, I'm the most likely to be nearest to Moreau." replied Griffin. "Do you have a knife?"

A sleeve was outstretched toward Weir.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"No, but I've a syringe," said Lewis, pulling the object from his waistcoat pocket. "It contains a highly potent sedative. Depress the plunger a fifth of the way down, and it'll cause mere drowsiness. Depress it all the way, and it'll kill."

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Hm, that'll do it." Griffin answered pleasantly.

The sleeve took the syringe, which floated in the air.

"Come on Weir, we've got to catch up with the others."

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"You go on," said Lewis, leaning on his walking stick. "Someone has to keep watch here, and," he confessed, "I'd only slow you down." He glanced briefly at his bad foot, then back to the overcoat, hoping Hawley wouldn't press the matter.

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Dr. H. Griffin  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Alright." Griffin replied nonchalantly. The overcoat turned and ran straight through the hole, disappearing into the mist.

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Jekyll1886  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago • edited

Weir nodded, relieved.

"Godspeed," he said, and watched as Griffin vanished.

((This was fun! Thank you for a lovely roleplay.))

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Miss-Dreamerkat • 2 years ago

(Insert Mulan reference here)

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chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Days passed after the Valentine's Dance in as close a semblance to peaceful as the Society could manage. Early in the evening, so similar to its first occurrence, there was a firm knock on Dr. Griffin's door.

(( I can't tag, err -... ))

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Hyde without a Jekyll  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

(Dr. H. Griffin )

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

His nose wrapped in a small makeshift bandage, Griffin looked up at the door.

"Go away!" he shouted, hoping that it might at least tell the knocker to.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

A familiar, cocky voice chimes back: "You want your stuff back or not?"

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Griffin couldn't believe it at first. What was she doing here? He stood up slowly, stuffing his notes into the closest open drawer, and trudged toward the door. Opening the door a crack, his suspicions were confirmed.

"Ah... you."

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She's...actually a good few paces from the door, hands shoved in her pockets. On the floor - at his feet, now that he'd opened the door - was a bag.

A bag full of the belongings she'd taken.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Thank-you!"

Griffin reached a leg over to the bag and dragged it into his room.

"Good-day. Oh, while you're here, maybe you can arrest yourself?"

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Whatever," she grumbled back. "Jus' did it so Nic'lette'd stop whinin'."

This done, she turns and begins to walk away.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

After a brief moment of wandering thinking, Griffin called to her.

"Who's Nicolette?"

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She stops in her tracks, head just barely turning back to him. "Why do you care?"

A beat passed before she added reluctantly, "She's a friend'a mine, married to one of the...uh, people livin' here. Lookin' after 'is room in's absence."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Near minimum interest."

Griffin looked at his shoes.

"Still waiting for you to apologize."

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She doesn't respond for a moment or so.

"Yeah, whatever. I just din' want you tellin' the peelers, so..."

If the word that followed was an apology, it was most definitely too grumbled to be sure.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Do you want a coffee or something while you're here?"

Griffin himself couldn't believe what he had just said. He was socializing with someone, and that someone had broken his nose in two places just the night before.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She stiffens up.

"... Ain't gonna be poisoned, is it?"

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"I didn't mean to-... erm..."

Griffin trailed off. Might as well continue.

"I'm an optical fragmenter, not a toxicologist. I wouldn't know how to."

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

A snort. "Reassurin'. You get all the ladies like that?"

Hesitantly, she turns on her heel. "...eh. Might's'well."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Believe it or not, there was a girl once. Not anymore though."

Griffin went out of the door, and went down the corridor.

"Coming?" he asked, not even turning his head.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Yeah, yeah." She fell into step behind him, eyes locked on her feet.

That was..easy. Easy to apologize, get his trust, so forth. The rude ones always liked the rude ones, and being charming was a simple act. Arty and Nicolette would understand; someone in a work like hers could make immense use of an invisibility formula.

So why did she feel bad?

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"I'm hopeful Miss Pidgley still holds the café open." Griffin remarked as they descended the vast stairways.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Instead of responding, she posed a different question:

"Why'd'ja invite me for coffee? Broke your nose, man."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"To be frank, I've no idea either. My lab rats are still attempting to excrete their compounds, so I've nothing to do."

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She snickers. "Charming, truly. Can't imagine where the 'girl' went."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"She was my employer's daughter. He forced her to end it. End of. I've been trying to find an adhesive strong enough to make them permanently invisible."

Griffin reached the end of the stairs, and noticed a small trail of blood across the hall floor.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Fiona perks up at the sight of blood, all questions on the 'them' of his words lost to wandering thought. "Well, ain't that a sight..."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Mm, right." Griffin replied. "Well, whoever's blood it is, they haven't lost a lot. Judging by the spread of the droplets."

He scanned the thin red line trailing across the floor like a dotted line on a treasure map.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

By the time he'd said that, however, she'd sprung down the rest of the steps and darted down the path of the red drops.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Always on the move." He mumbled to himself. "You know, I already know you're trying to steal my creation from me. The door may have broken my nose, but it didn't break my mind."

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Fiona huffed, pulling herself upright. "Look, darlin', I deal with the dead an' the dyin', day to day. Pardon my interest."

She adds, quieter now as she continues to walk alongside the thin trail, "An' maybe if you hush up about your damn creation, I'll forget it'n leave ya."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

After following the path of blood, dodging caskets and vivariums, they eventually reached the source of the blood: nothing. Around the beginning or end of the trail, a halo of blood surrounded something. Griffin knew what it was.

"Ah. Hm."

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She turns to him, puzzled.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Griffin crouches down, reaching for the seemingly empty ring of blood. Something unseen moved, and a small, insignificant squeak came from the empty space.

"So that's where Rat #7 went."

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"What, s'wona your lab rats?"

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Evidently. Must still be alive, it's still visible. I wonder how it was wounded?"

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Someone stepped on 'em, maybe."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"That's possible."

Griffin felt around the rat's near lifeless body, and discovered there wasn't a tail.

"The tail's gone. Must've died of blood loss.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Huh. It happens," said Fiona with a shrug.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Indeed. Let's see what happens when the rat dies."

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Sounds like a plan. Better than coffee," she says with a grin.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

After a few minutes of waiting, nothing had happened and the rat was still alive.

"Hm, well. Let's speed things up."

He reached for a knife in his belt.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She snorts. "You're a real weird one, Dr. Griffin."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Says you."

He stabbed the rat. The formation of the rat's skin and fur started to become visible.

"Fascinating. The body becomes visible once it has died. Perhaps the formula only acts if it has a living host. Like a parasite?"

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"At least you can't dump my corpse inta the Thames now," she says with a muffled snicker.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Griffin chuckled to himself.

"Not yet. I'll need to of course perform some more tests. These rats need to have some adjustments to their own compounds."

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She eyes him for a moment. "Say, why'ja keep a knife on ya? Ain't very shapely of a scientist such as yourself."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Well, after last night's debacle, I've taken it upon myself to make sure something like that doesn't happen again."

Griffin grabbed the now-completely-visible rat and stuffed it in his pocket.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Ah...heh. Right." She nods, stepping away from him just slightly.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Griffin noticed her move away from him. He chuckled again, less sinister, more pitying.

"Look, I may have killed that rat, but I'm not a killer of humans. And besides, I would've killed you when you were outside my door."

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She simply nods again. "I in't scared, just- caught off guard, a little."

I won't even bring up the gun.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Griffin holstered the knife.

"C'mon then. Let's go to the café."

Griffin smiled, almost truly reassuringly.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She stares at him for a moment, as if calculating something.

After a moment, however, she relents. "Alright."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

The two walked onto the café, passing by the various experiments and goings-on throughout the Society.

"As a thanatologist, what are you presenting at the exhibition, anyway?"

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Saw that comin' from a mile away - ain't no point in lyin', anymore.

"I may be a thanatologist, but I don' really work here," she explains. "Just helpin' a friend look over a room."

She looks to him with a tiny, amused smirk. "I returned your buddies' stuff, too, don't worry."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Sorry, what buddy?" Griffin asked confusedly.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Fiona blinked. "They didn't notice? It wasn't just your stuff I got to, aheh," she admitted quietly, stuffing her hands into her pockets.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Who did you also steal from?" Griffin asked impatiently.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"I don't get names, and I didn't bother with faces," she said sheepishly. "I gave it all back. 'm sorry."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Well, whoever it was, they clearly didn't miss anything. Probably Mosley, he's always underground."

The café was in sight, it was looking surprisingly empty.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She nodded in quiet agreement.

He's a lot like Jackson, came a mocking voice.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"What's this?"

Griffin ran over to the empty room, not even Rachael Pidgley was behind the counter.

"No one at home. Odd."

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Maybe they scattered at the dead rat," she remarks.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"I doubt that, being that they couldn't see it." Griffin dove under the counter, and reached for a muffin. "Want one?"

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She chuckled, though she snatched it rather quickly. "Thanks."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Griffin checked round the back to make sure no one was there. Diving under the counter again, he made his way to one of the many vacant chairs and tables, humming a slightly familiar tune.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Her head tilts. Rather than question the familiarity of the time, she asks, "You hum?"

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Problem with humming?" Griffin asked reservedly, as he sat down at an empty chair.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She pulled out her own, plodding down with a snort. "You seem less musical and more grumpy."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"I don't really see humming as an equivalent to Don Giovanni. And what is wrong with being a little grumpy?" Griffin asked as he ate his muffin. "Helps me get through a day."

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She looks....confused. "Who's Don Giovanni?"

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Griffin nearly choked on the piece he swallowed.

"You don't know what Don Giovanni is? ... Well, you are a thief, and judging by the accent... It's an opera."

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Oh. Right."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

"Don't take any mind. It's not well-know to your... erm..." Griffin coughed. "Well, pleasant talking with you. Bye."

Griffin got up and went straight for the hall.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She doesn't try and stop him, munching on her muffin quietly with a muffled, "Bye."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Griffin didn't leave however, and simply took a sharp corner.

"Stupid, stupid stupid!" He quietly shouted at himself.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Fiona simply sits there, staring at the muffin. Don Whoever-it-Was had gotten stuck in her head, though she'd never admit it.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

You're going to go back in there and apologize, he thought. Apologize?! He's never apologized in his life, and wouldn't now. He'd go back up to his room and continue working.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

Quiet and..slightly off-pitch strains of the same song Griffin had hummed before rise past the room.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Hearing this, Griffin edged closer to the café entrance. What was she doing?

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

The humming comes to an abrupt end. "Sh*t, that ain't right," she grumbled to herself.

She knew that thinking about the end of a song helped to send it away, but she'd cut him off.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Griffin frowned.

What is she doing?

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She continues to mumble out to the air, "Dumb science people. 'y'don know some stupid opera and they scamper like--"

A small, amused snort. "Like rats. Coincidental resolve," she mocked to herself.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Mocking herself? Griffin edged further.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Don Giovanni," she snorts. "Don Giovanni?"

She takes another bite of the muffin. "Just like Jackson, down to the...gun."

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Jackson? He turned to the edge of the entrance, and saw her, still seated, her back to him.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

"Down to the gun," she repeated quietly. She got to her feet after that, tossing the muffin in a trash bin without finishing it and heading for the door.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

Griffin, having no time to think, bolted toward the nearest pillar.

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

She strided out with sagged shoulders, heading straight for the stairs.

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

After she was out of sight, Griffin surveyed the main hall. And wondered about what had just transpired.

Who was Jackson? Why was she mocking herself?

((For the answers to some of these questions, tune in next week! (End?)))

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chatterghosts  Dr. H. Griffin • 2 years ago

(( Eeeeyup! ))

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Dr. H. Griffin  chatterghosts • 2 years ago

She's mocking herself?

He managed to see her, still seated on the chair, her back to him.

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Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

(With all the other stories going on, I somehow forgot to swing by here! DX Sorry!

Yay! Happy Birthday TRpS! ^o^)

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Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

(( Helen Jekyll Reposting from the Valentine's Dance here: ))

Hela Hyde Jekyll1886 • 14 hours ago

She pressed her lips into a thin line. "It sounds to me like you're trying to force your ideas of help on me. The fact that I don't see why I'd ever want you to 'teach me to behave' is a pretty clear sign that I shouldn't have anything to do with it." Hela spoke matter of factly, her arms folded across her chest.

((And the reply: ))

"The fact that you don't see why you'd need it is a pretty clear sign that you don't understand people, Hela, nor how the world works," said Lewis, shaking his head. "'Seems it's doubly important I help you, then."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"You've got me there, doctor..." Hela admitted grudgingly and lowered herself back onto her bed with a sigh. "I still don't want your help. Not the way you're giving it." Her stomach grumbled quietly below her crossed arms, though if she noticed, she gave no sign of it.

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Oh?" asked Lewis. "In which way would you have me give it, then?"

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Tell me how people work, how to deal with them your way. If I find your advice actually helps, then I'll use it. Simple as that" Hela explained, cocking her head to the side. "I had thought someone like you would've figured that out."

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

He smiled. I'm not omniscient, dearie, flitted across his mind, and he nearly laughed.

"Well, a good starting point would be to know they're generally a fearful lot. There are exceptions, of course. But it's key that they don't feel threatened. People don't respond well to perceived threats. If they feel comfortable, they're more likely to bond with you. Like wolves in a pack, really. That's humanity's strength, by the by. As fractious as they may sometimes be, they find a way to work together to accomplish things none of them could on their own. Like wolves taking down a moose, or police hunting down a criminal. A lone wolf or person is very, very vulnerable by comparison."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Hela blinked, her brow furrowing. "People also avoid perceived threats. Bonds encourage them to seek out those they've bonded with... Why would I want to invite their interest? If I want to accomplish something, I'll do it myself."

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Those who tend toward the 'flight' reaction may avoid them. Those who tend toward the 'fight' reaction will seek to stomp you into the ground if they think you're a threat to them, or to those they care for. And will likely have others who'll join them in the fight." He shook his head. "Not every battle is winnable. No matter how strong or smart a person is, there's always someone stronger or smarter. That's why you'd want to forge bonds. To invite interest. You may think yourself great Fenris, but you're a wee little wolf-let yet. You need a pack."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"That's why, believe or not, I'm actually careful with whom I target." growled Hela. "And I don't know what bloody language you're speaking, but if you call me a wolf-let again, I swear you'll never see Hastie again."

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Lewis took in a breath and held it. His eyes closed. His mouth was somewhere between the thin, firm line of anger and a very unpleasant smile, as if he were just stifling boundless rage.

Eventually, he exhaled, bringing his front teeth together as his lips drew up around them in an expression which was half grin, half snarl.

"Hela," he said, his eyes looking somehow darker as he stared right into her soul, "if you ever manage to kill Hastie, I will end you, blood or no."

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Hela shrank back in alarm at the change that seemed to overcome Lewis, the color draining from her face and leaving her a pale ghost. Her heart crawled up, up out of her chest and into her throat, blocking off air as its pulse increased tenfold.

Her lips worked soundlessly, forming words without her mind processing even one.

Help. Mercy. Please. Pity.

All the while, tears and dark spots clouded the image of the monster before her.

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Ah, s***," said Lewis in chagrin and slight embarrassment as he purposefully broke eye contact with Hela and leaned back in his chair. He tucked a stray lock of hair behind his ear, then sighed. "Look...Hela...I do want to help you, not scare you off. And I'm sorry I..." He shook his head, having trouble finding the words. "Just...don't do anything to Hastie, alright?" he asked, resuming eye contact but much less intensely than before. "I don't always think rationally when it comes to him," he admitted. "I'd like us to make progress, not threaten each other back and forth. Can you help us do that? I won't threaten if you don't," he promised.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

Just then, there was a knock at the door, and a familiar voice called out. "Hela? You home? It's Catt, I brought tea."

She hoped she didn't sound as nervous as she felt about this.

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Her voice wavered and trembled, a leaf in a whirling storm. "L-Leave m-me a-alone..." She whispered, flinching at the sudden noise at the door before her petrified expression melted into relief at the voice that followed. Catt. Hela stared up at Lewis hopefully, drawing her knees up to her chest. "I'm h-here, Lewis w-will open the d-door in a second."

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

Lewis sighed.

"I'm sorry, Hela. I didn't mean to put you in such a state. I'll go now."

He had just begun to rise from his seat when there was a knock at the door.

He nodded to Hela, and hobbled to the door.

At least with Catt here, she won't be unattended, he reasoned. And tea is soothing.

He opened the door.

"Good evening, Catt," he greeted pleasantly, moving aside so that she could step in. "I was just leaving, but I'm sure Hela would like the company."

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"Hi, Dr. Weir." She said smiling surprisedly and stepping into the room. "Oh, okay. You sure you don't want some tea?" Catt held up the tea-tray. It was set with a lovely kettle and three matching cups and saucers, decorated with pink roses and gold trimming around the edges.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

"It looks--and smells--lovely, Catt," Lewis remarked. "But I think it's probably best I go. I'm afraid I've..." He looked to the side, clearly irked at himself but trying to cover it. "Well, in any case," he managed a polite smile, for Catt's sake, "I hope you both enjoy the tea."

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Well, okay then. Thank you. Have a nice evening Dr. Weir." she said as he closed the door behind him.

"Hey Hela, you okay?" Catt set the tray down on the desk.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Lewis left the room, shutting the door behind him. He locked it, then continued down the hall...when, suddenly, he felt a distinct vacancy of a certain interior space. He gave a most undignified sound. A look of confusion on his face, he patted his posterior the way a person who'd misplaced his keys might pat his pockets.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

Hela gave a shrug, smiling meekly as she swallowed down the remaints of her terror.

"Yeah, never b-better."

A sudden weight in her pocket caused her to glance down and blink. She took the recently transported object out of her pocket, a grin spreading across her face at the sight of it. It was the bracelet.

"It's back."

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"What's back?" Catt asked, serving out the tea.

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Lewis gradually became aware of another presence--a very intimately familiar one.

"But...that makes no sense," he said softly.

There was no mistaking it, however. It was a partial aura--an impression, really--as familiar to him as his own name, despite the fact that it was currently commingled with a couple of others.

He looked at the closed door and tilted his head, trying to figure out how this had happened.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Oh, uh... nevermind." Hela mumbled, tucking the bracelet back into her pocket. She returned her attention to Catt, straining to see around her so she may get a good look at the tray. "What all have you brought? Any food hidden up your sleeves?"

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Not up my sleeves, no." Catt chuckled, handing Hela her cup. "That would ruin them. I put them in my hatt!" So saying, she swooped off her Hatt and pulled out a small plate of treats.

Hela recognised them from the dance's snack table.

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Hela accepted her cup and beamed at the sight of the treats, her stomach letting out a few low rumbles. "Hey, you saved some...!" She rested the cup on the top of her knees, blowing on her drink to cool it.

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Jekyll1886  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago • edited

Ah... thought Lewis, suddenly understanding as he listened in. So this is why Hela has such a difficult time fathoming that actions have repercussions: She's never had to deal with any. No doubt her "friends" swoop in to her rescue time and again, little realizing the harm they're doing her in the long run. The world isn't nearly so forgiving.

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Catt Hatter  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago

"Yeah, would you believe that somebody set buffet on fire?" Catt chuckled again. "The whole dance practically went up in- erm," she faltered, "W-well I suspect nobody was in the mood for dancing after that." Shame I didn't have a fire extinguisher handy. Why sand anyway? She thought to herself, setting the treats next to Hela on the bed.

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago • edited

Hela merely grunted, taking several gulps of tea before carefully pressing her legs on either side of the cup to hold it still while she snatched a few cookies. She crammed one in her mouth and chewed for a moment before chasing it with another gulp of tea, followed by a second treat. Crumbs surrounded her mouth, covering her lap and surrounding bed. "Mm... Maybe I shouldn't have burned all of that food..." She commented, reaching for one of the pastries.

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Yeah. Or at least make it a controlled burn." Catt grumbled, picking up her own tea. "What would you have done if the building caught fire too? You'd be out a home! I don't wanna see you on the streets, it's cold!"

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Jekyll1886  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Lewis continued to listen.

Unbelievable.

He shook his head in disapproval at this...this...

Coddling.

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Helen Jekyll  Jekyll1886 • 2 years ago • edited

"Out a home?" Hela repeated with a grin, lowering the cookie that had been halfway to her awaiting mouth.

"You think this is the only place I can stay? Catt, this is the last place I want to be."

Despite the solemness of her statement, she laughed, raising the sweet to her lips once more and taking a massive bite.

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Well, yeah. If it weren't, why do you keep coming back after your escapes? Why not just leave and go live in the 'other place' you have?" Catt watched Hela's reaction over the rim of her cup as she leaned against the desk.

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Helen Jekyll  Catt Hatter • 2 years ago

Hela wrinkled her nose and glared at the treat held in her hand. "That you can thank the doctor for. She always comes running back the moment she has control." She replied bitterly, turning her head to meet Catt's gaze.

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Catt Hatter  Helen Jekyll • 2 years ago

"Ahh, that makes sense." Inwardly, she felt a dull ache in her chest that dropped her gaze to the shimmering surface of her tea. If only she could find Helen during those times, she missed her so much. "Does, does she think of this place as her home?"

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