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Of Revivals & Feral Hybrids || Isaac x Skoll
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Isaac was still recovering while he laid there on the mattress, still connected to the data collector. He had been awake for a while, he just wasn't sure what he wanted to do. The boy was still reeling from everyone's reactions to when he woke up and greeted everyone.
Everyone had looked relieved, Ji-woo and Olivia had wept and hugged him tightly, even Kirsh seemed oddly happy to see him. When he asked, they all reacted so weird. Going quiet, looking at one another. Something had happened, but what? The last thing that he had remembered was telling Kirsh that he was going to take care of the creatures in the lab.
Why wouldn't anyone tell him anything? Why did they refuse to let him see Skoll?
Sighing, the boy sat up and stood up to his full height. He was going to see her, maybe she would be able to tell him what was going on with his mind. Besides, she hadn't been there when he had woken up, which surprised him 'Grounded', Kirsh had told him, but it still seemed off. So, on he went to his friend's room, which was locked. Preparing himself, he unlocked the door, poking his through with a smile, "Skoll?" he called out.
Skoll was hugging her knees in the corner, facing the corner. She was murmuring something to herself and rocking before he called her name. She froze for a moment then her head snapped in his direction. "Isaac?" She said slowly, eyes searching his face.
She was acting quite strange. There were new "scars" on her face, small but quite noticeable with her skin tone. Her hair was quite disheveled despite being in braids. She looked like a mess, like if she was human she hadn't gotten sleep in days.
When Isaac peeked into the room he saw Skoll in a corner, hugging herself. That was a little odd of her, right? She didn't normally do that, right? Then again, his memory was apparently a little hazy, so he didn't dwell on it all too much. He was glad when she looked over at him, until he noticed that something was off about her.
"Yeah, it's me," he smiled over at her as he stepped into the room slowly, closing the door behind him as he looked over at her, did she have more scars? That he was sure of. When did that happen, though? She was messy, messier than usual.
"You alright, Skoll? Everyone's acting strange, people are hurt... and... and you seem a little odd." he said, he couldn't help but point out all of his concerns. He gave her a small smile before sitting beside her.
"Isaac, what's the last thing you remember?" She stared at him, her head twitching slightly. Strange, she didn't usually twitch. She grabbed his hands tightly.
The memories of his melted face kept flashing in her mind but she couldn't keep thinking about them if he was okay now. She stared at his perfectly fine face, mentally repeating to herself that he was okay. He looked brand new. She wondered if this was his original body or if it was a copy.
Of Revivals & Feral Hybrids || Isaac x Skoll
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Isaac was still recovering while he laid there on the mattress, still connected to the data collector. He had been awake for a while, he just wasn't sure what he wanted to do. The boy was still reeling from everyone's reactions to when he woke up and greeted everyone.
Everyone had looked relieved, Ji-woo and Olivia had wept and hugged him tightly, even Kirsh seemed oddly happy to see him. When he asked, they all reacted so weird. Going quiet, looking at one another. Something had happened, but what? The last thing that he had remembered was telling Kirsh that he was going to take care of the creatures in the lab.
Why wouldn't anyone tell him anything? Why did they refuse to let him see Skoll?
Sighing, the boy sat up and stood up to his full height. He was going to see her, maybe she would be able to tell him what was going on with his mind. Besides, she hadn't been there when he had woken up, which surprised him 'Grounded', Kirsh had told him, but it still seemed off. So, on he went to his friend's room, which was locked. Preparing himself, he unlocked the door, poking his through with a smile, "Skoll?" he called out.
Skoll was hugging her knees in the corner, facing the corner. She was murmuring something to herself and rocking before he called her name. She froze for a moment then her head snapped in his direction. "Isaac?" She said slowly, eyes searching his face.
She was acting quite strange. There were new "scars" on her face, small but quite noticeable with her skin tone. Her hair was quite disheveled despite being in braids. She looked like a mess, like if she was human she hadn't gotten sleep in days.
Menace & Scientist | Tootles & Skoll
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Tootles rubbed his hands together nervously as he approached Skoll's room. She was nearly always in there, most of the time because the adults or Kirsh had put her on lock down, but he was sure she wasn't in trouble today. He really hoped not, he really wanted to spend time with his friend today.
He paused at her door, rubbing the back of his neck in a nervous tick. He wasn't sure why he was always so... anxious about approaching her, she really wasn't that mean - actually, he found her kind of funny - so what was the problem?
Shaking his head, trying to get himself together he knocked at her door before dropping his hands to his sides. His hands clenched and unclenched several times, once again clearly nervous.
Isaac thought before smiling, I" think she would, she's a scientist, scientists love a challenge I think." he said, sounding sure of himself. At least that's what he had observed while watching Kirsh and Olivia over time, they seemed to always enjoy when there was something new and challenging to mess with. He imagined it wasn't much different for Ji-woo.
Isaac gave her a suspicious look, "What's been going on with you? You alright?" he asked, he was getting suspicious of her behavior, but he also didn't want her to feel cornered by his question.
"Umm.." Skoll stared at him nervously, knowing if she told him it would just be recorded and then everyone would know. "I can't tell you yet." She said simply.
"It's a big secret.. One that not even Wendy knows!" She said quickly, looking around frantically. "If I tell you now, then the adults will know.. And that would be kinda bad because then they could get mad because I didn't tell them-" She rambled anxiously, fidgeting with her fingers.
Isaac watched, brows furrowed as he watched his friend. Why did she look so nervous for? It couldn't be that serious, right? Not any worse than anything else, right? ❝What's the big deal? Tell me.❞ he couldn't help but encourage her. He couldn't stand that she had some cool secret.
Now she seemed almost worried? scared? That wasn't like Skoll at all. It had to be something serious for her to be acting like that. He leaned towards her and spoke quietly, ❝Come on, I won't tell... not a soul, not even Ji or Livie,❞ he told her before holding up a pinky to show he was being serious.
"Get me into the lab and I'll show you." Skoll said, determined. "Kirsh should be with Livie." She said, though she didn't sound so sure.
She glanced around and noticed they were near Nibs' room. She went into Nibs' room, pulling Isaac along because of the leash. "Hey Nibs, don't mind me." She said to the girl quickly, going straight to the screen on the wall.
She controlled the screen, just like Wendy had done. She seemed concentrated as she flipped through the lab's cameras. She looked for any sign of the synth she often called dad. She saw nothing so she dragged Isaac out of the room with the leash again. At this point, was the leash really for her?
Asking for Help || Closed
Skoll + Olivia
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Olivia tried hard not to laugh at the childish behavior the girl was exhibiting. It always amused her how they all looked on their grown bodies, still acting as children would. "Listen, I will talk to Kirsh, I'm sure there's something that could put your smarts to use." she promised the girl.
Olivia gave her a smile, "No, you're not int rouble, don't worry," she said, lightly patting her back as she watched her, "I'm more concerned, this is something we didn't expect would happen."
"I could figure out how to make good armor, one that doesn't melt under the acid blood." Skoll thought out loud. Though she was still anxious about the fact that she had told Olivia her biggest secret.
She seemed to relax when Olivia clarified that she wasn't in trouble. "It's nice.. Having that.. off my chest? Is that the phrase?" She looked at Olivia with confusion, having never used the phrase before. "Kai talks a lot about how nice you are, though he gets frustrated when you don't understand him." She suddenly blurted out.
Olivia tilted her head in curiosity as she spoke. Come to think of it, maybe it would be good to let the children use those big brains of theirs that Prodigy had given them. Show off their smarts that Boy Kavalier spoke so highly about. ❝I think that would very interesting, perhaps it wouldn't be such a bad idea to see what we could do about that...❞ she said.
Chuckling, Olivia nodded gently, ❝Yes, I believe that is the correct term... I'm glad you felt you could tell me something like that.❞ she assured the girl. ❝Oh, I'm sorry that it frustrates him, but he speaks on a different level than I do... I'm glad he seems to like me, though.❞
"I'm trying to understand senorita huevos.." Skoll hummed, tapping her chin. "She speaks similar to Kai, but it's a little different and harder to understand."
She smiled as she thought about the things the creatures had said. "Kai doesn't like her and she doesn't like him. Kai says she's always watching him. I find it funny that Boy is obsessed with Quinn." She laughed a little. "So obsessed it's making Kai feel a bit jealous, even with all the attention he gets."
Asking for Help || Closed
Skoll + Olivia
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Olivia tried hard not to laugh at the childish behavior the girl was exhibiting. It always amused her how they all looked on their grown bodies, still acting as children would. "Listen, I will talk to Kirsh, I'm sure there's something that could put your smarts to use." she promised the girl.
Olivia gave her a smile, "No, you're not int rouble, don't worry," she said, lightly patting her back as she watched her, "I'm more concerned, this is something we didn't expect would happen."
"I could figure out how to make good armor, one that doesn't melt under the acid blood." Skoll thought out loud. Though she was still anxious about the fact that she had told Olivia her biggest secret.
She seemed to relax when Olivia clarified that she wasn't in trouble. "It's nice.. Having that.. off my chest? Is that the phrase?" She looked at Olivia with confusion, having never used the phrase before. "Kai talks a lot about how nice you are, though he gets frustrated when you don't understand him." She suddenly blurted out.
Menace & Scientist | Tootles & Skoll
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Tootles rubbed his hands together nervously as he approached Skoll's room. She was nearly always in there, most of the time because the adults or Kirsh had put her on lock down, but he was sure she wasn't in trouble today. He really hoped not, he really wanted to spend time with his friend today.
He paused at her door, rubbing the back of his neck in a nervous tick. He wasn't sure why he was always so... anxious about approaching her, she really wasn't that mean - actually, he found her kind of funny - so what was the problem?
Shaking his head, trying to get himself together he knocked at her door before dropping his hands to his sides. His hands clenched and unclenched several times, once again clearly nervous.
Isaac thought before smiling, I" think she would, she's a scientist, scientists love a challenge I think." he said, sounding sure of himself. At least that's what he had observed while watching Kirsh and Olivia over time, they seemed to always enjoy when there was something new and challenging to mess with. He imagined it wasn't much different for Ji-woo.
Isaac gave her a suspicious look, "What's been going on with you? You alright?" he asked, he was getting suspicious of her behavior, but he also didn't want her to feel cornered by his question.
"Umm.." Skoll stared at him nervously, knowing if she told him it would just be recorded and then everyone would know. "I can't tell you yet." She said simply.
"It's a big secret.. One that not even Wendy knows!" She said quickly, looking around frantically. "If I tell you now, then the adults will know.. And that would be kinda bad because then they could get mad because I didn't tell them-" She rambled anxiously, fidgeting with her fingers.
Asking for Help || Closed
Skoll + Olivia
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Skoll furrowed her brows a little, thinking. "I should call you mom now, no? It feels.. right? I guess I could ask dad what he thinks about you." She tapped her chin, thinking out loud.
"What do you mean differently?" She looked up at her, confused now. She didn't understand how the boys dealt with it differently. "Do they like.. push the feelings away?"
"You don't have to call me anything like that if you don't want to," she assured Skoll with a smile. Though, if she really wanted to, she certainly could. But Olivia did her best not to force certain things on the children.
"Well, sometimes they do that, sometimes they tease you and bully you," Olivia told her, "It's hard to explain, boys and girls have a lot of little differences like that"
"I wanna call you mom." She smiled and sat up. "I think it fits you, like dad fits Kirsh." She explained, enjoying the fact she now had both parental figures.
Skoll thought about what Olivia said. "I think I understand. It's still a bit confusing though." She glanced over at the screen on the wall. "You wanna spy on them?" She grinned mischievously, then realized that was probably a bad idea. "Actually, nevermind. Dad has that weird sense thing and he'll probably look directly at the cameras and give me the dad look through the screen." She grumbled and laid back again. "Happened before.."
Olivia tried her best to fight back the large smile that was already spreading across her face. Granted, it wasn't the first time any of the kids had slipped up and called her - or Ji-woo - that, but to be blatantly chosen for that... "Thank you, I appreciate you saying that, I guess me and Kirsh are Mom and Dad to you, then" she told her before giving her a tight hug.
"Boys will always be confusing to us girls, just like we'll always be confusing to boys" he told her. It was something she had learned as she grew older, she still didn't understand a lot of men and how they thought or acted, "Kirsh is good at that, he always catches me trying to do stuff, too" she said with a small laugh. She was never sure if it was a Synth Thing or a Kirsh Thing. She definitely leaned toward the latter, though.
Skoll giggled as she was hugged. "Do you know why I'm so attached to him?" She asked, wondering if Kirsh had told her. Her past before the transfer was kind of something she kept to herself, but certain people knew.
She looked over at the screen on the wall again and glanced at Olivia. "It wouldn't be too much of a problem if we flip through the cameras, right? Just don't snitch to Boy or anyone that I hacked into the cameras." She furrowed her brows at her, trying to look threatening but ending up just looking like an angry kitten.
Come to think of it, Olivia really hadn't been told about Skoll's life much before she had been brought to Neverland. She knew Kirsh has an attachment to the girl, thought he liked to deny it, but she was never certain as to why.
"Tell you what, I'll let you use my tablet to hack into the cameras, we'll do a little spying... and you tell me why you are so attached to Kirsh" she suggested as she picked up her tablet and held it out to Skoll. Maybe Skoll would be in less trouble if it seemed like Olivia did it.
Skoll grinned and appeared to do the same thing Wendy did with the screens. She easily hacked into the cameras and flicked the footage onto the screen on the wall. "Easier to see this way." She hummed, flipping through the cameras. She began to wonder where she should start with the story of her and Kirsh.
"I guess I should start with why I hate Boy so much.." She shrugged. "Back when I was sick, I didn't have a home. My mommy was sick too.. The doctors said something that scared her. She called who a lot of people called 'The Boy Genius'. He denied helping her. Wouldn't even come to the phone." She furrowed her brows a bit. "Then mommy went to sleep and never woke up again. I guess now I know that she died. I had to fend for myself. I learned how to steal from shops.. Protect the small fort I had made a home." She stared at the cameras. "That's when a few soldiers came with a man. He looked like my daddy.. Turns out he wasn't, but I still thought he was." She paused for a moment, glancing at Olivia. "Am I talking to much?"
Olivia watched the girl, she was easily impressed how easy it was for Skoll and Wendy to get into the system. Boy Kavalier had made sure Wendy could do it, she wondered how Skoll figured it out, but she would never say anything, "Alright then," she smiled as she glanced over at the wall which now showed what Skoll was doing.
She grew quiet as Skoll began explaining her story. Her heart sank when she learned that her childhood friend had originally denied them help. It almost infuriated her, but she pushed that feeling down. She didn't like getting angry in front of the children. Oh, it was no wonder she was the way she was, "I'm so sorry, Skoll... you've been through far too much, you never should have had to go those horirble things," she managed quietly as she looked to the girl, sad, "You aren't talking too much at all... it seems as though Kirsh saved you... he really looks like your first father?"
Skoll kept flipping through the cameras, hesitating to switch cameras when she got to one of the lab cameras. It wasn't like Kirsh or Isaac were on screen, but it was the xenomorph. "You named it Kai, right? It likes that name.." She smiled as she watched it.
She looked at Olivia when she heard how upset she sounded. "Well, I guess it's fine now.." She shrugged. "Things happen so people can grow. That's what mommy used to say." She mumbled. When she mentioned Kirsh, she nodded a little. "I guess he kinda does.. I mean at the time I hadn't seen daddy for a while, but he also kinda acted like him too. It was funny. I guess.. I guess I was just hoping it was him." She shrugged again and watched the screen.
Olivia looked over as she saw Kai and smiled at the image of the Xenomorph, who seemed mostly relaxed at the moment, "Really? I'm glad to hear that, I wanted to give them all nicer names, not just call them letter and numbers" she said. It was always a habit of hers, to give everything a name.
"Well," she paused for a moment. She looked to Skoll, a soft expression on her face, "I think that Kirsh likes playing the role of father... whether he likes to admit it or not"
"Whenever someone says Kai, he perks up like a little puppy. It's adorable." She grinned. She watched the xenomorph, happily kicking her legs. She seemed to be growing attached to it just as much as Wendy was.
"that could be true." She hummed simply, continuing to watch Kai. She seemed content with this, watching in quiet.
Olivia had to admit, despite her initial fears of the xenomorphs - who wouldn't be after the fight with the first one they came across on the Maginot? - she felt quite proud that this one they were sort of raising seemed to appreciate the name she had giving them, "Well, if you ever get the chance tell him that I am glad he likes his name so much," she smiled at Skoll.
"You know, you've seemed a little... different since the Maginot... I suppose we all have, but it seems as though you're... a little more content? Is it something to do with... Isaac? Perhaps our little Kai?" he asked, tilting her head in curiosity.
"I will! I'm sure he'd be delighted to hear it from you, though." She told her, switching the camera to Quinn. She watched as the sheep stood there.
"I'm different?" She blinked, confused suddenly. She seemed to become a bit flustered at the mention of Isaac again but brushed it off. "Well.. Can you keep another secret?" She whispered, seemingly more anxious about this secret.
Olivia thought about that, it wasn't as if she didn't already talk to Kai. Well, as best she could. She had never been sure if the creature could really understand her, but it seemed as thought he did to some degree, ❝Well, maybe I can sneak you into the lab and we'll see about that,❞ she said in a slightly teasing tone.
❝You are, but it's not a bad thing,❞ Olivia smiled at her. It was hard to explain, she hadn't brought it up much, worried someone would take it the wrong way and try to mess with Skoll, at her question, Olivia blinked, ❝Of course, Skoll, what is it?❞
"I promise I won't eat the specimens!" Skoll pouted, now really wanting to go to the lab. "And no, I don't want to go there because Isaac's there. They need me and they know it. I'm smart with chemistry stuff and all they've been doing is biology stuff. Ya know I could probably make something with the acid blood we collected." She sat up. "But then Dad said that it's 'unnecessary.'"
She grumbled some more about how she wanted to do her own tests but Kirsh wouldn't let her. "Is he afraid I'll throw acid at someone??" She crossed her arms. She then relaxed and focused on the second secret "I can understand the aliens like Wendy." She said casually, like it wasn't important. "I think Boy is very stupid for not understanding that's the reason i was screaming and crying, even covering my ears. I think Jiwoo suspects it but it being quiet about it. No one fixed my hearing, so everything is still the same. It doesn't hurt my ears anymore, as long as dad doesn't rip anything out of anything." She shrugged.
Olivia couldn't help but chuckle. Yes, the girl did have a habit of trying to eat things that really weren't meant to be eaten. It was always a strange and fascinating habit, in Olivia's eyes at least. ❝I certainly hope not we don't know what any of these creatures could do to you,❞ she told her gently before adding, ❝Kirsh has a habit of being a little too logical he doesn't always think outside of the box.❞
The secret made Olivia stare at the girl. There were now two of them that could understand the xenomorphs? Slowly, she nodded in understanding, ❝I see, that explains a few things,❞ she said as she smiled softly at Skoll and rubbed her back, ❝I wonder if you and Wendy being able to hear and possibly understand them has to do with how your bodies are built, they're meant to hear different frequencies...❞
"It's stupid." Skoll huffed, crossing her arms. She honestly thought that she could be of some help chemistry wise. After all, Kirsh and Isaac were focused mainly on biology.
"Am I in trouble?" She asked quietly, fiddling with her sleeve. She suddenly sounded very childish, scared even. She looked like a child who had just been scolded. Since when was Skoll, the one always causing trouble, afraid she was in trouble?
Menace & Scientist | Tootles & Skoll
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Tootles rubbed his hands together nervously as he approached Skoll's room. She was nearly always in there, most of the time because the adults or Kirsh had put her on lock down, but he was sure she wasn't in trouble today. He really hoped not, he really wanted to spend time with his friend today.
He paused at her door, rubbing the back of his neck in a nervous tick. He wasn't sure why he was always so... anxious about approaching her, she really wasn't that mean - actually, he found her kind of funny - so what was the problem?
Shaking his head, trying to get himself together he knocked at her door before dropping his hands to his sides. His hands clenched and unclenched several times, once again clearly nervous.
❝A tail like that would be pretty cool,❞ he agreed lightly with a small smile. Imagine having a tail you could whip around and grab people with, it would be so much fun. ❝Maybe we can convince Ji to add one to you somehow❞ he half joked. He wondered if they could add anything like that to their new bodies.
Isaac laughed lightly and couldn't help but nod in agreement, ❝Holding it and hooking it up was pretty gross as well, but nothing will ever be as gross as when we were working on the creature the embryo came from... now that was...❞ he gave a small shudder.
"Oo! Do you think she'd like that challenge?" Her eyes seemed to sparkle at the idea of having a tail. "But Bitch Boy wouldn't like that too much." She rolled her eyes.
When he mentioned the embryo and creature, she cringed and went to cover her ears. She stopped before she had covered her ears and froze, looking up at Isaac. She looked like a deer in headlights. She cleared her throat and fixed her posture. "Yeah must've been pretty gross-"
Menace & Scientist | Tootles & Skoll
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Tootles rubbed his hands together nervously as he approached Skoll's room. She was nearly always in there, most of the time because the adults or Kirsh had put her on lock down, but he was sure she wasn't in trouble today. He really hoped not, he really wanted to spend time with his friend today.
He paused at her door, rubbing the back of his neck in a nervous tick. He wasn't sure why he was always so... anxious about approaching her, she really wasn't that mean - actually, he found her kind of funny - so what was the problem?
Shaking his head, trying to get himself together he knocked at her door before dropping his hands to his sides. His hands clenched and unclenched several times, once again clearly nervous.
"I still feel bad." She sighed a little. "But I'm still gonna bite Kavalier." That part she was adamant about. It might end up with her having a muzzle or something, but did she really care? Not really.. At least she didn't show it.
"I guess if you like learning about them, you can still learn about them.. But still. Don't you think that Yutani lady is gonna try to break in and get them? I just have this weird feeling, ya know?" She frowned, not wanting anyone to get hurt, especially not him. "Just.. Be careful? Especially with the acid stuff. And tell Kirsh the same thing- Except I think he knows how to handle that sorta thing already."
"Of course, wouldn't expect anything less" Isaac chuckled, everyone knew she hated Boy Kavalier. Personally, he never understood why, but he supposed there were just some people you just did not like and for Skoll that was their leader. He supposed in some ways he couldn't really blame her.
"I mean, maybe, but this place is pretty tightly locked down," he told her, but maybe she had a point. Could never be too careful, right? But he also didn't want her to worry so much over it, "I swear we will both be careful, don't you worry"
Skoll smiled at his chuckle, finding it cute. "If I was allowed to chase him through the halls, I would. It would be funny to finally see that smirk wiped off his face." She grinned at the thought of chasing Boy.
She had a weird feeling about his words, she didn't know what to call it, but she still felt relieved. Maybe she was just overthinking like she did before the transfer. After all, it was a similar feeling. "Okay, you have to pinkie swear." She furrowed her brows and lifted her pinkie finger.
"Okay, I admit that would be sort of funny to see," he confessed to her. He actually tried to picture it, Boy Kavalier running for dear life, Skoll hot on his heels. Skoll was fast, so Isaac genuinely believed the man would not get very far with her. Once she got her hands on him, though...
Isaac looked to her pinky finger and smiled. He didn't even think twice before linking his pinky finger with hers, "Pinky promise" he assured her. Now, he really had to be careful. Or else Skoll would probably be mad at him and he wouldn't wan that.
Skoll looked up at him and smiled, happy that he pinkie promised. Her worries seemed to melt away. It was funny, Skoll being a small girl you'd think her hands would be small too. No, she had long, dainty hands. For someone who played in the dirt a lot and played guitar and acted like an animal, she sure kept her hands clean.
"Can.. Can we hold hands?" She asked quietly, unsure if she was allowed to ask that. She was sometimes seen holding Kirsh's hand, or any of the adults she liked's hand. But it was surprising that she was asking one of the hybrids.
Isaac was a little caught off guard by the request, but his answer, which was almost immediate, didn't seem like he was, "Sure," he smiled widely before simply taking her into his his. He noted how her hand was oddly dainty in his. How odd for a girl who was constantly getting dirty.
"You can always just hold my hand when you want, I don't mind" he told her. Maybe that would sound weird, but he didn't mind the idea of holding her hand, he had just never tried before, worried she would be uncomfortable with it.
Skoll's eyes seemed to light up a bit, a genuine smile appearing on her face. "Wait, really?" She asked, trying not to show how happy that made her but failing. She let out a small giggle. If anything, when she was with Isaac, she wouldn't need the leash, just him holding her hand.
"I'm still gonna ask before I do it. I don't want to scare you." She said quickly. She held onto his hand as if it was a delicate piece of glass. Which was weird because usually the guy was holding the girl that way. But then again Skoll was weird in general.
Isaac smiled at her and nodded in assurance. She seemed so happy now, it was... nice to see her look so happy. Skoll always seemed so sulky or angry most times, he always wondered why. None the less, she seemed happy now and he was content in thinking he had a little something to do with it.
"Alright," he told her as she took his hand. He found himself quickly holding her hand back and almost giggled himself. He couldn't believe they were actually holding hands, "So, what do you want to do? Walk the whole time? Sit and rest at some point? Whatever you want to do" personally, he liked to stop now and then, collect something, make notes about something.
Skoll swung their arms a little while they held hands. She didn't know exactly why this small thing had made her so happy, but it did. She was even walking a little closer to him. She kept on smiling without realizing.
"I was thinking of collecting shells on the beach." She hummed. "Maybe draw something I see? I just hope Kirsh isn't spying on us right now, sometimes I get this weird feeling that I'm being watched. And ya know how they can see out of our eyes, it's creepy." She grumbled. She stopped walking for a moment when she heard a familiar sound. A clicking. She looked towards the lab but then shook her head and kept walking. "Don't mind me." She grinned awkwardly.
Isaac hadn't thought about the fact they could watch what they were doing through their ideas. The thought made him feel... unsettled, was that a good word? There was a familiar feeling of discomfort in his chest. He elected to ignore it, at least for the moment. It wasn't as if they were doing something actually bad, right? They were just taking a walk together.
"You like seashells?" he asked as their arms swung, he didn't bother telling her to stop, "We can do that and do some drawing, I like that idea... wait, are you alright?" he asked. He hadn't missed her halting her movements. She seemed like she had heard something. But she kept moving and he followed beside her, still watching her, brows furrowed.
"Kai is very noisy today." She commented casually. "Is Wendy talking to him right now?" She asked. She was acting as if she wasn't hearing something he couldn't. She seemed happy about the xenomorph being "noisy".
She continued swinging their arms. "He seems quite happy today, did you guys feed him good?" She asked, smiling.
Isaac glanced at her as she spoke before clearing his throat, "Yeah, he's been... talking... with Wendy and Livie a lot lately, weird it's almost like he... enjoys seeing them... and you, actually" he said with a thoughtful expression. Was that normal for their species? Kai seemed to react in a hostile manner to everyone else but those three.
"We've been figuring out what he eats and we think we have figured it out," he assured her with a smile. It had taken some time, trial and error, but they did finally figure it out and the xenomorph had been a smidge more cooperative since, "Why are you so interested in it, Skoll?" he asked, curious.
"Hm?" She tilted her head up at him. "Why am I interested in it?" She repeated the question, thinking for a moment. "I guess I see Kai as a friend. He listens so intently when I tell him about my day." She smiled.
She hummed a little tune. "Besides, he sees Wendy as his mom so technically I'd be his aunt, wouldn't I?" She grinned at the thought. "Though technically he's Joe's child, right? He came from his lung, after all."
Isaac was intrigued at her mentioning at seeing Kai as a friend. Somehow, he didn't find that concerning, maybe because it made a strange amount of sense for Skoll, ❝I guess you two are sort of similar,❞ he started carefully, not wanting to say anything that would sound offensive, ❝I mean, you're both wild❞ he grinned at her to show her he hadn't meant it in a negative way.
He tilted his head in thought. Kai did seem quite attached to Wendy, strangely enough he seemed attached to most of the female in their group, ❝Well... I guess in a way... yeah, he is Joe's kid... you know, it's really weird now that you mention it.❞ If they really wanted to use such terms it was even more complicated.
Skoll giggled a little at what Isaac said. She never seemed to take offense to anything he said, because more than half the time it was true. "I guess me and Kai are similar. But I don't have a cool tail." She pouted playfully.
She nodded along with anything and everything he said. "Ya know how gross it was walking into the lab and seeing his lung? Yuck." She made a face of disgust.
Asking for Help || Closed
Skoll + Olivia
@hybr1dscience
Skoll furrowed her brows a little, thinking. "I should call you mom now, no? It feels.. right? I guess I could ask dad what he thinks about you." She tapped her chin, thinking out loud.
"What do you mean differently?" She looked up at her, confused now. She didn't understand how the boys dealt with it differently. "Do they like.. push the feelings away?"
"You don't have to call me anything like that if you don't want to," she assured Skoll with a smile. Though, if she really wanted to, she certainly could. But Olivia did her best not to force certain things on the children.
"Well, sometimes they do that, sometimes they tease you and bully you," Olivia told her, "It's hard to explain, boys and girls have a lot of little differences like that"
"I wanna call you mom." She smiled and sat up. "I think it fits you, like dad fits Kirsh." She explained, enjoying the fact she now had both parental figures.
Skoll thought about what Olivia said. "I think I understand. It's still a bit confusing though." She glanced over at the screen on the wall. "You wanna spy on them?" She grinned mischievously, then realized that was probably a bad idea. "Actually, nevermind. Dad has that weird sense thing and he'll probably look directly at the cameras and give me the dad look through the screen." She grumbled and laid back again. "Happened before.."
Olivia tried her best to fight back the large smile that was already spreading across her face. Granted, it wasn't the first time any of the kids had slipped up and called her - or Ji-woo - that, but to be blatantly chosen for that... "Thank you, I appreciate you saying that, I guess me and Kirsh are Mom and Dad to you, then" she told her before giving her a tight hug.
"Boys will always be confusing to us girls, just like we'll always be confusing to boys" he told her. It was something she had learned as she grew older, she still didn't understand a lot of men and how they thought or acted, "Kirsh is good at that, he always catches me trying to do stuff, too" she said with a small laugh. She was never sure if it was a Synth Thing or a Kirsh Thing. She definitely leaned toward the latter, though.
Skoll giggled as she was hugged. "Do you know why I'm so attached to him?" She asked, wondering if Kirsh had told her. Her past before the transfer was kind of something she kept to herself, but certain people knew.
She looked over at the screen on the wall again and glanced at Olivia. "It wouldn't be too much of a problem if we flip through the cameras, right? Just don't snitch to Boy or anyone that I hacked into the cameras." She furrowed her brows at her, trying to look threatening but ending up just looking like an angry kitten.
Come to think of it, Olivia really hadn't been told about Skoll's life much before she had been brought to Neverland. She knew Kirsh has an attachment to the girl, thought he liked to deny it, but she was never certain as to why.
"Tell you what, I'll let you use my tablet to hack into the cameras, we'll do a little spying... and you tell me why you are so attached to Kirsh" she suggested as she picked up her tablet and held it out to Skoll. Maybe Skoll would be in less trouble if it seemed like Olivia did it.
Skoll grinned and appeared to do the same thing Wendy did with the screens. She easily hacked into the cameras and flicked the footage onto the screen on the wall. "Easier to see this way." She hummed, flipping through the cameras. She began to wonder where she should start with the story of her and Kirsh.
"I guess I should start with why I hate Boy so much.." She shrugged. "Back when I was sick, I didn't have a home. My mommy was sick too.. The doctors said something that scared her. She called who a lot of people called 'The Boy Genius'. He denied helping her. Wouldn't even come to the phone." She furrowed her brows a bit. "Then mommy went to sleep and never woke up again. I guess now I know that she died. I had to fend for myself. I learned how to steal from shops.. Protect the small fort I had made a home." She stared at the cameras. "That's when a few soldiers came with a man. He looked like my daddy.. Turns out he wasn't, but I still thought he was." She paused for a moment, glancing at Olivia. "Am I talking to much?"
Olivia watched the girl, she was easily impressed how easy it was for Skoll and Wendy to get into the system. Boy Kavalier had made sure Wendy could do it, she wondered how Skoll figured it out, but she would never say anything, "Alright then," she smiled as she glanced over at the wall which now showed what Skoll was doing.
She grew quiet as Skoll began explaining her story. Her heart sank when she learned that her childhood friend had originally denied them help. It almost infuriated her, but she pushed that feeling down. She didn't like getting angry in front of the children. Oh, it was no wonder she was the way she was, "I'm so sorry, Skoll... you've been through far too much, you never should have had to go those horirble things," she managed quietly as she looked to the girl, sad, "You aren't talking too much at all... it seems as though Kirsh saved you... he really looks like your first father?"
Skoll kept flipping through the cameras, hesitating to switch cameras when she got to one of the lab cameras. It wasn't like Kirsh or Isaac were on screen, but it was the xenomorph. "You named it Kai, right? It likes that name.." She smiled as she watched it.
She looked at Olivia when she heard how upset she sounded. "Well, I guess it's fine now.." She shrugged. "Things happen so people can grow. That's what mommy used to say." She mumbled. When she mentioned Kirsh, she nodded a little. "I guess he kinda does.. I mean at the time I hadn't seen daddy for a while, but he also kinda acted like him too. It was funny. I guess.. I guess I was just hoping it was him." She shrugged again and watched the screen.
Olivia looked over as she saw Kai and smiled at the image of the Xenomorph, who seemed mostly relaxed at the moment, "Really? I'm glad to hear that, I wanted to give them all nicer names, not just call them letter and numbers" she said. It was always a habit of hers, to give everything a name.
"Well," she paused for a moment. She looked to Skoll, a soft expression on her face, "I think that Kirsh likes playing the role of father... whether he likes to admit it or not"
"Whenever someone says Kai, he perks up like a little puppy. It's adorable." She grinned. She watched the xenomorph, happily kicking her legs. She seemed to be growing attached to it just as much as Wendy was.
"that could be true." She hummed simply, continuing to watch Kai. She seemed content with this, watching in quiet.
Olivia had to admit, despite her initial fears of the xenomorphs - who wouldn't be after the fight with the first one they came across on the Maginot? - she felt quite proud that this one they were sort of raising seemed to appreciate the name she had giving them, "Well, if you ever get the chance tell him that I am glad he likes his name so much," she smiled at Skoll.
"You know, you've seemed a little... different since the Maginot... I suppose we all have, but it seems as though you're... a little more content? Is it something to do with... Isaac? Perhaps our little Kai?" he asked, tilting her head in curiosity.
"I will! I'm sure he'd be delighted to hear it from you, though." She told her, switching the camera to Quinn. She watched as the sheep stood there.
"I'm different?" She blinked, confused suddenly. She seemed to become a bit flustered at the mention of Isaac again but brushed it off. "Well.. Can you keep another secret?" She whispered, seemingly more anxious about this secret.
Olivia thought about that, it wasn't as if she didn't already talk to Kai. Well, as best she could. She had never been sure if the creature could really understand her, but it seemed as thought he did to some degree, ❝Well, maybe I can sneak you into the lab and we'll see about that,❞ she said in a slightly teasing tone.
❝You are, but it's not a bad thing,❞ Olivia smiled at her. It was hard to explain, she hadn't brought it up much, worried someone would take it the wrong way and try to mess with Skoll, at her question, Olivia blinked, ❝Of course, Skoll, what is it?❞
"I promise I won't eat the specimens!" Skoll pouted, now really wanting to go to the lab. "And no, I don't want to go there because Isaac's there. They need me and they know it. I'm smart with chemistry stuff and all they've been doing is biology stuff. Ya know I could probably make something with the acid blood we collected." She sat up. "But then Dad said that it's 'unnecessary.'"
She grumbled some more about how she wanted to do her own tests but Kirsh wouldn't let her. "Is he afraid I'll throw acid at someone??" She crossed her arms. She then relaxed and focused on the second secret "I can understand the aliens like Wendy." She said casually, like it wasn't important. "I think Boy is very stupid for not understanding that's the reason i was screaming and crying, even covering my ears. I think Jiwoo suspects it but it being quiet about it. No one fixed my hearing, so everything is still the same. It doesn't hurt my ears anymore, as long as dad doesn't rip anything out of anything." She shrugged.
Asking for Help || Closed
Skoll + Olivia
@hybr1dscience
Skoll furrowed her brows a little, thinking. "I should call you mom now, no? It feels.. right? I guess I could ask dad what he thinks about you." She tapped her chin, thinking out loud.
"What do you mean differently?" She looked up at her, confused now. She didn't understand how the boys dealt with it differently. "Do they like.. push the feelings away?"
"You don't have to call me anything like that if you don't want to," she assured Skoll with a smile. Though, if she really wanted to, she certainly could. But Olivia did her best not to force certain things on the children.
"Well, sometimes they do that, sometimes they tease you and bully you," Olivia told her, "It's hard to explain, boys and girls have a lot of little differences like that"
"I wanna call you mom." She smiled and sat up. "I think it fits you, like dad fits Kirsh." She explained, enjoying the fact she now had both parental figures.
Skoll thought about what Olivia said. "I think I understand. It's still a bit confusing though." She glanced over at the screen on the wall. "You wanna spy on them?" She grinned mischievously, then realized that was probably a bad idea. "Actually, nevermind. Dad has that weird sense thing and he'll probably look directly at the cameras and give me the dad look through the screen." She grumbled and laid back again. "Happened before.."
Olivia tried her best to fight back the large smile that was already spreading across her face. Granted, it wasn't the first time any of the kids had slipped up and called her - or Ji-woo - that, but to be blatantly chosen for that... "Thank you, I appreciate you saying that, I guess me and Kirsh are Mom and Dad to you, then" she told her before giving her a tight hug.
"Boys will always be confusing to us girls, just like we'll always be confusing to boys" he told her. It was something she had learned as she grew older, she still didn't understand a lot of men and how they thought or acted, "Kirsh is good at that, he always catches me trying to do stuff, too" she said with a small laugh. She was never sure if it was a Synth Thing or a Kirsh Thing. She definitely leaned toward the latter, though.
Skoll giggled as she was hugged. "Do you know why I'm so attached to him?" She asked, wondering if Kirsh had told her. Her past before the transfer was kind of something she kept to herself, but certain people knew.
She looked over at the screen on the wall again and glanced at Olivia. "It wouldn't be too much of a problem if we flip through the cameras, right? Just don't snitch to Boy or anyone that I hacked into the cameras." She furrowed her brows at her, trying to look threatening but ending up just looking like an angry kitten.
Come to think of it, Olivia really hadn't been told about Skoll's life much before she had been brought to Neverland. She knew Kirsh has an attachment to the girl, thought he liked to deny it, but she was never certain as to why.
"Tell you what, I'll let you use my tablet to hack into the cameras, we'll do a little spying... and you tell me why you are so attached to Kirsh" she suggested as she picked up her tablet and held it out to Skoll. Maybe Skoll would be in less trouble if it seemed like Olivia did it.
Skoll grinned and appeared to do the same thing Wendy did with the screens. She easily hacked into the cameras and flicked the footage onto the screen on the wall. "Easier to see this way." She hummed, flipping through the cameras. She began to wonder where she should start with the story of her and Kirsh.
"I guess I should start with why I hate Boy so much.." She shrugged. "Back when I was sick, I didn't have a home. My mommy was sick too.. The doctors said something that scared her. She called who a lot of people called 'The Boy Genius'. He denied helping her. Wouldn't even come to the phone." She furrowed her brows a bit. "Then mommy went to sleep and never woke up again. I guess now I know that she died. I had to fend for myself. I learned how to steal from shops.. Protect the small fort I had made a home." She stared at the cameras. "That's when a few soldiers came with a man. He looked like my daddy.. Turns out he wasn't, but I still thought he was." She paused for a moment, glancing at Olivia. "Am I talking to much?"
Olivia watched the girl, she was easily impressed how easy it was for Skoll and Wendy to get into the system. Boy Kavalier had made sure Wendy could do it, she wondered how Skoll figured it out, but she would never say anything, "Alright then," she smiled as she glanced over at the wall which now showed what Skoll was doing.
She grew quiet as Skoll began explaining her story. Her heart sank when she learned that her childhood friend had originally denied them help. It almost infuriated her, but she pushed that feeling down. She didn't like getting angry in front of the children. Oh, it was no wonder she was the way she was, "I'm so sorry, Skoll... you've been through far too much, you never should have had to go those horirble things," she managed quietly as she looked to the girl, sad, "You aren't talking too much at all... it seems as though Kirsh saved you... he really looks like your first father?"
Skoll kept flipping through the cameras, hesitating to switch cameras when she got to one of the lab cameras. It wasn't like Kirsh or Isaac were on screen, but it was the xenomorph. "You named it Kai, right? It likes that name.." She smiled as she watched it.
She looked at Olivia when she heard how upset she sounded. "Well, I guess it's fine now.." She shrugged. "Things happen so people can grow. That's what mommy used to say." She mumbled. When she mentioned Kirsh, she nodded a little. "I guess he kinda does.. I mean at the time I hadn't seen daddy for a while, but he also kinda acted like him too. It was funny. I guess.. I guess I was just hoping it was him." She shrugged again and watched the screen.
Olivia looked over as she saw Kai and smiled at the image of the Xenomorph, who seemed mostly relaxed at the moment, "Really? I'm glad to hear that, I wanted to give them all nicer names, not just call them letter and numbers" she said. It was always a habit of hers, to give everything a name.
"Well," she paused for a moment. She looked to Skoll, a soft expression on her face, "I think that Kirsh likes playing the role of father... whether he likes to admit it or not"
"Whenever someone says Kai, he perks up like a little puppy. It's adorable." She grinned. She watched the xenomorph, happily kicking her legs. She seemed to be growing attached to it just as much as Wendy was.
"that could be true." She hummed simply, continuing to watch Kai. She seemed content with this, watching in quiet.
Olivia had to admit, despite her initial fears of the xenomorphs - who wouldn't be after the fight with the first one they came across on the Maginot? - she felt quite proud that this one they were sort of raising seemed to appreciate the name she had giving them, "Well, if you ever get the chance tell him that I am glad he likes his name so much," she smiled at Skoll.
"You know, you've seemed a little... different since the Maginot... I suppose we all have, but it seems as though you're... a little more content? Is it something to do with... Isaac? Perhaps our little Kai?" he asked, tilting her head in curiosity.
"I will! I'm sure he'd be delighted to hear it from you, though." She told her, switching the camera to Quinn. She watched as the sheep stood there.
"I'm different?" She blinked, confused suddenly. She seemed to become a bit flustered at the mention of Isaac again but brushed it off. "Well.. Can you keep another secret?" She whispered, seemingly more anxious about this secret.
Menace & Scientist | Tootles & Skoll
@synth-menace
Tootles rubbed his hands together nervously as he approached Skoll's room. She was nearly always in there, most of the time because the adults or Kirsh had put her on lock down, but he was sure she wasn't in trouble today. He really hoped not, he really wanted to spend time with his friend today.
He paused at her door, rubbing the back of his neck in a nervous tick. He wasn't sure why he was always so... anxious about approaching her, she really wasn't that mean - actually, he found her kind of funny - so what was the problem?
Shaking his head, trying to get himself together he knocked at her door before dropping his hands to his sides. His hands clenched and unclenched several times, once again clearly nervous.
"I still feel bad." She sighed a little. "But I'm still gonna bite Kavalier." That part she was adamant about. It might end up with her having a muzzle or something, but did she really care? Not really.. At least she didn't show it.
"I guess if you like learning about them, you can still learn about them.. But still. Don't you think that Yutani lady is gonna try to break in and get them? I just have this weird feeling, ya know?" She frowned, not wanting anyone to get hurt, especially not him. "Just.. Be careful? Especially with the acid stuff. And tell Kirsh the same thing- Except I think he knows how to handle that sorta thing already."
"Of course, wouldn't expect anything less" Isaac chuckled, everyone knew she hated Boy Kavalier. Personally, he never understood why, but he supposed there were just some people you just did not like and for Skoll that was their leader. He supposed in some ways he couldn't really blame her.
"I mean, maybe, but this place is pretty tightly locked down," he told her, but maybe she had a point. Could never be too careful, right? But he also didn't want her to worry so much over it, "I swear we will both be careful, don't you worry"
Skoll smiled at his chuckle, finding it cute. "If I was allowed to chase him through the halls, I would. It would be funny to finally see that smirk wiped off his face." She grinned at the thought of chasing Boy.
She had a weird feeling about his words, she didn't know what to call it, but she still felt relieved. Maybe she was just overthinking like she did before the transfer. After all, it was a similar feeling. "Okay, you have to pinkie swear." She furrowed her brows and lifted her pinkie finger.
"Okay, I admit that would be sort of funny to see," he confessed to her. He actually tried to picture it, Boy Kavalier running for dear life, Skoll hot on his heels. Skoll was fast, so Isaac genuinely believed the man would not get very far with her. Once she got her hands on him, though...
Isaac looked to her pinky finger and smiled. He didn't even think twice before linking his pinky finger with hers, "Pinky promise" he assured her. Now, he really had to be careful. Or else Skoll would probably be mad at him and he wouldn't wan that.
Skoll looked up at him and smiled, happy that he pinkie promised. Her worries seemed to melt away. It was funny, Skoll being a small girl you'd think her hands would be small too. No, she had long, dainty hands. For someone who played in the dirt a lot and played guitar and acted like an animal, she sure kept her hands clean.
"Can.. Can we hold hands?" She asked quietly, unsure if she was allowed to ask that. She was sometimes seen holding Kirsh's hand, or any of the adults she liked's hand. But it was surprising that she was asking one of the hybrids.
Isaac was a little caught off guard by the request, but his answer, which was almost immediate, didn't seem like he was, "Sure," he smiled widely before simply taking her into his his. He noted how her hand was oddly dainty in his. How odd for a girl who was constantly getting dirty.
"You can always just hold my hand when you want, I don't mind" he told her. Maybe that would sound weird, but he didn't mind the idea of holding her hand, he had just never tried before, worried she would be uncomfortable with it.
Skoll's eyes seemed to light up a bit, a genuine smile appearing on her face. "Wait, really?" She asked, trying not to show how happy that made her but failing. She let out a small giggle. If anything, when she was with Isaac, she wouldn't need the leash, just him holding her hand.
"I'm still gonna ask before I do it. I don't want to scare you." She said quickly. She held onto his hand as if it was a delicate piece of glass. Which was weird because usually the guy was holding the girl that way. But then again Skoll was weird in general.
Isaac smiled at her and nodded in assurance. She seemed so happy now, it was... nice to see her look so happy. Skoll always seemed so sulky or angry most times, he always wondered why. None the less, she seemed happy now and he was content in thinking he had a little something to do with it.
"Alright," he told her as she took his hand. He found himself quickly holding her hand back and almost giggled himself. He couldn't believe they were actually holding hands, "So, what do you want to do? Walk the whole time? Sit and rest at some point? Whatever you want to do" personally, he liked to stop now and then, collect something, make notes about something.
Skoll swung their arms a little while they held hands. She didn't know exactly why this small thing had made her so happy, but it did. She was even walking a little closer to him. She kept on smiling without realizing.
"I was thinking of collecting shells on the beach." She hummed. "Maybe draw something I see? I just hope Kirsh isn't spying on us right now, sometimes I get this weird feeling that I'm being watched. And ya know how they can see out of our eyes, it's creepy." She grumbled. She stopped walking for a moment when she heard a familiar sound. A clicking. She looked towards the lab but then shook her head and kept walking. "Don't mind me." She grinned awkwardly.
Isaac hadn't thought about the fact they could watch what they were doing through their ideas. The thought made him feel... unsettled, was that a good word? There was a familiar feeling of discomfort in his chest. He elected to ignore it, at least for the moment. It wasn't as if they were doing something actually bad, right? They were just taking a walk together.
"You like seashells?" he asked as their arms swung, he didn't bother telling her to stop, "We can do that and do some drawing, I like that idea... wait, are you alright?" he asked. He hadn't missed her halting her movements. She seemed like she had heard something. But she kept moving and he followed beside her, still watching her, brows furrowed.
"Kai is very noisy today." She commented casually. "Is Wendy talking to him right now?" She asked. She was acting as if she wasn't hearing something he couldn't. She seemed happy about the xenomorph being "noisy".
She continued swinging their arms. "He seems quite happy today, did you guys feed him good?" She asked, smiling.
Isaac glanced at her as she spoke before clearing his throat, "Yeah, he's been... talking... with Wendy and Livie a lot lately, weird it's almost like he... enjoys seeing them... and you, actually" he said with a thoughtful expression. Was that normal for their species? Kai seemed to react in a hostile manner to everyone else but those three.
"We've been figuring out what he eats and we think we have figured it out," he assured her with a smile. It had taken some time, trial and error, but they did finally figure it out and the xenomorph had been a smidge more cooperative since, "Why are you so interested in it, Skoll?" he asked, curious.
"Hm?" She tilted her head up at him. "Why am I interested in it?" She repeated the question, thinking for a moment. "I guess I see Kai as a friend. He listens so intently when I tell him about my day." She smiled.
She hummed a little tune. "Besides, he sees Wendy as his mom so technically I'd be his aunt, wouldn't I?" She grinned at the thought. "Though technically he's Joe's child, right? He came from his lung, after all."
Asking for Help || Closed
Skoll + Olivia
@hybr1dscience
Skoll furrowed her brows a little, thinking. "I should call you mom now, no? It feels.. right? I guess I could ask dad what he thinks about you." She tapped her chin, thinking out loud.
"What do you mean differently?" She looked up at her, confused now. She didn't understand how the boys dealt with it differently. "Do they like.. push the feelings away?"
"You don't have to call me anything like that if you don't want to," she assured Skoll with a smile. Though, if she really wanted to, she certainly could. But Olivia did her best not to force certain things on the children.
"Well, sometimes they do that, sometimes they tease you and bully you," Olivia told her, "It's hard to explain, boys and girls have a lot of little differences like that"
"I wanna call you mom." She smiled and sat up. "I think it fits you, like dad fits Kirsh." She explained, enjoying the fact she now had both parental figures.
Skoll thought about what Olivia said. "I think I understand. It's still a bit confusing though." She glanced over at the screen on the wall. "You wanna spy on them?" She grinned mischievously, then realized that was probably a bad idea. "Actually, nevermind. Dad has that weird sense thing and he'll probably look directly at the cameras and give me the dad look through the screen." She grumbled and laid back again. "Happened before.."
Olivia tried her best to fight back the large smile that was already spreading across her face. Granted, it wasn't the first time any of the kids had slipped up and called her - or Ji-woo - that, but to be blatantly chosen for that... "Thank you, I appreciate you saying that, I guess me and Kirsh are Mom and Dad to you, then" she told her before giving her a tight hug.
"Boys will always be confusing to us girls, just like we'll always be confusing to boys" he told her. It was something she had learned as she grew older, she still didn't understand a lot of men and how they thought or acted, "Kirsh is good at that, he always catches me trying to do stuff, too" she said with a small laugh. She was never sure if it was a Synth Thing or a Kirsh Thing. She definitely leaned toward the latter, though.
Skoll giggled as she was hugged. "Do you know why I'm so attached to him?" She asked, wondering if Kirsh had told her. Her past before the transfer was kind of something she kept to herself, but certain people knew.
She looked over at the screen on the wall again and glanced at Olivia. "It wouldn't be too much of a problem if we flip through the cameras, right? Just don't snitch to Boy or anyone that I hacked into the cameras." She furrowed her brows at her, trying to look threatening but ending up just looking like an angry kitten.
Come to think of it, Olivia really hadn't been told about Skoll's life much before she had been brought to Neverland. She knew Kirsh has an attachment to the girl, thought he liked to deny it, but she was never certain as to why.
"Tell you what, I'll let you use my tablet to hack into the cameras, we'll do a little spying... and you tell me why you are so attached to Kirsh" she suggested as she picked up her tablet and held it out to Skoll. Maybe Skoll would be in less trouble if it seemed like Olivia did it.
Skoll grinned and appeared to do the same thing Wendy did with the screens. She easily hacked into the cameras and flicked the footage onto the screen on the wall. "Easier to see this way." She hummed, flipping through the cameras. She began to wonder where she should start with the story of her and Kirsh.
"I guess I should start with why I hate Boy so much.." She shrugged. "Back when I was sick, I didn't have a home. My mommy was sick too.. The doctors said something that scared her. She called who a lot of people called 'The Boy Genius'. He denied helping her. Wouldn't even come to the phone." She furrowed her brows a bit. "Then mommy went to sleep and never woke up again. I guess now I know that she died. I had to fend for myself. I learned how to steal from shops.. Protect the small fort I had made a home." She stared at the cameras. "That's when a few soldiers came with a man. He looked like my daddy.. Turns out he wasn't, but I still thought he was." She paused for a moment, glancing at Olivia. "Am I talking to much?"
Olivia watched the girl, she was easily impressed how easy it was for Skoll and Wendy to get into the system. Boy Kavalier had made sure Wendy could do it, she wondered how Skoll figured it out, but she would never say anything, "Alright then," she smiled as she glanced over at the wall which now showed what Skoll was doing.
She grew quiet as Skoll began explaining her story. Her heart sank when she learned that her childhood friend had originally denied them help. It almost infuriated her, but she pushed that feeling down. She didn't like getting angry in front of the children. Oh, it was no wonder she was the way she was, "I'm so sorry, Skoll... you've been through far too much, you never should have had to go those horirble things," she managed quietly as she looked to the girl, sad, "You aren't talking too much at all... it seems as though Kirsh saved you... he really looks like your first father?"
Skoll kept flipping through the cameras, hesitating to switch cameras when she got to one of the lab cameras. It wasn't like Kirsh or Isaac were on screen, but it was the xenomorph. "You named it Kai, right? It likes that name.." She smiled as she watched it.
She looked at Olivia when she heard how upset she sounded. "Well, I guess it's fine now.." She shrugged. "Things happen so people can grow. That's what mommy used to say." She mumbled. When she mentioned Kirsh, she nodded a little. "I guess he kinda does.. I mean at the time I hadn't seen daddy for a while, but he also kinda acted like him too. It was funny. I guess.. I guess I was just hoping it was him." She shrugged again and watched the screen.
Olivia looked over as she saw Kai and smiled at the image of the Xenomorph, who seemed mostly relaxed at the moment, "Really? I'm glad to hear that, I wanted to give them all nicer names, not just call them letter and numbers" she said. It was always a habit of hers, to give everything a name.
"Well," she paused for a moment. She looked to Skoll, a soft expression on her face, "I think that Kirsh likes playing the role of father... whether he likes to admit it or not"
"Whenever someone says Kai, he perks up like a little puppy. It's adorable." She grinned. She watched the xenomorph, happily kicking her legs. She seemed to be growing attached to it just as much as Wendy was.
"that could be true." She hummed simply, continuing to watch Kai. She seemed content with this, watching in quiet.
Menace & Scientist | Tootles & Skoll
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Tootles rubbed his hands together nervously as he approached Skoll's room. She was nearly always in there, most of the time because the adults or Kirsh had put her on lock down, but he was sure she wasn't in trouble today. He really hoped not, he really wanted to spend time with his friend today.
He paused at her door, rubbing the back of his neck in a nervous tick. He wasn't sure why he was always so... anxious about approaching her, she really wasn't that mean - actually, he found her kind of funny - so what was the problem?
Shaking his head, trying to get himself together he knocked at her door before dropping his hands to his sides. His hands clenched and unclenched several times, once again clearly nervous.
"I still feel bad." She sighed a little. "But I'm still gonna bite Kavalier." That part she was adamant about. It might end up with her having a muzzle or something, but did she really care? Not really.. At least she didn't show it.
"I guess if you like learning about them, you can still learn about them.. But still. Don't you think that Yutani lady is gonna try to break in and get them? I just have this weird feeling, ya know?" She frowned, not wanting anyone to get hurt, especially not him. "Just.. Be careful? Especially with the acid stuff. And tell Kirsh the same thing- Except I think he knows how to handle that sorta thing already."
"Of course, wouldn't expect anything less" Isaac chuckled, everyone knew she hated Boy Kavalier. Personally, he never understood why, but he supposed there were just some people you just did not like and for Skoll that was their leader. He supposed in some ways he couldn't really blame her.
"I mean, maybe, but this place is pretty tightly locked down," he told her, but maybe she had a point. Could never be too careful, right? But he also didn't want her to worry so much over it, "I swear we will both be careful, don't you worry"
Skoll smiled at his chuckle, finding it cute. "If I was allowed to chase him through the halls, I would. It would be funny to finally see that smirk wiped off his face." She grinned at the thought of chasing Boy.
She had a weird feeling about his words, she didn't know what to call it, but she still felt relieved. Maybe she was just overthinking like she did before the transfer. After all, it was a similar feeling. "Okay, you have to pinkie swear." She furrowed her brows and lifted her pinkie finger.
"Okay, I admit that would be sort of funny to see," he confessed to her. He actually tried to picture it, Boy Kavalier running for dear life, Skoll hot on his heels. Skoll was fast, so Isaac genuinely believed the man would not get very far with her. Once she got her hands on him, though...
Isaac looked to her pinky finger and smiled. He didn't even think twice before linking his pinky finger with hers, "Pinky promise" he assured her. Now, he really had to be careful. Or else Skoll would probably be mad at him and he wouldn't wan that.
Skoll looked up at him and smiled, happy that he pinkie promised. Her worries seemed to melt away. It was funny, Skoll being a small girl you'd think her hands would be small too. No, she had long, dainty hands. For someone who played in the dirt a lot and played guitar and acted like an animal, she sure kept her hands clean.
"Can.. Can we hold hands?" She asked quietly, unsure if she was allowed to ask that. She was sometimes seen holding Kirsh's hand, or any of the adults she liked's hand. But it was surprising that she was asking one of the hybrids.
Isaac was a little caught off guard by the request, but his answer, which was almost immediate, didn't seem like he was, "Sure," he smiled widely before simply taking her into his his. He noted how her hand was oddly dainty in his. How odd for a girl who was constantly getting dirty.
"You can always just hold my hand when you want, I don't mind" he told her. Maybe that would sound weird, but he didn't mind the idea of holding her hand, he had just never tried before, worried she would be uncomfortable with it.
Skoll's eyes seemed to light up a bit, a genuine smile appearing on her face. "Wait, really?" She asked, trying not to show how happy that made her but failing. She let out a small giggle. If anything, when she was with Isaac, she wouldn't need the leash, just him holding her hand.
"I'm still gonna ask before I do it. I don't want to scare you." She said quickly. She held onto his hand as if it was a delicate piece of glass. Which was weird because usually the guy was holding the girl that way. But then again Skoll was weird in general.
Isaac smiled at her and nodded in assurance. She seemed so happy now, it was... nice to see her look so happy. Skoll always seemed so sulky or angry most times, he always wondered why. None the less, she seemed happy now and he was content in thinking he had a little something to do with it.
"Alright," he told her as she took his hand. He found himself quickly holding her hand back and almost giggled himself. He couldn't believe they were actually holding hands, "So, what do you want to do? Walk the whole time? Sit and rest at some point? Whatever you want to do" personally, he liked to stop now and then, collect something, make notes about something.
Skoll swung their arms a little while they held hands. She didn't know exactly why this small thing had made her so happy, but it did. She was even walking a little closer to him. She kept on smiling without realizing.
"I was thinking of collecting shells on the beach." She hummed. "Maybe draw something I see? I just hope Kirsh isn't spying on us right now, sometimes I get this weird feeling that I'm being watched. And ya know how they can see out of our eyes, it's creepy." She grumbled. She stopped walking for a moment when she heard a familiar sound. A clicking. She looked towards the lab but then shook her head and kept walking. "Don't mind me." She grinned awkwardly.
Isaac hadn't thought about the fact they could watch what they were doing through their ideas. The thought made him feel... unsettled, was that a good word? There was a familiar feeling of discomfort in his chest. He elected to ignore it, at least for the moment. It wasn't as if they were doing something actually bad, right? They were just taking a walk together.
"You like seashells?" he asked as their arms swung, he didn't bother telling her to stop, "We can do that and do some drawing, I like that idea... wait, are you alright?" he asked. He hadn't missed her halting her movements. She seemed like she had heard something. But she kept moving and he followed beside her, still watching her, brows furrowed.
"Kai is very noisy today." She commented casually. "Is Wendy talking to him right now?" She asked. She was acting as if she wasn't hearing something he couldn't. She seemed happy about the xenomorph being "noisy".
She continued swinging their arms. "He seems quite happy today, did you guys feed him good?" She asked, smiling.
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So, I've got another sideblog that I am soon going to put little drabbles/prompts/writing up on. Haven't done much with it, as I'm still setting thing sup and figuring out how I want it. Was wanting to make sure if any of my mutuals wanted to be tagged in my Alien Earth ones? Most of my writings will be Olivia's (or, really any of my OCs) canon, but there'll be platonic and romantic fics, either way. Can even tag in specific types of fics? I dunno, I just want to be sure. It would be on @rottingappleorchard-writing.
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