Finch - Part 1 (Roleplay with @worldviewfinch/@Little-Noko)
Okay...so this is finally getting rolling...I would first like to start with a reminder that the Roleplays are NOT 100% canon - they are scenarios that myself and Little-Noko come up with to explore the characters and world, but I've been deeply influenced by the events of our RP's before.
They are ALSO VERY LONG- there most likely WILL be some mis-edits. Please just bear with us, myself and my RP editor are doing our best to catch everything we can, but there are literally hundreds upon hundreds of pages of text from our worldbuilding and character development pieces, and we want to be able to get content out in a timely manner.
I've been Roleplaying Worldview scenarios with Little-Noko/Finch for the past year. There is much to dig through and look at.
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WARNING: Most of these RP's WILL deal with MUCH more sensitive topics than some people will be comfortable with! I will DO MY BEST to put the proper content warnings before each posting but I don't know if I'll be able to cover everything - some parts, depending on content, might even have to be skipped entirely. Noko and I really like to push the envelope when it comes to character exploration and development...and we honestly try to be thorough. But, that's what makes a good character, I like to think.
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Content Warnings: Teen death, descriptive torture
Finch – Part 1
Necromancers
Noko: The teenager was making his way home, his school bag hanging on one side of his body while one of his hands rubbed the dark area under his eyes in order to soothe the pain, he wasn't subject to bullying, neither was he a bully, but one thing was sure is that he was a troublemaker, always bothering and teasing people in order to get some attention... he definitely tried to find how he would explain to his parents how he managed to get punched in the face. As he walked in a sparse area to be left alone with his thoughts, he heard something meowing. He looked up and saw a cat, visibly stuck on a third-floor balcony above him. The cat clearly belonged to someone since there was a collar around his neck. The teenager dropped his bag on the side and grabbed the metal ladder that led to the many balconies from the apartments. Many people would have left it alone, but... he couldn't just let this cat be all scared up there. Without any hesitation, he started to climb the building. He had never been scared of heights, and he was pretty confident that he could help up the cat to get off. As he reached the third floor, the teen moved over the metal fence to stretch a leg at the window's border. There wasn't much room to lay his feet on but there was enough grip for him to assure himself that he wouldn't slip. "Kitty, kitty, come here..."
The cat meowed in distress, the teen getting slowly closer to it. "It's okay... I'm here... just..." He felt his entire body work in order to stay balanceed as he tried to crouch down to reach the cat... it took one second... only one, and one of his foot slip away from the ledge, his body soon following. Hitting the dark asphalt.
Alaina: The street was quiet, despite being after school, the alleyway that the small body had managed to slip into was left... unspotted until a young man scouring through the dumpsters nearly tripped over it. He frowned, not expecting to come across such a... specimen. He looked around. No witnesses... being a rather built man he had no problem picking up the heavy cadaver and slinging it over his shoulder, slinking back into the shadows. Any untrained eye would have said the man simply disappeared, but those who looked closer could see they pressed against a dark, alley doorway - sealing back up right as he left. The man hauled the body down to the rotten-smelling sewers, alone. There was a hideaway about a mile walk underground, away from the city - that's where he liked to practice his arts. He sighed, exhausted from the long trip as he laid the body on his examination table, looking it over. The soul was still intact, but definitely ready to leave...it must not have been collected yet. He grinned. That was lucky. He rarely got the chance to practice with such a fresh body....
Noko: A woman drapped in dark clothes was collecting samples from cadavers that her partner in crime had been attempting to reanimate for months now. They were experimenting the limits of the dark art at their greatest extent, wondering if it would be possible to merge a dying soul to an inanimate body, trying passionately to find the answer to eternal life in one a way or another. So far, all attempts had ended in failure... The soul never managing to stay more than a few minutes in an unfamiliar body.
Alaina: He looked over the teen's body, pleased with its condition before thoughtfully looking over the few other bodies he had collected - one stood out, a skeleton race body that had been recently cleaned. He pondered a moment. The one in front of him was Masic... for some reason, Masic souls didn't last as long as any others, but maybe there was a missing connection? He hadn't tried this particular mix yet, but the goal was to practice handling the soul itself. He really didn't expect anything out of the experiment, and slowly, started to summon magic to his hands to build the small encapsulated cushion that would be used to transfer the soul. He had to draw all the magic from the body, absolutely all of it, and make sure that the being as a whole was fully transferred before starting to arduous process of re-distributing the soul into the new body. He called his assistant over- he needed to make sure nothing was overlooked.
Noko: The assistant noticed her partner came back with another sample, her eyebrow rose a moment as she observed him select a young skeleton body that would be perfect for the transfer, it was missing a leg but honestly a limb missing or not wouldn't make a big difference for an experiment. She remained serious, her expression cold as she walked over with a few instruments installed on a rolling table. She observed the corpse starting to move as the magic coursed out of the body, her own palms moving over the body to make sure that every residual magic wouldn't be wasted in the procedure. She took her recorder and spoke. "Experiment ST52.1 We got a new body, freshly dead, Masic, 5feet2, visibly a teenager. Body of transfer, skeleton, younger and smaller, missing left tibias. Preparing for the transfer."
Alaina: "Thank you my dear." The man stated plainly, a pleased look on his face. This was his favorite part! He watched as the soul was slowly drawn up from the body, still pulsing steadily and increasing in its 'beat' as he drew up all the magic he could, color swirling in his own clear encasing, the lightest hints of yellow spreading from his own hands. The energy swirled, the cadaver he was drawing from getting more stiff and hollow looking as the magic was drawn, and he smiled in satisfaction when the soul beat heavily, surrounded by its own life force. "Hmm. Strong soul. Might be an interesting one."
Noko: She smiled back at him, using her own hands to guide the magic as the corpse progressively stopped moving, only to reveal a green, strong and healthy soul. She felt as thrilled as his partner as she registered her voice once more. "Subject A is extremely healthy, magic levels are high, preparing the transfer of the soul on subject B in a second." She felt excited as she was preparing herself mentally to stabilize the magic of the fresh soul in the new body. They would probably manage to keep it alive for a while this time, long enough to see how it would react.
Alaina: "All righty -" The man grinned excitedly, carefully moving his small capsule over the skeleton body. This had to be done with precision, and practice makes perfect. He let the residual magic flow in first, carefully watching the flow as it was preparing the body for revival. It was a slow, careful process, one that he had repeated many times, but it was fun regulating and distributing and re-distributing the excess to make sure he had it just right. Revival was a form of art, really, in his mind, as how well the body was prepared affected how well the body would wake up. He smiled, happy to see the tiny, involuntary movements of the skeleton as he went about his slow and careful work, building up to the point where he could put the final piece in place.
Noko: The woman loved the preparation as she slowly guided the magic inside of the skeleton bones, it was like a massage, following the flow slowly as if they were imitating a bloodstream to acclimate the body to the revival. They were precise and meticulate, taking their time to make sure that the body and the soul wouldn't suffer much from the procedure. Not that she cared about the subject's comfort it was more about the success the experiment. She was thrilled to make further tests, to understand the new being they would create together. To know if the conscience of the soul would remain intact.
Alaina: He waited, patient as anything, wanting everything to be just perfect. The last bit of residual green trickled, working its way into the new bodies system. It was like building a new being, or painting a picture, the strokes having to be in just the right place - he smiled, thrilled with how evenly the magic spread despite being in a body that asked more of it to use, but it was a good, strong, positive flow, and he finally moved to press the soul behind the skeletons ribcage, being oh so careful to 'install' it properly, before manually encouraging the beating magical organ to connect to the various systems it would now be responsible for.
Noko: The assistant helped to encourage the magic to keep moving, impatient to reanimate the skeleton body, a few unwanted spasms happened as most of the residual magic was finally sinking into the system, she gave his partner more space so that this one could install the soul inside of the ribcage. It didn't take long for the soul to connect to the magic stream, the skeleton body arching all of sudden without any warning as it was getting reanimated, the woman forcing the body down as much as possible to not disturb her partner's work. She observed his fists clench, the subject trembling a moment before becoming motionless all of sudden.
Alaina: He raised a brow at the reaction, carefully moving to connect the last few streams of magic that needed it, stroking them carefully so they would start to flow on their own. Slowly, he finished his 'job' looking over the body for any unnatural reaction as he took mental note of what was happening.
Noko: As her partner was connecting the last streams, the woman stepped aside, recording the whole process. The first steps seemed to have been a success, the magic had spread without much resistance inside of subject B, it already showing some motor sign. She waited a moment, impatient to see if the transfer was a success. It only took a minutes for the body's chest to start moving as it took it's first breath. The process was a success, experiment ST52.2 starting once subject C show more sign of life.
Alaina: "This is looking rather hopeful..." The male muttered excitedly, as soon as his hands were free he practically ran to grab a clipboard, jotting down his own personal thoughts and taking note of every intricate detail, his hands moving to jot furiously. "He's breathing - just wait...." He stared over his clipboard with a broad grin, waiting to see if the body was going to move at all.
Noko: The assistant was just as excited as the man, waiting for more signs that their experiment was a success... she just hoped it would stay alive long enough. The skeleton body started to shift faintly, his brow furrowing a moment as it slowly opened it's eyesockets, the eyelights, his expression empty and probably still unconscious of his own existence yet. He seemed relaxed before it finally opened his eyes really wide as he took a deep gasp, as if he had held his breath for hours, his arms moving close to his chest, trembling as it struggled to move, clearly disoriented and lost.
Alaina: "Ahehhee!! Strong reaction!!" He gleed, not hesitating to look over and immediately try to check the skeletons vital signs for recording. "Strong movement, eyelights lit properly - the connection itself seems perfect!!" He shouted in triumph, proud of his handiwork as he kept jogging down notes, smile wide. He snapped his fingers in front of the skeletons face, trying to focus his attention. "Hey. Hey you. Can you hear me?"
Noko: It looked around his vision disoriented as it adjusted to the light and the movements, he was hyperventilating as he tried to understand what was going on... his mind trying to grasp what was in front of him as all he could recall was the impression of falling... His attention quickly moved over the sound of fingers snapping in front of his face, his vision blurred. "Hear.... you?" He repeated without really understanding anything of what he heard or said.
The assistant couldn't help but to beam at the result of their experiments. "It's responding!!!"
Alaina: "Consciously!!" He added, his voice loud and excited. His brow furrowed, his face lit up with pride over his own handiwork. "....I don't see any sign of decay in the magic...not yet anyway. This is definitely an improvement..." He muttered, and snapped his fingers happily. "Get the restraints! I want a full examination -" He smiled like a kid at Christmas thoroughly impressed and pleasantly surprised at the strength of the soul he had happened to find- it must have been his lucky day!
Noko: The subject kept looking around, still panicked as messages in his mind told him that something was clearly wrong... that he was too light... he felt sore... something was missing... there was voice talking... like echoes... but his mind was too confused to even wonder who they were and were he was.
"Alright!" She quickly took the restraints and grabbed one of his wrists to place it against the table, he was so weak that he didn't put any resistance as she attached the other's arms against the table. Progressively attaching the subject to make herself sure that it wouldn't hurt itself.
Alaina: He smiled happily, pulling on a pair of gloves as he tugged a medical trolley up towards him, helping himself to secure his projects head with a restraining leather strap before grabbing a flashlight, checking the subject's responses by shining the light in the newly formed eyelights, and prodding a finger against the inside of the socket to see just how strong the magic was flowing. He didn't stop there, working his way slowly down to poke at every major connective area, curious to see just how well he had installed the soul, rattling off comments for his assistant to jot down in their notes.
Noko: The skeleton tried to free himself, the sudden strain only making him feel more distressed. He shifted his head to the side letting out a grunt as he felt scared and disoriented about what was going on, before geying forced to keep his head straight, as he slowly became immobilized. He couldn't move anymore, only making him even more panicked, his soul thrumming really fast at the traumatic event as one of the two persons moved a flashlight over his eyes, closing them as the light burned him only to get forced to keep them open. Every touch making him react strongly in response. Jolting and hyperventilating as he tried to understand what was going on. "W-w...what?"
Alaina: "Subject is... aware." The male's voice rang in surprise, tapping at the table with a raised brow. He still didn't expect his subject to live very long, but this was a rare chance to test to see just how the transfer process affected the adrenaline in the new body. It was clear the skeleton was panicking, but that just made him more excited. "Lets get some samples! I want to see if he's got any elevated chemicals - this soul is good for endurance." He chattered happily, grabbing a syringe and vials from his cart before reaching over to handle the quickly thrumming soul, none too gently either, looking for a good spot where the magic was especially concentrated with all the new mixtures of body fluids from the revived body. He shoved the syringe deep into the thrumming heart shaped organ, eager to get a mixture of samples from his new creation as he wanted to analyze every bit of what he had made, clearly proud of himself.
Noko: The assistant smiled at the high response coming from the experiment. She started to record once more while his partner was taking samples from the subject. "Subject C respond really well to the soul transfer, it seems that his body moved properly to the new implanted magic. Subject C is conscious, it suffers clearly from disorientation, further tests will be needed to know the state of his mind." It started to yell as her partner sank a syringe straight into it's soul. "Subject C respond to pain. It's soul is clearly attached properly to the body and is in perfect synchronisation to it. We are still uncertain it will last."
The skeleton started to groan while tears came out from his eyesockets as it kept struggling in fear. "N-no.... no..."
Alaina: "This is uncanny." The male started, practically giggling in his excitement. He drew at least five whole vials of pure magic and bodily fluids from the soul before yanking out the syringe, wanting to hurry before the whole process potentially gave out. He made sure the precious samples were secure enough to not be endangered before grabbing a clamp from his table, affixing the device his test subjects arm as he talked. "Test #36, stability. The subject is of skeleton race and the most important part is proper magical distribution! Let's see how well we did!" He beamed, securing one part of the clamp to the table so it wouldn't move, the other pressing his subjects arm in between two metal plates - the whole thing controlled by a screw that would slowly press the plates together, testing how much pressure the bones could take before they snapped, and he carefully started to turn the metal, eyes fixed on the arm he was working on to see just how long it would take before it started to crack.
Noko: The woman blinked of surprise as well, herself extremely excited to push forward the tests and push out the limits of it's subject, this was the first time they had an experiment so aware of themselves. She quickly took the samples to the fridge to secure the vials. Before getting back to the subject as her partner installed the instrument over the skeleton's arm. It still couldn't see properly as his magic was still adjusting to his body. But he was clearly stressed by what was going on, not understanding what was around him until he felt a weird pressure on his arm. It didn't take him long for a sharp pain to made him scream when the bone snapped. The magic keeping the two parts linked.
Alaina: "It's...fully functional." The male stated dumbly, astounded as he stared at the shattered arm. His brow furrowed. He had honestly not expected that, especially from a Masic soul, and there wasnt much else they could study other than seeing how the subject progressed. He removed the clamp, getting out of the way to roll his experiment slightly, just enough to look at his back and get a good look at his still adjusting, but fully functional main magic line. "Hmmm...get it cleaned up, I guess? See if it eats. It... seems completely intact!" He exclaimed, pleased but floored at the discovery - he didn't ACTUALLY expect this to WORK. "It could still just die off, but - let's see how long it takes. I'm curious to know if it starts functioning normally."
Noko: She was extremely impressed by how well the body synchronization with the brand new soul. She didn't hesitate to take care of their experiment, determined to keep it alive for as long as he could as all she wanted to get answers from him. She quickly replaced the other's arm with no softness. Using plastered bandages to fix his arm temporary after her partner was looking at the magic line. They had been extremely lucky on this one and she hoped that she could find crucial information about how the transfer work. Using a smaller container and a strong soul seem to have helped for a stable transfer. She snapped her fingers in front of the experiment as the pain seemed to make him lose consciousness. She registered her voice once more. "Subject C's body seems to react properly to pain. It fainted when it's limb snapped." She looked at her partner, thrilled. A large smile drawing on her face. They will proceed with Experiment ST52.3 once said subject wakes up.
Alaina: "Thank you my dear, it was all in days work!!" He beamed proudly, watching as the soul was still beating heavily under the ribcage. "Passed out but alive...fascinating! We'll proceed to take regular samples until the subject fades. I'm not much interested in keeping a... pet, if it happens to turn out that way - which I'd be surprised if it did." He smiled at his assistant, pleased to see how happy she was. "Perfect step in the right direction! Maybe the secret is magic to relatability...? Skeletons are rumored to be a subspecies of Masic in the past at least - hmmmm...very interesting..."
Noko: "The pleasure is mine." She was so thrilled! This was the first time a subject showed so much awareness and reacted to that much! She hoped it would be coherent enough later... would it remember who it used to be? She started to clean off the bones with water to get rid of any trace of blood and residue over it's body. She didn't care about the experiment well being, she only wanted to make sure that it would last long enough. Only time will tell. "The transition between two races wouldn't be easy... there are so many questions without answers..."
Alaina: "Ahehehe, well - we'll get a few good ones out of this, I'm sure! I'm going to start running the samples, make sure it stays active!" He said with a grin, then yawned deeply. "Ah - he was heavy. I may need to take a nap before we continue - I don't want to miss any of its consciousness!" He called, moving to collect the samples from their cold fridge before ducking out of the dark experimentation room. "Call me if you need anything."
Noko: The woman smiled and waved her hand as if it was not a big deal. "Go sleep, I'll take care of it and tell you if there's any change, just like with the other's, just because he is a promising case doesn't mean that you shouldn't sleep." She kept cleaning its bones before throwing the filthy towel away. "It will be transferred to the cell until it wakes up, I'll keep a good watch on his vitals until then." She said before finally walking away, bringing their experiment along.
Many hours later, the skeleton woke up, opening its eyes before looking around at its surroundings. The room was dark... and it smelled pretty bad... He still felt a sore pain at the level of his arm, only remembering way too well what caused it, which made him soon start to struggle. Being conscious that their subject was awake, the assistant walked in her partner's office. "Subject C is awake."
Alaina: "Really!" The male leaned back from his desk, going over the results that they had gathered previously, before turning to face his assistant with a broad smile. "I can't believe he's lasted so long - lets see how he's holding up!" He popped out of his chair, making his way eagerly back to the test room. He didn't bother with gloves this time, he didn't expect to be doing too much extensively dirty work, and instead directly approached his waking subject. "Well would ya look at that..."
Noko: "I'm as surprised as you are! I was about to see if he got some primary needs, I thought that you would like to see how he behaves." She smiled almost cruelly, she would love to do some tests, especially now that her subject was so responsive. She opened the door of the room that confined him. Finding him struggling as it tried to free himself from the restraints that kept him immobilized him, jolting in fear as he noticed the two persons walking in.. "N-no ! No!"
Alaina: "So responsive..." He muttered, not hesitating in the least as he strode over to his subjects immobilized head. He was already curiously looking down straight at the skeletons eyelights, pushing a finger inside the skull to poke at the sensitive veins of magic that kept it lit, looking to see how steady it was now that the magic had had plenty of time to settle into its new home. "I can hardly believe it - but it seems well enough. Hey... " He poked at the skeletons forehead, his face showing nothing but pure curiosity. "Are you hungry?"
Noko: He grimaced when he felt man approach... and felt surprised and confused as this one sank his finger in his eye... or at least were his eye should be. His confused and lost mind for earlier was getting more precise about how wrong he felt. His eyesockets opened really wide, alert as this one poked his forehead until the man spoke once more... asking him if he was hungry which he replied fearfully in faint nods.
The woman smiled brightly at the response only to bring a nutritious pudding on a moving tray. "It can understand us! Wonderful!" She dipped a spoon in the cup of pudding before showing it to the skeleton. "Don't be scared. Be good and we won't hurt you today."
Alaina: "Right. REASONING!" The man tilted his head in honest confusion. He wasn't accustomed to working with - living things. It was a shift he wasn't sure he could handle. He shifted awkwardly, looking down at the skeleton before tapping at his own face thoughtfully. "Hm. It'd be better if you could talk. Can you talk?" He asked, his eyes suddenly wide with curiosity. He had heard the subject mutter protests earlier, but if he could form a conversation - it would be a good test to the mental state, anyway, and he kept staring at the other, an eager smile spreading over his face.
Noko: She was so excited! She loved to work with dead and reanimate it, but this was even better! They could study their experiment, see how he would adapt to his body despite the drastically different nature of his soul. And she was even more pleased to see her partner further the experiment along as he asked if he could talk.
The skeleton frowned faintly as he tried to gather his thoughts before nodding nervously, clearly scared at the idea of getting hurt. "Y-yes... w-where-" Before he could ask further, the woman shoved a spoonful of pudding in his mouth, he swallowed quickly before coughing. This was wrong, something felt wrong.
Alaina: "...Interesting..." He raised a brow, pleased to watch the skeleton while his assistant took care of it, looking for any signs of weakness or abnormal reactions - the boy seemed to be adapting at an incredible rate, which was making him giddy and proud with just how well he had done. He walked around the room a moment, watching to see if the eyelights were going to follow him or remained focused on the woman feeding him - he couldn't help but chuckle, she was kind of cute, so excited to 'care' for the little experiment. "He definitely looks strong - should we... see if he can move? I'd like to at least test his reflexes."
Noko: Surprisingly, the subject kept following the man's movements, alert and scared about what they would do next, after all, he was one that had hurt him. "how long? Where...? Who? What?" He closed his eyesockets, frowning as he was on the verge of panic, all he could recall for now was that impression of falling before he woke up... He opened his eyes once more as this one proposed to free him... or at least that's what he understood. He still felt wrong...
"Well... now that you say it... it's not like it can run with one leg missing." She put the cup of pudding on the side and loosened the straps that were straining the subject. The first thing the Skelton did was to sit up, grimacing before it froze at the sight of his bones... he... was sure it wasn't supposed to look like that. He stared at his hands, moving them, completely lost in his mind, a fascinated, yet scared expression on his face as it felt so light... they were not his...
Alaina: "Oh this oughta be interesting." The male interjected, turning to stand right beside his subject as he watched the skeleton move, definitely taking in his new body. "Pretty good, right?!" He stated proudly, looking the skeleton up and down. "The key to soul transfers is making sure the magic is JUST right! Building the whole system from the ground up! It's got to be PERFECT or nothing works. I must say I've totally outdone myself this time, I can't believe you're even awake - ahahha!" He laughed heartily, clearly proud of himself and his own work as he tended to ramble about his own accomplishments,turning to his assistant. "I've had plenty of practice, but this is a success definitely worthy of the record books if I do say so myself."
Noko: His hands ran over his bones as if he was looking for something that wasn't there, grimacing as his broken arm was hurting really bad whenever he was moving it... He barely registered what the others were saying as he tried to assimilate what he was supposed to be... trying to picture what he was supposed to look like, but failing no matter how hard he tried to remember. He barely had time to think that the woman distracted him. Poking his forehead to get his attention. "I need to see your motor skills." She offered him another spoonful of pudding. "Take it."
He started to shake, clearly due to the mental shock more then because his body had trouble to stay stable. He closed his fingers over the utensil before taking another bite of pudding, famished.
Alaina: The male started to jot down notes, frowning as his subjects mental state was affecting his results - he wasn't too pleased about that, but he supposed there wasn't much helping it. Transferring bodies was sure to leave some sort of effect - it would be interesting to see if the subject could handle it. "Ehh... I'd like to see improvement over the next few hours." He said blandly with a shrug, tapping at his notes with a pen. "Not a bad start though. You - uh. C." He started, pointing at the skeleton. "Tell me - do you actually feel hunger, or are you just eating to eat?"
Noko: The assistant observed with attention how the subject was reacting... there was signs of trauma, which she expected from a soul that hadn't been revived in the 'proper' form of their art, she didn't care much for their experiment, but she definitely seemed more enthusiastic than her partner, using soft words to play with the 'child's mind. The more docile, the better.
And it was working, her encouragement, almost working like a maternal figure, seemed enough to keep the subject calm despite his clear confusion. As the man called him "C", this one looked at him, unsure... was it his name? It didn't feel like it. He hesitated a moment, nervous to reply. "I-I'm hungry... feels... empty." He moved one hand over his stomach... as if something was supposed there.
Alaina: "Hmmmm.... good, very good!" His smile returned, pleased as he started to return to his notes happily - jotting quickly. "Makes sense, after all - now... do you remember anything? I'm very curious to know how your memory has retained - if at all." He explained simply, flatly as he kept looking over the skeleton.
Noko: Memories... uh... He frowned, his mind more and more alert at the other words while he tried to reply to the question properly. "I r-remember... falling? That my body isn't.... like that... I... I don't know... I don't know!!!" He repeated, holding his skull on the verge of panic. The assistant quickly reacting by taking his hand, a serious expression on her face as she tried to be as sweet as possible despite her lack of practice.
"It's alright, it might take time for it to come back, you went through a lot of shock. We're just asking you a question, alright? Nothing to be scared about. You're doing good..." She took the spoon away from his hand to dip it in the pudding again and feed him. Here. Eat, you need it.
The skeleton obeyed meekly, fighting his weirded out mind.
Alaina: "Mmm...." The male quieted himself, withdrawing thoughtfully as he let his assistant handle the subject - he would like to get as much info as possible before something possibly happened. Either way, he took a step back, putting a sterile smile on. "Well, take your time then. Eat something. We'd like to keep a careful eye on you, of course...." He stated, voice starting to trail as he was more just trying to judge the skeletons reactions than purposeful prod at his unstable mentality.
Noko: She offered him the rest of the cup, stroking the top of his skull as she placed the spoon back in it. "Did you hear him? Eat as much as you can. You went through a lot, and you need to build strength. Alright?"
The skeleton nodded faintly before keep eating, his appetite growing as he ate more, he was famished, and it was enough to distract his unstable mentality. The assistant was disappointed… but she hoped that this one would start to remember who he used to be, even a little. She didn't let herself get discouraged, however glad that she had managed to make him docile for now, she looked at her partner. "Perhaps we could test his reflex and mind? I mean, he still pretty confused, but I want to see if only the memories have been affected."
Alaina: "Hmm.... I think I have just the thing." The male stated brightly, coming up with an idea as he ran out of the room for a moment. He returned shortly with a couple books and a pen - one was a dusty old workbook and the other was a simple word puzzle book. "Here - see if he can't work that brain of his just a little. Some focused thought might help him... stabilize." He gave an awkward look as he passed over the objects, not used to having to be 'delicate' as he was now minding what he was saying. They had trained themselves to not think of their subjects as people, it was easier that way - but this... thing was clearly scared and confused and he needed a calm mind to see just how effective his work had been. "I can go over his reflexes in a moment, maybe?" He offered as almost an afterthought.
Noko: As the man left the room, the assistant praised their experiment as it seemed to enjoy the taste of the pudding as he ate it faster at each new bite, stroking his head as if she was praising a dog. That's a good boy, keep eating as much as you can. She was actually really fascinated at how well this subject was doing as he was the first one to ever have an appetite. As her partner came back with books, this one smiled cheerfully. "Perfect! I think it's just what he needs." She took the empty cup and the spoon before looking at it. "Be good and there will be more for you... Understood?"
The skeleton nodded faintly as his attention moved over his bones once more. Why didn't he have any clothes? Who were these people? What happened to him? "Is....it going.... to hurt again?"
Alaina: The man looked thoughtful a moment - he definitely thought his assistant had the right idea about bribing the little 'pet' - and he offered a plastic smile. "I'm done with my extreme testing - I WOULD like to get some more samples as you stabilize but it will go a lot easier if you behave. Promise." He was not a warm person by any means, but there was definitely an edge of truth to his words - and he certainly gave off the impression that he was going to get what he wanted, one way or another. He noted the arm he had shattered the previous day, nodding towards it with the smallest smidgen of understanding. "There won't be any more of that, if that's what you're worried about."
Noko: She was glad to see that her partner played along to manipulate their experiment. As long they would give him a good reason to behave, it would make things easier if their experiment was stable enough for their numerous tests. She smiled as she saw subject C nod in agreement while his hand rested on his hurt arm. "O-okay..." There were so many questions... like where he came from and who was he and what happened to him... yet... he somehow didn't think that he was allowed to ask for an answer.
"Perfect! We will put you through a number of tests now, just do your best, we want to see what you are capable of." She looked at her partner, amused and thrilled to discover more.
Alaina: "Okay - now..." He paused momentarily, an idea coming to mind as he turned to his assistant. "My dear, maybe he would work a little better in some clothes? It is kind of cold down here. Here, my assistant will fetch you something to put on if you can show me how comprehensive you are." He said with a smile, pushing a book into the skeletons lap. "Just read and complete some of the puzzles if you can." He asked eagerly, a curious grin crossing his face as he pulled up a chair to sit in.
Noko: The assistant blinked in surprise as her partner proposed some clothes in exchange of a few puzzles... she didn't understand the point of giving the subject clothes but she shrugged before heading out, the skeleton following her with his eyes before the man placed a book over his lap. He stared at the book a moment before opening it.... finding the texture under his fingers different then what he was used to. "Uhm... I-I need a pen..." He said as he was looking at the puzzles in front of his eyes, some seemed really hard... but he honestly didn't know what else he could do aside from obeying.
Alaina: "All right." He waited just a moment before digging the required tool out of his pocket, holding it out for the skeleton. He purposefully held it a little further away, waiting to see if the subject had the coordination and strength to lean forward and reach for it. He continued giving a plastic smile, holding it just out of immediate arms reach. "Here ya go."
Noko: The skeleton blinked when the man handed him the pen... but too far away for him to reach it... was it another test... again? He shifted himself to sit on the border of the table to stretch his healthy arm and grab it. "Thanks..." He then reinstalled himself properly, as he started to solve the simple
crossword puzzles. Curiously, the words came easy in his mind as he actually... knew without really knowing where he had learned all that.
The assistant came back with a shirt. "This is the only clothes I have found that aren't covered in mold."
Alaina: "It'll do." The male nodded in satisfaction, watching his subject move and think naturally - he really had adapted to his body almost perfectly without even realizing it, only his mind was confused and lost. It became almost a game, watching the skeletons face when he got stumped only to see realization lit up his features - just like any other person, and he started to smile at his own accomplishments, so absorbed in just studying the other he barely acknowledged anything else happening in the room for quite some time, just...staring at the experiment like an animal in a zoo.
Noko: She noticed how well the experiment was doing with the crosswords... it was so goodbye to see how his cognitive mind seemed to work really well despite the lack of memories. "I'll have to test its memories some more since it seems to remember information from its past life... Mmmh..." She thought while stroking her chin, she would have brought memory games to test his vision even have a 'therapy' session. "I need to see how it thinks... Wait!" She looked at her partner. "Where is its old body?"
The skeleton raised his head as he listened to the woman. A confused yet worried expression on his face. "My... old body ?"
Alaina: "Oh, I haven't cleaned it up yet." The male replied, shrugging with a touch of disinterest. "We've been distracted, so its probably still on the examination table." His attention turned towards his little pet project, and he started to beam proudly. "Oh yeah, it was pretty beat up - still not sure what it was doing just lying in the alley though."
Noko: The woman smiled, please, the corpse was probably rotting, she had no intention to show it to their experiement, the shock would probably cause his mind to lose the little stability they had with him... at least for now. She wanted however, to stimulate it's long-term memories. "Perfect! I won't be long!" She walked away, far from caring about the experiment as the skeleton seemed to realize something.
The skeleton frowned as the man described his old body... "So... that feeling... that body.... it's not mine"? He moved his fingers slowly, clearly starting to depersonalize.
Alaina: "Correct." The man said with a pleased smile, gesturing towards his little experiment with a great deal of pride- he was happy to talk about how great he was, obviously very excited over his 'art'. "You were quite dead, but soul intact. I saved you." He emphasized with an excited grin, leaning over slightly to watch his subject. "Wasn't sure if it was going to work, but I must be more talented than I thought -"
Noko: Quite dead... then that impression of falling that he had when he woke up, the first memories that were in his mind... was it the moment he died? Did he really die? Who was this body he was in? His expression became empty for a moment before he looked up at the man. "You.... saved me?" It didn't feel like he had been saved... they called him subject C... this place didn't look like a hospital. "Y-you broke my arm..."
The woman came back, a set of clothes in her arms. I'm back, sorry to take so long, you were right. That guy is heavy!
Alaina: "Ahaha, sorry - " He stated emptily, waving his hand in front of his face dismissively. "I wasn't sure you were going to wake up! You're the first success we've had that's remained conscious - I test every new experiment for stability to see what I did right, what I did wrong...but you...you're my greatest MASTERPIECE!" He said with a grin, his face lighting up to ridiculous levels before his assistant's voice drew his attention, his head spinning around to watch her - and he quickly caught on to what she was doing. "OOOH brilliant my dear!! You never cease to impress - "
Noko: The skeleton looked away when the male apologized... it felt cold and empty... and he honestly didn't like it... He was so scared from the moment he had woken up... The man was talking about him like he wasn't even human. Like he was just some kind of object that he was studying... and nothing more. He started to distract his confused mind with more puzzles, at least they wouldn't hurt him more if he did good or bad, when the woman suddenly came back with something... familiar? Without really thinking, the skeleton slid off the table to walk toward her, but he only found himself falling into a faceplant as he attempted to walk on his missing leg. The woman couldn't help herself but chuckle at the result as she went over to help it stand up. "You're missing a leg, what were you thinking?" She looked down at the clothes as she found it grabbing at the fabric.
Alaina: The man let out a light laugh as well, almost smirking at him. "Well, he moved well despite it." He commented naturally, cocking a brow as they tried to stand from the floor, and he reached down to help pick up their subject, wondering lightly if he had managed to injure himself. "Still, that was a good effort."
Noko: She managed to help him stand up slowly and sat on the table once more. "Really good, it seems to remember all his motricity... or perhaps it's the body that recalls it, either way, they were pretty good." She looked at how the skeleton was holding at the clothes, staring at it. "Does it remind you something?"
He didn't say a word, his thumbs stroking the fabric, it felt like... he had worn that... that someone used to complain about how often he wore it. "It's my shirt?" But why couldn't he recall anything further than that...? What was his name?
"Yes! It's your shirt C. That's really great!"
Alaina: He also smiled, impressed with the progress. "Yes, your clothes." He pondered, his thoughts wondering if he should push it any further or not... helping to encourage the subjects thought process at all. "I found you face down in an alley, you looked like you had fallen from one of the apartments. That's all I saw though." He explained simply, looking down at the clothes. "Is that the kind of thing you like?"
Noko: The skeleton stared at his clothes silently, frowning as he listened to him and tried to remember what he had been doing. "I fell... I was... trying to do... something..." When the man asked him if he liked it... "I think... I wear that a lot..."
The woman rubbed her chin before looking at her partner. "Do you think it's a general amnesia or that its soul has trouble to dissociate from his current body?" She didn't care much about the young subject, only trying to understand why his thought process was so blurred when it came from its memories.
Alaina: "It could also be the trauma of the procedure." He stated with a shrug, tilting his head in thought himself. "Something about the mind tries to keep things... intact, when stuff gets too hard to 'handle'." He scratched at his own head in mild frustration - he wished that wasn't the case, it would make things a lot easier. "But it could also be a combination of everything, it's too soon to tell really. If it gets better with time, it's probably dissociation, if it isn't... could be the soul protecting itself, or amnesia is just a side affect... I'm not sure." He stated honestly, frowning at his lack of understanding.
Noko: As she saw her partner's frustration, she offered him an amused smirk, patting his shoulders. "There, there. It's why I'm here for, after all, I'll just keep doing more tests until we got the answers. If it's just his soul adjusting, some of his memories might just come back as time pass." She loved these kinds of puzzles, it was different than those mindless subjects that she had to handle every day at their lab. She looked at their experiment, a larger smile on her face. "There, how about we put your clothes on, mmmh? The woman slowly took the shirt from him. "Raise your arms."
He obeyed before raising his arms, grimacing at the pain coming from the fracture.
Alaina: "Well...if that's the case. I'll keep running tests - oh. I would like a sample, now that he's calmed down." He reminded, looking more at his assistant than the subject, as if searching out her approval to retrieve what he wanted. This was simply not his area of expertise, but he definitely wanted to see how the magic was acting now that it was given time to even out.
Noko: She waved her hand as she clearly didn't mind it. "Let me dress it up and you'll be able to take as many samples as you want." She helped the experiment to dress up as he visibly had trouble to move his arm because of the injury.
The skeleton moved down his arms down stretching the shirt in incomprehension. "Bigger than I.... remember..."
"Your new body is younger. And without muscles, you definitely need smaller clothes." She stated as she put his pants on before looking at him with a serious expression on her face. "Now be a good boy, we need magic samples to see how your body adapted. Then you'll rest."
The skeleton remained silent before nodding, sure that he had no choice.
Alaina: "Now lay back and stay calm." The man instructed clearly, his voice cold and sterile as he moved to retrieve his trolley of supplies, pulling it over as he glanced over his instruments. He definitely wanted a soul sample... and maybe a main line sample? He pondered a moment before snapping on a pair of latex gloves, reaching for a large syringe as he gestured towards the subject. "Soul first."
Noko: The skeleton was about to lay back on his table when he froze as the man put his gloves on, his own hand pressing against his chest when the man requested his soul, the large syringe scaring him... recalling way too much what happened a while ago. He shook his head slowly. "N-no... Please... that h-hurt a lot..." He admitted, terrified about the idea of feeling the syringe sink into his soul again.
The woman frowned, disappointed before pressing him down against the table. "I said, be good. So no complaining."
"N-no..." He started to struggle, terrified.
Alaina: "Would you rather I tie you down again?" The man stated warningly, narrowing his gaze at his subject a moment. "It'll hurt less if you cooperate, but you need to relax ." He frowned down at the other, displeasure hardening his features. "Soul. Now." He stated sternly, a certain level of threat holding in his tone - nobody was going to keep him from HIS research.
Noko: He froze as the man menaced to tie him to the table again. He was breathing heavily, still terrified by the idea a syringe would sink into his soul. "B-but..." He started, tears feeling up his eyesockets before trying his best to obey and relax just like the man said... it would be worse if he didn't. Without any hesitation, and far from delicate as well, she grabbed the subject's soul by force and handed it over to her partner. "Here." She looked at it with a cold gaze. "Now don't move and relax."
Alaina: "Thank you, my dear. See, being cooperative helps a lot." The man stated in partial encouragement, running over the small organ to look for a good spot - it was unfortunate for the skeleton but his most active, most concentrated magic was deep in the magical heart, and he looked over it like a puzzle before squeezing lightly to get a good grip, shoving the needle almost carelessly into the spot he needed.
Noko: He held his breath, tensing up as the woman held his soul, shivering and crying in response. That wasn't cooperation! Not at all! He was forced to do things he didn't want... It felt wrong... and when then man manipulated his soul. It felt even worse... it hurt, it made him twitch and shift of discomfort, near to lose the little calm he had left as he was close to panicking again. The skeleton started crying when he felt the needle sink deep into his thrumming soul. The woman sighed out of annoyance, keeping him in place as he started to struggle.
"Stop complaining. It's nothing."
Alaina: The male ignored him, fully focused on getting what he needed - several heavy samples from the small soul. He filled vial after vial, before finally he had enough to be satisfied, his face twitched in annoyance as the child continued to struggle. It was distracting, which was making the whole process less fun. He yanked the syringe when he was done, his movements a little more harsh as he was slowly growing frustrated. "Put him on his side." He instructed harshly, securing the samples before reaching over for a new instrument, the sound of metal clattering against the each other as he moved.
Noko: The woman obeyed without caring much about her struggling subject, only too start using the straps, becoming just as annoyed as her partner. "Stop moving! The more you will the more unpleasant it will get for you !"
The subject didn't listen, the sound of the metal instrument only create more fear out of him. "W-what are you doing ?! Please.... s-stop..." He sobbed. "Stop... no more pain... please..." He didn't like this... He wanted this to end. He didn't know what else was waiting for him... but being restrained made it worse.
"Manipulation doesn't seem to work... It isn't cooperative." She said with a frown.
Alaina: "Leave it then, don't tire yourself out." He returned with a sigh, pausing his work to help secure their struggling subject. "It doesn't matter anyway, it's clear the mind is mostly intact - I think we can consider this a full success, just make sure we note the deficiencies." He mentioned before setting himself in a chair next to the table, dragging his trolley over to settle in for some deeper experimentation. So long as he was here, he might as well do a little more, and with the subject restrained it was already much more enjoyable. The spread his tools out in front of him carefully, choosing a special scalpel made for skeletons first before choosing a vertebrae to cut into - no sense in wasting his time with a needle, and a closer look of how the magic line was looking would be nice anyway. He dug the tool deep into a middle bone, using his free hand to grasp at it while he did so, using deep, strong strokes to split the area so he could expose the delicate magic flowing underneath.
Noko: The skeleton kept crying, begging them to stop, what they were doing... it felt wrong and terrifying, like a nightmare of both confusion and pain and that since he woke up... He wanted answers, about who he was... what happened to him... what he had become and what would happen to him. The man said that he had saved him... but it didn't feel like it.
The woman attached it really tight so that it wouldn't move, the little warmth gone for good as she immobilized it. She nodded as her partner said to forget about making the experiment more docile. "Subject C ready." She ignored the experiment that was struggling, only amused by it's scream when the man cut into his vertebrae to expose the main magic line. "Try to avoid damage it. I still need to run some cognitive test later."
The skeleton closed his eyes, sobbing as he felt the instruments sink in his exposed magic.
Alaina: "No promises. I've never had an opportunity like this before..." The man muttered, poking at the line curiously. He spent a good few hours taking samples and poking at the area, surgically exploring it by cutting it open and peeling back the layers, in a couple different places, curious to see just how perfectly he had 'built' his little project. It wasn't until he felt tired that he even realized how long he had sat there, letting out a deep yawn before staring at his hands, a messy mix of blood and magic staining his work area, and he slowly stood to clean himself and his area up, whisking the samples away for analysis. "Do what you like. I'll be back in the morning." He shrugged, nodding towards his assistant tiredly before preparing himself to turn in for the evening.
Noko: The woman kept observing her partner's work, taking notes as if their experiments was nothing but a bunch of bones inert, ignoring the screams and cry coming out from it. At some point, all it managed to do at the end was shaking while whimpering faint noises of protest. His face damped with his own tears. He couldn't yell anymore, the pain too great to even make a proper sound. "Alright. I'll clean your mess." She started to clean the table, applying a rough bandage over the spine. She recorded vocal notes. Tossing the instruments on the rolling table before sending it out of the room. She installed their experiment on its back, too weak to fight back. "Rest. You'll have a rough day tomorrow." She turned off the light before leaving it alone in the dark.
Alaina: The male rose early the next day, eager to get back to work - but he checked on his running samples first, a faint frown on his face as he ran over the results. The soul was not what he wanted to see, the trait something rather unique, not something he expected to come across... it dampened his mood considerably, and he sat down to file at his findings a moment, looking extremely dejected the whole while before he debated on going back to his subject... well, he could get a few more good readings out of him, at least understand what they were looking for to accomplish. But his interest was quickly banished from keeping the so-called 'masterpiece' around...
Noko: The skeleton didn't sleep well, the pain too great for his body to manage, this one was suffering from a light and unpleasant fever, his breath uneven... The only time he dreamt was really terrifying, filled with fear and... the moment he died.
The man's assistant woken up much earlier. Filing some paper work, she didn't wait for her partner to wake up to disturb the subject's poor sleep to take a look at its condition. Despite the test from yesterday, subject C remained responsive to light, touch and pain... this was a little disappointing too, she was pretty sure that its cognition would be affected by the pain he was under... oh well... All she could do was work with was she had. "So, Sleepyhead. Still hungry? Hey, you." She tapped the boy's cheek as he was losing focus.
"Mgh... n-no... no more pain... please..."
Alaina: The male practically burst into the room, striding with heavy steps as he was clearly disappointed. "How is C responding?" He asked, sounding extremely bored. He let his own papers fall onto a nearby desk heavily, trying to distract himself by re-organizing his instruments. He was so bored. I wanted to make a masterpiece, a true one - this thing in front of him was nothing but another failure - he could only learn at this point.
Noko: "Still in shock from the procedure of last night. But still good enough for more test I assume." She paused, noticing the disappointed look on her partner's face... that was a bad news. And when this one dropped his papers on the table, she blinked out of confusion. "What's going on? How's the result from the simple? Not satisfying?" She moved her attention on the subject, snapping her fingers in front of its face. "Hey. Stay awake here."
The skeleton frowned as he started to cry, scared of what would come really soon. Thanks to the sound of the metal clicking on the platter. "P-Please... n-no more test... please..."
"Shut your mouth. I want you to respond to more test. I don't care if you don't want to. It's that or we hurt you more."
Alaina: "My dear I know how excited you were over this, but..." He sighed, passing over some of his findings. "His soul is endurance based - he probably only survived the procedure because of this specific soul trait - I have no doubt that it was a major attributing factor.... regardless, I have no interest in keeping it. I'd much rather harvest what I can and just.... send for a teleport. ...I want to move on." He sighed, definitely disappointed and discouraged - the subject was nothing but a husk to him now, and he wanted to CREATE - he couldn't do that working on a ruined project, and he reached over for his gloves. "Bring him here."
Noko: The woman's expression quickly flattered, clearly disappointed herself as she learned that the soul only survived because of its trait... She took a deep breath, trying to see the good out of it. "At least... We know that it IS possible... right? We just need to right formula, to make sure any soul could be as endurant as this one for a soul transfer..." She grimaced a moment before sighing. "Can we at least learn more about his mental state? I was just about to work on that. I want to know if that amnesia is permanent or not..." She wasn't trying to buy time with the experiment, but she wanted to make sure everything was properly done before they throw it away. She slides the weak, struggling and sobbing body near of her partner, disappointed. "All I would need is a memory, a clear one that would make it possible to transfert a consciousness in another body..."
Alaina: He looked over, but nodded. "Do what you want. I just want to make a few more extractions. I'll go ahead and schedule the teleporter while you... have your moment." He stated, clearly discouraged and lack of any enthusiasm. He didn't even really want to look at the thing, it was just a reminder that he hadn't been able to prefect his craft as perfectly as he wanted, and he turned to leave the room. "Take your time, I'll get what I want when you're done." He rambled as he waved a good bye, clearly done with the whole thing.
Noko: The skeleton listened to them... were they talking to get rid of him? Would they leave him for dead? He couldn't ask... he was too scared, especially since the woman told him to shut up.
"Perfect." The woman was now left alone, playing with the instrument herself before gathering her own documents. She took a deep breath before turning back to the subject. "You WILL cooperate, do your best and I MIGHT convince him to be gentle with you. Now, Remember anything about your past? A smell, a sound? Anything?"
The child shook his head a moment frowning as he did his best to remain calm and try to remember. "I... I fell from the building... I think I tried to... save something... a... a cat? And my foot slipped? I think... I-I don't know... I... dreamed about it..."
"Mmmh..." She seemed disappointed before making him do a few tests to play with his memories. But after a while, she simply gave up. The subject was too stressed to give proper results.
Alaina: After awhile, the man returned, still clearly having a bit of a loss of interest at the project, but he made sure that his assistant was at least mostly satisfied before he instructed her aid of his final extractions. He dug into the small soul, cutting out a small piece for himself with a biopsy tool to keep, something of a 'souvenir' as it was, that could easily be used for more readings later. He poked at the skeletons systems, snapping a lower rib just to watch the magic and marrow flow, gathering some of the fluids before setting his little experiment back on his side, cutting open no less than three more of the vertebrae, all in vital places to get a good idea of the more important junctions of the magic system. He was nearly done when a third person showed up, rolling his eyes around the room boredly and knocking.
"Yo. Ya called for a bug out?" The new person was Metazoan, mouse-like animal traits formed his features, and he glanced at the broken body lying on the table, his face cocking into a grin.
"Ah, yes! Nearly done here, just need to...grab this..." The male stated simply, pulling away his final extraction before rising, moving his tools so he could enjoy to properly clean them himself. "We just need him away, of course."
"Aight...any place in particular?"
"Just not here." The man stated, nodding. "Nowhere near here."
Noko: At first the child responded to pain like before, screaming every time the man cut through his bones, sobbing heavily as he begged him to stop, his body trembling as it was going under a lot of stress and torture. Without any painkillers, the instruments were burning him, and the restraints stopped him from moving like he wanted. But when then men snapped one of his bones, the child almost immediately lost consciousness, from both the pain and the lack of blood he was going through.
The woman only gave it a few hours before it would die without the proper care, it was already feverish,
it's breath irregular and loud... what a disappointment. Another failure...
Alaina: "Not our problem." The man stated, nodding toward the teleporter who just shrugged, grabbing at his 'assignment' with little care or reason before vanishing in a blink. He had meant to just dump the body on the outskirts of a town somewhere, off the side a road in a ditch where he could just let the sand naturally cover the victim - but somewhere along the line his calculations messed up, and he smacked into a hard wall, groaning as he dropped his 'package' in an alleyway. They were definitely hundreds of miles from their origin, but not quite as far as he had hoped - frowning when a scream alerted him - he wasn't alone. He stared dead at the woman who had seen him appear, horrified by the mangled body that had slumped to the ground - he blinked once before disappearing on reflex, trained to be seen as little as possible. The woman scrambled to call the emergency number after attempts to rouse the young, abandoned skeleton were a total failure... and it was clear he was getting sick, his fever starting to pitch high.
Once in medical hands, the emergency team that he had happened to fall under care of just grimaced - his bones had been methodically torn, he was losing blood and magic all over the place, and was rushed almost immediately into the ER surgery. With no ID and nothing to identify him, calls went out all over the place...but nobody seemed to be missing a young skeleton child in the area, and even as the calls went further and further out...nobody seemed to know anything... and he matched no missing persons record...
The surgery took hours, the on hand staff spending meticulous, careful time to rebuild the split and broken vertebrae, as many of them were almost damaged beyond repair, but with the help of good practice and a healer they managed to restore it almost perfectly. He was lucky the rib was an easy fix, but the surgeon was so exhausted he didn't have time to fix the arm - it was so shattered it would need to be taken care of separately at a later time. The John Doe skeleton was set up carefully in bed to lay on his side, propped gently with pillows and his arm suspended from the ceiling so that it was comfortable, his body too wracked to lay him down properly without causing more soreness. It was clear he would be in pain, even with a heavy dose of painkillers and antibiotics running through him. The nurse assigned to him settled him in a room, carefully reading his condition. They couldn't even write his name down... she was an attentive person though, and at one point, after waiting long enough to get accustomed to the mystery patient, she carefully sat at his bedside and start to clean his face and body tenderly, hoping that he would wake in at least a bit of comfort....
