<> <> <> <> <> <> <> * Threnody is walking with his arms folded behind his head, and looks over his shoulder at Leo. "Are you sure this is okay? I don't want to push your sister, but what I felt... really needs explanation, before she's out of touch for a while." * Leopoldo walks along. "Yeah, it should be okay... I know she's hurt, but I want to know what was going on there. That just wasn't like her, at all." * Katherine is following behind Thren, and slightly behind Leo. She's glancing around as if expecting something to pop around a corner. * Threnody nods slowly, putting his arms down. "It... well, I'll explain more when we get there." He looks over the other shoulder at Kat with a puzzled expression, but turns forward and keeps walking. <> * Leopoldo nods and sighs. "Alright." (As we say in ApocNowish: Blipvert?) (... bwah?) (Fancy term for sliptime, mook.) (Thank you for expecting me to know what your goddamn made up word means. c_C) (I'm good for sliptime.) * Threnody walks! To the detention center! Where stuff is detained! <> * Leopoldo walks up. This is the right place, right? <> * Threnody waits to be admitted. And looks nervous. <> <> * Threnody breathes out. "Psi armor makes me a little twitchy. It's like..." He pauses. "It's like looking around and seeing something that isn't there. Or not seeing something you know IS there." * Leopoldo nods. "It's like missing a sense, right?" * Threnody looks a little worried as he walks. "Yeah. I guess I didn't notice until recently how... ingrained it is." * Katherine chuckles faintly. <> * Threnody smiles adorably. *ting* * Katherine hangs back, because she's threatening and mean. "I'll just leave you two to the talking. I'm the one who zapped her sister." * Threnody blinks, then looks back at Kat with a serious expression. "It might be worth your while to listen, but... if that's what you like." I didn't say I wouldn't listen. * Leopoldo turns to Kat and shrugs, walking quickly over to Trish afterwards. * Threnody blinks, then nods and falls in behind Leo. <> * Katherine glances over at Trish, then mumbles, "Just easier not to get involved." * Leopoldo touches the force field, getting a feel for where it is. "How are you feeling?" "Tired. I used a lot of energy... today." <> * Threnody steps up next to Leo and nods. "I can imagine... sorry about the accomodations, but I think a smart person like you knows they're for your safety as much as anyone else's." Smile. <> "Yeah. Yeah, you're right." * Leopoldo taps on the force field with one of his fingers. "Yeah, well... It's never any fun to be deprived of a sense. Or simulation of one..." * Threnody gets a twinge of regret. "It won't be long, I promise. But..." He pauses, and takes a deep breath. "Do you feel like talking about what happened?" <> "It's... I. Well. It's like a dream, now. Like something I was just watching." * Threnody notices said chairs and has a seat, now that the initial Hannibal Lecter moment is over. * Katherine is probably pulling a Gideon somewhere. Walls need love too. * Leopoldo singlehandedly (literally) pulls the chairs closer to the cell so they can sit down as well. * Threnody looks at Trish, attempting to appear as sympathetic as he actually feels. "I, uh..." He pauses. "What really bothers me is what I felt around both of your minds. It was... very strange. Like somebody had wrapped your psyches in packing foam." "We were walking, down the street. All of a sudden it was like something was knocking on my brain, and then ... well, then it was inside." <> "I didn't even get to check on Laura." <> (Ah. ^^;) <> * Leopoldo looks over to the other cell. "Can you make sure she's all-right, Thren?" * Threnody mmms faintly, then blinks at Leo. "...I'm not sure how you mean." <> (I think Leo's question is, are they two-way, or one-way.) (They are two.) * Threnody looks back at the cell. "If you mean, can I still see her mind? No. Those circlets work both ways... probably to keep people from triggering something like what happened." <> * Threnody winces. "Er, sorry." * Leopoldo nods and sighs. "Well, I hope she's okay..." "No, just... my brain was hijacked. Everything was a blur. I barely remember ... the k-killing." <> * Threnody looks at Trish again, then smiles a little. "You know? When... when I was a teenager the same thing happened to me as what happened to you." <> * Leopoldo blinks. * Threnody nods; the look was expected. "I, uh... maybe not exactly the same. But very, very similar. I went on a bit of a rampage... a lot of people got hurt." * Katherine looks a bit more interested at this point, but still is just sorta leaning there. "What did you do?" * Threnody blinks, then takes a breath and looks at the floor. "I..." He swallows and closes his eyes. "I killed a lot of people. I wasn't even myself. There was someone else in here. My mother..." He pauses. "My mother finally stopped me by way of knocking me out with the flat of her sword." <> (Be right back. Mom needs somethimg.) * Leopoldo nods slowly. * Threnody looks up, and is smiling his customary smile again. "But things work out in the end. It's the kind of world where 24 powers mean anything can happen." <> "I guess. I'm not home. They would have really been mad at home." * Threnody blinks at that, turning his gaze to Leo. * Leopoldo mmms and nods. "They're a bit... paranoid of 24s back home. Like I said, I've suffered enough stigma back home because of what I am." I'm sure you saw how everyone reacted to me. We're not commonplace at all. "I just wish they'd let us see mom and dad first." <> * Katherine says dryly, "I didn't really see it, Leo, but I was a little distracted." * Leopoldo frowns. "Well, I'll get Mom and Dad to come, then. Or I'll bring you back home. But I'm not going to let this keep us from seeing eachother." * Threnody blinks at Kat for a moment, then looks back at Trish. "I'm sure ATC will make arrangements for them to visit." He smiles cheerily. "Whether they like it or not." <> "What does that mean?" * Threnody can't help but giggle. But only a little bit. "We're looking out for you, is all. Well, I am, anyway." "Oh. Okay. Well, I suppose I should thank you... I hardly know you. I don't even know your name." * Leopoldo nods, and lets Thren introduce himself. Threnody... Threnody Renard. It's a pleasure. <> "Patricia Grahovac. I'd shake your hand, but ... " <> * Threnody laughs. "I get the message anyway." <> "Do you know where they're taking me?" (Maybe!) * Threnody shakes his head. "Not really... but I suspect to Red Atlanta, to find out the cause of what happened." * Threnody looks back at Kat. "Wouldn't you agree?" * Leopoldo sighs. "Wish I had more experience with ATC to know these kinds of things." He gives a small smile. * Katherine smiles thinly. "Not if they put their best brains on the task, but it's definitely possible." * Threnody blinks. "Best br... oh." He is, in fact, totally unable to hide what might be shock. "You don't think..." I do. Is there something I should know? <> "What? What is it?" * Katherine stands up straight. * Threnody breathes out with a grimace. "Not that..." He stops and rubs his temples. "Not that we can say anything about, but... there's places in ATC that do very *particular* kinds of research, and they may be... interested." * Threnody tries to put a good spin on this. "They're not BAD people. Just... irregular." * Katherine smirks. "Just about what I was gonna say, really." * Leopoldo raises an eyebrow. "If you'd say they're irregular Kat... How odd are they?" (*SNERK*) (Little packets of comedy gold in a Godzilla Pez dispenser.) (Thank you, thank you.) <> "Well, I guess...." * Threnody rubs the back of his neck. "Don't take it too hard. Whatever happens you'll be well cared for." * Leopoldo nods. "I'd suspect they wouldn't keep you there too long anyways, right?" He looks over at Threnody. (haaahaaahaaahaaaaaaaaaaa....) * Threnody blinks. "I really don't know. Probably only until other arrangements are made." <> * Threnody sighs and leans back in his chair. "Out of the blue, huh... Somebody clearly *did* something to you. But who, and why? And what about Laura..." He looks at the unconscious girl as best he can from this angle. "Is she a telepath too?" <> * Leopoldo nods. "No, she isn't. And... Really, we didn't even know what she could do until that happened. It's probably going to be hardest on her..." "She did... a lot of the - of that stuff. Most of it." <> "Is she okay? I can't see her from where I am." * Threnody blinks. "The stu..." Then his face brightens a little bit. "I may have good news, on that front..." (Poor naive Grahovac morons. I mean family. Family morons.) * Leopoldo nods. (Before you dig a hole...) (She means the killing.) I don't think she's woken up yet, so... (Thren doesn't know that! *beam*) (*hands Thren a shovel*) * Threnody smiles a little. "If you mean the pills, they weren't actually anything serious." (He's bright, yet not so bright.) <> "You found those?" (Consider her wording. It's a perfectly logical conclusion that that's what she's talking about.) * Leopoldo holds his head and chuckles. "You didn't need to bring those up." * Threnody blinks a little, then ehes and spreads his hand in front of him. "Only because we were looking for something to help you... sorry." "What do you mean, nothing serious?" * Threnody blinks again. Innocent little moron that he is. "Um... well, to be honest, they were sugar pills." * Leopoldo nods. "You gave me a bit of a scare when we found those, though." * Katherine frowns. She's also not holding up the wall anymore. <> * Threnody continues blinking like a fish, then smiles. "Well, if you can laugh about it, it can't be all bad." <> "I should have known when nothing happened. Never ought to have trusted that kid...." <> "I was worried I wouldn't make it into ATC. That I wouldn't be strong enough." * Leopoldo snickers softly. "You were plenty strong. I was sure you could get into ATC even with both arms tied behind your back and blindfolded." * Katherine smiles slightly. * Threnody nods. "I'm sure you still will, if that's what you want." <> "I got taken, I guess." Mmm, from what I remember, Corps usually try and recruit the more dangerous 24s onto their ranks so they don't have to worry about them. Perhaps this is your way in? * Threnody mmms faintly, then pauses and gets a serious look again. "Can you think of anyone, either of you..." He looks at Leo. "...who would have a reason to hurt your family?" <> "Not me. A lot of people didn't like us cause we're 24, but... nothing active." * Leopoldo rubs his head. "Not, really. I mean, I am sorry I broke that kid's arm back in school, but he was the one who tackled me. Honest!" * Katherine laughs very sharply, very shortly. * Threnody ehes nervously. "Well, that rules that out. You said..." He pauses and pales a little. "You said the one in New Mexico, the one with the mind control power... Ian killed him?" If he's not dead, then his brain must be in his feet. Yeah. He was... pretty dead. (Well, thanks for giving the GM ideas.) (Now he'll come back as Monocle!Krang. GOOD JOB.) (WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKrang.) (Please. You think Taluun would let that guy lived if you told him what he was doing?) (*cackles* No. I have much better plans.) (Much, much better.) (He has come back from the underworld as RED MONOCLE.) * Threnody mmms, perplexed. "Well, that rules that out. What could DO that? That... barrier, for lack of a better word. He wanted to keep your thoughts in, but he wanted to keep us OUT, too." "I don't know. It wasn't like anything I'd felt before." * Threnody slumps back in his chair. "I have so many things to ask, but I don't feel like I can ask them." I have no idea, honestly... <> "I don't know how much of a help I can be." * Threnody shakes his head. "It's alright. I just..." He looks disappointed. "We can't do much with you locked away and that thing on your head anyway." "I.. don't want to take it off. If, uh, if you don't mind." * Threnody waves his hands in front of him frantically. "No, no! That's not what I meant." "Oh. Okay." * Threnody drums his fingers on the arm of the chair a moment, then gets up. "I think I'm going to take my leave. We know you're okay, and I think your sister is too... for now we just have to wait and see." He smiles at Trish. "I just wanted to tell you that all's not lost." <> " I think I want to sleep soon, anyways." <> "Leo.. don't let them hurt Laura." * Threnody nods once and goes to stand near Kat so Leo and Trish can have their time. * Leopoldo nods and smiles. "I'm not going to let them hurt either of you. I have to look out for you, after all." <> "Kay." (Aww, c'mon, Leo. Put her hand on hers! Through the field! It's cute and touching and cavity-inducing, if you weren't a giant lizard.) (Lizard - -3 super kyoot points.) * Threnody gives Trish a little "Hang in there!" wave, then makes his way out looking perturbed as soon as his back is turned. * Katherine will follow Thren out. * Leopoldo puts his hand to the field too, because you guys insisted so much. "Anyways, you know me better than that. Other than the most recent incident... Is there anything you'd like to ask me?" "You doing okay? Haven't heard from you in a while." Been a little busy. 'Fate,' as it seems, has something in store for me. Still... I've been keeping good on my job. And I actually went to Earth too. <> "Earth? Wow... you'll have to tell me later. Your friends are probably waiting." * Leopoldo nods and smiles. "I'll tell you everything you want to know. Get some rest now, okay?" (>.>) <> <>