forum Private Roleplay with @becfromthedead

Started June 28, 2021 by @Fraust

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"Right," Septima agreed, "See you soon, kiddo. Feel better."
Felix managed a slight smile, but he already had one foot out the door. He slipped out into the hallway ahead of the others.
"Did you want to go see Elio and the other kid?" he asked.

"Bye…" Theo curled up a bit tighter and closed his eyes, trying to relax so he could get some rest like Caelum said. He was tired and uncomfortable and didn't really want to deal with being awake anymore.
"Yeah, we should probably check on them. I'm sure Elio's fine, but we can check up on him anyway. He gets hurt all the time." Caelum shrugged a bit and kept walking. "Do we know if the girl is awake yet?"

As Caelum asked, Galen exited a room down the hall; he had been in Bee's room to make sure she was doing alright. He made eye contact with Caelum and glanced over the rest of the group, pausing a bit.
"You're the ones who rescued those kids, yeah?" he asked.
Felix nodded slightly.
"Great. Just left the girl's room. She wanted to meet you guys to thank you," Galen added.
"That answers our question, then, doesn't it?" Septima said, glancing over at Caelum, "There first, then swing by Elio before we leave?"

"Yeah, that sounds good to me." Caelum smiled gently. "Elio can wait. He's a big boy, after all. And I'd love to formally meet the girl… she was unconscious when we found her, right?" He asked, more rhetorically than anything. He headed towards Bee's room and quietly opened the door, poking his head in to check on her.

Galen gave the group a nod and a wave, then went on his way.

Bee startled a little bit at first. She glanced at Caelum up and down, then saw a few people standing behind him.
"You're not the doc- oh, wait… You wouldn't happen to be the people who rescued me, would you? Um… uh, come in if you want."
She looked down a bit.
"Thank you for everything… I don't know what might have happened. I'm just- I'm glad to get out of there."
Tears welled up a bit in Bee's eyes.

"Yeah, we're the ones who got you out of there… are you feeling better?" Caelum asked softly, leading the group into Bee's room. "It was no trouble, honestly. We were glad to get you out of that awful place. Theo is doing well too, even if he's a bit stressed out." He leaned against the wall, keeping a small smile on his face so the girl would feel more safe and comfortable. "He'll be just fine. Are you two friends?"

Bee shook her head.
"I never got to interact with the other kids," she whispered, "I didn't even know his name, but I've seen him before. I'm just- I'm glad I wasn't the only survivor…"
A couple of tears streamed down her face.
"I don't feel that hurt. Just tired. But I'm never going to be the same again. I have to face some awful transformation every month now, and I'm- I'm so scared. And my parents. They can't find my parents! I don't know what to do!"
The girl seemed less agitated about being hooked up to all this equipment, and much more bothered by the gravity of her situation. Unlike Theo, she had been with her parents before. Other changelings. Parents who loved her dearly. But suddenly they had disappeared without a trace, and she was seized by some of the ghouls in the park and dragged to the lab, along with her brother, who didn't make it over the course of the experiments.
Septima gritted her teeth a bit and stepped back. This was out of her realm of expertise for sure.
Felix cleared his throat. "They're doing what they can to find your parents. And they're doing what they can to make sure you're taken care of in the meantime."
Bee gave a slight nod, wiping the tears from her face.
"I know, but-"
She broke off into choked-up crying.
Felix moved closer and offered her a hug, which she slowly accepted. She wrapped her arms around Felix's waist and he gently cradled the back of her head.
"Th-thank you for saving who you could," Bee said through her tears.

Caelum listened closely as Bee spoke, his heart aching with sympathy for the girl. He headed over to her bedside alongside Felix to try and help comfort her. "It's going to be alright. You went through something truly horrible, but it's over now, alright? We're not going to let you fall back into those monsters' hands. They're still looking for your parents, but in the case that we can't track them down, we're going to arrange a nice place for you to stay, okay?" He smiled weakly to attempt to reassure Bee. She'd really been through something awful, as had Theo, and there was only so much he could do. The best he could do for now was encourage the children and try to give them some hope for the future.
Azel and Ren watched from the doorway. Azel was keeping quiet, and doing his best to keep Ren from causing any trouble by keeping him by his side. Ren was young and stupid, and no matter how much he tried to help, he would probably just make it worse, and Azel knew that.

Bee nodded.
"I know- I know, but…" She sniffled a bit, rubbing a teary cheek on Felix's sweatshirt.
"We're definitely here to help. We're not part of the investigation, really, so we'll have plenty of time to visit you here until you get out, or visit wherever you end up after," he promised.
"We took care of the guys that were hurting you," Septima said, leaning against the wall.
Bee tilted her head. "But… there are definitely more people like them out there."
Septima sighed, unsure how to answer that. She couldn't blatantly lie and say there weren't.

Caelum nodded along in agreement as Felix spoke. He sighed softly, leaning up against the wall. "Yeah, there's bad people in the world. But we're going to do all we can to keep you guys safe. You won't have to go through something like that again, okay?" He smiled gently. "We're going to make sure you guys are well taken care of, too. I'm sure we'll be able to get some aftercare therapy. Physical therapy too, if you need it… I think the doctor said Theo might."

"I'm- I'm not that hurt," Bee protested, "I'm just… I'm a monster now, I guess. And I don't know how to control it. A-and because I already had transformative powers, we don't know what awful things are going to happen."
Felix furrowed his brow. "Well, he's not a changeling like you are, but we do know a certain werewolf who might be able to help."
"Yes, that investigator," Bee replied, "I know, he visited already. I have my doubts, but help from a regular werewolf is better than no help at all."

"Yeah, I'm sure he could help out. He seems really invested in you guys' situation." Caelum sighed softly and glanced up as Ren and Azel came over to visit as well. Azel kept close to Ren to ensure he didn't do anything especially stupid. "I'm a changeling of sorts as well, but I'm not sure exactly how to help…" Azel mumbled, looking away as he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "I'll try to help however I can, anyway. Even if it's not much, I hope it makes things a little better."