Adrien was standing near the back wall away from everyone else. They were trying to observe the situation, and see what could happen, "Before you stitch him up, could I possibly get a blood sample? I would like to see how his cell tissue might change, if anything at all." They said stepping closer to the group, "I mean, you don't have too if you don't want too, but It would be great if you did, and would bring me a few steps closer to getting rid of these things, hopefully. . ."
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Nina glanced over at Adrien with a blink. "Oh! That might be a good idea, Adrien. A blood sample could be really helpful. And maybe you can get some use out of this journal Jess found as well?" If they had a scientist on their team, that was a very good thing in her opinion.
Valerie was slowly chewing another one of her granola bars, watching what was happening. She was also studying what everyone brought to the group and how useful they were. Nina was a nurse, Aden…no Adrien, he was the scientist dude, Jezeriah seemed like the kind of the muscle of the group, Caelin, well she wasn't sure about what he brought, and then there was her… The only thing useful she learned was being in JROTC, but even that might not be enough. she had to find something, she needed to survive.
Jess shrugged "sure I dont care. Just dont kill me or whatever" he says, readjusting the collar of his shirt. He flipped through the pages, green eyes skimming the drawings and the notes. The drawings were in sloppy, edgy ink that you could tell was slowly running out. Looking as if they were something from one of his nightmares when he was little.
"Important"
DONT GET BITTEN!!!"
*treat IMMEDIATELY if it spreads up to 6 inches within then first minute.
Reapers Ash
Different bites cause different reactions
Jezariah took a deep breath and looked up "well they're calling them Reapers. Which honestly makes sense. But what I'm concerned about is the bite…" his voice trailed off as he read more on.
He froze and his heart stopped along with his movements when he read the next few lines.
zombie effect.
Basic things you need to know…
Reapers saliva contains the chemicals used to turn these beasts in the first place. If entered into your bloodstream, within a few weeks you'll turn.
Depending on how much entering your body, will have different results.
In the labs before it was destroyed and overrun, experiments were taken.
We were hoping to create the first hybrid between beast and human. And that's where it went wrong…
I thought they would be powerful yet safe, and some of them were. But most failed and turned into savages. Now its spreading like the black plague to any living creature.
Jez hesitated to.flip.the page, but did so.anyway.
There fell out a few folded pieces of what looked like printed paper.
He flipped it over to.reveal multiple profiles of people who were experimented on.
Orphans taken out of their foster homes, missing children, college students. All younger people from the ages of 12 to 25 were on here.
The results of the experiments were shown beside the pictures and their info. All of them marked "FAILED" in a big stamp over their face except one. A girl named Jacklin with the same frizzy hair as Jess, same green eyes and a bright smile.
That's when Jez dropped the book and left the room without a word
She frowned when she saw how quickly he left the room, before going over and picking up the book. There must be something in here that must have scared him, right? It must be something to do with the bite. Quickly skimming and flipping through the pages, all she could see was the Big BOLD words: Don't get bitten.
After reading more, Valerie had realized why…… She shivered, chills running up her spine. Then very very slowly it started to dawn on her. Why Jules told her to leave Fives behind, why Cairo was so reluctant to let her see him, why he looked so…… She had just assumed that he was just sick from the infection, but she didn't know that he would…
Oh my god
BAM
Tokyo just run!
Wheres Fives, FIVES
Memories flooding back right before her eyes, she gulped not wanting to cry in front of the others, instead of keeping a stone-cold face. "Nena, no Nina, your name's Nina, right? I need you to go check on him, NOW!"
Jezariah left the room, breathing hard and his back pressed against the wall before he slid down.
No…. he refused to believe it.
Jacklin….the girl in that picture was his little sister. She had this boyfriend for only a few months and went to live with him. About a year later she went missing along with her douche of a boyfriend.
His body was found about a week later but Jacklins was nowhere to be found.
Jezariah held onto any hope he had left in him that his little sister was still alive.
But the fact that she was an experiment for some hybrid monster?? The fact that it was successful?? Its sent chills throughout his body and the pit in his stomach as hard as stone.
She was turned into one of these things and might be dead now.
He didnt know what the success looked like, as he didnt read more into it, so he would read more about it tonight. But right now he was in shock.
His eyes watering, pulling his knees to his chest, he didnt dare let a tear slip. Not now. He wouldnt cry
Just….stuck in a pool of denial, drowning along with his hope that had been pulled under.
And then she flipped to the next page, EXPERIMENTS it said and down below were pictures of people. Each of them had a name, a family, a spark in their eyes, so filled with life. Well, they were filled with life, if they were alive. FAILED Next to each of their pictures and then her eyes landed on one. A girl, frizzy hair, green eyes, dark skin, Jacklin was her name, She looked so eerily similar to Jez, Sister, Friend, Cousin, Niece, Relative? Options raced through her brain, now realizing why he seemed so upset. "Holy shit," She mumbled under her breath, now unsure whether or not she should follow him or leave him alone to think. Surely, Nina would take care of it, Valerie wasn't the greatest with words.
(Eyyy its Jacklin!)
(Also, I've been away for too long, I was at a friend's birthday picnic. Can someone summarise?)
(They went into the house, Jez tried flirting with Nina, Valerie made fun of him, turns out that he had a journal that was from a science dude, also turns out that he is infected, and his younger sister Jacklin died. He stormed off and Valerie picked up the book and read it. )
(Yeah! Shes assumed dead right now though. Oops!)
(Anyway, Jess found a book i mentioned in the very beginning of the roleplay if you remembered, they read through it (its advised you at least read through that. Its not much) and they found out that you can be turned from a certain Reaper/Or screamer (same thing, different names)
(They haven’t found much about it yet, as they haven’t read through it fully. They found profiles of human experiments and its explained kinda how these things came to be. They were trying to make a half human/beast hybrid and failed. They have a list of profiles that were the experiments and all were failures and died except one. Jacklin, Jezariahs lil sis. There’s a possibility that shes still alive but shes a halfie. I plan on them finding her a bit later in the roleplay when they get closer to finding the actual labs. Jess isn’t infected, as his wound wasnt from the corrrect type of screamer. If that makes sense. Anyway, Jess is pouting in the other room rn due to the newly learned facts n such)
(Lmao, I think I'll have Caelen come find him and have a man to man chat XD, thanks Write!)
(Yep no problem!)
Caelen heard the conversations and swiftly followed the other male into the room and leaned against the door frame. "Hey, how are you feeling?" Caelen didn't need Jess to answer the question, he knew exactly how he was feeling, but you need to start somewhere if you're planning on having a conversation
Jezariah jumped and turned back to the man, not expecting someone to come over to him.
Not being able to see through the tears in his eyes before he blinked them away, his dark eyelashes wet from the tears.
"Oh uh, yeah" he says clearing his throat and regaining his confidence, though the transparency was obvious.
"Of course. Why wouldnt I be?" He stuffed his hands in his pockets. He obviously wasnt going to show a lot of deep feelings with another guy this far into n m knowing him. What two hours?
Caelen rolled his eyes and walked in the room. "Dont lie to me. I know what you're feeling, I felt the same way when I lost the two people I loved the most." He sighed and looked at him with a sad look in his eye. "I'll ask you again, how are you feeling? If you dont want to talk, that's fine. But it's much better to talk about it than keep everything under a mask because you'll turn out like me."
Jess looked back up to him, his posture stiff and his voice rather hoarse "I'm feeling like shit okay?" He says looking away "that's my little sister on that paper. Obviously I'm just a little pissed off." He trailed off, looking at the ground, blinking thin tears away so they didnt fall down his dark cheeks
"She was used as an experiment….turned into one of these things and she could be locked up for all I know!" His voice cracked when he said those words.
(oof, sorry I missed my cue there!!)
Nina looked up in surprise when Jess left, then froze when Valerie ordered her to follow him. She looked down at the book in Valerie's hands, understanding tat he must have read something really bad in there. She didn't want him to be alone if he was upset. But as she was about to stand up, Caelen beat her to it, an she was left hovering uncertainly again in the middle of the room. Figuring that Caelen could probably handle Jess n his own for the moment, she glanced back at Valerie. "What is that book? What does it say?"
(oof, I just realized that Adrien is just standing there awkwardly, I'll post something for him soon)
( Bruh, I just realized that I never introduced Valerie, so while everyone knows each other's names, Valerie is just "the girl" I don't know why I find it so funny, lol.)
She pondered for a moment, carefully choosing her words. Jez's secret wasn't hers to tell, he would tell it on his own time. "It's a journal that contains information about the Scream- I mean the "Reapers". It's from some scientist dude I guess. I think you'll want to check on Jez after, the saliva can infect, and you, I think you will find this useful." She answered before flipping open the book again and ripping the page that contained Jacklin's picture and stuffing it in her pocket before giving THE BOOK to Nena, Ni Ni? She had such a horrible memory that she had literally forgotten everyone's names. It was a miracle that she managed to pass high school with A's and B's, never the less even passing in the first place. For now, Valerie had designated her own little nicknames for each of them until she could finally remember. There was Q-tip, Miss America, Cthulu, and Mr. HeeHaw, however, that name was only temporary, she was going to have to find a better one.
(I'm cRyInG over Valerie's nicknames for everyone, who's who??? Is Nina Miss America? X'D)
Nina accepted the book and studied the writing and diagrams in confusion. Then her eyes widened as the realization dawned on her. "Oh no…..so Jess could be infected now….." She lowered the book and glanced in the direction he'd run off to. "You're right, this could be very important. I'll check on him if he and Caelen don't come back soon."
(That, is for you to figure out, LOL)
(I LITERALLY READ OVER MY THING CUZ I NEED TO EDIT IT AND I ACCIDENTLY GAVE MI MA THE PAPER WHEN I SAID I WASN'T, I MEANT TO GIVE HER THE BOOK, IM SOOOOO DUMBBBBBBB, imma go fix that.)
(Its ok everyone, I've fixed it, no need to panic.)
(OOF I'll fix mine too then ahaha XDD)
Adrien tapped Valerie gently on the shoulder, "Could I have that for a quick second, please?" They needed to look at this stuff, maybe they could figure something out. Or just learn something about the monsters, "And is, Jez alright? He seemed pretty spooked."
(I have no idea who Adrien would be out of those nicknames.)