forum Role-play where we get drafted into the army, and bad things start to go down (CLOSED)

Started July 04, 2018 by @Oakiin

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Ellen nodded, pausing to hear whether or not someone was approaching the barracks before making her way to the back.

The light barely reached the back of the building. The area behind the bars was divided into small cells with straw on the floor and buckets of water in the corners. Each was occupied by a new monstrosity, each more frightening than the last. The animals that had been brought in were nowhere to be seen. In their place was an assortment of humans with animal parts–wings, horns, scales, all combined in ways unlike anything seen in nature. The figures behind the bars growled at them as they passed, their predatory eyes glittering.
At the very end of the room, in the last cell, was a man. He was undeniably the biggest one there, with pure black skin and long shaggy hair. He sat with his back to the wall, his face in shadow. One clawed hand was slowly scraping at a manacle on his other wrist.
"I think this is him," Vin whispered. "The lion."

Ellen nodded. "He does not look like he's in a talking mood." She murmured.

At the sound of their voices, the man looked up. His expression was not welcoming. A low rumble came from his chest, and he rose, towering over them. He started forward, but the manacles on both wrists were chained to the wall and he couldn't reach the bars.
"What do you want?" he said. His voice was deep and angry.

Ellen stepped forward. "May we ask you a couple of questions?"

His eyes narrowed. "Like what?"

Ellen glanced at Vin. "Well… how did you end up here?"

"What are you talking about? You know that. You did this."
Vin shook his head. "No, we're new. It was the officers in charge that did this. We have no idea what's going on. So…what's your name? Where were you before….all this happened?"
The man drew himself up, making himself look even bigger. "I am Destroy. I'm stronger than anyone else in the whole world. Nobody could ever beat me in a fight. But you humans cheated. You snuck up on me while I was asleep. I was in the mountains, in my den. You came and knocked me out with your weird stinger things–"
"Darts?"
"Whatever." Destroy's eyes lost some of their confidence. "I woke up here. There was something on my face. I tried to get out, and I almost made it, but then those stupid stingers came again. Now….." His voice became altogether less bold, and he stepped back. "I….I can't change form. I could turn into a lion this morning but…they did something to me." His eyes shot up. "You did something to me. Little worms. Make it stop." He lunged forward suddenly, but the chains held fast.

Ellen hastily stepped back. "We didn't. We're forced to work here because of the people who did this to you." She cocked her head. "Wait… we don't want to be here, and neither do you. We've got something in common…" She was now talking to herself more then them.
(I gtg ;( See ya soon!)

(Okay, seeya!)
Destroy turned his gaze over to Ellen. "What do you mean we 'have something in common'?"

(I'm here!)
"We're here against our will." Ellen stated. "We were forced into an army, and it's almost a prison in everything but name."

"Why don't you just leave, then? You're not in a cage."
"We're trying to do that right now," Vin explained. "But we don't want to just leave you guys here. We want to help." He glanced at Ellen. "Think these locks can be jimmied?"

Ellen nodded. "I'd need more then a bobby pin though."

Vin started looking around. "Umm….hang on. Maybe there's something around here…." He found a door on his right and peeked in. "Some kind of storage closet. Let's see….straw, buckets, cleaning stuff…..what's this?" He pulled out what looked like a first-aide kit but it had a bio-hazard symbol on it instead of a red cross. "There's a bunch of little vials in here and a syringe."
Destroy looked wary. "They gave me one of those. A blue one."
"Oh… maybe that's what's keeping you from changing form right now." Vin's expression brightened. "So that means the antidote could be in here as well. Not that that helps us get the doors open."

Ellen nodded. "I've got some things back in our room." Her eyes darted to the entrance. "Plus, they might notice we're missing."

Vin hovered by the closet, indecisive. "If we leave now, we might not get another chance at this….they might post a 24/7 guard or change the locks–"
All at once, the door opened, flooding the hallway with light. A figure came in, then stopped. "What the–"

Ellen turned around whipping out her knife. Damn it, we're screwed.

The figure moved out of the doorway and revealed itself to be Davy. He blinked at them in surprise. "…And what are you two doing in 'ere?"

Ellen sighed. "Great." She muttered, before raising her voice. "I could ask you the same thing. I'm pretty sure this isn't a part of the tracking division."