[ Allen is just speaking sore loser talk…! Or maybe that’s just Joonghyuk hoping they can do something… Anything at all in this place. Their efforts have seemed futile already, so this is where most cling onto hope.
For miracles, for a Great Detective to crack the code. Joonghyuk crosses his arms and glares at the cage like his gaze can melt a hole into it. ]
[ i shall gently godmode sholmes staring fiercely into the monitor as he tries to figure out the puzzle and move things along as these two can somewhat bond with the child who seems to be warming up to both of them. and allen will be allowed to have a head ruffle without anything done in return because he is grateful.
"How were you able to do that with your arm? It didn't look like any kind of technology I've seen. ...and who are you guys anyway?" he'll turn to look at rika. "...I'm sorry about your other friend."
joonghyuk may glare at the cage all he wants and can be free to notice the shimmering dust that floats off of the sibling...and how they've calmed down from earlier. truly, if they were not breathing then it would be very easy to think they were dead from how little they were moving at all. ]
[this vaguely amused look because Mr. No We're Gonna Save This Dying Kid having the bleakest way of putting it.]
We're also travellers. I'm not from here, actually. None of us are. That's why... it's not a machine, it's actually a part of me. Just like Rowan here.
[he reaches out to give Rowan a headpat now with her wagging her tail and whining needily.]
[ prisoners... why did you have to put it that way? was that necessary? but at the same time, the child understands and just nods. are we all not just prisoners of our own mortal shells or something? either way, the child will look away from joonghyuk back to allen then to rowan with a small smile.
"That's cool. I wish I had something like that, then I'd feel like I was a super hero! A defender of justice!" he'll say with a sad kind of smile as his daemon shifts from being a snake around his neck to a small puma cub that curls at his feet.
and somewhere in the background sholmes is still working away at this puzzle. godspeed good sir. good speed. ]
[ terrible? also there will be no difference from the squinting that joonghyuk will do in the previous tag as i have finally eaten some food and have better grasp of everything. if anything, it'd just remind him of falling snow...but in reverse.
baby daemon will not hiss or scratch but scooch back a bit. uncertain of niah for the moment.
"Of course I have a name picked out but...I bet the two of you are just saying that. People that can say that are the ones who are like superheroes."
[Rowan shifts to her squirrel form to approach the cub, just sniffing and being very small and harmless? well, mostly. and Allen smiles a bit more genuinely at Joonghyuk's words.]
That's right. And I wouldn't lie about such a thing. It's not just about being strong, either. Sometimes, strength on its own isn't enough, and those who are strong need support to keep moving forward.
[ at allen's and joonghyuk's words both, the child is a bit starry eyed at it and he thinks to want to say something and his daemon slowly decides to be a bit braver but then sholmes has his outburst and the child's daemon shifts back to being a snake and slithers right up his body start from his leg to wrap itself back around his throat. this time he doesn't drop his "cat" but does hold it closer to his person.
you win some? you lose some?? either way...was sholmes (crystal) right? ]
... ... SUBJECT UNKNOWN: RELEASED
[ which is all that the monitor will say before both the barrier comes down and the cage unlocks where the bars slide up into the rest of the casing. the beeping on the monitor will pick up, unfortunately, as it shows that the subject's vital stats start to crash.
[ mmmf. We don’t like that. Joonghyuk knows the state of this one, so he goes to check on Kanda and the twins. He tells the child this before he darts: ]
[ TECHNICALLY there were no twins and a kanda but i guess there can now be because you have lost so many children i will allow you to save children for the ones that you have lost. they will be freed from their cages and have baby versions of the daemons they had in game ( baby gator and kitten ), except kanda who can have an orchid mantis on his head as his daemon. they will follow whoever wants is available to lead them out of his hell hole.
though the first step is to stabilize the whole reason why they're here and with the three of them ushering the child towards his brother, he will go do so (even though he's confused as to what he's supposed to do exactly here) only be able to get to drag half of his body up into the cage. again, he'd be forced to drop his cat but it's fine, his daemon will change into a third form that climbs up the rest of the way and rests on his twin's chest with its small paws tap on their face. all of which causes the beeping from the monitor to stop.
one? two? problems solved..? though now that his twin is stabilizing (apparently) by the presence of his twin also being here, he'll turn back to the group with tears in his eyes.
"Th, thank you..."
for this they're allowed a single moment of peace however the next matter is...well. how do they get out? ]
[ I hope jeva is happy that I willed these kids here somehow? I hope Allen is happy, Joonghyuk literally dumps these three on him.
When he doesn’t hear the unstable beeping from the monitor, he looks at Sholmes like he has an answer to this miracle… overall, Joonghyuk is relieved the brothers are reunited.
Then waits.
Looks at Rika in his arms hoping she’ll just wake up like it’s Christmas.
[suddenly, Allen Walker has three children to manage. which means he should probably get to his feet. which is. a bit of a task, but at least he's managed to rest a bit while Sholmes puzzle-solved.
he also just. goes to pick up. the cat toy???]
Er, you dropped this? Should I keep hold of it until we're out, then?
[A Christmas miracle! "It's November" THE GRACE OF GOD HAS GIFTED US THESE KIDS ON THIS DAY-]
[Sholmes glances at the kids, momentarily marveling at how cute the twins are as babies. Adorable.]
Acchem. Yes. All's well that ends well.....until we get out. [How in the WORLD are they going to smuggle out these kids.] I don't suppose we could pretend we're escorting subjects from place to place...do any of you know where you were brought in the first place?
[ all of you are now fathers, uncles, or older brothers now regardless if you wanted to be or not. how are all of them boys with the exception of rika? what's up with that? either way the child will look at them and then back to their twin then to allen and the cat and have a short think.
"...I've heard that when kids do try to escape, they try to escape by the shipment trucks all the way in the back. It sounds overdone but it's still better than trying to walk out the front door." seeing that he never did answer allen, he'll quietly look between his brother and allen a few more times, "And...it's okay. I think you can have it. I wanted it to give to my brother but I don't think he'll be able to use it any time soon."
unless they feel the urge to carry a comatose child with them in addition to our dead rika and the three other children that were willed into existence? there are a lot little bodies here to smuggle out of this hell hole. either way, you've gone this route. ]
[ with sholmes picking up his brother, the child will circle around and make sure that someone (or him) has the cat toy that he had made for his brother before sticking close to sholmes.
and while they were in the lab room fighting puzzles, the rest of the compound has filled up with guards who are patrolling the area now. the children that had escaped due to some outsider that they hadn't been able to track down (allen) were now all being taken back to their cages; some of them peacefully, some of them by force, and some of them knock out cold by the guard's callous treatment of their daemons. however, somehow, they manage to make it through the a good ways out from the main area of where a most of the foot traffic is. whether its due to niah being hyper alert about what's to come and making sure that they're able to hide just in time or play it off that the children that they were escorting are also to be put back into their cages for further testing.
they'll also come across a few body bags are are in the corridors that are in the final stages of being processed. (no need to guess who is responsible for this) and it's here where they start to go under suspicion from some of the patrolling guards who notice the lot of them walking around. but things still seem to be okay until they're suddenly not. sholmes and joonghyuk carrying "dead" children are a strong point in their favor but one of the guards one of them will instantly realize that they are not who they have been very plainly posing to be and immediately call others to accost them with their rifles drawn. they don't want to lose any more subjects and when they spot the "sleeping" twin in sholmes arms, they make sure to aim their guns at the others, aiming at allen and the okumura twins in particular, though one does have a rifle trained on joonghyuk.
"We're going to need that Subject returned to their cage. We weren't given any notice about them needing to be moved." ]
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[ Allen is just speaking sore loser talk…! Or maybe that’s just Joonghyuk hoping they can do something… Anything at all in this place. Their efforts have seemed futile already, so this is where most cling onto hope.
For miracles, for a Great Detective to crack the code. Joonghyuk crosses his arms and glares at the cage like his gaze can melt a hole into it. ]
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[but he does reach out to ruffle the kid's hair]
And it's okay that you went. In fact, it's probably better you did, in the long run. We wouldn't have been able to find this place without you.
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"How were you able to do that with your arm? It didn't look like any kind of technology I've seen. ...and who are you guys anyway?" he'll turn to look at rika. "...I'm sorry about your other friend."
joonghyuk may glare at the cage all he wants and can be free to notice the shimmering dust that floats off of the sibling...and how they've calmed down from earlier. truly, if they were not breathing then it would be very easy to think they were dead from how little they were moving at all. ]
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A good adult would say heroes or something nice, but Joonghyuk is far too old and bitter. He isn’t going to lie.
We’re prisoners here, too.
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We're also travellers. I'm not from here, actually. None of us are. That's why... it's not a machine, it's actually a part of me. Just like Rowan here.
[he reaches out to give Rowan a headpat now with her wagging her tail and whining needily.]
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"That's cool. I wish I had something like that, then I'd feel like I was a super hero! A defender of justice!" he'll say with a sad kind of smile as his daemon shifts from being a snake around his neck to a small puma cub that curls at his feet.
and somewhere in the background sholmes is still working away at this puzzle. godspeed good sir. good speed. ]
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… You don’t need a superpower or a strange hand to be a hero. [ … ] If you become one, do you have a superhero name picked out?
[ Might as well ask. Niah sees baby daemon and sniffs before nudging the cub with his muzzle, curious. ]
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Mm, Yoo Joonghyuk-ssi's right. Some of the most heroic people I know don't have anything like I've got.
[Johnny Gill comes to mind, actually...]
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baby daemon will not hiss or scratch but scooch back a bit. uncertain of niah for the moment.
"Of course I have a name picked out but...I bet the two of you are just saying that. People that can say that are the ones who are like superheroes."
and again. somewhere...there is a sholmes. ]
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Rika… dead. Joonghyuk only stares at the dust while holding her body. It’s fine. It’s fine. ]
We are merely people who struggle just like you. You can always get stronger—to protect what you want to protect.
[ Shuffles to Sholmes HOW ARE WE DOING? ]
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That's right. And I wouldn't lie about such a thing. It's not just about being strong, either. Sometimes, strength on its own isn't enough, and those who are strong need support to keep moving forward.
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[(microwave ding noise!)]
[Sholmes SLAPS his hand on the counter.]
EUREKA!!!!!!!!
[Irene jumps a bit off the floor, surprised, but Sholmes doesn't pause. He just shakes his head.]
By the heavens, if I even see another puzzle like this again, it will be too soon! Too soon!
[He's typing it in!]
The Norwegian drinks water.
The Japanese man has a zebra.
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you win some? you lose some?? either way...was sholmes (crystal) right? ]
... ... SUBJECT UNKNOWN: RELEASED
[ which is all that the monitor will say before both the barrier comes down and the cage unlocks where the bars slide up into the rest of the casing. the beeping on the monitor will pick up, unfortunately, as it shows that the subject's vital stats start to crash.
highly unstable, right? ]
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Give him the cat when he’s out.
[ PLEASE NO DEAD CHILDREN ]
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Go on, quickly.
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[His vitals are crashing? Sholmes is no doctor, but he knows numbers dropping in general are VERY BAD and NOT GOOD.]
[He'll also gesture for the child to go ahead.]
Go, go! He needs you!
[But also following behind because if he needs any assistance, he will be there-!]
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though the first step is to stabilize the whole reason why they're here and with the three of them ushering the child towards his brother, he will go do so (even though he's confused as to what he's supposed to do exactly here) only be able to get to drag half of his body up into the cage. again, he'd be forced to drop his cat but it's fine, his daemon will change into a third form that climbs up the rest of the way and rests on his twin's chest with its small paws tap on their face. all of which causes the beeping from the monitor to stop.
one? two? problems solved..? though now that his twin is stabilizing (apparently) by the presence of his twin also being here, he'll turn back to the group with tears in his eyes.
"Th, thank you..."
for this they're allowed a single moment of peace however the next matter is...well. how do they get out? ]
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When he doesn’t hear the unstable beeping from the monitor, he looks at Sholmes like he has an answer to this miracle… overall, Joonghyuk is relieved the brothers are reunited.
Then waits.
Looks at Rika in his arms hoping she’ll just wake up like it’s Christmas.
Then looks around? They’re still here.
Looks up? Waits for god to speak to him? ]
We have to escape, don’t we…
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he also just. goes to pick up. the cat toy???]
Er, you dropped this? Should I keep hold of it until we're out, then?
[lab coat has pockets, at least.]
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[Sholmes glances at the kids, momentarily marveling at how cute the twins are as babies. Adorable.]
Acchem. Yes. All's well that ends well.....until we get out. [How in the WORLD are they going to smuggle out these kids.] I don't suppose we could pretend we're escorting subjects from place to place...do any of you know where you were brought in the first place?
[He's asking the kids, now.]
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"...I've heard that when kids do try to escape, they try to escape by the shipment trucks all the way in the back. It sounds overdone but it's still better than trying to walk out the front door." seeing that he never did answer allen, he'll quietly look between his brother and allen a few more times, "And...it's okay. I think you can have it. I wanted it to give to my brother but I don't think he'll be able to use it any time soon."
unless they feel the urge to carry a comatose child with them in addition to our dead rika and the three other children that were willed into existence? there are a lot little bodies here to smuggle out of this hell hole. either way, you've gone this route. ]
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Herlock Sholmes, you can pick up the sleeping child.
[ He takes Kanda, beckoning the kid to stay behind him. ]
Let's go. I'll have Niah be at the front to scout for us.
[ As he opens the door, Niah pads out to do that, though it's barely that far, so here we go. The children shuffle?? ]
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[his daemon shifts back to her canine form and gives a bit of a whuff that might be agreement while Allen takes hold of the Okumura twins' hands.]
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[He is very, very careful in sliding his hands under the sleeping boy to pull close to him. He's so quiet.]
[Iris, cold and pale in another's arms-]
[He closes his eyes, pained...and wills it away. Not now. Not here. He can't...go back. He doesn't even know where she is, now. It isn't real.]
[He has to keep telling himself that it isn't real.]
[He nods to the child with the pink snake.]
Let's head out, then. And be alert.
[Irene as a beagle gives a little nod at his side. Let's do this, fellas.]
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and while they were in the lab room fighting puzzles, the rest of the compound has filled up with guards who are patrolling the area now. the children that had escaped due to some outsider that they hadn't been able to track down (allen) were now all being taken back to their cages; some of them peacefully, some of them by force, and some of them knock out cold by the guard's callous treatment of their daemons. however, somehow, they manage to make it through the a good ways out from the main area of where a most of the foot traffic is. whether its due to niah being hyper alert about what's to come and making sure that they're able to hide just in time or play it off that the children that they were escorting are also to be put back into their cages for further testing.
they'll also come across a few body bags are are in the corridors that are in the final stages of being processed. (no need to guess who is responsible for this) and it's here where they start to go under suspicion from some of the patrolling guards who notice the lot of them walking around. but things still seem to be okay until they're suddenly not. sholmes and joonghyuk carrying "dead" children are a strong point in their favor but one of the guards one of them will instantly realize that they are not who they have been very plainly posing to be and immediately call others to accost them with their rifles drawn. they don't want to lose any more subjects and when they spot the "sleeping" twin in sholmes arms, they make sure to aim their guns at the others, aiming at allen and the okumura twins in particular, though one does have a rifle trained on joonghyuk.
"We're going to need that Subject returned to their cage. We weren't given any notice about them needing to be moved." ]
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