The Asylum

Ada

Mikael was freaking out. This was not good for the group. I gathered a few boards lying around and lit them for a bigger fire than one in the palm of my hand and went to sit by him.

"Hey." I said, placing a hand on his shoulder. "We are all trying out best, and we need to be calm so we can figure out what we are going to do."

Mikael turned away from me. His body was nearly shaking from the stress and anger building up inside him.

"Yeah, man." DJ said. "I wasn't trying to bash your plan or anything, I was just stating the obvious."

DJ moved backwards as Mikael shot an angry glare at him.

"Hey, we don't need that." Guff said.

"Yeah, Mikael." I agreed. "Please calm down."

*mm that's all got*

*Okay do we need to recap?? Has everyone lost the plot [like me] or has everyone just stopped posting cuz yws was busy metamorphasising into the awesomeness it is now?*

I get what's happened, just unsure about what drama will happen next... I could do something with Erome, but I dunno what. Hmmm... Oh, and is it me or is there no spellcheck?

**I'm still posting if you guys are! ^^

I'm up for it too!

Plot Update:

The escapee's are hiding in the storm cellar of some random house in Wisconsin, while Erome is tearing it up with tornados and other fierce weather.

The escapee's are trying to think up a new plan for getting as far away from Erome and the Asylum as possible.

At least, that's what I know.

Should I make a DT 4 this?

Meh, DTs... Dunno... Guys?

Heron

Mikael was freaking out. They were stuck in some dingy cellar. The Asylum was tearing the place apart looking for them... Life just gets better and better, she thought sarcastically.

Bored, she played with her power. She created balls of light that lit up the corners of the cellar. Then, curious about the extent of her power, made loads of tiny ones, arranging them in crazy patters so they threw shaped shadows on the wall. Like when you'd aim the torch at a wall and make shadowy shapes with your hands. It was fun.

She glanced back at the others who were all surrounding Mikael. Give him some air, she thought. It was like when you had a headache, if you thought about it then it got worse, but once you forgot about it ... well, you forgot about it.

With a wicked smile, she looked at the burning fire. A click of her fingers was all it took for the light from it to go out, even though she could still hear it burning.

This is so cool.

Then she heard the others shouting. Startled, she turned the fire back on. And off. And then on. It was crazy, like lots of little photographs of their faces flashing closer and closer.

She left it on and looked back at them, unable to keep the smile off her face. She felt all so powerful. Who cared about that scientist when it was such a little price for this. This ... this feeling... She'd do anything to keep hold of it.

*** Okayish? possibility of her turning and spying for her sister... :]

((posting here soonish, just a heads-up))

Oliver Edinburgh

Oliver was still slumped against the wall, trying to think while Mikael freaked out. He was feeling rather discouraged about his chair's wheel getting bent. As though he didn't have enough problems already...

Suddenly they were plunged into darkness.

"What the crap?!" he exlaimed.

Then the light came back on. And it went off. Then on, then off again.

"Okay, whoever's doing that could you please cut it out? You're gonna give someone a siezure." Oliver tried to retain a semblance of calm in his voice.

The lights came back on and stayed on this time. Everyone else seemed to be staring at the one girl, Heron. He didn't like the way she was smiling.

With a nervous laugh, he asked, "Er, well, since I'm new to the group and don't know who you are, maybe we could all introduce ourselves." He was trying to get them doing something to ease the tension. "As you may have figured out, I'm Oliver and I'm a body-switcher."

"I'm Ephraim. I'm 18 and I can control water." I said matter of fact and turned my head to Cappy who was sitting next to me.
"I'm Cappy. I can create Energy Balls and make iron explode."
"Ada. I can see the Future and manipulate fire."
"I already know you." Oliver laughed.
Ada laughed back.
While everyone continued saying who they were where they came from, I felt more and more uneasy.
"Going out for some fresh air. Anyone want to join?"

Oliver

Oliver smiled up at Ephraim. "I might join you in a sec after I know everyone's names. It'd be nice to get out and stretch my..." He frowned down at his legs, face flushing. It was surprising how easy it was to forget about his condition, even a year after the accident.

"Right, nevermind." He looked up at the others with a rather fixed smile. "So... Ephraim, water manipulation; Cappy, energy balls and exploding iron; Ada, premonition and pyrokinesis. I think I've got that down." His gaze turned somewhat expectantly to the others.

Ada tilted her head. "Are you going to be okay?"

"I'm fine, really," Oliver assured her a bit hastily.

DJ

As the group went on about their powers I began to feel terrible. My whole body felt weak, and my head was spinning. Not to mention the pain in my back that was quickly approaching immobilizing.

Finally, I couldn't take it any more and I let out a scream of pain.

"DJ, are you okay?" someone asked. I was past being able to recognize voices or faces. The searing pain clouded my vision.

Then, as soon as it had come, the pain dissapeared leaving me panting on the floor of the dingy cellar.

"What happened?" Cappy asked.

"I-I don't kn-know," I said through gasps for air.

Light shone down from the cellar door as Ephraim re-entered. Apparently, the storm had died down, but probably not for long.

"Check out what I found," he said as he dumped a box of files onto the floor. "This box had files for each of us, as well as a few people unregistered at the Asylum."

Ada went and sifted through, grabbing out two files. "Here's DJ's." she said. "And mine...I wonder why my file would be in the van. It's not like I'm new to the Asylum or anything."

I grabbed my file from her and opened it, skimming the contents until I came upon something.

Donovan James McKay - test subject, 3.5 years. Experimental proceedures not sanctioned by government funding, progress made, subject to be considered dangerous.

Consideration for release: withdrawn. Subject too unstable for life in mainstream society. Must remain under constant watch and care of Asylum team.

I flipped through the rest of my file. It contained no more detail about any experiments performed on me. I let the file fall to the ground, it's words still running through my mind. Proceedures not sanctioned by government funding. Subject to be considered dangerous. Unstable. Must remain under constant watch and care of the Asylum team. This couldn't be happening. I had finally broken free, only to find that I was some sort of monster.

"No..." I whispered. I felt the eyes of every person on me, but I could only stare blankly back at them. I didn't want their attention. I wanted them to go back to worrying over Mikael. I wasn't a monster, I wasn't unstable. I'm not a monster...

Oliver Edinburgh

Oliver glanced at DJ, concerned. "Are you going to be okay?" What had just happened? Was DJ sick? He glanced at the file the other boy was perusing. "And what sort of information's in there?"

"N-no, I'm fine. And it's none of your business." DJ was staring blankly at the file.

Oliver frowned. "You sure you don't want to talk about it?"

"Yeah, I'm sure."

Ok im not sure what to write :/

eh, we need some moving action. not something that lasts for only a few posts. maybe they all need to move somewhere more permanent?

also, my last post was just introducing DJ's "condition" I'll be playing with it in the future. He may turn crazy/evil/dead, I'm not sure yet. =)