The scientist nodded, and Pel sighed. “Alright. What is the H-O-H bond angle in water?” He frowned at the card. How could you expect an average person to know this?
"wist how dare you play with my heartstrings like that" ~ winter "wist is in every rp" ~ley “ah yes, fear Wist's smile :slight_smile: <- speaks of layers and layers of secrets” ~mint
Tempest Briar shook her head. “I… I don’t know what that means. What are you asking me?” He knew what water was. But a molecule? Those letters? None of that meant anything to him…
They/he
"wist how dare you play with my heartstrings like that" ~ winter "wist is in every rp" ~ley “ah yes, fear Wist's smile :slight_smile: <- speaks of layers and layers of secrets” ~mint
Tempest Briar rode through that pain too, unable to hide that choked gasp that left him.
They/he
"wist how dare you play with my heartstrings like that" ~ winter "wist is in every rp" ~ley “ah yes, fear Wist's smile :slight_smile: <- speaks of layers and layers of secrets” ~mint
Tempest Briar looked up, heaving for breath. He spat on the ground. “Come at me, bitch.”
They/he
"wist how dare you play with my heartstrings like that" ~ winter "wist is in every rp" ~ley “ah yes, fear Wist's smile :slight_smile: <- speaks of layers and layers of secrets” ~mint
Pel hesitated, then nodded and flipped to the next card. If Tempest Briar was energetic enough to curse, maybe she could last for a few more. Pel tried to read as slowly as possible. “When was the first colony founded on Mars?”
Tempest Briar blinked. “What does that even mean? Mars? The planet? People don’t live on Mars.”
They/he
"wist how dare you play with my heartstrings like that" ~ winter "wist is in every rp" ~ley “ah yes, fear Wist's smile :slight_smile: <- speaks of layers and layers of secrets” ~mint
Pel shrugged. He hadn’t even heard of Mars before.
“We are on Mars right now. Clearly, you both are uneducated. 60 volts.”
Pel might have been imagining it, but the experimenter had started to look vaguely annoyed. He grasped the lever and dragged it downwards, millimeter by millimeter.
Tempest Briar blinked. “How are we on-“ Then the shocks came. Oh. Oh. She writhed in the chair, crying out in pain. When it stopped, he slumped forward, his head lulling to his chest. A headache flared to life in his temples.
They/he
"wist how dare you play with my heartstrings like that" ~ winter "wist is in every rp" ~ley “ah yes, fear Wist's smile :slight_smile: <- speaks of layers and layers of secrets” ~mint
Pel stiffened as soon as he heard Tempest Briar cry out. "Hey-- hey, are you okay?" Pel released the lever and backed away, as if he could undo what he'd just done.
She blinked slowly. He needed to… needed to…. He lifted his head again. Where was Pel? “Pel…?” Her words were starting to slur. “We need… something… something’s wrong.”
They/he
"wist how dare you play with my heartstrings like that" ~ winter "wist is in every rp" ~ley “ah yes, fear Wist's smile :slight_smile: <- speaks of layers and layers of secrets” ~mint
Pel immediately lurched towards the door into the room, but the experimenter raised an arm to block him. "If you leave now, you'll have earned less than an hour of experimentation."
"Please," Pel said, biting his lip, "I just-- can't-- can't you let me see him?" He ducked under the experimenter's arm. This had been a terrible idea. If Tempest Briar died-- no, Pel couldn't bear to think of that.
