Machine Fur Project IC

[AJ Fawxe]

Alex smiled to her a little more warmly and took her hand gently and leading her back in, "It was nice talking to you Thirteen, perhaps we'll get to meet again.. enjoy the outside, again." Alex's expression was warm, his eyes behind his glasses were light, shining, and not just with the artificial light.

[Lavender_Stripes]

Thirteen nodded, giving a small wave before leaving toward the Success rec room. She hopped on the treadmill, amping the speed to 90. A nice jog.

[AJ Fawxe]

Alex smiled and as she walked off he turned and found two guards walking towards him, "Hello boys, I don't suppose you're here for cards. I do want a deck at some point. I don't usually have a lot to do." Alex was referring to the card games he heard the guards talking about, he knew that there was a 'deck' and some rules. They scored it based on who had the best 'hand' which confused him, much to the amusement of some of the guards. Knowing that he could be outside he wanted a chance to learn these games.

"You oughta know better," the guards seemed to be more relaxed today, good. "It's time for your next exercise, Nine." The guards turned and led him to the testing room. Alex sighed and walked along behind them. "I hear today is going to be different than before. They're gonna harden you good."

Alex was taken aback by the last statement, he knew that questioning them was useless though.

[Fitzwilliam Jinglesworth]

Four darted into the halls as the two approached, afraid he'd be in trouble if they saw him. He walked back to his room, hoping to pass the time.

[AJ Fawxe]

Once they were at the test chamber Nine-as he so thought of himself when in exercises, sighed and walked forward but was stopped by two of the guards crossing their gun barrels. "No, we're waiting for another. Besides you have equipment you need to get on." This guard sneered a bit when he said it and a suit was brought to him. Slipping it on Nine was aware that the suit had some sensors in it and once it was on good and snug Nine felt he could feel the suit a little bit. "Do I get a sneak peak before the other guy gets here?"

The guards stood mute and Nine threw up his paws, obviously abandoning that route.

[shkkf]

Three looked around when Two didn't answer his question. It did not bug the feline so much, knowing what the other male was and as a result that his mind couldn't always be present to a conversation. However for Two things could become ugly.

He was already trespassing. More so the fact he was talking to Two could be something suspicious to the guards. As a result it would be better for him to leave quickly, as the thought lingered in Three's mind.

"Two listen, I'll make this short. I do not wish for any of the guards to find out I am here... They are already not too happy with me. And thankfully they havn't upgraded the cameras to all the new areas yet." As the feline smirked and looked in the hallway not seeing anyone. "If you do hear this, just look me up later today or tonight... I want this collar off you hear me?" Before the cat quickly ran through the hallways.

He moved trying to avoid most of the guards. But he knew that this day and the next to come wouldn't be easy. The more people knew, the more the other Subjects would tell others... The worse holding this secret would be. He thanked himself however that only he and Two knew of this ordeal. At least in detail.

However unknown to Three, the actuall knowledge on their plan was spread much further then he would have hoped.
And with this, chances of being discovered would grow much.

He eventually reached safer grounds as he panted. The cat wanted to do something, but tried processing everything that had happened thus far... Even if they succeeded in this 'escape' what then? Three had never succeeded except for once. The small glimmer of the outside world, the knowledge and memories of his friend Eight. It all began to come back. Slowly dripping back into his mind. "What happens after?" He thought to himself, wondering wether what he had seen and heard and knew would be true to what he expected.

[Suzumibachii]

One didnt even notice that Thirteen had joined her in the rec room as she simply discharged attack after attack into the dummy. Each punch causing the heavy sand filled bag to swing backwards and then back into another heavy punch that canceled the momentum. Stopping for a second One breathed out deeply, her fists clenched tightly, if she was going to help Thirteen and protect her she couldn't be weak or uncontrolled. Closing her eyes sparks started to flicker and arc across her body, she could get into trouble for using her ability this freely, but she had to be sure she was up to it, she needed to know she could protect Thirteen by helping Two.

[Lavender_Stripes]

Thirteen watched One in awe, not even bothered about the use of the ability. She was a little jealous, even. She wanted to be that powerful. She wanted to protect everyone, even if it meant getting hurt. Or worse.

[Suzumibachii]

One smirked under her mask before exhaling heavily the electricity arching over her body increasing rapidly before she bit her lips in slight pain. She needed to push past the pain if she was going to be strong enough to stop this crisis from happening. The electricity formed into two wing like shapes behind her as discharges of current jumped from her hands to nearby metallic structures.  "I need to hold more than this." she said softly.

[Lavender_Stripes]

"You're great..." She mumbled, rubbing her brow of slight sweat as she upped the speed to 120. She couldn't help but feel her determination, and push herself to match. She started to pant a little, listening to her own heartbeat.

[Suzumibachii]

One glanced back at Thirteen for a moment before the charge faded away quickly, wiping some sweat from her brow she softly smiled and spoke up. "But still not quite there." Focuing her thoughts to be clear enough to read. She mentally spoke "If i am going to keep the power on for this entire place i need to be stronger and more focused."

[Lavender_Stripes]

"And I have to keep fit if I have to keep that thing at bay." She said in a matter-of-fact tone. She was determined. Nobody could keep her from protecting her friends.

[Isoke]

 Two had to muffle a yelp of surprise as a pair of hands pulled him into a side room.  He had been focused on preparing for five to charge him that he hadn’t been ready when Three ambushed him.  Fortunately Two had managed to restrain his counterattack against Three long enough to identify his target and stop the assault before it started.  Instead, he let out a long calming breath to help shake off the surge of adrenaline as Three presented his discovery and asked about One.
With those questions, Two descended into his mind to make the judgment that he was putting off long enough to make sure he wasn’t going to be further harassed by Five.  It was a lot more complicated than he had initially anticipated it would have been.  Being awarded that armband seems to have made One innately more cynical; she seemed to be following a similar path as Five towards being a loyal Subject to the administration.  He suspected that the only reason One was even tentatively siding with him was because of her admiration for Thirteen.  Now that Five was on alert, and possibly even alerting security to suspicious activity, further steps would need to be much more cautious.
Countless scenarios, variables, and calculations ran rampant through Two’s mind as he did his best to consider the new complexities to the situation and how best to use them to his advantage.  It was so consuming to his mental facilities that anything external received only a miniscule amount of his attention.  Even Three’s update on the status of the security was filed and promptly thrown into the mix of computations without any sort of overt acknowledgement until Three reiterated his need to have the collar removed, to which Two responded with only the slightest of nods.
By the time Two came out of his head, Three had already left.  It was becoming painfully obvious that trust was more scarce than what would have been ideal among many of those involved.  He decided he would have to prioritize making preparations for Three’s collar before anything else.  With a glance towards a wall clock and a sigh of weariness, he set forth into the hallways looking for what he would need to craft improvised tools to get the job done.

[Fitzwilliam Jinglesworth]

As Four walked down the halls, he passed a guard, who stopped him and pointed him in the direction of a test he was needed for. Nodding, the goat ran back the way he came, eager to return to his usual routine. He came up behind Alex, waving.

"Hey! Sorry I'm late." He took a suit, looking down at it for a moment before putting it on. "What are we doing here?"

[AJ Fawxe]

Nine looked up to Four and nodded the guards sighing in exasperation. Apparently they'd been waiting far less than patiently for this. "You two will be in an infiltration simulation. Get to the terminal with the correct data archive and load it to the 'offshore server'," the guard made air quotes as they would only be transferring it to a dummy server and the archive was junk files piled up to simulate the volume of an encrypted file. "There will be digital," the guard smiled smugly then continued, "as well as physical protection. Now head through those doors." Two guards opened a set of doors that swung open quietly and two guards behind them shoved them forward. Nine staggered a bit then adjusted his jacket and walked in. Immediately switching to a more stable and sneaky stance turning back to Four. "I'm Nine, I don't know if you remember me," Nine spoke quietly, "those guards seemed a little too happy, I think they got something in it for us. Let's just be careful and try and find the right terminal. How much work have you done with data mining?"