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  2. [2011-01-06 18::12:38] Doink: [DATE: January 2nd, 2016]
  3. [2011-01-06 18::12:59] Doink: [LOCATION: SOMEWHERE UNDER ARKHAM, MASSACHUSETTS]
  4. [2011-01-06 18::14:44] Doink: Despite the excitement of the past week, some routines never seem to change. Like, for example, Mia's weekly checkup.
  5. [2011-01-06 18::15:46] Doink: You find yourself floating, as usual, in your cylinder of orange, the huddle of technicians pouring over your vital information as it scrolls down their terminals.
  6. [2011-01-06 18::17:02] Mia_al-Misiri: is in a vaguely positive mood, somewhere slightly above her general emotionally vacant default.
  7. [2011-01-06 18::17:44] Doink: Your father is there as well, of course. He approaches from out of the dark and places himself in front of your tube. "Hello, Mia."
  8. [2011-01-06 18::17:56] Mia_al-Misiri: looks over.
  9. [2011-01-06 18::18:00] Mia_al-Misiri: "Hi!"
  10. [2011-01-06 18::18:55] Doink: "How are you feeling? You seem... happy."
  11. [2011-01-06 18::22:08] Mia_al-Misiri: "Yes I am feeling kind of happy."
  12. [2011-01-06 18::24:05] Mia_al-Misiri: nods firmly.
  13. [2011-01-06 18::24:57] Doink: "That's... that's good," he replies, his expression neutral. "I was worried you'd be... unhappy. With everything that's happened."
  14. [2011-01-06 18::25:42] Mia_al-Misiri: "Oh."
  15. [2011-01-06 18::25:45] Mia_al-Misiri: is quizzical.
  16. [2011-01-06 18::25:47] Mia_al-Misiri: "Why?"
  17. [2011-01-06 18::29:06] Doink: He frowns. "...Never mind. I'm just glad you're doing well."
  18. [2011-01-06 18::29:39] Doink: "How was your New Year? I'm sorry I didn't get to come up and see you."
  19. [2011-01-06 18::30:34] Mia_al-Misiri: cheers a little.
  20. [2011-01-06 18::30:44] Mia_al-Misiri: "It was fine!"
  21. [2011-01-06 18::32:13] » Mia_al-Misiri left the chat room.
  22. [2011-01-06 18::32:51] » Mia_al-Misiri joined the chat room.
  23. [2011-01-06 18::32:51] » Mia_al-Misiri was promoted to operator by ChanServ.
  24. [2011-01-06 18::36:36] Doink: "That's good. You didn't go to the party?"
  25. [2011-01-06 18::37:17] Mia_al-Misiri: shakes her head, still vaguely smiling.
  26. [2011-01-06 18::37:25] Mia_al-Misiri: "No. I read books with my friend."
  27. [2011-01-06 18::38:02] Doink: Dr. Al-Misiri nods. "That sounds nice. With Albert?"
  28. [2011-01-06 18::39:30] Mia_al-Misiri: "Yes."
  29. [2011-01-06 18::40:22] Doink: "I see. I'm... glad you two are getting along so well."
  30. [2011-01-06 18::41:30] Doink: Behind him, a startled murmur arises from the cluster of technicians.
  31. [2011-01-06 18::41:36] Mia_al-Misiri: "Yes."
  32. [2011-01-06 18::41:38] Mia_al-Misiri: thinks.
  33. [2011-01-06 18::41:43] Mia_al-Misiri: "How do you know him?"
  34. [2011-01-06 18::42:37] Doink: He smiles a little. "We've met. I wouldn't be much of a father if I didn't know who my daughter was spending time with."
  35. [2011-01-06 18::45:23] Mia_al-Misiri: goes a bit blank, confused. She doesn't have a response, so just hangs there.
  36. [2011-01-06 18::51:56] Doink: He falters a bit at her silence. "Anyways, I—"
  37. [2011-01-06 18::52:23] Doink: A technician approaches. "Sir. You need to see this."
  38. [2011-01-06 18::52:45] Doink: He frowns. "Excuse me a moment, Mia."
  39. [2011-01-06 18::52:49] Mia_al-Misiri: idly tracks the technician, half interested.
  40. [2011-01-06 18::52:52] Mia_al-Misiri: "Okay."
  41. [2011-01-06 18::53:41] Doink: Your father joins the group of technicians, now all clustered around a single, large-scale holographic readout. It's some kind of complex diagram, but you have no idea what it represents. Nothing you've ever seen before, at least.
  42. [2011-01-06 18::54:30] Mia_al-Misiri: is rather interested by the cool flashing lights of the hologram! But that is about all.
  43. [2011-01-06 18::54:32] Mia_al-Misiri: "What's that?"
  44. [2011-01-06 18::54:50] Doink: He watches the diagram, his face impassive, as the technicians point excitedly to bits and pieces of it.
  45. [2011-01-06 18::56:52] Doink: "So soon..." Finally, he nods. "It's time," he says, his tone suddenly both serious and strangely excited. "Prepare the next vessel."
  46. [2011-01-06 18::57:43] Mia_al-Misiri: continues quiet observation
  47. [2011-01-06 18::58:11] Doink: Al-Misiri turns back to you as the technicians begin frantically scrambling to pack up their equipment. "Congratulations, Mia. You're maturing so quickly."
  48. [2011-01-06 18::59:13] Mia_al-Misiri: tilts her head to the side a tiny bit.
  49. [2011-01-06 19::01:39] Doink: "I told you that you had an important part to play, didn't I? And that afterwards you'd be able to do what you want?"
  50. [2011-01-06 19::02:06] Doink: He puts his hand on the edge of the tank. "This is part of that."
  51. [2011-01-06 19::02:43] Mia_al-Misiri: stares at his hand.
  52. [2011-01-06 19::02:48] Mia_al-Misiri: "What do I have to do?"
  53. [2011-01-06 19::06:11] Doink: He smiles. "You'll know when the times comes."
  54. [2011-01-06 19::08:28] Mia_al-Misiri: looks back at him.
  55. [2011-01-06 19::08:30] Mia_al-Misiri: "Okay."
  56. [2011-01-06 19::09:03] Doink: "Call it a... part of your nature. It will express itself soon enough."
  57. [2011-01-06 19::10:29] Mia_al-Misiri: stays blank, and doesn't speak. This is all pretty incomprehensible.
  58. [2011-01-06 19::13:26] Doink: He steps back. "There is one thing we need to do first, though. Sorry, but we'll have to hold you here for just a little bit longe—"
  59. [2011-01-06 19::14:28] Doink: Everything goes... weird, for just a moment. One instant, you can see your father speaking to you in front of your tube.
  60. [2011-01-06 19::15:12] Doink: The next, he's over by a group of technicians, standing by a console. It's an unfamiliar one—much more complex than the little portable one from before, and seems to be seamlessly integrated into the floor.
  61. [2011-01-06 19::16:03] Doink: Which you could /swear/ had totally different markings on it a second ago.
  62. [2011-01-06 19::17:46] Mia_al-Misiri: gasps and convulses slightly, shuddering. She begins breathing quickly, in panic.
  63. [2011-01-06 19::19:05] Doink: "She's awake!" someone says. A group, lead by Dr. Al-Misiri, rush over to the tank.
  64. [2011-01-06 19::20:08] Mia_al-Misiri: flails a little, looking around in urgency.
  65. [2011-01-06 19::20:37] Doink: "Mia? It's alright, Mia. Calm down," your father says.
  66. [2011-01-06 19::21:40] Mia_al-Misiri: stops flailing. She folds her hands together and bites her thumbs.
  67. [2011-01-06 19::23:00] Doink: "Vitals are stabilizing," says a tech. "Integration has passed a hundred percent."
  68. [2011-01-06 19::23:32] Doink: There's a diagram floating above his terminal. It looks just like the one from before, except now certain parts of it are highlighted in red and green.
  69. [2011-01-06 19::23:58] Mia_al-Misiri: is only distracted by it for a moment before she resumes gnawing.
  70. [2011-01-06 19::24:46] Doink: "Mia?" Al-Misiri still looks concerned. "What's the matter? Why are you doing that?"
  71. [2011-01-06 19::25:17] Mia_al-Misiri: avoids looking him in the eye. She shakes her head.
  72. [2011-01-06 19::27:40] Doink: He takes a step closer to the tank. "Mia, this is important. How do you feel?"
  73. [2011-01-06 19::28:11] Mia_al-Misiri: stops biting for a moment.
  74. [2011-01-06 19::28:19] Mia_al-Misiri: "I feel funny. I feel weird."
  75. [2011-01-06 19::30:26] Doink: "Thats... perfectly natural, I guess."
  76. [2011-01-06 19::31:26] Doink: "Mia, you're... you know that you were born only part human, right?"
  77. [2011-01-06 19::31:48] Mia_al-Misiri: has no idea what to make of this.
  78. [2011-01-06 19::31:51] Mia_al-Misiri: "...What?"
  79. [2011-01-06 19::31:54] Mia_al-Misiri: "No?"
  80. [2011-01-06 19::36:14] Doink: Al-Misiri nods. "You were born from human and... well, God. Or at least, parts of a God."
  81. [2011-01-06 19::37:45] Mia_al-Misiri: thinks for a few moments.
  82. [2011-01-06 19::37:49] Mia_al-Misiri: "I don't understand."
  83. [2011-01-06 19::39:19] Doink: "That's alright. It's quite complicated."
  84. [2011-01-06 19::39:43] Mia_al-Misiri: "Okay."
  85. [2011-01-06 19::39:51] Mia_al-Misiri: goes back to biting her thumbs.
  86. [2011-01-06 19::40:09] Doink: He frowns. "What's important is that you are both a human being and, well, something much more than that."
  87. [2011-01-06 19::40:32] Doink: "And the human body isn't made to take, well, /being/ someone like you."
  88. [2011-01-06 19::41:42] Doink: "So we had to... strengthen it a little bit. You were becoming too much for your old one."
  89. [2011-01-06 19::41:59] Mia_al-Misiri: looks up at the hologram.
  90. [2011-01-06 19::42:03] Mia_al-Misiri: "What do you mean."
  91. [2011-01-06 19::46:55] Doink: "We gave you a better body," he says, simply. "One that's more suitable for you."
  92. [2011-01-06 19::47:09] Doink: He smiles. "It's nothing to be afraid of, Mia. It's just part of growing up."
  93. [2011-01-06 19::48:46] Mia_al-Misiri: "Oh."
  94. [2011-01-06 19::48:58] Mia_al-Misiri: is a little on edge.
  95. [2011-01-06 19::53:23] Doink: "I'm sorry to spring this on you like that, but I had no way of knowing you would need it so soon. Things have been... accelerating strangely recently."
  96. [2011-01-06 20::01:49] Mia_al-Misiri: "Oh."
  97. [2011-01-06 20::02:05] Mia_al-Misiri: looks down at her body for a few moments, inspecting.
  98. [2011-01-06 20::02:10] Mia_al-Misiri: "What has changed?"
  99. [2011-01-06 20::05:40] Doink: "Just some minor things. You're more non-human, overall, than you were before."
  100. [2011-01-06 20::06:16] Mia_al-Misiri: "...But what did you do?"
  101. [2011-01-06 20::12:33] Doink: "I said—." He frowns. "You're old enough to know this now, Mia. We had to transfer you from your old body into this new one. Your old body would have broken up under the strain of you."
  102. [2011-01-06 20::13:36] Mia_al-Misiri: "This is a different body?! That doesn't make any sense!"
  103. [2011-01-06 20::14:48] Doink: Al-Misiri sighs. "If we had only had more time... Mia, listen to me."
  104. [2011-01-06 20::15:04] Mia_al-Misiri: starts flapping a little in the tube.
  105. [2011-01-06 20::15:11] Doink: "You are more than human. You are more than the physical form you happen to inhabit."
  106. [2011-01-06 20::16:11] Doink: "This body is just a vessel. Just like the last one was. Someday, you'll get another one."
  107. [2011-01-06 20::16:44] Doink: He tries to smile. "So please, don't worry about it."
  108. [2011-01-06 20::17:16] Mia_al-Misiri: "But I don't understand! How can I be a god!"
  109. [2011-01-06 20::29:28] Doink: "You'll know when the time comes," he repeats simply.
  110. [2011-01-06 20::30:37] Mia_al-Misiri: "But I..."
  111. [2011-01-06 20::30:41] Mia_al-Misiri: stops and looks down.
  112. [2011-01-06 20::30:49] Mia_al-Misiri: "I will stop."
  113. [2011-01-06 20::33:50] Doink: Alfred looks sympathetic. "I know you have questions, Mia. I'm sorry I still can't answer all of them."
  114. [2011-01-06 20::35:22] Mia_al-Misiri: "Okay. Am I still allowed to be with people?"
  115. [2011-01-06 20::38:03] Doink: "Of course. You /should/ be with people. Your human half is as important as your other."
  116. [2011-01-06 20::40:12] Mia_al-Misiri: "I don't really... I don't-"
  117. [2011-01-06 20::40:34] Mia_al-Misiri: shuts up abruptly and breathes deeply, closing her eyes.
  118. [2011-01-06 21::05:41] » Mia_al-Misiri is now known as Blast.
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