Adonis w/ Samantha

1:22:51 PM <•Pink|DM> The problem with alienating all his friends is that there's nobody to be your eyes when you have removed your eyes from your sockets and severed your optic nerves. Well, that is ONE of the problems. On the bright side, without the input from those organs, the signal through the new eyes should be much less disorientating.||
1:24:49 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> ....
1:35:42 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> James knew he should've done them one at time, he even color coded the containers, their labels, wires amd had even lowered the temperature of his kitchen to make sure that this would go more smoothly, but the best laid plans of mice and men oft fall to the wayside when it came to Tinkering, it seemed. His phone was in his glove clad hand and his fingers
1:35:42 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> felt around for the speed-dial button. He pressed it and then number 1. A name flashed onto the screen, not that he would need to see it: Samantha Lowry.||
1:40:24 PM <•Pink|DM> The phone rings enough times that it seems to be on the verge of going to voicemail, when he finally hears her pick up. "...James? I'm at work, why are you... calling me?" Is some part of him glad to hear her voice, or is it just relief that ANYONE picked up. ...Is that a note of concern in her voice?||
1:48:42 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> James hesitated. Right, she was at work. "I... need some help. You're the first person who came to mind. He could hear the concern, no surprise all things considered. He had shut everyone out after her rejection, that wound was still festering. "It shouldn't take too long, but please hurry." No doubt she would hangup and ignore him, something that really
1:48:42 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> wouldn't surprise him. Why hadn't he made his equipment tactile differential? Cotton strip for one, silk for another, plant fiber perhaps. He really should've done this one eye at a time.||
1:53:14 PM <•Pink|DM> "Um." He can practically see her biting her lip, probably toying with a pen in her hands. Looking around to make sure her boss isn't standing too close. "...Are you... okay? I don't know what I can... did something happen?" The concern seems to have shifted slightly more towards alarm. "...You didn't... do something, did you?" More than a few of his friends had checked in to make sure he hadn't ...
1:53:14 PM <•Pink|DM> ... killed himself, and she'd likely heard some of the same rumors.||
2:03:19 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "I did something, yes, but not what you think." James admitted with a moments hesitation. "I'm okay, though, just need a.... helping hand." His new eyes were preserved in his specially made gel. He knew rumors would've spread around town, he had gone from outdoor athlete, someone who was almost always outside on the field or jogging, to an indoor recluse who
2:03:19 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> had his groceries brought to his front door.||
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2:15:38 PM <•Pink|DM> A hesitation. "Look. Can't you, I mean... could you call..." A longer pause. "This is not fair. What did you... God, I'm afraid to ask! Are you all right?" Even when she'd turned him down she'd been so... well, embarrassed, sure, but even then she'd been so concerned for him. And how he'd taken it.||
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2:26:14 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "I'm fine. There's no one else TO call." James answered, surprised he was so calm. Who was she to talk about 'fair'?. "Like I said it won't take long, but I need a hand. There was no doubt in his mind that if she decided to help that she would freak out, maybe faint. No one knew he was a Tinker, even his own mother didn't know.||
2:30:38 PM <•Pink|DM> "I don't understand? Are you... are you hurt? Oh god, I, what about... should I call an ambulence, or, or the police?"
2:44:47 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "No, you don't need to call them. I just need a... friend to help." His voice stammered a bit at the word 'friend'. Did he even have those anymore? "So... can you come over... please?" If she refused what would he do? Try to do it literally blind? End up stabbing himself in the brain, or dying from an infection.||
2:51:05 PM <•Pink|DM> "J-james... you're freaking me... um. Where are you?" Maybe it is concern, maybe guilt... but she gave in.
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2:56:00 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "My house, kitchen, door's unlocked." James said, relief obvious in the way he spoke. He knew it wouldn't take her long to arrive. He reached over blindly to a chair and cleared off old containers, making sure to place them gently on the floor. "Thanks Sammy." He hadn't called her that since well... since she decided to take a scalpel to his heart.||
2:58:42 PM <•Pink|DM> The pause is long enough that he might almost thing she'd just dropped the phone to run to him... but then she speaks again. "...I don't know where you live!" she admits. And why would she? He'd always known where to find HER. "Um, and my boss, I... oh god..."||
3:09:40 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> James had forgotten that, right. He took a breathe and let it out. 'Stay calm, this'll be over soon, then you'll not have to deal with her again.' He forced a composed demeanor and said, "1201 Fort St. Lincoln Park. Apartment 4." How could he have not told her his address before, or had she simply forgotten. "I'll take care of your boss, don't worry." He
3:09:40 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> didn't say it in a way that would make her worry, if it was about money then James would pay off the guy. He had a sinking feeling that after this he couldn't call Sam to help... that left him with even fewer options.||
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4:03:32 PM <•Pink|DM> "What does THAT even... god, fine, I, uh, yeah, um, I'll... Just don't do anything STUPID," she practically begs before hanging up.||
4:09:13 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> James was about to explain when she hung up. Okay now all he had to do was wait, and hope she didn't call the cops. This would be impossible to explain to any authorities.||
4:15:28 PM <•Pink|DM> Well, not ANY authorities, perhaps. In any case, it's a shame he never got around to wiring a hud directly into his optic nerve, because it is hard to tell exactly how MUCH time has passed. A shame he dismantled his television and his radio, so he can't turn on a news station. He doesn't hear sirens, at least.||
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4:50:12 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> As he waited his mind went to work on possibly getting this done himself. The wires he had color coded all felt the same to touch. Maybe going by length? There was very little margin for error, but if he could get even one eye partially working then he could do the rest, making so he wouldn't need Samantha for help. Once again he cursed himself, did all
4:50:12 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> Tinkers have this problem?||
4:52:27 PM <•Pink|DM> A noise. The door. "...Hello?" If she sounded worried before, what's left of the la-z-boy and television in the living room probably doesn't help. "...James?"||
5:01:46 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "Hey Sammy, in here." He called out, making sure his equipment was all lined up. To her his kitchen table would look like something from mad Tinkers lab. His old eyes were floating in a clean solution, the optic nerve hanging behind each of them. A second pair of eyes, these ones a bright green with flecks of azure, sat not too far away. They were suspended
5:01:46 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> in a similar solution, but with two wires, one green the other red, hanging behind them. Various tools were lined up between the containers. Knives, scalpels, a bonesaw, twisers , drill even a hammer sat for use. Some of them had already been used, going by the dried blood. "Don't freak out, okay?" He sounded completely unphased by the fact he now had gaping
5:01:46 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> black holes where his eyes had once been.||
5:13:44 PM <•Pink|DM> "I..." He can hear her drawing a deep breath. "I don't think you should call me..." He can tell the moment when her own eyes fall on him. Or on his eyes. Or maybe on his other eyes. Whatever it is, she cuts off with a shriek and the thump of her ass bumping back into the doorway, stumbling. "Oh g-god!" Actually, one is a gaping black hole. The other has a faint bluish purple light filtering ...
5:13:44 PM <•Pink|DM> ... through from the ionizer installed in his sinus cavity. Not to say that it is in any way less creepy for that.||
5:20:40 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> James flinched. "Sam, please I'm perfectly fine, I just need you to help me get those wires in." He got up carefully. He had no doubt he looked like some victim of an insane cape, and to be fair he technically the shape he was in was because of a cape. "Sam, I need you to take a deep breathe and stay calm." He held out his non-bloody hand. "Guess you can see
5:20:40 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> why I've not been.... around lately. Been busy, too many ideas not enough time or resources."||
5:28:11 PM <•Pink|DM> Deep breath. Sure. He can hear that that isn't happening. She gasps something, lets out a squeaky, very unconvincing laugh. says oh god a few times as he hears a chair knocking over, spilling pickle jars of artificial muscle fibers he has curing in his secret sauce of lye and electrolytes. Another clatter, what might be her phone hitting the floor.||
5:51:59 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> James flinched at the crashing, he had worked a long time on those. He took a couple steps towards Sam. "Sam, it's okay." He didn't know how to get this to go smoothly, if it even could. "I know this looks really bad, but I'm perfectly healthy." He grinned some. He reached down and picked up her fallen phone.||
5:56:16 PM <•Pink|DM> (LOG NOTE: POST BEFORE THAT WAS SCRUBBED)
5:58:17 PM <•Pink|DM> "Y-your EYES!" she says. Because he clearly needs her to inform him that his eyes aren't in his skull at the moment. "There's blood all over an-YIPE!" Bump, as she jerks away from his approach. The floor is still dry- seems the thick jars held up...
6:22:18 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> He decided to stop walking towards her. "Sam trust me I know, I took them out myself. Useless old things." He sighed, this was going to be worse before it got any better. "How about I explain what's going on." This would get complicated. "I'm a parahuman, Sam. A Tinker, something to do with self modification. Do you understand now?" He held Sams phone out
6:22:18 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> .||
6:37:00 PM <•Pink|DM> He manages to find the phone, but the kick to the face is probably quite unexpected. Good thing she has little feet, and a weird habit of wearing birkenstocks all year round instead of, say, steel toed boots. She shrieks, babbling slightly, as his hand brushes her ankle.||
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6:42:54 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> James rubbed his face and let out a deadpan, "Ow." The pain killers were really helping out now. " He stood up and held out the phone.||
6:51:54 PM <•Pink|DM> "I, oh god, what did... your, your eyes!" She doesn't reach out for the phone. Or, at least, doesn't take it.
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7:08:45 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "I took them out." James said flatly, taking the phone back.||
7:13:47 PM <•Pink|DM> It takes her an awfully long time to coherently stammer, "W-why?!"
7:13:50 PM <•Pink|DM> ||
7:18:46 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "Because I need better ones. Basic human eyes are terrible for fine work." James said as if it was the most natural thing in the world.||
7:22:18 PM <•Pink|DM> "I, I'll call a, I, I'll call 911," she mumbles, though he still has her phone.
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7:25:43 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> James shook his head. "There's no need. I just need you to help me." James said, maybe he could use her shock to his advantage. "Please you're the only one I can.... trust enough." Plus he had been a bit overzealous but she didn't need to know that.||
7:29:26 PM <•Pink|DM> "This is, this is CRAZY! You pulled your... augh, you, look, just, uh, let's get you to the, um, couch? ...Why's the couch covered in blood?" Huh. Maybe he should have cleaned up after putting in the new shock absorbing kneecaps.
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7:41:32 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> James shook his had. "Crazy yes. Blood came from an early operation, now I can fall six stories and not take leg damage." He sounded rather proud of that. "I was going to clean up but I got distracted by a new idea."||
7:50:05 PM <•Pink|DM> "And y-you cut your fucking eyes out?!" Finally, seems they're on the same page. Jeeze, some people sure are slow on the uptake.||
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7:58:06 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "Well more of pulled them out and severed the optic nerves, semantics." James said with a shrug. "But yeah, took them out now I need you to help me put in ones I grew."||
8:07:03 PM <•Pink|DM> Sounds like it's not just blood he needs to clean off the couch. "Oh god, I'm, I'm sorry, I can't, um... I can't..."||
8:08:00 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ82PqszF5o
8:08:20 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> (oops)
8:11:33 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "You can, it's simple. Color coded to be as simple as possible." He motioned his head to table with all his equipment. "Trust me."||
8:14:35 PM <•Pink|DM> He can smell bile, trace chemicals... he could probably adjust that biochemistry, maybe fix whatever kept her from loving him... hm. Probably should focus on the task at hand first. Right now he can't so much as see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch, much less what she doesn't see in him. "I, uh, but you're CRAZY," she points out.||
8:19:59 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> James nearly laughed. "No, not crazy, just a Tinker with a head full of ideas." He grinned again. "Even if I was crazy you'd only have yourself to blame." He turned his head towards the table. "Now come on, I'd like to see again sometime soon."||
8:21:08 PM <•Pink|DM> "C-can you stop... smiling?"||
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8:27:34 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "Would you rather me be weepy and depressed? Because that would easy." ||
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8:31:17 PM <•Pink|DM> "Oh god, listen to yourself! James, just... god, I thought... I thought you CARED about your body, I thought... STOP FUCKING SMILING AT ME!"||
8:34:16 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> James scowled and spat out, "I cared about my body for a decade, and look what that got me!" Black holes stared into Sams eyes. His smile was gone, replaced with a sneer. "That better?"||
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8:56:43 PM <•Pink|DM> Crash- there goes his mother's hatrack. He'd never really liked it anyway. He can hear the rattle of the doorknob, the girl he'd obsessed over whimpering and babbling.||
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9:11:46 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> James sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. He carefully walked to the door. "Sam, please stop." He put a hand on the door to keep her from opening it. He actually sounded upset, he didn't want it to go this way. "Listen I just need you to four little things then you can leave." And call the PRT/Police no doubt.||
9:25:22 PM <•Pink|DM> Her half formed pleas trail off as he can vaguely feel her body brushing his hip. She seems to be contorting, half leaning on the couch, trying to avoid him as he holds the door. "F-four... things?" she whimpers. In James' other hand, her phone vibrates.||
9:34:14 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "Yes four things." James said nodding. He motioned his head to the table. "It shouldn't take too long. Just match up the colors." He grinned again. He put her phone in his pocket.||
9:38:13 PM <•Pink|DM> "I, I need to answer..." She quiets down, gulping audibly. "Wh-what do I do?"||
9:48:10 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> He led Samantha over to the table and sat down. "Each of the eyes has a two wires, they go to two receptors in the back." He pointed to his empty eye socket. "They are slightly magnetized so the wires SHOULD pop in automatically." The phone rang again. He took it out and held it out to her. He didn't want whoever was calling to get suspicious.||
10:37:59 PM <•Pink|DM> No, it didn't ring again, as she follows him nervously. "I... they're... gross! I can't... and... uh... should, should I wash my... or gloves, you need, I mean, gloves?"||
10:46:14 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "The solution acts like hand sanitizer, gloves are nearby. You just need to put in one, then you can leave. I can get the other in." He'd probably be better at it, in all honesty. He sat back at the chair and waited.||
10:53:31 PM <•Pink|DM> He can hear the snap of latex, and her soft sounds of disgust- he doesn't need eyes to perfectly picture her nose wrinkling, her glasses slipping a bit before she pushes them up. "Oh... okay," she mumbles finally, as he hears the pop of the jar's seal, the splash of fluid. "Ew ew ewww..." A pause. "Uh, wait, which way is up?"||
11:04:53 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "The green should be on the left the red on the right. Hold them straight and CAREFULLY insert it. You'll here a buzz when they're in." He took a breath and released it. "Ready?"||
11:21:52 PM <•Pink|DM> "NO!" But then he feels wires poking him in the nose, then the forehead. "Ew, they're... drooping everywhere!"
11:21:54 PM <•Pink|DM> ||
11:28:21 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> James sighed and said, "Do it very carefully, Sam, okay?" He calmed himself again. "Try it again."||
11:43:17 PM <•Pink|DM> He can feel her fingertip brush the edge of his socket, jerk away- her fingernails are still short, well maintained. "God... Uh..." And then there is a slight buzz, and he suddenly has a black and white image- the luminance feed from the green socket. "Is, was that-?"||
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11:51:15 PM <soulpelt|Adonis> "That's it, green wire attached. Move it a little further, red needs to connect." Even though it was black and white the picture was far clearer than anything his normal human eyes could attain. The perks of growing an eye that had the acuity of hawk eye.||
11:58:47 PM <•Pink|DM> Wobble, wobble, twist... It is pretty clear- though most of it is filled with her thumb. "I don't- oh!" Another buzz, as the red socket seats itself, the eyeball resting on his cheek as she lets it go. "Oh god." The view swings and sways crazily, giving a high fidelity view of her long skirt, her sandaled feet that are hastily backing away. "...is that it?"||

Saturday, November 1st, 2014
12:06:40 AM <soulpelt|Adonis> James slowly pushed the eye in and blinked, testing it once it was in. The color was beyond anything he could've guessed, super HD. "That's it, you can go now." His new eye was glowing slightly, green with flecks of blue. He got up and looked up and down Sam. "Sorry about that, Sam." Then he turned away from her and pulled out the other eye. He looked over
12:06:40 AM <soulpelt|Adonis> it fondly.||
12:21:26 AM <•Pink|DM> She is just as beautiful as the day she broke his heart. Even if she is sobbing and backing away. He hears the front door slam open as he picks up the second eye. Her phone starts to buzz.||||
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