06[21:04] * Amy knocks on Alex's door after a day or two.
[21:05] <Alex> It doesn't seem like he's in. Around this time of day, after classes, there's only one place you think he'd really be.
06[21:08] * Amy rolls her eyes and heads for the gym then!
[21:10] <Alex> A bit in, and you can see Alex in the dojo-like area with a dull machete-like weapon and in his training clothes. He's... beating the dummy. Hard. Brutally. And from the looks of how the dummy's holding up, he's been at it for quite a while. It's almost painful to watch.
03[21:11] <Amy> "Feeling better?"
06[21:12] * Alex stops in between swings and looks back at you, breathing heavily. "...somewhat."
03[21:13] <Amy> "Any more compulsions you'd like to tell me about?"
06[21:13] * Amy crouches on a bench and stares at him oddly.
[21:13] <Alex> "Not that I am aware of."
03[21:14] <Amy> "I see. I've done some research."
[21:14] <Alex> "And..."
03[21:16] <Amy> "I don't believe either of us have been replaced. I'm certainly not replacable, and you haven't. At all."
[21:17] <Alex> "How do you know that? If they decide to decant another one of me I don't believe it would be easy to tell the difference." Alex is very glad nobody else is in the room at the moment.
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03[21:20] <Amy> "Do you recall the events of the other day?"
[21:21] <Alex> "..." Alex sees where Amy is going with that, mentally shrugs, and goes back to hacking the poor dummy to death. Thing looks like it's going to fall apart.
03[21:23] <Amy> "Something wrong?"
[21:23] <Alex> "No," Alex quickly says.
03[21:24] <Amy> "I don't believe you."
[21:25] <Alex> "Time spent talking is time not spent training."
[21:25] <Alex> And, he mentally adds to himself, time spent not thinking about things.
03[21:28] <Amy> "..."
03[21:28] <Amy> "Are you able to keep a secret?"
[21:29] <Alex> "As always."
06[21:29] * Amy approaches him slowly and whispers.
06[21:30] * Alex stops swinging for just long enough for Amy to whisper to him.
[21:32] <Alex> "There's obviously nothing I can do to disprove that," Alex says, going back to beating the dummy. His left fist rips through the foam a little.
03[21:32] <Amy> "You can agree to discuss your concerns."
[21:34] <Alex> "I have no concerns! Not about myself, not about us, not about Marguerite, not about how we were made, nothing but training to be effective in my assigned role." He accentuates each comma with an audible 'thwack'.
03[21:35] <Amy> "Those sound similar to concerns."
[21:36] <Alex> "The only concern, which I may note was the last thing in the list, has already been discussed. There is nothing to elaborate on."
03[21:39] <Amy> "That is not a healthy mindset."
[21:39] <Alex> "Does it matter if I can fight?"
03[21:40] <Amy> "Yes."
06[21:40] * Alex gives the dummy another thwack and it finally gives up the ghost, cracking in half.
[21:41] <Alex> "For reasons that aren't personal?"
06[21:41] * Alex starts kicking and otherwise further destroying the half of the dummy.
03[21:41] <Amy> "Yes. I believe the dummy is dead."
[21:42] <Alex> "I don't know where the others are kept."
03[21:42] <Amy> "Perhaps that means you're done."
06[21:43] * Alex picks up the other half, stabbing it viciously with his machete over and over again, the foam softened up enough to do so. "I can't be done until my abilities can no longer be improved and the Angels are defeated."
03[21:43] <Amy> "Then what?"
[21:44] <Alex> "It would be healthiest for *you* to stop caring about me and for Marguerite and everybody else to do the same, and I say that as somebody who personally cares about you."
06[21:44] * Alex throws the half against the wall while running at it and pins it to the wall with a kick.
03[21:46] <Amy> "I have been ordered to monitor your activity. The Commander is worried, too."
[21:46] <Alex> "Let him be."
03[21:46] <Amy> "I'm sorry?"
[21:47] <Alex> "His personal well-being is not my concern, only that I follow his orders."
03[21:48] <Amy> "You misunderstand." She stares. "I have been ordered to ensure you remain stable. You are -not- stable."
[21:48] <Alex> "Should I be decommissioned, to be replaced or not, 'I' will most likely never know, and it will happen anyway once the Evangelions cease to be useful."
[21:48] <Alex> "I am no less stable than Elise is."
03[21:49] <Amy> "We will not be decomissioned."
[21:50] <Alex> "Sure."
06[21:50] * Alex hammers away with his foot at the 'neck' of the dummy until the head rolls off.
03[21:51] <Amy> "You are frightening me."
[21:52] <Alex> "Better for you in the long run than to stay attached and perish with me."
03[21:53] <Amy> "Why do you believe you will die?"
[21:53] <Alex> "We all do."
03[21:53] <Amy> "Who is 'we'?"
[21:54] <Alex> "Every thing that has ever lived has or will one day die. It is how things happen."
[21:55] <Alex> "I know nothing but piloting the Evangelion and fighting. If these activities do not destroy me, my own inaction will."
03[21:55] <Amy> "I think we're through here. Will you come with me?"
[21:55] <Alex> "Where?'
03[21:56] <Amy> "I am ordering you to come with me."
[21:56] <Alex> "You are not my superior. Where?"
03[21:57] <Amy> "..."
03[21:57] <Amy> "Stay here."
06[22:06] * Alex continues to systematically annihilate the dummy, apparently none too opposed to this suggestion.
06[22:06] * Amy calls Ben's room.
08[22:16] * Ben (Ramengelio@EFBE106C.648C8FC7.240D5AC4.IP) has joined #AEChicago
06[22:17] * Amy calls Ben's room.
06[22:19] * Ben opens the door, he is dressed in his street clothes, brown slacks and a red shirt. "Oh, Hi Amy. Uh, come in."
06[22:20] * Ben motions her into his room, furnished sparsly with band posters and model planes.
03[22:21] <Amy> "Alex needs someone to keep an eye on him while I deal with something. I'm not sure he's altogether stable."
06[22:22] * Ben looks concerned, "Not stable, what do you mean?"
03[22:22] <Amy> "I'm not sure yet. Best case, he's been damaged by the events of the other day. Worse...I'm not sure I can discuss it right now."
[22:24] <Ben> "Alright. Where is he?"
03[22:24] <Amy> "The gym, brutalizing a training dummy."
03[22:25] <Amy> "If anything strange happens, page me immediately." She hands him a card with her number on it.
06[22:25] * Ben chuckles. "That's one way with dealing with it." He takes the card and puts it in his breast pocket. "I'll go see how he is."
06[22:26] * Ben walks to the door and holds it for Amy.
[22:27] <Alex> Back in the gym,  Alex has apparently tired himself out and passed out on a gym bench. The remnants of the dummy lie alone and unloved on the dojo floor.
06[22:27] * Ben walks over to the bench and stands near Alex's head. "Jeeze, you destroyed the thing."
03[22:28] <Amy> "Thank you. I'll be back as soon as possible." From there, she heads to the Commander's office.
[22:28] <Alex> The 'passed out' is literal. He's fast asleep and possibly unconscious.
06[22:32] * Ben lets out a sigh and sits on the bench nearest Alex. He looks around for snack machines.
06[22:33] * Amy knocks and enters the office.
[22:34] <~consilium> The Commander responds to Amy's entrance by calmly closing a folder on his desk.  "Getting pretty informal there.  Something wrong?"  He begins to load his pipe.
03[22:34] <Amy> "It's Alex."
03[22:35] <Amy> "I'd like to retract my previous report. I'm sorry, Commander. Neither of those mistakes will happen again. I don't know if it's what I suspected, but he's not well."
[22:36] <~consilium> "What has he done?"
03[22:37] <Amy> "I'm not sure I'd call it suicidal, but he's essentially rejected reality outsdie of piloting Eva-00. He refuses to admit anything is bothering them. Something is eating at him."
[22:38] <~consilium> "Well, what else is new.  Kid's always been like that.  Has he done anything drastic?"
03[22:40] <Amy> "I'm not sure. He's disturbing me. He seems obsessed with the idea that everyone will die, one day."
[22:41] <~consilium> "Pff.  He's right.  Our job here is just to keep that day from coming for everyone all at once."
03[22:42] <Amy> "His increasing brutality towards his training dummies aren't worth reporting either?"
[22:42] <~consilium> "They're training dummies.  They're for training.  Not for feeling sorry over."
03[22:43] <Amy> "I see. What would be worth reporting, then?"
[22:45] <~consilium> "Something -worth reporting-.  If he attacks someone, or . . . Hell, I don't know.  You said the MAGI had dire predictions, and they've already -named- the next Angel.  The fucker lies all the time, but not generally in ways that get people killed outright.  You said Issyl might be able to make people do things?  If you think -that's- happening to anyone, you should report it immediately."
[22:46] <~consilium> "But if it's just Alex throwing a little temper-tantrum, I have more important things to do.  Like make sure my stamp-pad is inked."
03[22:46] <Amy> "I understand."
03[22:48] <Amy> "I believe I have an idea."
[22:49] <~consilium> "An idea?  For what?  Kid's just having a bad day."
03[22:49] <Amy> "May I use Unit 01? I'd like to try to detect Issyl's presence in general, to be safe."
[22:50] <~consilium> "Hm.  As in getting inside and walking around?"
06[22:50] * Alex murmurs... something in his sleep, and the fingers of his right hand hanging over the bench twitch a little.'
06[22:51] * Ben glances over. He stands, walks to the bench, and gives the bottom a swift kick.
03[22:52] <Amy> "I believe activating it in the cage would be sufficient. I couldn't get through to the entire base on my own."
06[22:53] * Alex continues to be unconscious.
[22:53] <~consilium> "Well, I suppose it couldn't hurt.  Good thinking.  Approved."
[22:53] <Alex> Sturdy bench.
03[22:53] <Amy> "Thank you, sir." She salutes and heads for the launch bay.
06[22:53] * Ben laughs to himself and sits back down.
03[22:57] <Amy> Amy heads for the plug, then stops and blinks. She heads for the gym, quietly, instead. The girl leans against the wall and concentrates.
[22:59] <~consilium> A faintly coruscating blue wall ripples in around Amy, seeming to bleed outward.
06[23:00] * Amy leans forward slightly. The air around her snaps, and she starts feeling for an AT field.
03[23:03] <Amy> "Too far away." She scowls and enters the gym before her field fades. Unfortunately, it's also visible. Once she's inside, she approaches her brother gingerly.
[23:03] <Alex> It looks like he's going to be asleep for a while. One might wonder when the last time he slept in his *room* was.
06[23:05] * Amy stops, sighs, and turns for the dojo. Close enoug, right...?
06[23:09] * Ben jumps to his feet, his eyes like pingpong balls and his mouth agape.
06[23:09] * Ben 's heart starts beating right out of his chest.
[23:10] <Ben> "A-amy... What are you doing?"
[23:10] <~consilium> The wall of faint glowing blue easily washes "through" the walls adjacent to the door-jamb.
08[23:11] * Alex is now known as recon|away
03[23:11] <Amy> "Making sure Alex is alright. Has he done anything besides sleep?"
06[23:11] * Ben scrunches his face and rubs his eyes.
[23:14] <Ben> He looks back up at Amy, now angry. "Just what the fuck are you doing?"
06[23:16] * Amy pauses. Blinks. Frowns. "Nothing the Commander hasn't approved. I need to check on Alex before this stops working." She approaches. "If you would like to kill me, you may do so in a moment."
06[23:17] * Ben stands shaking until she is within arm reach, then slugs her in the jaw.
03[23:24] <Amy> Amy's head tilts to the side, but she doesn't fall down. She uses the last few moments of AT witchcraft to be sure that Alex and Ben are both uncontaminated.
[23:26] <Ben> Worry and confusion fills Ben's eyes as he lets out a fearful scream as he tries to hook with his other fist, then again with the first.
06[23:31] * Amy doesn't fall, even after the field fades. She's got a lovely black eye now though. The blue aura fades away. "Interesting. I owe you an explanation, then."
[23:32] <Ben> Now frantic, Ben tries one more punch to the gut.
06[23:33] * Amy falls this time, forward, clutching her gut.
06[23:33] * Amy groans in pain and vomits on Ben's shoes.
06[23:34] * Ben follows up with the head to knee.
06[23:36] * Amy is knocked backwards, flat on her back, bleeding from her nose, and unconscious.
06[23:39] * Ben stands over her for a moment, fists clenched, eyes bugged, and nostrils flared. After watching Amy's nose leak blood for a few moments, his face goes pale. He starts running to his room.
06[23:42] * Ben opens his door with a start and quickly shuts it. He looks around the room frantically, and starts packing his dufflebag.
06[23:54] * Amy stumbles to her feet, grabbing a towel for her bleeding nose, and running for Ben's room!
06[23:54] * Ben half way between stuffing the contents of his dresser into the bag and sweeping his arm across the sink to gather his toileties, he remembers something Amy said. Fielding. He has to talk to Fielding.
06[23:55] * Ben practices some deep breathing. He tries his very best to steel himself. Walking to the washroom, he splashes water on his face.
06[23:56] * Amy knocks on the door.
[23:56] <Ben> He cleans the blood off the best he can, and then, with the practiced motion akin to a toy solider, he dresses in his parade uniform.
03[23:57] <Amy> "Ben?"
06[23:57] * Ben secures his fire arm at his waist, and presses his ear against the door, hand on the safety. "Who is it?"
03[23:58] <Amy> "Amy."
Session Time: Sun Apr 10 00:00:00 2011
06[00:01] * Ben opens the door just enough to let Amy through, standing behind it.
06[00:01] * Amy enters slowly, head down.
03[00:02] <Amy> "You did not need to hit me."
06[00:03] * Ben swiftly kicks the door, putting his weight behind it as she enters the room.
03[00:04] <Amy> "If you are about to hit me again..."
06[00:06] * Amy isn't even fazed.
03[00:06] <Amy> "I have no intention of harming you, or anyone that is not an Angel."
06[00:08] * Amy ducks through the doorframe before he has a chance to react! "I want to talk. That is all."
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[00:26] <~consilium> Lt McCormick cleanly brings his elbow to Amy's face, and rips back with the butt of his sidearm to the side of her head.  He then shoves her to the tile floor, away from the bed littered with his meager possessions crammed into his duffel bag.  Knowing her -absurd- resilience, he swings the bag itself around, knocking her in the back of the head.
03[00:31] <Amy> And boom goes the dynamite. Amy's down, and those last couple hits had some bad-sounding cracks following them. She's unconscious, on the floor, her nose cracking again when it hits the ground.
06[00:35] * Ben closes the door softly. He drags Amy into the bathroom and places a sock in her mouth. He secures her arms and hands behind the toilet using the strap from his dufflebag and paces the room for a few seconds. Halting in the middle of the room at the snap of his own fingers, he wraps masking tape around her head, to hold the sock in place.
03[00:37] <Amy> Nothing happens. She's out like a light.
06[00:41] * Ben straightens himself out in the mirror and replaces his firearm in his holster. He begins to walk to Commander Fielding's office in brisk stride.
[00:51] <~consilium> The office of Commander Fielding is toward the rear of the administration center of NERV, rather far from the entrance and Eva bays.  As you reach his door, you can already smell his pipe-tobacco outside.
06[00:52] * Blind_Gardener , meanwhile, is in the magi-room, yelling obscenities at the magi while standing on her head holding a pinwheel
06[00:52] * Blind_Gardener notes that it's best not to ask why
06[00:53] * Amy wakes up shortly after Ben's left, and starts struggling against the restraints. She gets her hands and legs free, but doesn't think to free her mouth for whatever reason. She runs out the door before she can think things through, and starts off in the general direction of administration. Even if she doesn't find Ben, she needs to report what happened before he gets fired! Or worse, if somebody saw her!
06[00:54] * Ben knocks on the door to the office. "Lieutenant Ben McCormmick, sir."
[00:54] <~consilium> "Hm?  Who's that?  Come in, come in."
06[00:57] * Ben enters the office and salutes.
[00:59] <~consilium> Commander Fielding gestures to the chair in front of his cheep formica-topped desk, eyes a bit wide with surprise.  "Something wrong, Lt McCormick?  Kids got in trouble or something?"
06[01:01] * Amy heads for the gym before anything. Where's Alex? He's okay, right?
[01:02] <Ben> Stands at ease. "I prefer to stand, sir. I believe my briefing on the other pilots was insubstantial. What exactly is the situation with Amy, the pilot of Unit 01?
[01:02] <Ben> "
[01:02] <~consilium> Aside from the spot of blood on the floor, no one is in the dojo.  He must have been carted off by one of the other gym-goers or staff.  The ones who somehow didn't see you walk in earlier - before this all went wrong.
03[01:02] <Amy> Uh-oh. Next stop is his room!
[01:04] <~consilium> The Commander tilts his head, staring levelly at McCormick.  "The situation with Amy is that she's the pilot of Unit 01.  Has she done something out of the ordinary?"  The last, tinged with a bit of concern.
06[01:09] * Ben loses his composture for just a moment, his eyes widening and the edges of his mouth forming slight curls. "Yes! Yes! The pilot has done something quite out of the ordinary! She is not human!"
[01:11] <~consilium> He lets out a sigh, setting his pipe on the desk.  "No.  No, she's not entirely human.  We're still working on the details, but . . . she's specifically tailored for Unit 01.  It's part of how she can pilot the damn thing."
06[01:16] * Ben begins to shout "YOU-", he stifles his anger. "You knew about this? Sir, what the hell is going on here?"
[01:20] <~consilium> The Commander draws up slightly in his chair, staring McCormick down.  "Yes.  I knew she's been modified.  That's the only way we know of to use an Eva.  She's not an Angel, if that's what you're thinking.  Not an alien."
[01:21] <Ben> "Modified? Just who modified her?
[01:22] <~consilium> "Our science department, of course.  Same eggheads who built the Evas.  Tinkering about.  But, they're still mostly human.  Just modified."
[01:23] <Ben> "Who else?"
[01:24] <Ben> "All of them?"
06[01:24] * Amy has ended up at Alex's room. She opens the door gently to make sure he's okay.
[01:24] <~consilium> ". . . All of the Evangelion pilots have been modified.  Elise and Marguerite were not modified here, but that's the main difference.  Why are you even asking, soldier?"
[01:29] <Ben> The last word hits Ben like a train. He stands still for a moment, eyes sharply focused into nothing. "Sir, I apologise, sir. It is not my place to be asking questions."
[01:30] <~consilium> "You're goddamn right.  It's mine.  Why are you asking, soldier?"
03[01:35] <Amy> Once she's sure Alex is okay, Amy goes to basically the only place where she has a shot in hell of Fielding not hearing immediately about it. She knocks on Curlinson's door, hesitating when she hears her yelling at the MAGI.
[01:39] <Ben> "She has been acting very odd lately, sir. Talking to people who are not there, saying she speaks with Angels, that the pilot of Unit 00 is unstable. She seems to know a lot more than she should."
06[01:39] * Blind_Gardener opens her door. She's wearing a party hat, clown makeup, and holding a pinwheel with a scowl
[01:39] <Blind_Gardener> "Oh! Hello Amy!"
03[01:39] <Amy> "The MAGI are being difficult?"
[01:39] <Blind_Gardener> "Are you... alright? You look a little hurt"
[01:40] <~consilium> "I see.  When did you notice this behavior?"
[01:40] <Blind_Gardener> "Yes, very. It's clothro"
03[01:40] <Amy> "I see. I was hoping I could ask for medical attention without raising a lot of red flags."
08[01:40] * Blind_Gardener is now known as Mrs_Curlinson
[01:41] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Any particular reason?"
06[01:42] * Mrs_Curlinson asks sounding converned
06[01:42] * Mrs_Curlinson is already heading to her medicine cabenit as she asks
03[01:43] <Amy> "I raised my AT field around Ben. The rest follows, I believe." She closes the door gently and slumps onto a chair, spitting out the taste of sock into a trashcan.
[01:44] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Did you make him feel cornered in any way, or did he attack you?"
06[01:44] * Mrs_Curlinson asks, applying turtle balm to her bruises
03[01:46] <Amy> "I was trying to see if Alex was under the influence of Issyl. He was sitting with Alex, who was unconscious. When I approached, he hit me. I ignored it twice. He then hit me in the stomach, and then in the face with his knee. When I came to, I tried to find him to apologize. He hit me with his gun, a packed bag, and when I woke up, I was tied to a toilet with a sock in my mouth. Now I'm here."
06[01:47] * Mrs_Curlinson continues tending gently to Amy
[01:47] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Sounds like you had a hard day... Take one of these they'll help you feel better. It's asprin"
03[01:48] <Amy> "It tasted like blueberries. I think he may need a fungus medication." She takes the pill and dry-swallows it. "I'm afraid he may be reprimanded for this. We need all the pilots we can get, Evangelion or no."
06[01:48] * Mrs_Curlinson nods
[01:49] <Mrs_Curlinson> "You should take a bit of a nap. I'll handle everything, alright?"
[01:50] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Oh... and some anti-biotics"
06[01:50] * Mrs_Curlinson offers Amy a few other pills
[01:50] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Don't want you getting an infection from your cracked lip
03[01:50] <Amy> "I'm going to be reprimanded for using my AT field like that. I was supposed to use Unit 01 so I wouldn't cause a panic or allert Issyl, if it's here."
03[01:50] <Amy> She takes them too.
04[01:51] <Ben> "Sir, let me clarify. Amy... did something in the gym today. It was like nothing I have seen, sir."
[01:51] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Relax, don't worry about it. Sleep a little, you need it"
06[01:51] * Mrs_Curlinson starts moving to tuck Amy into the bed
[01:52] <Mrs_Curlinson> "I'll try to make sure you don't get into much trouble for this, aright?
[01:52] <~consilium> The Commander cocks his head.  "What'd she do?  You didn't get beat by a girl, did you?"  He quirks his lip.  His idea of a joke.
03[01:52] <Amy> "Yes, Major." She turns over and closes her eyes. "Good night. Thank you. When I wake up, I should, if permitted, do that test."
06[01:54] * Mrs_Curlinson kisses Amy's forhead gently, like a nervious mother. Then she slips out of the room, closes and locks her door, and starts marching to fielding's office
[01:54] <Ben> "Sir, she had some sort of... halo about her. A globe of light. I know it sounds ridiculous, sir, but I know what I saw."
[01:55] <~consilium> Commander Fielding scowls a moment.  "A halo.  Just what -did- you see?"
[01:59] <Ben> "She walked into the gym and there was a blue light around her! It followed her, anywhere she went!"
06[02:00] * Mrs_Curlinson pounds on the door "I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT AN INCIDENT INVOLVING ONE OF MY WARDS! LET ME IN TO TALK TO YOU OR I SWEAR I WILL RIP YOUR HEART OUT WITH MY BEAR HANDS AND FEED IT TO ELISE!"
[02:01] <~consilium> The Commander widens his eyes, then snaps to the door, a tearing sound before a pistol materializes in his hand.  "Jesus fuck Curlinson, don't scare me like that.  Get in here.  Fucking . . . fuck!"
06[02:04] * Ben spins and arms himself.
06[02:07] * Mrs_Curlinson steps through the door, clutching a pair of bear hands tightly in her own an angry scowl on her face "YOUUUUUU!" She shouts pointing at ben
[02:07] <Mrs_Curlinson> with the bear hands
06[02:11] * Mrs_Curlinson 's face is contorted in a snarling parody of rage
06[02:11] * Mrs_Curlinson is still wearing the party hat, and silly clown makeup, and has a pinwheel still fluttering behind her ear, there's a large vein throbbing on her forhead and she has a half mad glint to her eyes
[02:12] <~consilium> "Stand down, Major.  He already reported in."
06[02:13] * Mrs_Curlinson exhales noisily
06[02:13] * Mrs_Curlinson takes a deep breath
06[02:13] * Mrs_Curlinson exhales noisly
04[02:13] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Sir, I would like to report moderate injury done to my ward, Amy, by a Ben McCormik
06[02:14] * Mrs_Curlinson begins to list in a doccumentary way all of the injuries, while glaring daggers at Ben
[02:15] <~consilium> The Commander stares at Lt McCormick.  "Wanna explain that?"
[02:16] <Mrs_Curlinson> "And I have only *just* finished placiating MAGI"
06[02:16] * Mrs_Curlinson finishes her report with
[02:16] <Ben> "Sir, this is all true."
[02:17] <~consilium> "Of fucking course it is."  He sets the pistol onto his desk.  "I told you to -explain- it."
[02:18] <Mrs_Curlinson> "According to amy, he struck her thrice, knocking her out for a short while... I'm already called medical to my room to check her for a concussion for that. Then she followed him to the bathroom where he further assaulted her. This is all of the information I was given"
[02:18] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Right now she's sleeping in my bed with a mild dose of sedatitives, some painkillers, and some anti-biotics. Medical should be there soon"
[02:19] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Oh, and in the bathroom he bound and gagged her with a sock that tasted of blueberries"
[02:20] <Ben> "Sir, that halo I mentioned before. It was unnerving. I reacted. Pure and simple."
[02:20] <Mrs_Curlinson> "She had been rendered unconcious twice, and McCormmick had better hope she doesn't have a concussion
06[02:20] * Mrs_Curlinson snarles that last bit
[02:21] <~consilium> The Commander nods severely.  "Hell, even -I'd- pray I didn't leave a concussion, if I were you."
[02:27] <Ben> "Sir, we are fighting the Angels because they wish to destroy humanity. In reflection, that could attest to a xenophobia."
[20:31] <~consilium> The Commander sets his revolver on the table, pointed aside, and rubs the bridge of his nose.  "Alright.  Xenophobia.  Explain."
[20:31] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Indeed. Explain"
06[20:32] * Mrs_Curlinson half spits, her blades still at the ready
06[20:32] * Alex stirs slightly as he opens his eyes... and then freezes, looking around without moving. Situational awareness is paramount in any sitution like this.
[20:33] <Alex> He slowly gets up, identifying no immediate danger, more thoroughly surveyhing his environment.
[20:34] <Alex> "...hello? Anybody around?" he calls out from the gym office he presumably occupies.
[20:34] <~consilium> Alex finds himself in an office, the door open.  The situation seems calm.  Looking outside, he'll see the gym floor.
06[20:34] * Marguerite stares at the clothes in her gym locker. Half of her is tempted to put on her plugsuit and pester Mrs. Curlinson for a training session, something with the 'gloves off', she figures is the American idiom...
04[20:35] <Alex> "Hello?!" he calls again, a bit louder. Amy isn't the type to just *leave* him... and he must have really overdone it if he just passed out...
[20:36] <~consilium> A gym attendant hears, and walks up.  "Oh, Alex.  You gave us a bit of a scare there!  Try not to overdo it like that, alright?  Did you cut yourself on something?  There was blood on the floor."
[20:36] <Alex> "...no, no I didn't," Alex says, getting up. "That wasn't me. Have you seen Amelia?"
[20:37] <~consilium> "No, I haven't, was she here?"
[20:37] <Ben_McCormmick> "Commander, we are fighting the Angels, are we not? That... that thing back in the gym, its "halo", if you will, looked just like that of the Angels."
[20:37] <Alex> "...yes." Alex puts two and two together.
[20:38] <Alex> "I am going to find her," he says, near-dashing out of the door and heading to Amy's dorm. Hopefully she'll be in there, or he'll see her on the way...
[20:38] <~consilium> "Huh.  Well, I didn't see her around, but I was busy in the pool room."  They look a bit guilty.  "That new pilot, from the Air Force . . ."
06[20:38] * Alex also makes a mental note to keep an eye out for Ben.
[20:40] <Alex> Finding Amy's dorm room unoccupied, he goes off to the Commander's office. If there was bloodshed involved, he probably has a report about it...
[20:41] <Mrs_Curlinson> "That is not an excuse. There may be situations in which you need to attack one of the other pilots (god forbid) but only do it if Fielding orders it, for FUCKS SAKE"
06[20:41] * Mrs_Curlinson slams a knife into the desk
[20:41] <~consilium> Alex can hear talking in the Commander's office, the pipe-smoke smell abated.
06[20:41] * Alex knocks three times spaced evenly, the same knock he always has.
[20:42] <~consilium> "Major, please, refrain from stabbing my shitty desk.  Alex, come in."
06[20:42] * Alex opens his door. "There is blood in the gymnasium and I cannot find Amelia; I fear the two events are related. Have you seen her?"
[20:42] <Alex> *the
04[20:43] <~consilium> He sits down wearily in his protesting chair, staring down.  "Alex, that was . . . an incident.  Amy did something uncharacteristic, and Lt McCormick had an outburst.  Amy is fine, she's in the Major's office, resting."
[20:44] <Mrs_Curlinson> Alex, you see Mrs Curlinson menacing McCormick with a knife
[20:44] <Mrs_Curlinson> Several knives
[20:44] <Mrs_Curlinson> Strapped to the back of her hands
06[20:45] * Alex pauses for a second as he processes the information, taking Curlinson into account. "So Lt. McCormick attacked my sister," he says evenly -- far too calmly, "badly enough to draw blood, presumably without orders or defendable cause. I presume, then, this meeting is to determine disciplinary action."
[20:47] <Ben_McCormmick> "Commander, what is the kid doing in here? This is a little absurd."
[20:47] <~consilium> "Alex, this meeting is to determine what even -happened-.  Disciplinary action will be determined as appropriate."
[20:49] <Alex> "It seems reasonable that security footage would be available."
[20:49] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Alex, your sister is in my room, you can go be with her there"
[20:49] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Medical is checking her out right now, for a concussion"
[20:50] <~consilium> "Lieutenant, Alex came here out of procedure.  And, no, there's no security footage in the gym, there's . . . really never been call for it until -now-."
[20:50] <Alex> "Lieutenant McCormmick, do you deny attacking Pilot Amelia Cody?"
[20:51] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Alex. Out."
06[20:51] * Mrs_Curlinson says firmly
[20:51] <Mrs_Curlinson> "We are handling the situation. Your presence complicates things"
[20:51] <Mrs_Curlinson> "And I'd rather you not watch while I rip McCormmick a new asshole in the middle of hs forhead"
06[20:51] * Ben_McCormmick glares at the young boy. Trying to interrogate him? Who does he thing he is?
[20:52] <Alex> "It is a simple question, answerable in one word, and I believe not out of the question to ask."
[20:52] <Ben_McCormmick> "Boy, I think you were given an order."
[20:53] <~consilium> "Alex, the Lieutenant reacted predictably to a provocation.  We are looking into the situation, we will ask Amy what happened, and will respond accordingly.
06[20:53] * Alex pauses for a second before nodding. "I see." Again far, far too calmly, almost like he's thinking hard about something, he walks out to rejoin Amy.
06[20:56] * Mrs_Curlinson closes the door, and checks the lock
[20:56] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Tsk. I broke it coming in"
[20:57] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Where were we"
[20:57] <Mrs_Curlinson> 'Oh yes"
06[20:57] * Mrs_Curlinson points her knives at Ben's throat again
[20:57] <~consilium> "Coming out of your paycheck," he says absently.  "And point those somewhere else."
06[20:59] * Ben_McCormmick turns his head towards Fielding, "Sir, as I was saying, due to the similarity in the fields around both Amy and the Angels we have encountered, I perceived her as a threat."
[21:00] <~consilium> "I can . . . understand why you would make that conclusion.  -Unfounded- as it was.  The details . . . well -fuck-."  He stands up, pacing again.
[21:01] <~consilium> "The fucking -details- still aren't even -in-.  Not even classified.  We just don't fucking know.  She's not an Angel, though.  That much we know."
[21:01] <Ben_McCormmick> "Sir, I do not need the details, sir. I am under orders from the United States Air Force to follow your command."
[21:02] <Ben_McCormmick> "I acted in what I believed to be accurate, even if it was rash, sir. I accept my disciplinary measures, whatever they may be."
[21:02] <~consilium> "And you're also a soldier, and as your commanding officer, I need to know you won't blow your shit again."
[21:03] <~consilium> "She's not an Angel.  We're working out just what happened.  I did not order her to do . . . whatever the -Hell- she did.  I damn sure wouldn't have approved it."
[21:04] <Ben_McCormmick> A puzzled look crosses Ben's face. "Sir, the Pilot of Unit 01 said differently."
[21:04] <Ben_McCormmick> "They expressed that they had your full understanding and permission, sir."
[21:04] <~consilium> " . . . I'll -talk- to her about that.  But, you also endangered a -fucking CRITICAL- United Nations asset.  You know how many XVTs there are, in the entire goddamn planet?  One and some spare parts.  How many Evas?  Five.  And how many pilots who can use them?"
06[21:05] * Ben_McCormmick stands in silence, his gaze returning to the wall.
[21:05] <~consilium> A dark look crosses over the Commander's face.  He stops short.  "I will -definitely- fucking Talk to her."
[21:06] <~consilium> "Still.  We have -four- people on the planet we know can pilot an Eva.  If she starts shooting up smack and putting cigarettes out in people's faces, you know what we have to do?  We have to hide all the junk and keep lighters away from her."
06[21:08] * Mrs_Curlinson continues to growl drarkly in the back of her throat
[21:08] <~consilium> "So, Lieutenant.  What do you understand your duties to be, armed with these facts?"
06[21:09] * Ben_McCormmick snaps to attention, eyes still focused behind Fielding. "Sir! The defense of the Evangelions and their pilots, at any cost."
[21:13] <~consilium> He chuckles a bit, calming.  "You forgot the last 'sir'.  So here's what happens.  You keep your fucking distance from Amy.  We're looking into . . . what happened.  You get cafeteria duty during lunch.  You better hope you cook a good chili.  Lose your composure again, in -any- capacity, and the XVT project can look for a new goddamn pilot."
[21:13] <~consilium> "Is that understood, soldier?"
[21:13] <Ben_McCormmick> "Sir, yes sir."
[21:14] <~consilium> The Commander nods, and sits back down.  "Dismissed."
06[21:16] * Mrs_Curlinson lets Ben up, still growling like a diesel truck
06[21:17] * Mrs_Curlinson carefully takes off her blades, gently replaces them in their sheaths once he's gone
[21:17] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Sir, I apologise for my behavior, you understand why I reacted the way I did"
[21:17] <~consilium> "Easy, Major.  You'd do the same thing if she weren't your own."
06[21:17] * Ben_McCormmick straightens his uniform and returns to his room.
[21:21] <Elise> Ben almost makes it back to his room undisturbed... but the moment he opens the door Elise pounces on his back.
[21:21] <Elise> "RAWWR~"
06[21:23] * Ben_McCormmick 's face starts to turn a beet red until the scarring memory of the Commander's recent words flood his head. He deflates himself with a sigh. "Hello Elise."
[21:23] <Elise> "What's up?" she asks.
06[21:28] * Ben_McCormmick swings his arms behind him, holding her up by the feet. "Bad day. How was yours, Elise?" He carries her inside his room and positions his back towards his bunk, so she can jump off.
[21:29] <Elise> "Aaaaawwwww bad days are bad! You should have a good day instead!"
06[21:30] * Ben_McCormmick chuckles. "Yeah, you got that one right. Hey, guess what?"
[21:31] <Elise> "Oh!? IS IT BACON? BECAUSE IF ITS BACON THAN WE'D HAVE THE BEST DAY!"
[21:32] <Ben_McCormmick> "Almost. I'm gonna be working in the cafeteria during lunch for a long, long time."
[21:33] <Elise> "OOOoohhh~ yaaay~"
06[21:33] * Ben_McCormmick forces a smile. "So you can come and see me every day."
06[21:34] * Elise hugs him tightly before she jumps off his bacl, "YAY~"
[21:34] <Elise> back*
06[21:35] * Ben_McCormmick sits on the rolling chair across the room and spins towards the bed. "Yup." Ben shakes his head, "So, Ben did a bad thing today."
06[21:36] * Elise tilts her head to the side, "What'd you do?"
[21:36] <Ben_McCormmick> "I put Amy in the infirmary."
[21:37] <Elise> "Why'd you do that?"
[21:37] <Elise> "Waaaaiit... thats where they keep the scary people! WE HAVE TO SAVE HER!"
[21:38] <Ben_McCormmick> "Hold on, she will be okay."
[21:38] <Elise> "Really really?"
[21:38] <Ben_McCormmick> "Yeah. She's.... made of different stuff."
[21:39] <Elise> "Ooh... whatkinda stuff?"
06[21:39] * Ben_McCormmick smirks, "Now, that is the question, eh?"
[21:39] <Elise> "Hmmm..."
06[21:40] * Ben_McCormmick pulls his chair close to the bed. "Elise, are you friends with Amy?"
[21:40] <Elise> "Yep!"
[21:41] <Alex> Marguerite's pager rings briefly, a number displayed upon it.
[21:41] <Elise> "She gave us eggs!"
06[21:41] * Marguerite checks her pager, only half-aware she had it on her person. "Que?"
[21:42] <Alex> It is, in fact, a phone number.
06[21:42] * Elise gets up and trots off to look for Amy.
06[21:43] * Ben_McCormmick gets up to let her out. "Bye, Elise! See you at lunch!"
[21:43] <Elise> "BYE~~" she shouts back.
06[21:44] * Ben_McCormmick retreats back in his room and buries his head in a book.
06[21:45] * Marguerite pauses in the hall and strides to the next phone, dialing the number that paged her. She waits while it rings. "Hm.."
[21:45] <Alex> It picks up quickly. "Amelia is in Curlinson's office," Alex's voice quickly says. "She wishes to see you."
[21:46] <Alex> "She's injured. Badly."
[21:47] <Marguerite> ". . . thank you for telling me."
06[21:47] * Marguerite hangs up.
06[21:47] * Elise is surprised to find that Amy is, in fact, not in the cafeteria. This is somewhat baffling to her but it doens;t deter her. Well if HER FAVORITE PLACE EVER doesn't have Amy then naturally that nice-lady-with-bacon-and-mister-eelface-costumes would be her next bet.
06[21:47] * Marguerite briefly casts about to get her bearings, and sprints to Curlinson's office.
06[21:48] * Elise trots along merrily to Mrs_Curlinson's office.
06[21:48] * Marguerite draws a heavy breath and pounds hard on the door before trying the handle.
[21:48] <Elise> "OH! MA... err... MARGUERITE!"
06[21:48] * Marguerite pushes the door open and enters.
06[21:48] * Elise comes up being the other girl as she enters the office.
04[21:49] * Alex looks up to Marguerite with a somber look, nodding to her. He's sitting next to Amy, holding her hand. Amy is lying down.
06[21:49] * Amy waves with her free hand. "Hello."
06[21:49] * Elise peeks into the door and looks around for anyone that might fit her definition of "doctor".
06[21:49] * Marguerite gives Alex a stony look before returning her attention to Amy. "...bonjour. Doctor? I'll call."
[21:49] <~consilium> Elise sees only the other pilots.
[21:50] <Alex> "She has already been treated."
[21:50] <Elise> "AMY~"
06[21:50] * Elise hops onto the edge of the bed and peers over her.
06[21:51] * Marguerite softens some, ignoring Elise and Alex for the time being. "What do you need, amie..?" She draws closer to Amy.
[21:51] <Alex> "Only time will mend her injuries." Alex tears his gaze from Marguerite and goes back to trying to comfort his sister.
[21:51] <Marguerite> "...and...what happened?"
03[21:52] <Amy> "Hello, Elise. Hello, Marguerite. I just wanted to see you. Nothing worth concerning yourselves happened."
06[21:52] * Elise leans in and sniffs at Amy.
06[21:52] * Alex looks as if he was about to say what happened,  but at Amy's comment he closes his mouth again.
[21:53] <Marguerite> "Well, I'm here now..." She takes Amy's free hand. "...I won't press the matter as to your injuries, if you'd rather not discuss it."
06[21:54] * Elise looks puzzled and then decides to lick Amy's forehead as she lay on the bed. "Is Amy ok?"
06[21:55] * Alex gives Marguerite a short nod. Even with her... apparent unease with him, somewhat understandably, they can put aside their differences for now. For Amy.
03[21:55] <Amy> "Thank you, both of you."
[21:56] <Elise> "...hmmm we think an Amy is ok!"
06[21:56] * Marguerite kneels near Amy, remaining silent for the time being. In the back of her head she tries to reason what could have beat her up this thoroughly.
[21:57] <Alex> "Would you like my seat?" Alex asks Marguerite, already moving to stand.
[21:59] <Marguerite> "I'm fine." A beat. "Thank you."
06[21:59] * Alex remains standing anyway.
[22:00] <Marguerite> "But Amy, what do you need? Can I bring you anything from the cafeteria, or..." She winces. "Tylenol?"
[22:00] <Elise> "So what happened?" Elise asks curiously.
03[22:01] <Amy> "No, thank you. I'll be alright." Amy turns to Elise. "I did something I shouldn't have. Lieutenant McCormick reacted how he should have. Everything is alright, I promise."
[22:01] <Elise> "AH! YOU TOOK HIS BACON DIDNT YOU!?"
06[22:01] * Marguerite goes pale. "The Air Force pilot?"
[22:02] <Alex> "Yes. I have been assured by the Commander that he is going to be 'properly disciplined'," Alex says.
[22:02] <Alex> He doesn't seem entirely convinced.
[22:03] <Alex> "I am due to have a word with him."
06[22:03] * Marguerite looks over Amy's injuries again. "Due, eh?" She sounds oddly flippant.
03[22:03] <Amy> "...Yes. I took his bacon."
[22:03] <Alex> "Yes." A pause. "Would you join me?"
06[22:04] * Elise looks aghast.
06[22:04] * Elise hugs Amy, "Well don't take his bacon next time! We'll share ours with you!"
06[22:05] * Marguerite squeezes Amy's hand, and rises. "I'll be back," she says, voice soft. "...sorry I haven't been around the past few days." She quietly excuses herself, about-facing toward the door and stepping into the hall.
06[22:05] * Amy returns the hug. "Thank you, Elise." She waves goodbye to Marguerite. "Is she alright?"
06[22:05] * Alex has a good idea of where Marguerite is going and makes to follow her.
06[22:06] * Elise licks Amy again, "Detinately a people!"
03[22:07] <Amy> "...What do you mean by that?"
06[22:07] * Marguerite reorients herself and closes the door behind her, half-conscious of Alex's maneuver. A beat. She takes a step toward McCormick's room.
[22:08] <Elise> "Uuuuuhhh iunno."
[22:08] <Alex> "I doubt McCormmick is in his room," Alex says to Marguerite. "I will call for him."
03[22:08] <Amy> "I'm confused."
[22:09] <Marguerite> "I don't believe I asked you. Stay with your sister."
06[22:09] * Marguerite cringes, setting her teeth hard under her lips.
[22:09] <Elise> "You should eat more bacon so you don't taste funny~"
[22:10] <Alex> "You appear to want to have revenge on McCormmick personally. I will admit the thought has crossed my mind more than once."
03[22:10] <Amy> "I taste funny?"
[22:10] <Elise> "Yep!"
[22:10] <Alex> "She is also my friend, Marguerite, not only my sister. Please do not... exclude me as you do, at least not in this case."
03[22:11] <Amy> "Like what?"
[22:12] <Elise> "Oooouuuhhh..." Elise scratches her head as she ponders. "Like you dont eat enough bacon! It's good for you!"
03[22:13] <Amy> "Okay. I promise I'll have more bacon."
06[22:13] * Marguerite stops and turns on her heel. "Revenge is... c'est... is childish." She trembles visibly, giving the impression she wants to run full-tilt away. "And I will exclude you until you make sense to me."
[22:13] <Elise> "OK~"
[22:13] <Alex> "Until I make sense to you? What about me does not make sense to you?" He frowns a little, his expression a bit between confusion and worry.
06[22:14] * Elise looks around the room, "Where'd Alex and M... uhh.. Marguerite go?"
06[22:15] * Marguerite pushes a finger into Alex's chest, then quickly draws her hand away as though she were an aracnophobe that had put it accidentally through a cobweb. "Your behavior. You. Now go care for your sister, I won't repeat myself." And she strides the rest of the way to McCormick's room.
03[22:15] <Amy> "I think they went to try and kill Lieutenant McCormick. Can you please go inform the Commander before they get in trouble?"
[22:16] <Elise> "OH! THATS BAD! HE'S MAKING MY LUNCHES!"
06[22:16] * Elise immetiately runs off to find the Commander.
[22:16] <Alex> "Please do not become hurt," Alex calls after Marguerite before returning to Amy's room.
[22:16] <Alex> He sits back down next to her. "You were wrong. She does dislike me."
03[22:17] <Amy> "I see."
[22:17] <Alex> "'I will exclude you until you make sense to me,' she said to me. Commenting on my behavior. I do not understand what Marguerite means."
06[22:19] * Elise barrels into Commander Fieldings office.
03[22:19] <Amy> "I believe she is confused about how she feels about you, and vice-versa."
[22:19] <Alex> "...I do not wish her to exclude me, but I do not know what to do to 'make sense to her'."
[22:19] <Elise> "THEY'RE GONNA KILL BEN AND TAKE AWAY OUR LUNCHES!"
03[22:21] <Amy> "I don't know either."
[22:21] <~consilium> The Commander looks up.  "Lt McCormmick?  Who is going to kill him?"  He sounds like nothing more than a tired, but patient father.
[22:21] <Alex> "When you are recovered..." Alex seems uncharacteristically hesitant to continue whatever he was about to say.
[22:21] <Elise> "... uhh... not Alex.. not Amy... uhhh NEW GIRL!"
03[22:24] <Amy> "Yes?"
[22:24] <~consilium> "Marguerite?  Jesus . . ."  He picks up the handset and dials, consulting a card from his desk.  "Security, cover Lt Benjamin McCormmick's room.  A pilot there may be about to have an altercation there.  Yes, that is advised.  No, that will hopefully not be necessary.  Good."  He hangs up.
[22:24] <Alex>  "...could you ask her? On my behalf?"
[22:25] <~consilium> "And, good job telling me!  You did a good thing there."  He casts about for some tangible token of reward, and finds a partly-finished roll of Necco wafers.  "Here, would you like some?"  He seems otherwise at a loss.
03[22:26] <Amy> "I see. Yes, I can do that."
[22:26] <Elise> "OOOohhh~" Elise salivates and takes the wafers eagerly, "THANKYOU~" she says with a nod before she runs back to Amy to report her success.
[22:26] <~consilium> He winces, and gets up to shut the door.
[22:27] <Elise> "AAAAAAMMYY~ WE SAVED LUNCH!"
06[22:28] * Elise barrels back into Mrs_Curlinson office where Amy is.
06[22:28] * Alex nods. "Thank yo--"
[22:28] <Alex> "...hello, Elise."
06[22:28] * Amy squeezes Alex's hand. "Don't worry about it." She smiles at Elise. "Good job!"
06[22:28] * Alex nods again, but it doesn't look like his worry is quite gone.
06[22:30] * Elise hops on the bed, "We told commander-smokey-man and he gave us cookiethingies!"
03[22:31] <Amy> "That's great."
06[22:31] * Elise bounces happily to herself, "AH ALEX IS BACK!"
[22:31] <Alex> "...yes."
06[22:32] * Elise hops up and over to Alex and sniffs him, "HHMMMMM~"
[22:32] <Alex> "Please do not do that."
06[22:33] * Elise licks him~
03[22:33] <Amy> "Um..."
06[22:33] * Alex applies the time-tested palm to the forehead technique to make sure that doesn't happen.
[22:35] <Elise> "Hmmmm~ brothers taste like people too. Is that supposed to happen?" she asks to Amy.
03[22:36] <Amy> "I'm confused."
[22:37] <Elise> "Whys that?"
[22:38] <Alex> "You are not supposed to taste people."
06[22:38] * Elise looks confused, "Why not?"
[22:39] <Elise> "We didn't bite! They just said no biting!"
[22:39] <Alex> "You are also not supposed to taste."
[22:39] <Elise> "They didnt say that :V"
[22:41] <Alex> "Well, it is true."
[22:42] <Elise> "Nuh uh!"
03[22:42] <Amy> "He's right."
06[22:42] * Elise hmpfs.
06[22:43] * Alex waits patiently with Amy, and fairly quietly as well, hoping to himself that Marguerite is okay.
06[22:45] * Elise looks Mrs_Curlinson room now that her attention is free to wander.
[22:45] <Alex> "Elise. You said that there was something with lunch in relation to McCormmick?"
[22:46] <Elise> "YEP! He's gonna make lunches for us!"
[22:46] <Mrs_Curlinson> The room is a fairly simple room. Bed. Mirror. Sink. A small bookcase with fancy looking leather and cloth bound books
[22:46] <Alex>  "...in the cafeteria?"
[22:46] <Mrs_Curlinson> A small box of toys sits in one corner, untouched and gathering dust
[22:46] <Mrs_Curlinson> Some eva models stand in a row across the bedstand
[22:47] <Mrs_Curlinson> A picture of a young girl, a young woman, and a slightly older man is taped to a wall next to the mirror
[22:47] <Elise> "Yep!"
[22:47] <Mrs_Curlinson> The young girl and young woman both look a bit like Mrs Curlinson
[22:47] <Alex> "I see." Well, Alex thinks to himself, that's one sort of punishment...
[22:47] <Elise> "Oooh~ whats this?" Elise mumbles to herself when she notices the box of toys.
[22:49] <Mrs_Curlinson> Legos. Teething toys. Small stuffed animals. A hobbyhorse. A wooden block set, and a wooden trainset. A small collection of dolls and toy microsized cars
[22:49] <Mrs_Curlinson> Thy look like they havn't been played with in decades
06[22:50] * Elise sniffs around and quickly decides that nothing qualifies as food and immediatelt decides that LEGOS ARE AWESOME.
[22:58] <Mrs_Curlinson> Oh and there's a squeeky rubber banana
06[22:59] * Elise is busy building something on the floor. She isn't sure what but she doesn't care. She seems pretty oblivious to Amy and Alex right about now.
06[22:59] * Amy sits up to watch quietly.
06[23:00] * Alex follows Amy's gaze and does the same.
06[23:01] * Elise finds out quite accidentally that the silly yellow thing squeeks and decides she's going to gnaw on it.
[23:02] <Mrs_Curlinson> It squeeks with each bite. It's a teething toy, and is designed to be gnawed on
06[23:02] * Elise is very thrilled to find something that can withstand her assault~
06[23:03] * Marguerite returns to Curlinson's office, nodding to the security agents. "Um...th...ank you."
06[23:04] * Elise looks up when she hears Marguerite enter the office as the banana squeeks in her mouth.
[23:04] <Mrs_Curlinson> Marguerite: you hear a squeeky toy squeeking
[23:04] <~consilium> "Sure.  Now, don't go distracting the Major too much, alright?"  The guards turn around, and walk off.
06[23:04] * Alex looks up as Marguerite returns. "Did it go well?"
[23:05] <Marguerite> "He was busy." She turns her attention to Amy. "What do you need, amie?"
06[23:06] * Elise returns her attention to the legos.
[23:06] <Alex> "It may interest you to know that Elise has told me at least part of McCormmick's disciplinary action. Kitchen duty."
06[23:07] * Alex pauses, and then stands. "I will leave you alone for a little while."
03[23:07] <Amy> "Nothing. Thank you for coming, Marguerite." She hums. "Goodbye, Alex."
[23:07] <Marguerite> "Kitchen duty." She sighs. "There's no need to leave, is there?
[23:07] <Marguerite> "
03[23:08] <Amy> "You can stay if you like, Marguerite."
[23:08] <Alex> Alex has already left the room.
06[23:09] * Marguerite thrusts half her torso out the door, looking for Alex. "Oi, where are you going?"
06[23:09] * Amy blinks.
[23:09] <Alex> Alex is right there -- apparently he was just waiting. "Yes?"
[23:10] <Elise> "GGRRRR WEEE NEEEDS MORE WHITE PIECES TO MAKE MISTER EELFACE!" Elise shouts as she gnaws on the squeeky banana.
06[23:10] * Marguerite starts, having expected a safer buffer of distance. "...thhh...ought you were bothering the lieutenant. Your sister needs you, doesn't she?" Marguerite steps quietly back into the room, taking her place on the floor again beside Amy.
[23:11] <Alex> "You would like some time with her, without me," Alex says. "I can let you be with her for a little while."
06[23:12] * Marguerite didn't close the door, and idly waves Alex in. "Or we can all be with her at once." She looks Amy's injuries over again. "...would you be more comfortable in your own room?"
06[23:13] * Alex comes in anyway, a little surprised as he takes his place next to Amy, quiet.
03[23:13] <Amy> "I'm alright here." She hums. "Are you two having a fight?"
06[23:14] * Marguerite smirks grimly. "Of course not."
06[23:14] * Mrs_Curlinson arrives at the door
[23:14] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Oh, hello chi..."
06[23:14] * Elise continues to happily squeek on the banana.
[23:14] <Alex> "I am honestly surprised Marguerite would rather have me be nearer her than not."
06[23:14] * Mrs_Curlinson blinks at Elise playing with the toys
06[23:14] * Mrs_Curlinson blinks again
03[23:14] <Amy> "I see. That's good. You two make a nice couple." She looks up, waves to Curlinson, and smiles. "Hello."
[23:15] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Ah.. hello. Are you feeling better amy?"
03[23:15] <Amy> "Much. I hope it was okay for the other pilots to come."
06[23:15] * Marguerite bows her head in greeting to Mrs. Curlinson.
[23:15] <Mrs_Curlinson> "It's fine"
03[23:15] <Amy> "I'm in trouble; correct?"
06[23:15] * Mrs_Curlinson ruffles Marguerite's hair "no need to bow"
06[23:16] * Alex blushes a little but finds Curlinson a welcome distraction.
04[23:16] * Marguerite sets her teeth even tighter. Couple? Amy DID take a few shots to the head.
[23:17] <Mrs_Curlinson> "So... Elsie... what you making?"
[23:17] <Mrs_Curlinson> "Margurite, are you alright, you seem tense?"
[23:17] <Elise> "MISTTEREEELFACE!"
[23:18] <Marguerite> "I'm fine. Thank you. I'd like to speak to you about some things when you aren't busy, though..." She glances warily at Alex.
[23:19] <Mrs_Curlinson> "And amy... Commander Fielding will decide what your punishment is. It's not my duty"
03[23:19] <Amy> "Alright."
06[23:19] * Alex catches the glance. "Excuse me, I have a... book... to... file." Alex shuffles out of the room.
[23:19] <Mrs_Curlinson> "At the very least you're going to get yelled at some"
[23:19] <Mrs_Curlinson> "He is a very good yeller"
[23:20] <Mrs_Curlinson> "You'll need more white pieces to make mr eelface... should I have them delivered?"
[23:20] <Elise> "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!"
06[23:20] * Elise gets up and hugs Mrs_Curlinson.
06[23:20] * Mrs_Curlinson hugs Elsie
06[23:20] * Marguerite rises and pushes herself halfway out of the room yet again. "Alex!! SISTER."
06[23:20] * Mrs_Curlinson contacts someone in supplies to bring legos to the room
06[23:21] * Elise licks her just because she's licked everyone else she's been in close proximity with so far.
[23:21] <Alex> "I will be back later this evening," Alex protests, "but I have some things to do for... school."
06[23:21] * Mrs_Curlinson tastes of ciggerette ash and sadness
[23:21] <Elise> "HHMMMMmmmmm... YOU NEED MORE BACON!"
[23:21] <Marguerite> "I don't believe you. Do I have to get out of here so your sister can convalesce?"
06[23:21] * Elise gives her a goofy grin.
[23:21] <Alex> "My sister will survive, and rest assured I do care about her."
[23:22] <Mrs_Curlinson> "I can't, dear, I'm jewish. We're not allowed to eat bacon I fear"
03[23:22] <Amy> "Huh."
06[23:22] * Elise looks confused.
[23:22] <Marguerite> "Then why are you running away?"
[23:23] <Alex> "I am not running away, but Amy being injured does not excuse my other responsibilities. I will be back later to comfort her."'
03[23:23] <Amy> "I'm alright. Thank you for your concern, Marguerite."
06[23:23] * Elise continues to look confused.
06[23:24] * Marguerite turns away from Alex before entering the room, and takes what was his seat. "I know you're all right, amie...you're tough." She smiles.
06[23:25] * Alex goes off to totally sort some books. Yeah.
06[23:25] * Marguerite resolves to harass Alex about this later.
03[23:26] <Amy> "That is correct. May I ask a question?"
[23:27] <Marguerite> "Always, amie."
03[23:27] <Amy> "What could Alex do to fix things with you?"
06[23:27] * Mrs_Curlinson scritches Elsie's head
[23:28] <Mrs_Curlinson> The more white legos come
[23:28] <Mrs_Curlinson> They include some of those fancy legos that make working joints and the like
06[23:28] * Elise immediately sets to attempt to very poorly make a lego version of mister eelface.
[23:29] <Marguerite> "He could start by behaving in a comprehensible manner."
03[23:30] <Amy> "What does he do that is incomprehensible?"
[23:33] <Marguerite> "He seems to favor flight as a tactic." Marguerite takes and squeezes Amy's hand. "Let's talk about something else. What do you need?"
06[23:35] * Amy smirks. "For my friend and my brother to be friends."
[23:39] <Marguerite> "We aren't not friends. He's just scary, and apparently also scares easily."
03[23:41] <Amy> "...I see."
[23:44] <Alex> Just on cue, Alex returns, in different clothes. He was... maybe gone for ten minutes tops, if that.
06[23:45] * Marguerite shivers, but manages something like a smirk. "Done with your books?"
[23:45] <Alex> "Yes. I have returned what I was loaned."
06[23:46] * Alex quietly goes to Amy's side.
06[23:47] * Amy lets go of Marguerite's hand and closes her eyes. "I think I'd like to rest for a while. Thank you all for coming."
06[23:48] * Marguerite nods, kissing Amy's hand before rising. "Rest well, amie. If you should need anything, call." Marguerite steps quietly out of the office.
06[23:48] * Alex sits down, still as a mouse. Apparently he has no intention of leaving more than he has to.