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Post by ᴡɪɴᴅʏᴛᴜʀᴛʟᴇ/Meadowrunner on Mar 31, 2021 10:18:05 GMT -5
Alei looked up at John, looking a bit happier that she didn't have to be well- kicked out immediately. "Okay, well, where is it? What if someone found out I was a human? We need to go!" Alei ran off into the distance, tripping over a twig, and crashing down onto the floor. "Well, that's one way to ruin the moment." She picked herself up, and looked back at John. "Well? Come on! Show me!"
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 10:39:21 GMT -5
John rolled his eyes. "I'd suggest you keep your voice down. Anyone could be listening." He hurried around the corner. "It's a couple of blocks this way. Stay close. If someone happens to pick up your scent, I might be able to play it off. It's hard to remove the scent of humans, even for beastmen. That should work in our advantage here because we did both just arrive in the city."
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Post by ᴡɪɴᴅʏᴛᴜʀᴛʟᴇ/Meadowrunner on Mar 31, 2021 10:48:05 GMT -5
Alei followed John, now talking in a soft whisper. "Yeah, yeah, smartalack. Let's go already! I don't think anyone will even tell I'm human, so there's not really much risk." Alei murmured, staying close to John anyways. Alei could see a distant hotel, "Hey, that's the one, right?" She hadn't seen a hotel in what felt like forever, but she still remembered what it basically looked like.
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 10:58:31 GMT -5
"That's the one." John replied, reaching into his pocket. He pulled out a keycard and handed it to Alei. "When we get there, hurry up to the room. It's on the second floor, room 237. Once you're in, don't open the door for anyone other than me." He walked through the automatic doors and headed towards the stairs. "Go up the stairs, not the elevator. The last thing you want is to be trapped in a confined space with no airflow."
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Post by ᴡɪɴᴅʏᴛᴜʀᴛʟᴇ/Meadowrunner on Mar 31, 2021 11:04:18 GMT -5
Alei nodded, and tucked the keycard into the pocket of her little jacket she was wearing. After a couple of minutes, she arrived at the hotel, and quickly got up to the second floor, luckily not tripping, but not getting there too fast, either. She waited for John, so she could use her keycard, but she wished she had come a different time, because there was someone else there. Come on! Hurry! There's someone else here, quick! Hurry up!
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 11:26:22 GMT -5
John grabbed two packs of ramen from the vending machine before heading up to the room. As he was headed up the stairs, he could hear footsteps. They were too heavy to be Alei's. "There must be someone else up there!" John muttered under his breath. He hurried up the stairs, hoping to cut off whoever it was. When he reached the top of the stairs, he pushed open the door and was almost face to face with an older man, maybe late forties early fifties.
"Hey, whatchu where you're going, kid!" The man grunted.
"Hey, you wouldn't happen to have change for a 1000 yen bill, would you?" John looked over his shoulder at Alei and nodded at her, trying to signal her to get into the room.
"No kid, now get out of my way."
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 11:27:51 GMT -5
(btw 1000 yen is the equivalent of a 10 dollar bill. Think of 1 yen as 1 cent)
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Post by ᴡɪɴᴅʏᴛᴜʀᴛʟᴇ/Meadowrunner on Mar 31, 2021 11:33:34 GMT -5
Alei took the keycard, and opened the room, signaling for John to come. She shut the door a bit, but left a space that she could see who came by. She made sure not to let the man in, because then they might discover how she's human. She set down some things she'd had in her pockets, and waited for John to come. Quick! Just come in! I'll open the door!
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 11:39:29 GMT -5
"Uh, actually, never mind. I just remembered I had some bills in my room!" John hurried to the door and knocked. "Alei, let me in!" He knocked on the door.
"Kids these days are so dumb." The man muttered under his breath Just loud enough for John to hear as he walked by.
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 11:40:22 GMT -5
(Im gonna be a bit poofy soon. I gotta pick my sister up from school early on wednesdays)
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Post by ᴡɪɴᴅʏᴛᴜʀᴛʟᴇ/Meadowrunner on Mar 31, 2021 11:54:22 GMT -5
Alei opened the door, and shut it right after she was sure no one else got it. "Phew..that was a close one-" Alei cut herself off, because she smelled something. "Ramen!?" She exclaimed, hungry now.
(oh, okay!)
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 12:03:15 GMT -5
"I figured some food would be welcome." He said with a shrug. "It's just the cheap stuff, but it's better than nothing. I wasn't sure which one you'd want so I got a chicken and a beef. Which one do you want?" He opened up a cabinet in the small kitchen area and pulled out two bowls. He filled them both with water and dumped the ramen in.
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Post by ᴡɪɴᴅʏᴛᴜʀᴛʟᴇ/Meadowrunner on Mar 31, 2021 12:18:07 GMT -5
"I like both, but I think I prefer the beef." Alei said, taking one of the bowls. She loved ramen, and quickly grabbed some chopsticks she had from her old hometown in a pile of stuff that she had. She grabbed some wooden chopsticks, sat down, and began to slurp up the noodles. "Mmm.." She quickly ate it all up, and she didn't only touch the noodles, of course. Her bowl looked like nothing had ever been there, of course except a few little stains on the bowl. "That was good!"
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 12:39:09 GMT -5
John took the chicken Flavored ramen and pulled a fork out of a drawer. "I still suck with chopsticks." He admitted with a slightly embarrassed smile. He scarfed down his ramen and rinsed his bowl out when he was done. "So, we need a game plan. We need to figure out how to get you out of the city unnoticed." He scratched his chin before asking, "How did you get into the city in the first place? I had to submit DNA test results and everything before I was even allowed in. Then they did their own DNA tests at city hall when I applied for residency."
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Post by ᴡɪɴᴅʏᴛᴜʀᴛʟᴇ/Meadowrunner on Mar 31, 2021 12:46:45 GMT -5
"It's a long story, but not for now." Alei said, scratching her head. "I can show you how to eat ramen with chopsticks sometime, though." She said, "But we do need a plan. After all, we can't just suddenly sneak away and then everyone catches us!" Alei exclaimed, putting her bowl away. Alei sighed, hating the thought of having to return to her dreaded hometown. She wasn't treated very well there, and that's what made her, well, her. Fire the Watcher of the vale
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 13:51:15 GMT -5
(yay, my laptop is working again! Also, in BNA, what can turn a human into a Beastman is if they are given beastman blood, so I figured something could happen. like maybe she gets shot or hit by a car or something that makes her lose a lot of blood and they give her Beastman blood because they don't know she's human. idk but you get the idea.)
"I know. I'd probably be targeted by a few groups just for protecting you." He stated. "I don't feel like having a knife in my throat, so it'd be best if you don't go out of the room. I'll make sure roomkeeping won't disturb you and I'll see if I can't find a way out of the city." He paused for a moment. "And if you're tired, you can take the bed. I'm fine on the couch."
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Post by ᴡɪɴᴅʏᴛᴜʀᴛʟᴇ/Meadowrunner on Mar 31, 2021 13:56:12 GMT -5
(maybe like someone breaks into the hotel and stabs her but she will survive. )
Alei nodded, and looked at the bed. That reminded her how tired she was, and without thinking, collapsed onto the bed. "It's so soft.." She murmured, closing her eyes. It was pretty nice, since she didn't have anything like this. Suddenly, she felt something pierce into her, it was sharp, and scarlet red drops of blood dripped down from her. She let out a cry of pain, until she couldn't talk anymore.
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 14:15:59 GMT -5
(Yo I just thought of something. It could've been planned out! The medical center is run by a company called Sylvasta Pharmaceuticals and they're the reason Michiru became a beastman in the show. It's possible that we could make it more of a situation where they're just trying to do some off the books experiments and they wanted to see what would happen if they injected a human with beastman blood. The head of Sylvasta is also a major jerk, so it could play out pretty well.)
John whipped around at the sound of Alei's cry. A sense of shock gripped him as he realized what had just happened. A man stood there, a bloody knife in his hands. "Alei!" John cried out, rushing over towards the bed. The man with the knife pointed it towards John.
"Stay back." The man said with a wicked grin. "Wouldn't want to have to kill a non-target. Makes for a sloppy job."
"What the hell are you talking about?!" John exclaimed. He launched himself at the guy, but he easily sidestepped John's attack.
"Ta ta." With that, the man jumped through the closed window, shattering the glass and landing on the street below. He took off running, clearly transforming into a beastman, though John couldn't make out what type. John turned back to Alei.
"Alei, can you hear me? It's John. I'm gonna get help. Just keep your eyes open, try to stay awake." John pulled out his phone and dialed 119. "Hello? I need an ambulance, there's been a stabbing. I don't know, the hotel near the job agency. Some crazy guy. He stabbed her and jumped out the window, just hurry and send someone! She's losing a lot of blood!"
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Post by ᴡɪɴᴅʏᴛᴜʀᴛʟᴇ/Meadowrunner on Mar 31, 2021 14:20:29 GMT -5
Alei shot awake, and she was drenched in blood, the pain she felt was never anything she had felt before. "John? What's happening? Why is-" Alei let out another cry of pain, and she saw the little scarlet pools that had formed around her. "T-that's..my blood? There's so much! I-" Alei was cut off by herself again, and screamed. John! Help me!
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 15:13:01 GMT -5
John left the phone on the snack bar and looked around. "Alei, try to hold still. The more you move, the harder it is for the blood to clot." He kept looking around before letting out a sharp, aggravated sigh and rushing into the bathroom. He came back a moment later with a few towels. He tossed them down on the bed. "Listen, this is gonna hurt, but we need to stop the bleeding." He grabbed one of the towels and clumped it up on Alei's wound and placed her hands over the towel. "I need you to hold this here and push down on it." He left Alei holding the towel and grabbed another towel. He shoved it in his back pocket and transformed into his beast form. "I'm going to try and get you down so they can load you up in the ambulance as soon as they get here. Keep holding that towel." With that, he tentatively picked Alei up in his arms and headed out of the room and towards the stairs.
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 15:13:56 GMT -5
(I lost track of time playing my guitar. my bad)
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Post by ᴡɪɴᴅʏᴛᴜʀᴛʟᴇ/Meadowrunner on Mar 31, 2021 15:19:06 GMT -5
Alei pushed on the towel, afraid of what would happen to her. I don't want to die yet! If this is the type of escape away from my hometown, then I'd rather go back there! Alei tried not to fidget around too much, but she was under too much stress and too much worry to focus on what she was doing. She was breathing rapidly, but it was hard to breath, and she felt like she was suddenly going to collapse and go limp.
(its fine!)
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 15:26:41 GMT -5
John sprinted down the hallway, Alei in his arms. When he got to the stairwell, he had no way of opening the door, which had a handle instead of a pushing mechanism. "Screw it." He muttered as he kicked in the door. The hinges gave way and the door flew open before crashing to the side, blocking the stairway up. He headed down to the lobby, where he was met with a few startled expressions from the staff. "C'mon, Alei, stay with me." He encouraged as he headed outside. By the time he got her outside, he could hear the ambulance siren. "They're almost here, Alei. Just a little longer."
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Post by ᴡɪɴᴅʏᴛᴜʀᴛʟᴇ/Meadowrunner on Mar 31, 2021 15:30:32 GMT -5
Alei nodded, and tried to hang on to her slowly decreasing life, and she could only hope she would survive. But, she passed out, and everything went dark, and she thought it was the end for her. Is this the afterlife? Am I finally dead?
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 15:51:10 GMT -5
John watched as Alei's eyes rolled into the back of her head and he realized she passed out. He put her down and started putting pressure on her stab. The ambulance pulled up into the parking lot. "Over here!" He called as the EMTs stepped out of the vehicle. They hurried over with a stretcher and loaded her up.
"She's lost a lot of blood." One of the EMTs called out. One turned to John and asked "Do you know what blood type she is?"
"No clue." John stated. "I only just met her." The EMT turned back to where the others were loading Alei into the ambulance.
"O negative!" The EMT stated as he stepped towards the passenger side door of the ambulance.
"Wait, where are you taking her?" John asked.
"Sylvasta medical." The EMT replied as he shut the door. The Ambulance sped off and John was left alone in the parking lot, tired, in shock and drenched in Alei's blood.
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 15:51:42 GMT -5
(should we do a time skip to her being in the hospital?)
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Post by ᴡɪɴᴅʏᴛᴜʀᴛʟᴇ/Meadowrunner on Mar 31, 2021 15:55:55 GMT -5
ok! )
Alei woke up on a white bed, and she realized she was in the hospital. I..survived? Alei was amazed she had woke up alive, and thought she was actually in the afterlife. But why...would someone try to kill me? Well, at least I didn't actually die! But where did John go? Alei was too tired to move, and she was too injured to move anyways.
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 16:10:47 GMT -5
(btw it's kind of hard for new beastmen to transform at will. Kids or in Alei's case, a human turned beastman, will have a hard time figuring out how to turn back into their human form after their first transformation. It's more of an emotionally triggered reaction. That's mainly why Michiru was in her Tanuki form the entire show aside from like 1 episode.)
John was sitting outside the hall. He watched as a nurse walked into Alei's room, but he didn't say anything. He figured he might as well let them do their job. Chances are they'd realize she was human and take her to a human hospital. He just wanted to make sure she was alright.
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Post by Fire the Watcher of the vale on Mar 31, 2021 16:11:47 GMT -5
(figured I'd toss a nurse in there to act as an interaction medium at first.)
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Post by ᴡɪɴᴅʏᴛᴜʀᴛʟᴇ/Meadowrunner on Mar 31, 2021 16:15:50 GMT -5
"W-where am I? Am I okay?" Alei asked, silently panicking inside her mind. She didn't know how they actually saved her life, but what about all the blood loss? Did they find out I'm a human?
(ok)
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