Experimentals (reboot 2)

Nasterus Thought about the directions to the warehouse and once he remembered he started the car and drove down the road to a small city. He drove for a couple hours running through red lights and stop signs. He was amazed by the shiny lights and buildings planted all over the city, he had never seen anything like it before. " wow....this is amazing! ive never seen anything like this! " said Nasterus with a smile. He kept driving for another hour until suddenly he was stopped by a police car.

The policeman walked out of his car and came over to Nasterus, He was not happy. " Oh hell....where do I begin with you lad...." said the officer staring at the hippo in the back. " I guess we'll begin with the small stuff....first of all sir! you were speeding....second of all you just ran past a red light...." said the officer and Nasterus became confused. " Speeding? Red lights? what is this nonsense you speak of? " asked Nasterus and the officer rolled his eyes at him, ignoring his questions. " Well since the small stuff is out of the way....lets begin with the real issues here....WHERE THE HELL IS YOUR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR! " yelled the officer. " Oh...I ripped it off it got in the way " said Nasterus. " It got in your way....I.....I....cant...process that....how did you...rip off a damn door..." asked the officer and Nasterus lifted up his paw.

" With this paw of mine " said Nasterus and the officer backed away. " Oh hell...I know what you are...." said the officer becoming nervous. " You do? I'm glad because I certainly don't...." said Nasterus. " Your a Furry on Steroids! " said the officer and Nasterus scratched his head in confusion. " A Furry? What in the world is that? " asked Nasterus. " You know....a furry is a human who dresses up in a costume as an animal...I see your not in full costume though....oh well who am I to judge? " said the officer shrugging his shoulders. " If what you say is true...then I'm....The king of furries! " said Nasterus confidently and the officer almost burst out laughing. " Ha....that's a good one lad....anyways lets get back to the subject...by starting with that damn hippo in the back! " said the officer pointing at the hippo who was yawning due to boredom.

" Oh him...hes my friend we escaped together..." said Nasterus. " Where the hell did you escape from!? The zoo? " asked the officer chuckling a bit. " Something like that...were going to find uh....a new zoo...." said Nasterus. " Oh! Well why didn't you say so lad! I should of known you were transferring this hippo! why else would you have one? " said the officer becoming relieved that he wouldn't have to arrest anyone. " Yes....i'm transferring him..." Lied Nasterus. " Well I'll let you go in a second...but first I believe all of this chaos deserves a ticket " said the officer grabbing his notebook and he wrote down 5,000 dollars on it. " This should be enough for all the laws you broke...and I want that a door on that passenger side, you hear me? " said the officer and Nasterus nodded his head grabbing the ticket and driving off bidding the officer a farewell.

He drove for another 10 minutes until he almost ran into another car causing him to stop abruptly. " Son of a bitch! I hate these damn machines! " said Nasterus hitting the dashboard causing the radio to turn on. " Hello everyone! and welcome to another session of jackal and giraffes talk show! Before we begin make sure you head on down to the nearest gas station and pick up your lottery ticket to win MONEY MONEY MONEY! " said the radio and Nasterus began to smile. " Money huh? well then...I better find this gas station..and hey...I already have a ticket! this is perfect! " said Nasterus holding the ticket from the police officer and he began to drive down the street until he saw a building with gas pumps and a sign that said gas station. He pulled into the gas station and stepped out of the car leaving the hippo in the back and he went inside.

Nasterus walked inside the gas station and he became amazed by everything inside. After looking around for a couple minutes he walked up to the counter to find a man with shaggy brown hair reading a magazine. " Excuse me young man...I demand to receive money with this ticket! " said Nasterus putting the ticket on the counter and the man set down his magazine grabbing the ticket and looking at it. " Uh...dude this is a ticket from the cops...I cant accept this shit " said the man handing it back to Nasterus and his eyes widened when he saw him. " WHOA DUDE! are you a furry!? " said the man with excitement. " Yes I am! infact im the king of furries! " said Nasterus with a smile and the man screamed with excitement. " NO WAY MAN! IM A FURRY TOO! " said the man showing his cat tail to Nasterus. " You have a tail!? how is that possible? " asked Nasterus and the man smiled pulling the tail off. " Its fake man just like your costume...but I gotta say your costume looks freaking sick man! by the way my names Shaddi! " said the man. " I am Nasterus...and i'm on a question to find a location! will you accompany me on this journey my tailed friend? " said Nasterus and Shaddi nodded his head. " Hell yeah man! I got nothing better to do! come on! lets get out of here " said Shaddi jumping over the counter and they walked out the door to find the warehouse.

20 minutes had passed since Nasterus had recruited Shaddi and they were currently stuck in traffic. " What the hell is this madness!? " asked Nasterus. " Its traffic man..its always like this at this time of night im sure itll lighten up soon enough " said Shaddin leaning back in his seat while hanging onto the dashboard. " Well i'm don't like it! in fact....screw this I'm barging through! " said Nasterus and without another word he rammed into another car causing Shaddi to fall out of the passenger seat. " Holy shit man! The freaking trucks ruined now! " said Shaddi and a man came out of the other car cursing and yelling at Nasterus until he saw what Nasterus was and immediately ran back to his car. " Well then...it looks like we need to walk on foot! " said Nasterus stepping out of the car and he opened the back of the pickup truck letting out the hippo and so all three of them began to walk on the road to find the legendary warehouse!

5 minutes after they began to walk, a cop car had pulled in front of them, it was the same man from before and he didn't look happy at all. " Oh hell...not you again! What happened to your damn car! " asked the officer. " It broke so my friends and I chose to walk to our destination! " said Nasterus and The officer frowned at him. " Look lad...the Doughnut shop closes in 10 minutes and I don't have time to take you in...so just walk on the damn sidewalk with your freak show and i'll let all this madness slide...i'll also have a tow truck pick up your vehicle...now have a good day..." said the officer walking back to his car and he drove off leaving them alone. An hour later the trio had finally arrived at a tall building known as the warehouse. " WE MADE IT MY BROTHERS! NOW LET US REJOICE BY GOING INSIDE! " screamed Nasterus and they all opened the doors walking inside the warehouse.

 

OOC: Sounds good @Larryman555. Not gonna lie i don't really have a good way to bring your character into the thing with my character. So I apologize for it beign awkward. Not trying to ignore you just didn't think of a good way to bump into your character.

Lex heard someone ask for help but had moved past them. As she sat in the car and her mind caught up to what had happened she realized what she had heard. "I'm sorry, hold on one moment," she said to the black hole woman and teh driver. She got out and went back to the young man dressed as a detective.

"Hey, come with me. We're getting out of here."

Hoping the young man was following her she went back to the car and got back inside.

 

As soon as he heard that voice again, Durfey began walking towards it, following the sound of their footsteps. After a few steps, he heard a metallic thud, and the sound of someone sitting. Assuming that whatever he was in front of was a car, he felt around until he found the roof, carefully planted his foot in the doorway, and climbed into the car. "If someone's in the seat in front of me, assuming this is a car, could you please move, It's kind of hard for me to navigate at the moment." After waiting a bit, Durfey finds a seat and sits down. "Hey, I'm Durfey, thanks for helping me out. By the way, where are we? It's kind of hard to tell by only sound and without sight."
OOC: It's all good, thanks for the helping hand, however, my character probably couldn't have found the car otherwise.

 

Name: Klaus Karalis
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Experimental Change: Ability
Backstory: He was once a diligent college student studying computer engineering, well on his way to graduating with honors. Despite a childhood that was less than ideal, he had grown up to be a kind and caring soul, but even this would be taken away from him. Driving back to his dorm one day, Klaus was involved in an accident that left him hospitalized for a couple of days. Though his injuries were not too severe, it was at this time that a certain potential was discovered within him, a potential that certain interests wished to exploit right away. He was stolen away in the night, disappearing without a trace like a phantom as the hospital staff turned a blind eye, just as they were instructed to.

Soon after, the experiments began. These experiments unlocked powerful latent abilities in Klaus, but the process of unlocking them was quickly taking its toll. As his mind buckled under the strain, his personality became warped and disconnected from his humanity, leading to borderline sociopathic thoughts and behaviors. He also began losing his memories, further driving a wedge between who he was and who the experiments were forcing him to become. By the time he escaped, the memory of his past life had faded into oblivion and his cold, remorseless eyes held not even a trace of the kindness they once showed.

Some time after, small fragments of his memories began to resurface, giving him small glimpses of the person he used to be. Now he finds himself caught between two versions of himself and as he struggles with his identity, he can only wonder if it is even possible to regain his former self. More importantly, given the choice, would he even want to go back?

Special Ability: TBD

Strength/Weakness: TBD

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Klaus made his way inside the warehouse and approached his contact, still wearing his signature stealth suit. The suit in question is a set of light jet-black body armor and an advanced tactical mask, both of which Klaus "borrowed" shortly after his escape. He lifted the mask as he approached, revealing his messy white hair and strikingly purple eyes, another side effect of the experiments as both were a much more normal-looking dark brown before his powers awakened. The contact was the first to speak up.
"So, did you get the intel?"
Without a word, Klaus pulled out a flash drive and threw it to the man, who caught it with a practiced hand. Klaus then leaned up against the wall next to his contact, only vaguely looking in his direction.
"Did she make it back yet?"
"Not quite. Not everybody works as fast as you do, you know."
"Still, they should've made it back by now. What was their last radio transmission?"
"The mission is, uh...proceeding, albeit with some difficulty. It seems there was...a sort of, incident--"

Klaus narrowed his eyes, now giving his full focus to the man and practically staring daggers into him.
"Tell me everything. Now."
With a heavy sigh, the contact soon relented.
"They radioed in a man down. But it wasn't Leah! So, uh...you can stop giving me that look now. Please."
With gritted teeth and an exasperated groan, Klaus turned his gaze to the front of the warehouse.
"If they're not back within five minutes, I'm going after her. I'll take one of the vehicles myself if I have to."
"You know you don't have clearance for that."
"Just like you know that following the proper procedures has always been a fairly low priority to me."
Klaus stood with his arms folded, his gaze locked on the door, waiting for news from Leah's group.
"Damn. What happened out there? Should I have gone with her...?"
Keeping his deepest concerns to himself, Klaus' cold stare remained focused on the door.

 

Nasterus looked around the warehouse to find a man who seemed upset about something. Deciding to ignore the man, Nasterus and his crew walked around the warehouse and they were in awe at how big it was. Moments later after looking around the warehouse Nasterus walked over to the man who seemed enraged and he held out his paw. " Greetings sir, I am Nasterus Rufus Tetheron! my friends and I were wondering if this magical place was the destination we were looking for, so is it? asked Nasterus with a smile while staring at the man.

 

"Out of all the people in this warehouse, why, oh why, is somebody bothering me?"
After a few seconds of silent annoyance, Klaus replied in an unsurprisingly curt manner.
"Since you apparently haven't noticed, I'm a little preoccupied--"
Finally turning to face Nasterus, Klaus stopped mid-sentence, unable to entirely contain the look of bewilderment on his face.
"...Huh."
He had seen many different kinds of abilities and mutations, but this was a new one for him.
"Well, I'll be damned."
He kept his arms folded, ignoring the stranger's...paw.
"I'm gonna take a shot in the dark here and say that yes, you are certainly in the right place. That being the case, you must have been part of today's rescue operation...but if that's true, how did you even make it here without your escort? You must have run into her at some point, a young woman with long blonde hair. She may or may not have been warping and bending space to her will."
While he was keeping a small part of his focus on Nasterus, looking in his general direction most of the time, Klaus was still clearly more concerned with the warehouse's entrance. He soon noticed that some of the other operatives were beginning to make a commotion, giving orders and moving things around as if they were preparing for new arrivals, which Klaus had seen enough times before to recognize. He briefly turned back to Nasterus once more.
"On second thought, let's finish this little chat outside. Or not, if it's all the same to you. I wasn't terribly invested in it to begin with."
With that, Klaus brushed past Nasterus and made his way to the door with a steady yet brisk and purposeful gait.

OOT: I know my character is giving you the cold shoulder, but feel free to follow him outside if you'd like.

When Klaus walked outside, he quickly spotted Leah and two escapees, which let him breathe a small sigh of relief. Not wanting to draw attention to himself, he leaned on the wall of the warehouse and waited for the group's conversation to conclude before he approached.
"If I could just have this one thing today...don't let me be dragged into their little talk."
He muttered this under his breath, knowing all too well that his hope might be in vain.

 

Nasterus listened to the rude man and once he finished talking he followed him outside to find the others stepping out of the car. " Ah splendid the others have finally arrived! Now we can make an Animal Clan and wipe out the evil hunters! Then, No one will be able to stop the furry king! " said Nasterus laughing weirdly and he leaned on the wall next to the man. " It'll be glorious....truly glorious....and that blonde lady she will lead our revolution! We will make the enemies shed blood! I cannot wait! " said Nasterus shaking with excitement and he became silent waiting for the others to come to them.

 

As Nasterus was speaking, Klaus had his face firmly planted in his right palm, shaking his head and groaning.
"On the one hand, I can't believe this is happening. On the other hand, I don't know why I expected anything else."
When the loud panda man was finished, Klaus gave him a mixed look of bewilderment and disbelief.
"I...I'm honestly at a loss. I don't even know where to start. What the hell is a "furry king"-- you know what? Forget I said anything, I really don't think I want to hear the answer."
As expected, Nasterus' speech drew the attention of Leah and the two escapees.

As he saw Leah approaching, Klaus did his best to look professional, giving her a slight nod and a formal greeting.
"Hello, Leah. I'm glad to see your assignment went well--"
Any hope of keeping up this detached, impersonal demeanor was quickly dashed as Leah pulled him into a tight embrace. A look of surprise briefly flashed on his face as he was caught off-guard, but his expression quickly calmed and even softened a little as Leah hugged him. Overcoming the slight reluctance he still had at being seen like this, he wrapped his arms around her and whispered in her ear so the others wouldn't hear.
"I'm glad to see you too."
After their moment had passed and Leah stepped back, asking how his mission went, he raised an eyebrow and folded his arms.
"Apparently better than yours. I heard you had a little...trouble on the way back."
He shook his head and gave a small sigh. Although mortal danger was an inescapable part of every mission, he knew that losing someone during the mission must be weighing heavily on Leah's mind. Because of that, he would spare her the worst scolding he could offer.

"Try not to dwell on it too much, but don't pass up on the opportunity to learn from this experience either. Next time, make sure you have the entire operation planned out, down to the last detail, just like I taught you. Study the enemy's movements, make sure you have the best escape route planned, see if you can set up a distraction ahead of time to cover your escape, every last part of the plan matters."
It was at this point that he realized he might be going on a little too long, and a slight look of concern briefly crossed his face. With a dismissive wave of his hand, he cut off the rest of his speech.
"But like I said, try not to let it get to you. Even the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, as the old saying goes."
Wanting to change the subject, Klaus glanced at and motioned towards Nasterus.
"You recognize this one? He says his name's Nasterus and I thought he might've been from that facility you raided."

 

Lex offered her stump to Leah with a grin on her face. But the woman spotted something and quickly moved away. Ah well, maybe she didn't think it was funny? That guy who had died, maybe that's why the joke didn't get much out of the woman. Speaking of that... it was a bit disconcerting to see his body just get pushed out of the car without any regard. It made her wonder, in the back of her mind, if these people were that different from the ones she had just escaped from.

She pushed that dark thought aside and turned to help Durfey out of the car, as much as she could with no hands. "Hello Durfey, my name is Lex. With all the excitement I forgot to introduce myself. I don't really make a habit of getting shot at, do you?"

 

"I do my best, though it seems a lot of people are trying extremely hard to change that, and what with my new state of blindness, it's getting ever harder to stop them from succeeding" Durfey accepts the help out, and takes a deep breath, tasting the fresh air around him. "It seems I'll have to find a new way to get around, though it seems that my hearing has compensated for the loss of my eyes. Still not quite the same, seeing as walls don't normally sound off where they are. Pesky things, walls." He turns to face where he heard the sound of the lady who drove them over here, as well as the guy who she seems to be somewhat fond of. He raises his voices and says "You know I can hear you, right? Yes, I'm blind, unless all you can see is white, too." He walks two paces towards them, then focuses to make sure he catches their answer, disappearing for a short moment before becoming visible again, seemingly oblivious towards the fact that something strange happened.

 

Klaus narrowed his gaze, raised an eyebrow and stared for a few moments as if to say "Seriously?" Unfortunately for him, his deadpan stare was no match for Leah's puppy dog eyes and he relented with a roll of his eyes and a slight slump of his shoulders.
"You owe me one."

Klaus groaned and rubbed his temples.
"Enhanced hearing. Wonderful."
He walked over to the two escapees and along the way, he stopped suddenly for a moment as one of them seemingly blinked out of existence, then came right back. Klaus blinked in surprise, then pointed his finger at the man.
"Don't just surprise me with something like that, it's really distracting."
He took a few more steps forward and was now right in front of them.
"Well, then...I guess introductions are in order" he said, folding his arms. "I'm your substitute teacher for the day, you can call me Professor Klaus, and today's class is "Necessary Evil 101" in case you didn't grab a syllabus on the way in. So, class, what are your names?"

 

"Well, Prof, my name is Durfey, and I don't know what you mean by distracting, I'm not doing much, just standing here doing nothing, unless that is somehow randomly distracting.Thank you so much for the sarcastic comment, sir, that just brightens up my day, it's the highlight of my day, if I do say so myself. So, substitute, what's on the agenda today? If I may add to it, could you explain why I am randomly blind now, as, last I checked, people do not normally wake up suddenly blind in the middle of nowhere in a completely unfamiliar area. Though, I suppose for all I know we've been driving in circles and we're actually where we began. Though, as you so nicely remarked, it seems I can now hear as well as I used to see. Also, I'm wearing a long sleeve shirt and pants at the moment, so I'm sure you haven't noticed, but can you tell what this weird ruffley soft stuff is on my body. Seems to be everywhere but my face, hands, and feet. Sorry if I come across as rude, but my world has been rocked to its very core."
He puts his hand beside his ear, as if waiting for an answer.

 

Klaus clicked his tongue and shook his head, feeling a degree of sympathy for Durfey in his own way.
"I'm the one who should be apologizing, I forgot how rough that first day really was. Going blind on top of that...damn."
He unfolded his arms and let out a sigh, looking back and forth to the two escapees.
"Alright, let me lay this out for the both of you as well as I can. It's a lot to take in all at once and it might be hard to hear, but you said you wanted answers so here they are. You were abducted as part of an experiment designed to create humans with supernatural abilities. We don't know how deep this goes or who is behind it, we just know that these people have funding, and lots of it. Since we don't know who "they" are, we just call them "the Lab" since most of their structures are high-tech laboratories. Whatever home you came from, don't expect to go back anytime soon; we seem to be stuck on a chain of islands out in the middle of nowhere. Your best bet for survival is to stay with us. We're the only ones around who are willing to stand up to the Lab and help out the people who are being experimented on, kind of like how Leah busted you out of that facility today."

Now he turned his attention to Durfey in particular.
"As for your blindness...I hate to say this, but it sounds like a side effect of the experiments that were performed on you. I can't say if your sight will ever come back or not. As for the "soft stuff" you mentioned..."
He took a closer look, spotting a few feathers that were poking out.
"They sort of look like...feathers? That's the best guess I have, they look like a bird's feathers. That being said, did you really not notice what just happened a few moments ago? You vanished. One second, I was looking and you were there. The next, I was still looking and you completely disappeared. You might have some sort of latent invisibility, teleportation or dimensional transportation power."

After that explanation, he clapped his hands together and made an announcement.
"So, those are the basics. Any questions before we move onto the sticky subject of morality?"

 

He would listen to everyone speak and then he would listen to Leah who spoke to him. Once she finished talking he listened to Klaus...the man he did not like speak and then once he finished he heard Leah tell everyone to go inside. So Nasterus stopped leaning on the wall and he walked inside the warehouse. Once inside he found a corner to sit in and he walked over to it sitting in the corner along with his hippo and Shaddi. " All this traveling we did has me tired....and now we have to listen to more people talk....honestly Shaddi I don't know what to do " said Nasterus and Shaddi grinned at him. " Like, don't worry man I got you covered...." said Shaddi pulling out a bag of weed from his pocket.

" What in blazes is that? " asked Nasterus, watching Shaddi pull out a lighter and some paper from his pocket and he open the bag of weed sprinkling some into the paper and he rolled it up lighting it and he made another for Nasterus handing it to him. " Its the good stuff man! I promise you'll love it...". Nasterus took the joint from Shaddi and he put it in his mouth exhaling it and blowing out a puff of smoke causing him to cough. " What the hell is this! I....I...feel quite strange....and yet I want to do more..." said Nasterus smoking more of the joint and moments later his stomach would growl and his eyes would be bloodshot and he'd laugh. " HAHAHAHA! THIS SHIT IS AMAZING! WE NEED TO DO THIS MORE OFTEN! ". Shaddi nodded his head in agreement and then Nasterus shoved his joint into the hippo's mouth and the hippo exhaled and nasterus removed the joint for the hippo and the hippo blew puffs of smoke.

The hippo soon became high and the three of them all smoked weed together while waiting for everyone to gather inside.

OOC: now while my characters are high they will still be able to listen to everything I promise

 

Lex kept quiet as the man who looked like a ninja assassin spoke. When he mentioned "morality," she wondered what kind of morals he held. When Leah said they should go inside she did so without a word and stood near the exit.

Wondering what was in the "Welcoming kits," she wouldn't be surprised if they tried to give her a rifle and teach her to use it.