Lancheng, China
"I hear nothing. They only leave in afternoon. I call Thunder and he contact when hear something," Master Wen says calmly. "Also call Red Star. He sending Sai Tang to control Nova power. They in good hands. China has very good doctors. They well cared for," he says with certainty.
You make it up to the academy without incident, the townsfolk you do see saying things in thankful voices that none of you understand. Once at the academy, Li, her clothing stained with blood and dirt, walks quietly towards the girls bath house with Dara and Raisa. Master Wen heads without further instruction into the main house. Michael seems unsure where to go, his wolf form showing some confusion.
"There are clothes for you in the sixth room on the right of the bunkhouse, Michael," Xi says. Michael dashes off, bursting into a full run, charging straight through the girls as he goes to the bunkhouse.
"We should clean up as well," Xi says, but pulls X12 aside before the head off for a private word.
X12
Once everyone is out of ear shot, Xi's calm expression fades and he grabs X12 painfully by the arm. "It was him, wasn't it?" he says with some panic in his voice. "Tell me he doesn't know!"
Raisa
The three of you enter the bath house and you are suddenly reminded, by the lack of shower facilities, that there are no showers! Of course the huge circular tubs are, as usual, filled with steaming water. Dara takes about three seconds to strip down and plunge into one of the tubs.
Oh god, I needed this, Dara broadcasts, submerged up to her eyes in the tub, blowing bubbles in the water through her mouth.
Li goes to a cabinet and gets some combs and a glass bottle of some blue liquid. "I can help you with your hair, Raisa. I don't think you'll get all that out on your own," she says helpfully, setting the bottle and combs down beside one of the large, cicular tubs. She goes and disrobes in a stall, coming out in a bath robe and making her way to the tubs. She folds her robe and gingerly steps into the water. "Hot, hot hot," she says, hissing as she inches her way to sit in the tub.
Not that that is what draws your attention. Most of her upper body, especially the sides and back, are covered in garish scars that match frighteningly the bruises Raisa has on her torso. They appear to be fairly recent. There is also some scarring on her arms, and a limited amount on her legs. On her forarms, there are strange looking ridges of skin, with the same on the back of her legs. There are three long skin ridges running down her back as well.
Holy cow! What happened to you! Dara blurts out mentally. Li suddenly drops into the water up to her neck, looking very self conscious.
Brazilia, SAA
SAP Corporate HQ
"Yeah," Pavo says, still seeming somewhat uncomfortable. "I guess he did."
"I'll find a driver for you since you want to go in your van then..." Pavo starts before he's suddenly interrupted by a *ahem* large breasted young woman with short black hair in an SAP uniform who rushes up with an excited squeal.
"Oh meu deus! Eu não posso acreditar que é você! É-me! Vida! Poupou-me de caindo a ponte no ano passado! O Demônio de Velocidade finalmente voltou para casa, huh?"
OOC: Translated for Vince and Johan: Oh my god! I can't believe it's you! It's me! Vida! You saved me from falling off the bridge last year! The Speed Demon finally came back home, huh?
Pavo looks disapprovingly at the girl. "Cortez de senhorita, por favor contem se."
OOC: Translation: Miss Cortez, please restrain yourself.
"Actually, sir, Miss Cortez would be an ideal driver. I can easily reschedule her duties to the driver pool, and her parents work at the research lab," Ms. Price says.
"Ah, very good then," Pavo says. "Cortez, você guiarão ÉPICO a nossa facilidade principal de pesquisa imediatamente."
OOC: Translation: Cortez, you will drive EPIC to our research facility imediately.
"And please, Miss Cortez, use your english," Ms. Price says.
"Ok!" Cortez says excitedly. "English is not good for me, but I can speak it," she says with a thick accent.