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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1601931" data-attributes="member: 13737">Mega-City of New YorkBush Memorial HospitalVince, Loki, StraightjacketVincent finally comes out in some loose fitting pants that now have quite a few holes poked in them, accompanied by the nurse.  The doctor has been going over the scans quite thoroughly for a while. "Ah, there he is," Dr. Johnson says as Vince comes up.  "Well, it looks like your celular changes have come to a halt.  Your bone spurs might grow some though, and you have what look like adrenal glands growing at the base of your tail.  My guess, from the look of your tail; the tip is hollow by the way, so be careful with it; is that you may be gaining some sort of poison injection ability.  I wouldn't worry about it though, just try not to sting anyone. "Now, even though it looks like you aren't going to go through any sudden changes, we can't be sure.  Luckily, after your last visit, I worked out a temporary way to hold off any changes.  If you feel 'wierd,' like you are going to suddenly grow or something, take one of these," he says, taking a small bottle filled with tiny white pills out and setting it on the table.  "Those contain a fairly powerful celular growth inhibiter.  It should stop the change and prevent it from occurring again, at least for 12 hours.  That should give you time to get yourself back here, and let you finish any missions you're on," he says. "Now, you, Tara and Loki may as well head out to your Van, and I'll get Straightjacket to sign the release forms and such, then you can get back to the institute and uh... see a tailor," he adds with a smile.  "I'll let you know if I can learn anything else from the scans and samples you gave us." Tara comforts Vince by saying, "Don't worry.  You're not that scary looking." Once the two of them leave, and the Doctor and Straightjacket are in his office, he doesn't pull any papers out.  "Well, I gave him a bottle of sugar pills.  That should keep him calm at least.  Honestly, there's not a damn thing I can do to help him," he says, rubbing his head.  "It looks like the transformation has stopped, but who knows.  Just keep an eye on him.  The transformations won't kill him or anything, that I'm pretty sure of.  I'd uh, well I'd keep all that from him, but let my brother know when you see him." It will be quite late when you return to the institute, well after supper with the sun pretty much set.   JohanJackson readily abandons Cosmo, who is left there shouting, "Hey, I could really go for some pizza too!" across the field as you wheel towards the main parking lot.  The night is fun, and by the time you back, it's dark and you're full and tired.  Anna wheels off to her room with a cheerful "goodnight" and you and Jackson (aka the third wheel) head off to your rooms.   Michelle, SanjayYou two catch up with Cosmo in the hanger and prep the jet, load the uniforms in, stock some food and put some equipment inside.  You notice your uniforms have been adjusted, and instead of chest mounted communicators, each of you now get small earpieces.  About midway through the process, Straightjacket calls Michelle who leaves to see Vince. The two of you pretty much finish without talking much to each other, and head off to get some sleep well after dark. Vincent, Michelle, Straightjacket, LokiMichelle comes to see Vince when he arrives.  (One word comes to mind.  Eek.)  But it's still Vince and he has a quick bite before asking what he should do about a uniform.  Luckily, several girls are present, including several sewing buddies of Dara who quickly latch onto Vince and drag him off to help him with his uniform problem. Michelle heads off to make a message to everyone, and Straightjacket and Loki grab a bite to eat before heading to bed. VincentYou are up for many more hours, not to mention end up mostly naked in front of a room full of giggling girls.  You are measured, stuff is pinned over you, but, after the entire, sometimes embarassing, process, you end up with something that is remarkably nice.  Made of red leather with black highlights, your uniform has silver metal surrounding each point a bone spur sticks out.  Your wings are comforatable, your tail can move freely and it isn't too warm or anything.  Also nice, they made you two, though the second is all black without the metal surrounding the bone spurs. You say thank you and start to leave when one of them laughs, "No thanks needed!  I video-recorded the whole thing!" and the door closes behind you.  You hear uproarious laughter from within as you go to mess for a quick bite and then to bed. Everyone but SanjayWhen you arive ARIS informs you that the mission is slated to leave at 6AM from the tarmac, and that your uniforms and gear is already onboard.  ARIS also tells you to pack for a few days, as the mission may take that long.  There will be a full mission briefing on the plane in the morning. SanjayYou get back to your room to find it dark, except for a number of candles burning around the bed.  Upon that wonderful structure is a girl in a state of extreme undress, lounging comfortably, reading a book, her electrical energy buzzing in her transparent stomach adding to the light. "Welcome back, sport," she says with a feral smile, tossing her book aside.  "I've been waiting for too long.  Now come here," she says, then wrinkles her nose.  "Um... after you shower, jet fuel boy," she laughs.  "Oh, and Michelle says we gotta be on the plane by 6AM.  I promise, you'll be up by then," she grins. OOC:  You all can do or say what you want, but Michelle will be holding the briefing the next morning on the plane, and without the need for further comment from me, that's where the main story will continue, finally all together as a group.  Oh my aching head! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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