THIRTY-SEVEN souls » lights-out

[martelandmany]

[A low, soothing music is playing over the journal. Martel knows some people hate thunderstorms, so this is her way of helping

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[unseenspy]

[Jay stumbles into the New Feather center, drenched from the rain, still clutching his jacket in his arms. He still hasn't put it on, as it hasn't been modified to account for his wings.]

[The wings ache more than ever now from the running and the raindrops that had pelted them. He drops to his knees and buries his face in his jacket for a moment, sobbing softly. Then he looks up, taking note of the darkness and the melody that fills the room.]

Oh Nerifes...this can't be the New Feather center...

[martelandmany]

[She quickly puts down her panpipes, lifting the candle toward the newcomer.]

Oh, it is. I'm sorry, we've run out of lamp oil until the storm lets up. Come on, let's get you dried off. [She'll be stepping over to reach into a cupboard, and soon you'll see the shape of a towel being handed your way.]

[unseenspy]

[Jay drops his jacket and takes the towel, drying himself...carefully, making sure not to disturb his wings.]

Ah...th-thank you. Are you the one who...runs this place?

[martelandmany]

I suppose so. I'm Martel.

[unseenspy]

Martel...? I'm Jay. I'm new here, and...

[Whispering] I'm scared...

[martelandmany]

Oh, no, don't be scared. Here... [She's rustling up a blanket for him to bundle up in, then sitting crosslegged by the candle and the journal again.] It's a horrible night for arrivals, that's for certain.

[unseenspy]

[Jay pauses before carefully bundling up in the blanket. He winces in pain for a moment as the blanket weighs down on his wings, but then relaxed slightly after a moment.]

But...how can I not be scared? I don't know where to go or what to do here. And we're trapped here, knowing that these...Malnosso people are going to perform...unknown experiments on us.

I don't like this situation one bit...

[martelandmany]

Nor do any of us. [There's a pause, and then:] I've been here for nearly nine months now.

[unseenspy]

N-Nine months?

[Nine months of experiments...or possibly more. It just keeps getting better, doesn't it?]

Then you must know...what kind of experiments do these Malnosso perform when they kidnap people?

[martelandmany]

When they kidnap people to Luceti, or from Luceti

[unseenspy]

Wha...?

Well...I heard that the people who are stuck here...occasionally the Malnosso will take someone away and experiment on them, and then return them here. What exactly do they do with them?