ROLEPLAY HQ - in-another-life

The cafeteria is busy, and perhaps the scientists had done a phenomenal job at making the 'trustee' men and women do the cooking and whatever else. All types of odd looking individuals were there. It didn't vary by skin but by the weird things. Maybe an extra limb, a couple of eyes, everyone had something so.. Odd. About them. Even the cooks did, though the one nestling in the back shipping out orders like it was a hot t-shirt was one of the few other than perhaps Veronica and Gailaneth that looked relatively human per say. "Sanderva! We got an allergy free order!" The redhead poked her head from the wall behind the kitchen where they slapped food onto plates and gave a thumbs up. The order came swinging, and of course being she's only whistling and trying to keep a tempo so it doesn't swing into someone's face, that just wasn't the case today. One of the patients avoided it, swinging it's tentacles low to which the platter of special allergy free food that looked like a thick paste. Peanut butter, lightly colored, type of paste, all over to the patron behind it. There's silence for a moment.. Being now the paste dripped and splatted onto the floor. "..Oh shit! Sorry!" @Viper392

A man glances over in the direction of the commotion from his seat across the cafeteria, he looked almost normal when compared to all the other freaks in the room. But upon closer inspection, one would find that he was actually the least human of them all. His arms and legs were replaced with black cybernetic limbs, a similar unit clung to his spinal cord, and the back of his head had a plug as well as a red warning light attached to it. The Sig logo was engraved all over his metal body as if he were just another product the weapons manufacturer produced. He watches the scene unfolding across the room stone-faced, curious as to what was happening and if anything entertaining would come of it. @Kars

Well that was a recipe for disaster starting since the man slowly turned and a fraction of his face casually just came apart as another face with a monstrous roar. Muttering an “oh shit” Allura had to leap out of the way as an angry mutant came lunging for her. She dashed, sliding out of the kitchen only carrying a spoon with a thick paste on it and across the tables she went in which she accidentally stepped in a couple of peoples food which included John’s. She was muttering sorry over and over to the point she might have been repeating it before she might have even been out of the kitchen and down the hall she went, yelling for a doctor the entire way as the mutant man was now scrambling out of the kitchen running after her perhaps cursing backwards. “HELP. ME. DAMMIT!” @Viper392

John stared at his plate of ruined food and clenched both of his metal hands into fists. The nutrients from his body were what powered his cybernetic body so he needed to replace them with food at least three times a day or his natural body would go into rapid starvation mode, causing him intense pain and sickness. The red warning light on the back of his head was lit as he stood up and started towards the hall. His right arm seemed to come apart, splitting into millions of metal slivers that quickly rearranged themselves replacing his hand with some kind of harpoon. He extended his arm and shot the harpoon into the mutant’s shoulder and began dragging it towards him as it screamed and struggled in pain. The red light on the back of Johns neck was now blinking rapidly, his eyes were bloodshot, and his face was twisted into the smile of a madman. The brains of man and machine were never meant to become one, the result was what the scientists called “Machine Mania”, a condition that caused psychotic tendencies, complete loss of morality, manic episodes, and extreme delusions.

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The doctors were mostly staying back due to the grip the newcomer had on this other mutant. The mutant trashed and screamed in absolute agony, though perhaps the attention might be taken away from him as a full metal can whacked John upside the head. Allura had managed a way around the two and ran back to the kitchen for “weaponry” that might be a bit of a struggle to use if not for the whole being an experiment thing. She’s got three more cans and if it hadn’t been for a weaker arm perhaps she might’ve knocked him out. Though that hurt like hell. She aimed again, planning to throw now a can of peas at the man strangling the mutant. Yes, he tried to kill her or perhaps wound her quite a bit though she needed to help a fellow “experiment” did she not? “Don’t do anything stupid you fuckin’ cyber asshole!” @Viper392

John turned his head to look at Allura as his psychotic smile faded and his warning light went dark. His Machine Mania had been extinguished without the doctors having to plug into the back of his neck and shut him down, But his rage remained. “You! I’ll kill you!” he chucked the mutant into a wall and started towards the girl in front of him @Kars

"Oh shit oh shit oh shiIT!" She screamed, hurriedly dropping all of the cans she had before as she hurriedly dashed as fast as she could into the kitchen and shutting the door. She closed the freezer, locking it and trying to find herself a place to hide. No doubt he'd break down the door if given the damn chance, but now it was on. She held herself against the door, waiting for the impact as the doctors tried and unsuccessfully grabbed him and attempted to restrain him. "No.. Hard.. Feelings!"

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“You can run but you can’t hide!” He yelled throwing a doctor off his shoulder and storming towards the door shifting his arm into a giant buzz saw. When the doctors finally found a “dagger” to plug into him they would drag him away and scramble his brain as punishment for attacking their precious experiments. On top of that, since he’d been denied a meal the rest of his body would also be in excruciating pain, this only made John want to kill her even more. Since he’d shifted his cybernetics ,which took a great amount of power to do, starvation was already beginning to set in as his stomach contracted in pain. He rammed into the door with his shoulder deciding he’d serve himself a nice cold dish of revenge. @Kars

"AH MOTHERFUC-" The door was giving away and Allura was partially struggling, no, VERY much struggling with keeping the door closed. She didn't know what to do. Crawl in the vent? No. That's dumb and she'd get a month of solitary in a crazy jacket and deal with if she crawled into the damn vent. No. She couldn't get caught and deal with the rest of the doctors. The door eventually gave way the moment he hit it again and she tumbled to the floor. A mass of red hair and patient wear now looking on at him in the corner but oddly enough.. Those eyes. Seemingly familiar. @Viper392

John clutched his stomach with one hand and pointed the giant buzzsaw at Allura with the other “I’ll fucking ki-“ He suddenly paused staring into her eyes, the red warning light began blinking rapidly and that manic expression returned to his face but this time it was different. A tear fell from the mad cyborgs eye as he lowered his arm and shifted it back to normal. “It’s you… I’ve finally found you…” Usually during his episodes, John would just spout nonsense but this time it seems something was unburied deep within his mind and although he wouldn’t remember what he said, these words would be the first strike at the lock on the two’s memories. @Kars

Allura looked up at him, terrified eyes that softened themselves when they met. Why did he seem so familiar? Was this just one of things she felt out of the loneliness at night? She thought about it. She was always lonely even if she had supposedly been raised within this facility. But this man, he was familiar. He was one hell of a scary man though at the same time he was.. Oddly comforting. "Found.. Me..?" Though what caused her to break away was a doctor coming from behind John and a needle went into wherever skin showed. If anything, it would make him drop. "Hey- Wait!" @Viper392

John's body froze in place, the look on his face that made him appear like a dog that had just found its owner had faded into an emotionless gaze. "Fucking bi-" was all he could get out before his body went limp and fell forward with a loud metallic "clang!" the fallen mess of man and machine lay helplessly at Allura's feet as the doctor who'd sedated him called over his comrades, John was easily over 300 pounds so it would take at least three of the skinny doctors to lift him. His stomach could be heard growling as he lay there immobile and in pain awaiting his fate. @Kars

"Who.. Hey! No! What the hell are.. Two.. Doing.." She collapsed, being that another mutant had slid from behind her and as a trustee he had a needle, of course and now the two lay on the floor. They'd feed John later, but they had to put these two into solitary for until further notice...

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When Allura woke up, she had a headache from absolute HELL. She felt dizzy, a bit nauseous, and the bright lights on the ceiling were only making things worse. She used one arm to lift herself up and look around. If John woke up around the same time, he was being given an IV and had what looked to be a thick plate of food right in front of him. Allura had the same. Although she was hungry, she still felt sick. @Viper392

John woke up slowly, the first thing he noticed was that the pain in his stomach has subsided and his head was now throbbing in pain instead. He groaned and looked around, then the plate of food caught his eye, Something wasn’t right they never treated him this well. The last time he’d missed a meal he was refused another and forced to suffer in silence. The doctors had proven multiple times they cared more about the suit than the man wearing it. It made sense, if he died they could just peel the suit off his body and attach it to someone else, but they would have a hard time getting another $221 million worth of cybernetics from SIG. The fact that they hadn’t punished him was also surprising, something was up, but he didn’t care. He sat up and downed the plate of food like his life depended on it. @Kars

On the opposite side via a wall that had some sort of grey toned area which showed Allura on the other side. She rubbed the underside of her runny nose and stared down at the food that she had. She wasn't too sure of it being that some of the others told her about this place. Solitary Unit. Used for those who often got into these fights and other stupid shit. She looked over, narrowing her eyes at John who sat on the opposite side. But he was so familiar, and she couldn't understand what about it was that ticked the little itch in the back of her brain. Why was he so familiar when she's never even seen him? @Viper392

after he’d finished cleaning his plate John rubbed his head and groaned still not noticing there was someone else in the room. His head hurt like hell and he didn’t know why. His Manic episodes normally didn’t have any lingering effects so he knew that wasn’t the culprit. Had he hit his head on something when he passed out? All he could remember was locking eyes with that bitch and blacking out. “That fucking clumsy bitch” he grumbled with his head in his hands @Kars

"Says the one who tried to kill me with a damn chainsaw!" Allura yelled back, though the headache only killed her more when she yelled. She mumbled curses, gripping false skin before she leaned her head down, red hair all over the food. The door was in front of them both, though it was more so they were in these large containers that perhaps prevented them from escaping and so on. She banged her head against the floor gently a couple of times. "I. Hate. You. And. This. Place."

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John looked over finally realizing he wasn’t alone. He groaned again this time in annoyance. “Oh god speak of the devil.” he rolled his eyes “Now I know why they didn’t scramble me, they figured they’d save some money and have you drive me crazy instead.” John hadn’t cared how long they kept him here when he thought he was alone, he was a natural introvert and would consider it a vacation from having to deal with all the doctors and other experiments. But now he was stuck here with this unruly woman. He was genuinely concerned about what was left of his sanity. @Kars

"Oh shut it! You're the one who came after me and Ronald with the fuckin' anger issues!" She said, furrowing her eyebrows as she fixed herself sitting and stared down at the food. She didn't like it, and she liked it a lot less being now that it had curled with red strings of hair. She pushed it away slightly and glanced around the room. She didn't see any cameras. No doctors. She felt so.. Out of place. Especially for one of the most trusted experiments. But then again this would be a good time to question whatever the hell John had been talking about earlier in the midst of their insane exchange. "..What did you mean about it's me? That you've been looking for me or something?" @Viper392 (edited)

“The fuck are you talking about?” he raised an eyebrow at her as if she was the crazy one. He began picking at the concrete floor he was sitting on while staring at her confused. Was she just making things up or did he actually say those things? He thought to himself. If he did he didn’t know why, he never remembered anything he said during his episodes, he didn’t even know if it was really him saying those things. One thing was for sure there was no reason for him to claim to be looking for her of all people. @Kars

"You looked at me and told me that you had been looking for me. It's weird. Are you or were you high on something?" She asked, moving closer to the wall that boarded them away from one another before glaring at him. She's trying to be intimidating though it clearly isn't working. Though the whole thing about finding her and claiming it was a manic episode confused her entirely. "..Crackhead." She said, rolling her eyes as she picked her hair out of her food. She looked up, hearing the movement coming closer. @Viper392

"I wish it was that simple" He said looking at her as she tried to intimidate him. She reminded him of those little dogs that bark at anything no matter how big. Funny how he could remember what a dog looked like but couldn't remember the last time he'd seen one. He chucked a piece of concrete he picked from the floor at the wall annoyed with her and looked toward the door.

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Allura rolled her eyes and stared back at the man that had walked in. It was one of the head scientists who glared at the two as she walked in. She was actually quite young, younger than the both of them though she acted like her shit didn't stink. She paused, looking at the two and shaking her head. "Allura Sanderva.. I am very disappointed in you. Same goes for you John, you damn near ruined your cybernetics! And Allura, chucking cans? I might have to deduct your volunteer score.."

"Hey hey it wasn't my damn fault! The.. The breathe was funky okay?! But it's his fault! The guy moved his food and-"

"I've heard enough, Sanderva. Just wait until Ronnie deals with you.."

Allura, now seemingly ashamed sat in the back of her container and tucked her head into her knees.

Dr. Adams turned to John and narrowed her eyes. "Do you have anything to say for yourself?" @Viper392

“She started it” He complained “I was gonna let her get eaten or whatever the hell those freaks do to each other” @Kars

"That's enough, John. We don't eat people and if they do we supply them with their damn food.. My only issue is that you two have to be kept in this proximity until notice. You'll be released from the containers though we'll have to bring you all of your clothes and such.. A month in solitary because this is absolute insanity.. Orders by Dr. George.." She said, half speaking to herself as she pressed the button and the containers opened. Allura didn't get out. "Sanderva. Out." @Viper392

“You’re kidding… You can’t keep me here with her! She won’t last a day so she’ll go insane, look at her she’s already losing it! Then I’ll go insane and this’ll all end with me killing her, this is a terrible idea!” John groaned @Kars

“Oh shut up! Like you could regardless!” Allura snapped, looking up at him and wiping her eyes. Perhaps she’s ashamed. She has never had her trustee title ripped from her in such a way that now she has to stay in one large room with meals but nothing else for days. A month! A whole month stuck with someone who had a weird face! @Viper392

“Wanna bet?” John spat back “If you don’t want me to paint the wall with your brains I suggest you calm your tits” @Kars

"You calm your fuckin' mouth! God you're just so irritating and.." She paused, looking up at him. Oddly enough the face makes her head hurt more. She's got tears falling down her face, staining her face all over. The crying face is also familiar.

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John felt a pain in his chest, he was feeling things he didn’t think he was capable of feeling. He was a living weapon, he wasn’t meant to feel things like Regret and Empathy, yet they felt oddly familiar. He felt himself wanting to hug and comfort her, he wanted to hold her close and let her cry into his shoulder while telling her he was sorry, but he didn’t understand why. “Ugh” was all he could get out, as he lowered his head not wanting to look at that familiar tear stained face anymore. @Kars

Allura with the way he looked at her felt the same. She wished to hold him without even knowing his actual name. That face flashed through her mind like an oddly broken record and she felt dizzy. Leaning her head back she glanced over at Dr. Adams left the room and down the hall until she couldn't hear her heels anymore. She sighed. "..Why the hell do I know you.." @Viper392

"You feel it too huh? Well, at least it's not just me going crazy, Welcome to the club." John said propping his back against the wall. Out of boredom, he began shifting his arm into different things. A brush, A saw, A machine gun, A disco ball, Whatever popped into his head found its way onto the end of his arm. "Maybe we knew each other in the past." It wasn't unlikely considering the amount of mindfuckery the doctors liked to do. Maybe they'd fought before and gotten their memories erased so they wouldn't fight again. But that didn't explain these warm feelings he was having toward her. He decided to stop thinking about it, it wouldn't do him any good to stress himself out over this. @Kars

"..Past?" Allura asked. She was confused. No, she was abandoned in this very facility by her family and was taken in like one of their own. But how did she know him? That familiar warmth within her chest whenever he walked by and met eye contact with him. She was against the corner of the wall and playing with the container like some sort of rubix cube. She looked back up at him. He's not bad looking. An asshole, yes, but not ugly. She made a scrunched up face and shrugged her shoulders. "But.. Huh?" @Viper392

“You ever wondered why we know certain things but have no memories of them? I was just thinking about this the other day, like why do I know how to drive but I can’t remember the last time I drove a car or who taught me? I even know how to drive stick how the fuck is that possible?” He taps his head as he says this. @Kars

Allura thought about it for a moment. He wasn't wrong, she had the same thought. Though with physical health issues all the way up to wazoo she thought they were just some odd dreams that were shown because of the medication that she was thinking. She shifted uncomfortably and folded her hands kind of awkwardly. "..What do you think is actually going on them?" @Viper392

“I don’t know” John finally said after a long pause. “I try not to think about it too much. Deep thinking makes me go coo-coo” He swirled his finger around his head as he said this. “Besides, we don’t know anything for sure so all we can do is guess.” There wasn’t any use coming up with theories as to what was going on. He’d heard one of the Mutants talk about how the Scientists are actually aliens and that we’re all on their mothership being experimented on. John wanted no part of that kind of thinking, especially given how fragile his mind was. If getting his milk spilled was enough to send him into a frenzy then the last thing he needed was to fill his mind with conspiracy theories and baseless assumptions. @Kars

@John Stenz (@Viper392) - jump Allura was similar though not the same. She felt as if she was talking to some double sided mirror. She knew him, she knew that, but where did he come from and why is he so familiar? She rubbed the side of her face, the fatigue from the lack of sleep due to the working was one thing. She let out a long yawn before she looked back at him. She's studying his face, what is so damn familiar?! "..Yeah.. Coo coo.."

John raised his eyebrow concerned as to why Allura was staring at him. She didn’t seem to have any intent behind it and she wasn’t staring at his freakish metal limbs but instead at his face. Allura’s gaze made John’s heart flutter and for the first time the mad cyborg felt warmth in his chest where he usually felt a cold pit of despair like a part of him had been missing “What are you staring at me for?” John asked with a slightly more gentle tone of voice as opposed to his usual soldier boy tone @Kars

"You just look familiar. Don't think you're hot shit." She said, turning to look back around the room. The door in the front opened, and in stepped the same doctor with two guards behind her. She seemed a bit uneasy, worried, looking at them both. Allura, seeing the woman's face, felt that bit of uneasiness too. Did they do something wrong by talking? They were in enough trouble as it is, and oddly enough it felt like Allura was closer to him. Before at least. @Viper392

John felt uneasy as the doctor and guards stepped in. Whatever they were here for it couldn’t be good, he sat still and stared at them as they entered. @Kars

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John felt uneasy as the doctor and guards stepped in. Whatever they were here for it couldn’t be good, he sat still and stared at them as they entered. @Kars

@John Stenz (@Viper392) - jump Adams was actually the one to walk in. He stared at the two before letting two other security guards pass him and man handle the two to their feet. “You’re going back to your cells. I’ve changed my damn mind. Out. Both of you.” @Viper392

Without another word John shook the guards holding him and started to the door on his way back to his cell. During the short walk his mind was flooded with thoughts of the girl he’d just been locked up with, even though they’d only been together for a short time John was overcome with a sense of familiarity when he was around Allura and he felt a sort of draw towards her, needless to say he was thoroughly confused. How could someone have such strong feelings for someone they just met? The living weapon just rubbed his head and sighed trying to push the thoughts from his mind, but all he could think about was Allura and her fiery attitude, John had no idea if she was friend or foe but all he knew for sure was he needed to see her again. @Kars

On the other hand, everytime Allura looked at him she felt as if she got whacked in the head with the biggest migraine of all freaking time. She was tired, she had gotten into a fight with a familiar and yet annoying asshole. Mr. Adams wasn't helping either, being that he was glaring at her each and every chance he got so that instead of looking at John, she bowed her head and the two were escorted back to their own cells. John was first, moving into his cell and closing the door. Allura watched on, a frown on her face as her eyes met his though with a shove she was forced to keep moving, head down and walking. @Viper392

As the cell door closed behind him with a loud metallic clank John started towards his bunk. With a sigh he flung himself onto the cheap mattress and stretched both his natural and cybernetic body. That could have gone worse, he’d nearly killed a mutant, chased a crazy woman around only to be locked up with her soon after. The mad Cyborg was thankful not to have his brain scrambled again but he still wasn’t entirely comfortable with the situation. Allura pissed John off to no end but something inside him was drawing him toward her, the mix of emotions was too much for John so he decided to just clear his mind and sleep it off. While he slept strange images and sounds flooded his dreams, it felt like less of a dream and more like a flood of long lost memories. A familiar laugh, a warm hand on his own, strands of short red hair blowing through the wind, John was overcome with a feeling of peace and happiness, something he hadn’t felt in a long time. Unfortunately for him this euphoric feeling wouldn’t last as he was suddenly ripped from his slumber and woke up back in his cold depressing concrete cell. @Kars

As for Allura, it seemed that she would be a bit more forcefully punished than John was. She was now in her cell, quietly staring at the floor with her wrists and ankles in shackles. She sighed, leaning her head back against the wall before letting her eyes close and drifting to sleep. Similar to John's tale of the strange memories, it was a bit more aggressive. She could hear a woman's voice, yelling at a male figure that he had never loved her. That he had never cared. The voice is faded, it would go and come back for a moment before fading out entirely. The woman has bright red hair, that's all she can see. And the man has dark hair. Again, all she can see. "Never.. Loved.. Never care.." Allura mumbled to herself, in a deep slumber. @Viper392