IC: Clan House

[tomaszavenger]

"Leyla... you look really sick. I think you should sit down, just in case... okay?" Tom said. This wasn't her... not the normal her anyway.

"I have no idea how Kat got powers... there's some phonemenon that's causing this to occur, but where would we even begin if we attempted to solve this mystery? This isn't Scooby-Doo, the answers aren't going to be conveniently placed after a chase scene!" Tom said, rubbing his chin and trying to think. He attempted to visualize a possible scenario, but nothing came to mind.

"What kind of powers are they anyway?" Tom asked, not exactly sure of Kat's full potential. He might be able to plot a scientific reason if there was a certain pattern in them. But then again, he was young, so he'd probably be guessing.

[TrickyLA]

Leyla

Leyla made a soft whining sound for a brief moment, looking from Tom to Kat.

"I don't wanna sit down........"

Crossing her arms, she plopped to the ground with a loud thump. She pouted a but behind her hair and 'hmmphed'. Still Tom was brining up a good point. What WERE the extent of Kat's powers?

She was disappearing....I know that......and........her wings move.....does she fly? And..........DAMMIT!

She blinked, her eyes narrowing slightly.

He avoided the questions AGAIN! Man, he's good......merrrr Tom.......

Still, she wouldn't let him know that she was miffed. He wasn't bothering her as much, just worrying her with his evasiveness. In a second, she forced the peeved look off her face and smiled cheerfull.

"SCOOBY DOOBY DOOOOO!"

And then she started laughing, cracking up. It was all so damn FUNNY! And she couldn't stop, her eyes widened and the laughing turned into coughing. The coughing into sobbing, and the sobbing back into hysterical laughter. Though it all, she could only think of one thing.

What the fuck is wrong with me!?

Lilly

Sighing loudly, Lilly sat cross legged on her bed. She had made her way back into her room and was bored as hell. Scrapping her long claws against the wood of the bed, she thought about something fun to do. After a few moments of pondering, she could think of nothing. This seemed to piss her off, so she threw her pillow at her door and set it ablaze.

"Grr This is so aggravating! NOTHING TO FUCKING DO HERE!!"

She had never been so bored in her life, and that was saying something. Calming herself, she doused the flames and laid down on the bed.

At least with her I was never....

Her eyes blazed. furious at her own train of thoughts.

"NO! I don't need them! This is what I'd been WORKING towards!"

Crossing her arms, she sunk deeper into the mattress.

Still.......all of us together was pretty fun....

Sighing, she rolled over and closed her eyes in quiet frustration.

[YOU ALL THOUGHT I FORGOT ABOUT HER!!!]

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E

“I don’t really know what to say about Kat’s gifts, Leyla, other than you might have given them to her yourself after bringing her here if that is indeed the case,” said Evan.

“And that photograph is really baffling the hell out of me, but then again, the memory wipe scenario is starting to look really plausible,” added Nav-E. “Who knows what other secrets there are in this place?”

Leyla then sat down on the floor and it wasn’t long before she went into a laughing / coughing / sobbing cycle. Evan and Nav-E stared at her for a moment, not sure what to do, until Evan went into the kitchen and returned with a glass of water for her.

“Here you go,” he said as he handed her the glass. “In case your coughing starts back up again.”

[TrickyLA]

Leyla

Leyla stopped, blushing in embarrassment.

Oooooooo shiiiiiiit girl, they must think you're fucking insane by now.....

Tentatively, she took the glass and stared at the floor.

"........thank you......"

Quickly, she took a sip. She had pretty much just fucked up in front of her friends, great! So what else is new? She took a deep breath, then realized what he had said before.

".....me? Is that even..." She couldn't continue the sentence, so she took a sip of water instead, scrunching her face in a wince.

[Yetisarge]

Zerb woke up after having fallen asleep after the interesting news about Aaron and Sara.

He walked into the main living area and noticed Aaron had fallen alseep on the couch, probably from the stress of knowing the future. Honestly there were some things a man didn't need to find out.

'If I get the chance I will dismantle one of those house bots and dissmantle them to see how they function and what is left in their memory banks.' Zerb thought to himself as he headed into the kitchen to get a drink of water.

[Kat]

(But where's the reply button? *Angel points at quick reply* No not that o- Oh..)

Kat

After gazing blankly for what seemed like infinity, Kat blinked and a slow tear slipped down her face.

"Wait... when'd Peter get here?" she looked, confused, up at Leyla and the surrounding people.

Toadie... she sniffed, wiping the tears away from her cheeks before anyone could see.

"And WHAT'S GOING ON!?!!? Like, seriously, I understand we're in the future and whatever, but where's my STUFF? Where do I sleep? And what's the deal with whatever Reality show or whatever s going on?"

Kat took a deep breath, thinking of more questions to ask. She was so confused... And she wanted her kitty.. And her orange pillow, dammit.

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E

“You’re welcome, and anything is possible, Leyla,” replied Evan. “Didn’t you make confetti fall out of the ceiling earlier today and make a book appear out of thin air? You seem to possess the ability to make things appear when you say them out loud or think of them. You were probably thinking about Kat and, well, here she is. And if you did bring her here, then maybe you used some of your powers to give Kat hers. That’s my take on all of this, anyway.”

Nav-E glanced at Evan. “Yeah, but don’t forget that we had our memories wiped or whatever concerning how we all got those powers. Maybe we were tricked into obtaining them, I don’t know.”

Evan nodded thoughtfully. “Yeah, perhaps.”

A sudden, loud outburst from Kat just then caused Nav-E to jump and fall backwards over the coffee table.

“Whoa, loud/random much…?”

Evan couldn’t help but grin.

“Kinda jumpy, huh, Nav-E?”

Nav-E glared up at Evan.

“Only when people make outbursts like that.”

[tomaszavenger]

"Leyla... your birthday is soon... you should be looking forward to it... and you should probably get rested too, you look very tired. I mean, it'll soon be morning!" Tom said. He was worried how she was constantly coughing, and felt medical was best for her, but knew she might get defensive, and decided not to take the risk. She seemed quite distraugt and distressed, and in turn, he not only was worried, but also distressed.

Tom looked at her with almost sad eyes. He shivered slightly from the coldness that was grabbing at him. That evil emotion that had terrorized him in the past. It hadn't been there for two years.

"Leyla..." he said weakly, before falling to his knees, grasping his heart in pain.

[TrickyLA]

Leyla

It all happened so fast. Kat was complaining, Evan was explaining. And Tom....Tom was falling. She gasped, dropping her glass of water in shock. What was wrong with him.

Is he okay? What do I do!? Did I do it? Oh my gosh with the heck is going on?

So many thoughts zoomed into her head. Bringing people, giving powers, it was all so much to handle. She shook her head, and shivered.

Test....test......bring me Toadie and the orange pillow......

She blinked, suddenly a very confused cat/dog was in her arms along with the orange pillow. Her eyes widened and her mouth dropped open.

Holy...

The cat quickly jumped out of her embrace and ran over to Kat, rubbing his head against her leg in affection. Leyla was still too shocked to care though.

Tom! Tom next! What's wrong with him!?

Quickly, she fell to her knees as well and scooted herself closer to Tom. She spoke in hurried whispers, still shocked by this herself, but trying her best to remain 'with everyone' and calm down the madness.

"Tom? Tom, are you okay? What's wrong? Oh my god what did I do? Shit shit shit...."

She felt something wet glide down her cheek, but she paid it no mind. Her mind was preoccupied with other things. A random thought crossed her mind for an instant.

I did it to myself...

She gasped, having no idea what that thought meant, but pushing away the oncoming memory anyway. She had a feeling it wouldn't be good if she remembered whatever it was right now.

"Tom....?"

[tomaszavenger]

Pain... pain... pain

Tom hit his chest quite hard, but the armor absorbed most of the shock. He noticed Leyla had come down to him, and she looked like she was crying.

"Don't worry... I'll be okay..." he whispered, but he pulled himself over to her. Slowly but firmly he slid his arms around her and rest his head on her shoulder.

"It just hurts..." he said, restraining emotions in his voice, because that would only make him stammer and lose himself in his words.

[TrickyLA]

Leyla

"....what does?"

She whispered this, tensing for only a moment as he put his arms around her. Slowly, she reached a hand up and pet his head.

"It's okay to let it all out Tom......whatever is wrong just let it go....."

She shivered, tasting a bit of salty water in her mouth. Finally, she realized she was crying and the realization brought on a few more tears.

This....so.....drain...ing....

Still petting Tom's hair, she felt her eyes get heavier and droopier. Several thoughts spiraled in her head, but she couldn't understand anything.

"....s'okay Tom.....s'okay....."

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E

Evan went wide-eyed as Tom suddenly dropped to his knees in pain. He was about to rush over to his aid, when something that looked like a cross between a cat and a dog and an orange pillow appeared out of nowhere and stopped him from moving. Evan’s mouth hung open in shock as the animal ran over to Kat and started to rub against her leg. From his position on the floor, Nav-E stared at the scene before him before addressing Evan.

“D-did you see that? That cat/dog thing and the pillow just appeared out of nowhere…”

Evan could only nod his head in affirmation, his eyes unblinking.

Leyla scrambled over to Tom and started to comfort him. A few tears slid down her cheek as she petted his head and told him that everything was okay. After witnessing what had just happened though, Evan wasn’t too sure if things really were okay. He managed to close his mouth and leaned backwards, conveniently landing in an armchair as he tried to make sense of the current situation. Nav-E, on the other hand, remained in his position on the floor until he slapped himself across the face in the hopes that what he just saw was nothing more than an illusion.

“Owww…”

He looked up and saw that the cat/dog was still nuzzling Kat’s leg.

“Definitely not an illusion…” ><

[Kat]

Kat

Kat stared, wide-eyed, as her best friend comforted Tom.
"TOM!?!?!?"
She stared about wildly, gaping as her cat appeared out of nowhere.
"TOAD?!?!??!" she picked up her baby and huggled him tightly as she noticed her pillow on the ground as well.
"What the hecccccccccck?" she finally noticed that her skin was turning a weird shade of orange.
"Erhm..." she took many deep breaths, quieting herself so Nav-E didn't, like, die...

[Nekoman]

[Imma just jump right into this]

Zach jumped from an adjacent seat as he saw his friend go down. Then everyone freaked over some strange creature, and Zach was left without an idea of what to do. He stood in place, figuring if he did or said anything, he most likely make the situation worse.

[tomaszavenger]

Tom

The pain subsided slowly. He hated these pains. Maybe a doctor could fix him up here. But there was no time to see a doctor right now.

Leyla was in tears, and she was petting his hair. He rubbed her back, looking into her eyes once again.

"Don't be sad Leyla, I'm alright... really, I just get these pains occassionally," Tom said. He picked her up from the floor, but didn't release the hug.

I cause so much pain... that's just me though, isn't it? Always causing unneccessary pain. If good intentions pave the road to hell, I'd be a master roadbuilder by now...

"Leyla, you look really tired... want me to walk you to your room?" Tom offered. He figured once he walked her, he'd go back to sleep. He wasn't feeling too well.

[TrickyLA]

Leyla

Leyla paused, stopping her petting as she was pulled from the floor.

"You're okay now...? Good....."

By now, she was a little shaky and would have fallen had Tom not been hugging her. She didn't want to leave Kat, or any of her other friends though. Tiredly, she tried to tell this to Tom. All that came out however, were a few coughs and slurred mumbling.

I'm not that tired am I? I could totally stay awake.......

Everything that had been going on lately hit her like a tone of bricks. She sniffled, wanting to cry again but decided against it. If everyone else could deal than so could she.

"Sure you oka...y Tom?.....what do you mean.....pains...?"

Frowning more thoughts swirled in her head, she tried to push them back but a few got though. She shivered, then forgot why she had shivered.

I don't want to go to sleep tonight....

[tomaszavenger]

Tom

"Leyla... you need to go to sleep. Look at you! You look like you're dying!" Tom said with worry, but he continually rubbed her back.

"If you want, you can rest on me, although this armor's probably really uncomfortable... or even better, lay down on that sofa there. I mean, it's almost dawn!" Tom said looking at the clock that was mounted on his suit, almost in the position of where a wrist watch would be.

Tom felt really useless. Leyla seemed to be constantly getting worse. He felt like screaming "MEDIC!" or rushing to the medical centre, but she seemed too emotional. Any mention of it might cause shock or dispair.

Tom however didn't let go of the hug, although he loosened the grip. He didn't want her to fall out of his arms.

"And forget about my pains, I'll tell you in the morning..."

[TrickyLA]

Leyla

Leyla blinked herself more awake, shaking her head violently a few times.

"No no....tell me now.....can't go to sleep...."

She giggled a bit, dying. Ha ha. DYING wow.

"Feels nice.....dawn shmawn.....haha. Sofa shmofa...who needs a shmofa? I don't need a shmofa...."

Babbling like this was keeping her awake, and she knew she needed to stay awake. She didn't know why, but she just knew she had to. Like it was really important for her imagination not to run wild while she was dreaming. She hadn't an idea as to why though. Well, she wasn't having too many ideas regardless, thanks to the fatigue. Still, she wasn't going to go to sleep. She couldn't.

[tomaszavenger]

Leyla seemed determine to stay awake, almost as if in desperation, and that suprised Tom.

Why would she want to stay awake? There's got to be a reason...

Tom looked at her more deeply. She had begun slurring her words from tiredness, and that meant that she might collapse any second.

Tom kept his grip on her.

"Leyla... I'll keep you safe. I'll take you to your room, although you don't have to sleep okay? You just need to lie down in quiet... or you might get more sick, okay?" he said soothingly. He hoped she might listen to him.

[TrickyLA]

Leyla

Leyla shook her head again, almost pouting. She felt herself being stared at again and hid her face with her hair. Ha ha, hair.

"No no no! I don't need that! Sees I cans do it myself? I can really!"

Slowly, she tried to free herself of Tom's grip. The minute she did however, she immediately began losing balance.

Oh shit oh shit

Hurriedly, she steadied herself again and laughed a bit. Come on, it was pretty funny to her.

"I can do it....really...I don't need to be moved! I can stay awake cause I'm not tired at all and I'm not sick either!"

She coughed roughly once, but shook it off and went on talking. It was making her cough, but at least she didn't have to go to sleep.

"My room'd make me more sleepies and I don't want that. I'm not sick I'm FINE! Nothing even happened anyways, I don't know why everyone thinks something's wrong with me. I really don't! Why is everyone on my case, and Sara's? Nothing bad even happened, its just a lil cold thing I can shake it off I promise."

She smiled a bit, trying to look less tired.

"I'm okay Tom really...I promise.....I....tell me about your pain! You never tell me!"

[charli]

-Eric-

Watching Leyla and Tom was slightly amusing, but Eric was a bit disconcerted about Leyla's terror of sleeping. She didn't seem to remember the visions she had gotten earlier, but she still knew about it. That could be even more debilitating than full awareness.

The arm of the sofa Sara was lying on was getting uncomfortable, so Eric moved to sit on the floor with his back against the couch. As soon as he did, though, Sara shifted in her sleep, her arm falling across his chest. No memories or dreams flashed through his mind - apparently to see those one needed to actually touch her skin to skin - but a shiver ran up Eric's spine at the touch. He tried to move away gently, but her arms, both of them now, wrapped around him holding him to her as she rested her cheek on top of his head.

She was muttering something in her sleep. "Should have brought Dr. Hannibal Leopard... No... no, Sam Starrett, my mustang... Nuh-unh, Erwin -" She pronounced it 'EHR-vin' like the name was German. "-my desert fox..." Well, that's where the name came from. What was she talking about, stuffed animals?

Eric had stiffened when Sara had grabbed him, but now, soothed by the rhythm of her soft breathing by his ear, he relaxed. The tension eased from his shoulders and neck, and he leaned back, closing his eyes to sleep. I really hope Sara doesn't flip out when she wakes up... Eric thought absently just before slipping into unconsciousness.

[Yetisarge]

"Even with memory wipes I can see she kept the memories about her favorite people and book characters." Aaron said sleepily just having woken up.

"Sam Starrett.. book character, Hannibal book character set after the second world war, Erwin Romell, the desert fox. Perhaps you have heard about him Eric?" Aaron said coming over and sitting down on the floor and remembering his history classes on WWII, never enough time to go over the subject in more detail like he would have liked.

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E

Evan and Nav-E kept quiet as Tom tried to get Leyla to go to her room or lie down on the couch or something, but she wouldn’t comply, instead insisting that she wasn’t tired or needed any help. Evan could see that if Tom was not supporting her she would collapse from exhaustion. He was still trying to wrap his mind around the feat the she had pulled off – the cat/dog and the pillow appearing out of nowhere. Both obviously belonged to Kat judging by how she was huggling the animal and eyeing the pillow at the same time.

Meanwhile, Nav-E had managed to bring himself into a sitting position and scooted closer to the armchair that Evan was sitting in. He didn’t feel like cracking jokes, making comments, or anything of the sort and kept his mouth tightly sealed. He shot a glance at the photograph in its frame that was on the floor after it was dropped there when Tom sank to his knees in pain only a few minutes ago. Nothing appeared to be broken or torn and it wasn’t in any danger of being stepped on by either Tom or Leyla, so Nav-E let it stay where it fell. He figured that he could pick it up later anyway unless Eric wanted another look at it, but he seemed to be preoccupied with Sara at the moment who had him in an embrace like she was hugging a stuffed animal.

Evan leaned back in the armchair while Nav-E made himself more comfortable on the floor, neither of them saying a word, but both thinking the exact same thing.

“Observation is the key principle right now.”

[Kat]

Kat
Kat yawned suddenly, letting go of her silly Toad as she watched Leyla and Tom.
mrrmph, Tom
She sighed, looking around for a place to take a quick nap.
Her gaze finally fell upon the chair where Nav- E and Evan were in/around. She scooted towards them.
"Mind if I sit here you guys?" she asked, covering her mouth with her hand as she yawned again.
So damn tiring.. Stupid future.. Or maybe's jet lag r somethin'..

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E

Evan noticed that Kat was scooting her way towards him and Nav-E.

“No, I don’t mind if you join us, but Nav-E might mind.”

Evan yawned himself, but he didn’t really feel sleepy, even though it was dawn and neither he nor Nav-E had gotten any sleep at all.

“No, I don’t mind, Kat,” replied Nav-E as he yawned as well. “Stupid contagious yawns…”

[Kat]

Kat
Kat nodded in thanks, leaning back against the chair, folding her new wings tightly around her for warmth.

Toadie scampered up and curled himself up between Nav- E and his 'mommy,' purring like an idiot.

It was late afternoon when I left, and here I am, dead tired at the crack of dawn in the freakin' future.

She smiled slightly, catching the two boys yawns.

"Sorry 'bout the yawns. Laughter and yawning, hee~, like a freakin' disease.." she babbled at them.

She yawned again and snuggled into her wings, one hand resting on her cat as she nodded off to sleep for a little while.

[TheTimeSweeper]

Evan and Nav-E

Nav-E glanced over at Kat as she snuggled into her wings and drifted off to sleep. He then glanced down at the cat curled up between her and him and then looked up at Evan.

“Huh, it seems as though we are practically the only ones here that are not dead tired,” noted Nav-E.

Evan broke out of his trance-like thinking state to look down at his brother.

“Yeah, we’ve been up late so many times that we only sleep when we really want to. Plus, being active for the majority of the night here has kept us from nodding off,” he replied.

Nav-E stole another glance at the cat.

“Hey, Evan, do you miss Magic?”

Evan smiled at the thought of his striped feline back in the past.

“Yes, I do miss him. I want to cuddle him and pet him right now, but he wouldn’t like it here with all these people around. You know as well as I do that he freaks when exposed to large groups of people. Plus, Kat already has her cat here and Magic has territory issues. Well, what about you? Do you miss all the other cats?”

“Some of them yes, others no. I’m glad that Main and Middle are not here right now because they would annoy the hell out of me and Midnight cries too much. I can never tell what the hell she wants.”

“Attention, most likely.”

“Yeah, but I give her more than enough attention. She’s a cat for crying out loud; cats shouldn’t demand attention like that. That’s what dogs do and she sure as hell is not a dog.”

Evan grinned. “Maybe she’s a dog in a cat suit.”

“Heh, yeah, maybe… Gah, I’m so bored right now! Well, nothing that a mug of coffee couldn’t fix. In fact, I think I’ll go make myself some in a few minutes. And yes, I can make coffee without blowing anything up!”

Evan blinked. “I didn’t say anything.”

“But you were thinking it.”

Evan rolled his eyes. “Whatever, dude.”

[Nekoman]

I think I'm the only one even slightly worried here.. Zach thought. He then retreated to memories of how Tom was, and he backed off. He had been naive at first, but quickly became smart enough not to interfere. He was embarrassed, thank god noone was watching him. He just sat on the couch, uncomfortably between the two groups. He always hated being all by his lonesome, even moresom in the presence of implied 'lovey-dovey' ness.

[tomaszavenger]

"I usually don't speak anyway Leyla... it's not just you..." Tom explained, but he figured she'd still want to know. And she would always dig it out of him, eventually.

He could try to stall.

"If you want to find out, you have to come to my room..." he said.

Perfect, she won't want to do that... and that means I don't have to tell her. But she looks so sad... oh shit... No you idiot... YOU'RE PISSED BECAUSE I FAILED YOU!... DO YOU THINK I GIVE A DAMN ABOUT A STUPID FAIL?... YES YOU GOODY TWO SHOES!...

Tom's mind debated against itself before it had worned him down. The thought only lasted a mere three seconds.

Tom waited for Leyla's response. He manoeuvered his eyes around the room in random directions, with the occassional head tilt, his habit when nervous.

[TrickyLA]

Leyla

Leyla burst into little giggles, nearly falling of balance.

"Hee hee your room! Hahaha! Rooms Tom! That so naughty!!!"

Then she regained her composure and blinked wildly.

Shit what the fuck?

"No tell me.........please?"

She frowned, he wasn't going to tell her. Oh no!

"Room? If you tell me I guess I could go to your room....."

Obviously she wasn't thinking straight, and Kat was out of commission. So, she got the next best thing. In her head, she saw a gigantic, pissed off looking, Kat head that started to roar at her.

NOOOOO LEY-CHAN DON'T DO THAT! IT'S TOM!!! YOU KNOW HE JUST WANTS YOU IN HIS ROOM! LEYLA DON'T MAKE ME SMACK YOU DUM DUM!!!! SAY NO SAY NO SAY -

Then the image was gone.

Ahhhh enough of that......hurted my head....

"Mmmkay lessgo.....no sleepy though....."