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Jay straightened the jacket of his uniform, and knocked on the door, waiting a few moments before entering.
Even though he missed his job one thing he had to admit was he never did like reporting to the leader.

The doctors took the directions and rolled Shadow over to the room Blood Fox pointed to. Zil couldn't contain his excitement or restrain the smile on his face. The project seemed successful and moreover, he had been wanting to talk to Shadow for that entire month that she was asleep and somehow, he didn't even know why? Was it the prospect of getting to interrupt her work for annoying reasons? Or rather, was it because Shadow was always the key to good news for the rebels? 'No. I miss Shadow because she's a good friend.' Zil shook his head, reminding himself not to be manipulative or exploitative.

Fanny sat down beside Saiyu as well, hoping not to interrupt their conversation.

"Come to think of it..." Monica started, thinking about the details and progressions of the past month. "This Shadow person the absolute leader was so interested in disappeared and stopped causing problems a month ago after he was almost abducted." She looked at Jian with a curious expression, "Could it be?"

"Yeah! But I would have never even considered it if it weren't for Fanny" The Helmshire prince pointed at the little girl currently seated beside Saiyu. He then continued, "I'm sure you know her, right? Blood Fox's adoptive daughter. One of the best rebel spies ever. Wait, come to think of it, haven't you two worked with each other before? I think I remember Blood Fox saying something like that." He put his hand to his chin.

((OOC: ))

"Oh hell..." Jian muttered, pulling up another file. After filtering through information in the database. "We sent them there because Shadow had been spotted, but they couldn't find her. I- I can't believe this!" He replied, finding the file and pulling it up. The profile matched Shadow's profile, including the DNA sequences up to the point where they were cut off by the incomplete document. "Damn. So this is what it was all about." He said rubbing under his eye. He turned and sorted through his fax papers before handing the small report to Monica with the picture of Shadow when the camera spotted her KOed with knockout gas. "The evidence adds up, but... I don't understand. Why would the rebels experiment on her of all people? ... I doubt the Leader will take it well either." Jian muttered, slumping into his chair and letting out a heavy sigh.

The doctors carried her inside the room and set her down carefully on the ground. Slowly, Shadow sat back up and began to feel the carpet. She moved slowly, but her movement was more stable then earlier. "Ah good. She seems to be progressing just fine despite everything. Her mind is still waking up, so we'll have to feed her and treat her carefully, but by tomorrow, we can start introducing her other senses. The third day we will work on her bodily functions like walking and such, but chances are we won't have much of a problem. Her muscles and nerves seem to be in very good condition." The doctor told Zil.

Jian rubbed his head for a moment before writing a message and faxing it to Damien. It said:

Visit my office when you can. We found something of importance that you probably want to take a look at. Take your time. We'll explain it when you come by.

~Jian

Zil nodded once with his arms crossed. "Well then. Let's not bother her and allow her to rest. Finish up in here and give the kitchen duty people her recommended diet. Alright! I'm going to the communications department." He yawned, pulling the door open and walking out of the room."

Fanny began to turn red as she was being complimented and took the water bottle stuttering to say "T-Thanks" before burying her head in her lap and pulling her knees in, pretty much embarrassed.

Monica arched an eyebrow, taking the file from Jian and browsing through it, deciding to sit on the edge of the table with her legs crossed. Well, she had been in Jian's office so often it almost felt like her own office and that's how she behaved in her own office except without the hounding eyes attending to her every need. Those ones were outside Jian's door. It would be evident that there were more 'passers-by' in that particular hallway when Monica was around. She looked through the file now with a particular curiosity. "It is possible... that the rebels have developed a kind of super soldier solution. But the effects strangely weren't explained clearly. Perhaps it could be found in the erased part of the file. Otherwise, I can't see why they would have to test on that woman. It is also possible though... that the rebels had captured her coincidentally and since she must have been a Diethelmian, decided to experiment on her. It is also possible that she's not the only one. It would be stupid to experiment on only one person anyway. What do you think?" She closed the file and looked at Jian.

Kyrell perked up observing the behavior of the little girl and said, "Maybe this would be more tempting?" He kind of poked her in the side playfully with a lollipop and Fanny, upon realizing what it was, took the lollipop, opened it and stuck it in her mouth, giving Kyrell a grateful smile.

((OOC: Understood, Lolly. ^__^ btw, who's Dante, Snuggs~?))

Jay raised an eyebrow as he sunk into the seat, his eyes trained on the red envelope, a small, hardly noticeable smirk dancing across his face.
'Catharsis huh? the rebels really have riled him up then....'
Lacing his fingers together the tactician head retrained his sites back on the absolute leader, "It was an experience, most of the people hauled up in the camps didn't know to much but a few were........interesting to say the least - gossip can spread like wildfire, especially amongst the more recent inmates across the border the last I heard was that the Helmsherian army was recruiting its citizens. The entire moral around the camp seemed to heighten, the general feeling was that the war would be ending soon in Helmshires favour......."
The younger male left the sentence echo into silence as an almost unhinged smirk flitted across his face, leaving no doubt that he had put a stop that hope and remind those unfortunate enough to voice their opinion exactly what their place in food chain was. Fishing out the written file from the inside of his Jacket. The level of violence used on some of the prisoners bordered on psychotic.

Re-straightening his uniform, Jay then waited for the leader to continue, his curiosity building about what was actually sealed with in that envelope.

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Saiyu gave a light chuckle, her eyes softening as she looked down at the girl, now happily eating the sweet Kyrell had given her, with an almost sister like affection. Saiyu may not have known Fanny that long but, from what she had witnessed she had exactly what it took to become a leader - even if she was shy. Downing the rest of her water Saiyu resumed her stretched out position under the Oak tree, her gaze fixed once again on the sky waiting for either of the two to talk.

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With little regard for the mess he had just created (mess being an understatement) Rafael ambled back to his room, the plate of sandwiches jam clutched in one of his hands like the key to life its self. Three quarters of the pot of Jam sat on the plate, and the square of bread had become invisible to the human eye.

Unlocking his room Rafael kicked the door with his heel, before plonking back in his computer chair - the mountainous security measures the man had taken only having been active for a total of 7 minuets. It was safe to say the Communications head was more then a little paranoid.
Deeming the room was safe and had was tamper free he dug into his sandwich.

((I was re-playing the devil may cry series and realised that the main character must be the mutated hybrid child of

a spring....))

Once Zil was in the room of the Communications Department, he looked around, not finding Rafael in there. "Rafie?" He said before checking on what's left of the CCTV cameras within the twins' room and the rest of the place, making sure there was nothing suspicious. "You in your room, buddy?" He said, thinking perhaps he had been keeping an eye in his own department's room. Zil had long ago put away his negative feelings about the Montinagua-Verilla thing and even spared this one Verillan despite his hatred. Besides, he became a great asset eventually. After all, the true enemy all along was Diethelm. There was no room for hating one another now. The rebels took in anyone of any race against Diethelm.

Fanny began, hesitating, and not quite sure how to say what she wanted to say, "Um, Prince Kyrell... Thank you. But it seems the kids here are already adequately trained and inspired to learn now sooo... I thought that maybe... It's time to go home. I'm pretty sure maybe... Blood Fox has forgiven me by now?"

"You have a point" Monica sighed, scrolling over to the part with the dates for the rat experiments. "I see. Is that so? It's time to defend our resources then. Of course, now that the secret police-style training in the military is bearing fruit, I think it's time to send more troops to defend the mines and factories. I apologize though if each are still not as capable as my men. After all, they only have to bear with my physical training program only thrice a week whereas my troops have these sessions on a daily basis. Besides, there are far too many soldiers to train individually unlike the secret police which is few in number comparatively. A manageable number, if you ask me."

"Oh! Well... I see. I'm thankful then that you even decided to do this. On behalf of Helmshire, I would like to thank you, Cream Puff, for your services. And this can only be seen as a cementing of the relationship between the rebels and Helmshire." Kyrell patted Fanny's head and held out a letter from his breast pocket. "Here. Take this and give it to Zil. It has the seal of the crown prince of Helmshire. It states all of your public relations work here. I'm sure it will make him proud!" He smiled, hoping it would help her.

((OOC: Sooo.... We can murder Damien now? :3 /shot. Ugh! >.<))