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Tweak says, "Who let the nutjob out?"

Layla Williams (laylawilliams) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2009-01-22 23:23:00

Entry tags:

arrival, complete, day 30, layla williams, max guevara

Who: Layla Williams and OTA
What: Layla Arrives
When: Day 30, late evening
Where: In the swimming pool, she had been doing reps in the pool getting ready for her college swim meet at Gilmore and wound up in Mirage
Rating: TBD but probably no higher than PG to PG-13.
Status: Complete

Layla had been doing laps for her college swim meet. She had gotten a partial college scholarship for her swimming, even though she had gone to Sky High, she was a sidekick and as a sidekick they helped in the 'Save the Citizen' depending on the day, usually Heroes performed for the entire school, but sidekicks needed to help as well. Layla was a Hero, to be sure, her powers that she had shown during the Homecoming Massacre during her freshman school year had proved she was, but she never wanted that title and was quite happy with being a sidekick. That meant she had time to attend to her passions, plants, drawing, the guitar and the swimming pool. Layla was a natural in the water, so it was no big deal, no-scratch that, it was a big deal to her, that she got this scholarship. She decided on going to a sleepy college in North Carolina with a kick ass botany program and also an amazing food program. The combination would pander to her want to become a PH. D that created a cheap organic food program for the poor. That meant she had to keep fit and keep her scholarship, so she was off doing laps in the pool, when she looked up she realized that she was no longer in the school swimming pool, but somewhere else, the rising panic hit hard. Layla looked around, finding a towel and a robe that she pulled on, she called out, "Hello? Is anyone out there?" She felt shaky and freaked, but she had her powers behind her, her training in martial arts and 'Save the Citizen', first aide and CPR, motorcycle sidecar basics and also a motorcycle license, plus a multitude of other things and if she wanted in the blink of the eye she could change into her Armour with full on utility belt and supplies, but she wanted to wait until that was absolutely necessary.

"Hello? OK, tis is not funny? Where am I?" She called out.

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transgenic_max
2009-01-24 07:06 pm UTC (link)

Max was floored by the complete turnaround this girl had just gone through. She raised an eyebrow at her, wondering what was happening in this girl's head, then realized that if it had been her that was stumbled on like that, she probably would have reacted the same way. Only her reaction would have been more to do with her fists than her mouth.

"Don't sweat it. I probably would've been the same way. I've got some betrayals in my past too." Max turned with the girl when she started looking around. Max followed when the other girl left the pool area, because during the whole conversation she had been surveying the area to see if there was something odd about it, but had come up with nothing. She noticed when the plants started becoming more alive and almost growing before her eyes as the girl walked past each of them. "Check it! I swiped a map from my new digs before I booked it over here to find out a few things." she was holding up the map to show the other girl she had it.

She could tell there was something strange about this girl by what was happening around her, but she wasn't going to press the issue. She didn't want anyone trying to dive into her deepest darkest secrets either.

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laylawilliams
2009-01-26 05:05 pm UTC (link)

Layla nodded, she wasn't really sweating it, she was too concerned with what she was doing here and why?

Layla smiled at the girl then and nodded. When Max spoke about the plants, Layla turned and smiled at the plant, petting it gently. "Shhhh, Hi." The plant leaned into the petting almost like a cat would.

"Maps are good. What does it say?" Layla asked, looking up and down the corridors.

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transgenic_max
2009-01-27 12:24 am UTC (link)

Max decided to let the fact that this girl could apparently talk to plants go, because she knew if she asked about it, the girl would ask if she could do anything. She didn't want to be a liar the first time she met someone.

"It says that all Room assignments and keys are kept at the front desk, which is that way." She looked around to find the direction they were supposed to go and ended up pointing in the opposite direction of where they were headed. "Maybe we can beat some words out of whatever's sitting there... As long as it's not what greeted me when I got here."

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laylawilliams
2009-01-27 12:43 am UTC (link)

Layla, however, wouldn't pry into her life, it just wasn't her cup of tea.

"Oh, I um, I don't believe in the use of violence." Well, she didn't unless it was absolutely, completely necessary.

"Right, so there is a front desk? Wait, what the heck? This is a hotel or something? I've been kidnapped to a hotel? Yeah, this is so not cool. Wait, you said that a Something greeted you and you don't want to beat it up, but why? What is wrong with it...I mean the difference in comparison to us? Are we like, are we the only people here?"

Layla looked around concerned, then she looked for something to protect herself with, finding nothing lightweight, she didn't want to harm the plants.

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transgenic_max
2009-01-27 04:20 pm UTC (link)

Max raised an eybrow at the girls statement that she didn't believe in violence, because kicking ass, she had no issues with. "Hey sista, where I come from, you're either the one doing the kicking, or you're getting your ass kicked."

"Yeah, I guess. It does say Mirage Resort." Wow. for being kidnapped, a resort. Max had never been to a real resort, she had seen a couple of nice hotels, but nothing that had this many amenities to it, she decided she could have some fun with this. "The guy that found me didn't speak a single word. I kinda wonder if he could talk, ya know? I haven't seen anyone else though"

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laylawilliams
2009-01-27 05:17 pm UTC (link)

"Well, it is the same where I live and where I come from, except I believe in the merit of talking it out and not perpetuating the cycle of violence. Doesn't mean that I won't stand up for myself and those I care for and that it a very big list. The rain forest, animals, people...I can take care of myself and anyone who aims their fists my way." Layla said firmly and looked around.

This was so not cool, her parents were going to be petrified because she is gone. What about her friends? Warren, Will and Magenta? The rest of the guys? she needed them and they needed her, how could this come to pass. Layla so was not thrilled and it showed.

"You say a guy? But he was different> How was he different? I mean, there is you and I and we are people, so what else is here? And exactly where is here? If we can figure that out, we can figure out why they dragged us both here at the same time?" Layla asked the new girl, then Layla stopped and closed her eyes, as if listening to the plants speak.

Stone men? Gollum's? She thought, listening to what they said, trying to follow how they spoke and their tone.

"What did this thing look like? Stone? Wood? Flesh? The reason I asked is because your first words were a whatever it was, not a who ever."

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transgenic_max
2009-01-27 08:53 pm UTC (link)

"Damn Girl, I can admire that." Max truly could admire that, she never wanted to be someone that went straight to the punches whenever she needed something, but that was what it had always been for her. Though, she wasn't going to change her ways just because another girl had seemingly succeeded with those thoughts. She would stick to what had always worked for her.

Max noticed when the worry flashed across the girl's face, and it made her think of the people she had left behind as well. She wondered if that kid had made it out of the tank alive, whether any of the others would survive if she wasn't there to tell them that the new Manticore was out for blood, transgenic blood.

More questions rambled out the girl's mouth, but before Max could open her mouth to answer any of them, even more came. These were about the thing that had been there when she arrived.

"Stone, actually. Like I said, he didn't speak, led me to my room, gave me my key, and left me there. I'm not sure he was at all human. And I have no idea where this bitch of a place is."

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laylawilliams
2009-01-27 09:05 pm UTC (link)

Layla smiled at the girl when she told her she could admire it. "Well, sadly, sometimes it does come down to fisticuffs. Not much that can be done about that and each path is as noble as the other." Layla said softly, with a reassuring smile.

Layla went through her mental dictionary then. "A golem Hebrew for an undeveloped lump, in medieval Jewish legend, an automaton like servant made of clay and given life by means of a charm, or shem Hebrew for the the name of God. Golem's were attributed in Jewish legend to several rabbis in different European countries. The most famous legend centered around Rabbi Löw, of 16th-century Prague. After molding the golem and endowing it with life, Rabbi Löw was forced to destroy the clay creature after it ran amok." Layla finished up her words, looking back and forth down the hallway.

"OK, so what kind of plan should we come up with? What is our main goal here?" Layla looked to Max then, wondering how she might weigh in.

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transgenic_max
2009-01-28 10:17 pm UTC (link)

Max half smiled at the comment about how sometimes, life can come down to violence no matter what.

When she listened to the girl go off on the definition tangent, she realized that all the information she was saying was already in her head. Max always had a very good memory, that was just one of the things the lovely scientists cooked up for her in the lab, but the girl didn't seem to mean to say any of these things, so she let it go without saying anything to it.

"Im not sure, but maybe we should book it to your new crib first. I'm Max, by the way, sorry i'm so slow on the introductions."

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laylawilliams
2009-01-28 10:26 pm UTC (link)

Well, Layla had meant to say what she was saying and she sad it out loud, because she had no idea what this person knew or didn't know? So, going through her mental Rolodex and out loud to boot was meant to benefit both of them and if the girl already knew what it was then there still wasn't anything wrong with saying it out loud.

"Nice to meet you, Max. I rather check this place out some before I go and find my crib, as you call it. I rather see what we are up against then just sit back and give up. I want to go home, not get comfortable like some lamb to the slaughter." Layla said thoughtfully. Not really sure where she was, what direction it held, Layla decided to start walking. Listening to the plants as she went, more for guidance then anything. She wondered if Max would follow or go and find her room, either way Layla wouldn't be upset.

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transgenic_max
2009-01-28 11:54 pm UTC (link)

"Alright, let's get to steppin. I gotta get home too. There are too many people countin on me. Let's take this motha down." She wanted to go home, but she also kind of liked the fact that she was in a place that Manticore couldn't get to her. That no one here would be searching for her just to put her in a cage or kill her. She followed the girl as she walked away. "Plus, I've already seen my new digs, and if you don't want to see yours, then we don't have to worry about that one."

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	laylawilliams 2009-01-29 05:03 pm UTC (link)
	"We need to find an office or people, people would be good. May be they can answer questions or tell us where we are?" Layla said to the girl over her shoulder. She spotted some stores. "Right, so freakin' weird, there are stores here." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	transgenic_max 2009-01-30 02:19 pm UTC (link)
	The other girl had her back to Max, and was walking in the other direction, so Max assumed it would be okay for her to use her speed to catch up. Before Layla had finished speaking, Max was next to her again. "That's insane. Stores? Maybe some peeps are getting their shop on." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	laylawilliams 2009-01-31 07:15 pm UTC (link)
	"Getting their shop on, among other things. This place just seems all kinds of off to me. I really don't like it. I wish my team was here, I really do." Layla stated, her back still toward Max. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	transgenic_max 2009-02-13 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	Max was having trouble staying side-by-side with Layla, she was starting to get annoyed with the girl that seemed to keep trying to leave her, but she wanted to get some answers herself, so she stayed with her. "Yeah, it's about 20 different kinds of crazy, isn't it? Let's go check it out." She sped up in front of Layla so she was in front of her for a change. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

laylawilliams
2009-02-13 10:59 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah it is," Layla didn't mind that the girl went ahead, but she was worried for her. "Please, be careful." She gently laid her hand on her shoulder for a second when Max took the lead. "I don't want y-us to get hurt, OK. We have no idea what this place really is? It could be a very elaborate cover up, or they could have drugged us and took us here. We don't know what they want from us, and I would hate to see you or me get hurt." Layla looked around, her eyes narrowed.

"Sure is crazy." Layla said quietly, she really wished Warren, Will and Magenta were here with her, "Let's check it out," letting Max lead if she wanted to, this way if she needed to use her powers she didn't have to worry too much about hiding it from her, since she was behind the girl.

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transgenic_max
2009-02-14 02:58 pm UTC (link)

As Max listened to Layla's worried explaination, she slowed down a bit and kept pace with Layla so they were side-by-side. "Don't worry about me. I'll beat anyone's ass that comes near us. I'm more worried about you, but no big dealio. I got your back." Max wasn't about to admit that she was genetically engineered killing machine, but she wouldn't hesitate to kick some ass if she needed to protect herself and this girl she had just met.

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	laylawilliams 2009-02-23 02:03 pm UTC (link)
	"Thank you, I appreciate it." Not mentioning that she could protect herself using the plants around them. "Well, I won't let anyone get the drop on you if I can manage it, they don't call me a sidekick for nothing." Layla smiled at Max. "Wow, more of those stone things." Layla saw them near the front desk and backed up a little. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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