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    HALO, an organization of holiness, light, fun, and roleplay! Well… The last two, definitely. Three out of four if you count those new energy saving LEDs installed last year. All of the above if you’re working with a strict definition of “holiness” that focuses on quantity of deities over quality… Suffice to say, HALO is the longest continuously running faction that focuses on fighting evil, protecting the innocent, and bringing interesting people together socially in this FreeForm RolePlay.

    The base itself is a physically undefined complex deep under the ocean and it takes exactly as long to get from one part to another as you’d like, whether out of convenience or for the sake of Narrative. That said, over the years we’ve ended up defining several rooms, creating new ones as needed, and even utilizing locations that aren’t in the main base but are still considered part of the organization. We’ve tried to list as many of the frequently used or otherwise important areas in the spoiler below.

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    Entrance Hall: The base's atrium, with the shuttlepod airlock at one end, the hallways on the other, and teleporter rings and portals lining the walls.

    Hallways: When a bored character is looking for interaction, they'll just walk around the labyrinth of corridors hoping to literally bump into someone. Notable features include, but are not limited to, neutral carpet, neutral drywall, neutral drop tile ceiling, huge windows to lookit all da fishies, potted plants at strategic intervals, and security cameras with microphones.

    The Pool: For when you want to go swimming without dealing with crushing pressure or the Deep Ones.

    The Training Room/Gym/Place People Practice the Fighting: From friendly sparring to training montages, even the edgiest characters need to stay honed.

    Kyrian and BR’s simulation room: Built by ancient members beneath the training room, this X-Men/Star Trek ripoff can get you as close to the Real Thing as you can get without actually having to be in the Real Thing, for any Real Thing you can think of.

    The range: Pew pew! Bang! BOOM!!!

    Labs: HALO members who are inclined towards the sciences, mad or otherwise, can customize labs however they want to support the more combative members. Or just make fun stuff.

    Library: HALO members who are giant dorks can be found here, reading books like a bunch of nerds.

    Strategy Room: When a mission is being planned or an operation is being supervised it has to happen in a room with one big screen, lots of computers at desks, and dramatic comms.

    Security Room: A small nook with a desk and a wall of monitors, with computers and servers stacked along the back. Used for watching and recording all of the security feeds as well as running the base defenses.

    Armory: Stocked with all the weapons and equipment needed or wanted. Members can store the specific gear they use in lockers between missions.

    Infirmary: Health potions, high-tech scanners, modern medicine, and really comfy beds.

    Kitchen A: Many scenes happen in the kitchen!

    Kitchen B: So many, we have two!

    The Dorms: Every member has a room to themselves that they can decorate however they want.

    THAT Room: You know the one. When you need a setting for a scene. Not THIS room, but THAT one.

    Aerial Base: Floating high in the air over the ocean is a giant island kept aloft by magitech. There are several buildings and structures on one side, including multiple hangers, air traffic control facilities, and secure storage for ordinance. A couple runways are paved on the other side. Prometheus Securities contractors work with HALO's DRD caretakers to keep the whole place running. When the Organization needs some extra airpower, whether it's just to get everyone to a plot or to help end the plot with explosions, they teleport up to the Aerial Base and use one of several aircraft.

    Fort Itude: A portal inside HALO's base proper connects to a Vulpanian military base located in Outside. HALO has many personal ties to Vulpanian citizens and quite a few mutually beneficial professional ties as well. Paladins of Civiron and Special Operations Teams can be called on to help out in rare situations. The Royal Clandestine Agency station inside the Fort is also willing to provide HALO members with intelligence on Nexus affairs, for a price. More of a plothook generator or barracks for supporting NPCs than anything.

    Fourth Tower Compound: The Seaside Fourth Tower sect's compound is bridged between Halo and an island in Seaside, connected by a ring transporter. On the Halo side is a main foyer open to everyone. Behind closed doors are an office and three different summoning chambers, in addition to the transporter.


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    HALO 183: The Not Remotely Gritty Reboot
    HALO 182: Wait, what if we ARE Lawbreaking?
    HALO 181: 0.55% Cooler Than The Last One!
    HALO 180: Turn 360 Degrees And Moonwalk Away
    HALO 179: Under New MAGnegement!
    HALO 178: Mia clementia denor esto
    HALO 177: かわいい猫がいる
    HALO 176: Sic TransitlawlnopeFFnotdoingthis
    HALO 175: Insert Witty Comment Here
    HALO 174: Just when you think you're not in Kansas anymore, turns out you are
    HALO 173: Emotionally Stable Characters Not Welcome
    HALO 172: Bee Nightmare
    HALO 171: Public Dreams
    HALO 170: You want your thread? HERE IS YOUR THREAD!!!
    HALO 169: Look at this place! Isn't it neat?
    HALO 168: Nunc com pluribus verbis adrogantibus
    HALO 167: Whatever happened to Roman numerals?
    HALO 166: Kicking Down Evil's Door Since '07
    HALO 165: Disturbing the Fishy Neighbors Since Forever
    HALO 164: Wibbly-wobbly, timey-wimey base of stuff
    HALO 163: Three fries short of a Happy Meal
    HALO 162: One Night In HALO Makes A Hard Man Humble
    HALO 161: We Are The Ocean
    HALO 160: Base-Trapped
    HALO 159: Part of Your Omniverse
    HALO 158: Yeah, well, I thought I was ingeniouser.
    HALO 157: But Who Was Ocean?
    HALO 156: Incurring Aquaman's Jealousy
    HALO 155: "Drow, Infernal, Fox-Signal, whatever else you got..."
    HALO 154: That is the mission
    HALO 153: Where Singing "Under the Sea" is Heavily Discouraged
    HALO 152, Take 2
    HALO CLI: Now with 10% more stuff
    HALO CL: We Are 150% Legendary!
    HALO 149: I Am Arabic Numerals (And So Can You!)
    HALO CXLVIII: Think about it.
    HALO CXLVII: Right! I forgot to say, I told you so!
    HALO CXLVI: That number keeps getting bigger
    HALO CXLV: Glub glub. Fugu!
    HALO CXLIV: Where homicidal embodiments of evil dust our vases
    HALO CLXIII: It all comes down to this...no! No! Not that!
    HALO CXLII: Everybody is dead Dave
    HALO CXLI: Red Fish/Blue Fish
    HALO CXL: Nice Place you Got Here!
    HALO CXCI: Yeah, we totally counted 135 twice
    HALO CXXXIX: Just 11 more threads and we get a free one!
    HALO 138: Oh fer cryin' out loud!
    HALO CXXXVII: Blankity blankity blank!
    HALO CXXXVI: We are the terror that flaps in the night!
    HALO CXXXV: Oi, you! Get in here!
    HALO 135: Still counting!
    HALO CXXXIII: Catgirls ,Emo's and lesbians 'R' us!
    HALO CXXXII I see one more numeral!
    HALO CXXXI It's Covered in BEEEEES!(I do't know how many E's.
    HALO CXXX: We sponsor Paladins!
    HALO CXXIX: We Have Beach Access!
    HALO CXXVIII: Your planet's weird...
    HALO CXXVII: Can YOU find the difference?
    HALO CXXVI is sponsored by: EDENcorp. for your convenience
    HALO CXXIV: What Insanity?
    HALO CXXIII: Dance for Your Life!
    HALO CXXII: Tobias Couldn't Stand Us Any More! Can You?
    HALO CXXI: I don't suppose the word "dweeb" means anything to you guys
    HALO CXX: Thread by Pally, awesome by others
    HALO CXIX: Now in the future too!
    HALO CXVIII: Get the reference or get out
    HALO CXVII: Finish the Fight... Eventually
    HALO CXV: I'm going to go mad, and I'm taking you with me
    HALO CXIV: Defying the laws of Deadtime
    HALO CXIII: Undomesticated equines cannot keep you away
    HALO CXII: This time, it's not HALO CXI
    HALO CXI: Playing Little Mermaid music 24/7
    HALO CX: Maybe it's made of chocolate
    HALO CIX: 109 Fists in the Air
    HALO CVII: These numbers are getting ridiculous
    HALO CVII: My Grandma said, you want honey? Follow the bees!
    HALO CVI: Criminal Villain Investigators
    HALO CV: We're just ot pretty to die.
    HALO CIV: For a moment there I thought we were in trouble...
    HALO CIII: Now With 60% More Cowbell
    HALO CII: Love triangle are so last season, Love hexigons are so in!
    HALO CI: 101 Relations
    HALO C: Just over 150,000 posts!
    HALO XCIX: The months just fly by... and are usually distracted by shiny objects
    HALO XCVIII: We came here in peace, and we expect to go in one...piece.
    HALO XCVII: We're in your Base, killing your Dudes.
    HALO XCVI: Will do love plots for food
    HALO XCV: Under the Sea!
    HALO XCIV: Insert Comic Book Quote Here
    HALO XCIII: After the boys of Summer have gone...
    HALO XCII: It's just I react to certain doom a certain way
    HALO XCI: Once upon a time, inACRO Nexus...
    HALO XC: Is that the right numeral?
    HALO LXXXIX: Not quite 90210 but close
    HALO LXXXVIII: Drama, Hugs, and Not Much Else, Really.
    HALO LXXXVII: "Yes, we do have an angel. An annoying one."
    HALO LXXXVI: Paladins are kredit to team!
    HALO LXXXV: I can see my house from here!
    HALO LXXXIV: Rise of The Killer Mutant Gerbilturtles!
    HALO LXXXIII: Too darn stubborn to die
    HALO LXXXII: In some galaxies this is called 'loitering'
    HALO LXXXI: Fighting against evil since founding!
    HALO LXXX: Biggest and the Best!
    HALO 79: This is taking too dang quick!
    HALO 78: I wrote this novel just for you.......
    HALO 77: (insert pop culture reference here).
    HALO LXXVI (I think): The incredible, edible egg, er, thread.
    HALO 75: Now with Arabic Numerals!
    HALO LXXIV: Strange Infatuation Seems to Grace the Evening Tide.....
    HALO LXXIII: Some Have Greatness Thrust Upon Them
    HALO LXXII (apparently): All Good People Know Good People
    HALO LXXI: Title Broke
    HALO LXX: Mouthwash? Good deeds don't leave a bad aftertaste
    HALO LXIX: Get your mind into the gutter
    HALO LXVIII: Shiiiiiny!
    HALO LXVII: Oww my IQ.
    HALO LXVI: Song to say goodbye...
    HALO LXV: Do you believe in Miracles?
    HALO LXIV: We do not require additional pylons
    HALO LXIII: This is not Sparta
    HALO LXII: Quote, what quote? Where?
    HALO LXI: Badgers? We don't need no stinking badgers.
    HALO LX: The End Of The World As We Know It.
    HALO LVIX: Who's Gonna Tell You When It's Too Late
    HALO LVIII: Tom Cruise Crazy.
    HALO LVII: It's okay if the good guys do it......
    HALO LVI: More kids than an orphanage
    HALO LV: Absolutely nothing of importance or value
    HALO LIV: War! What is it good for?
    HALO LIII: You're a Little Short for Gods...
    HALO LII: This thread is what all true warriors strive for!
    HALO LI: Link! He come to town, then he left.
    HALO L: In HALO, Evil Fight You!
    HALO XLIX: . . . Sense? What's that?
    HALO XLVIII: If we couldn't laugh, we would go insane.
    HALO XLVII: I ride this train in the windswept afternoon.....
    HALO XLVI: I don't believe in the sky bully.
    HALO XLV: I'm Good Because I Didn't Shoot
    HALO XLIV: I see a man with a flag and he leads the procession...
    HALO XLIII: He Who Wishes to Secure.....
    HALO XLII: Can't hear the rhythm for the drums.
    HALO XLI: This was a triumph, I'm making a note here....
    HALO XL: To see the right....
    HALO XXXIX: In Dee Ana Jones and the Invaders of the Last Quark!!!
    HALO XXXVIII: He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done
    HALO XXXVII: I blame your for the moonlit sky...
    HALO XXXVI More seasons then.....
    HALO XXXV: Open to Suggestions
    HALO XXXIV: We Switched to Decaf.
    HALO XXXIII: The sea's evaporating, though it comes as no surprise....
    HALO XXXII: What do you mean "overpowered"?
    HALO XXXI: Look Out, Super Bowl!
    HALO XXX: Brand Spankin' New!
    HALO XXIX: 'Cuz We're So Much Better!
    HALO XXVIII: Romance is More Important than You, AMEN
    HALO XXVII: What are you looking at?!
    HALO XXVI: Too many threads to count.
    HALO XXV: Where Sleep is the Answer
    HALO XXIV: Yeah, we're that cool!
    HALO XXIII: Yes, we ARE watching you...
    HALO XXII: I'll be coming home, just to be alone...
    HALO XXI: Randomness Present 24/7.
    HALO XX: I Hate Roman Numerals.
    HALO XIX: Now thinking with Portals
    HALO XVIII: Who did what to who for how many Jelly Beans?
    HALO XVII: No. This is Not AMEN.
    HALO XVI: Enough coffee to flood the world.
    HALO XV: was I supposed to put something here?
    HALO XIV: Now with twice the Tiamites.
    HALO XIII: For the Climate
    HALO XII: Just when you thought it couldn't get more crazy
    HALO XI: Who Do You Serve, and Whom Do You Trust?
    HALO X: I'm in ur base, smitin' ur evil
    HALO IX: In which Masato finds a Heffalump
    HALO VIII: Where the Cake is NOT A LIE!
    HALO VII: Where's My Harp?
    HALO VI: Half the Fat, All the Goodness.
    HALO V: Gone Smitin'
    HALO IV: The Fourth Episode of the Trilogy
    HALO III: Master Chief Not Required
    HALO II: Protecting the Playground since two weeks ago!
    HALO I: Goodness has never been this good!




    Visiting HALO
    HALO is located Under the Sea! However that doesn't mean you can't visit...
    1. There are Shuttlepods providing arrivals and departures on a regular schedule. The docking bay is located on a beach right next to a Riftline station, so just about anyone in Inside or Riverside can come.
    2. There are no active anti-teleport wards!
    3. If you can't teleport yourself, there are Ring Transporters, which link to (among other places) Mallside, Nexus's premiere shopping center.


    Joining HALO
    Joining is simple! All you have to do is...
    1. Walk into the base (see our “Visiting HALO” section above).
    2. Tell a Senior Member you want to join (Currently Felandria or Reinholdt?, but we’re looking for more people willing to take on the grave responsibility of accepting new members. PM Felandria if interested).
    3. That’s it! Welcome, new member! Please help the Organization out as much as you’re comfortable with and listen to the Senior Members.


    Helping HALO
    Now that you’re a member, you may be interested in contributing to the Organization’s mission. A few good ways to pitch in are…
    1. Plots! Whether you’re joining a plot or running one for other members, it’s hard to go wrong with fighting bad guys. Felandria keeps a whiteboard that lists all of the current plothooks with room underneath for members to sign up. Go ahead and find a problem somewhere in the multiverse that looks like your particular flavor of cool can solve.
    2. Interaction! While there is nothing stopping a member of HALO from ignoring all other members of HALO, it’s a lot of fun to make two wildly different characters hang out and learn more about each other. Civvy had a poster-board hung up with the names of all current members and the rooms she’d usually seen them in. Go ahead and ambush someone just to ask for their life story and favorite things.
    3. Represent! When you’re looking for something to do outside the base, think about what sort of plots and events are happening in the Nexus as a whole. There are all sorts of opportunities for community service and Org promotion to be found if you ask around. Go ahead and pop into public threads so you can work on HALO’s relations with other groups and the common person.


    Fighting HALO

    Villains, please read this...
    1. Conflict is great! It's the heart of any story, and there isn't much to roleplay without it. However, there is an important distinction between “In Character” conflict and “Out Of Character” conflict. In communal roleplay, it is considered polite to check in with the players who are active at any given time before launching an attack.
    2. Not everyone wants to roleplay combat scenes, and sometimes there are other things going on that players don't want to interrupt for a random fight. Either a PM/IM to players, a short post in thread to say (Mind if I introduce a villain here?) or a longer post in the OOC thread if it's a larger plot is appreciated.
    3. Also bear in mind that HALO is home to a considerable number of high powered PCs. Just because they are used to more social RP doesn’t mean they can’t or won’t put up a stiff resistance to any attackers. You may find Nexus players more willing to scale their characters’ power levels if you raise the subject ahead of time!


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    This is a work in progress currently.




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    For that while, Lucky Charm is just watching.
    Most people might find that boring, but she actually really likes watching her work with those tools and machines and everything. Watching, seeing how it works and if she can guess what'll happen next, and everything else.

    But!
    When the foxgirl suddenly collapses, the catgirl's eyes go wide and she's really worried.
    She runs forward, to tap her shoulder, and to check her breathing, and also her heart-rate. "Are you alright?"
    The collapsed foxgirl doesn't react to her shoulder being tapped.
    She is still breathing, if shallowly, and her heart is beating - maybe a bit slowly?
    She doesn't answer questions about being alright, which suggests that she's not entirely alright.
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    [Simulation Room]

    If Felandria does look for Reinholdt to question cats about kitties, he can be found working in the simulation room, surrounded by a lot of wires. So many wires. It's a wonder he isn't entangled in them. But instead, he's just wondering if maybe he should cut the red wire after all and splice yellow and green together?

    He's up early because he just got done with his 3 am run around the base. Well maybe not just done, but close enough.
    Felandria spots Reinholdt in the Simulation Room and enters.

    Hey, Rein.

    I found this tiny little cutie wandering around, any idea who they might belong to?

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    Simulation Room

    The aforementioned Tiny Little Cutie is napping in Felandria's hand, enjoying how nice and warm the hand is.
    Such a cute little kitten. Young enough that her claws don't even retract yet.


    [Off Tour]

    "Don't worry," the catgirl says, trying to reassure an unconscious person. "I'll...I'll get you to a hospital!"

    She tries to lift the foxgirl and take her out of the room.
    "No, wait, there's one of those still in HALO, right?" She pauses and tries to think about which direction it would be.

    Once she decides on a direction, the catgirl tries to take Ginger Spice over to HALO's infirmary.
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    Ginger Spice is unable to appreciate the reassurance.
    This base does have some highly qualified medical personnel. They may not want to appear on screen, but I'm sure they'll be able to sort out whatever happened to Ginger Spice.
    The tour hadn't gotten to the infirmary yet, but there's only a couple directions it could be in that they haven't toured. Lucky Charm just has to pick the right one.
    Does she?
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    It seems the name Lucky Charm isn't just for show, because (according to a random number generator) the infirmary is literally in the first direction she checks. "Oh, thank goodness," she says as soon as she spots the sign for it. If she didn't know better, she would think the base folded itself around her to just make the direction she picked the correct direction.
    She glances back at Ginger Spice and smiles. Hopefully it isn't bad.

    She carries the foxgirl into the infirmary, and starts telling the staff what had happened and that she's really worried.
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    It probably won't be bad. Lucky Charm came right here, after all. Couldn't have been any faster.
    But once she tells the infirmary staff what happened, and answers questions about it, Lucky Charm doesn't really have a part in helping Ginger Spice get better.
    She can just wait and worry. And maybe do other things.
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    Felandria spots Reinholdt in the Simulation Room and enters.

    Hey, Rein.

    I found this tiny little cutie wandering around, any idea who they might belong to?
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    Simulation Room

    The aforementioned Tiny Little Cutie is napping in Felandria's hand, enjoying how nice and warm the hand is.
    Such a cute little kitten. Young enough that her claws don't even retract yet.

    [Simulation Room]

    Reinholdt looks up from his work as Felandria calls out to him. It's hard to quite describe both an instant recognition and not recognizing at all. A Schrodinger's recognition as it were.

    "Manja?!" Rein gets up quickly and starts heading over. A little too quickly however as he trips over a wire, yanking it out with a spark. A spark which chains to the rest of the console and causes it to light up. The entire room is plunged into darkness for a moment before snapping back to light with strange blue glitch distortions on the walls that fade quickly, returning to what appears to be normal.

    Standing frozen with a large wince, Rein looks around in this petrified state. Well. Ok. Everything seems alright. Ish. Rein's sure that light amount of smoke from the console will go away on its own. He nervously pushes the cords back with the back of his foot. "R-right, sorry."
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    At first, all Lucky Charm does is wait and worry.

    But.
    .
    She eventually decides that, in the interest of ensuring her thought process can avoid getting too distorted (and because worrying about Ginger Spice counts as thinking about her for the purposes of triggering things), she needs to get distracted with something else.

    After leaving instructions with an infirmary staff to inform her when something happens, Lucky Charm returns to the lab to see if she can reverse engineer what the machine was supposed to do and figure out what was needed to be done next. See, she's discovered that working on machinery is something that consumes her mind pretty easily. So, obviously, it's the best option of what to do.
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    Perhaps there is an interesting medical drama going on, where someone tries to figure out what exotic ailment has befallen Ginger Spice, and then how to treat it.

    But let's focus on the machine.
    The original purpose of it was to hold blocks of stone and spin them at precise times and speeds so that a fixed set of cutting tools at the end of the shiny cables would carve it into shape.
    Ginger Spice has been modifying it so that one set of clamps would carefully disengage a magnetically triggered collar, while the cables would go at a different angle to cut longwise through the collar so it could be taken off. Obviously the next step is to attach the rest of those magnetometers to the top of the clamp. Ginger Spice was right in the middle of that.
    With some time and something that can cut a magic collar, perhaps Lucky Charm could complete and run the machine herself and be free?
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    What? No, of course not. She's definitely going to want Ginger Spice to check it first. Like she said, there's only one of her, and while Lucky Charm is pretty sure she'll eventually get it right, the eventually part is crucial and would presumably require a lot of trial-and-error, and so . . .

    Lucky Charm works on that clamp, and tries out a couple different ways to attach the magnetomenters and then double-checks them to see if they're working as she imagines they need to, to give the right result. And, since they don't, she tries it again, and again, and again, until she believes she has it right.

    Besides, if she gets it done, that'll make it a whole lot easier for Ginger Spice, right? All she will have to do is check it, and then they'll have all the time in the world to just...
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    No thinking about her right now, otherwise you'll mess up, she tells herself.
    Lucky Charm slaps her own face a couple times and gets back to working on it.
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    That's a responsible position to take there, Lucky Charm. One could imagine someone being desperate enough to operate the machine themselves and hope.

    With so many tries, being so determined, I'm sure eventually the magnetometers will get installed correctly.

    It'll be a long time later, but eventually her work is interrupted by the news that Ginger Spice is awake.
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    "Thanks."
    Lucky Charm almost leaves the machine and everything right there to leave immediately.
    She instead quickly makes it so she can leave everything at a stopping point and put a few things away. Can't leave everything out in a mess, after all (except she already thinks the whole place is already a mess, but...it's not her workspace).

    Once that's done, she leaves to go back, trying to remember which direction it was again.

    After going the wrong way only once, she finds her way back to the infirmary and looks around for Ginger Spice, hoping she's alright and that it's nothing serious.
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    Leave a workshop cleaner than you found it!

    In the infirmary, Ginger Spice is lying on a bed with various steadily beeping monitors around it. According to them, her blood pressure and breathing are a lot better now.
    She's not wearing her visor or blindfold, just lying with her eyes closed.
    "Marin? Or, uhm, Lucky Charm? What's going?"
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    Mar- Lucky Charm wants to run up and hug her, but with so many beeping monitors that might be a bad idea. They wouldn't be able to properly monitor her, then.
    Instead, she just runs up next to the bed.
    "Oh, good!" she says. "You're alright."

    "You just...collapsed," Lucky Charm says. "While you were working on that thing. I took you over here." Not entirely sure whether Ginger Spice has figured out that 'here' is still the HALO infirmary - probably, right? It should be a little obvious, especially to someone who knows this place pretty well - she adds, "The infirmary."
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    "Huh. Yeah, was on the magnetometers, and then I'm here."
    Ginger Spice turns towards the catgirl, ears folded down.
    "So, uh, thanks. Getting me here. Could been a lot worse, if'n alone."
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    "You...you shouldn't be alo-" Lucky Charm says, before getting a little too embarrassed to continue. It's weird, getting embarrassed over something as simple as that, but she connected that the only way to ensure she's never alone is to just always be with her.

    She clears her throat.
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    "So you'll stay with to keep me safe, is that?" Ginger Spice smiles, thinking that it's a cute idea, in this context at least.

    "Not really. Something about the way notice things, was using up something need to like, stay awake." And stay alive, she doesn't continue.
    "And it's back normal now? Except also I have a third tail now? Don't understand."
    "That's how it is. Doctors 've helped with 'what', but not 'why'."

    Ginger Spice gets a bit of a glum expression about that.
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    Reinholdt looks up from his work as Felandria calls out to him. It's hard to quite describe both an instant recognition and not recognizing at all. A Schrodinger's recognition as it were.

    "Manja?!" Rein gets up quickly and starts heading over. A little too quickly however as he trips over a wire, yanking it out with a spark. A spark which chains to the rest of the console and causes it to light up. The entire room is plunged into darkness for a moment before snapping back to light with strange blue glitch distortions on the walls that fade quickly, returning to what appears to be normal.

    Standing frozen with a large wince, Rein looks around in this petrified state. Well. Ok. Everything seems alright. Ish. Rein's sure that light amount of smoke from the console will go away on its own. He nervously pushes the cords back with the back of his foot. "R-right, sorry."
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    "S-sorry," Lucky Charm apologizes, "I've been making you focus on a lot of things." Guess they should have taken a break, then.
    She looks away. There was the shooting range, and then there was...and then there was the collar and then the machine.

    To turn it away from blaming herself and to make it more lighthearted, she gives a joking answer to the 'why': "So, maybe. Well, I have two tails, right? Your tails must have gotten used to being the most around. So, in order to stay ahead, they decided they needed one more."


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    The noise, combined with the sudden darkness and light again, and hearing people say her name, wakes the kitten up.
    She lifts her head and yawns. Where was she again? Oh, right, someplace warm. She considers just going back to sleep.

    And! Then!
    She spots someone that she knows!
    Forget going to sleep, this is much more important. Manja starts to stand up again, on Felandria's hand. She looks at her father and starts to mewing to get his attention. No! Don't pay attention to those cords! Pay attention to me! I'm much more interesting! The person holding me is already paying attention to me, so you need to too! is what it seems like she's saying. Probably.
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    "No, wasn't you, wasn't just strain. Focused on way more things before. Its' something wrong."
    But that's scary to think about given where she is now, what almost happened.
    So better focus on Lucky Charm's silly answer.
    "Bet all of this is because of that ghost. Made me grow extra tail, 'n that wore me out till I collapsed." She has a joking tone to her voice, but you know, it does add up...
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    "Yeah. Seems like the sort of thing a ghost would do," Lucky Charm says, agreeing. "I knew there had to be some kind of catch, when she made me grow another tail and made Jade start changing. The only one nothing happened to was you."
    Marin nods.
    Yes. All the fault of that ghost.

    "Should have seen it coming, actually, after you caught on fire as an omen." That is a thing that occurred but that the player of Lucky Charm had completely forgotten about until just now.
    She still says these in a lighthearted tone, though, suggesting she thinks this might not actually be the cause of it, and is just on ongoing joke to keep the mood light.
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    "Ah yes. She's my daughter," Reinholdt explains, moving in. "Who can apparently turn into a cat now," he says with no small amount of pride in his voice. None of his other kids can turn into a cat. They suspected Manja would be able to shapeshift, what with Harley being the mom, but Rein never expected it to be so clean and quick.

    He holds out his hand to Manja, finger close to let her sniff before rubbing her cheek. "I didn't think you were babysitting today? Did Carlie have to go somewhere in a rush?" Handing Manja to the first responsible person Holly saw as she ran out the door is the only situation that comes to mind immediately.
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    "Ah yes. She's my daughter," Reinholdt explains, moving in. "Who can apparently turn into a cat now," he says with no small amount of pride in his voice. None of his other kids can turn into a cat. They suspected Manja would be able to shapeshift, what with Harley being the mom, but Rein never expected it to be so clean and quick.

    He holds out his hand to Manja, finger close to let her sniff before rubbing her cheek. "I didn't think you were babysitting today? Did Carlie have to go somewhere in a rush?" Handing Manja to the first responsible person Holly saw as she ran out the door is the only situation that comes to mind immediately.
    Actually, I found her exploring the hallway, having a wander, so I scooped her up to make sure she was safe.

    Fel brushes a finger over Manja’s back, giving a gentle pet.

    You should hold her for a bit.

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    Manja stops mewing now that she has the attention that she wants from both of them.

    She sniffs Rein's finger and, under attack by that same finger, turns her head to counterattack with her tongue. She tries to lick his finger to force it to submit.

    And, realizing that she's under attack on two fronts, Manja arches her back to push back against Fel's finger, to show that she is not intimidated and even flanking her won't get her to concede.
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    "Yeah. Seems like the sort of thing a ghost would do," Lucky Charm says, agreeing. "I knew there had to be some kind of catch, when she made me grow another tail and made Jade start changing. The only one nothing happened to was you."
    Marin nods.
    Yes. All the fault of that ghost.

    "Should have seen it coming, actually, after you caught on fire as an omen." That is a thing that occurred but that the player of Lucky Charm had completely forgotten about until just now.
    She still says these in a lighthearted tone, though, suggesting she thinks this might not actually be the cause of it, and is just on ongoing joke to keep the mood light.
    "Hah! I had actually forgotten that caught fire earlier." What a day, that an omen like that can seem unimportant.

    Then Ginger Spice strays back to more serious topics. "Supposed to stay here, the infirmary till 'recovered all the way'. So that's other delay on helping you."
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    "Time-traveling ghosts does overshadow a fire and sprinklers." So it's completely understandable that she'd forget. Plus, y'know, a friend gaining the ability to shapeshift on command and also getting asked out by a cute foxgirl also help overshadow catching fire.


    Anyway.
    "It's fine," Lucky Charm says. She sits down next to the hospital bed. "Don't have to worry about me." She waves off the worry and smiles: what's a few more days? "Just focus on getting better, 'kay? Is there anything I can do for you, then?"
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    Reinholdt has to concede to the licks, staying still. Largely because he has to fight how ticklish it was despite the rough tongue and how much it made him want to laugh. It is an exceptionally difficult task. He hadn't even gotten to the ear scritches yet!

    "Of course. I'll take her and go check on her mom, make sure everything's alright. Thank you for bringing her to me." Rein gives Fel a smile before interrupting the licks and the pets by an attempted transfer of kitty from Fel's hands to his hands.
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    It has been a very eventful day.
    "...kay. Uh, get that hovering ball from the workshop? Without touching it."
    "And take care of yourself."

    Is what Ginger Spice has to suggest.
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    Lucky Charm nods.
    Okay.
    She can do all of those instructions.
    "Okay. Be back soon," she says.

    On the way back to the workshop, she tries to think of different ways she could carry it without touching it.
    Well, it hovers, so...maybe she could lasso it with a string and bring it along that way?
    Actually, yeah, that sounds like a good idea.

    After getting back there, she looks through boxes and everywhere else trying to find string, and tie it into a loop.
    And then, try to set up some way that it can go around it without slipping off or having to touch it.
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