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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Apr 5, 2017 18:32:52 GMT
At first it seemed as if Weiss would turn away her offer of help, but suddenly she seemed to recall something. She started to talk of another young woman whom Anna might be able to help. As the medical examiner listened, she felt her spirit fall a little further upon hearing that this young woman had lost her arm in the attack.
Although she would have never admitted it, part of her had hoped that Weiss' scar was the worst of the injuries that had resulted from Thrax's attack. Sadly, it wasn't.
She continued to listen to Weiss but only just. Her mind couldn't help going over all the harm that had befallen Bellerouge and its people recently. And suddenly her role as a medical examiner simply didn't seem good enough. Yes, she'd helped a lot of people receive justice through her work even after their death, but who was going to get justice for the likes of Yang Xiao Long? She wasn't dead but alive, forced to live with what had happened to her with no hope of ever recovering what had been taken from her.
There was no way to get her arm back just as there was no way to heal Weiss's scar or fix the harm that had befallen countless others.
"I wish I could help more."
Anna said the words softly, not really even speaking to Weiss but more to herself in that instant.
"I...I wish I could find a way to help these people, but I can't. I don't even have powers like Others to help protect people with. I'm just a human."
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Post by angelofmusic1992 on Apr 5, 2017 18:38:59 GMT
Weiss bit her lip. Anna seemed crestfallen at hearing about Yang. Maybe she knew her? Either way, she seemed pretty down and even doubted her own abilities. "Magic can't solve all our problems, Anna. Believe me, if it could, none of us would be in this situation," she said. "So you're a regular human. Big deal. Those of us with magic can't even get rid of people like Thrax, so I don't know if we're that much better." She paused for a moment, wondering if her words were coming off as too harsh. She didn't want Anna feeling any worse than she already was. She sighed before continuing. "Look, whatever problems people have right now, magic isn't going to solve them. So don't feel bad about being human or whatever."
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Apr 8, 2017 7:36:24 GMT
Anna only realized she had been speaking aloud when Weiss responded. She glanced up at the now scarred young woman but quickly turned her gaze back to the ground. Normally she would have perked up at Weiss's words, but not this time. Too much harm had befallen so many people and even she, the perpetually happy-go-lucky airhead, was having trouble finding a silver lining to this particularly dark cloud.
"But still..... if people like me could just be a little bit stronger or faster, then things like this might be stopped before they even started. Heck, if people could just have the healing ability of some Others then, then they...they wouldn't even...."
Slowly, Anna's words tapered off as if she had lost her train of thought. In fact, the opposite was true of the young medical examiner. A bright spark seemed to suddenly flare in her blue eyes as the very beginnings of an idea started to take form. In that instant, she thought over the very words she had just spoken and her mind was inexplicably drawn to the memory of some scientific notes that Elsa had shown them. Those notes had been incomplete but sound.....and in them had lain the foundation for a homunculus with the powers of Others.
She knew the science was right because she KNEW the product of those notes. So if a homunculus could be made with the abilities of Others, then was it possible....
"They wouldn't have to be hurt again."
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Post by angelofmusic1992 on Apr 8, 2017 15:53:51 GMT
Weiss wasn't sure what exactly was going on. One moment, Anna still seemed to be a little depressed. The next, something was different with her eyes. Weiss knew that look. She often had the same expression herself, when she had finally figured out a difficult voodoo spell, or a hard range of notes on a musical piece. It was the look somebody had when they finally had a eureka moment, and suddenly, they had a solution to a problem. "Anna, what are you getting at?" she asked. wondering what her friend was thinking.
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Apr 10, 2017 4:09:05 GMT
"Hmm?"
Anna turned and looked at Weiss but wasn't really seeing her. No, it was clear her mind was somewhere else in that moment. The blue of her eyes had grown foggy and all she could see in that moment were the notes, old and crumpled and faded. Elsa had found them when Shadow had gone missing and they had been trying to locate him. Did that mean she still had them or knew where they were?
After several more moments of staring at Weiss blindly, Anna's eyes finally began to clear and she gave her head a little shake. Weiss' question registered at last in her mind and she gave the young woman a grin more like her usual smile.
"Oh, don't worry about it. You've just given me an idea."
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Post by angelofmusic1992 on Apr 10, 2017 4:13:53 GMT
Weiss raised an eyebrow, but she felt like she shouldn't ask anymore questions on the matter. She didn't want Anna to ask anything else about what happened with Thrax, she figured she should do the same with her. "Alright, if you say so," she said, brushing her hair out of her face. She hoped giving Anna the benefit out of the doubt was a good idea. Then again, Anna's ideas were usually good ones. At least, Weiss assumed so. She wasn't witness to them personally, but Anna was a decent person, so she figured her ideas were the same. "I think things will get better, in due time," she said, hoping to ease some of Anna's worries from earlier. "I mean, this city can't be in a crisis 24/7, right?"
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Apr 11, 2017 0:15:32 GMT
"Right. In fact, things might be getting better quite soon."
Anna's focus had returned to Weiss as she smiled while rocking slowly on the heels of her feet, the picture of her usual happy self. However, in the back of her mind she was already starting to build upon the idea that had taken root there. In only a few short days, the idea would become so fixed in her thoughts that she would think of little else.
"All the same, I'm glad to know that you weren't badly hurt. And its good to see you either way. I was just thinking of getting some frozen custard before I saw you here in the park. Wanna join me? It'll be my treat."
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Post by angelofmusic1992 on Apr 11, 2017 0:20:18 GMT
Anna seemed to have tossed aside any conversation topics on Thrax or the state of the city, and instead suggested getting some frozen custard. Weiss thought that was a pretty good idea. Doing something cheerful might perk her up a little bit and help her feel less moody. If she returned home in better spirits, her parents could certainly be pleased. They had been complaining lately that she spent too much time moping around the house. Sure, they would probably be happier if she hung out with someone from their social class, like Adrien, but at the moment, they'd probably take what they could get. If Weiss hanging out with someone a bit lower made her happy, they would accept it for now. "Sure, that sounds great," she replied, actually managing a smile.
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Post by neverlandlostgirl on Apr 11, 2017 5:32:22 GMT
'Sweet."
Immediately, Anna went over to Weiss and looped one of her hands through the white-haired girl's left arm. She stood side by side with Weiss before giving her a large grin, her eyes crinkled up and her happiness so genuine it was almost infectious.
"I know this place called Frost where they have the best raspberry sorbet and dark chocolate custard combo ever!"
With that she began to walk along the path before them, her tread light and her spirits high. In that moment, no one would have known or even guessed at the idea that was starting to grow inside of her. No one would stop to think twice that someone like Anna would soon become obsessed with this idea.
And no one would guess how dangerous this idea would soon become.
(End Thread?)
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Post by angelofmusic1992 on Apr 11, 2017 15:20:55 GMT
((Sure.))
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