Apple's in the Lab.

[Stein]

Apple giggled again as she was squished and stretched slowly. She wandered into this room after the fruit bowl, which was filled with apples and had been eating it when a weird girl walked in, the girl had set her in a bin with her apple and simply watched her for a while, which apple didn’t mind. She was now playing with the girl, trying to stick to the girl as the girl was squishing her

Stein was sitting in her lab at the counter. She had a plastic bin set up on the table with the lid and a notebook beside it. She was sitting squishing something gel-like in her hands. Stein would press her hands together, allowing the small Henko to squeeze out. She then released the grip and stretched Apple between her hands. Stein had walked into her lab and heard something giggling; she’d proceeded to pull a now half-eaten apple out of the fruit bowl. Attached to the apple had been a baby Henko that had done nothing but giggle and squeal the word ‘Apple’ since Stein had found her, it’d also been talking to itself in the Henko language; but Stein did not speak the language. Stein had set her up the bin since her lab had metal everywhere. She knew from past experience that metal was harmful to Henko’s Apple at that moment released the girl and dropped onto the counter, running to hide behind a stand she’d found, playing with this girl was fun.

The baby Henko suddenly released it’s grip on Stein’s hand and dropped onto the counter before high-tailing it towards her scalpel stand. Stein tried to grab the henko, but failed and only succeeding in knocking the stand on top of the little henko. She was quick to fling the scalpels and stand out of the way to find Apple, who now had a scalpel lodged through her. Stein sat down again setting the little Henko on the plastic lid. the scalpel could cut an essential cell body if I’m not careful Stein managed to unscrew the blade and pull it off the handle, leaving the handle in the Henko’s body. Stein sighed, she’d have to just pull it out, she addressed Apple “I’m going to pull the metal out on 3 ok…1…2” Stein pulled the handle out quickly and tossed it across the room. Apple screamed in Henko, even though the girl had said it might hurt she hadn’t believed it would, even though her center had been numb before the girl pulled the thing out of her. Stein examined the little Henko again no leaks, she’s unharmed Stein started petting the little Henko and humming a lullaby, she’d heard it scream in pain as she’d removed the handle, and she wanted it to calm down and relax some. It didn’t react to metal like the other girl did, one of them is probably ‘defective’ technically then. But I’m not sure which…

[Rikka]

As Apple played in a lab a girl with black hair pulled back into a ponytail was searching the halls. Her blue eyes were searching every nook and cranny. It wasn't hard to follow the blue cargo pants and neon orange shirt clad female as she searched the classrooms. Moving through the English wing she checked Blair's room then swung by the offices. Not finding Apple she leaned back against a locked and thought it through. Clover had only looked away from the baby for a moment to haggle with Katarina for a bushel of apples. Now the henko baby was running around probably getting into trouble. Apple still didn't have the whole school layout memorized yet. A thought occurred to her as she severely hoped it was wrong.

She turned into the science wing as her mind thought over the idea of Apple playing with the things in the science labs. Gasping as she heard Apple scream she raced into a lab door swinging it wide open. What she found floored her. Apple was in the arms of a girl with white hair and a screw through her head. Had she seen this girl before? She was sure she had seen flashes of her around campus.

Moving into the lab she was by Apple's side and running her hands over the baby. "What happened? Why'd she scream? Apple why are you in the science labs?" Her eyes looked up into the girl's forest green eyes.

[Stein]

“I playing. I adventurer-scientist!” Apple said to Clover as she reached over and partially absorbed the cube, turning it around as she calmed down.

“Hello; I’m Doctor Stein and this is my lab. I came in here and found…Apple in my bowl of apples eating; I know Henko’s don’t do well with metal, so I pulled out a plastic container for her to sit in; She was I guess, playing a game where she tried to stick to my hands, which she was winning until she decided the game was over and she dropped onto the counter and headed directly for my scalpel stand, which is…” Stein said looking around and righting a wooden stand that contained 4 sharp scalpels with plastic protectors over their blades. She set it back up on the far side of the desk from where Apple was sitting “She succeeded in tilting it onto herself before I caught her, and I moved all the scalpels and stand, but she’d absorbed one of them, the handle part to be precise; I unscrewed the blade so it couldn’t hurt her, but she still had the handle in her. I removed it from her cytoplasm, causing her some pain.”

Stein started writing…something in a notebook to her right, including the word ‘Apple’. She’s very protective of the young Henko, but not quite old enough to be her mother, perhaps an older sister.. Stein thought back to another Henko she’d encountered at the school. “What is your name and your twin’s name?” Stein asked “And what happened to Apple’s twin?” Stein finished as she reached over the desk and closed the blinds, flipping the lights switch on to maintain the light in the room.

Apple was contently sitting playing with the rubrics cube still, this was a cool toy, and she was slowly disassembling it as she went. Stein reached over towards Apple, intending to move her into the clear-plastic box on the desk.

[Rikka]

Clover settled down as she found Apple was in one piece and the situation was explained. Sighing she picked up Apple and checked her over to make sure that her cells were okay just as a precaution before she placed the small Henko back on the counter where she could play with the rubic cube in peace. Finding a seat she sat down and watched as Stein started writing something in her little notebook. Suddenly the girl was questioning about her twin and Apple's twin.

Deciding there was nothing wrong with it she propped her head up on her hand as Clover leaned against the counter top. "My name's Clover. My Twin's name is Tobias. Apple's twin....well Apple said she was gone. And the twins and I have to agree. We searched everywhere for the other baby Henko." Looking at Apple she arched a brow. "Apple your not supposed to pull it apart. Also beware there are metal parts in the middle Apple."

Clover watched as Stein moved the baby Henko to the plastic box as her mind wandered trying to figure out where the twins might be later. Before they could pick up on her thoughts though she pushed them out of her mind and started watching Apple again.

[Stein]

Apple simply continued playing with the cube as she was set in the box, oblivious to the happenings around her.

Stein stood up from her chair removing her current lab coat, and hung it on a cabinet before pulling out another one that had midnight blue coloring along the bottom, as if there was a handprint, and ringing the cuffs of the sleeves. It was the coat from the last Henko she’d found, there hadn’t been any damage to either party, just some coloring of lab coats. “Don’t worry, that cube is 100% plastic, it shouldn’t hurt her.” Stein returned to her desk and sitting “Oh, you’re friends with the Cielifreann twins? They’re interesting, next time you see them can you ask them to come see me?” She said to Clover before continuing to write “You’re obviously not Apple’s parent, you’re a bit too young, and your hormone balance is incorrect, so are you two actually related?”

After hearing the response to that question she picked up a small rubber ball and was tossing it in her hand as she turned to face Clover. “Just another quandary I have, how-catch“ Before Clover could blink there was a small blue rubber ball flying towards her head, intended to test her catch reflexes. “Good reflexes” Stein said as she wrote another sentence in her book. Only moments later 40 scalpels of various sizes and 10 replacement blades came flying at Clover from all over the room, all of them stopping about an inch from her membrane though.

Taighler and Taylour teleported into the lab when they heard Clover and Stein thinking about them, and asking them to come to the lab. “Hello Clo-“ He twins saw all the blades flying at Clover, they knew Stein had a metal affinity and that it had to be her. They were across the room in an instant, and had Stein pinned to the wall with her feet dangling about 2 feet from the ground; each twin was holding up one of her arms, effectively immobilizing her entire upper body. They both removed their hands, Taighler keeping her held with telekinesis. “What in the 9-hells are you doing Eris? Clover, why are you in here?” Both twins were assuming Apple was hidden safely in Clover’s vacuole.

“You both realize I cannot move the scalpels if I’m immobilized correct?” Stein was lying, but her thought process was too different for the twins to be able to decipher. The twins dropped Stein unceremoniously, she landed on her feet and simplt straighted her legs “Hello Taighlours, you’re interrupting an interesting experiment, I wasn’t going to harm her, I was testing her reflexes.”

[Rikka]

Clover watched the girl as she changed into another lab coat. This one had a midnight blue splotch on it. Blinking she studied the hand print before speaking up. "How did you get that print on your lab coat?" She was curious cause it was the exact shade her twin was. Sitting up she watched Stein as she started to speak up about the twins. "No I'm not related to Apple I am taking care of her though. Also my hormone balance is incorrect because I just don't feel like having children at the moment. I'm rather mature in Henko standards."

Standing up as she noted Stein now had a blue rubber ball. It wasn't hard to see where this was going. Catching the ball before it could hit her head she rolled her eyes at Stein. "You know if you wanted to test my reflexes all you had to do was ask. Now try something harder than the ball." Even as she finished 40 scalpels and 10 replacement blades were flying toward. Jumping up onto the counter she jumped for the ceiling and clung there as the metal passed beneath her. It seemed at that moment the twins decided to do a pop in as they appeared in the lab moments before she had flung herself onto the ceiling. "Sorry! My fault My fault! I kind of wanted her to challenge my reflexes. Plus I took my eyes off Apple for a moment while I was bartering with Katarina and found her in here with Stein playing adventurer scientist."

Hopping off the ceiling as she landed on the counter and sat down before pointing to the little plastic container holding Apple. Looking at the twins she grinned at them. "Thank you for coming to my rescue though."

[Stein]

The twins were kind of mad at Stein, but they also knew that Clover would have encouraged Stein to throw stuff at her. “Clover, this entire place is full of metal. You could get seriously hurt.” should we teleport her out?....no, she’d be even more mad at us if we did that

Stein looked down at her lab coat examining the hand-print on the bottom and the blue cuffs as if she hadn’t really noticed it before “I’m waiting to see if it fades or washes out, but no success so far….The last henko that was here stained it”

“You’re mature by Henko standards…how old are you?” she asked as she retracted all the Scalpels back towards their places, mostly in drawers. Stein could feel the hormones in the twins bodies with their concern for Clover; Stein looked between the twins and Clover, and smiled “Do you have a crush on anyone currently? Or do you wish to have children in the future Clover? Stein asked before returning to her desk, she knew that even if Clover didn’t give anything away that she’d be able to read the twins like books.

Damu ran over to the twins collapsing onto his back to wait for belly rubs, the twins did not disappoint, rubbing his belly as he squirmed with pleasure, he then caught sight of a small blob in a box He rolled over again and hopped onto the chair onto the counter and leapt into the plastic container and sniffed Apple, before proceeding to lick her.

Apple felt something wet pushing her and turned to ‘look’ at Damu and squealed “Monster. Monster” As she turned to climb out the other side of the small bin. Damu sat down and said “I’m not a monster, I’m a puppy. I’m soft do you want to feel,?” he rolled onto his side and remained still so as not to scare the little blob more. Apple turned and slowly oozed onto him before squealing with joy “Hehe, Fluffy puppy! Fluffy puppy!” Damu looked at Apple and said “I’m damu, what’s your name?” He liked meeting new friends

[Rikka]

Clover watched them as they tried to reason with her. "Taighler, Taylour, I don't fear metal. In fact I play with it on a daily basis remember? That which does not kill you will only make you stronger." Crawling off the counter she walked over to the twins and gently tugged a lock of their white hair as she heard Stein answer her question. Looking at Stein she looked at the blue spot again and wondered how Tobias had gotten in here. She hadn't seen her twin. Was it possible they were just missing each other?

She was quickly derailed from her thoughts though as Stein asked her some questions. "I am 15 in human years but I have the intelligence and maturity equivalent to that of a 17 or 18 year old." Watching Apple and Damu interact she moved to give Damu a herself before she was floored by the next question from Stein. Her hair took on a pink tint as she blanked her mind from the twins. "If I do its none of your business. As to having children, Yes I do plan on having Children. " As is was her hair was getting redder by the moment. Moving over to Apple she pulled two apple slice from her vacuole and game one to Damu and one to Apple. She was currently avoiding eye contact with the twins.

[Stein]

The twins smiled as Clover walked over to them. They thought at her But you could still get hurt. Stein’s morals aren’t all there exactly…. The twins wanted Clover to leave the lab, they were worried about her. “Oh yes, you are a weapons specialist. I do remember some about Henko aging cycles…” Stein continued as she wrote more stuff in her notebook. She grinned as Clover’s hair turned a bright red at her question. The twins blushed a bright red color almost as dark and Clover’s hair. They muttered something about having homework to do and teleported from the room, embarrassed, and not wanting to embarrass Clover further, but they had only teleported out of the lab, they were still listening to Clover’s thoughts. Stein said “It was simply a question; people ask about relationships all the time….Sorry to have embarrassed you so badly.” She smiled “You look even more similar to your twins now. Why does everyone want red hair these days?”

Damu happily took the apple slice from Clover, as did Apple and both ate their slice. Stein walked over and picked up Damu and by extension Apple. She set down Damu on the counter and tried to set down Apple, but Apple stuck to Stein hand, giggling at this new game. Stein turned away and sat down in her chair, still trying to disconnect Apple from her hands.

Upon being set down Damu ran towards Clover to say ‘hi’., he tried to stop in front of her stomach, but he slid a little and slid right into Clover’s stomach. (You can choose if he’s stuck, or went out the other side)

[Rikka]

Don't worry I won't get hurt. Well not on purpose I don't think. Clover did think on the fact that some of Stein's morals weren't all there. Maybe she was missing some but Stein seemed to like kids.

As everyone seemed to get embarrassed she forgot to harden her cells encase of impact of something. Looking to Stein she got slightly redder. "Well its not a common question asked to me. Boys or girls for that matter don't exactly like the thought of dating a 'blob of goo'." Alexia had told her that before which was fine. When she wanted to have kids she could have kids by herself. Suddenly she heard Stein call the twins hers. Her hair which had been fading back to black turned scarlet.

"Their.....They....No..They aren't my twins! I mean they are but they aren't! Oh.....I'm going to shut up now." Clover turned away from Stein as she picked up Damu and Apple, who was clinging to Damu. Still very embarrassed she watched as Apple clung to Stein's hands and Damu was set down. Before she could harden her cells Damu ran right into her. It was only a split second after he slid into her before she dropped to the ground in pain and screaming in Henko. His head had managed to pop out her back before her cells were loosening and hardening as each cell pressed against the metal staples pulsated with pain.

[Stein]

As Clover started sputtering about ‘her twins’ Stein looked at her and raised an eyebrow "Why are you embarrassed to look like Tobias? Oh, you hears twins plural Stein smirked and smiled a little before returning to unsticking Apple from her ....they might not be yours, but you are theirs"

Apple dropped off of Stein’s hand at the moment Clover started screaming. Apple had started also screaming and panicking as Clover was hurt. Stein turned to Clover to see what had caused her pain and saw Damu sticking out Clover’s back. Stein assumed what she had to do and grabbed Damu and pulled him out of Clover’s back. Falling backwards with Damu she hit the floor and sat up again looking at Damu who was now all black.

The twins were quick to teleport back in and they quickly took in the scene of Clover screaming and squirming on the ground and Stein behind her holding a now all black puppy. They ignored Stein with Damu and ran to Clover, lifting her carefully and laying her on the cot, feeling proud of themselves as Clover stained the sheets black. Is there anymore metal? They thought to her as Taylour entered her mind to hear the response, while he was there he also tried to take Clover’s pain away.

[Rikka]

Clover screamed as Damu was forcefully pulled from her plasma. Curling up on the floor she ended up shifting back to her henko form leaving her clothing on the floor. Pain racked her frame as she tried to get it over with. Soon enough the twins showed up and felt herself being moved. Due to her cells loosening and tightening she accidentally died the cot beneath her as the twins set her down.

Feeling Taylours enter her mind she tried to keep her pain away from him but it was very hard with the pain still shooting through her plasma. Though she was sure there was no more metal in her plasma. It just still hurt like hell. No more...at least that I can tell... Seeming to make herself smaller her bubble of plasma shook as another wave of pain shot through her. This was the first time since her first year that she had been caught of guard with metal.

[Stein]

The twins were absorbing some of Clover’s pain; Taylour was absorbing more since he was actually in her head, and was trying not to let Taighler absorb as much. They could feel Clover trying to keep the pain to herself, but they just slowly pushed open the ‘door’ again and continued taking some of the pain. They were also pulling the excess covers over the frame to ensure that there was nothing else that could hurt Clover.

Stein watched the twins move Clover, and got the idea they were speaking telepathically. She picked up Damu and set him on the counter “I’m going to go help them, stay here.” Stein said as she open another few desk drawers. Stein grabbed one of the thin pieces of plastic she had and set it on Clover’s top, before holding a powerful magnet to the other side, ensuring the metal never touched Clover, Stein was searching for other trace metals Clover might have gotten, or any staples that might have come loose into her. Stein could feel there was a little more metal in Clover, but there are natural metals as well that are supposed to be there, they wouldn’t be attracted to the magnet, but the staples and invasive metals would. Stein could feel a staple-like metal piece along with some other excess natural metals moving towards the magnet, as it reached the magnet she pulled it out, with the help of her affinity.