Go West

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 3:53 am

"Yeah, something definitely is going on there behind the scenes," Will said, blandly, as he discretely tried to see if he could actually rip himself out of his chair.

by **Narrator** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 4:00 am

The attempt is discrete but the ensuing sound of wet velcro tearing is not.

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 5:34 pm

"...I'd say the time to experiment with turning your arse into velcro is in private."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 6:39 pm

Will frowned as he made his way to the back of the plane.

"My ass? Well, if you're going to spout out opinions about it, you can just kiss it, instead."

He opened the door to the restroom and shut it behind him.

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:07 pm

"Well, someone's defensive," Tosh said as he studied Will's empty seat.

by **Narrator** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 7:55 pm

It's a normal seat. Well, a normal seat that has trace amounts of shapeshifter-goop stuck in it's fabric.

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 8:33 pm

"Um, Sam? Will's melting into the furniture. That's... bad, right?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 9:47 pm

"It's... within the realm of things he can do if he wants to," she says carefully.

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 9:53 pm

"I certainly hope I'm reading too much into things but considering how he's acting, it's concerning."

by **Acala** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:00 pm

"There are a lot of things he can do that we don't want him to."

"One instance of strange behavior and one sudden power development. Are you experiencing any unusual effects, Samantha?"

"Is it possible the three of you were exposed to something?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:36 pm

"You know, I'm getting pretty sick of being quarantined after missions."

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Thu Jun 25, 2020 11:48 pm

"Shit. It's, um, probably nothing but I did get a little excessively angry when I shifted into the new shape."

by **Acala** » Fri Jun 26, 2020 12:30 am

"I see no reason to recommend quarantine." Acala chirps as she detaches from the flight console and leaving the plane on auto-pilot. She floats over to Will's empty seat and tendrils of nanites poke at and into the surface.

"Massively elevated levels of Mutant Growth Hormone."

Two nanite tendrils shoot out and narrow to the point of only being a shimmer in the air. It barely registers when they briefly prick Tosh and Sam.

"Normal levels."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:11 pm

"So I guess Will got some sort of contact high off the rock monster?"

by **Acala** » Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:37 pm

"You were in contact with it as well and you show no signs of it."

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:38 pm

"It's more like... for levels to be this high, the contact would have to be ongoing. Meaning... damn it, Will. Madison West is gonna be pissed if you stole her sample."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:47 pm

"Didn't seem like Madison really cared."

"Her parents? That might be a different story."

by **Acala** » Fri Jun 26, 2020 7:56 pm

"Miranda West is not a pleasant woman."

"But a sample to analyze would be invaluable in determining what happened."

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Fri Jun 26, 2020 8:11 pm

"I'd try prying the truth from him, but something tells me that you'd have more luck with that," he said to Sam.

We can't fight one crime with another! We aren't villains!

Oh cut the drama, new guy.

by **Acala** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:46 pm

"We can always analyze the residue he left in the seat."

"Though Lippincott would probably have access to the results if we did it at the school."

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:00 pm

"Are you capable of doing that? Or making something that can?"

by **Acala** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:07 pm

"Given sufficient time and resources."

"So no. But if the jet suffered an unforeseen technical difficulty we might be forced to make an emergency landing somewhere that does."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:10 pm

"...you know, he is a fully grown adult human being," Sam sighs as she undoes her harness.

Getting out of her seat, she heads back to see what Will is up to.

by **Narrator** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:14 pm

Will had not come out of the restroom, and it was awfully quiet in there.

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:15 pm

"You know, you're awfully sneaky for a robot. But so was Miss Minamida," he smiled, "How long a delay would you need?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:16 pm

Sam raps her knuckles on the door.

"Everything alright in there?"

by **Narrator** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:18 pm

Still no response, nor was her telepathy picking up anything from inside the room.

by **Acala** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:24 pm

"Hard to tell, but we can probably make it look convincing after the fact!"

"Oops." she deadpans as she adjusts the engine parameters of one of the jets, throwing off the oxygen balance upon which it immediately sputters to a halt. "It seems we were forced to adjust course and head for the closest facility capable of servicing a modified SR-71."

On one of the monitors their projected flight-path adjusts a couple degrees north, taking them to the northern shore of Scotland.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:25 pm

"...Acala, please cease your sneaky buggery and figure out where we were when the onboard toilet last flushed."

by **Acala** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:28 pm

"Approximately ten minutes or 350 miles ago."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:29 pm

"And what were we over?"

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:30 pm

"Please tell me you don't think Will flushed himself into the Atlantic," Tosh groaned.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:31 pm

"I was just audibly extolling Will's relative maturity so of course he flushed himself down the toilet."

by **Acala** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:32 pm

"Somewhere between the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the Iceland Basin."

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:38 pm

Tosh's face darkened. "God damn it, Will! How the fuck are we supposed to find you this time?"

by **Acala** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:42 pm

"The good news is that he will probably be fine."

"The bad news is he fell into the Gulf Stream."

"The other good news is we can probably use his communicator to triangulate his approximate position."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:43 pm

"...alright, let's go get him," she sighs.

by **Acala** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:49 pm

"How very helpful of him to provide us with a credible excuse as to change our flight plan." Acala chirps as the plane banks hard into a 180 degree turn, dropping altitude until the waves beneath them are uncomfortably close and a spray of water is carved by their passing.

"Let's hope his head is big enough to provide buoyancy."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:55 pm

The plane cut through the air, quickly retracing it's path.

Roughly at the coordinates Acala had indicated, there was a buoy, unmarked on any of the charts they had, bobbing along in the Atlantic. It could be a secret government buoy of some sort, or more likely, an idiot shifter.

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:08 pm

"Looks like it's up to me to drag him in," Tosh said, shifting into Bruce and standing before the cargo ramp as it opened. After grabbing a tow cable, he dove out to retrieve Will.

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