Lion Taming

by **Leo Eskandari** » Thu Nov 07, 2019 8:47 pm

He gave the doctor a hopeful, only slightly hungry, look.

by **Hank McCoy** » Thu Nov 07, 2019 8:50 pm

"I'll be back as soon as I can, young man," he nods, heading back down the hallway.

by **Leo Eskandari** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 3:39 pm

Leo's heart rate had risen to dangerous levels by the time Doctor McCoy had returned with his treatment, but he had stabilized quickly. The withdrawal hadn't been pretty either, but he had eventually fallen asleep.

When he awoke the next morning, things were different. His mind was clear. And even more telling to others, his body had changed. He was a little smaller, though still quite large at around seven feet tall, and the chitinous limbs coming out of his back had shriveled and fallen off. When checked, his blood was nearly clean with only traces of the organic compound that had in all probability caused his body to go into overdrive.

He was ready to talk.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 5:20 pm

"How's he doing?" Sam asks Ainsley as she comes down the hall.

by **Ainsley Green** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 6:09 pm

Ainsley stayed with Manticore, having slept outside his enclosure on a provided chair. He'd had worse.

"Steady enough it seems.

Should I rouse him?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 6:12 pm

"I think we should. Who even knows what's happening to Tosh right now?"

by **Leo Eskandari** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:40 pm

Leo yawned sleepily as he woke, having fallen back to sleep after the breakfast he was provided. The cot groaned as he sat up to look at them.

by **Ainsley Green** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:41 pm

"Morning mate. Can ya still hear me?" He tried.

by **Leo Eskandari** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 7:45 pm

"Mo-ost-ly," he answered with careful pronunciation, as if unused to his own mouth.

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:18 pm

"I'm glad you're feeling better, Leo. I'm Sam."

Since the mission, Sam has been patched up, but Leo can still see some signs of his handiwork on her.

by **Leo Eskandari** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:22 pm

He averted his eyes from her injuries. "I... sor-ry I hu-urt you..."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:27 pm

"It's... not your fault, really."

"If you feel guilty about it, you can make it up by helping us find out where they took our friend."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 8:36 pm

"I he-elp if I can," he replied, "Ne-ever saw mu-uch."

by **Samantha McManus** » Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:55 pm

"Do you remember much about where they kept you?"

by **Leo Eskandari** » Sat Nov 09, 2019 12:14 am

"He ke-eps us undergro-ound, in some kind of med-ic-cal fa-cilit-ty. Lots of ca-ages. And a big op-en room where Alph-pha... the min-o-taur guy... has us sp-spar," he answered.

"I don't think the fa-ci-lity is for people."

by **Robin Stanton** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:34 pm

"How'd you end up there? They had some kind of teleporter so maybe they're not even in the UK anymore?"

by **Leo Eskandari** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:35 pm

"A man appro-oached me, offered me work. Like an idi-ot, I went with him. Next thing I can clearly re-mem-ber, I'm there, strapped to a metal table. I don't think I left the co-ountry. Most of the mino-taur's men have UK ac-cents."

The more he spoke, the less care he seemed to need to take in putting together his words. A light Boston accent even became apparent.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:42 pm

"Granted, I don't think human experimentation of this kind is legal... anywhere."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 7:49 pm

"Yeah, guys like this don't tend to care much about legality," Will said, from his spot against the wall.

by **Leo Eskandari** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:13 pm

Leo studied his somewhat shortened fingers as he thought.

Suddenly looking to them again, he said, "The Doc-tor. He once called mino-taur Mister Grant."

by **Will Stanton** » Mon Nov 11, 2019 8:38 pm

"Grant.

That name mean anything to anyone? Maybe we can get ASHLIE to..."

He paused for a moment.

"...Maybe we can get the computer to see if there are any Grants related to Tosh's history."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 12:09 am

"Tosh must be the one I stung," he said guiltily, having not been awake enough to have heard it earlier. "I'm sorry I don't... wait... once they had me fight a real lion. It can't be easy to get one, right?"

by **Robin Stanton** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:32 pm

"Not if you can freakin' teleport." Robin frowns.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:39 pm

"Well he still has a point. We should look to see if any zoos have missing animals."

by **Leo Eskandari** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:58 pm

"I just remem-bered something else. The doctor's name. Muto. He and Grant se-eemed like old friends."

by **Robin Stanton** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:00 pm

"Muto and Grant, missing animals, got it." Robin says, pulling out her phone and googling 'Muto' for starters, being the most unusual thing to search for.

by **Narrator** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:07 pm

Simply searching for 'Muto' by itself gets results about kaiju.

by **Robin Stanton** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:22 pm

"Okay minus godzilla stuff then..."

by **Narrator** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 8:34 pm

She eventually finds an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about the trial of one Doctor George Muto, known to the public as the ecoterrorist supervillain Doctor Evo. The key witness was a boy the doctor had abducted... Tosh himself.

by **Robin Stanton** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:21 pm

"Now this is a guy who knows how to super-villain. Hyper-obsessively and super-predictably. What do you think are the odds he took him to the same kind of place again?" Robin asks after holding up her findings for the rest of the group.

by **Narrator** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:38 pm

Further down the article, it says Tosh had been taken to a lab hidden under a veterinary hospital. No one could unearth where he had gotten the funds for his facility or where his chief accomplice, a mutant known as Taurus, had disappeared to.

But hold up... a character witness for the defense was one David Grant.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 9:45 pm

"So veterinary hospitals near zoos?"

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Nov 12, 2019 11:35 pm

"Possibly even at a zoo proper. I imagine most zoos do their medical stuff in house, if only because I can't imagine a kitty carrier large enough to carry a Lion.

Search for veterinary hospitals that have recently shut down, or been purchased. Change of owners, all that kinda stuff."

by **Robin Stanton** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:26 pm

"And might be missing a lion." Robin nods as she starts searching.

by **Narrator** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 4:48 pm

More than one veterinary hospital fits the criteria and no zoos have changed hands within the last year. None report missing animals either. Going back further, however, reveals three zoos under new management. The results are promising but need narrowing.

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 6:47 pm

"See if you can correlate them with dimensional disturbances -- if they're teleporting around, maybe it got caught by some sort of scanner."

by **Robin Stanton** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:04 pm

"I don't think this janky old internet has that kinda info, but I can try!" she says, trying a couple variations of spatial disturbances that might have made the news. At the same time she checks if the name 'Grant' comes up in any context of zoos or vets.

by **Narrator** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:14 pm

The only spatial disturbance she can find is in relation to the semi that portaled away. Grant, however, hits paydirt. A Grant-Morrison Holdings owns one of the zoos. And it's currently closed for renovation.

by **Robin Stanton** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 8:22 pm

"Blammo! I got it. It's gotta be this one."

by **Narrator** » Wed Nov 13, 2019 9:05 pm

It seems the rescue team is headed to Scotland to kick some hybrid butt. Don't forget your kilts!

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