Alice Seraphim
Oddity
female
bi-sexual
loves her Lucas
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Mar 7, 2023 16:06:22 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Mar 7, 2023 16:06:22 GMT -5
Alice nodded and took his hand. She also knew the quickest way to move for her was flight but she'd prefer a better landing rather than crashing into the unknown. "Now we leap" she said and going together they ended up beside the tail plane. They passed through the barrier and were now covered by the bubble. Then things shifted round them in a few seconds off time. "Woah" she added once they landed again. This time still on the beach but it seemed time had caught up on them. The fire was out in the helicopter but it was still dark as she looked around. A knot of people ahead of them one one end of the beach was still the downed crew and passengers and they looked in good order at least. At the other end of the beach was another landed chopper in US navy markings. Also another OSE team and she looked back at Ace. This could be the moment when things went south after all they'd been through. Could somebody be trigger happy and jumpy at the same time? Also quite possibly ready to shoot at something they didn't understand. Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
O.S.E.
male
heterosexual
married to Sam <3
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Mar 10, 2023 7:48:06 GMT -5
Post by Ace Nottingham on Mar 10, 2023 7:48:06 GMT -5
He did not mind leaping but the pass through the barrier did make him feel slightly disoriented for a few seconds. He still did not know how time was working here though he did understand how time worked. It was so damn weird but he looked out, noticing that the darkness still stayed and he marked that down as being good. "Stay around this area and I will go see what the other OSE members have to say and report back to you in a second." He made his way over and was greeted okay as they began to speak. He knew that he needed to figure out just what the hell, or maybe why the hell this was happening now. Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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female
bi-sexual
loves her Lucas
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Mar 10, 2023 8:26:11 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Mar 10, 2023 8:26:11 GMT -5
Alice had memories of dealing with men in black while as a young girl and a teenager so could could act as if she belonged as part of an OSE team for a brief period of time. In fact the people on the beach might even assume that they were together. So she took this chance to quietly walk round the general area of the crash site without going too far while Ace did his thing. That way she'd look like she was doing her job. There might just be more to find while she did have a chance to look but so far there was nothing new or unusual. There was no more ripples round the area where they landed so there would be no going back in time again. They did truely seem to be back where they were supposed to be. A pity there'd probally be nobody she could tell that part of her story too. She was mentally making up her report the best she could given she couldn't tell most of it. Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
O.S.E.
male
heterosexual
married to Sam <3
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Mar 11, 2023 8:43:51 GMT -5
Post by Ace Nottingham on Mar 11, 2023 8:43:51 GMT -5
Being in OSE was never fun and games but it was a good job with great benefits and you never had to worry about them catching you. Still he knew that if they suspected that anything was off that would be it for the both of them. Still he talked and nodded and once the man moved stations he made his way back to Alice. "Okay there have been reports of funnels, not big ones but small funnels on that side of the island. They are trying to keep it hush hush but I got clearance to go over so come on, as long as you stick by me you should not be questioned either." Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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female
bi-sexual
loves her Lucas
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Mar 11, 2023 9:15:35 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Mar 11, 2023 9:15:35 GMT -5
"That sounds good to me. Please lead the way" she quietly replied. Unless somebody was super paranoid they shouldn't suspect anything as they were not only doing their jobs they also didn't look out of place as most people would expect Ace to have a partner. "I also checked round the chopper and there's no more ripples. So can't go back; only forward from here". She'd see in due course what they were dealing with and if these could be linked or not to what they'd already experienced. This looked like a hard to explain situation was going to get more complicated. Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
O.S.E.
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heterosexual
married to Sam <3
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Mar 12, 2023 10:37:50 GMT -5
Post by Ace Nottingham on Mar 12, 2023 10:37:50 GMT -5
He was not sure if it was the use of his powers from earlier or being in whatever this was. He decided to call it a ripple in his head as he could feel the color slowly disappearing from his face but for the moment he was okay. "On forward then," he said as he walked and looked around. Seeing crashes like this had never set well with him but still knowing that you had to get out was different. He took a left and looked back making sure that Alice was still keeping up. As he seen that she was he spoke. "You must have seen some crazy things in your life to remain as calm as you have so far," he said. Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Mar 12, 2023 12:00:52 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Mar 12, 2023 12:00:52 GMT -5
Alice kept pace with Ace as he posed his question. One she could answer now without much painful memories rising to the surface. "You know the people who believe conspiracy theories? Just sometimes they're right. When my wings started to grow aged four I gained first hand experience of being a lab specimen. And since then I never grew up in a normal way thanks to the CIA black ops people and much later on OSE. They even told me they were trying to clone me at that age; and they might even have managed it. So I'm not even sure if Alice is my real name, I've never seen my birth certificate or even know if I have family or not. so yeah I've seen and been involved in weird things. It was actually the time growing up with the army that felt more normal. They looked after me but there was still medical checks and lab tests to go through as I grew up. I wouldn't wish what I went through on anybody". She looked back at Ace sounding serious as she certainly hadn't made this up and there was so much she couldn't remember or known about. So much more could have been done to her. "So now you know why I do this job and fight for my own kind" she added. They still had a mystery to solve but it might help if Ace knew what the unlucky oddities went through first hand. Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
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married to Sam <3
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Mar 13, 2023 13:42:40 GMT -5
Post by Ace Nottingham on Mar 13, 2023 13:42:40 GMT -5
Mentally Ace was doing his best to put him somewhere else that was not here. He could hold it together but he did not exactly like the thoughts of something, of people being able to be was the correct word ripped out of time and no one seem to know about it yet. Still as he walked it did keep playing in his head how it was to be only forward. He eyed Alice when she started talking about conspiracy theories. "So, yes I can say that I believe that every conspiracy has some truth too but if you do not believe your name is Alice then you can change it. I mean it will cost you but you know your name becomes a part of your idenity so if you do not believe it then you need it changed to something that reflects you as a person, like Betty. You totally strike me as a betty." He hated how he kind of felt bad for her. "Well you survived," he said as he took a left turn and waited on her and spoke. "Your life is yours make something good out of it and all that past shit slowly starts to matter less." He was not going to say that it never mattered because even he knew better. "I first discovered I could, I had a power when I took a piss. Pissing out hydrogen was not fun, made me never want to use my dick ever again honestly," he said as he laughed. "It's not funny but sometimes you just have to laugh." Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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female
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loves her Lucas
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Mar 13, 2023 14:48:17 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Mar 13, 2023 14:48:17 GMT -5
Alice didn't feel like a Betty; Betty's sounded like they'd had a normal life with a mom and dad, the white picket fence, a sibling and a dog. To this day she wasn't even sure if she could deal with a pet even with growing up round them and army dogs. "Betty sounds too normal; I've either been called Alice or Tinker Bell so I'll stick with what I know. I did choose my surname given what I resemble" she replied keeping up with Ace and his quick turn. She'd put plenty of thought into that and turned to the old testament for that. The first recorded angels had six wings and that was closer to her four rather than the artistic ideas people had about them. She had survived but that would lead to wondering if she'd have a normal life in front of her. She made a mental note to ask in rehab if children of her own were an option but first they had to deal with this. Then Ace explained how he'd found out his power. "I take it you managed to control your ability with help. Making silver cutlery was quite impressive?" she posed. Probally the people before OSE given the age he looked. "I did survive it but love stopped me being a monster; I'd every right to hate humanity but there was enough people who treated me like a person and not a lab rat. Think about Frankenstein for example; the creation wasn't the monster. The monsters were the mob and his creator abandoned him". Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
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heterosexual
married to Sam <3
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Mar 14, 2023 13:40:52 GMT -5
Post by Ace Nottingham on Mar 14, 2023 13:40:52 GMT -5
"That just proves that you never seen the Flintstones, Betty was so kick ass though I get sticking with what you know. It's familiar and less scary in a world that can be everything else." He shook his head a second to get out of his own bad thoughts but he simply did not have time to get sad. "Control it?" Nope, he did not really have control over it. "Well and please do not be feeling sorry for me because I am a dick and I need you to keep thinking that. The solution to controlling what I do is just watching everything I intake. It's my own form of medicine, I mean I don't want to shit silverware every time I turn around or like possibly burn a chick when things are going on, one time was enough." He contoured his face when she spoke about love. Dear gee why. "Love is.." FAKE. A FACADE! "..warm," he decided to say aloud as he walked and turned and smacked right into a palm tree, landing on his ass. "There is not supposed to be a tree there!" Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
Oddity
female
bi-sexual
loves her Lucas
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Mar 14, 2023 14:30:29 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Mar 14, 2023 14:30:29 GMT -5
"I never did get watching the Flintstones. I did get watching Scooby Doo instead" Alice mused in reply. Then he explained how he managed to deal with the ability. "I also understand why you'd want to keep a partner safe. I've a boyfriend who I've nearly wing whacked on several occasions once things got going and he got excited" she added quietly knowing she wouldn't want to hurt Adam. Now the tree was unexpected. They hadn't seen it before they leapt through the ripple and that was a fact. You'd notice a palm tree on an beach like this. "You're right Ace. It wasn't there before" she further added bearing what he had said in mind but that didn't make him a bad person; neither did the job he was doing. So they now had something to examine as she gave the tree a shake for starters. Again it was like the helicopter tail; it looked out of place just like that. Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
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married to Sam <3
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Mar 15, 2023 14:21:01 GMT -5
Post by Ace Nottingham on Mar 15, 2023 14:21:01 GMT -5
Though he was not a person who got frustrated he did not like this at all. It was eerie to him as he listened to Alice and at least she seemed able to stay calm, a trait that he knew in the end that he needed to work on. He started to add on to what she was saying when he glanced around them and then spoke after she shook the tree. "Stand back a second please," he said as he stretched his arm out. He wanted to see if it would feel different though he was not sure it would or would not. "Do you think we can break a branch off of the tree and see if anything happens or at the least use it like a hook and stick it out in front of us and see if anything happens that could be classified as a disturbance?" Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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bi-sexual
loves her Lucas
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Mar 15, 2023 15:24:45 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Mar 15, 2023 15:24:45 GMT -5
Alice let Ace try first after he picked himself up. The tree didn't react in the same way as before when she shook it slightly. She also couldn't see a ripple yet and pebbles hadn't made an impression either on the tail plane. Perhaps processed metal was the key. She looked curiously at the tree and then back to Ace. "It took something metal to get a reaction before. I'll fly up and break of a branch but do you still have the torch the sergeant gave you? It's not sharp but you could still probe with it. There's enough metal in those old style flashlights to get a reaction if there is a ripple on this tree". She posed her thoughts on the issue and then flew up to locate a likely branch that she could pull off. The height would also show her if it was likely to just be a normal tree or not. She had a strong motivation to get out of this mess and his name was Adam Parker. Then she returned with a likely looking slender branch, palm leaves and all. Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
O.S.E.
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heterosexual
married to Sam <3
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Mar 16, 2023 19:31:17 GMT -5
Post by Ace Nottingham on Mar 16, 2023 19:31:17 GMT -5
"Yeah I do," he said. He wanted out of here too but he knew that if something like this happened again he would make sure he wrote down all that he could and remember what and compare notes later. It was not a good strategy for now but later hopefully. "Thanks," he said. "I will make something metal again if we need it but I might pass out, just a little bit of a forewarning." Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
Oddity
female
bi-sexual
loves her Lucas
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Mar 17, 2023 4:23:30 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Mar 17, 2023 4:23:30 GMT -5
"I hope you won't have to make anymore then. Everyone's powers have limits; even flight takes it out of me" Alice softly replied. "Now we've both things we need I'll fly up and round to see if it activates or if there's a ripple when you are ready to try it". It felt wrong to leave Ace if he did pass out; you stayed with your partner and tonight he was hers. They worked for rival organisations but they were both professionals in their fields. Ace Nottingham
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