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Jun 11, 2023 16:52:06 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 11, 2023 16:52:06 GMT -5
Though she despised kids with her ever being even she knew a smart and more than that inquisitive kid when she seen one and Sophie was both of those. She motioned for her to take a seat now that they were in an office. "Sophie," she said because Avery had learned long ago that if you spoke to children with an adult frame of mind they felt more respected because deep down no kid wanted to truly be treated like a kid. "I think that tonight you should stay at the Ashford Arms." She figured she might get some fight back on this so she paused and waited to see how she reacted just exactly. "Yes exactly like that. We do our best to work together but as you know from the meeting that you just came out of sometimes all we can do is share our thoughts with those that we work with and hope for the best." Avery raised her eye brow at the comment about killing them herself. It made sense she seemed to have a lot of rage but this was also a reason that she would never ever ruin herself by birthing a child. Ungrateful damn brats at the end of the day. "I mean I am not going to tell anyone so whose really going to know when you take your revenge that it was just not an accidental death?" Sophie Chang |
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Jun 11, 2023 17:32:44 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 11, 2023 17:32:44 GMT -5
Sophie felt her pain flare up again just as she sat down in the offered seat. Mrs Ashford would like her to stay at the Ashford Arms tonight but there was also things she needed before she could go. Not having these would make the night a painful one for her and perhaps land her back in hospital. "I don't think I have much choice about that but somebody needs to get things from my apartment. My medication, pajamas and clothes for tomorrow. I still have that social services meeting at 9.30am" she posed wincing in pain. The last dose hadn't worn of yet. She'd cried enough for a little while so felt able to express herself fully. "Isn't that life in general? And I suppose it wouldn't be the first time somebody was found dead in the slums. It won't be the last either" she added quietly. You usually didn't have the person handed to you but she wouldn't argue about how she got revenge. What she was saying now was clearing showing she had more layers that needed to be uncovered. She still meant what she said too. Avery Ashford |
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Jun 12, 2023 8:08:43 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 12, 2023 8:08:43 GMT -5
"We will go back and retreive your things but I have to go check on a few small things first in the lab. Let's get you a wheel chair and let your arms rest so that you can rest up," she said as she turned and found one and wheeled it over to Sophie. "Do you need food? We offer up fruit and vegetables and fries and anything really. We are moving into letting some AI help us with them but we will never take jobs from oddities or humans." "Life in general is good but the dark spots are so damn dark it's hard to see," she said as she stopped by a tablet and ordered herself some fruit and fries with a side of spring water. "Nothing should ever be the last, people get lazy that way." Sophie Chang |
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Jun 12, 2023 8:41:09 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 12, 2023 8:41:09 GMT -5
Hearing that they would be going back later made Sophie feel a bit more secure. She needed to make sure her aunts tablet computer stayed hidden for now until she ended up at a final destination. Then keep hanging onto it as not only would she need it to keep a track of her bank account but also keep certain messages secret for as long as she could. She also felt tired and her shoulders felt sore. A sit down would be nice after using crutches all day. So she slipped into the wheel chair and stashed the crutches in it. The more she got to hear today the better things might be. "Could I please have chicken noodles with chicken nuggets and peas? Also a cup of tea with milk?" she asked. Comfort food for her as she was also the cook in her now departed family. Hearing what else Avery had to say she nodded as it made sense to her. "There's always something else to do and achieve" she added. Avery Ashford |
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Jun 13, 2023 11:24:47 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 13, 2023 11:24:47 GMT -5
"Yes I'll have someone draw that meal together for you. Look Sophie I am not going to do like doctors and therapists and even pretend that I understand anything that you are going through because I do not. It's been forever since i have had the innocence of a child and the world was so different but I do know what it is like to have something snatched from you and for that we have if only one thing in common." She would have never thought it either and yet. "All in all what we have to do is push through the pain slowly and understand ourselves and our emotions and not freak out. It's not easy but if we were not meant for better things it would not be such a task to get to the top. You should also rest when you are able, if you do not your body will find a way to make you do so." Sophie Chang |
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Jun 13, 2023 13:17:51 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 13, 2023 13:17:51 GMT -5
Sophie looked and listened to Avery. Even doing a simple thing like taking a walk was taking a lot out of her as she made herself more comfortable. She'd also asked for the meal she'd had made once she'd gotten back home. Perhaps she hadn't lost all her innocence by now. There was still a little girl curled up in the grief and pain looking for a way out and adventure. She did wonder if California was much different from where Avery grew up but she did say the world was different for her before something was snatched away from her. Sophie's something was her aunt who was effectively their mother as she grew up. "Thank you Mrs Ashford. It does look like I'll have plenty of time to deal with the pain but I do want to be back to what I was and better than what I could have expected. My aunt didn't say as much but she expected me to continue in the family business. I'm sure you will find out what that was in time once somebody investigates" she replied. She knew she needed to rest as sleep didn't seem to be enough. The doctor had said the same before she was discharged. She also knew a powerful family like her hosts could find out a lot of things if they went looking. Avery Ashford |
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Jun 14, 2023 7:56:47 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 14, 2023 7:56:47 GMT -5
"When my bad thing happened to me I did not understand how everyone could go on about their way. I wanted them to take their time out and understand what I was feeling but then I found that it was impossible." It had made her beautiful and bitter, her favorite two things. "I only want the best for the people who come on the island even those in the slums. Sometimes I come off cold but my intentions have a good purpose behind them and as soon as I do find out what the business was I can call for you to come up to my office or send for you if you want." Sophie Chang |
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Jun 14, 2023 10:05:47 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 14, 2023 10:05:47 GMT -5
Sophie figured out by the time Avery made her enquires and got even partial answers she'd be well settled in the orphanage. Tonight in the hotel would be a trial run she supposed. So replied "I'm sure I'll be easy to find later on. I won't be going too far until I get healed up at least". She didn't want to sleep until she got the hotel but she had left the flat spotless already. The only thing that bothered her was the power going out and spoiling her fresh cooking ingredients she kept in the fridge. "People like us have to make the best of things. Now you have to try and do the same for an entire island. One that is surrounded by enemies even if things do change. A place I'll have to fight for some day if I end up staying here" she mused . She knew her path had changed but not in quite the way it would turn out. Avery Ashford |
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Jun 15, 2023 15:05:01 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 15, 2023 15:05:01 GMT -5
"My job is difficult but I mean it, it has helped me watch so many oddities grow that I do not think that I will or could ever give it up. We are always growing the island and it is also a part of why I am going to make an idea box soon but I have also given up a lot to be where I am and that is what I would not ask of anyone. I did not even have kids which is why helping you is so important to me as well." Sophie Chang |
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Jun 15, 2023 15:51:37 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 15, 2023 15:51:37 GMT -5
Sophie had wondered why her dad had never tried for a half sibling for her. A question she'd never figured out an answer to but might when she grew up and could think about relationships for herself. So hearing Avery never had children that question did raise itself. She wasn't sure if she could ask it. All she was hearing sounded good to Sophie. What triggered danger for her was a sense of wrongness; it didn't have to be obvious either but she was still sensing nothing wrong. "You've given up so much Mrs Ashford and you deserve to be happy too. My aunt moved here once my ability showed. She said I had the same power as my mother but she could do a lot more with it. Perhaps one day I could match her abilities but I still need to learn" Sophie quietly said. To do that she needed to get better and then she'd be able to do more. She could show Avery a sample as she stretched out her right hand to make her fire knife. She could make it last long enough for a fight and it glowed white hot with flames round the edges it. Right now it was good enough but it would have to be a lot better in the future. Avery Ashford |
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Jun 17, 2023 7:07:07 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 17, 2023 7:07:07 GMT -5
"I am happy, well for the most part since another sad part of life is learning that happiness comes in short forms here and there but for the most part I am." Her marriage could use a lot of work and all the humans needed to die but she kept those thoughts to herself. "We are all learning," she said as she looked at Sophie. She watched and spoke after. "I expect with proper training you might become a very formidable asset," she said. "There are little limits to what any oddity can do once they full understand their power." Sophie Chang |
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Jun 17, 2023 7:17:28 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 17, 2023 7:17:28 GMT -5
Sophie stopped her power and the flame blade faded until all there was left was a bit of heat round her hand. It had been remarked to her that her body temperature ran a little higher than the norm but since her fire came from within that was probally the reason. What Avery said was sensible but that little demonstration of power had taken a bit more out of her weakened state. She did look tired but there would be better days in front of her. As well as hope. "You think so? I could do what my mother did or surpass her?" she quietly asked. Papa had been a normal but also had given her plenty to work with. She just knew that her mother had done great things with fire but no real details. Avery Ashford |
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Jun 18, 2023 6:14:50 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 18, 2023 6:14:50 GMT -5
"Well I am not one hundred percent certain but I do believe in mutations of our abilities," she said. "Let me show you," she said. Avery did not always believe that more was better as she took a second to clone herself, so that there were two of her now. "I can duplicate myself and I can also make a third," she said as she did so but the third quickly fell over. "I am not quite powerful enough to keep the third around yet and three will be my max, but to go from two to three is big for me and what I can do around the island as far as keeping it running so yes I do believe you will get there." Sophie Chang |
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Jun 18, 2023 6:31:02 GMT -5
Post by Sophie Chang on Jun 18, 2023 6:31:02 GMT -5
Sophie seen something that should have been impossible but yet there was three Avery's. One wasn't doing much having fallen over but the pair of women looked back at her proved the point. You could always get better with your ability but first she had to fully heal and grow up. It looked like the first stage of that would take place in the orphanage given what she'd been told. "That's good to know" Sophie replied and looked down with concern at number three who was on the ground. "Will she be alright?" she posed as she looked between Avery 1 and Avery 2. Sophie knew she already could do more than most humans could in a physical way but how much further could she really go? Avery Ashford |
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Jun 19, 2023 8:56:36 GMT -5
Post by Avery Ashford on Jun 19, 2023 8:56:36 GMT -5
She went quiet for a second but it was nothing against Sophie she was just thinking. "It has been so long since i have been a child that I wish I could go back sometimes. When I was younger I wanted so much to be an adult and now I forgot just how much, how special being a kid is so I can only imagine how that feels when you add in being an oddity." She did not grow attachment to kids though they were only to be used. "Let's go get your things and then get you in for the night, even as a kid you need rest yes?" She laughed. "She will be fine," Avery said as she stood up and picked the lifeless body up. "Once I can control it she will be anyway." Sophie Chang |
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