Later May 17th - This time things will be different

by **Narrator** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:07 am

The Knight struggled against the force, and managed to regain her footing, charging forward, aimed straight at McDohl.

by **Melpomene** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:11 am

Melpomene steps out the way in an equally impossible move as when she bypassed the blocks. This time though she steps behind the charging knight, a dagger condensing in her hand out of thin air as she strikes at the defender.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:13 am

The Knight blocked it with her sword, her eyes shooting hate into Mel's, as she struggled with the woman.

by **Melpomene** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:18 am

"So crude..." Mel says, closing her free hand around the blade of the sword and steps away again, taking the sword with her.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:19 am

The Knight could do nothing about that and gasped as her weapon was stripped from her.

She still put up her fists, with a look of defiance.

by **Melpomene** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:21 am

Handling the weapon like it weighed nothing Mel takes it by the hilt and hauls it at the Knight like a javelin.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:23 am

This of course had nothing to do with physical strength, not here, not against her.

Mel's supreme mastery of the mental arts caused the sword to go through the armor--and thus the knight---like a hot knife through butter.

The knight, propelled by the momentum, ended up slamming, hard, against a small, thin, black building.

by **Sara McDohl** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:29 am

McDohl stood there, shocked, she wasn't sure this is exactly what she wanted..but for right now..it would work.

by **Melpomene** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:30 am

"You can tell she's had some rudimentary training simply by the fact that all layers have a defense, but you did not exaggerate their weakness." Mel muses as she continues towards the gingerbread house.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:35 am

Sweeping the front stoop was...Will Stanton, in all her four armed, androgynous glory.

"Can I help you two?" he asked, turning towards them.

by **Melpomene** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:47 am

"Certainly. You can stay right there and demonstrate the connection between the physical and the mental self to your friend there." she says while trying to conjure up a representation of Will's shifting mechanism.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:49 am

"Do what now?" Will asked, politely.

A console burst up from the ground; a complex, 360-degree console, with all sorts of buttons and sliders, and a graphic representation of Will, as she stood back in the 'real world', with drop down lists of thousands and thousands of options--though many appeared to be greyed out.

by **Melpomene** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:57 am

"You'll see." she waves Will off while studying the console.

"Interesting. There are a couple of pre-stored templates beyond his original and default shapes. Not the one we are looking for but that would have been a little convenient, wouldn't it?" she smirks while starting to mess with some of the sliders. "Let's see, more cheekbone... wider jaw..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 5:59 am

Back in reality, Will's face widened slightly, the cheekbones becoming more prominent.

Back in Will's mindscape, a small wave of positive feelings washed over the landscape--small, but noticeable.

by **Melpomene** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:08 am

"What a convenient feedback mechanism. No wonder this is what you fixated on doing." Mel mumbles, slightly distracted by her work now as she was making sure she got every detail she knew about right. A bit more height, curlier hair. No not that curly. Freckles. Bit by bit she gives Will a complete make-over while keeping an eye on the mental representation standing in front of the gingerbread house.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:12 am

More and more waves of positive feedback coursed over the land, thrilling, tingling, exciting, as Will was re-molded under Mel's expert fingers.

The Will standing in the mindscape, too, began to shift and twist...

by **Melpomene** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:16 am

Mel kept going back to details, fixing things up she wasn't quite satisfied with yet, silently cursing the loss of someone who had made the physical aspect of this much simpler.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:18 am

"What...what are YOU doing here?" the New Will said, blinking, looking at Mel.

by **Melpomene** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:22 am

"Just fixing some things, dear. And preparing you for something you'll have to do for me."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:25 am

"Oh...Oh, OK. What...what did you need done?"

by **Melpomene** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:28 am

"All in due time. You're not quite done yet."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:29 am

"Oh, OK," she said, going back to sweeping.

by **Melpomene** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:17 am

Mel puts the finishing touches on Will and retreats from his mind enough to take a look at him, well her now, from the physical world.

"Not perfect but getting close." she nods at the now red-haired Will.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:20 am

Will, all red-haired and irish, just stood there, staring straight ahead, still under Sara's spell.

by **Melpomene** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:22 am

"And there you see the biggest problem. She'll do what you want but she's nothing more than a puppet right now." And with that, and rather unceremoniously, she snapped the threads keeping Will under Sara's influence.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:27 am

Will staggered forward some.

"Wh...where am I? What...what was I doing here..." she mumbled, getting her bearings, looking around.

by **Melpomene** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:30 am

"Everything's fine dear. You were just about to fetch me a glass of wine."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:32 am

"Oh...oh, right, Mel, sorry, I was miles away," she smiled walking--no, SAUNTERING--over to the kitchen.

by **Melpomene** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:28 am

"You really weren't joking when you said she was impressionable. I've never seen someone who takes to it quite that fast." she says to Sara while 'Will' is away. "I do suppose in time she'd make a suitable substitute if things don't pan out like they should."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:29 pm

Will came back with a couple of glasses and a bottle of white wine.

"This'll do, won't it?" she smirked.

by **Melpomene** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 1:48 pm

"One glass will be enough." she says with a pointed look at Sara. "This isn't part of the lesson anymore."

by **Sara McDohl** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:18 pm

Sara couldn't really grasp everything that happened, but she was trying. "So what are we going to do with her?"

by **Melpomene** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:25 pm

"I am going to, shall we say borrow her from you for a while and you can have her back later."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:30 pm

"Oh, alright," S..er...Will smiled, returning the other glasses.

by **Sara McDohl** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:36 pm

"Just..don't hurt her too much..I gotta get her back."

by **Melpomene** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:41 pm

"Oh I'm not going to hurt her. And tomorrow she'll be sent back to the University."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:46 pm

University? What university?

Will had no idea what they were talking about, so she just came back with one glass and a smile.

by **Sara McDohl** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:57 pm

"A..Alright then.." She stammered out, turning for the door. "I'll come by tomorrow, if thats alright."

by **Melpomene** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:02 pm

"Certainly." You wouldn't want to miss the final scene before the curtain falls. she laughs to herself.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 6:22 pm

Will didn't know WHO this person was, but Mel seemed to like her, so she waved goodbye.

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