Transcending limitations

[jolting]

Who: Doctor Whale and his victims test subjects or lab assistants
Where: Mainly his laboratory but probably other places too
When: During the science event
Rating: R more than likely
Summary: Doctor Whale doing science things and experimenting on people
The Story: He was always seeking answers, always wanting to push the limits. All this time in Wonderland and he never tried to really push those limits. But something about this particular weekend made him forego any restraint. He wasn't going to stop until he found answers.

If people got hurt in the process, he did happen to have Adam's healing blood. But before he got ahead of himself, he needed to find his subjects... Hopefully Luke wasn't too squemish, because Whale would need his assistant.

[Ed | Vincent | River | Helen and Luke | Fear Gas (OTA) ; If I forgot you or want to make your own section, feel free to tag in anyway]

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Edward Elric

[jolting]

[seekinghome]

If Whale takes a break from torturing people in the name of science to go to the library to look up more ways to do so or something, he'll find Ed in there with a book fort.

So much research, and so little time. At some point, Ed's taken off his gloves so his automail hand is definitely showing and he's written down a lot of stuff.

[jolting]

The library moved floors often but this time Whale managed to guess its location correctly. He was going to take back as many books as he could cary... Except there was someone who caught his interest. Someone he didn't get to really speak at length with just yet.

"Reading anything interesting?" he asked as he approached Edward.

[seekinghome]

Ed drags his eyes from the books to look up at Whale. "Yeah. Besides pulling people from different worlds, Wonderland seems to pull books from our worlds. Hence me being surrounded by alchemy books from home."

[jolting]

His eyes were more focused on the gleam of metal than on the alchemy books. Though they were going to come in handy for his next move. "I hope you don't mind if I borrow a few of these," Whale said. "Alchemy in my world doesn't work the same way, and I think it would prove educational."

He leaned forward, pretending to reach for the books. One hand was moving for the books while the other took out the taser he was carrying. Whale was going to press it to Edward's back, if he could, and drag the boy's body back to his laboratory.

[seekinghome]

Whale better be prepared to be punched with a steel fist later. Possibly multiple times.

Ed looks down at his books. "Well, I think I'm done with--" What he was saying gets cut off by a pained yell when the taser hits and he slumps over because tasers? Not fun.

Have fun with the two hundred and forty pounds or so of dead weight. That automail is heavy and adds quite a bit to Ed's weight.

Vincent Valentine

[jolting]

sorry this took so long. c:

[swooshycape]

The first thing Vincent is aware of as he drifts back to consciousness is a pounding headache, which is not typical of post-transformation, and a general achiness from body parts that have shifted, which is. He groans a little as he opens his eyes and immediately regrets doing so, as the bright lights overhead stab his sensitive vision. But as he's processing this and attempts to lift a hand to rub his face, he realizes something far more sinister. He can't move. His arm is pinned to the table. Both of them, are in fact, and he quickly realizes that he has been thoroughly strapped down, as he tries and fails to lift his head up to look around.

He struggles to keep calm, but he finds himself flashing back to times when he's been in this same position before, and he doesn't like it. Hearing a noise to the side, he clenches his fist and his claw and tries to keep his breathing steady, determined to control the transformative process - he'll let himself go in a few moments, determined to try and get out of -- whatever this place is, but first a little information...

"Who's there?"

no worries :3

[jolting]

"So you're finally awake." Whale stepped forward so his captive could see him. The longer he was in this science zeal the more he felt like he was going back into Victor's persona. He even began dressing like his old self. He pulled on rubber gloves and approached the other man.

"I wasn't sure on the dosage of tranquilizers... I'm glad to see I didn't over-estimate."

[swooshycape]

Vincent's eyes narrowed as Whale came into sight, a dangerous glint of gold among the red.

"Who are you and what do you want?" he hissed, pulling at the straps that held him down, both to test their strength and in some possibly vain hope that they weren't strong enough.

[jolting]

"I'm a doctor," he replied simply. Hopefully those binds were strong enough. Whale assumed that this man would bear strength similar to Gerhardt and Daniel, and made the straps stronger to accomodate.

"When I found you, you were... different. Some sort of giant creature. You looked familiar so I thought it was safer to put you down and take you into my lab." Not entirely true, but not a complete falsehood, either.

[swooshycape]

Of course this man was a doctor. Did a sane medical professional exist anywhere with in a hundred foot radius of an old mansion?

"Let me go or you will find yourself facing him again... or something worse..."

River Tam

[jolting]

wow I did not see this I am sorry 8(

[perceptum]

The thing is, she's curious. Far more so than she's ever been. The Academy did something to her, poked and prodded and cut at her brain until her mind was broken, and oh how she could see. She's never wanted to understand the mechanics before, but now? Now she almost can't think of anything else worthy of her time.

So she seeks him out. She knows the desire is mutual, knows that he has to find answers too. The result is mutually beneficial, so she volunteers. She goes to the laboratory and she knocks until she considers it enough warning, then barges in without a second thought.

"Will he look.? She needs to find out, there's so many questions without answers. He's a man of science, he should know how to make anatomy talk."

it's okay :D

[jolting]

Whale of course wanted to seek her out, but she was such an odd person that doing so was bound to be difficult. It was a pleasant surprise for her to come right into his laboratory. But then, that was just one of the many mysteries of River Tam. He only hopes that the equipment in his lab can be of some use to them both.

"I do," he agreed, "but I don't want to do anything invasive, River." After all, she helped with Ruby. He felt a sort of comradiere with her. "Perhaps we can begin by reading your brain activity and go from there."

[perceptum]

"He'll be gentle then, that's preferable. The poking and prodding has already happened, it's the damage she wants to understand, not add to."

It's a slight relief to hear him say it though. It's not easy to do this, and if it weren't for the burning desire to know, and to understand, she'd be about as far from here as humanly possible. With that assurance in mind she walks in further, carefully but with slightly less tension than before.

She's nervous. Hell, she's scared, but she has to know.

"Amygdalae, if he's curious. That's where he should look first. That's where they prodded first."

[jolting]

An MRI wouldn't go amiss, but for the moment he just requested equipment that he could hook up to River without disturbing her too much. He took the girl by the arm and gently guided her toward his laboratory. Thankfully he cleaned up all the broken glass left from his last experiment. She would probably still know what happened here, though, and the damage the monster caused before Whale tranquilized him and dumped him safely away.

"The area of the brain responsible for memory and emotional reactions," Whale mused. "River, I'm going to be attaching probes to your head. It won't hurt, I promise."

[perceptum]

She follows without comment, not because she trusts him so much as she trusts his intent. Whale is all but a stranger to her, but he protected Ruby, and he doesn't want to hurt her. She knows that much at least.

That doesn't mean she finds it any easier in the laboratory though, and flinches slightly as they walk in. She doesn't quite pull away from him, but the slight jerk of her arm is hard to miss.

"Attach them, see the mistakes. Tell Simon what he finds, maybe they can make a cure." She suggests the idea quietly as she finds a suitable place to sit, glancing carefully around the room and trying to keep herself relatively calm. She's all but given up hope at a cure, but there's a slight glimmer next. If anyone could help her brother find it, it would be Whale, right?

Helen Magnus / Luke Smith

[jolting]

[absolutelynot]

They'd spoken about something he wanted to show her not that long ago and when Helen finally went in search of Dr. Whale, she hoped his hangover had been cured enough to sate her curiosity. She wanted to know what it was he'd mentioned and perhaps figure out something they could do with it. She hadn't expected anyone else to be involved, but she certainly wouldn't be complaining about it if an assistant were needed.

So eventually, she went to look for the good doctor, to see what he was up to this fine day.

[jolting]

He was up to his elbows in science, of course. When he saw that Helen was coming to visit, a smile crossed his lips. This would be the second woman he greeted in so many days decked out like a regular scientist: black apron, goggles and latex gloves over his clothing.

"Helen, good to see you," he said. "Come, I was just about to start the tests." He gestured for her to approach. There was more protective equipment available should she find it necessary.

"What we have here is what appears to be a normal sample of human blood. But it's more than that... This blood is from the man who resembles me, Adam Monroe. He claims that his blood can heal anything. Today we're going to see if that's true."

[alwaysnext]

Lab assistant was, Luke knew, a fancy way of saying "house keeper". Wash the beakers, prep the reagents, plate the tissue samples, and let the real scientists have all the fun.

Normally, he wouldn't have minded. It was only fair, since he didn't yet have a piece of paper that let him strong arm people into calling him 'Doctor'. But today he had itchy fingers and thoughts that nagged at him during what should have been a basic set-up. There were such things he could do with his own experiments, if he just had the chance...

Still, he was anxiously keen to impress Whale, so those thoughts were easily suppressed for now. Although he did give Helen a quick wave and a cheeky grin when she appeared in the doorway.

[absolutelynot]

Helen didn't mind Luke's presence, smiling warmly as she spotted him. After all, he'd proven quite intelligent in her conversations with him and how else would he receive instruction or experience if he wasn't allowed the chance to see how professionals performed their tasks?

She noted the differences in Dr. Whale's appearance, but made no outward sign that she had. Instead she inclined her head towards him and motioned Luke forward as well. Time to begin his scientific training. Besides, they could likely use the extra hand.

"How shall we do that?" While she normally wouldn't have agreed to hurting themselves or anyone else to test this theory, today she was feeling a bit... lax in her normal beliefs. How else would they find out, after all? The floor was open to either of them to answer if they wished.

"Do we know much about this man or his blood? Can we test its properties, look into the genetic structure it provides for clues?"

She had experience with blood injections, after all, and that was likely showing through at the moment. Later on, she would likely regret this, but at the moment she couldn't find it in herself to care.

[jolting]

This was going to be a new experience for him. True Igor was an irreplacable hel to him, but at the end of the day there was still a clear divide between them; Igor understood that and called Victor "master". This time it was going to be more of a partnership, like minds working together.

"All he told me was that he could heal from almost anything." He fingered a tube filled with blood. "And that the ability was the result of evolution. Helen, I would appreciate your insights into the genetic side of this. Luke, you and I will observe the physical aspects of the blood's power. You aren't squemish, are you?"

Whale clearly intended to test the truth of this blood's healing qualities. And doing so required an injury.

Post Fear Gas (OTA)

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Whale's breathing was irregular, his whole body trembling. What the hell was happening? He tried to piece it together in his mind but it was difficult to do so when his senses were being assaulted. He vaguely recalled some kind of toy lying on the floor near his door. When he picked it up... what happened next?

He pressed the heels of his hands into his eyes but that didn't stop anything. He could hear things: screams, cries, his father's voice shouting at him. When Whale opened his eyes again he saw the world bend around him. Gerhardt strangling an innocent young girl to death, Daniel lumbering menacingly toward Henry.

And emptiness. No Ruby, Martha, Clara, Helen, Evelyn... People he grew to care for gone. He turned his face toward the wall as if hoping that would keep him closer to reality. It didn't.