[center][color=steelblue][h1]Soul Searching - Beacon Lab[/h1][/color][img]https://i.imgur.com/Pqt7488.png[/img][/center]
With the extra workload that has been focused on making White Coins, the Binity Twins had been spending more time in the lab. It wasn't a fair shake to leave Binky to do all the work, especially given she rarely left the lab. Even outside of the usual work though the two were investigating ways they could potentially help Penny. There really was not a lot of information available to them about soul splitting. Another problem was being able to observe the details. Instruments could only help so much. Opting to take the penalty, Jenna used the Ruby Coin she'd received in order to take Third Eye as a second power. While the two wanted to get started right away the girl needed a little time to adjust to the new influx of sensory information. Once the new normal was established they got to work whenever they were not helping on coin production.

The first step was establishing a control. Janet and Jenna themselves should be a reasonable base line to compare against. Using that against observations of Penny they began noting down everything. Thankfully Jenna could psychically communicate everything to her sister so that saved a lot of time. There were many more differences than anticipated and it was hard to tell if that was because of the method of separation or some other factor. Their data was incomplete so they needed to collect more info. Bringing in more Twinned Soul girls to better set a baseline the two quickly realized that they themselves had something different going on. [color=plum]"What in the world? Janet look at this."[/color] The Twinned Soul part was fine but there was, for lack of a better explanation, two souls split between the two of them. [color=khaki]"The hell..."[/color] How long has that been there? Had to have been before they used the Red Coin at minimum. It didn't appear to be a clean split like one would expect with a Twinned Soul, so it was probably pulled apart when Janet split herself. This was a rather perplexing discovery, but did present a unique opportunity. If they could manage to target the dormant fragments then they might be able to perform a real world test before presenting the option to Penny. That would be preferred as using their friends as guinea pigs was not a thing they wanted to do.

On to the next step then. They had a split soul, but nowhere to put it. A body was out of the question, Beacon would not take kindly to that option. Plus they only needed a proof of concept for putting a soul back together. Sourcing a sufficiently pure gem to act as a Soul Jar wasn't the hardest thing to do, though questions may come up later. Materials now acquired the hard part began, how to get the pieces over to the gem and merge them. This part took the most time to sort out and some assistance from Binky on ways to infuse magic. Some trial runs had to be done to isolate the additional soul over their own. Crafting, testing, and tweaking of tools over a few days they eventually fashioned an apparatus to transfer what they needed to the gem.

Moving the operation to the room that Janet originally used the Red Coin they set everything up within the space with the magical barrier. Locked down on a pedestal the gem sat between two orbs affixed with golden rings. Moving to either side of the base they lower a barrier around the gem. Janet placing a hand on one orb Jenna did so on the other. With a little effort they activated the focusing orbs which began to glow. Internally both felt a strong pull as their tests had prepared them for. The Spark made light work of the problem, but the other soul not having the same protection began to be drawn from them and into the gem. Whisps of magical energy flowed from the orbs into the gem. This first go around was deliberately slow to avoid any unexpected surprises, taking a whole half hour to complete. Having adjusted to carrying around the additional life it left both girls feeling drained despite not having lost much magic. 

Removing their hands and waited for the gem to stop glowing indicating that it had stabilized. Releasing the gen from the pedestal Janet carefully picked up the Soul Jar with magic resistant tongs. Neither having ever done this they didn't want to take chances on touching it. Placing it down on another base Jenna looked at it under a scope. 

[color=khaki]"How does it look?"[/color] Janet asked as she impatiently leaned over her sister's shoulder. Now that the dangerous part of the experiment had passed both were much more relaxed.

Thanks to her Third Eye, Jenna was able to peer much deeper into the state of the Soul Jar. [color=plum]"Well, it appears to have worked. As we suspected though there isn't enough magic to revive them. Whoever it is will have to wait for reincarnation."[/color] Again, with the tongs, they picked up the object and placed it in a small sealed chamber for safe keeping.

It was a long shot that the individual would come back, but the news was still somewhat disappointing. [color=khaki]"That sucks. Let's clean up and review the process again before presenting it to anyone."[/color] Her sister nodding in agreement they both cleared all the equipment and instruments.

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Gathering all the information and stationing themselves in one of the forward rooms they began to pour over the results. It would probably take them days to fully go through everything, but the core of it looked promising. To say that the process was tedious would be an understatement. It wasn't exactly boring for them, however one can only focus for so long before one's brain starts turning to mush.

[color=plum]"Alright, I'm done staring at this. I think what we have works fine, we just need to modify the station to filter out the corrupted magic."[/color]

Janet, leaning back to take a break as well, folded her arms back behind her head and grunted. [color=khaki]"Nngh, this is the most backward method of purification ever."[/color] Closing her eyes she just relaxed for a few minutes. [color=khaki]"Pretty sure we could find a better way to do this now that we got it sorted. That'll have to wait for now. Hopefully Binki's method works because I would rather work out the kinks."[/color] 

More silence followed, it didn't take much for the pair to figure out what the other was thinking. Done talking about work she broke the silence with something a little different. [color=plum]"Apparently several of the others are going to the rave that the corrupted girls are hosting."[/color] Her sister raised an eyebrow for a moment, curious where this was going. [color=plum]"What? We've never been to a rave, not like this anyway."[/color] She said, referring to them being a couple of lovely young girls.

Sighing a bit Janet rolled her eyes. [color=khaki]"We're not going. There's too much to do right now. You know we were an old man right? It would be weird."[/color]

[color=plum]"Uh huh, if you keep holding onto that sure. But we're not going to stop being girls any time soon. You can't ignore it forever."[/color] Leaning over the table she smirked and narrowed her eyes. [color=plum]"Plus we're always in each others heads. I've noticed you sneaking glances at..."[/color] She trailed off as her Third Eye picked up something across the facility. In the distance they heard a small object be knocked over and the sound of wings flapping. Things were quiet for a moment before a crash and burst of air rushed out of the room down the hall. Janet and Jenna sprung into action, hurrying down and putting a barrier in the doorway so they could contain whatever was inside. Cautiously turning the corner they spotted the containment box burst open. With her pistol drawn, Jenna leveled her aim at the figure of a [url=https://i.imgur.com/Z4zVcxQ.png]younger, scantily clad, yet vaguely familiar looking girl[/url].
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[color=steelblue]"Oh god."[/color] She coughed several times and brushed off some debris before looking up and spotting the twins poised to attack. [color=steelblue]"Ahh ah, w-wait a minute. I'm not... I just..."[/color] The words weren't coming so she reached down and grabbed her magical scepter off the ground. At the tip of the object was the gem the twins had used for the Soul Jar. Seeing the realization wash over the two standing outside she smirked. [color=steelblue]"Mhm, now you got it. So... eh."[/color] For a moment she wasn't sure how to proceed. There was a lot of information to take in having just popped into existence.

Studying the girl a bit more with her Third Eye she didn't fit the profile of anyone they'd met. Jenna listed things out in her head. Average body, Spirit specialization, Teleportation power, Enhanced wea... wait. [color=plum]"Who are you?"[/color]

Man, that should not be as hard of a question as it was. Taking a breath she glanced around for a second. [color=steelblue]"Me? I'm...nobody? No, my name is A... No that's somebody else. Erm."[/color] There was clearly a conflict going on in her head. Snapping her fingers she seemed to figure it out. [color=steelblue]"Raven. Raven Bianchi, at you're service."[/color] She bowed slightly and swung both arms out to her sides.

[color=khaki]"Bianchi?"[/color] Janet and Jenna stare for a moment before glancing at one another.