Mistress Dizzy

Hearts in Captivity (1 x 1)

(I'm sorry this is so short.)

Kassandra frowned as Hiro ran away. She wondered just where he was going, and when he'd be back. She nibbled at the fish she was given, trying to make it last since she wasn't sure when they'd be more. Without much waiting, Hiro was back, his breath heaving and his face wet. She wondered if he had been swimming. But there was a female with him, one she hadn't seen before. She tipped her head and swam closer, until the wall was the only thing between them.

"Hiro." She heard. Then: "Kathy."

A new ally, perhaps? That would be good. Kassandra smiled, doing her best not to seem afraid, and spoke loud. "Kassandra!" And she indicated herself. "Hiro - is this a friend?" She spoke again in her own language, slowly. She wondered what this new person was going to think. Would she become curious, like Hiro? Or run away like the others?

Hearts in Captivity (1 x 1)

Yes, she's speaking Latin. And of course you can!

Hearts in Captivity (1 x 1)

Kassandra pressed herself up against the side of the tank, as if she was trying to press her way through the wall. "Hiro! Hiro!" There were tears in her eyes, and they loosened and drifted upward in the water. Then she started to speak in her own language, knowing he couldn't understand but speaking anyway. "Hiro, they took away my blood! And - and they sliced me!" She indicated the piece of her tailfin - that didn't grow back easily! "And they cut my beautiful hair, Hiro!" She rubbed at her curls, desperate for a knife to even the job out. "I feel so humiliated." She buried her face in her hands. "But I had to speak to them, to make it stop, and they did. I told them I wanted to go home."

She sighed very softly, a stream of bubbles escaping her lips as she ended her rant. Then she looked toward him, and spoke slowly so he could maybe understand. "Úbi sum? Et ego homo sum! Ego sum pisces Non autem bruta." Somehow, she had to make him understand.

(Where am I? I am a person. I am not a dumb fish.)

Hopefully Sanctuary

"Honestly? I'm not sure. Honestly, I never thought that the day would come." She started to clean up idly, wondering what Roxy was going on about. Maybe she was annoyed at having her here, and wanted to see how she could be gone. "I've always liked to write. I have notebooks chock full of stories and journals. Those were the heavier boxes you helped me move. Maybe I could become a writer. Tell the world what it's like to be an empath. Though I'm sure that sort of memoir has already been done." She tied back her curls with a little scrunchie. "What about you? Is this shop your dream?"

Hearts in Captivity (1 x 1)

Kassandra slept, and dreamt of home.

While stone walls, carefully carved by their stonemasons. Larders full of fish and kelp for the taking. Beautiful woven tapestries depicting scenery or people from the past. And happiest of all, her parents, her wonderful parents. Her father, so strong and gentle. Her mother, warm and kind, and a little strange. She said there was something else, something beyond the beautiful sea, and that they should all watch out for it's arrival someday.

Somehow her mother had been right. If only she could know where her only daughter had ended up now.

When she awoke, Hiro was there. He seemed to be asleep, or looked like it. Looking around before speaking, she opened her mouth. But before she could get the word out, more men and women in white coats came with an odd machine and picked up her home. Water sloshed as she was taken away, and all she could do was bang furiously on the glass and hope that Hiro could come after her somehow.

-

To say she was angry was beyond the word. The strange people in white coats poked and prodded out her. They took away some of her blood, they clipped her hair - at one point they stripped away a bit of her tailfin, scales and all. She howled in pain, and at the treatment. Part of her didn't want to do this, but she had to make it stop.

With all the force she could muster, she spoke.

"Et non nocuerunt mihi placet!"

Everything stopped.

One of the people stared at her. "Holy shit. It talks?"

Another one spoke. "Hey, if it talks, that means it's intelligent. Get this on recording."

Kassandra spoke again. "Vellem autem vade in domum tuam!"

None of the people said anything, and she realized that they didn't understand her at all. How could that be? Tear sprung to her eyes as she repeated the phrase again and again. Eventually, they took away their strange and painful instruments, and wheeled her back to the room she had been in. But this time, there was plenty of fish with her. Kassandra ate greedily, and waited for something to occur. Maybe she'd made a mistake by speaking? But they had stopped prodding at her, and gave her food, so perhaps it had paid off.

Now, where was her Hiro?

Hearts in Captivity (1 x 1)

Hm... I'm debating on whether or not to have Kassy speak to the other scientists- to try and save herself. Or if she keeps that her and Hiro's little secret. Would it ruin things for you if she did?

Hearts in Captivity (1 x 1)

What kind of experiments do you think they'd do on her? I'm hoping to integrate that into my next post.

Hearts in Captivity (1 x 1)

Kassandra watched the conversation unfold. Even if she couldn't hear them, she could tell by the slump of his shoulders that Hiro was cowed, almost afraid of this other male. Maybe she should be afraid too?

Her eyes widened as he went away. It certainly didn't look like he was coming back, either. The new male, older and different looking, settled down near her and simply stared. Kassandra stared right back, for a while. It seemed this one didn't want to make any conversation. Oh well, he'd taken Hiro away, so she wasn't in the mood to be friendly. After a while, she curled up with her arms around her tailfin, and fell right asleep.

-
Meanwhile, the director was in her office, sipping at a glass of wine and watching the reports come in. This find was going to put their operation on the map. Everyone said that the deep-sea expedition was a waste of money, that the creatures were just strange squids and pale fish. Imagine the next conference when this lovely little beauty was unveiled.

"Doctor Helena Price, the world leading oceanographer. Imagine it." She said out loud, confident that no one could hear her. "Just... imagine it." She turned to one of the cameras overlooking Subject 0001-Ariel, stroked the screen with the sleeping creature, and smiled.

Mistress Dizzy's lame thread (1 x 1)

Boosting this up the line, whoo!

Hearts in Captivity (1 x 1)

Kassandra tipped her head quizzically as Hiro disappeared. She wondered where he was off to, and after he didn't come back for a minute or two, she deflated again. She sank to the bottom of the pool, arms folded and chin resting on top. At least could they give her something to read?

But then, oh joy! Hiro was back and he had something in his arms. She craned her head as he disappeared from view, but then two fish came sailing down like some sort of miracle. They weren't alive, but she could really be picky about it, could she? She snatched one up and sank her sharp teeth into it immediately, tearing off a great chunk and gulping it down. The fish was gone in mere seconds. She tracked down the second one, and ate that more slowly, savoring every bite. Once she was finished, she put both hands on the wall and spoke close to it.

"Meus, gratias tibi, Hiro!" She did not expect to be understood, but Hiro deserved her thanks anyway.

(My thanks to you, Hiro!")