Vocalia

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Fitting song at this point. :(

Question: Do you think it's characteristically appropriate for Hayley to remain strong as she does now?

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Arlia continued to weep and cry until she felt Sarah's dead hands slowly becoming cold and stiff. Her face soaked in tears, she gently placed the departed woman's hand on her chest and drew a small cross of light above her chest, praying in Italian for her kind soul to be given the peaceful rest she deserved. Alexis, reeling from her major failure, closed her tearful eyes and retreated back into the shared subconscious, leaving Hayley to face back reality in a state of sorrow and grief. The two opposing factions now stood as parties united in grief over the death of a loved one, but as time slowly ticked by, Hayley wiped her tears, gathered her composure, and said to the group, not drawing distinctions between her old foes and friends, "Let's leave... At this point, it's only a matter of time before everyone finds out about this mess..." Looking back at Sarah's body, she added, "We should find her a nice final resting place."

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Well, Alexis is a creature of cold logic and mechanic efficiency. It would be interesting for her to deal with psychological factors like emotions that could affect her performance.

And now, she's shedding her first tear. She's all grown up... XD

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"Blood has accumulated inside the punctured lung. Neither of us are capable of removing the bodily fluid from the damaged organ. The injury Sarah Howeland has sustained is, unfortunately, fatal," Alexis spoke, her robotic voice now breaking like a broken record of grief. Though she still maintained eye contact with Isaac as she spoke to him, the iron and carbon bender would be able see tears gradually forming at the corner of her eyes, which she soon noticed as a drop of tear fell onto Alexis' goo-coated hand. "... Water?" she asked, looking very confused as she she her very first tear. "Why is this body secreting water from the eyes?"

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First time she botched a "mission" pretty badly. It would surely leave a bad impression on her.

On the subject of Alexis, I will be basing her character development from Paul Ekman's "six basic emotions". It will start, in order, from sadness, surprise, disgust, anger, fear, and finally happiness.

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Cool. :3

Too much info? It's just a natural thing. 0_o

Also, Alexis finally registered her first ever emotion: sadness! Huzzah for shared headache and breach of independent consciousness! Best BS background ever. :D

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Upon Sean's declaration, Arlia screamed and wept, pressing Sarah's hand against her chest and coughing as her own tears began to block the airflow into her lungs. "Sarah... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry..." she sobbed, her tough composure broken. "Lex... Please tell me you can still patch her up..." Hayley murmured, desperate for a miracle, but Alexis' reply finally sealed Sarah's fate. ... I cannot stop the unintended flow of blood into the punctured lung. Her circulation system has lost too much blood to be able to properly recover, Alexis said, sounding almost as if she was reluctant to and angry at herself deliver the grim news despite her robotic voice. "No!!" Hayley whimpered and lowered her head in shame and disbelief. "Come on, Lex! There must be something you can do! You can do a lot of things, can't you?!" Alexis registered Hayley's emotion and remained silent for a brief moment, not stopping her attempt for a second despite the futility.

After an agonizing minute, Alexis' voice echoed from Hayley's mouth. For the first time, she had registered a psychological impulse within herself that seemed to bring a sense of heaviness into her words. The manifested dark entity couldn't logically describe her emotion, but through observations and interactions with different people since her awakening, she could only use one word to closely describe her current state of mind: sadness.

"I sincerely apologize... Sarah Howeland."

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Good, thanks. A bit weak since I've just started my period.

You? :3

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Hoo boy. You don't wanna see Hayley when she's pissed, especially once she and Alexis came to a single-minded agreement.

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A stunned Arlia and a partially fused Hayley were too stunned to dare defy Isaac. In fact, they were more focused about trying to save Sarah's life. "Sarah, please hold on! You're gonna be okay!" Hayley pleaded to her as Alexis tried to extract the bullet out of her body and accelerate her recovery, but Hayley's mental state, combined with Alexis' hampered performance, seemed to be working against them. With no healing powers of her own, Arlia could only weep as she held onto the younger Howeland's hand, pleading tearfully, "Please stay with us, Sarah! We will help you, we promise. You promised me to teach me how to cook... and you've never broken your promise before... Please... don't... go..." By this point, Arlia had lost all her will to fight and her body reverted to normal as she wept and cried, trying to comfort the dying woman.