2nd Card [Backdated to yesterday night]

[tenofspades]

[They spliced her. They kidnapped her and they spliced her. Sure, giving her wings when she arrived is one thing, but she didn't volunteer to be taken away so they could give her scales, fangs, mess with her eyes and get rid of her hair. She can't be out like this - she needs to get back into her apartment, and... stay there until she changes back. Or until she can figure out some other kind of solution.

Melanie's lucky it's dark out, or else it would be a hell of a lot harder to try and sneak back home - and she's lucky that she still has her legs, too. It would be pretty difficult to miss a human-sized thing slithering around in the middle of the night, after all. Of course, there's no real way of knowing for sure if she'll manage to get back without being seen, but damn it, she'll try.]

[Later, when she's back home:]

It's Melanie. Sorry for being away, but the sudden absence wasn't exactly my idea.

Either way, I'm back now, so I guess that's what matters. Did I miss anything interesting?

[OOC: Melanie's back from her mallynapping! And she's been spliced with a black mamba, HOORAY. She'll be looking pretty different from usual (apologies, my editing skills seem to be pretty crummy these days), and she may start acting a bit different since splicing changes both appearance and personality, so uh. Yeah. Just a head's up! |D]

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[bamfing]

[Too bad one of her friends happens to have excellent night vision and often patrols the town at night. Kurt doesn't notice anything odd about her as she's walking on by, at least not from where he's at, but he does start following her. As he gets closer though, some things start to look... strange to him.]

[ten-ofspades.livejournal.com]

[This desire to avoid being seen already has Melanie on edge, and after spending most of her life as a professional thief, it isn't very hard for her to realize when she's being followed. So much for staying hidden.

Depending on how much Kurt is paying attention, he may be able to hear the agitated hiss that comes before she speaks.]

Whoever you are, I know you're following me. So you can stop sneaking around and just come out.

[bamfing]

[Man. Kurt really needs to work on this sneaking thing. He relies too much on his own natural abilities and not enough on, well, knowing anything about stealth. He relents and drops from the roof he's on.]

Melanie? [He knew that voice.]

[ten-ofspades.livejournal.com]

[... Slag it. It's one thing if a total stranger saw her like this, but Melanie really wanted to avoid having any of her friends see her like this.

What she wouldn't give for a giant cloak and hood right now.]

... Hey, Kurt.

[bamfing]

[Something isn't right. He's already peering at her now. If only there was more light...]

Is something wrong?

[ten-ofspades.livejournal.com]

I'm not... [She retreats back a little. She really wants to run away right now, and she isn't sure if it's some kind of instinct kicking in or because she doesn't want Kurt to see her like this. ...Probably a bit of both.]

It's nothing. I'm fine.

[bamfing]

[He shakes his head, stepping in a bit closer.]

Something's different. You're different?

[action]

[myvictorymarch.livejournal.com]

[Accelerator happens to like walking around at night--much less crowded, for one thing--and is doing just that when he sees Melanie.]

...What the hell?

[action]

[ten-ofspades.livejournal.com]

[Well, that's just great. So much for avoiding being noticed.]

Let me guess - you've never seen a splicer before?

[action]

[myvictorymarch.livejournal.com]

Uh...no.

[action]

[ten-ofspades.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, now you have. [She's not exactly pleased by this, but that's kind of a given.]

[action]

[myvictorymarch.livejournal.com]

What's that even supposed to mean?

[action]

[ten-ofspades.livejournal.com]

Splicing. It's when someone gets their DNA mixed with an animal's. [Melanie still has a hard time believing people willingly pay money for this sort of thing.]

[action]

[myvictorymarch.livejournal.com]

Gene spicing? They've actually managed to develop that shit here?

[voice]

[gasconadead.livejournal.com]

Hey, Melanie! Good to hear from you! [ ... ] Wait, are you alright? [ Wasn't exactly her idea, huh... ]

[voice]

[ten-ofspades.livejournal.com]

[Aside from being kidnapped and spliced, she's doing great!]

I've had better days. [To put it incredibly lightly. However, Melanie doesn't really want much attention on herself right now, so she'll change the subject.]

How've you been? I hope I didn't miss too much.

[voice]

[gasconadead.livejournal.com]

You only missed, like, everything. There's this huge "amusement park" now, did you know that? Been here a couple days. Lotta fun. You should think about going! [ ... though he doesn't sound as enthusiastic as he normally might. He suspects something is up. Normally he'd let it slide right on by, but if it had to do with the Malnosso... ]

[voice]

[ten-ofspades.livejournal.com]

Amusement park? [She didn't see that one coming.]

Sounds like fun. [Melanie doesn't sound all that enthusiastic, though.] I'll make sure to check it out later.

[Like when she isn't some kind of freakish snake person.]

[voice]

[gasconadead.livejournal.com]

Yeah? You wouldn't possibly want some company, would you? [ The offer is friendly, though he can't quite shake his feeling of concern. ]

[voice]

[ten-ofspades.livejournal.com]

[Any other time Melanie would welcome company, but this is the one exception.]

... I'm not sure company would be a good idea right now, Flynn.

[voice]

[gasconadead.livejournal.com]

[ Immediately his smile fades. Not wanting to spend time with him? The witty, charming Flynn Rider? Something must be amiss.

Though, really, he is genuinely concerned for her. His voice is gentle. ]

Melanie, what's wrong?

[Voice]

[whydidisaverick.livejournal.com]

That depends on how long you've been gone and... what you define as interesting.

There's an amusement park now though in case you missed that.

[Voice]

[ten-ofspades.livejournal.com]

About a week. [Pause.]

Yeah, I heard about the amusement park. Sounds like it could be fun, but it doesn't really make up for the whole kidnapping and experimenting thing. [Not as far as she's concerned, anyway.]

[Voice]

[whydidisaverick.livejournal.com]

Probably not... but from what I hear the corndogs are really good.

[Voice]

[ten-ofspades.livejournal.com]

Oh? Well that's a start, I guess. [Not really. But she'll probably check the place out once she's no longer some freaky snake thing.]