HARD KNOCK LIFE / o, power discovery

[charrie graveyard]

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[div style="text-align: justify;"]It was strange, not having a mission to attend to anymore. Perhaps it was his habitual nature that made him feel so restless, so empty without something to do, but he could barely stand it. Connor was left pacing in the zen garden, the koi fish making circles in the water beside him as they begged for food. He had already feed them today, but he often couldn't resist the cute little looks they gave him, sometimes giving them a little extra . Today wasn't one of those days, however- he had too much on his mind. He needed... he needed to take a walk. With that, the tabby mumbled goodbyes to the koi and made his way out of the garden, heading back to the beach.

It made him wonder- did all deviants feel this way? Were they all as restless as he after breaking free from their program? If so, how did they not go absolutely insane with all the thoughts running through their brains? Or perhaps... it was just him. Shaking his head, Connor would let out a frustrated growl. Maybe he should have stayed obedient- no, no take that back. If he had stayed obedient, he would have left his family, then where would he be? In a foreign land with foreign animals he had no ties to- and for what? Some stupid mission he didn't even know why he had to complete? Being deviant was far better than that.

Shaking his head as he walked along the edge of the water, a distantly familiar scent would hit his nose. He hadn't smelt this in a while... could it be? Looking up, Connor spotted the source of the scent in the distance, a... white mass? Picking up his pace, the tabby soon found out it was not, in fact, just a white mass- it was a massive polar bear... bleeding blue. Just to be certain, the male would dip one paw in small pool of blood forming under the creature, giving it a lick. No doubt about it, this was a URS12- a polar bear, another experiment, just like him. But... what is it doing out here? Why did it wash up in the Typhoon?  Connor would raise a paw to gently touch the polar bear, not at all expecting what would happen next.

Without any warning, Connor felt his entire being suddenly leave his tabby body, leaving it to collapse beside the URS12. Minutes seemed to pass before a sharp intake could be heard from the polar bear, the tiny circle on its head flickering and turning blue. Blinking its eyes in confusion, it stumbled to its feet, extremely unsteady. What... the hell? Connor... had transferred his system to the URS12? But how? His thought process was interrupted as pain shot through his right shoulder, causing him to swing his head in its direction to look. A massive gash could be seen, leaking blue blood onto the sand. From this vantage point, he could see his tabby body, collapsed and powered down on the beach beside him. Shit, how in hell would he explain this to the others?

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