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((Haha, I straightleg kicked myself in the face. I guess I'm pretty limber, or maybe I was leaning forward a little...I don't remember it happened when I was little. You can't learn martial arts without a little embarrassment mixed in!))

Corvina smiled. She was relieved that he was acting like himself again. "That's ok. We've been through a lot recently, so I'd be a little surprised if you were all fine and dandy." She stepped back a little. No doubt there were many girls who had wanted to brush their hand in his hair and she hadn't even thought anything of it til just now. Her hand still felt warm. She licked at her own ice cream cone and held up the cup of vanilla ice cream for Zander, who was sitting on her shoulder.

She raised an eyebrow when he went into a one handed handstand. I'd never be able to do anything like that. Corvina felt a little jealous. "Showoff!" She smiled. She could help her eyes being attracted to his chest, clean of blood and barely any marks. Amazing. Wait...her eyes widened. No marks! "Whoa."

As soon as his feet touched the ground again, she walked towards him and lifted his shirt up a bit, completely ignoring the strangeness of what she was doing in favor of finding out just what was going on. "Maybe you're a werewolf now. Don't they have special healing abilities?"

((True that, I once forgot to tie my pants too tight when I was little...ended up tripping on them. Now that...that was some fun times for a kid lol))

Out of his natural reaction, Rayner jumped back a bit when she came close and suddenly lifted up his shirt. That weird knot feeling was back. However before he realized it was, her suggestion of him being a werewolf sparked his curiosity. He looked down while she still had his shirt up. "What? What are you talking about?" He said and soon saw his reflection in the shop window next to his. "Whoa!" He said and at this point grabbed his own shirt and held it up. He walked up closer to the window and held his shirt like this, looking at where the scars, bruises, and cuts were suppose to be. They were basically gone! Rayner couldn't believe it.

Of course, he then noticed a series of gasps coming from inside the window and noticed a bunch of ladies staring at him. He stepped away and realized that they were in front of the nail salon. Rayner soon turned back around at Corvina. "Uh, lets go somewhere more private..." he suggested and quickly started to walk towards the direction of her place.

There was a park, not too far away from Corvina's place and Rayner decided to stop there. He ran over to a park bench and then took off his shirt. He touched his back, his shoulders, and his chest trying to feel for any sides of the wounds he felt only a few hours ago. "Where did they go?" He questioned. "Holy crap! What am I now?" he asked out loud, though he also realized that Corvina wouldn't know either. And he highly doubted that Zander did.

((Hehe well I didn't get kicked in the face today!))

"Huh?" She looked up at him when he jumped back and realized what she'd done. "Oh, uh, sorry..." She pulled her hand back and felt her face get hot. "I promise I'm not like assaulting you or anything...but that is definitely strange..." She was relieved when he was looking at his chest now. God, sometimes her curiosity just got Corvina into such embarrassing situations. Zander looked at them curiously, wondering why they'd stopped.

Corvina had to stifle a laugh behind her hand when the ladies inside the nail salon gasped. She hadn't realized they were in front of it either. "I think you just overwhelmed those women by flashing them." She grinned, but agreed that a more private spot was definitely a good idea. She followed him, thinking they were going to her house and was a little surprised when they stopped at the park. "I don't think this is very private..." She followed him anyways.

She couldn't help laughing when he searched all over for the injury that had been there earlier. Zander was just excited to be at the park and started climbing over everything. She decided she was definitely enjoying looking at Rayner's chest beyond puzzling over the sudden disappearance of his wounds. "Hmmm, are we gonna have to lock you up on the next full moon?"

((haha, great accomplishment! ))

Rayner looked up and to Corvina. "Har har har...so funny..." he said, rolling his eyes a bit. He sighed and rubbed his face with his hands. "What is going on?" He asked before turning to Corvina really quickly. "Wait, we should test this right?" he asked. "I mean, how did you find out about your powers?" he added, now turning his full body towards her, his arm resting on top of the back of the park bench.

For the most part, the park was empty - expect for a few joggers and walkers wandering around. The park lights were slowly coming on as the sun was setting behind the nearby mountains. He looked back down at his hands and at his chest before pulling out the pocket knife he has always had on him. He flipped it open, letting the sharp black blade spring out. Soon he brought the blade up against the palm of his hand. "This is one way of testing it..." he said and began to press the blade against his flesh. He hadn't cut himself yet. In fact, a part of him was starting to think that it was a bit too rash of him to do so and the environment was not too sterile. This was not the best place to do it.

But he wanted to know what he had become. What was going on with his body.

Testing it did sound like a good idea. She tilted her head thoughtfully, trying to remember when she'd first found out about her power. "Well, I was playing hide and seek with some other kids and they all freaked out when I disappeared. My clothes didn't though, so they thought I was a ghost or something." She grinned. Now that had been fun. Her dad had been quick to stop her and tell her to keep it a secret though. "After that, I started working on it. Kind of like a muscle, stretching it. Now I can stay invisible longer, and include objects and people too."

She was surprised when he pulled a knife out and put it against his skin. "Hey! stop that!" She reached out and grabbed his arm. "There's a better way to figure out what's going on than just slicing your hand open!" She frowned. "We just work backwards and isolate certain events and possible causes." It felt like scientific method all over again. Ugh. She carefully took the knife out of his hand and sat down on the bench next to him. "Now, that certainly didn't start healing like that right after you were attacked, and you looked like it hurt the whole time we were walking back. So when did it stop hurting so much?"

He was being too rash. It was definitely not like him. But he felt like it was necessary to figure out what he had become and how to adapt as quickly as possible. It was something that his father had taught him time and time again. Hurry up and wait...adapt quickly and prepare yourself for what's to come... his father's voice was ringing in his head. Rayner placed the knife down and sighed. Corvina was right. Working backwards was the best option here.

Rayner took in a deep breath, letting it exhale slowly through his nose. He was thinking about of the day's events. It was a bit blurry, it didn't seem like his head recovered enough. He stayed quiet as he thought about things, from being attacked by the beast, to being blasted out of the cave, and even the moment he got home. His eyes widen when he thought of it. When he washing off. It started to feel better almost instantly.

"The water in the tub..." he said. "That's when I was feeling better." he added. "But how?" He questioned, his mind now falling into any lessons he learned during his biology classes. "Man this is all so freakin' strange." He said and looked at her. But suddenly a smile appeared on his face. "And kinda freakin' cool..." he said. "It means if you ever try to kill me...I can just heal, right? Ha! Ha! Ha!" he joked, trying to make the situation lighter and in a way, calm himself down.

Corvina watched as he though over the events of the day. There wasn't really a whole lot she could do to help him at this point, just wait. He seemed to puzzle it out pretty well though. She blinked. Well, that was thankfully easy to find out. She was just glad he wasn't about to injure himself again. Zander came trotting up to them, wondering why they were just sitting down instead of playing with all the interesting objects in the park.

She smiled back. "Well, not if I keep you from water Merman." She thought back to Rayner almost cutting himself earlier. It was so rash and unlike him. "Just don't go out of your way to get hurt just cause you can heal with some water though. I don't want to test whether or not this will heal severed limbs or near death."

"You wouldn't do that...to a swimmer? Come on!" he pretended to whine. "You are one cruel, cruel person, Cor..." he laughed. He would have to test this out on his own. It would worry Corvina if he did this in front of her - even though Rayner considered that having Corvina there would be safe, in case his new found powers didn't kick in and he ended up bleeding to death. He did not say anything in response and only smirked at her. He grabbed his shirt and put it back on so that he was decent and stood up. At this point his ice cream cone had melted which upon realizing, Rayner chuckled. He fed the waffle cone to Zander.

"Well that's enough excitment for a day." He suggested. "I'm sure your dad wouldn't want you hanging out with a merman like me for too long, shall we go?" He asked. There was a lot for Rayner to do when he get back home, examine the files he had stolen from the lab and also of course, his new powers.

She smiled and rolled her eyes. "Well I suppose I can't very well keep you from the water all the time. I'd have to stalk you everywhere and lock you out of your own bathroom." She wrinkled her nose. That would just be bad. She looked back at him and grew serious. "Seriously though...don't do anything stupid. At least not without me and a camera there." She grinned. Of course she couldn't let the mood stay serious for long.

Zander happily took Rayner's waffle cone and crunched it to bits. He licked his lips afterwards and looked up at Corvina, who hadn't gotten to hers either. She laughed. "Alright you can have it." He finished hers off quickly too. She smiled at Rayner. "Oh, I don't know. My dad encourages me to be friendly to all peoples, and look past the prejudices against aquatic sentient beings."

"A camera?" Rayner asked, slipping his hands into his pockets. "I'm not some circus side show you can just film to make vital videos, Cor." he said sounding very serious. "I'm a merman, dangit!" he laughed. "And your father is a good man." he smirked. "Lets not keep him waiting, up we go!" he grabbed her hand and pulled her up and started to walk towards the direction of her house. Rayner held Corvina's hand for a bit before letting it go to run ahead of her. He started jogging backwards to face her and Zander.

For a brief moment he made eye contact with Corvina but soon it glanced down at Zander. "C'mon Zander, Bet you can't catch me!" Rayner said, waiting for the little fox to catch up to him.

Corvina grinned. "Good for you. Be a merman and proud!" She didn't have much choice but to get up when he pulled her to her feet by her hand. He seemed to hold her hand a little longer than was needed but she didn't mind. A part of her didn't want him to let go.

She watched him start jogging backwards. "Hey, you might not want to-" Too late. Zander had already pounced on Rayner's chest, barking happily. She laughed. Zander had recognized Rayner doing the same thing as Corvina did when she wanted to play and wrestle with Zander. It was kind of adorable to watch actually.

"Whoaaa buddy!" Rayner laughed as caught the fox in his arms. " Sorry buddy, you can't knock me off my feet." he smiled and looked at Corvina. He released the little fox, letting him drop down on to the grassy floor. He lightly jogged with Zander beside him. Rayner turned around and faced Corvina. " Hey, you coming or are you planning on pouncing on me too?" he questioned and laughed when Zander leaped up next to him.

Corvina smiled. "Of course I'm coming." She ran to catch up with them and matched their jogging pace. "And as for pouncing on you, well I'm still considering or not I'm going to do that." She looked at Rayner. "Hey, do you think that your power might go beyond just being healed by water?" Not that being healed by water wasn't strange enough, but he did seem to have an affinity for water. He was even a great swimmer.

"I don't know, to be honest I'm kinda shocked that I even have some sort of power," he said as they jogged along. In no time, they were already in front of her house again. Rayner came to a slow stop. "Guess that'd be one of the things we could test," he said and knelt down to pet Zander. He looked up at Corvina as he stroked his hands through Zander's soft fur. "Hey, should we test if I could fly too? I could go throw myself off of your rooftop right now." Rayner joked.

((Gah! This got buried under a day's worth of notifications!))

Corvina grinned. She remembered how excited she'd been whenever she first found out she had powers. She'd wanted to show everyone. Of course she knew better now. "At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if Zander developed the power to speak or something." That would definitely be awesome. Although, he did know a lot of things about her... She looked at him and he looked innocently back at her. "Mm hmm." She laughed when he suggested jumping off the roof. "Yeah, no. That would mean that I would be responsible for you breaking whatever bones you break by jumping off. Try little things. Little tests to see how far your powers actually go."

((Aren't you popular?))

"Oh yeah, it would be awesome if Zander could speak," Rayner said and continued to pet the their little topic of conversation. "That way he can tell you that he wants to come live with me." He smirked and soon picked up the little fox as he stood up himself. He sat Zander perfectly balanced on his shoulder and turned to face Corvina. "Ha, alright, I was just joking anyways. I'm not about to go toss myself off of places...though it'd be fun." he said, half serious. He did after all, enjoy parkour. He looked over at Corvina and then her shoulder. They were standing in front of her house, but he a part of him didn't want to leave yet. "Does your shoulder still sting?" he asked.

((Haha no Just my friends have gotten really active lately and it shows up! I'm sorry!))

Corvina's jaw dropped, but she couldn't help it from turning into a smile. "No way he'd say that! He loves me more! Even if he likes you a lot too..." She hit him on the shoulder. "Yeah, parkour master, nothing over a story high." she looked at him thoughtfully. "Unless it's on the high dive." She stopped with him in front of her house and remembered the last time he'd walked her home. Her cheeks grew red and she almost missed his question about her shoulder. "Huh? Oh." She rolled her shoulder. "Yeah it's a bit sore still. No miraculous healing powers for me." She smiled. That was fine with her. New powers would mean that she'd have to start all over again, trying to figure out what she could do.

((No worries! Seriously ))

"Ha, guess that means we should stop trying to face death everyday, huh?" he said softly. "Or I would have to face death for you." He suggested with a light laugh at the end. He stroking Zander underneath the chin when he noticed Corvina's face red. He looked at her before leaning down slightly, bringing his face closer to her's. He stared at her eyes, making sure that her eyes were not dilated too much. Soon he brought his hand up and touched her forehead. "You alright? Maybe you should get inside..." He said, a bit concerned now. If he got powers from that lab, who knows what a starch could have gotten her - even though it was outside of the cave.

((ok ))

Corvina blinked. "Well, I think death just follows you..." What did he mean by having to face death for her? And why did he have to say it like that! She only got more flustered when he leaned in and touched her forehead. He looked so concerned... "I-I'm fine." For once, she couldn't come up with any kind of sarcastic or smart comment. She just wanted, needed, to do something. She just didn't know what. "Um, I..." She abruptly turned to walk towards her house and only walked a few steps before she remembered something. She stopped and walked back to Rayner. "Don't worry, I didn't forget you." She said and picked up Zander from Rayner's shoulder. Erg, she was close to him again. She looked at Rayner. "Um, bye Rayner. Don't try anything stupid with your powers." She remembered that much in her mixed up state.

Rayner wasn't sure what Corvina wasn't so fluster but when she turned to walk away, he assumed she felt better. He stood up straight, his sliding into his pockets and he smiled at her. "Haha, see ya Cor, thanks for your help today...and you too! Like don't try sneaking into my apartment or anything..." he said jokingly. He began to turn around and soon enough he was away from her house and back down the street and soon enough back in his apartment.

Once he entered he found himself sitting back at his desk. His glasses came back on to his face and he stared at the computer screen. He did this for several hours, simply sitting there and reading the information he had obtained from the lab. Rayner was about to call it quits when he noticed some information that made him feel sick. He exhaled and leaned back into his computer chair. His hands came up to his face and he rubbed his eyes before looking back at the screen. He hadn't read wrong.

BML Inc. wasn't just kidnapping the locals for their experiments...but also testing their own employees. Not the scientists of course, but their other employees. Rayner continued to read the list and found the name he didn't hope to see. Corvina's mother's name. He sat there and his brain began to race. How was he going to tell Corvina? How would she react? He wasn't sure nor did he had the energy to think about it any more. With that he took himself to his bedroom and slept in his bed.

((Did you want to fast forward time instead of just RPing the next day? I'm cool w/ whatever, just start the new post in whatever day you want it to be))