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You're walking on the sidewalk one quiet evening, and you notice a young girl in an alleyway, sitting on the ground. She's clearly lost or homeless, although, oddly, her right arm seems to be completely metal. The girl seems tired and a bit messy. Little do you know, she's being hunted down this very second.

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Basically this is an RP set just after my character Callie escapes from the lab she'd been held in her whole life.

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Callie sat in a dark alleyway, hugging her knees. She'd been ducking down here for the past few nights, and she hadn't eaten anything. Her robotics were slowly but surely starting to fail. She was cold, but didn't really care at the time being. She was pretty much free, though she was pretty sure there were people looking for her. Callie simply sat in the alley, attempting to stay awake, in case someone spotted her and she needed to move. She hadn't slept since she had left the lab 3 days prior. She slumped down slightly as she thought of this, tired.

As Jekka crept through the shadows, trying to keep out of sight, he came upon a figure huddled in the alleyway. It appeared to be a girl, but her arm was...metal? She seemed to be either asleep, or almost so. He froze, flexing his claws. He spread his wings slightly, wondering if this girl was a foe, or a friend.

Callie stretched out for a moment, attempting to shake off the tiredness that nagged at her.

As the girl stretched, Jekka confirmed that her arm was metal, as it reflected some of the light from a nearby lamp. He slowly made his way closer to her, poking his head, one of his arms, and the tips of both wings into the light. She definitely had seen better days, and he noticed that hs ehad dark circles under her eyes. How long has she gone without sleep? He wondered.

Callie let out a quiet yawn, unaware she was being watched at all. She was too tired to pay attention very much. Figuring a few blissful minutes of sleep wouldn't hurt, she allowed her thinking process to slip into a more robotic state and ordered a full system shutdown.

Terminating thought processes and shutting down inorganic systems... Complete.

And with that short notification, she was asleep.

Jekka, noticing that the girl had fallen asleep, relaxed, and moved closer. Acutely aware of the positions of his wings, he sat down net to the girl, and wrapped one of the feathery appendages around her back. Might keep her warm for the time being, he thought. A truck drove by, and he quickly hid his wings, afraid of what might happen if he was discovered.

Callie woke up after about half an hour.

Commencing systems, resuming operations.. Complete.

The usual notification flashed across her thoughts for a moment before a flood of reports and errors made themselves known.
ERROR: Insufficient resources to power artificial eye; malfunctions will occur. WARNING: Required organic resources low. WARNING: Insufficient resources to power artificial arm properly. WARNING: Water levels dangerously low.
Brushing these aside, Callie realized someone was sitting beside her. Frightened, she jumped up, not prepared to do so as she tripped and fell on her behind.

Jekka had dozed off. When the girl next to him woke, and jumped, he was startled awake, and scrambled backwards, dragging his wings and tucking them in after he had stopped, breathing hard. He stared at the girl, still slightly hidden in the shadows. He moved to a crouching position, tilting his head. "Who are you? Where did you come from?" he asked.

"W-well I should be asking you the same thing!" Callie's voice was broken and tired from not being used in awhile

"Alright," he said, taking a breath and calming his racing heart. "I'm Jekka. I, uh, I was created in a lab, not sure where," he told her. He seemed to relax, and spread his wings. "That's where I got these. Very helpful in certain situations. and these, too," he said, clicking his claw-like talons together. "Your turn."

She took a deep breath, not knowing whether to trust Jekka or not. "I'm Callie, and I just escaped from a lab 3 days ago. Although, I've never been anywhere else, so I'm not sure where I'm going.."

"Well, Callie, it seems that we're in similar predicaments. I'd like to say that I know my way around this city, but unfortunately, that's not the case. "I travel at night, because of my...alterations," he said. "Three days? You look tired. I know where there's a fairly secluded spot that's nearby. I can show you, if you'd like to catch up on your sleep."

"Well... Erm..." Callie thought for a moment before speaking again. "Okay."

He turned, and started walking down the alley in the direction he had come from. He thought a herd footsteps behind him, and hoped it was Callie, but it might've been somebody else. He turned when he reached an intersection, looking back.

Callie was slowly following Jekka, but unbeknownst to her, there was someone else lurking in the shadows behind her.