Karthicha~

I knock on the door to Admiral Vitidinok(hope I spelled that right)'s room. A muffled voice says, "Enter."

"Admiral," I growl as I come in. Not hostilely, of course, but my patience is thin with not much to do. I give a slight nod. "I am growing restless. There is not much work to be found here for someone of my abilities."

"And what, pray tell, are those abilities that you speak of?" Vitidinok is at her desk, looking at something, and doesn't look at me.

I hiss quietly. "Assassination. Fighting. Strategy. My mind is sharp and my claws are strong, but I have no place with those who are engineering.... whatever they are doing."

Vitidinok glances briefly at me. "Despite your apparent inability to find work here, there are jobs for a person like you. However, I believe there is a matter that you could assist me with."

My eyes gleam. I'm ready for anything she sends my way.  

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Just trying to get Karthicha back into the action a little bit, and going off of what Sybill said. Hopefully I did Vitidinok okay.

Vidtinok~~

Vidtinok led Karthicha down to the labs, where Doctor Sano stood by the entrance, waiting nervously. He pushed up his glasses with a shaky hand.

“So how is this brainwashing supposed to work?” Vidtinok growled at him. Sano swallowed nervously before responding.

“All of the niyantrana fragments we use come from the same ore vein, which means they all have a sort of connection with each other,” Sano said. A guard opened the gates protecting the laboratory and led them through.

“We’ve created a machine that will allow us to access that connection. While this link is ‘opened’, we can alter and adjust the properties of any of the other connected niyantrana. We can also link with a very specific niyantrana fragment if we also have something to ‘guide’ the link. For example, a lock of hair of the Tenebris we want to control. Luckily, we were able to find a sample of Eniyan’s DNA that can be used similarly,” Sano continued. They were inside the labs now, walking down the pure white halls.

“Then, we can override the Tenebris’s free-will by essentially giving their brain a new code--not at all different from what viruses do to spread. As long as we keep the link open, the Tenebris will follow this new code. As soon as the link is closed, the Tenebris will resume acting normally.” They were walking through the main room now. Several scientists looked up at them, curious.

“So what will the Tenebris experience?” Vidtinok asked.

“It won’t be like possession, where they’re watching everything unfold and are helpless to stop. No, this is much more controlling--they’ll want to do these things, they’ll think that what’s going on is their own thoughts. When we enter the instructions, I imagine the eyes will probably change color because of the sudden burst of dark energy. Most likely, they’ll turn pure red or purple,” Sano explained. “When the link closes, they’ll remember what happened in bits and pieces, and their memory of the event will be hazy. It’s quite similar to say, a werewolf transformation, but completely uncontrollable. When we input the commands, we can make them do things they would already know how to do--for example, annihilate any visible Resistance members, or take a person with this exact description captive--that sort of thing.”

“Is there anything that could stop it?” Vidtinok asked.

“Well, I’m sure if the Tenebris is knocked unconscious, or experiences extreme pain, the link would close. After a link closes, we’ll have to wait about six or seven hours to open it again. Just to prevent the niyantrana from, uh, exploding,” Sano said. “The only things that could completely destroy the link and make it impossible for us to brainwash the Tenebris would be if they were to trade their Tenebrism--their dark magic abilities and such--for something like werewolfism or vampirism. But I can’t possibly imagine Eniyan willingly doing that, or even figuring out that’s an option.”

The group was on an elevator, which lowered slowly, before emitting a quiet ding and opening. The three stepped into an ill-lit basement, where a black gemstone surrounded by a glowing purple cloud sat in an odd looking contraption.

There was a desk in front of it, with several computer monitors and wires resting on top. Sano typed something into one of the computers. The purple cloud vanished, replaced by a red one, which spun rapidly, creating a breeze.

Sano typed more and there was a flash of light, causing Vidtinok to block her face and close her eye. When she could see again, the gemstone was hovering in the air, no cloud around it.

“The link is open,” Sano said. “What would you like to do?”

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Tayemno Vidtinok~~

"GET THAT LINK REOPENED NOW, OR I'LL TEAR YOUR HEAD OFF!" Vidtinok's first slammed into the desk. Sano cowered before her wrath, curling into the chair he sat on. 

"Admiral, I would advise against--"

"I don't CARE! I want that Tenebris under MY control, Sano!"

"The niyantrana--it could be destroyed--" But the scientist's protests were falling on deaf ears. Vidtinok would not listen to reason, not when she was this close to fixing the problem. Even so, she forced herself to take a deep breath. When she'd regained her composure, she glared down upon the scientist.

"Sano, reopen the link. I don't care if it is risky, or dangerous." She waited for Sano to sit back up. "It's been four hours. That's close enough to the six hour time limit, don't you think?"

"Ma'am, two hours is a much longer--"

"Sano. Get the link open." She drew her pistol and aimed it at his head. "Or else."

He began to type on his keyboard, any previous doubts erased.

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