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#Post#: 2901--------------------------------------------------
The File (Sona & Lifeline)
By: Sona Nocturne Date: July 4, 2017, 6:49 pm
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It was the height of the lunch hour in the cafe, and servers
bustled about. Sona entered and told the hostess, "Two seats,
please. I'm waiting for someone." She was directed to a small,
quieter corner booth, and the navy mare frowned slightly. "Do
you have anything anyplace louder?" She was met with a surprised
look, but the hostess nodded and took her to a central table
surrounded by multiple loud conversations. "This is perfect,
thank you," she said politely and sat down. "Your server will be
with you in a moment," the hostess said brightly, leaving Sona
with a menu.
Sona didn't look at it as she waited, her thoughts elsewhere.
She was in a good position to view the door so she could see
when her contact came in. She wasn't surprised that the other
mare wasn't there yet- Sona was more than a little early. But
this was a rather important meeting, and she couldn't risk
something last-minute happening and causing her to miss it. She
just hoped her contact would come through with Sona's rather...
peculiar request.
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Re: The File (Sona & Lifeline)
By: Lifeline Date: July 4, 2017, 6:55 pm
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Lifeline limped in on crutches and looked around. She was in
street clothes for once before her eyes met Sona's and she made
her way over. She placed a manila folder and a large brown
envelope on the table.
"Sorry I got here as fast as I could. Ms. Nocturne nice to see
you and everything... but I had to pull a lot of strings and
risk my job getting you these. On such late notice too. Why do
you even care this much about Dr. Valentine?" The medic did owe
Sona a lot of favors though and she wasn't called upon often,
but the files Sona needed were pretty classified.
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Re: The File (Sona & Lifeline)
By: Sona Nocturne Date: July 4, 2017, 7:42 pm
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Sona nodded. "I know, and I greatly appreciate you taking that
risk to help me." She paused at the question, before she spoke
carefully. "Let's just say I'm looking into funding a personal
project of a scientist of my choosing, and I want to look
carefully into each and every candidate I am considering." The
truth was, Valentine was the only candidate she was
considering... she was the only one that looked even slightly
promising. And Sona wasn't going to lie- after that kiss, she
may be a bit biased. But that didn't mean she wasn't look very
thoroughly into Valentine before even thinking of taking her on
as a research partner... or anything more personal.
She refocused on the conversation. "As you know, I have a
reputation among the scientific community to uphold, and I can't
afford to fund a project that's going to be a failure or
embarassment." She folded her hooves in front of her. "Now, what
can you tell me?"
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Re: The File (Sona & Lifeline)
By: Lifeline Date: July 4, 2017, 8:08 pm
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"How the heck did you get Dr. Valentine wanting to work for
you... I mean I know you have connections, but she's really bad
news." Lifeline has a worried look in her eyes. "That's not
exactly a mare you want working for you... She's one of the most
dangerous ponies in the world."
Regardless the IA soldier turned the files over and presented
her with a paper that had a serious looking military picture of
her and all of her information. "Dr. Valentine, a military
scientist who specializes in gases." She slid the paper over so
Sona could look at it clearer.
"University of Canterlot Graduate. "Her real name is Cassandra
Tesla. Super smart pony. Never got below an A in her life."
Lifeline pulled out some more files and a picture of her from
her younger days. Both eyes were a crystal blue and she had a
big cheesy smile. "She had her hooves everywhere around the
science community actually winning a lot of award... You even
funded one of her projects where she developed a much more
sustainable way to dispose of trash in Canterlot. Back then... I
will admit, I was a huge fan of her." There was a lot more but
Lifeline allowed Sona to look over what she had so far.
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Re: The File (Sona & Lifeline)
By: Sona Nocturne Date: July 4, 2017, 9:06 pm
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Sona didn't bat an eye at Lifeline's comment about Valentine
being bad news. Sona knew that if others knew about her own
little... project, they would think the same thing. She studied
the paper as it was presented to her, keeping her ears perked as
she listened. Her eyes found the picture of young Cassandra, and
she couldn't help but smile at the innocent grin the mare in the
picture wore. Sona did look up in surprise when she heard that
she funded one of her projects. When she thought about it, the
scientist's real name did ring a bell. She was quiet for a
moment before responding to Lifeline's last comment. "But now
you view her as dangerous. What changed?"
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Re: The File (Sona & Lifeline)
By: Lifeline Date: July 4, 2017, 9:49 pm
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"She got involved in the military that's what changed." Lifeline
pulled out numerous classified files. She did look around making
sure no one was watching before sliding them over. At first they
were harmless experiments and gases and potion that actually
helped stallions. "I worked with her for a while during these
times. It was all harmless... Then..." She pulled out more
papers with her name at the top. "It went darker and darker...
She was involved with creating some of the deadliest gases and
was apart of some of the most despicable acts by any military in
the history of the world. She tested all her gases on live
ponies...." Lifeline took a moment and felt sick just thinking
about it. The papers in front of Sona all described what certain
gases did and how certain test subjects reacted. Some events
Sona might have recognized if she paid attention to foreign
news.
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Re: The File (Sona & Lifeline)
By: Sona Nocturne Date: July 4, 2017, 10:19 pm
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As Sona looked over the files, her eyes slowly widened. She
noted that all the test subjects were stallions. Of course, "Dr.
Valentine", Sona realized. She started to feel a bit queasy as
she continued reading. She knew that Valentine saw herself as a
villain, that she had done some bad things... but Sona had never
imagined this. This was... cruel. Suddenly her eyes fell upon a
page describing a certain gas that could isolate certain parts
of the brain.
Sona grew deaf to the world around her, ignoring Lifeline for a
moment as her eyes closed and results from her experiments
played on the back of her eyelids. Pictures of brain scans,
descriptions of failed treatments and issues with containment,
and all sorts of information crossed Sona's mind rapidly. And
then... it clicked. Sona's eyes shot open as she breathed hard.
That was it. That was what I've been doing wrong. And if she can
isolate one part of the brain with her gases, she could
potentially isolate ANY part of the brain. Of course! She fixed
Lifeline with a desperate gaze. "What else? What else do I need
to know?!" She said, her voice low and breathless. Before she
had had a patient facade, but now that was gone. "What else,
Lifeline?!"
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Re: The File (Sona & Lifeline)
By: Lifeline Date: July 5, 2017, 12:12 am
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"Yikes! Ummmm...." Lifeline backed up in her chair. Sona
Nocturne was one pony you do not want to **** off. She scrambled
looking through more paperwork. "Goodness what happened? I'm
sorry if you read some disturbing things. I can get you her
psychological profile." She placed a packet in front of Sona.
"The military worked and conditioned her to the point where she
lost her emotions it seemed like. I saw it myself, she was such
an energetic and funny mare to be around before.... She tends to
have small melt downs when experiments don't go her way. She
seeks a lot of comfort, but nopony gives it to her. That lead to
her making this gas for herself. According to these reports they
help keep her calm, but they make her feel a little bit of
emotion which slows down her work..."
Sona found another report. "She sometimes refers to Cassie Tesla
like it's a different mare like she tries to repress her former
self... Despite that, they also found that she decorates her
offices with her past medals, pictures, and certificates from
when she was 'Cassie' still." Lifeline sighed. "She's
complicated, but still a bad mare. She had some bad break-up in
college, ponies figure that's why she only chooses stallions to
test on. All psychopaths have their little things they like to
do."
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Re: The File (Sona & Lifeline)
By: Sona Nocturne Date: July 5, 2017, 12:33 pm
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Sona listened carefully, although she already knew some of the
information. However, her excitement quickly turned to anger,
although she wasn't completely sure why. She felt oddly...
protective of Valentine, and her eyes narrowed as she looked at
Lifeline. Her tone was soft and dangerous as she spoke. "And
tell me, Lifeline... what right do you have to call someone bad?
Or emotionless? Or a psychopath? Have you tried to help her? If
not, you don't have that right, you hear me?!" By now her voice
was a snarl, but she abruptly fell silent and grew more composed
as she straightened her shoulders. "Is that all you have?" she
asked, her voice now emotionless.
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Re: The File (Sona & Lifeline)
By: Lifeline Date: July 5, 2017, 5:12 pm
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Lifeline opened her mouth. "Well... For starters I help ponies
in need and protect them from mares like her. I'm no murderer
and... " She was gonna say more but looking into Sona's eyes and
hearing her voice quickly shut her up. With every world Lifeline
backed up slowly until she was almost leaning against the
stallion behind her. She blinked, pushed up her glasses and
cleared her throat.
"So- I mean, Miss Nocturne.... I'm sorry I was out of line."
Valentine certainly struck a nerve with Lifeline. "She has one
of the greatest minds in the world and is pushing the boundaries
of military science. Uhh.... Her medical record shows she had a
botched experiment that blew up in one of her eyes causing it to
change color. Tests have show she still can see fine in it
though. That incident occurred early on in her career."
She dropped one of the envelopes as one of Valentine's young
pictures fell off the table as well. When Lifeline bent down to
get it she winced and gripped the bandaged part of her body.
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