Elian is a little cranky

[absolute_perception]

Mun,

I have no intentions in becoming another victim to your sadistic whims. I am no longer amused.

I insist that you stop making any more of those stupid watermelon jokes. It is becoming as old as the cracks made on Tachibana's balls. Your music choice is deplorable and sub-standard at best. How can you hear yourself think?

I don't generally complain, but this is ridiculous.

Not amused,

Elian

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[ryuhou]

Is there something wrong, Elian?

[absolute_perception]

[Even if he doesn't show it, there is shock. Seeing Ryuhou again, even if their encounters were brief, really makes him happy.]

Yes. I am in a tower now with no outside contact. My Absolute Perception is limited to those inside that reside there. I have to admit that I don't mind being among people. I am forced to socialize.

[ryuhou]

[ He could see how powers being limited that way could be uncomfortable for an Alter. They were second nature to anyone who had them. ]

And I assume this is one of your.. writers "sadistic whims"?

[absolute_perception]

Not entirely.

[The lack of his power use is only the tip of the iceberg.]

There are monsters there that I must fight in order to advance to the next floor. She has kept the map hidden from my view and I am irritated.

[Even if he doesn't show it...]

[ryuhou]

It seems like they would rather you didn't succeed or are purposefully making it difficult to test your abilities.

[ He closes his eyes and exhales. ]

It's justifiably irritating.

[absolute_perception]

It is a will to survive. Is it not natural to adapt? It has been a week and the adjustment has been a slow progress. Perhaps I am not pushed to my limits which has caused me to become agitated more than I should be. I feel...is it proper to use trapped?

[It's a really hard thing to deal with already when he's limited in such a direct way.]

I have been issued with a collar. I am uncertain of its purpose.

[ryuhou]

Yes. Adaptation is a natural part of learning your abilities, But with something that they have the capabilities to make easy they are making purposefully difficult. It's unnecessary. [ A collar too? Something else to limit their amount of freedom. ] I suppose this is how the native alters we once captured felt--trapped and collared like animals.

[absolute_perception]

[His eyes close and touch the collar lightly with his small hands. His diminutive size often made others overlook him until they are left twitching and drooling.]

It is a consequence. It is typical of labs to label their subjects. However, where I am now, the experiment is mind control. The facade is clear. They wish to break us from within by giving us a false sense of loss. The evidence is elusive to indicate otherwise to disprove the issue.

[ryuhou]

[ It was always a little unusual speaking to someone who had such a viewpoint. Holy was comprised of people who could be called 'eccentric' in their own way, but Elian was different from the rest. ]

As long as you keep a clear mind and focus on the task at hand, there should be no issue.

[absolute_perception]

[Elian is a clone, a system, and someone that knew way too much to be let loose. "Eccentric" wouldn't come close to cover it, but it's a start.]

I have established two links thus I have begun to create a new "network". My hope is that they do not change their bio-signatures. It would become complicated otherwise.

[ryuhou]

[ Change the signatures? Hm. ]

Would those living there have the capabilities to do that?

[absolute_perception]

Only if they die. Then I would have to reestablish the link. After a while, it becomes troublesome.

[ryuhou]

I hardly foresee that there would be a problem with them changing their signatures after they die. Death is a finality; Unfortunately, there's no changing that.

[absolute_perception]

[Elian wants to laugh. He really does, and he doesn't find the subject funny at all. He's stuck in something called the Mousetrap in that tower and already three people were killed within their first hour.]

The Tower doesn't it see it that way. When one dies, they simply wake up after a specified period of time. Believe me, it's not final.

[ryuhou]

[ Even the dead had no merit, it seemed. How disrespectful. ]

So this 'tower' would be the entity in that world that controls even life and death?

[absolute_perception]

Affirmative.

[He hates it even more because of that very reason.]