Topic: DCH - Psychodynamic

Zoe Barton

Date: 2011-06-05 07:00 EST
For whatever reason Howe chose this body to house her indomitable soul, it appears he took it upon himself to find the perfect little whore to satisfy his sexual deviancy....Who knows what he did with the girl before she was sacrificed to feed her never ending hunger for flesh and gore, but it was something that sent shivers up Francine's spine. The very image of that gorilla of a man grunting and groaning and doing all kinds of perversions to the previous owner of this body " it just sickened her to her very core just thinking about it.

Not the act, mind you. Even she would had enjoyed doing that to some poor unsuspecting victim.Francine; however, could not fault him for handpicking this little gem.

Every day " early in the morning and late at night, she bathes for two whole hours, scrubbing every speck of dirt from under her manicured nails, washing her hair with scents soaps, exfoliating her skin with two types of sponges, plucking her eyebrows so that they were in complete symmetry " everything had to be clean. Everything had to be perfect.

As per her request, she asked that her bedroom beheld a single large armchair close to the fireplace, and it was here that she spent most of her nights alone, sitting in her underwear with a glass of red wine in one hand, and her little black book in the other that beheld all of her notes on magic and technology.

This book contained everything that she had done in her previous incarnations, including a diary written in the infernal language of her origins. A language that was taught to her when she was just a small child by none other than her Father.

As she drew the glass of wine to her lips for a quick sip, her eyes lift up from the notes to the sound of footsteps approaching from behind the armchair. Francine's rear shifted on the plush-red pillow she was sat upon, trying to get herself into a more comfortable position, before she parted her wine-stained lips to talk.

"....I take it since you have returned, the preparations are complete?"

"Yes, Mother," A young girl's voice spoke in return.

Since having eyes in the back of her head was unfortunately beyond her wide range of powers, Francine could still though instantly assume that the girl was silently crying to herself. That wet-salty stench upon the air had given it away.

The wine was lifted for a sip, her eyes dropping back down to her little black book of horrors as she posed the question for the unseen child standing behind her armchair. "If you are upset that some of your sisters are dead, I do not want to hear it. I have little time to listen to the whines of a small child."

The dead tone to the girl's voice, made everything she said just that little bit eerie. "I am not sad, Mother. December, October and November's death were very painful. Both March and May are the most saddened by it. The mental link was too strong for them. May fainted, and March has ran away. We cannot detect her in our network. January is taking the deaths much better than the rest of us. January is strong."

A heartless chuckle came from Francine, "Have January and April track March down and punish her. If her mind is too strong to let go of her emotions fully, then I will have it beaten out of her. The same goes for May " though I may just resort to simply lobotomizing her. She's becoming quite the nuisance as of late. I really can't deal with this kind of a problem, so please make sure it does get sorted out, June."

"Yes, Mother."

Francine dropped that line of conversation altogether now. There were other, more important things on her mind.

"I want around the clock observations on all of the targets " I want detailed reports of their movements, and above all else detailed descriptions of anyone they come into contact with. But do not engage them. We can not afford to lose any more of your sisters too early on in this game. Is that understood?"

"As you wish, Mother.?

Zoe Barton

Date: 2011-06-05 16:47 EST
It was unknown to DCH, especially Mr Howe " whom she had yet to fully trust the scope and designs of her twisted grand-master plan, how fortunate was she that, no more than a mere stone's throw away from the fat-lawyer's public office, that her old abandoned workshop and laboratory was located.

She could not had set this whole charade up better, even if it was all by a complete accident.

The room was dark, the windows blacked out by black boot polish, allowing the only light source " a desk lamp, to illuminate the various pictures of an armored Edward Batten, an angry Wolvinator and a desperate Alain, fighting against her little entourage of young assassins.

"....Look at you all," she picked up a picture of Alain; his expression serious, ready for action, "To think I would end up in this kind of a situation where each and every one of you are nothing more than pawns on a grand chessboard of my desire. Oh I am sure you all probably thinking you're going to attain the upper hand, and, yes, you probably will....For in the end, the forces of good always triumph over evil. So this time, I shall make sure my interests are on both sides of the playing field. So that, in the end....When Howe finally falls..."

Francine's chuckle was dark.

She tossed the picture down, then drew up a picture of Wolvinator flying through the air with his wickedly razor-sharp claws protruding out from his wrists.

Francine chuckled then, "And this would not be at all possible if it was not for you, Admiral. You stupid, humanitarian imbecile. You have helped me more than you think. Your technology had revealed to me a larger scope of power I could take. A power I have not yet tamed. So many failed experiments. So many failures since last we met....But, alas....Now I have the means, to make everything I have ever dreamed of, a reality."

Her tongue slipped out, licking across the glossy surface of the photograph of Wolvinator, before she ripped it into two pieces.

"Mr Howe does not realize what he has unleashed. And I shall play him for the love-sick fool he is. I shall abuse his power, and I shall abuse my position to make him do what I want."

She stood up, turning so that she could regard a mannequin that stood in the corner of the room, her cold blue eyes shining in the artificial darkness, glinting from what sparse light the desk lamp could provide.

The mannequin appeared to be wearing some kind of black body suit, and a bulky shaped helm.

"And you, Edward Batten, you have shown me that my previous experiments were not all just dreams of a mad woman. No....You have shown me something inspiring " something, I have always wanted. A suit of armor that could stand up against almost anything. My crystalline-technology, combined with cold hard metal " oh, the possibilities! Oh....Edward Batten....How I would love to pick your brains....Scoop them out of that skull of yours....To consume your knowledge of technology and your very soul. To combine it with my magical and medical knowledge....To mix it with the power of the crystals - we could make the perfect couple, my dear....If only you knew."

Her tongue licked about her lips, as she moved to lift the helm from the mannequin's head, bringing it's purple visor closer to her face, relishing in her own reflection, and her wicked smile. "Just a few more pieces left to collect. And my brand new toy, will be complete."

Francine's chuckle, erupted into a maddened cackle. Her fingers clenched tightly against the helm, as she drew it to her chest for a tight embrace. Wild, crazed eyes stared up at the ceiling, as her psychotic laughter barely carried beyond the sound proofed walls.

Zoe Barton

Date: 2011-06-21 12:35 EST
Francine's eyes fluttered open, as her gaze narrowed down into the flames of her bedroom's hearth.

She had drunken four bottles of wine already, and proceeded her way half way into the fifth, all just so she could drown out the pain of her bandaged up hand, leg and torso that was tended to by none other than her most favourite of Daughters, January.

Even with the advise of her most loyal, Francine refused to take any painkillers. She chose to lavish in the anguish of being a mere mortal, suffering from her own stupid mistakes that in hindsight could had easily been rectified or even avoided. She even played up to Howe, pretending to move about unhindered " wearing clothing that would hide her bandages, just so she could stop that man from fussing over her.

But the faraway look in her face; the deadness in her half lidded eyes that barely blinked or even registered each lick of the hearth's bright flames, had revealed quite the unusual expression, as she reflected on the past two weeks worth of intelligence she had gathered from Project Vindicator.

Every so often in her silent contemplation, there was a mixture of anger, excitement and nervous anticipation in her lips. These emotions were dulled down with a heavy slug from the red wine bottle she had grasped in her better, unbandaged hand.

"I've....Been dying to meet you..." Her whisper reached out to the warmth of her bedroom. "You might want to rephrase that."

Her naked body leant back hard against the comfortable arm chair, as her eyes turned up to the ceiling then. A sigh had past her lips. And she hadn't a clue why. "....If you want serious, we could always go for a ride."

The breathing that past parted lips, drew heavier, the more she thought about the two encounters she had with the Ranger. With Edward Batten. The desire to tare that apart; the want to invade that helm of his and to push her lips against the man that housed such a beautiful, beautiful brain...

"It's not the technology, I want..." Francine's lips mouthed gently over the bottle's rim, "It's the man, I really want."

His brain that could create so much destruction! The untapped potential!!! All she needed to do was to get a hold of all the knowledge he possessed, and use it for her own means. Although her Virus has thus far failed in infiltrating the Ranger's suit, she has yet to administer it to the flesh, underneath.

But how" And without him knowing"

"...go, before my better judgement reasserts itself..."

Why let her escape like that'

"His judgement....No, he is but a human. It isn't his judgement that allowed me to go....It was his emotions." Francine's smile slowly curled, "He's interested in me as much, as I, to him..."

Leaning forward, she pushed herself to her feet, limping towards the flames, "I need to get back to work on the Vindicator. It seems I have some more bugs to work out before I meet you again, Batten.?