most_unwanted: (working on it)
Fox Mulder ([personal profile] most_unwanted) wrote2011-05-31 06:29 pm

[Voice]

[There's a quiet crunching sound before Mulder speaks up, sounding thoughtful.]

Show of metaphorical hands. Or antennae, whichever you're partial to: Who here has been kidnapped for a special one-on-one date with our captors? I'd like to arrange an off-journal meeting to speak about your personal experiences if anyone happens to have some free time. It shouldn't take long, just a few minutes. I'll be hanging around the shops in town most of the day, I've got some... supplies I've been meaning to find. [Still looking for a basketball, woe and alas.] We can always head elsewhere from there, though.

I understand that it's a sensitive topic for most people, and it's all right if you'd rather not talk about it. Or if you'd rather be anonymous, just slip a note under my door detailing anything you can remember about the experience itself. Anything at all, before, during, after. Your answers will be kept in confidence. I'm in Community Building 7, Floor 2, Room 10.

[identity profile] ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com 2011-06-03 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
So you spent the whole time under the influence of what would later be the aftereffect... What about the person with you- your significant other? Did they do the same experiment on him?

[identity profile] eidolon-soul.livejournal.com 2011-06-03 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
[She shrugs.]

I don't know. If they did, it wore off before mine did. He doesn't remember much of that time, either...nor do I think he cares to try.

[identity profile] ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com 2011-06-04 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
So it's possible they placed you both under different effects... despite being taken at the same time...

[identity profile] eidolon-soul.livejournal.com 2011-06-04 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Rydia raises an eyebrow.]

Maybe that was the point? They could have wanted to test various status effects or exposure to different elements or something entirely different, for all we know.

[identity profile] ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com 2011-06-04 08:47 am (UTC)(link)
It does sound like they like variation in their tests. And you said you've been taken several times, so I'm guessing each time had a different effect?

[identity profile] eidolon-soul.livejournal.com 2011-06-04 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[She nods, staring off as she recalls those past events.]

The first time, I was 'merely' wounded and exhausted. There weren't any other side-effects, but it did take me a few days and a lot of healing to recover. The second time was roughly the same, only add a lot more dizziness.

The third...I was effectively blind and I couldn't walk. And that was in January, too. And the fourth, I was under some kind of poison effect.

[identity profile] ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com 2011-06-05 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
It sounds like they started to get more creative. [He says the last word with a good trace of contempt.] ...Do you remember much about the captivity itself? For any of those times?

[identity profile] eidolon-soul.livejournal.com 2011-06-05 02:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[She shakes her head.]

Nothing solid. I must have been drugged. All I can remember are people in lab coats with those masks.

[identity profile] ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
So far, that appears to be a common occurrence. And all those aftereffects, they took a little while to clear up? Just like the experiments, nothing was permanent, right?

[identity profile] eidolon-soul.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
No, though some took longer to clear up than others. I think the longest was ten days?

[identity profile] ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
All right... Good. Thank you. Are there any other details about the kidnappings that you know of, offhand?

[Just to be thorough, and make sure nothing at all was left out.]

[identity profile] eidolon-soul.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rydia frowns in thought.]

I...don't think so. The only other thing that comes to mind is that they almost never left me anywhere convenient. I guess they figured they might as well add insult to injury and make me difficult to find.

[identity profile] ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 05:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course they wouldn't have such decency. [Annoyed face, people like them do the same thing back home too.] ...Thanks, for all of this. It really helps having a firsthand account from someone who's been through it so many times.

[identity profile] eidolon-soul.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[Said so very dryly.]

Well, given the odds, it will happen again. If there's anything new and exciting about that, I'll be sure to pass it on.

[identity profile] ufo-fanboy.livejournal.com 2011-06-06 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Not that I hope for it, but I appreciate your willingness to discuss this.