THE FIRST WAVE (Open)

[Rico Attendant Darky]

The first wave of the infected were coming into the brand new Rico institute, how fun. Oz looked up at the ceiling wondering how he'd managed to get himself into this mess...oh yeah...he robbed a bank. Still prison was starting to sound safer then this hole. He'd been checked for the virus and was being checked over regularly.

He kinda like the idea of helping people, but it also scared the proverbial shit out of him, still at least all he had to do was keep an eye here and check the general hospital regularly, all in all, he should be safe. But then again these people shouldn't have been sick so he'd little faith in shoulds.

Plastering a smile on his face as the door opened Oz walked over to the girl who had walked in "Hello, it's a pleasure." he said carefully, keeping out of arms reach.

'please don't bite me, please don't bite me

[Kinsey Daimon]

'How did I ever get myself into this mess?' was the only thought that crossed Kinsey's mind as she walked toward the building. Her two border collies, Shia and Forrest, were at her sides. Kinsey groaned as she pinched the top of her nose. Otherwise she would have been sneezing every five seconds. Her sides already ached from all the sneezes. Ohhh all she was doing was traveling for god sakes! And she just had to catch a cold! And here's the kicker, no one would giver anything! They all said 'go to Rico!', 'go to Rico!' All right already! She's here! Eesh! She bent down and told her dogs to stay as she walked into the building. They stayed though whining and growling. They didn't like that. A man walked up to her. She smiled wamrly as she began to talk though nasally since she was still pinching her nose, "Look I have been trying for the last four days to get some medicine for my cold. Everyone's told me to come here. I hope you have something-anything-for me! Cause this is getting old..." she muttered as she took her fingers off her nose and imediately went into a sneezing fit. After a couple minutes, Kinsey stood straight grabbing her side, "Oh geez..." she muttered as waited for the other to speak hoping that he could help her...

[lizzie16]

Arienna was pissed beyond belief, her parents had to send her away! She walked into the Institute hoping someone spoke English. She saw a girl go into a sneezing fit and pulled out a black handkerchief handing it to her. She herself immediately doubled over in a five minute round of coughing. Her face was red afterward and she started sucking on a cough drop. "Hope that's all you have is a cold there sweetie," she muttered looking down and avoiding any direct contact with anyone.

[Rico Attendant Darky]

Oz smiled at the girl and handed her a tissue, grateful for the mask he had to wear over his mouth and nose.
"You will want to be careful as to not infect everyone, would you please sit down I would like to talk to you about something and you may be a little frightened. I urge you to remain calm." He said speaking in a soft caring tone, he wanted to wince at how fake it made him feel, but bad news was never an easy thing to give, it just reminded him of how his parents always spoke to him "I need to ask you a few questions. Have you had a blood test recently? If it is alright I would like to take one?" he offered gesturing to take his hand so he could test her for the virus.
"I'm afraid I have some bad news. As of last night a quarantine has been instated over Casalinga." he said softly to her "There has been an out break of an unknown virus and...sneezing is the initial symptom." he told her quietly "I would like to test you for this virus, if you come up clean I will proscribe you some cold medicine alright? Don't worry, you probably do not have the virus." he said softly, lying through his teeth of course, but he was doing his best to keep her calm...god he hoped he wouldn't have to explain this to everyone who came in there

[Kinsey Daimon]

Kinsey looked at the man eyebrow raised. She half wondered if he knew how fake he sounded...but she just shrugged it off. She sat down in the chair and listened intently to what he had to say. Her jaw dropepd slightly as she heard this, "You-your kidding me." she said laughing nervously. But what if he wasn't? What if she has this-this virus? Oh boy...Suddenly her thoughts were cut off by rapid and agressive barking. She looked up to see her two border collies growling and barking. They were staring right at the man's back. "Shia! Forrest!" Kinsey yelled short and sharp. The two collies just growled as they laid back down glaring at the guy who was near her. They were protective to say the very least and they did not like him being near her. She turned to the other, "Yeah sure take it. I don't care." she muttered as she sneezed into ehr shoulder. She may not have looekd like she cared, but on thie inside she was very afriad. What was going to happen if she did have this...??

[lizzie16]

This was peachy! Ah well, blood test time. "Go ahead it's time for my monthly test anyway," she said with a shrug. On a whim Emmett jumped out of her jacket and hissed at the man in front of her. "Emmett, be nice he hasn't done anything," she said picking up the small cat. The cat growled and clawed at him before being put back in her jacket. "Emmett behave or they might take you away from me," she whispered. She held her records tighter to her chest and inhaled deeply before coughing again. "Damn I hate hospitals," she said.

[Rico Attendant Dyr]

Dyr was around in the building her black eyepatch covering over one eye as she saw a group of people. Walking over to them she didn't have a mask on, it wasn't needed she would purposely put herself in danger for the personal need of science. "Ozwald!" she shouted walking over to the group looking at the two girls, "Are you prepping them or handing out your phone number?" she asked in harsh tone. But she was really just toying with the other. Turning her head towards the animals she just laughed, her accent was roughly a mix of German and Russian, "Hello there darlings." she said not even introducing herself she carried a chart in her hand, "Names!"

[Oz Bellamy]

"I'm afraid not." Oz sighed shaking his head and gestured to the mask he had over his face before taking her arm with a slight 'thank you'. He glanced at Arienna as she walked in "Please take a seat I will be with you as soon as I'm done here." he smiled and drew the blood out of Kinseys arm taking two blood samples before plastering the small cut from the needle "There, now keep pressure on that while I get these processed." he smiled handing the blood samples through a small flap.

"Here, you should read through this," He said softly handing her an admittance file into Rico "it's just encase you do have the infection alright?" he smiled "If you have any questions ask me but I'm sure you'll be alright." he said softly "It's just a precaution we are urging everyone with the virus to admit themselves." he said softly before wincing as someone shouted at him and walked over to Dyr, speaking in a hushed tone with a glare "These people could be severely ill, do you want these people to throw a fit in the hallways or do you want us to be able to do our jobs?! Now I am your supirior and if you cannot handle this job and what it entails I suggest you leave and try your chances in the town" He growled before turning back to the girls

"Very sorry about that" he grinned "Dyr here, one of our resident doctors will be taking your names and applications if you wish to be cared for throughout the epidemic" he smiled as though everything was just danndy and went to Arienna's side "That doesn't sound good." He frowned "Please take a seat I'll test you next" he smiled

[Kinsey Daimon]

Kinsey wasn't even paying that much attention to the other's. She took one last look at the door. Shia and Forrest were still there growling and whining. Shia had now taken to pawing at the door. she wanted in gosh dang it! Kinsey just sat there in the chair staring off into the cieling. She hissed softly as the needle went into her arm. She took the papers and absentmindedly read through them. She was too busy thinking to concentrate. She snorted as she heard him speak. That voice-no offense- was beginning to irk her, "How can you talk like that?" she retorted increduously. She was one to speak her mind about things and she wasn't shy about it either! If this virus was as bad as he said it was...then how can he talk like everything is perfectly fine!? For God sakes let's be honest here! Kinsey just shook her head not wanting to know after all as she took a deep breath in, 'Okay you are getting way too paranoid. Just calm down. Its a cold...nothing more!' she kept telling herself that as she waited for the results...

[lizzie16]

She raised an eyebrow and felt her fingers twitch, which evidently set off her cat again. "Mreow!!!" The cat hissed and tried to scratch him again. "Emmett, bad, no it's a blood test! Now sit in my jacket and behave," she said. She hid her arms when he brought out the needle and started shaking. "N-no, no more needles, no more tests," she murmured. She shakily handed him her medical records and covered her hands. Suddenly the weight of this hit her and she was scared stiff. Her skin was pasty white, and her body temperature dropped slightly. She looked over at him and blinked again. "I've had enough of blood tests, I was told it was the flu," she started into a violent coughing fit and sat back. She had dark rings under her eyes from lack of sleep, though she covered that with makeup. She slowly showed her arm only to light a flame in her hand. "You promise you're not going to experiment on me," she asked quietly. She tapped her fingers on the arm of the chair and pulled up her sleeve. "So your name is Ozwald, interesting name. I suppose they call you Oz," she said, her eyes dim. She heard the other girl freak out and rolled her eyes.

[Rico Attendant Dyr]

"Darling you know I kid because I love, don't you love me?" Dyr laughed as she watched the other two freak out. She placed the chart on the edge of a table walking over to the two, one was lighting fire in her hands, "Calm yourself, we aren't experimenting on you. We are just taking precautions you see people in this town don't get sick. It is the fresh clean air." she lied as as she ran her gloved hands down Arienna's arm the one with the fire she wasn't afraid of getting burned. All she was doing was calming the other down, "And since you two are outsiders obviously we want to make sure this is nothing serious. So your cat's name is Emmett, nice name..."

Dyr just smiled staring at the other girl with her one eye before she swiftly dug a needle into the other girl's vein and taking out what was needed for now. Removing it with a slight pinch she tosses puts the needle carefully in her mouth before bandaging up the girl. Walking over to Oz she handed him the needle, "This is why you need me, your far too soft Ozwald."

Turning to the girls she smiled, "Want a lolli?" she teased.

[Oz Bellamy]

"Please both of you, calm, we'll run your blood work, and if there is anything wrong we will look after you as long as you fill out those forms." Oz shrugged with a smile but winced as the cat scraped him "Shit!" he growled, this was all he needed, an open cut with two people possibly infected, he let Dyr do her work as he poured alcohol on it immediately and wrapped it up, hissing at the pain that ran up his arm...shit... "Please can you put down the cat while we work?" Oz frowned, he hated this rule allowing animals into the place, it was instated to try to make people feel comforted since this was a place of bad news
"Yes." he nodded glancing at his name tag "Don't call me Ozwald, that's what my father used to call me" he winced

"We are not here to experiment, but if you are infected we may need various samples and to run various tests to make you better." he told them "You two, and the other infected could save millions if we manage to find a cure before this disease get's out." he told them gently and scowled at Dry shaking his head at her "can I talk to you outside?" he asked and grabbed her wrist and started giving out to her as they walked from earshot before he shoved her against the wall and kissed her "fuck I love it when you do that" he grinned "But seriously, we don't need her setting the place on fire." he sighed kissing her again, "Come on the results should be out now, you take cat lady I'll take the dog women"

[Kinsey Daimon]

Kinsey's foot gently tapped the floor impatiently as she waited. Ugh waiting! The one thing she hates! Shia and Forrest were probably going bananas! She had gotten the brother and sister from a human society when they were 8 weeks old. They were always by her side and they proabably not very happy. She suddenly heard a big commotion of yelling and barking. "Shia! Forrest!" Kinsey groaned. Oh she would have to be stuck with the two troublemakers! Suddenly two medium sized black and white dogs had nosed their way into the room Kinsey was in. Forrest imediately dropped down and scurried his way under Kinsey's feet. He seemed a bit nervous and unsure of it all. Shia however was not. She leapt onto Kinsey's lap ears low and softly growling. "Oh gosh the 50 pound lap dog!" Kinsey yelped as she felt Shia's weight on her lap. She quickly wrapped her hand around the brown leather collar and jerked it back a bit. Shia let out a whining groan as she laid down in Kinsey's lap. She glared at the strangers-which consisted of everyone except Kinsey-as if daring them to come any closer. Kinsey sighed as she stroked the collie's fur. It made waiting a bit less tense...

[lizzie16]

Emmett sat quietly on Arienna's lap until Oz and Dyr came back. He began growling again and made to scratch him as he walked by. When Dyr stopped in front of him he meowed and looked up at her. "Well, it seems you're in the clear, he likes you," said Arienna. "Wild guess, I'm infected aren't I," she asked. She didn't really care, she just wanted to know so she could either leave or settle down and read a book. "Might I suggest not kissing in the hallway either, sonic manipulation is a bitch to control," she whispered so only Dyr could hear. "No offense," she murmured.

[Rico Attendant Dyr]

As Oz pulled Dyr to the side she giggled a bit at his roughness, "Little Ozzie can't take a few cat swipes, aww." she said running her fingers against the wound, feeling his coffee breathe in her she smiled, "Fine." Walking over to Arienna she talked about how they were kissing, "Haha, just don't tell anyone." she laughed. "And we don't know if your a infected or it is just a cold sweetheart. Now I'm going to need your name, age, and where you came from."

It wasn't that they held the virus from where they came from it was coming here that made them sick. It is a shame they'll probably never leave here again. Readjusting her eye-patch Dyr just sighs.