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| Beth Stone; Origins | |
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| Topic Started: Jan 19 2008, 02:52 PM (96 Views) | |
| hikinggirl70 | Jan 19 2008, 02:52 PM Post #1 |
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It all started a month ago. I was at home cutting my bagel when I accidentally cut my finger and started bleeding. I went to the bathroom to put a bandage on when I noticed that not only did it start to heal but you couldn’t tell I was cut at all. I was shocked and started wondering what was going on with my body. Was this a one time thing or will I always heal this fast. This got me thinking, how far can I damage myself and how fast would I heal? I will have to investigate this new found power. As I was at work, I also noticed something that I never thought was strange until now. I have never taken a sick day. I never had a cold or flue or anything that made me sick. Nor did I ever have the chicken pox or any of the kid’s illnesses. I have been healthy my entire life and just recently noticed that I heal super fast. I called my Mom and asked her if anything weird ever happened to me. My Mom didn’t know what I was talking about and asked if I was OK. I then asked if I ever got injured and had to be brought to the hospital. My Mom said that I once I fell off my bike and ribbed up my leg and had to go to the emergency room but I never got to see the doctor since the bleeding stopped after a while. She took me home and my leg was fine after several hours. That got me thinking that I must have always had regeneration but up until now it was not as fast. Now all my cuts heal instantaneously. I never will need stitches or put into a cast. How will this affect my aging and can I live forever if I can’t get killed? I have to do some field study. The following day I wanted to test how my new ability works and how much damage can I handle? I saw an electrical fence with a sign that said high voltage. I was determined to see if I can handle this. When no one was around, I grabbed the fence with both hands. A high voltage of electricity went though me and I fell to the floor. After several minutes I woke up with not even a scratch. There was no sign that I just electrocuted myself. I was fine. Wow, I can’t get hurt. This is great. I was talking to my best friend, Julie, and asked her if she ever noticed anything strange about me. Julie said that she does not know what I mean and that I was always a cheerful and in a good mood all the time. I then asked Julie if she saw something that she thought she must be wrong and forgot about it. She thought for a couple of minutes and said there was this one time that you accidentally hit in the nose and starting bleeding and you thought it was broken. I ran into the ladies room to get some paper towels and when I returned you have stopped bleeding and looked fine. I didn’t think of it until you asked me that question. That was last year when we had dinner at our favorite restaurant. Julie didn’t know why I asked her that question and wondered what was troubling me. I told her never mind and lets just enjoy our lunch. I never did tell Julie my big secret and I don’t know if I can tell anybody. I don’t want people to think I am a freak. Maybe with this new found power I can do some good and maybe help people if need be. Edited by hikinggirl70, Jan 22 2008, 04:33 AM.
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| hikinggirl70 | Jan 19 2008, 02:59 PM Post #2 |
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Chapter 2 Now that I have learned that I had the power all along, I have to know if I am the only one in my family to have a power. I wish my Mom or Dad would of told me I was special but they did not say a word. Did they know I have a power and if so why didn't they tell me? I made up my mind to talk to my Mom and ask her about our family and if anybody else has a power. I went to my Mom's house the next day to have lunch and talk about what is going on with me. So we are at the kitchen table and I say so innocently, "Did you know that I am special?" My Mom looks up at me and says, "Of course you are special, my special angel." Beth: "No, I mean did you know I have special abilities." Mom: "You are a very talented young lady, is that want you mean." Beth: "I see you are not getting what I am talking about. So to be so blunt, I have a power." Mom: "What power are you talking about" Beth: "I have the power of regeneration. I heal spontaneously and I can't be killed." I took the knife that was on the kitchen table and cut myself on my inner hand. I hold up my hand and said "watch". At first my hand bleed and then it healed in seconds with no trace of there being a wound. "I ask again, did you know I had a power?" Mom: "Well, I might have thought so but was not sure until today. You showed some signs but sometimes powers skip a generation and up until now, you seemed normal." Beth: "I always headed fast, up until now; it was not in seconds but hours or minutes. Didn't you wonder what was up with me when my leg healed on its own when I fell off my bike?" Mom: "I guess to a mother, we don't question why, I was just grateful you were not hurt anymore." Beth: "Do you have a power does Dad have one, who else has powers in our family?" Mom: "I have a power as well but not as wonderful as yours. I have photographic memory." I remember everything I read or saw and can access the information over and over again. I did not want to worry you with if you might get a power since not everybody gets one. Dad does not have a power but his mother has one. It seems the men in our family don't have powers and I don't know why that is. My mother also has a power and her power is super hearing. I think your dad's mother's power is persuasion. I don't get along with her and every time I am around her I always seem to do what she wants me to do so she must have that power. We just don't talk about it since we don't want anybody to know our family secrets." Beth: "Why didn't you tell me this up until now? Don't you realize that I was freaking out when I noticed my wounds healed in seconds? I asked you if there was anything that seemed odd to you and you could have told me then. Why did you wait so long to tell me about you and our family?" Mom: "There are a lot of people out there who want to hurt us and study us. We made a decision to protect you from this and I was not sure if you could have handled all this about our family. I didn't want you growing up knowing that they are evil people out there who would kill us just because we are special. Now that you know about your family, you have to keep it a secret and can't tell anybody outside this family. The only person who knows besides the immediate family is a biology professor who I talk to on a regular basis about our powers and the progress we have. His name is Professor Seth Brand and he is at Central Florida Institute, I meet him there when I went to college to become a nurse. He noticed my photographic memory and asked if he can talk to me in private. He studies powers and researches our family history. You should go talk to him. I have talked about you to him so he knows a little of what you can do. Don't talk to anybody else there. It is important to keep our secret." Beth: "I will and I promise not to tell anybody besides Professor Seth Brand." Thanks for telling me the truth and about people who want to hurt us. I will be careful when I go meet with this professor. When is the best time to talk to him?" Mom: "I would call him at his office and make an appointment. Don't say anything over the phone; you don't know who is listening. Just say "Hi I am Beth Stone. I believe you know my mother Sue Stone." He will know what you are talking about and he will call you back. Good luck and I am glad you know about your family secrets." Edited by hikinggirl70, Jan 22 2008, 04:34 AM.
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| hikinggirl70 | Jan 19 2008, 02:59 PM Post #3 |
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Chapter 3 I drove to the Central Florida Institute to talk to Professor Seth Brand at 4 pm in his office. As I parked the car, I noticed someone was watching me. At first I thought I was being paranoid but then as I was walking to the biology building, I caught a glimpse of someone following me to the building. I walked quickly to Professor's office and rushed in and quickly closed the door. The professor looked up and saw how scared I was and walked over to me and put his hand on my shoulder. Professor: "You must be Beth Stone. You look very frightened, what is the later?" Beth: "I think someone is following me. My Mom said there are people out there who want to harm me and now this person is following me to the building. I am locking the door if you don't mind." Professor: "That is fine. You are safe in here. There are no cameras or microphones in this office. I check every day to make sure. Why don't you tell me something about yourself and what power you have?" Beth: "Well as you know I am Beth Stone and Sue Stone is my mother and Ben Stone is my father. I have regeneration power and I can't be killed. I have electrocuted myself and walked away without even a scratch. I have cut open my palm and it healed in seconds. I always had the healing ability but up until a month ago, it was not that fast acting. My Mom said you study powers, is that true?" Professor: "Yes it is. I was doing a study several years ago and came across this special gene in certain people and have studied the effects it has on many students that attend my lecture. The study is done late at night so that they are less people around. The gene gives people a power that develops differently in every person. Some people are born with the power and others develop as they grow into adulthood. Since you said you always had the power I am assuming you did not know you were special. Not every body knows they even have a power. Some people have the gene but don't develop a power like your father and grandfathers. I don't know why they don't possess a power and I have been studying your family background when your Mom started taking my lecture. You know your Mom has a power don't you." Beth: "Yes, I know about my mother and grandmother's powers. Did you talk to them as well or only me and my Mom?" Professor: "I only talked to you Mom and now I am talking to you." I don't want to look like I am covering up anything. You can pass as a student of mine so I agreed to talk to you. I am very careful not to make anybody suspect there is anything going on in here. We should go to my lab and I will do a blood work analysis and tell you want I find." Beth: "OK but don't put my name on anything, just initials BS. I know I am being paranoid again but I don't what anybody to know who I am or where I live. I have to protect my family as well as myself. " Professor: "You can start by unlocking the door." We went to his lab which was down a long corridor and filled with many test tubes around. Professor: "I am going to get a blood sample so hold still." He took some blood and went to the Microscope and studied my blood. After several minutes he looked up and smiled at me. "You definitely have the gene in you. It is passed on by your mother and grandmother. Now that we know you carry the same gene you would some day pass it along to your children. It doesn't mean they will gain a power but most likely a baby girl will. It is strange that none of the men possess a power but carry the gene. I have some theories but not concrete enough to say that is the reason." Beth: "What do you know about the men in my family and why they don't have a power?" Professor: "All I can say for certain is that the two X chromosomes have something to do with it. Not only does it determine that you are a girl but gives the power at birth. Your mother and grandparents are born with the power and developed in later during adulthood like you did. Not all of you started showing the power at the same time. Your mother's mother developed in her late 20's while your father's grandmother started in her early 20's. It is therefore assumed that between 20-30 in when a power develops." Beth: "Is there any bad or ill effects with my power?" Will I never die or grow old? Can I turn it off? There are so many questions and hopefully you can answer them." Professor: "I don't know about you never dieing or growing old, but I do know that your cells regenerate at a rapid pace and that allows you to heal instantaneously. As for negative effects I would have to say there is none for you. Other people do have them but I don't see any for you. As for turning it off, I believe it is part of your DNA and therefore part of your make-up. You can't change your biological make-up. But you can condition yourself and maybe slow it down if need be. Right now your body just reacts and when you get hurt, you heal. It doesn't ask how fast or how long, it just heals." Beth: "Thank you so much for talking to me and explaining my power. I know understand more about regeneration and how it affects my body. Can I talk to you again if I have more questions?" Professor: "Of course you can, just make an appointment in the late afternoon like you did today." Don't just show up since that would attract attention. If the is ever a problem call my cell and I will met you at a secure place." My cell is 605-555-4545. Don't give it to anybody and keep it save place." Beth: "OK I will do so and thanks again for everything. You make me more at ease and now I am ready to explore my power." I left the lab and felt good about myself and now I have someone I can talk to if I need help. I walked outside and looked around but did not see anybody. As I walked to my car I again felt like someone was watching me and I quickly got to my car and locked the door. I started the car and thought I saw a person duck away but I wasn't sure. I drove back to my apt. and called my Mom and told her everything the Professor said. My Mom was happy to hear that I was just like her and her mother. Now only if I can get the bad feeling someone is watching me out of my system. Boy, my Mom made me paranoid. Edited by hikinggirl70, Jan 22 2008, 04:35 AM.
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| hikinggirl70 | Jan 19 2008, 03:00 PM Post #4 |
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Chapter 4 Four months later… With all the information I now have about my power I am more aware of my surroundings and I watch people a little bit more looking for a person who is special like me. I know they are more of us out there but are there any of them that I work with. All day at work I keep studying all my co-workers and see if I notice anything special about them. I hope they don’t think I am rude when I just stare at them and watch their every move. I am more careful at work now that I know there are evil people who want to hurt me. I don’t want anybody to know my secret but it is very hard to not let anything hurt me. It is almost like I am being too careful which might get attention as well. Sometimes I try to be calm and relax but then the awful thought of someone watching my every move makes me worry all the time. It is lunch time and I am with my best friend Julie and we go out for lunch in our favorite restaurant and I ask her if I seem any different to her. Julie: “I don’t think so. You seem to look around more and that is good since you want to know who is around you. I know my Mom always tell me to be careful since you never know who might what to hurt you.” Beth: “I know actually what you mean. I am a little worried sometimes and I think it is starting to affect my work. I keep looking at my co-workers and I don’t get my work done on time. My boss asked me if something is wrong but I told him I was fine. I don’t know how to stop over thinking and just get my work done.” Julie: “What are you worrying about? You know you can tell me anything. I am here for you.” Beth: “I just have a lot of things on my mind lately.” I really wanted to tell Julie the truth but my Mom made me promise not to tell anybody and I have to keep my word. Julie: “Well if you need anybody to talk to I am always here for you.” Beth: “I know and I appreciate it. Why don’t we just finish out lunch and go back to work.” Julie: “OK, I won’t bring it up again but if you want to confide in me, I am a phone call away.” We left the restaurant and went back to work. As I was working on the letter my boss asked me to type, I noticed something strange and looked up to see what is was. Patty, one of my co-workers was getting coffee when I saw her move the cup into her hand when she thought no one was looking. And he I am trying not to cut myself and she used her power like in everyday thing. I didn’t know what to do. Patty has teleknesis and now did I not notice that before. I guess since I am looking around more and studying them, I notice things more. I must talk to her but where and when. I emailed Patty to come over my apt. after work for an early dinner. I wanted her to try my new chicken recipe and tell me if I need to add anything to the recipe. Well now I have to cook dinner for two people but it was worth it. She came over and we sat at the kitchen table eating our super. Beth: “So what is new in your life?” Patty: “I have a new boyfriend and things are going great” Thanks for asking.” Beth: “I mean new with you. Anything interesting that happened to you in the last few years?” Patty: “I don’t know what you mean.” Beth: “I saw you move the coffee mug into your hand at work today. Do you have something you want to tell me?” Patty: “I got a cup of coffee so what. What are you implying?” Beth: “That you have a power and that you are trying to hide it just like I am.” Patty: “I don’t have a power. Wait a minute did you say just like I am?” Beth: “Yes I did. I too have a power and for four months I was looking around to notice if anybody else had one and you finally showed me that my looking as paid off.” Patty: “OK, yes I have a power and I don’t use it that much at work but I was too lazy to get the coffee mug and I thought nobody was looking.” Beth: “Well then it is time to show you mine.” I took the knife off the table and cut my wrist and hold up my arm and said “watch this.” It bleeds and then it healed itself just like before. Patty: “I know there was something unique about you but I did not know what it was. You are very healthy woman who never has been out sick. At first I thought maybe it is because you keep a great diet with lots of exercise but then I noticed something about you 2 weeks ago. You slammed the desk door into your leg and it looked like you bruised it but when I saw you later that day, it was fine. You can heal and I call move things. Am I the only person who knows about you?” Beth: “I can ask the same question to you.” Does anybody know your secret at work?” Patty: “I will keep your secret if you keep mine. And to think I was not going to come over tonight but the way you looked at me I know I had to find out what you knew and I am glad I did.” Beth: “How about we decide on a code word if one of us gets into trouble or feels like something is wrong. How about slipper? It is not like we are going to be talking about slippers at work.” Patty: “OK, that is fine with me and thank you for dinner.” With that Patty got up and left my place and all I kept thinking was I am not alone. There are people like me and this is just the beginning. The End Edited by hikinggirl70, Jan 22 2008, 04:36 AM.
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| LuneFleur | Jan 22 2008, 04:39 AM Post #5 |
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You know, this Professor could be an interesting social NPC if dman wants to use one for the RPG. Would you let us use him if he thinks it's a good idea? |
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