March 2013
No sight,sound, or sense of any Kraang for a week, now. I think it is safe to resume my nightly walks/searches.
March has truly come in like a lamb, the last few days have been pleasantly warm, and while the cold weather didn't bother me much, the warmth just feels so much nicer (being a tropical animal mutant has that effect, I suppose). Of course it is still March, and for all I know it could be snowing again tomorrow.
Soon it will be Spring, and nearly six months since Falco's betrayal. I'm usually a forgiving man-person,rather-, but I just can't find in myself to forgive Falco for doing this to me, especially since I had trusted him- we were lab partners for years, for goodness sakes! (One would think I would have noticed his mad scientist streak in those years!)
Well, maybe it's all worked out for the better in the end. I didn't lose all that much, having no close friends or family, and as I am now I'm trying to help others.
That's enough time dwelling on the past, I have things to do. After all, there's still that jungle gym I could build...
I can't believe that I'm still thinking about taking on that project. *tsk* It'll be something to do while I'm trapped inside, at least, since I'm barely even part of the way to a cure. I have no way of analyzing the mutagen that I have, which makes a home-made Bunsen burner useless. I don't even have access to a microscope at the moment. It's frustrating just how little I can do, especially since I aim to do so much! So much I wish to achieve, and yet I'm no closer than I was when I started (except by a Bunsen burner). Frustrating, absolutely frustrating.
The sun has set while I was writing, so I'll finish up this entry, and go out on my nightly (this time, hopefully fruitful) search, though I'm almost thinking it a lost cause.
Mid-night, March 2013
Again, nothing. What am I doing wrong? When I first set out with the intent to find the mutants, and to some extent hopefully unite us, I truly did not think it would be this difficult. What am I missing; where am I not checking? I've looked on rooftops and in alleys, in abandoned buildings (after making sure no humans actually live there, of course), I even went all the way back to my own old haunt, and yet I've still found nothing, barely even a trace!
Well, what about my search on a psychic level, then? I've been searching for any odd thoughts, or more instinctive than normal; more animal-like, even, thoughts.
Maybe I'm just searching in the wrong places. This really should be easier, being a mutant myself. Maybe if I tried searching for the right kind of emotions... Well, then, what did I feel like- what do I feel like? Confusion, loss, self-pity, rage. These are even very strong emotions, easier to pick out than others. However, I can only see this as an effective way to find recently mutated humans, not people who are long used to it, or animals that have known nothing different. And I don't think any of the mutants I was incarcerated with were recent mutations, based on the very brief glimpses of their minds that I got as we were escaping.
Regardless, I'll try this new tactic on my next search, maybe it could end up being helpful.
Next chapter will be the mutant he meets, then. R&R, until next chapter!