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Ahri kneeled behind the Loose Cannon, straightened her back, and opened the chest part of her Foxfire garment enough to show cleavage and expose her upper chest. Caitlyn immediately looked over to Jayce and Vi to scorn them on their perverted reaction, but instead was greeted by harsh looks from them.

"Oh come on Cupcake, we're not that bad, her back is turned to us.." whispered Vi.

"SHHH, I need silence.." berated Ahri. "..you can look later~". Vi's face immediately went red and for once ever witnessed by Jayce and Caitlyn, she turned away and put her head down. Ahri is too much for even Vi, that is quite funny, Caitlyn thought.

Ahri put one hand on her upper chest, closed her eyes, and concentrated on her breathing. After a few seconds, she slowly lifted her hand from her chest, and a smoky blue substance flowed out of her chest and into the palm of her hand; it shaped into a sphere, no bigger than a golf ball.

"This is my own essence. After many encounters with nearly every champion in the League, I can sense and recognize, and steal just about anyone's. I can even mix my own in to connect our senses. Of course there are some "wild cards" out there, such as Nautilus with that massive suit of armor and that black unknown mass covering him, Nocturne which is unknown origins or species, and Swain, with his sheer willpower alone blocking me from memorizing his. Jinx's is quite open though, and wild. Uncontrolled even.." Ahri explained.

Sounds like the Loose Cannon for sure, Jayce thought.

"Jinx, I need you to straighten up for me if you will. You don't have too but-.." Ahri stopped when her request was answered. Jinx straightened her spine, but otherwise maintained a blank, lifeless posture; like a puppet on strings. Caitlyn noticed Vi running her hand through her hair.

"This is fucking crazy..For over a year we've been chasing her, dodging her, grabbing at her..she's just sitting here, calm, motionless, cooperating…" Vi gripped her forehead with her fingers through her hair and clenched her eyes as if to intensely focus on her thoughts, "This doesn't make any damn sense, what the fuck is going on!?"

Caitlyn slapped the back of Vi's head, which immediately made Vi respond with a vicious look towards Caitlyn, "Calm down, Vi. Something is not right with Jinx, and that is why we've had to call in the help of two magical beings, one being a former celestial entity, just to figure out what. As far as we can tell at this moment, we've been giving a blessing, for whatever reason she is acting this way, we can say that The Loose Cannon is currently out of commission. That's not to say Jinx is though."

Vi and Jayce both just looked at her in confusion. Jayce spoke up, "Caitlyn, what do you mean. You're talking about the same person still right? Jinx..AND, The Loose Cannon? Isn't that just what people have called her, so it stuck as a nickname that even SHE has accepted?" Caitlyn shook her head in disagreement, "To me, there is two parts of Jinx. We've seen them. There's Jinx, the tease, the calculator, the manipulator. She's the one that tricks Vi into moving too close into a chomper, or throwing Jayce off guard with a compliment so he doesn't see an incoming rocket-" Jayce bursted out, "-ONE TIME, GIVE ME A BREAK."

Caitlyn continued, "-but..then there is another side of her, The Loose Cannon. It is the one everyone in Piltover is used too. Her 'Jinx' side is like only a part of her she shows to people she feels..close and personal with, like us. If there's any people in this world she feels close too, it's us." Jayce nodded in agreement; Vi, to be honest, kinda felt flattered at the thought of it.

Caitlyn seemed to get quieter when she continued, "..and then The Loose Cannon...the destructive, laughing, maniacal..hexplosive side of her. The side that..does not care. As long as explosions are happening and she is enjoying herself..like the theatre incident yesterday, Vi." Vi nodded in agreement, reluctantly. "One side of her seems more controlled and calculating, the other is just physically and verbally unstable. It seems The Loose Cannon is just..dormant for now. I am not sure about Jinx, she is cooperating now, but it could be for a bigger plan…"

The trio suddenly had their attention jerked back to the cell by a quivering noise from Jinx. Ahri had placed her hand between Jinx's shoulder blades. "It's ok, that's a normal reaction. Essence's are normally cold. Only the dark ones burn." assure Ahri. "I am kind of like a human cat scan now, I can feel, and see what she's thinking, and her insides, like any damage to her, or changes in mood, stuff like that. I'm a fox-scan" Ahri giggled, and Vi facepalmed at the pun. Caitlyn found it a bit humorous, and Jayce was lost in thought about something. "Of course there's risks on my end to doing this. If the person wills not too, they can force me out, or even harm me. I'm using my own life energy after all."

Ahri continued to move her hands up and down Jinx's back, as if actually scanning her. "Can you actually.."see"..anything Ahri?" asked Vi. "Just past memories of encounters in Piltover..I already saw the theatre, now I'm at a bank." The mention of that made everyone focus attention. The treasury. The first time she had ever shown up. Vi almost died that day, and not her, Jayce, or Caitlyn have forgotten about it. "I have to go a bit deeper to get past her memories and actually find "her". Everyone stay quiet, because this'll require more effort on my part." Everyone nodded.

Ahri's hand glowed brighter now, and a wave of goosebumps visible to everyone washed over Jinx's body, but she still remained motionless and quiet. Ahri was soon lost inside of Jinx's psyche. She could see emotions, and buried memories. The strain she was putting on herself was starting to build up, but it wasn't too much yet.

One of Ahri's tails suddenly fell to the ground limp and lost it's fiery glow. Everyone got concerned as they thought something was wrong. "It's...o..k. This..is to be...expected. Just..exerting myself a..lot" Ahri said between breaths.

"Ahri, if this is too much, you can stop. We do not need to know what is wrong with her, just that she's not a threat." Caitlyn said with a worried tone.

Ahri ignored her, she was too far in now to just simply back out now. Even she was too curious as to the inner workings of The Loose Cannon, or Jinx, or whoever this was. She dove deeper into Jinx's psyche, completely immersing herself. She could no longer respond to anyone on the outside, she was fully diving. Memories flashed by in an instant in her head, she could barely comprehend any of them. One caught her attention and she exerted herself more to bring it back up and slow it down for her. Two more of her tails fizzled out and went limp.

"What happens when they all-" Caitlyn was cut off by Jayce, "-don't..think about it. Just let her work, and if it comes to that, we'll have to step in." He said it in a very commanding tone that even Caitlyn felt reassured by it. When it came to the safety of others (preferably women), Jayce was almost more serious than Caitlyn, if not more.

Ahri slowed down the memory and replayed it. She saw..Jinx..as a child. No older than 11. Her long blue hair, flowing down, not in pigtails. By the house she was in, and the noises she could hear outside of this house as part of the memory, she knew this was in Zaun. Jinx was sitting at a table, with a family..a mother, a father, and a..sister. Ahri was shocked to realize Jinx had a sister, even tho she DID talk about her on the rift during matches.

This girl had dark brown hair, short and a bit wavy. The parents she could recognize, their faces were blurred. Even Jinx can't remember that vividly I guess, thought Ahri.

Their house was brightly lit, and as clean as the inside of The Institute. The parents started saying something to Jinx and the other child, and then all of a sudden, the lights went out. Glass shattering and the sounds of their front door being smashed in rung through Ahri's ears. Screaming from one of the children was heard and then- silence.

Ahri's vision of the memory immediately faded out. After a couple seconds, lights came back on, but Ahri wasn't in the memory, she was in a boxed in room, like at a mental hospital, but no padding. Just concrete walls. Ahri started to panic, because she had just realized that somehow, she had lost connection to her own psyche. She had exerted herself too much to see that memory, and too much of her own essence had been used. Normally she could just back out, and however much she used and lost during it, she could recover in a good night's rest. But this was different..she could very easily suffer extreme physical pain, if not immediate death, if something happens to her now.

She could feel her grip on her own consciousness start to slip. In reality, four more of her tails had gone limp. Only two remained. Whatever was happening, she was trapped in Jinx's psyche, in this closed off walled room. A voice spoke to her, and brought her full attention to the figure that stepped in front of her.

"Hello there..my name is Jessie..tho I'm usually called Jinx!" Ahri's eyes grew wide, and a sense of dread washed over her as she stared into the glowing red eyes of this figure and finally realized what was wrong with Jinx... Caitlyn was right. "Though I MUCH preferred to be called The Loose Cannon.." The Loose Cannon laughed maniacally before wiping a fake tear from her eye.

In a quick moment, she dove Ahri, and kneed her in the stomach. As Ahri fell, she felt a hand take her by the throat and quickly lift her effortlessly against the wall of the room. She struggled to open her eyes after the attack, and she was greeted by a wide smile, glowing red eyes, and small giggle. "Fox lady, what are you doing...inside of MY HEAD?"