Fernando
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RPG: In the hospital cafe, Fernando sits with Hondo, Maribelle, Teri and General Jastrey, having a snack of various pastries and drinks. "This is definitely an improvement from last night." Fernando say. "It's rather uneasy. Everyone's actin' like they are walkin' on glass." Hondo says. "Don't care. It's a lesson they got to learn - everyone's equal." Fernando says. "Speaking of learning, you need to teach them. 15 minutes enough time for you?" General Jastrey asks. "If you got a wessen to reveal to the others, then yes." Fernando says. "What about this one right here?" General Jastrey asks as she points to Teri. "Has to be one of theirs. This way they can not say that it is staged." Fernando points out. "Alright then, I'll figure something out." Fernando says, asking, "This place as a medical auditorium of some sort?" "I know here it is." General Jastrey replies. "Then we can do it there." Fernando says. For the next couple of minutes they talk about seating arrangements. 15 minutes later in the medical auditorium... It takes a couple of minutes for the staff to gather inside the auditorium, with General Jastrey's men pointing out where most to sit down, setting up the Wessen staff to front and center, department heads behind them and their support staff behind them. Fernando and Hondo were at the front of the auditorium discussing a few things among them selves. Maribelle and Teri were at the far end f the first row of seats. Soon Hondo steps away from Fernando as he looks at the assembled group. Fernando begins, "Somebody is going about saying that wessens are equal to humans because they were humans at one point or another." The assembled group of medical professionals begin to talk among themselves, which angers Fernando. He taps the base of his cane hard against the ground, with thunder and lightning erupting from it. He continues, "No one said for any of you to talk! So shut up and listen, for what I got to say will be important to you all and the rest of the community." Taking a deep breathe, he continues, "Genetics - the basic building blocks of life itself determines what we are - humans. But where did wessens come from?" The audience remains silent. "'Men who wear dark glasses and white coats who work with Spirits,' is a phrase I keep hearing when it comes to wesens. Thus Wessens are made for the most part though later generations of them are born. Their DNA, their genetics were somehow manipulated, making a human into a wessen is what I understand. But DNA can not be altered, not with the technology you have." Fernando explains as he walks back and forth until he stops in front of a younger sheep-type Wessen like Teri is in nursing garb, training to be a nurse in the wessen wing. He points to her. "You. Are you a wessen who do not have wessen parents? One who was brought over from far away but do not remember anything before that?" Fernando points to her. "Uhm...?" The young wessen begins say. "She is." An elder male medical professional says. "And who are you?" Fernando asks. "Her owner and master." He says all to proudly. "There is no slavery of anyone anymore." Fernando tells him. "That only counts for humans." The medical professional says as if to show off his knowledge of the treaty. "You know who I am?" Fernando asks. "I don't care who you are. You are nobody to me." the medical professional says. "You are going to regret saying that." Fernando says to him before turning to the wessen, "Miss, what is your name?" "Uhm... Assia." the young wessen replies nervously. Fernando takes Assia by her hand and helps her up and guides her to the center of the front space of the auditorium. He continues, "We never met before, you do not know me and I do not know you. Is that correct?" "Yes..." Assia says. "Assia, I need you to kneel, so if you faint, you do not have far to fall." Fernando tells her. Assia looks at him before nervously abiding by his request. Fernando looks at the audience, "This is only to temporarily reveal who she is when she was a human. It is not a permanent transference of her physical being, for it would kill her when her wessen immune kicks in and tries to destroy her human side. And medical professionals you can understand that. First, let me ask - Assia, when you were brought over, what were you sold or given away as?" Assia bites on her lower lip. She chooses her word wisely an answers, "A personal servant." "I see. A sex puppy." Fernando says, making her cringe. He adds, "There is no shame in that, Assia. You were put into that situation, not placed there by your choosing. My friend over there is also a sex puppy. But now you are here, training to be a nurse which is better than being a sex puppy. Let me ask, how long were you a wessen?" "I don't know." Assia says. "Why not, if you can answer." Fernando asks. "They say I'm 32 years old, but I only remember being a wessen for 15 years. Wasn't I a wessen al my life?" Assia says and asks. "That is what we are here to find out." Fernando tells her, adding, "I need you to be strong as this is going to hurt and I'm sorry if it does." Assia nods. Fernando twists the crystal sphere on his cane like a combination lock as he takes a couple steps back from Assia. He then raises his cane's crystal over her head and slowly brings it down onto to it, creating a bright flash of light and arching lightning for a spectacular light show. It is over in a couple of minutes with a crying and shivering human female in Assia's place. The head of sanitation and custodial engineer gets up, "No Way! That can't be Barbara! My Barbara!" He then turns to the medical professional, "You knew this all along!" General Jastrey's men place themselves around the medical professional and head custodial engineer. "Calm yourselves down!" Fernando yells at them. He then tones it down, "This is my proof, my revealing to you that wessens who were brought over from being created, are humans. Wessens who are born of Wessen or wessen X human mating are still humans too though they can not be cured immediately. The thing it this, finding the cure to turn them back into humans will be difficult, but until then, They are humans and deserve our respect as equals. Because they too are humans, slavery of wesens ends. No wessen as a master or an owner. They have friends, family and employers, like anyone else. This is why I had General Jastrey destroy the wessen medical tent and create a hospital wing for them. You, as medical professionals, are going to spread the word of what you seen here." He then steps away Assia and raises his cane over her head and repeats the light show process to revert her back into a wessen. He then looks at the crowd, "This demonstration is over. Settle your differences in peace." Fernando then turns to Hondo, "Lets go." (End of Wessen Reveal - Part 3.)
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