VIH (Very Important Homunculus)

[Alexander Gale]

Alex had always hated being late wether it was seconds, minutes, or hours. Today on this large ship out in the cold of the northern Atlantic. Currently he was directly south of Greenland when the ship came to an almost unexpected stop at a small island with a tiny, seemingly useless light house. Alex turned from his position on the very bow of the boat and ventured to find the Man of the hour upon the well sized vessel. He hated the engine stall that had caused this surprise to be a day off but he highly doubted Yuku would much care after seeing the surprise. He eventually found Yuku and smiled wide at him. "Come on Yuku, time to get off the ship. " Alex turned and walked slightly before turning back. "Be sure to dress warm, you could freeze your bun off " he said looking at Bigbun and chuckling.

[Yuku]

Yuku had been quietly perusing videos on his phone when Alex found him below deck. He soundlessly cracked a big grin and grabbed his shearling coat and threw it on before hurrying with Alex outside. With his long hair bound back and in his normal clothes he didnt look to be celebrating much but today was special. Albeit a belated special day, that didnt take away from the fact that they finally arrived at this point, though Yuku had done his fair share of pouting. Bun lopped along after him as he followed Alex up and saw the little island <Oh, is that it boss?> he looked at the bossman, cheeks flushed from the cold.

[Grinning Jim]

Never one to be outdone on a bold entrance, Jim approached on the bow of another ship. Not by standing on it, however. No, for Jim, that would be too normal. No, instead, Jim came in UNDER the bow of the ship. Like an upside-down figurehead, he hung from the bow with his feet locked into each other, and his hands braced against the prow itself. When the boat docked, he used the momentum to fling himself forward into a double somersault, landing perfectly on his feet; his arms flew up in a triumphant pose, awaiting for Alex and Yuku's ship to come in. It wasn't very often that Jim left his circus (mostly because many of them couldn't particularly be trusted with tying their own shoelaces,) but there again it wasn't every day that a fellow homunculi celebrated their birthday. As for HOW Jim knew when and where they were celebrating such an event, well...sometimes it's best not to ask too many questions.

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Before they left the offices, Alex would've found a package delivered addressed to Yuku, from a Shi Kipa. Attached to the box was a letter addressed to Alex, explaining how he knew Yuku, as well as apologizing for not being able to be there in person. Inside the package itself was a homemade, if a little basic, plush. This plush was somewhat unique as it came in two pieces; the main body itself, and the head on its own. On the head was silver yarn, and the two pieces attached together by a piece of Velcro. Underneath was another note. This one firstly apologized for his inability to show up to Yuku's birthday party, but hoped that he understood that his prophetic duties took priority. It also explained that he recognized how much he enjoyed Kochi's company, even if the feeling wasn't reciprocated. Kipa mentions that he hopes that a plush version of Kochi would suffice, before giving Yuku his regards.

[Alexander Gale]

Alex looked at yuku and smiled. "No, no, that little island is just the start of your gift." He was leading the birthday boy down the ramp when he suddenly stopped and patted himself down looking for something. Within the minute he pulled a package from his wool coat and handed it to yuku. "Someone dropped this off for you. Not sure who, but they seem to know you well enough to know your birthday. Oh well, just follow me then." Alex lead the homunculus down a small warn in path on the rock of the shore and up to the light house. He opened the door revealing a small set of stairs off to the side going up, and a glass elevator going down. Alex stepped in amd gestured for Yuku to follow. "Your real gift is about 5,000 below us."

[Yuku]

The homunculus waved to Jim excited to see a familiar face show up as his guest.But Yuku took the package and hugged it to his chest as he dutifully followed his boss into the lighthouse and then onto the glass elevator. He would probably follow Alex to the ends of the earth if he asked. He started to open the box as he awaited their descent but they didn't have to go anywhere for him to realize what an amazing gift this already was. Alex had apparently spared no expense if they were going underwater,and that far. <So Boss..> he was still finding it difficult to address their fateful night after Lux's attack.<I hope you didn't go to too great a length for me>
That had to be Yuku's flaw. He was attentive and diligent but he wasn't scary. Alex probably had plans for that however. He already had him managing two businesses when he was scarcely two.

[Zealous]

A small sound escapes one of the jacket pockets on Alex. The sound of a kitten. A small black cat with rainbow colored eyes sticks her head out of Alex's jacket pocket the poor thing was shivering. She looks at Alex and seems confused. Then upon seeing Yuku she sticks her paw out for a moment almost as if waving before going back to the warmth inside of Alex's pocket. A purring noise escaping her throat. Zealous had escaped Nameless for her creation celebrating the day of his creation... or at least the day he remembers being created. Z mews a few times, she'd been so quiet too. There was a good chance Alex didn't even know she was there until she stuck her head o it of his pocket. She nudges a box against Alex's thigh. She pushes more.

[Grinning Jim]

"Go on ahead, I've got something I need to take care of. I'll catch up with you all in a minute."[/color] Jim waves them off as he climbs up the side of the boat and disappears over the side. After a few minutes of faint rustling, a large, unmarked box flies back over the side of the boat, landing on the dock. It wasn't quite Yuku's present, but it was for his birthday.

Jim wasn't always the smartest when it came to figuring out how to do things, and this was most likely because of his upbringing in the circus. So, rather than using a dolly to take the box up to the lighthouse; he instead dragged the box behind him, working for all he's worth to drag it up the hill.

[Alexander Gale]

Alex watched as the small creature poked its head out of his pocket and mewled with content. Alex smiled and pulled the small kitten out with the box it had nudged against his leg. He handed the small package to Yuku, pressed the button, and began to pet the small cat. "Seems to me like you have another friend showing up for the party Yuku." He said as they descended into the dark atlantic waters. The decent was slow at first, but gained speed as the decent continued. "As for great lengths, I hope you won't be mad if I did go to them to ensure you had the best birthday possible." Alex chuckled as the metal tube they were in gave way to a secondary glass tube that showed Alex's gift for Yuku: A giant underwater city sprawling about them like a glorious monument to man's creation. Launching up towards the surface of the ocean were air scrapers bedazzled in neon, and below them swam the busy subs that were completing the unfinished minority of the large compound. Alex reached over and pressed the button that stopped them in an overhang above the city. Alex looked to Yuku and spoke. " This is your gift Yuku, this is a city under the eternal waves , and it is yours. Although, be for warned Yuku. This will be a heavy responsibility just as it will be a pretty great gift. This city is a marble block for you to craft anything. It will need nurturing and care, but it will also require you to find businesses to take up space inside of it. It will be hard work, but it will be yours. I really want to show you your new security team, but I can't yet. Before we can move forward and further down, the city needs a name."

[Yuku]

Yuku stood there stunned, holding the little box from the tiny cat as the city came into view. To witness this place, was something astonishing. They had been calling the city by its working title, the codename that they kept while it was still under construction, but knowing now that it was up to Yuku to name the beautiful place had his mind whirring like a little machine. This was something that he wouldn't ever come across again, he had to make it count. He was overwhelmed with adoration and appreciation for his boss but he knew he had to be a man here and make his first big decision regarding the city.

<Maybe..would Midgard work?> a city surrounded by water, a place of myth, suited this amazing place. His eyes hsone, maybe with tears, there was a lot of emotion welling up in him, this was spectacular.

[Zealous]

Zealous looks up at Alex, and it almost seems like the cat with rainbow eyes smiles. "You take good care of Yuku thank you. I worked really hard to create him." She nuzzles Alex. Inside the box is a cell phone. Well... at least it looked like a cellphone, but even under all this water it connected to a private Internet connection. There was also a bracelet in the box, so long as he opened it Zealous would explain her gift. "The bracelet is a communication device there is one for you, and one for Alex... I remember you mentioning him when you were in Nameless. Oh I have one too... so you can talk to me whenever you want. I programmed it to sound like your voice did when I made you. The cellphone is the most advanced computer I have made to date. It will keep logs of all of your income and expenses, it can even make smart decisions on stocks based off of a 10 year look forward. Including precautions in case of something happening. It will send you weekly updates for the brothel you run. As well as monitor all of your vitals and if you need any upkeep to keep you running there is an emergency button that will call me... I hope you like them. The other bracelet is in this man's pocket. Please do not let anyone get ahold of that phone Yuku." More so she was warning Yuku not to let Alex reproduce it.

[Alexander Gale]

Alex looked at Zealous, "You wound me to think of me in such a light." He looked straight ahead and chuckled. The elevator came to a stop and Alex stepped out into a grand entrance hall that was filled with golden arches and big glass panes of glass overlooking the entire city. There were a few men dressed in a white dress shirt and black pants with a insignia of the new underwater city. "Yuku, meet the security. Along with cameras and soon to be sentry turrets these will suitably meet any security needs you have. Alex walked up to one of the men and exchanged pleasantry's with it. "They seem like normal humans with a very robotic attitude, but they are for more than that." Alex looked the man straight in the eyes. " I am the key" to which the man responded ["I am the lock"} with a face devoid of all expression. " Subconscious manipulation make them like putty in your hands allowing you to tell them anything and they will do/believe it. You are to woof like a dog." Needless to say that the man did as he was told no questions asked. " Unfortunately the pass phrase there is something that could become knowledge to everybody so we put in a way to change the code phrase to your liking. If all fails just say: I am alpha, and their brains will cause a massive increase in heart pressure until it bursts. it is quite a useful system, but it isn't near the system you think it is." Alex instructed the man to hand him a tablet and twas told that he was free to go. Alex held the tablet so the other to see as well as him. "This video was taken at one of our testing facilities. the man you see there in riot gear and a shotgun is a death row inmate who was told he could be free if he lived through the test. The other man you see is our test subject. now watch." as the video starts the security test subject quickly changes from human into a spider like abomination that charged the inmate who was pumping shotgun shells into it. The monster shudders but continues even as it's head is blown clean off. The creature descends on the inmate and is immediately torn to shreds. the creature stands there for a moment before collapsing . " As you can see they are quite good at termination of subjects. unfortunately they burn out and die not long after. And their activation method is quite ingenious of the scientists. while human the police will have two guns. a dart gun and a tazer. If the situation has cause to be violent they shoot the dart. It acts like artificial RNA that causes the body to secrete a pheromone that causes the security to turn and target the person who secretes it. We have a second set of security that will come through and collect the bio mass that is let over which we 'smelt down' and reform into new security. although they are of substantially less quality. So we throw a few death row inmates in there to work as fresh bio mass and hosts. Any question?"

[Yuku]

Yuku immediately put on the bracelet <So it should come out in my vo- Oh it does!> he exclaimed as Alex got a chance now to hear an authentic Yuku voice. <thank you Mom!> he exclaimed. Yuku was a very unique homunculus, so needless to say he had to have a rather unique creator. He was quickly swept up in the splendor spread out before them as they entered the hall and met the rather unassuming security force. He listened with rapt attention as Alex described them and was utterly intrigued by the exchange between his boss and one of the security members. He had a word code with them that he found amazing. Before he could say anymore however Alex handed him the tablet and he watched, a scowl of concentration upon his face.
He knew of Alex's brutal ways, that beneath his pretty surface was a frightening man but he never felt more assured of how secure the facility was, than when he viewed that video. <Spectacular. They are organic beings too. That makes maintenance a lot easier, and it also makes death row inmates hold purpose. You have effectively made very bad people very good. I.. I'm a little daunted. I will have to work very very hard to do all of this justice!> he exclaimed. But even though he was new and a little intimidated the gears in his mind were already turning. He was picturing the proper uniforms for them and the code he would use and even the formation of patrols to optimize their effectiveness. He had plans for a lot of facilities in Midgard including a brothel and a casino so having this kind of authority in this special place, none of which who outwardly looked threatening, was great. <I dint think you can top this boss> he concluded as he oh so politely handed the tablet back to security.

[Zealous]

Zealous looks up at Alex and arches a brow, how a cat arched a brow was beyond possible but she managed it. She climbs back into Alex's pocket. "You wound me with your creations here. Free will is a part of magic, life, science, and knowledge. You insult my kid with these things." Okay she didn't say out loud but damn did she think it. She wasn't going to ruin this for Yuku even though it angered her.

[Alexander Gale]

Alex shot a look at zealous that let her know that he knew exactly what she was thinking. " Now we have one more stop on this tour ." Alex said leading them down a set of stairs to a large open area opening in the four cardinal directions. It's walls were lined with places that could be shops with a large open middel space. There was a table in the middle of the room with a coupe poles strewn up with a banner declaring happy birthday to the boy in question. "Happy birthday!" . Just as he said that there was a loud sound that made the forum shake deeply. Looking up would reveal a large whale swimming past the transparent dome. Its huge eye looking down on the trio. " I'm pretty sure the cake will be here soon enough." Alex said with a smile.

[Yuku]

Yuku just smiled at his mom. He hoped she could come see him some time and be proud of him. He was going to work very hard to run this place to make everyone proud and make his mark in the world. He dreamed of things like inviting all of the bigwigs of Brightblood there like tenshi amore Dametrius the council members, oh there was a bunch. He stopped in his tracks when he saw the table set up for him with a banner and the rather serious determined look on his face melted into pure joy.

<Oh Wow! Ive never gotten a birthday banner before- he stopped when the large room rumbled and he looked up to see the passive whale. It was huge but he could still only think of waving to it. <Hi there,welcome, im sorry we dont have whale accessible facilities!> he looked to alex <Theres cake too??> a city under the waves, his mom, presents, whales, the ever-charming alex..and he still got excited for cake.