Good morning - Things begin again. (Ami thread)

[Bean Bandit]

Ami winces. "What are the side effects of the changes?" she asks quietly. "Will she be able to live normally after this, or are the changes serious?"

[Anastasia]

Ami's mother listens quietly, but intently, as these very words may have a future bearing on her beloved daughter. Artemis still stares out at the snow, knowing what is going to come next from the Professor.

"That...this is all speculation and theory right now. Until there is practical data on it, it's accuracy cannot be verified." Nodding to Ami, "The changes are three fold - an increased resistance to cold, which I believe could have been extended to levels beyond which could be measured, an attunement, for a lack of a better word, with frost and cold.

It anything, this reminds me of the readings from your control over water and ice, or Rei's control over fire. It manipulates the elemental force directly. How strong it would have become..." Professor Tomoe shrugs lightly. "Is inconclusive. Third..."

At this, he takes another breath. "There were traces of cancerous cells in her body. I say were, as not only have the remaining cells be superfrozen to be selectively destoryed, there seems to have been a general lowering of the operative body temperature along those lines."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami sighs, unsure wheather to be pleased or disturbed. "Well...She got what she wanted." She muses, slumping a little and speculating. "None of the side effects seem particularly harmful..."

"Though, I'm unsure how to feel about potentially having created a metahuman..." she adds. "But none of this will impede her ability to go back to her life?"

[Anastasia]

"I hope not, but..." Professor Tomoe glances outside again. "We won't know for sure until she's up and moving again, and we understand how deep and meaningful the effects are."

"It is entirely possible she will lead a normal life after this. It's also possible that the changes will in some way make a normal life impossible."

[Bean Bandit]

"I understand." Ami frowns. "I hope I did the right thing after all."

[Anastasia]

"You did, Ami, otherwise it is quite likely she would be dead or have her body as no more than a vessel for Celcia.

Miss Mizuno, you should be proud of your daughter. She did a selfless, heroic act. Not many can claim courage as such." Resting back in his seat slightly, he turns his gaze to Sakura.

Sakura bows her head a moment, sighing. "She has, I suppose," she concedes. "I just hope that there are no repercussions..."

[Bean Bandit]

Ami blushes awkwardly, then winces at her mother's reaction. Should I have lied...? No, I can't lie to save my life, and she deserves honesty...it just...this is hardly ideal.

[Anastasia]

"Indeed..." Professor Tomoe nods, then goes on.

"Ami, with the readings we have from Miss Nakahime, we have a baseline to work with to see if the same effects were wrought on you. Also, I hope this may provide some insight to what occured to your Talisman.

With any fortune, the readings should be done shortly."

[Bean Bandit]

I...No, it couldn't be. I suffered far less exposure...but, the cold... Ami nods pensively to Professor Tomoe, examining the hands intertwined in her lap. Just slow down...find out what's going on before you panic...

"Do you have any idea how quickly the changes were effected?" Ami asks softly.

[Anastasia]

"I'm afraid not," Professor Tomoe shakes his head. "I don't have enough information to really make an accurate guess on the matter. Sorry, Ami."

To that, he reaches for the phone. "I'm going to have Eudial bring up the print out from my computer, it should be nearly done...along with some tea, I expect. We'll know shortly either way."

[Bean Bandit]

"I hope so." Ami admitted, chewing softly on her bottom lip. "I didn't think anything of it, but I remember noting on the way here that it didn't seem as cold out as it should have..."

She looks up, smiling a bit nervously. "But then, I may be simply paranoid."

[Anastasia]

"Perhaps," Professor Tomoe says, filing away that information for later.

Mom simply rubs her forehead again, as Professor Tomoe uses the phone and Artemis continues to stare outside the snowy backdrop. It's an uneasy scene, as everyone seems to be waiting, and waiting...

[Bean Bandit]

Ami sighs softly, and turns inward to her own thoughts, worrying mostly about her mother's reaction to the rapidly increasing likelihood that her thoughtless actions had left a permanent mark, contemplating her own hands...

[Anastasia]

Ten minutes pass. No one seems to have the desire or the will to break into the other's thoughts, and thus it passes.

Finally, perhaps a mercy from above, "Professor," Eudial calls as she enters, a few sheets of computer paper in hand, as well as a tray. "Your readings and your drinks," she comments, handing the papers over and playing the cart next to Ami. As she does so, you hear her grumble under her breath about being a 'maid girl while everyone else has the day off'...

[Bean Bandit]

I need to do something nice for Eudial. Ami thinks, with an inwardly embarrassed sigh. She does have a point.

Turning, she glances at the cart, gingerly offering her mother a cup before taking some herself.