Metempsychotic

Mistake in the System

Muguet looked over the data several times over before heading to the command center. There had to have been a mistake somewhere, and the commander needed to know of the bug in the system before it was too late. The commander had her back turned, and was fervently typing down coordinates of predicted Maverick outbreaks when Muguet came in.

"Miss Prairie," Muguet announced, "I analyzed to samples like you wanted me to, and I believe there are some mistakes in the system."

In hearing this, Prairie stopped and glanced behind her. "What do you mean 'mistakes'?" the commander questioned. Her tone was... vague. Muguet took this to stand a bit straighter before continuing.

"The samples -no matter if I observed, analyzed, or prodded- were found to be exactly the same DNA. Not only that, but I was able to find not just human DNA, but Reploid's as well. It was a perfect 50/50 split in both of the samples. If the tests are correct, they are the perfect combination of Reploid and human, but that would be impossible. Wouldn't it Commander?"

For the longest time, Prairie didn't respond and seemed to have frozen in her spot. Muguet looked on with a raise of her eyebrow. Something wasn't right about this, and as much as she wanted to figure it out, Muguet knew better than to stick her nose in business it didn't belong in.

"Where does the DNA trace back out to?" Prairie finally inquired. "Can you pinpoint whose DNA the two have?"

The nurse gave a firm nod before realizing that the commander likely could not see it. "Using samples we obtained from Neo Arcadia, I can safely affirm that we know where the Reploid side came from." Muguet agreed.

"What about the human side?"

"That will take much longer to decide." the nurse informed her. "Apparently, it wasn't anyone living within Neo Arcadia. But they could have existed outside of the city (Giga City, for example). It will be awhile for us to find out for sure."

"Have you told Rose, or anyone else about this development?" Prairie then asked.

"No." Muguet affirmed. "You're the first I told and the only one I planned on telling. Why?"

Again, the nurse's question was answered with silence.

"Commander," Muguet finally said in a tone that indicated a start of mistrust, "I have been Vent's nurse since he was no more than three hours old. If there is something about that child you need to tell me, and what it has to do with his connection to Aile, I have the right to know more about it. Don't you think?"

Thinking it over for a moment before letting out a heavy sigh, Prairie finally turned her chair around to look at Muguet directly. "It's a long story." the commander told her. The nurse wasn't buying it, and folded her arms.

"And I have plenty of time." she retorted. "Please start when you are ready Miss Prairie."

. . .

"...And then I went back to get the boy's dog too." Vent informed Aile with a proud smile. He had been surprised when she wasn't in the medical room, and he was even more surprised to see her in the training room using Model Z's buster. Aile had some real skill, a skill that almost made him feel impulsed to hand her Model X to keep. The jealous part of him, however, wouldn't let him to go through with it.

"Well aren't you sweet," Aile teased as she casually tossed Model Z up and down, "Saving little pupper-shnups everywhere you go. I'm sure you're a real dog person, after all, you did steal my dog."

"Why do you have to keep bringing that up?!" Vent demanded with a whine. "It's not like I planned to do it!"

"Because your reaction to it is hilarious." Aile snickered. "Were you able to get the Biometal after a failed attempt to steal someone else's dog?"