Sage sort of sunk to the bottom, once she'd walked away. Good, now she knew what he was capable of. That's what he'd wanted...to show her that he wasn't just a plaything. He was a very real, very dangerous creature. She could toy with him...he couldn't hurt her...but he wasn't stupid. He could plot and plan, and when the time was right, if it came to killing her to help him, then that's exactly what he would do. He wasn't afraid of her. He was slightly afraid of her father, and the other men. Though, he did respect her...in the way that he knew she could easily get him killed or mutilate him. Or play with his head just like he could play with hers. But no matter. He was a siren. And dangerous. Of course, his magic wouldn't be very strong here, but she didn't need to know that. None of them did. But...he was strained. He wasn't a fresh water creature, and while the coldness was nice, it wasn't ocean water. That was where he was strongest....the ocean. Not in a tank. But he didn't expect them to know or care. But he could act strong, even if he wasn't sure he could manage much magic.

(Hello I know it has been a long but I was wondering if you would still like to continue the rp... I understand if no)

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Oliver left the warehouse for the night, stomring off to her house and into her room with a huff. She was still agitated and shaken up by the creature but she wasn't entirely sure how she should handle it from then on out. Oliver went over and sat on her bed staring out the window and at the warehouse just thinking. She couldn't get the creature out of her mind as 100 questions ran through her head. Finally, she just let out a deep sigh and laid back closing hey eyes and trying to clear her mind.

(hey! I'm definitely ok with continuing if you'd like)

Sage could tell the girl had been shaken up by his comments, which worked for him. For now, at least. He sort of hovered in the bottom of the pool, and tried to sleep, though sleep was obviously sprinting away from him as fast as possible. Which was annoying. He really was exhausted. And he felt awful...the fresh water sort of burned his lungs and gills, and his head was pounding and foggy. He couldn't do anything about it though, besides take some deep breaths and try to calm his thoughts. Soon enough, he felt the sun enter through the window the next morning and his back started to burn. The water was cool enough, but he still burned easy he supposed. It was frustrating. He was so preoccupied in his thoughts that he only noticed the men when he was already ensnared with the net. He fought of course, but by then he was already out and tied, a muzzle placed on his face as they gathered aaround him, some man in a white coat and needle in his hand rummaging through a vet bag of sorts.

(Yes I would still liek too!)

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Oliver sat up in bed with a yawn and stretch as the sun peered through her window and onto her face. She really didn't remember when she had fallen alseep that night but it wasn't important to her. All she was thinking about now was the stupid creature and how she was going to get the mst money out of it. Oliver steadily got out of bed, taking her time to get changed and take care of herself before finally heading downstairs. She noticed that her dad was already out of the house instead of at the table which meant that he was probably at the warehouse. She stopped real fast, grabbed an apple, then continued on her way out the door and over to the warehouse. Oliver made it in and automatically heard the chattering and hussle at the far end where the tank was. She quickend her pace and went up the stairs to the top of the tank where she found herself standing beside her father. Looking at the concrete top she noticed the creature tied up in a net with it's muzzle back on. She smirked slightly at the sight before looking at the doctors wondering what they were about to do with all their medical kits. Keeping a keen eye on every moment and listening to the conversations trying to piece it together.

Sage was admittedly furious at everything that was happening....he wasn't too keen on being tied up or muzzled, mostly because that meant he couldn't exactly do anything to defend himself against these people. He kept the terror well hidden though...he just focused on the anger part of it, lashing out when and how he could. He was dimly aware that he was probably scraping himself up on the concrete, but didn't care all that much. Obviously, the guy in charge did, because he barked something at the doctor or vet or whatever the guy was, after sage had made pretty decent contact with one of the men working the net and knocking him into the pool with a loud slap. He let out a furious hiss when he felt a sharp prick in his neck, though his movements turned sluggish and it was exceptionally hard to stay awake, let alone fight. Had they just sedated him? With a dart? That was rather annoying, but hed pretty much just fine limp by then. He could manage the occasionally movement in protest, but he was obviously very much not dangerous as of right then, to anyone. And they knew that....they were undoing him from the net and climbing all over him, the doctor talking about various shots and things like that.

Oliver watch as the merman grew in anger, lashing out and whipping his tail around. She with a keen eye stepping out closer onto the platform and in front of her father. The creature had to know it was hurting itself a lot more than it needed too... but she knew it was probably for a purpose. That purpose came quickly as a scientist got whipped in the pool as it's tail came around and swung at him. Immeadiately the scientist was knocked out by the hard blow and a few men went over to get him out of the pool. Oliver laughed silently to herself -Oh lord that guy was an idiot- She mused in thought before turning back as she heard a loud hiss that echoed through the warehouse. Seeing the needle that pricked the creature in the neck she continued to watch silently. Examining the stubborness of the creature seeing it aimlessly twitch around still trying to make a point was a bit amusing and impressive to her but on the other hand she didn't expect any less. As the doctors startign talkign about shots she walked over to them trying to join in on the conversation. Most of the shots were just for it's health while a few others were a test to see if they could have some control over the sirens power. "You aren't going to be doing those tests" She spoke firmly to the doctors, who in return didn't even bat an eye at her. As the doctors began their prep for the tests she spoke again and smacked a vial of substance onto the ground out of the doctors hand. "I said, you aren't going to be running those tests." She spoke once more with a warning behind her tone. She wasn't saying this to help the merman get out of those dangerous test or because she cared about it. Oliver just knew these tests could ruin the sirens power and there was no way in hell she was about to let that happen. Especially if she planned on selling it piece by piece or showing it off.

Sage wasn't aware of too much, though he admittedly jumped a little bit when he heard the vial smash against the ground. He was a bit confused as to what was happening still, though soon enough people were grabbing the muzzle again and wrenching his head back, and holding him still as the doctor did... whatever he was doing. Some kind of examination. He only caught bits of conversation, but he could clearly feel the doctor's hands running over his body and tail, moving the fins out and measuring them, recording markings and things like eye and hair color. Probably looking at health. Soon enough, though he moved back to his stand with all the stuff looking through the paper on his clipboard. "He's probably fully grown already," he heard him say to the girls dad. "Not fully mature but old enough to reproduce if you can find a female." He scribbled down a few things then, though sage shot him a glare as best he could. Reproducing? Was that why he was here? Well he wasn't exactly going to just do.. that. He was startled out of his thoughts when he felt another prick in his neck, and tried to wrench away from the doctor. But, he had more shots...a lot more...and sage couldn't really move too much. His breathing was ragged by then though, and his head was spinning....and he really just needed back in the water. He could feel his skin starting to hurt, and he was hot. Really hot. And his lungs were burning too, in a awful kind of way he'd never felt before. He sort of just shot a longing glance at his tank. He never thought he'd want back in there....but right now that was all he wanted.

The doctor turned and looked at her father, who just waved him off as if signaling to just only continue with the health exams. Oliver soon stepped off to the side but stayed nearby the doctors watching everything they did. As soon as the health exam was over she listened in on what the doctors had to say. She wondered what her father would do with that information, if he would spend the money to get a female siren or just brush it off. Either way it didn't burden her or interupt her own plans. Then once again the doctors were back off to shots, most were just painkillers from the huge stitching that was still in it's tail. While other shots were just routine health shots, which to her were silly since it wasn't human like her or anybody there so it mist likely didn't need it. As the doctors continued on though she noticed that it's once shimmering tail was starting to dull down as well as it's skin turn pale. She looked over at her father "Are they close to being doen yet?" Oliver asked hoping the answer would be yes as she didn't think the siren would last any longer out on the dry concrete.

Sage was catching less and less of the conversation as time went on, his hearing going in and out, along with his vision. Black spots had started to dance across his vision, and he wasn't exactly able to sweat or anything to cool himself down. He needed the water. He dimly heard the girl speak up, though he couldn't tell what she'd said. Hed stopped even reacting to what the doctor was doing, and had sort of just gone limp by then. He couldn't even feel what the doctor was doing. No doubt they either didn't care or didn't think anything was wrong....they had sedated him, quite heavily, after all. He could hear his pulse pounding in his ears, and no doubt they could see the vein in his neck pulsing from the way his head was still wrenched back and held down by the muzzle. His breathing had slowed by then, and there was a definite rattle in his chest each breath he took. He felt like he couldn't breathe. Panic sparked in his gaze, though he couldn't move. Couldn't do anything but try and keep his drooping eyes open. He wasn't sure what would happen if he did pass out, but he wasn't sure he wanted to know.

Her father just shrugged "Let the doctors do their thing and leave them alone. You've already interuppted a whole line of tests, isn't that enough from you today." He spoke firmly to Oliver. At that point Oliver wasn't even paying attention to his response. Her attention was back on the siren. Oliver had always seen a monster or creature be sedated before and she had never seen one react the way the siren was. She continued to observe as it's gaze became dazed and it could barely even keep it's eyes open. Next thing she noticed was the veins popping out on it's neck and near it's chest. As well as it's breathing had gone down significantly more than 5 minutes ago. Oliver put all the pieces together and it didn't take long for her to make up her mind. As soon as the doctors moved away from the siren she walked over and began unwrapping it from the net, knowing it was too weak to do anything she took it as an advantage to get close. Oliver quickly unwrapped the net from around it before movign onto the muzzle.. "Oliver what are you doing?!" Her fathers voice boomed through the warehouse. "Making sure this thing doesn't get killed by your doctors neglect" Oliver spat out in response. Once again she wasn't doing this because she cared for the creature but because she needed it alive and healthy for her plan. Soon she got the muzzle off and tried her best to shift the siren over to the pool but obviosuly he was way too heavy for her to push..