"So who will introduce themselves first?" Maddox asks the girls to which a sort of uncomfortable silence befalls the room for some reason
"Alright then you go first and we will go in a circle from there on alright?" Maddox says as he points to the girl directly in front of him
The girl was a bit uncomfortable with being chosen first but still speaks out clear enough for Maddox to hear at least.
"My name is Rubia Vandella," The girl says and this causes Maddox to sigh a bit as he sees that even though he had made some changes to their personality some unforeseen things were showing up now
It seemed all the girls were way too shy for some reason right now and they were not taking part in this little introduction session since he wants to build some trust with them so that way asking some things of them will make it easier.
"Alright let's pause right there and instead just do this," Maddox says cutting in before the next girl can speak
"Hi I am Maddox, I am fifteen, I lost my other arm to an infected and am planning on working with you all to help me kill as many infected as there are in this city of sin"
A simple introduction was given for everyone here to know the reason as to why he had brought them here since they retained most of their original memories they knew the gist of Maddox saving them from an unknown and cruel fate at the hands of the infected, Maddox also hoped this would assuage some fears of theirs.
What he meant about them having most of their original memories was that he locked out some specifics and only kept the general gist of some matters, like him being able to use miasma being one of them.
Since the girls however held onto their original memories there in running a risk of them returning to their former selves if they were just looked back on them.
Personality is not something that is just decided since many factors contribute towards it with memories being the major aspect since remembering things can allow people to experience a sense of the emotion they felt and thus affect them as well over time.
So Maddox had to lock out some memories that he felt would be ones that would cause the risk of returning to their original personalities.
It was dangerous to be doing this since Maddox was also unsure about any possible side effects of his testing on the girls so he would have to pay close attention to them and the panel in their mind spaces.
"So now then Rubia go ahead and introduce yourself again and explain a little about yourself"
"Um... okay then, my name is Rubia Vandella, I am from Tacoma Washington, I'm turning 21 in about three months, I love animals and have a little brother a bit younger than you M-Maddox," Rubia gives her introduction while struggling to speak Maddox's name which he deems odd even though it is a bit weird of a name it was easy to say
Observing Rubia Maddox got to see that Rubia was a brown-haired green-eyed girl, her hair reaching to her chest, she had light brown skin from what Maddox was guessing to be genetics, like almost all girls within the Coalition she was extremely pretty for some reason, and with regards to her figure she only stood at 5'7 had a nice ass and sizable breasts that seemed to be in the middle ground of breast size range.
"Alright guess then I am next, Hello I am Vanessa Country I am from San Deigo California, I am 19 since about a month ago, I like drawing and I... also like to drink..." Vanessa says with the last part a bit lower but still audible like she was afraid that the cops were going to bust through the door to arrest her for underage drinking
Vanessa had blonde hair blue eyes with lightly tanned skin since it was visible with the baggy shirt that she was wearing that was a size too big for her, her height clocked in at about 5'7 as well from what Maddox could guess, her figure was that of having a nice ass but having a smaller size for breasts.
"Names Angella I am probably the most senior person here in terms of age and experience within the Coalition. I am 23 have been training my entire life for fighting against infected unlike these Unexpecteds here," That was simply Angella's introduction with no added information about her at all
Angella seemed to give off the bitchy entitled type of vibe since even though she was wearing some of Maddox's clothes she was still giving off the vibe. She was a black-haired girl with green eyes with a model's face on her, her body also fit that same model face since her height was about 5'9 with her having sizable breasts a plump rear, and white unblemished skin all on an hourglass figure that appealed to the opposite gender.
Maddox was a bit intrigued by Angella's statement and the use of what seemed to be a meaning with the word Unexpecteds.
"What are Unexpecteds?" Maddox asks wanting to know a bit more
Angella simply doesn't answer since she seemed to act a bit more aloof than the rest of them and didn't seem to trust Maddox which was not good.
'Going to have to remedy that then...'
"Well um Maddox you probably don't know this but within the Coalition there are a few who have been training since childhood to fight against infected as such they are viewed as the chosen ones while anyone else who randomly finds they can use essence and join the Coalition is viewed as Unexpecteds..." One of the girls who had not yet introduced herself answers his question
"Well thank you for clearing that up um... don't know your name yet so would you mind introducing yourself next?" Maddox asked the girl since she was kind enough to answer him
"Ah! Well... my name is Susan Seraph I am 20 as well and from Austin Texas, I have two brothers and sisters, my home is a ranch out there, and I like to read," Susan says
Susan had short brown hair that fell to her shoulders, wore a pair of glasses over her brown eyes similar to that of her hair, she was a bit darker skin tone, was 5'9 in height and had some faint tan lines on her body that were visible with her current clothing. Her looks were a bit above average but she still looked pretty her figure seemed to be bit plumper than everyone else here but it did not take away from her charm at all. One thing that seemed to be the one thing she had going for her was her breasts and ass since out of everyone here it seemed she took the cake in both fields.
"Guess that leaves just me now huh? Well, names Persephone, I am 19 like to eat new foods, and yeah that is pretty much it," She says
The final member of the five Coalition girls that Maddox had saved was a redhead. Persephone had a mild red hair color that was braided together into a singular ponytail on the back of her head that went down to about her chest. She was 5'8, had auburn eyes which went with her hair, medium breasts but unfortunately small ass.
'Wait a minute why the hell am I paying way too much into how they look?' Maddox looks as realizes that he seemed to be paying way more thought than he should have with the girls looks
'Maybe I am just thinking crazy...'
So dismissing the previous thought Maddox looks around at the girls to see what they were doing now that the introductions had ended.
Pretty much they were all acting a bit too reserved so Maddox clears his throat a bit as a way to clear the weird lump in his throat and to draw everyone back to him.
"Alright I am sure you all want to do some stuff and go outside but you can't right now alright?"
"Why can't we go out? Are we prisoners or something?" Angella asks right away without getting a chance to say anything else
'Your parents should have named you Karen for how annoying your being'
That thought stays with Maddox as he simply turns to look at Angella with a nice smile plastered on his face.
"Right now we are in Las Vegas so you all must know how many infected reside here and if not that then the amount of those that could turn into them is simply staggering. Plus it is late afternoon meaning that if you were to go out without any shoes on right now then you can expect some hot feet for a good while," Maddox gives a few reasons for them not to go outside and to instead stay indoors
His words have an obvious effect on them all since they had no weapons in one of the most heavily infected populated places in the country and had no shoes to go outside in the above 100-degree heat.
So they all just nodded their heads in indignation as they understood that going out right now would be a terrible decision.
"Now then I am going to lay down some rules about a few things here alright?"
"How come we have to follow what you say?" Angela butts in again
'I swear I am going to change her personality right now...' Maddox thinks to himself as he feels a headache coming on
"First off I saved you all, I am providing you all with food and shelter, and I am a nice guy alright? If that ain't enough then you won't like what happens next alright?" Maddox questions while looking dead set at Angella while also releasing some miasma to trigger some fear in Angella's mind
Angella shuts up as her senses scream danger as she felt like she was pushing her luck with Maddox and that if she continued to butt in and annoy him then something bad may happen to her.
Seeing her not speaking up or complaining anymore Maddox continues from where he left off before being interrupted.
"Now then I have three rules for you all that are straightforward enough for you all to understand. Rule one: Listen to what I say and follow my instructions. Rule two: Never question anything about me or my intentions. Rule three: Have fun." Maddox says before getting up and walking out of the office so the girls could have some time to digest everything that he just put out and to get them some decent fitting clothes since he could not do that last night
Closing the door he sees that Dog is still resting against the wall of the building right underneath one of the industrial AC units that were in the building since with its fur it could not withstand the heat for too long.
Hearing Maddox leaves the room caused Dogs ears to perk up a bit as she moved her head and looked to see who it was that had left the room.
Seeing Maddox she gets up and scoots her way over to him seeing him move to her.
"Alright dog let's see how much miasma you got back," Maddox says while placing his hand on her massive head
Using a bit of his miasma to test to get an estimate on how much Dog can absorb from Maddox but he is quite surprised to see that all her drained miasma has been replenished and that she cannot absorb any of his miasma.
'How...' Maddox thinks to himself
'I can always replenish my energy quickly master' Came Dogs reply since they were technically connected Maddox could hear her thoughts right now
'Interesting...' Maddox thinks while withdrawing his hand from her head
Dog simply wags her tail a bit having it thump onto the floor a little to show she was a bit happy.
"Well I need to go out for a while but I don't know if I can now with you here with them and taking you will just be troublesome and not an option either..." Maddox wonders aloud as he has to go shopping for items
"Woof" Dog lets out a soft bark before she gets ups on all fours and makes her way to the center of the building
Curious about what she was wanting to do Maddox only watches her showing slight confusion on his face.
Soon a pained look appears on Dogs face as excessive panting is heard and some weird sounding noises emanate from her body which concerns Maddox a bit since he has no idea about what is going on.
Soon though something completely unexpected happens as Dog begins shrinking down to the size of a normal dog.
"Okay... what the hell just happened?" Maddox questions this