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~Erik 50%~

Today had been his day. Although it might've seemed selfish to someone else, Erik had taken a 'day off' of sorts: no conversations with people, no runs through the jungle or on the beach, just nothing but lazing around in his duplex or the Entertainment Room. Today, it would seem, that his previous antisocial personality had returned.

As the sun started to set, Erik decided that he should at least go outside once that day. After gathering a flaslight and a can of Pepsi, he traveled along the beach until he found a good spot to sit down. By the time he did reach his spot, the sun had set and the full moon and all the stars were out. Throughout the entire time he had been on island, Erik had never really taken the time to notice how beautiful the night sky was here. Gazing up at the sky, Erik was oblivious to everything around him.

Erik's train of thought was immediately brought to a halt. Looking up from where he was sitting, he saw a girl about his age standing next to him. He also noticed that she changed. 'Well, at least I won't have to break the news to her.' he thought.

"Oh, sure, take a seat." His tail then moved out of the way to make room for her. There was a certain tone in Erik's voice that showed he was depressed. Lately, Erik had been thinking about a lot of things, most of which dealed with his family back home in Illinois. While at first he was able shrug off such negative thoughts, it was now eating him up inside and he knew why...he missed his family. Erik never would've thought he'd missed the life where he was all alone, but now he longed to go home in Illinois and be with his family again.

Getting his mind back to the situation at hand, Erik extended his furry, paw-padded hand and introduced himself. "I'm Erik."

Although not in a really cheery mood, Erik managed to return her smile before looking back up at the night sky. A few moments later, he unknowingly began to speak his mind. "So beautiful...." Erik then turned his head towards Kate and he then realized what he did. "...the stars, I mean." He then gave a nervous, embarassed laugh. He hoped she hadn't misinterpreted what he said, yet...part of him hoped she did.

"Sounds like you came from a big city, where are you from?" From Kate's description, he was sure she was from a city. Erik couldn't stand being in cities: they're too crowded and noisy for him.

Erik felt his tail brush up against something hard as he leaned backwards. Looking over his shoulder, he saw it was the can of pepsi he brought with him to the beach. Feeling thirsty, grabbed the can and opened it, with a little difficulty due to his claws. Erik was about to take a sip when decided to act courteous and asked Kate, holding the can of soda out to her "Do you want some?"

"Singapore...Singapore..." Erik knew heard about that country, he just coudln't remeber where it was. He placed a claw on his chin and thought for a moment before he snapped his fingers as he remembered. "Oh yeah, it's in Malaysia, right?"

Taking a sip of soda, Erik looked at Kate, examining her changes, trying to figure out what she was becoming. The pointed ears and fur ((and tail?)) rung a bell, but he wasn't completely sure. His curiosity got the better of him, so he asked her "So Kate, do you know what you're turning into yet?".

"Me? Well, I was too impatient and couldn't stand the wait, so I called the labs and asked. Turns out that I lucked out and got a fox, which I don't think is too bad. From the looks of it, it looks you like you got a dog too." Erik had warm smile on his face as he shifted postions, moving from sitting indian style to laying down with his head against a tree.

His smile faded into a blank expression, his face stoic, showing no emotion at all. Erik remained still like that for a few minutes before turining to Kate. "What do you think they do all day?" He turned his gaze towards the labs at the foot the mountain. "The people at the labs, what do you suppose they do when they're off-duty?"

Erik chuckled and said "Eh, this place this crazy, you never know what you're going to turn into. When I first came here and found out about what was really going on, I spent two weeks worrying that I was going to turn into a cockroach....*blech* those things are nasty!" He then made a funny gagging face that looked as if he'd seen one of those ugly bugs.

As Kate looked at her arms, Erik moved his hand on top of one of hers. "If you don't mind saying, your changes actually look pretty nice." He paused for a moment, gauging her reaction and hoping she'd take the compliment. After all, she was quite pretty. Erik let a chuckle before saying "Sometimes I feel like the serum gets the better half of me."

"I know what you mean, the things that are really gross about them are the hair and crazy eyes. For some reason, they're just so nasty." A shiver ran down his spine as he recalled the time first time he met F. He was a nice guy, but it was hard to look at him for so long without feeling a little uncomfortable. "The only bugs that I do like are butterflies and moths, mostly because they can't bite or sting you, and they have some neat colors."

Erik's heart sunk a little when Kate pulled her hand away, and his ears flattening against his head showed it. Why was it that this sort of thing always happened to him with girls? Sure, he could have a nice conversation with them, or do something fun, but he always messed up when came to getting close to them. Even when it came to something as simple as trying to hold a girl's hand, he would somehow goof up and things would go wrong, usually in the form of a girl rejecting him. This sort of thing had happened many times to him and as a result, he became more and more antisocial, sealing himself off from other people, just not wanting to be hurt again.

Letting out a sigh, Erik said "Sorry about that...", and moved his hand back to his side. His tail then curled up around him. Kate's comment was slightly reassuring and forced a smirk out of him, but it was obviously hollow, with only a small amount of truth to it. To him it seemed, she was just saying it to be nice and didn't really mean it.