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 Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:31 pm
Tommy crutched himself out of his duplex after waking up from an unusually pleasant night's sleep. It was dusk out, and he gratefully let the cool air drift into his lungs. Ever since he had called the labs about his 'appointment' a strange calm had creeped into his mind. He felt like a great weight had been lifted off of his shoulders. He did not have to fear waking up with an injection mark anymore. It would be by his own hand, his own choice, that he would complete the change. Perhaps it was only the calm before the storm...but for the first time in a while, the bat-man felt an odd feeling of content. The die was cast and his fate was chosen...and he was just along for the ride now.
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:59 pm
It took a while, with Victor clawing at the doorframe and fumbling with the doorknob, but he eventually got it open and fell outside his duplex. It was dusk, which was good in his mind, Victor wasn't sure what he wanted to do...or where to go, he just needed to get out, and away. The lizardman breathed in deeply though his top mouth, the tongue hanging out and drooling thin ribbons of saliva.
Where to go? Victor looked around, it was difficult to navigate, with his eyes on the sides of his head, but he looked towards the mountain...and the cliffs. Yes, the cliffs, he never been there, be he had seen them...he could go there and...think a while. Victor started off on a cumbersome, scruttling crawl, forcing himself to move, the new limbs on his back jerking and twitching as he moved
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:04 pm
Tomy paused for a moment at the bottom of the steps to stretch out his wing-arms. Somewhere in the back of his mind, he was hoping his wingspan would be even larger than this when it was done. Right now, even if the webbing did cover his spindly fingers, he probably wouldn't be able to glide much at all. That'll all change though...soon...I won't be crippled much longer.
He let out a few bursts of echolocation as he crutched himself along on his knuckles...and...when he received the sonar images...something stuck out. It kind of soundedlike a friend of his...kinda. Curious, he began crutching himself over in that direction.
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:20 pm
The lizardman kept moving, grunting as he tripped over the new legs, falling down into the dirt, but he didn't want to stop, he could let himself slow down... he couldn't afford to let himself to stop and think, his mind was focused on getting up to the cliffs, and he didn't want to stop, even though he could hardly see where he was going without tilting his head to the side to see where he was walking. He was unaware of anyone else that might be around
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:25 pm
Tommy slowed to a stop as his eyes and ears picked up just what he was crutching toward. No...that can't be...oh Christ, no...Victor...what did they do to you? The Bat-man's eyes were wide as he took in the sight of the failed experiment. He was frozen in place, not knowing what to do. It wasn't until the lizard-man got closer that Tommy realized that Victor couldn't see him.
He tentatively moved out of his way. He didn't know what to say...and half-way hoped that Victor wouldn't notice him. It would be hard though, since he just moved into Victor's field of vision.
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:49 pm
Victor cried out as he tripped over his legs again, literally falling down onto his chest as the claws scrapped into his own flesh, the claws raking over scales. His tail shaking side to side as the pseudolegs on his back shook. Victor's head turned and he finally spotted Tommy and froze, staring at the Batman before trying to struggle back to his feet, it wasn't working well, and Victor was wheezing and panting though that upper mouth as he forced himself to move "Ggget bacckk away frrrom me Tommy"
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:53 pm
Tommy, wide-eyed, obeyed, almost tripping over his own wing-hands. He stuttered for a moment...they couldn't fix it? They just kept it going? Oh Christ...oh s**t...shitshitshit...
"V...Victor..." he muttered out, as if confirming a name to what he was seeing could make it any more normal. "Christ, Victor...Wha...what the hell happened, man?" he said slowly, having trouble processing just what he was seeing. The completely alien thing in front of him...it couldn't be real...his mind wouldn't allow it.
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:14 pm
If there was any greater time Victor wanted to slap someone, it was right then. It was pretty obvious to him what whappened, and Victor hadn't even seen his reflection yet.
"Whhat thhe fucckk you thhinkk hhappenned?" Victor hissed though his upper mouth while he spoke, glaring at Tommy. "Thhey hhad me in thhe labsss, and thhey injeccted me again, Gggot to watcchh me chhanggge" Victor growled lightly, getting aback up, and slowly crawling forward again
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:20 pm
Tommy wanted to be anywhere but there at the moment. He wanted to be comforting. He wanted to be his old, understanding self: pretending like he'd seen it all. But the sheer alieness of Victor...For the longest time he could do nothing but just watch Victor crawl off on his what...fifteen limbs? More? Christ...and the upper mouth...two faces...
Tommy barely snapped himself out of his shock in time to catch up to Victor by rapidly crutching himself over to his friend. "Victor...wait...s**t, man...I...I'm sorry. It's just that...I..." he muttered out as he trailed off. Tommy took a deep breath to try and calm himself. "Wh...where are you going?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:38 pm
Victor stopped, swinging his head around to look at Tommy, focusing his dark blue eye on the vampire. "Jusssst Whhat? thhouggghht thhey miggghht hhave deccided to leave me alone? No no...Thhey need Rresssults, thhey can't let one perrssssson'sss Sssufferring Ssstop thheir ggrrand Exsperriment!" Victor spat at Tommy, spit flying from both mouths as the tongue from his upper mouth flopped out again before Victor drew it back in. The large twisted legs on his back twitching and jerking, as he pushed himself forward, only to trip and fall down again, he was angry, and couldn't concentrate on moving all those legs. The lizardman slapped his large tail down on the ground in frustration, looking around.
"I'm ggoingg to Thhe cliffsss, maybe to thhe toolshhed and gget a hhacckksssaw, I hhaven't Deccided yet"
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:44 pm
Tommy flinched back from the spit...whether just from the spit though was up for debate. Victor looked...monstrous with both of those mouths. He didn't know what to do. On one hand, he was horribly repelled by his looks...but...Victor was his friend...and Tommy knew he, himself, didn't look much better...
Tommy once more tried to crutch after Victor after he talked about the cliffs. His own experience up there came back to him. Weeks up there...no food...barely able to take care of himself due to the awkward changes he had gone through. But Victor...how could he even hope to manage out there?
"...That's not going to solve anything, Victor..." he said quietly.
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:10 pm
The mutant lizardman gave a short bitter laugh, which sounded more like a cough than a laugh. Victor turned himself around, pushing himself closer up to Tommy's face, looking at him closely with his large eye.
"Hhow ccan anythhingg sssolve thhisss? I ggot Thhingggsss ggrowingg out of my Bacckk Tommy, my baccckk" A loud hiss coming out from that top mouth
"Whhy Tommy, You thhinkk you know of a ggood Ccopingg ssstrrateggy forr thhhissss do you?" The former human gave a snort. "Even beforre I chhangged, I ggot attacckked by sssomeone'ssss Dogg, and hhad been hhit withh platessss, Hhow you thinkk I'm ggoingg to be trreated now?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:17 pm
It took all of Tommy's resolve not to flinch away from Victor...he barely managed to hold a steady gaze with him, hoping that at least now showing his own fear may help. He just shrugged at Victor's words. "The ******** you want me to say to you, Victor?...huh?" he said, deflated, "If you want to commit suicide so bad, I've got some pain pills in my duplex. Take all of 'em along with whatever you have lying about. Maybe chug some windex. 'cause all I know is that if you go out into those cliffs to stay...you're already ******** dead."
In retrospect, Tommy suddenly thought thatgiving him ideas on how to kill himself was not such a good idea.
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:56 pm
Victor pushed himself closer towards Tommy, pushing the side of his face right closer to the bat's face, his breath drawing in and out quickly and sharply, he was angry and upset, and tried to use his hand to grab onto Tommy's upper arm, close to the shoulder.
"I alrready Hhave Pills in my duplexs, could hhave takken sssome thherre and sssparred you thhe trrouble of ssseeinngg me exsccept forr at the Ggraveyarrd" Victor hissed again, thick saliva dripping from his second mouth. "you ccould ennd up likke me Tommy, Thhey did thhisss to me and didn't ccarre, thhe labsss could do it to anyone"
In the back of his mind, Victor knew he was starting to babble, but the amount of stress on him both physically and mentally were wearing him down, threatening to break him at any moment.
"Ssshe Told me...Locckkhhearrt, Thhat thhey would trrry to ssstop....thhessse thhingggs......ssshhe prromisssed thhey'd do..whhat thhey ccould..."
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:06 pm
Tommy didn't pull back, even though his brain screamed for him to do so. Both the bat and the human wanted nothing to do with this thing in front of him. His resolve held though...and he did not flinch. As Tommy spoke, the coppery smell of blood wafted from his mouth. "She did, did she?" he asked slowly, remembering that...that monster that he had under the syringe for that briefest of moments. "Victor...I...I'm sure they're doing everything they can..." he said as he sat down on the ground, his arms tired from holding him up for so long. "But...subjecting yourself to more hurt and suffering isn't going to help matters...alright? I know you're probably tired and afraid right now...but...this won't help you...it won't."
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