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 Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 4:53 pm
In the early afternoon, The front door of Duplex #75 was open. proped open by a rock, the bright sun making the Doorway and the duplex's interior seem dark, and for a minute it doesn't seem like anyone is there, untill the edge of a large cardboard box pushes itself out into view. With a series of pushes and shoves, Victor works the box out of his duplex, and onto the dirt not far away.
The lizardman grumbles to himself as he edges the box of clothing, nothing he can wear anymore, to it's resting spot out in front of his duplex.
For the past few weeks, or even longer, Victor had ignored the box that had been sitting in the corner of his duplex, wanting to get rid of it and some furnature that really was just taking up space and he used none of it anymore. The lizardman was being stubborn, he needed some help getting the dresser and wardrobe out of his duplex but didn't want to call the labs, or anyone else for that matter. Tommy was definately asleep, and had no hands, and the only other people Victor could think of that might be able to help would be Richard or Gaius, but they weren't around.
The Lizardman crawled back into the Duplex, pushing out Jordan's Wheelchair, before going back in and dragging out a drawer from the dresser, setting it beside wheelchair and box of clothing. Victor knew he'd probably couldn't get the dresser or wardrobe out on his own, but he could definately get the drawers and things inside outside his duplex, leave the other stuff for later.
Victor glanced around to see if anyone was about before scuttling back into his duplex, to get something else to drag outside.
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 6:02 pm
Nicky sighed as he walked back from the cafe, munching on a burger as he went. At the moment he was walking with the flats of his feet...though it took constant concentration to not have his elongated feet pop up onto his toes. With one final flick of his hand, the burger patty flew up into the air where he snapped it up with his canine muzzle. His long, non-canine tail began to wave slowly from side to side in his enjoyment of this simple pleasure. As he neared his own duplex though, he saw some commotion a bit further down. Who...or what was that? Looked like...free stuff! Nice, he thought to himself as he padded closer. He could use some sandals and some tropical weather clothing. He just prayed there wasn't too much shedding on the clothing.
"Oy!" he shouted out toward the open door, not bothering to look at the duplex number.
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 6:27 pm
From inside the duplex, there was a thump as Victor pulled out another drawer and started to drag it back outside when he heard someone shout outside, setting the drawer down before crawling over to the doorway and looking outside. Who was that? Victor blinked as he recognised the clothing the man was wearing before the remaining human features.
" Nicckky, I sssssee thhey ggot to you..." Victor said before grabbing the drawer and dragged it back out backwards, and setting it out by the other things he had outside then dropped it. "Whhen did it hhappen?"
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 6:36 pm
Nicky walked closer, and almost got to the opening of the duplex when Victor scuttled out of it. He stopped in his tracks and stared at the lizard-man. The sight of the failed experiment always freaked him out and this time was no exception. Thankfully though, his doggy face didn't have exactly the same expressions he had as fully human. Nicky took a few steps closer before putting his fists on his hips and glancing about.
"You moving out...?" he asked casually before actually processing what Victor said. His eyes narrowed slightly at the questions, not liking it in the least. Nervously he licked his nose, while looking around once more. "Not too long ago, I suppose...but you're right...they did get to me."
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 6:55 pm
"Not movingg out" Victor said as he crawled a little closer towards Nicky, tilting his head to look over the ex-wiseguy's canine features, the nose, the ears....the tail, well that didn't quite look like a dog's tail.
"I ccan't wearr cclothhessss anymorre, sssso ggettingg rrid of a few thhinggssss,ccleaningg up my duplexs. hhope you don't hhave to deal withh thhe sssssame thhingg" Victor said as he looked at the box of clothing. On top of the pile of clothing was his former favorate T-shirt, his 'Life is Good' shirt
"I wasss wearringg thhat whhen I arrived herre, You ccan takke whhateverr you'd likke"
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 7:09 pm
Nicky hesitated, having half a mind to back away from the multi-limbed thing scuttling toward him. But resolutely he held his ground. Only sign of his nervousness was when his feet picked up onto his toes. There, he had to shift his feet to stay balanced...but after that he was able to keep on his toes, so to speak. Instead, he just gave his doggy-grin and crossed his arms in front of his barreled chest. He noticed Victor looking him over...he gave a slight shudder, feeling that look from the other side for the first time. It wasn't pleasant. "Can't you now?" he asked, looking over Victor himself, "p'reciate your concern...but I think I'll be alright." He nodded a few time before rubbing his right shoulder, feeling the strange bony lumps there.
He glanced down at the shirt...smirked at the message...so fitting. "Well...if you're giving it away...got any sandals in there? Or hell, anything I could wear here. As you can tell, I didn't quite pack for a trip to a tropical isle." He grinned once more, his tale swaying from side to side again.
"But...how you been, Victor?"
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 7:27 pm
Victor shook his head "About thhe only thhingg I ccould wearr would be a bedsssshheet, and not doingg thhat, not withh thhessssse thhinggsssss on my bacckk. I thhoughht I'd be okk too, but lookk whherre thhatssss ggotten me" The limbs on the lizardman's back twitched and shifted as he said that, the splint was still on the left leg-wing thing, the right one hanging free. He noticed Nicky was standing up on his toes, and felt that was odd, but didn't say anything.
"Thherre isssss a pair of Ssssandless in thhe bottom of thhe box, and takke anythhingg you thhinkk you migghht want, I won't be ussssingg any of it." Victor said and shifted his tail around beside himself.
"Been Betterr Nicckky, whhat about you?"
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 7:38 pm
Nicky nodded before squatting down on his haunches to start shifting through the mass of clothes, looking for that pair of sandals...he needed them so badly, his feet still had soft soles though they were too large for his shoes. At Victor's words though he paused in his search to glance at Victor...that slight smirk on his face. "I could see why you'd have a grim outlook on life," he said with a grin and a chuckle.
"But...guess I could be better as well. As much as I saw it in others before the change...still freaked the hell out of me when I first looked into the mirror." He gave a sad smile at this, trying to cover up his unease at the thought.
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 8:04 pm
"Doesssn't gget any easssierr, I ccan't even harrdly gget up enougghh to even lookk at thhe mirrrrorr, sssso I don't bothherr anymorre, I alrready kknow whhatssss thherre to sssssee" Victor said as he frowned a little at Nicky's chuckle, watching the changed man go though his box of clothing, before turning around and slipping back into his duplex again, only to emerge again, dragging another wooden drawer, with a few odd items inside.
"Find anythhingg you want?" Victor asked as he picked up his wallet from the drawer he pulled outside, carefully opening up to look inside.
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 8:22 pm
Nicky slight smile fell as Victor continued to talk. "You know something, Victor?" he asked as he continued to rummage through the pile, finally finding and pulling out a pair of sandals. For a moment he studied them, his black dog-nose sniffing slightly at them before stretching to pull them onto his feet. He stretched his stubby, clawed toes in them before looking back to Victor with a slight grin back on his face. Although, this time, there was no humor in it. "You're really starting to kill my good vibe...cut it out, eh? Think about good things."
Slowly he stood, feeling out the sandals as he forced his feet back down to a flat position. He nodded a few times, liking the feel. "Yeah...mind if I take these?" he asked as he looked over the shirts and shorts. He hated that look...but the heat really was getting to him.
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 8:49 pm
Victor looked up from his wallet a moment, he had been staring at an old picture of himself and his father fishing. The lizardman looked up at Nicky, tapping his claws on the hard plastic of an old credit card. He was killing Nicky's 'good vibe'? well Victor as sure the Dogman could live with that.
"Ggo ahhead, takke thhem, but you ggot to hhelp me gget thhe drresssserr out of my duplexs"
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 8:56 pm
Nicky was rather hoping he'd take the comment as a joke, but the look on the lizard-man's face kind of dispelled all of that. "Did you lose your sense of humor with everything else?" he asked casually as he walked a few steps in the sandals.
"Hmm? Are you that strapped for space? I mean, I know you can't get something for nothing...but...alright, whatever I suppose." He walked over to Victor and glanced inside, his nose sniffing the air around before he licked it. "Goin' for that whole...Spartan aspect, eh?" he asked as he walked over to the dresser.
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 9:14 pm
Victor ignored the comment about losing his sense of humor. He really just wasn't in the mood to see the humor in much at the moment. "I don't hhave any ussse forr thhat orr the warrdrrobe, and if you end up withh a tail assss longg asss yourr own body, jussssst about anythhingg ccan be in thhe way"
The lizardman walked in behind Nicky, and tried to get around the dogman, but brushed up against him as he moved past to the other side of the dresser.
"I ccan pussssh and you pull, whhen you'rre rready"
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 9:25 pm
"You see any lizard in me? Last time I checked, dogs don't have tails like that." Nicky finally found his smirk once more and instantly put it on. He walked the rest of the way in with an easy gate, looking over the object in question. Didn't seem like it'd be too hard. He stretched his arms for a moment before moving in front of the dresser. He made sure he had a good grip before peeking his muzzle around the piece of furniture to look at Victor. "Alright...start pushin' and I'll follow along. Just right outside, eh?"
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 9:38 pm
"Trrue enougghh" Victor said as he put his old wallet on his bed, glancing at Nicky again. Nicky might not have a giant reptile's tail, but Victor did know dogs didn't have funny lumps by their shoulders. But the Lizardman didn't say anything about them, since nicky was here, might as well use his help and not get on his bad side. "Yeahh, jusssst outsssside, now rready, one, two thhrree!" Victor said as he put his shoulder against the end of the dresser and started to push
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