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 Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 2:26 am
The 'Unbreakable' Protector Joliette Rigiel Joliette wandered into the cafeteria, she was looking through the 10 or so 5x7 photos she had brought with her, her face held a look of mild confusion as she walked in. she didn't notice the others at first Hargun Aikason Hargun looked at his tray of food.. it look.. less tasty as it would for her before.. "Im not.. interupting you or anything am I?" she asked, but before she could offer herself to the door Joliette walked in. "Heya Joliette." she grinned. Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs blinked and looked down at his food and put the tray down. Joliette came in when he looked back up and he smiled to both women politely. " Um hey Joliette... and umm.. no, I'm just eating.. ah nothing special" Joliette Rigiel Joliette staed and looked up "Oh!, Hi guys" she smiled "How are you guys?" she asked stopping and looking at them both holding the photograaphs against her chest, not hiding them... just holding them Hargun Aikason Hargun nodded to Chubbs. "Well good.. at least Im not sending you running.." she said, figuring he was already told about what was going on.. if not told a very very good lie. "Not too bad actually, Joliette. Just finished chatting with Amaya and Greer, then popped in here after happening to hear this fellow." she said and turned to Chubbs. She held out a webbed hand. "I dont think weve met.. Im Hargun Aikason." Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs blushed as it was his usual routine when meeting with neew people. He looked at her hand, and held out his, taking a minute to try and find the right way to grasps it without hurting her. With a shake and a shy smile he looked back up from under the brim of his cap. " I aumm...no, I'm still a bit new.. ah well names Chubbs.. ah nice to meet ya" His accent was thick as Joliette's and he blushed a bit and looked to her to answer he response " Oh I'm ah fine... bit hungry. so ah came for dinner" Joliette Rigiel "He lives in the building next to mine Hargun, helped me move something for my darkroom the other day... speaking of which..." she walked over to the table putting hte photos down spreading them a little to find what she was looking for, there were a couple of hte island from quite a distance out in the water but still well defined, there were a couple of vasile running on the beach, a couple of a man with loud tourist clothing and white hair trying to hide his face one with part of his face showing hte other his hand almost completely in the way, a coupld of the village and a couple which had Hargun in them in a silly playful pose. She pulled the last two from the pile and held them towards her friend "Here Hargun, thought you might like these" she said the other photos left spread on the table for the time being Hargun Aikason Hargun laughed. "Thanks. Ill be needing them when I.. you know.. change again." she said and grabbed them. "Nice to meet you too Chubbs." she turned and began to head to the door. "Sorry to leave on short notice. I was originally heading back to my duplex anyways. We can all talk some other time though, right?" she said smiling. "Joliette knows where Im at." With that she waved and was out. Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs looked over the phot's layed out across the table, he splayed them out and turned some around to face him with a pinkee finger, not wanting to make a smudge. He looked up at Joliette with a smile " These are pretty good" He watched as Hargun took the pictures offered, Chubbs wouldn't have minded seeing them, to see what she was like before. And soon after she headed out the door, he pondered if he scared her off. " Ah.. sure.. umm.. have to ah catch up sometime" Joliette Rigiel She looked down at them "Thanks, I took these all when I first got here" she sat down" The ones I gave Hargun aer the first day I met her, she was making a silly pose, but then thats also when I thought she was a movie star in costume" she leanedon the edge of the table "Theres Vasile, and this is from quite a ways out, and of course... the very confusing git" she said revealing she felt a lil confused about the man right then Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs with one hand used his fork to cut a bit of sausage and scopp it up with som potato and peas, the other brought each picture close enough to look at as she said them out. " I ah.. hmm don't know him... man.. so many people .. I.. well dunno" He took a bite of his food, and pushed it to one side of his mouth as he looked as Sabins pic and spoke " What ya mean umm by .. confusing?" Joliette Rigiel "Well he's been getting things totally wrong ever since I got here, almost as if purposefully... first my request for clothing, and then the darkroom stuff on Jamal's stoop.. that kinda thing... Jamal ruined some of it not knowing what it was so I wrote to get it replaced I hoped someone other then the git would get hte note... well he got it, and I walked into my darkroom today to find a box in it, and in it... everything I requested and a note on it from him, polite and everything correct... no tricks... was he having a bad day? is he playing with my head? you know that kinda thing... it's seriously confusing Chubbs, I don't know what to make of it..." she sighed Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs continued at his meal, taking large bites and looking down at the picture of Sabin. He still didn't trust him, the guy was okay to start, but it was all an act. Sabin was part of the sland, and they all knew what they were doing, and still did it. " I ah.. I still don't like him. I know this though.. he well... any of them.. they won't want to ah.. pay me any visits anytime soon" Joliette Rigiel "He's no less a gormless arse, I'm just trying to figure out what is going on in that head of his" she sighed gathering the other photos up and stacking them so the one of Vasile was on top "This one he's confusing too, but he seems nice when you get to know him, I guess that rough exterior is from his movie star days" she looked from teh photo to Chubbs with a smile, she found him easy to talk to despite her quiet reserved side Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs tuned his head to the side and looked at the picture closely, taking two more large bites, chewing and swallowing. It wasn't anyone he'd met yet, even if he'd pictured him with fur or scales. He pondered then how they got a movie star here. " He's a movie star?.. wow.. umm... wouldn't people be like ah looking for him?" Joliette Rigiel Joliette shook her head "No, he's presumed dead, that his plane went down, it was in the press that he was searched for and wasn't found... He's actually the reason I came to this area, I heard rumors that the disappearances in this area were not what they were chalked up to be..." she sighed "I should have stayed home, I should have ignored hte rumors" she berated herself Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs put his fork down, immediately trying to comfort Joliette anyway he could. He reached over the table and patted her hand gently and smiled. " Well.. ah.. if you hadn't I ah well wouldn't have the best well... neighbour in the world" He blushed a bit and looked elsewhere, trying to hide it Joliette Rigiel Joliette looked at Chubbs and gave him a smile. "Thanks Chubbs" she said softly putting her other hand atop his "I appreciate you helping me feel better about it. You are a wonderful neighbour too" she saw his blush that he tried to hide, it did nothing but make her smile, and she didn't comment on it Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs blushed even more, almost making him hide under his T-shirt. In situations like this he used humour to calm himself down some. He smiled back though, wasn't often he got many compliments, or had a girl hold his hand, but it seemed here that he was liked, and he wondered if being here was his destiny, and that the people here needed him. " aww.. geez.. you'll get sick of me soon enough... bears probably snore.. I bet you'll be beating me with a broom handle at three am.. too ah.. be quiet" Joliette Rigiel Joliette giggled "Hard to say Chubbs... I could wind up being nocturnal, who knows, I haven't had the courage to ask, besides the fact I do not want to risk getting the git on the com again" she had yet to move her hand off of hte 'pile' of hands or off his for that matter. Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs layed his hand on top of the pile, made it feel complete some how. He was still blushing lightly and still wondering what Joliette might be. " Well mines.. umm.. fixed now.. so ah.. if ya need anything... you can umm.. well ask me" Joliette Rigiel "As much as I appreciate it, I don't think I could or rather would want to know, I'm afraid to find out. Something in my heart tells me I won't like what it is, I got the impression the git didn't like several aspects about me, that alone came across in his voice" she said "I wish I had your courage to know" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs sighed a big, but tried to keep his smile. He didn't want a downed mood because of him. " Actually, I don't, umm well think.. it was courage..., it was more... ah.. well that I was pissed at how.. well how they ah hurt people... and I wanted to know.. if... if I'd to be a pig... so i could ah.. dump it all at them at once" Joliette Rigiel Joliette chuckled "Well, I'm glad they were sensible enough not to do that to you, not sure if you like what you did get much more... but it's better then that" she smiled softly "Thats one thing I admire about you... you care about others. About what happens to them, and things like that." Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs felt a bit shy at that, feeling like a big care bear. He'd had a theory about himself, something that he thought might explain himself, and he thought Joliette would understand. " I ah well.. I like to.. I feel that if people are happy, it infects.. and well then I'm happy. I kinda like to be well... like a big brother... like a.. well, protector. What I mean to umm say is. I feel I have a purpose then... umm like I'm worth something... and ah.. it almost feels as I'm destined to do that" Chubbs took a breath and kept his smile while continuing " You umm ever seen the movie Unbreakable?... the umm one with Bruce Willis. Well I liked it.. cuz I felt I related to it. Umm remember how.. he didn't feel right... cuz well he felt empty until he ah.. saved them kids...well.. I kinda feel that way when I can't help people out" Joliette Rigiel "You dont have to have a purpose to be worth something Chubbs, you have a goal in your life thats one thing... but... you are worth lots, even without being a protector" she nodded to herself "I can't say I ever watched that movie, I didn't do much of that kinda thing on the mainland" she blushed ever so slightly "kept myself... busy... with work" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs blinked and went wide eyed. " Never seen it?!, you ah need to stay in more... wait... that's it, this calls for ah.. well an emergency umm.. movie showing" With that, Chubbs got up from his table, moved around to Joliette side and lifted her up into the scoop of his arm. " Time for you.. to see what ah.... you missed out on" With that he carried her towards the door Joliette Rigiel Joliette laughed barely grabbing her photos in time to be lifted up "All right a movie it is then" she giggled letting him carry her off ~Later~ Joliette Rigiel Joliette watched the ending credits for a while, it was an intersting movie, she could see why he liked it "Not bad at all" she said looking up at him Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs popped the last bit of popcorn in his mouth and tossed the empty microwave packet into the bin like an NBA player taking a foul shot. He looked down at Joliette and blinked. " Not bad?.. aww common it umm, was a bit better than that ah yeah?" Joliette Rigiel Joliette giggled "Ok it was a good movie Chubbs, I've never seen anything like it before, it had a rather intersting twist to it" she said watching the bag land squarely in the dustbin Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs grinned at the giggled, never getting tired of it, crossing one foot over the other on top of the coffee table he was using for a foot stool. It was a good movie, least he thought so, and would try his best to convert those that didn't. " Deffinately, I ah never get tired of seein it" Joliette Rigiel "Doesn't seem like you have gotten tired of it" she agreed and leaned back against the couch looking at him "Thankyou for sharing it with me" she was glad for anything that took her mind off the situation at hand whether it be her photography, a movie or her martial arts Chubbs MacKraken " I could never really grow tired of it..... ah well. I could.. but ya understand" Chubbs rested back on the couch and stretched, feeling like he had a good night. He looked over when she said thanks, he really wasn't sure why, but he blushed all the same and looked at his feet. " Aww it's ah.. just a movie... no need" Joliette Rigiel "It may be just a movie, but you shared something you enjoy and thats what counts." she smiled enjoying his company Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs shyly smiled and twiddled his thumbs nervously, trying to think of something to say so as not to appear so jittery. " So..ah... what have you umm... got to share?" Joliette Rigiel Joliette looked at her hands "Uhm not much really, my life focused on my work, my photography and when I was younger... my martial arts" she admitted to him when he asked Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs pondered on what she said, seemed she had deticated herself to the few things that she liked. He wondered if he could be as dedicated. " Well... ah... you do have your umm photo's.. you shared that wih.. well ah that umm bat lady" Joliette Rigiel "Hargun, yeah, I thought she might like something humorous to look at, she made such a corny pose for that set of pictures" she chuckled "It was funny, I'd forgoten to take the cammera of of multi-expose and it took about 4 photos" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs chuckled and thought about Joliette's talent, then decided to put it to good use. " Ya know umm.. you could like... ah.. take pictures... oh of ah.. people, ya know, .. before they change.. so they can remember" Joliette Rigiel "I could, I kinda want to do that.. Amaya sounded discouraging when I thought of it hte day she told me the truth" Joliette sighed and looked up at the ceiling, "You are the only one I've actually gotten to asking about taking a photo of" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs jokingly started to chuckle as his quick witted mind flung a humoreous quip at her statement. " Oh that's just because I'm ya neighbour.. and ah.. ya don't like venturin far, from umm ya bat cave" Chubbs chuckled again " Or is it ya find .. ah me a bit muse worthy?" He laughed at the thought Joliette Rigiel Joliette chuckled "I find you a very candidate for photos, I would imagine you photogenic, after all the most important part of a photo is expression and composition, and you have a wonderful smile" she chuckled "But yeah I should do more exploring, I' thinking of going around the edge I heard there is cliffs at the far end which could lend for lovely images" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs calmed his laughter and looked to his feet again as the blush washed over his face. He still wasn't any closer to accepting compliments. " You umm.. just be careful if ya do.. ah okay?" Joliette Rigiel She smiled "I will remember to be careful" she said with a nod She watched him blush and chuckled inwardly "What interests do you have?" she asked "besides this movie that is" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs looked over at Jolie, then back at the blank tv, he felt kind of awkward, no one really had seemed to want to know more bout him before. " Well I ah.. I like all movies... umm but good ones... not.. well not just.. umm Unbreakable. Umm... I do like to ah cook.... ah..computer games... hmm..I use to like going out to the pub.. but.. well I couldn't do that... and umm... oh I like things that.. um are funny" Joliette Rigiel Joliette nodded "Sounds like you have a variety of things you enjoy, thats always a good thing, I never did much personally, which included going out for entertainment and things like.... dates" she looked towards the blank tele too Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs smiled a little and tapped his foot as if he were listening to some unheared music in the air. He could see why Joliette hadn't done much in the way of getting a fella. " Well ah.. ain't too late to umm try.. I mean well, never know ya umm might find yaself a sexy fox man or ah.. well a hot cat guy" Joliette Rigiel "Why would I want a sexy or hot guy who like so many subjects I've photographed are completely full of themselves." She asked "I've seen enough full of themselves guys to last a lifetime" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs stretched again once more and looked over at Joli on the couch. " Well.. just thought.. umm ya might ah... look good with some.. umm eye candy.. and well I doubt ah there's one person .. we.. full of themselves on this island now.. bar the staff" Joliette Rigiel Joliette nodded "Yeah, I dont want eyecandy, if I find a gentleman caller at my door, I'd rather it be someone who isn't there to be eyecandy, someone that I would care about and visa versa. And so far I would have to agree outside of staff I've not met anyone who is completely full of him or herself" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs grinned at her with a slight smirk. "and if we find anyone umm that is.. well we ah certainly would know something that ah would bring them down a peg or two" Joliette Rigiel Joliette burst out laughing "You got a deal there Chubbs, you got a deal" she smiled "Noone here needs to stand on a pedstal or have a high horse and be full of themselves" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs grinned again, hisquick witted nature slipping in another joke. " Well, unless they are umm tall... and turn into ah .. well a horse... then we'll give em a break" Joliette Rigiel "Yeah" she said quietly and bit her lip "If someone turns into that" she said quietly . She still didn't know what was in store for her and that in and of itself scared her Chubbs MacKraken He saw the look on her face and he blinked. He had forgotten that Joliette han't found out her serum yet. She could have been a horse for all he knew. " Oh umm.. sorry.. I ah.. forgot" Joliette Rigiel Joliette looked up "It's ok Chubbs, I just dont have the guts to find out... Thats all" she said quietly "I guess I could really be becoming... anything.... I dont have the courage you do, that well anyone who has asked has had" Chubbs MacKraken " Ya don't have courage.. well findin out.. least I didn't ... courage is well being what ya are in the end.. and ah well.. handling it, best you can.. and um still being you" Chubbs smiled a bit, hoping that what he said made sense to here, and that it would some how make her feel a little better. Joliette Rigiel "Duvert tricked me to come ashore, and he's made no secret about what aspect of me he truely hates. and I'm certain it would have been him to have injected the serum into me, he seems just that kind of person to do something that would ... well... be something I'm going to have a hard time handling" she finally got it out... "I dont have the courage to press 0 and risk getting him again"
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 1:48 am
Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs only hoped that Sabin was not so insane as to do something very horrible to Joliette like he'd done to him. " You can always try, and umm.. if he answers.. well I can well.. adjust the volume?" Chubbs cracked his knuckles lightly, again trying to make light of the situation. Joliette Rigiel Joliette smiled and giggled "You want me wrapping your hand in bandages again Chubbs?" she asked softly reaching over and placing her hand on the one she had wrapped when he destroyed his intercom Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs blushed red as she placed her hand on his and he knew it'd been silly in the first place to break the intercom. With a new one in place, it was as if they were leaving an unspoken message to him. " Aww well umm.. I ah.. you do a good job though" He smiled, looking to the floor. Joliette Rigiel Joliette laughed "True, but save that fist for the git instead of electronics" she tells him patting his fist once then putting her hand back into her own lap "Thats what deserves to feel it's strength" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs chuckled nervously and nodded, looking back up with a shy smile. " Yeah, I will if I ever see him ummm again... the old ah.. intercom... it's ah... well.. er fixed" Joliette Rigiel "They seem to have some way of doing things without any of us ever seeing them... I wouldn't mind knowing how" she says seriously scowling at the thought of these people slipping around like they were invisible Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs stretched out on the couch, shifting his feet around with a nod. " Enough of them, if all umm I'm gonna.. umm do... is er be angry at them... i'll ah.. well I'll be less of me" Joliette Rigiel "Now thats logical thinking" Joliette says with a smile "I suppose we have to simply make the best out of hte situation we have been placed in." Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs nodded and smiled again shyly, then pondered for a moment, looking at Joliette, almost as if staring. Then his cheeks blushed when he realised what he was doing and spoke about his thought " What's umm.. ah something... like what have.. ya umm always wanted to .. well do?" Joliette Rigiel "Something I've always wanted to do?" Joliette looked towards the ceiling for a time thinking this one over, she'd never really put much focus on the thought before. "I guess... It would have been to photograph the seven wonders of hte world myself and publish an in depth book about them that tops all current books out there" she blushed slightly "Sounds kinda unrealistic when I think on it now" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs shook his head and reached over and patted her shoulder softly " Ya ah.. gotta keep dreaming.... ya can ah.. well still do it. Just well... I think ya can umm.. well make a really.. erm good book" Joliette Rigiel Joliette nodded staying quiet for a few minutes before speaking once more "How about you? whats something you always wanted to do?" she asks him Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs blinked and bit his thumb nail for a second, he really hadn't thought about it that much at all. So he pondered a moment. " I umm... I kinda... well ... wanted to be a hero" He blushed brightly and hid his face under his cap Joliette Rigiel Joliette chuckles "A very noble wish, and still one very possible to fullfill... even here" she says with a smile Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs smiled under his hat lightly and nodded " At least.. I'll umm.. try to look out for umm... well people" Joliette Rigiel Joliette smiles "and you shall do an admirable job. As well as bring smiles to people's faces, that just seems to be the kind of person you are" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs chuckled nervously and covered his face with his hands " Hehe stop that" Joliette Rigiel Joliette giggles "Oh Chubbs, I hope one day you take compliments better," she leans back against hte couch and closes her eyes "though I must admit... your current reactions are cute" Chubbs MacKraken He blushed even brighter and turned and poked her sides several times in a ticklish fashion, trying to hide his face from the effect she had on him " Damn you missy" Joliette Rigiel Joliette had not expected the pokes and burst into giggles trying to get away from his 'tickles' "They are!" she nearly shrieks in her giggles Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs determined to get some vengence on Joliette for her compliments. Even if they were kind, he knew she liked making him blush. He turns and tickled at her sides with both hands. " Are not" Joliette Rigiel "Are too are too are too" she shrieks squirming under the assault of his tickles, it didn't help she sat in the corner of the couch making escape rather difficult Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs began a tickle onslaught, getting his fingers where ever she didn't block, chuckling all the while " Not not not not not!" Joliette Rigiel "Tootootootooooo"Joliette knew he was playing otherwise would have tried harder to stop him, her hair fell into her face as she tried to block him Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs mocked growled and put on a fake angry voice " Oh that's it!, time for the foot!" With that he grabbed her leg under one arm and pulled off her sock and shoe in one swoop, and with that, tickled her foot Joliette Rigiel "ACK!" Joliette tried without avail to get her foot back and she shrieked even louder, her feet were actually one of hte most ticklish places she had. Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs' big fingers ran up and down her foot in wiggling motions, holding her leg so she couldn't pull it away " Not!" Joliette Rigiel "Uncle! Uncle! I Give I Give!" she shrieks tears of laughter spilling down her face as she tried to catch her breath Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs chuckled and let her go, then got up to go get her shoe and sock " Knew ya would" Joliette Rigiel Joliette chuckled softly and wiped her face catching her breath now that she had the opportunity Chubbs MacKraken He picked her shoe up from the other side of the couch, smiling lightly as he made his way back and sat down with a little bit of a chuckle. He took he leg once more and went to put her sock back on " Here... not gonna umm .. tickle" Joliette Rigiel She smiles taking her shoe and gave him a playful punch "Told ya you could make people smile" she says as she quickly slides it on and stands up Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs rubs the area she punched on his arm, mocking as if it hurt, then he smiled shyly " I .. well I try" Joliette Rigiel "And succeed, in a sense I suppose that already makes you a hero" she stretches Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs stood up as well, giving a bit of a stretch " Mmmm nah... not really.. but .. umm thanks" Joliette Rigiel "You are most welcome Chubbs" she says dropping into a stance for a moment "I have to say I hope they don't bring more people here.... there's more then enough already" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs looked over his shoulder to the village outside and thought the same thing. There had to be more than enough for their sick and evil expiriment " I'll say.. I .. well.. there's um.. not enough donuts.. well as it is" He made a half a grin, joking of course Joliette Rigiel Joliette laughs and shakes her head "I hope thats all they bring then... donuts" she states "So now what, we ate, we watched a movie, and we had a chat about it, whats on the agenda now?" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs blinked, he wasn't sure. He hadn't really thought of what to do next and was out of ideas. Chubbs rubbed his chin thoughtfully, pondering what to do. It was late, which helped him come up with an idea. " To the beach!...i'll race ya" With that he took off towards the beach Joliette Rigiel Joliette laughs and snatches up her photos and chases after him "Hey no fair your legs are longer!" she calls as she runs Chubbs MacKraken He stopped and turned around with a laugh " Oh ya umm just want me to ah.. do this" With that he raced up, grabbed her and put her over his shoulder as he ran towards the beach Joliette Rigiel "Ack!" Joliette hadn't expected the sudden 'lift' and clutched her photos tighter and burst out laughing "Chubbs!" she cried out her vission rather obscured by her mass of curls now in her face Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs chuckled, running down to the beach, making sure she didn't fall " Sorry, but umm Chubbs express is ah.. non stop ride..." He finally his the sand moments later and put her down on her feet, panting a bit Joliette Rigiel Joliette laughs and pushes her bangs out of her face after she's on her feet again "Thankyou for the ride Mr Conductor" she giggles and puts her hands together bowing slightly to him
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:59 pm
Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs blushed and chuckled softly, tipping his hat " Ya umm welcome... ah.. ma'am" With that he took his hat off, and started empting his pockets into it. Placing it on the ground behind him, he headed towards the water in his bare feet Joliette Rigiel Joliette watched him for a moment then kicked off her shoes and pulled off her socks tucking them in the shoes and standin ghte photos between her shoes and followed after him "Have you been in the water yet since you've been here?" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs tried to remember if he had, then he blushed as the memory of the day Colche dragged him into the water. He stepped into the water up to his knees. " Umm yeah.. I err.. yeah I have" Joliette Rigiel "I haven't yet, I dont exactly have a swimsuit with me if you would believe that..." she blushes slightly and walks till her shins were submerged in the water Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs looked at Joliette and smiled a little, then he sat down into the water " I ah.. don't... ever really use.. well a bathing suit" Joliette Rigiel Joliette looks at him quirking a brow "What do you do? skinny dip?" she couldn't figure out what else he might use, after all for a guy a pair of shorts could easily be considered a swimsuit Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs went wide eyed and blushed like crazy "Nooo! I... er.. oh man... me naked? ... I " Chubbs just was a little bit speachless Joliette Rigiel Joliette nearly cracked up at his reaction but managed to keep a straight face, the joys of being a journalist... after all she'd managed to keep a straight face when she first met the git too... "Well for a guy even just a normal pair of shorts are swim trunks" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs blinked and looked back at Joliette, floating int he water lightly. He hadn't thought of that really. " What umm.. I meant was ah.. well I don't own ah... those spandex things* Joliette Rigiel "Ah I see" she smiles and looks a the water before sitting down "I came here on a yacht, it just never occurred to me I might ever need one" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs floated up towards Joliette and sat beside her in the water, looking out to the night sky " Wow... you ah, boated here?" Joliette Rigiel "Yes, was on the yacht for about two weeks, I wasn't exactly sure what I was looking for or where I would find it. I only followed the rumors that the Bermuda Triangle isn't what it's cracked up to be... I shoulda just stayed home" She rests her chin in her knees wrapping her arms around her legs Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs leaned over and wrapped a comforting arm around her shoulder. He wasn't sure what to say, it was always hard to cheer someone up. He had a plan already for Joliette, but it would take a long time to put into action, he needed something to say. " But umm... I'd ah.. not have the .. umm.. coolest neighbour in .. umm the world" Joliette Rigiel Joliette chuckles slightly "Yes, you've told that one to me, and you are a wonderful neighbour too... Just feeling as though if I kept my nose to myself I wouldn't be stick turning into some kind of creature" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs nodded and sighed softly. He didn't know what to say. He felt a bit useless right about now and he hated that feeling. He knew the situation was bad though, and there was hardly any good side to it. All he could do is pat her on the back and look at the water. Joliette Rigiel "I'm still terrified to ask what, so I don't think I will wind up asking" she reached one hand into the water batting it around with her finger tips. "I just have to hope noone who knows me, or knows of me finds their way here" Chubbs MacKraken He nodded in agreement, it was horrible having heard the story of what they did to Ambrose. It made Chubbs frown. " Ambrose was bad enough, .. if .. if they do that again... I umm.. told em I'd bring this place down... and umm.. they wouldn't get a chance to ah.. well rest from me" Joliette Rigiel "I hope they dont rest at all, I dont know how they can live with what they are doing to us on their consciences" She says and looks out to sea Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs didn't want to think about it anymore, he just wanted the subject to change. With that he splashed Joliette in the face and dove into the water Joliette Rigiel "Hey!" Joliette spluttered in surprise her eyes wide as they followed his path into the water. she stood and walked a little deeper to her waist and looked to try and find him Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs came up a few feet away, chuckling and flicking the wet hair from his face Joliette Rigiel Joliette had a playful yet determined look on her face when he finally did surface, with a quick movement she pulled her hand back to her hip as if to punch but when her hand came forward her pal was facing out catching the water to spray him real good, in essense she used her martial arts punch altered to kick up as much water as she could. Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs spluttered as he was met full face with a wave of water. He spat out the salty sea water and pulled his hair back again. Lokking back at Joliette he grinned and cupping his hands as if to say grace, he squeezed them together and shot a stream of water out at her from in between his palms. Joliette Rigiel Joliette half expected it this time and turned her face away from teh spray and repeated hte water 'punch' Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs ducked under the water again and swam towards her, looking to grab her ankles and dunk her. Joliette Rigiel Joliette looked around to try and sort out where he had disappeared to, the water wasn't exactly bright so she was having difficulty locating him Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs latched onto her ankles then pulled them towards him Joliette Rigiel Joliette's eyes went wide and her arms flailed as she fell with a shriek which probably wasn't such a wise move since it made her mouth open when she went under Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs let her go then tried to get her back above the water line as he stuck his head up as well Joliette Rigiel Joliette's head surfaced with his help and she coughed trying to get up all the water she had swallowed and working on getting her feet back under her, she was not a strong swimmer by any means, her strengths lay elsewhere Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs blinked when he heard her coughing and he sat up, looking worried. He stood beside her and patted her back, hoping she was okay. " I'm.. I'm.. sorry" Joliette Rigiel Joliette nods and once done coughing speaks "Tis' ok Chubbs" she says giving a weak smile looking at him patting her chest lightly her white cotton shirt clinging to her skin now Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs patted a little more, his own t-shirt clinging to his stomach. He still looked a little worried, but he soon blushed a bit as he looked down and saw her shirt then tried looking at her face instead. " Ya.. umm.. er sure?" Joliette Rigiel "Yeah I'm ok now, sorry I guess I shoulda mentioned why I didn't bring a swimsuit... I'm not a very strong swimmer, being on a yacht in deep water I didn't think I'd be going in." She pushes her hair over one ear Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs nodded and helped get the soggy hair out of her face before he sat down, blushing a bit still. " I um.. was just.. well playin" Joliette Rigiel Joliette smiles "I know, I was playing too" she was glad the water where she was was not deeper then it was Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs smiled a little, still feeling guilty for making her swallow water, he just playfully flicked a tiny splash of water at her arm Joliette Rigiel Joliette giggles moving into slightly shallower water and straightens her shirt before sitting down before returning the small splash Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs began to smile again, hearing the giggle made him feel a heck of a lot easier. He flicked a little back and then relaxed in the water. Joliette Rigiel "You know... I only came up when I did with your help..." she muses looking out towards the horizon Chubbs MacKraken " Well umm.. I didn't know that.. well ya couldn't.. ah swim that well" He rubbed the back of his head, blushing lightly Joliette Rigiel "Makes you my hero in a way" she says with a completely serious tone looking towards him Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs blushed big time and looked in the water " Aww, but I'm.. ya umm.. villian also" He smirked a bit up at her Joliette Rigiel Joliette laughs shaking her head "No you aren't, the doctors are my villains" she reaches over giving him a playful soft push Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs rocked by the push and chuckled softly, pushing her in return with a gentle nudge. " You are just trying to .. well... make me blush" Joliette Rigiel "Chubbs I dont have to try, you seem to blush a lot, even if it's just a compliment" she chuckles softly Chubbs MacKraken Again he blushed and hid his face among a mess of wet hair " Aww.. I can't help it" Joliette Rigiel "Why can't you help it?" she asks with a soft giggle stretching her legs out and leaning back on her hands ignoring her wet clingy clothing... it wouldn't dry till she went back to her duplex anyways Chubbs MacKraken " Awww I dunno.. just happens alot, specially round.. umm.. well you know" Chubbs bent his knees, and rested his arms on them Joliette Rigiel "Females?" she filled in the blank with a guess and watched him Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs nodded and pulled his hair back from his eyes Joliette Rigiel Joliette nods "I see" she says with a smile, he was an interesting guy in her books, she guessed if she had no choice but to be stuck there, least there was nice people like him there Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs smiled a bit then made a funny face and wiggled " I think I umm.. got enough sand in my pants.. to ah.. build a new beach" Joliette Rigiel Joliette burst into giggles "And I have hte water to make it a beach" she says and tugs at hte hem of her shirt Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs blushed again, looking at her shirt, then stood himself up " I think I need a shower.. ah ya need one?" He went wide eyed and blushed brightly " Ah.. er.. I meant um.. ya need one too.. as in.. oh man.. I'm just diggin a hole" He hid his face in his hands Joliette Rigiel Joliette laughs and pushes to stand "I have a feeling you are meaning to say you are heading back and would like to know if I care to walk with you" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs just nodded and smoothed his hair back " Umm yeah... sorry.. just I can make out innuendo in practically anything" He blushed and headed out of the water Joliette Rigiel Joliette giggles and follows him trying to wring some of hte excess water out of her clothing as she got to the shore "No worries Chubbs... honest" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs just walked up to his hat and picked it up, waiting for Joliette to grab her things Joliette Rigiel Joliette grabs her own things not bothering to put her footwear on "Shall we?" she asks motioning for the path Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs nodded, walking along the path slowly as not to out pace her. Water dripped behind him as he went. Joliette Rigiel "Thanks for sharing your favorite movie with me" she says after a few moments with a smile Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs blinked and looked over. He smiled a bit and blushed, looking back the way he was going. " It's okay.. I umm.. well I thought you needed to... ah.. see there was a world ya missing out on" Joliette Rigiel "Seems I've missed out on a lot of the world, Swimming, a lot of films, dating... Was always so focused on one thing and one thing alone. And my parents never discouraged it either" She admits Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs chuckled a little, finding some humour in there " Any thing that would umm, distract their lil girl from umm.. ya know.. checkin out the boys I'm sure they ah.. well encouraged" Joliette Rigiel Joliette laughs "Yeah probably, they are hte ones who insisted I take Martial Arts, used photography equipment as insentive" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs nodded and smiled " My insentive .. was.. umm.. my dad,... well his belt anyway" He chuckled at that Joliette Rigiel She looks at him "Oh my, thats never a good thing" she says softly Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs looked over and patted her shoulder " Nothin to worry about" Joliette Rigiel Joliette nods slightly "All right" she replies then looks back to the path ahead and hte nearing village Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs looked up and stretched, seeing the duplexes in view. He heaed towards their numbered buildings and looked over at Joliette with a smile Joliette Rigiel "You know one benefit to them giving me #28... they can't put a person in it" she smiles Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs nodded and grinned, looking up at the top half of her duplex " Well.. umm.. don't ya get too lonely" Joliette Rigiel "Oh don't worry, I'm used to the solitude, besides... number 25 isn't all that far away" she laughs Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs chuckled and , din't stop at his door and walked her all the way to hers " Well that's true" Joliette Rigiel Joliette fishes out hte key to her duplex from her shoe, the ring held two keys instead of one. She unlocks the door and looks up at Chubbs "Thanks" she says Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs smiled and nodded " Not a problem.. you umm.. just have a good night" Joliette Rigiel Joliette smiles and nods then disappears into her duplex closing hte door after replying "You too Chubbs" Chubbs MacKraken Chubbs then smiled and walked to his room, headed for a nice warm shower.
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:39 pm
Mountainside View Emelyn A rustling sound preceded her, some breath of wind that moved the jungle trees, and her feelings followed her- relentless in their desires to cling and dwell to the girl. She'd walked for hours- circles, mostly, through the jungle and along the sandbar, skirting the edge of the open water before descending back into the darkness of the trees where she knew she would be alone. It was dark, it was cold, and the fur on Emelyn's arms stood at attention to every sound and sensation that the jungle brought, but she ignored them all, and tried instead to focus her thoughts on something- anything pleasant. As she climbed up the gentle slope of the mountain, however, following the line of trees that climbed with her- she could only think of one thing. She was still alive, and was basically unharmed. Her body was healthy enough to allow her to climb in misery up the mountain, to afford her some means towards solitude and peace. Unfortunately, she knew she would have traded mental clarity for that of the body at any moment, were she given the chance to make that choice. She wasn't going to let herself think of Ambrose- or of Moreau, or Mizzie or The Dude. She wasn't... she repeated to herself, the words narrowly escaping her breath as she came upon an outcropping of rock sticking forth from the slope. She climbed onto it, her claws scratching the surface as she got a good grip. It was a flat, cool protrudance, and she felt protected there, wrapping her arms about her knees as if to draw them into her chest. Joliette Rigiel Joliette was oblivious to the fact that someone was ahead of her, she had her tripod over her shoulder held by it's strap and her camera bag on her hip, a tongue sticking out one corner of her mouth she picked her way up the gentle slope of hte mountain. She had thought perhaps she could get some nice photographs if she was above the treeline. so wearing one of her few outfits... needless to say they were all nearly identical, and her hair tied back in a scrunchie, she moved forward Emelyn She'd only just situated herself on the overhang when she made out the faint sound of someone coming through the treeline- those subtle sounds of footprints on rock and the rustling of fallen leaves. Em was not afraid, but her senses still went on alert, and she called into the jungle with a low voice, hoping it wasn't Ambrose. "Hello? Someone there?" Joliette Rigiel Joliette stopped and blinked looking up ahead of her "Hello?" she replied back, the voice sounded lightly familiar but she wasn't certain, she'd met so many people and many of them only once. She slowly moved further forward Emelyn Em narrowed her eyes in the dim light, and could pretty much see exactly the form that stood a number of paces beneath her. That, coupled with the accent on the hello, gave Em an exact mark on who it was. She only hoped she remembered the name correctly. She scrounged for a moment, before she remembered the accented pronunciation, and it came back to her. "Joliette. Hello. We met once- I told you where the laundryroom was. ....Emelyn." Joliette Rigiel Joliette was quiet for a moment, at least long enough to place a face with the name "Oh! Hello, I hope I did not disturb you" she said walking closer being certain to keep her footing as she moved across the rocks Emelyn "Not at all," Em said, sliding forward on the smooth, cool surface so she could see the woman better through the darkness. "I'm just up here for the view." She spied the tripod Joliette carried with her. "I assume you are as well." She smiled, but then realized that Joli probably couldn't see her at all. She was just a disembodied voice floating through the night. Joliette Rigiel "Yes, I figured I'd get some nice pictures if I went above the treeline" she confirmed Emelyn's statement looking around for some hint that she wasn't imagining hte voice and talking to herself, after all she wouldn't put it past herself to do that, she'd dont it on more then one previous occasion Emelyn She saw the woman looking around, and guessed the source of her search. "I'm sorry," Em said, scooting even farther forward so her legs dangled off the low overhang. "I keep forgetting that others don't have my nightvision. I'm about... ten paces up, and slightly to your right. On an outcropping of rock. You can probably see it when you get a little more out of the trees." Joliette Rigiel Joliette looked in the direction of the instructions, she could barely make out the legs as she stepped out of hte treeline, she squinted and then reached into her bag and pulled out a lense, not hte camera just the lense and peered through it, it was one of her night-vision lenses, it hadn't been what she intended to photograph with but it let her see the source of he voice better. She smiled "Ok I'm not talking to myself then" she chuckled and walked slowly closer making sure to keep her footing Emelyn Em smiled- she'd gotten that feeling herself, before. "Not hardly. ...I'm surprised there's anyone up here at this hour. ...Actually," she corrected, shifting her legs to afford her more comfort, "I'm actually astounded that any of us here on the island keep bashing into each other on this island. Have you been through the place? It's immense. And yet the thirty-odd of us always seem to find one another. ...How many have you met now?" Joliette Rigiel Joliette stopped near Emelyn and turned to look over hte isle "Including the git and the female in teh labcoat who I have yet to truely meet... about..." she stopped to count on her fingers for a moment" ...18 I think, give or take" She went quiet for a moment "Wow this pleace really is huge, looks larger from here even then it did from the yacht before I came close" Emelyn "Oh, you came in a yacht?" Em said, interested. "Then we have something in common. ...Although truly, a motor yacht is hardly a real yacht. It's more like a trawler. Was it your own personal boat?" Joliette Rigiel "Yeah I did, but it wasn't my own, it was rented" she said with a sigh "I'm just very glad I dont have to see what my credit rating is right now.. It's about 3 days overdue for return. Nice boat though the Princess was" she moved to sit on the edge of hte outcropping Emelyn was on Emelyn "I didn't have much credit," Em said, thinking aloud. "I lived mostly on traveler's checks." She paused, thinking that it wouldn't surprise her if no one had known she'd gone missing. Some of her friends from the various corps she'd been affiliated with, or the youth diplomacy groups may wonder why she never emailed them anymore... but she had no one left to wonder. She turned to Joliette. "Are there... many people who you're leaving behind?" Em asked delicately, hoping that there wasn't a loved one or, god forbid, a child back on the mainland, waiting for her. Joliette Rigiel Joliette sighed "Just Mama and Papa and Gran and Gramps... And of course World Weekly News and a couple other publications I was getting stories done for. I didn't really have much time for a social life, I've had more of one here then back on the mainland" she admitted half regretting she hadn't but at the same time glad she hadn't Emelyn "World Weekly News? Oh, I used to read that." She eyed the tripod again. "Are you a photo journalist?" The conversation was soothing to Em, in a way. It kept her from thinking about... well, anything else. She didn't know how well Joli could see over the dark visage of the island, but it was truly a beautiful sight. ...And if Em shut down all the dark, lonely parts of her mind, she could almost appreciate it all. Joliette Rigiel She nodded "Yes, I am, or rather I was, now I'm just a photographer, not like I can really publish anything now" she said with a sigh "I had been writing for them for a long time. I'm gonna miss the taglines... ' by J. Rigiel ' " she said moving her hand in front of her in the direction text would be printed Emelyn The small smile dropped off Emelyn's face. "I'll miss the sight of my name in print, too," she said, quietly. "...I'm a writer. Not that I've gotten anything more than short stories published, but now I guess it's all I'll ever have. ...Unless one day Moreau takes pity on us artists and lets us send out our work to be recognized under a false name." She said it bitterly... and sarcastically. She doubted that Moreau had a way to monitor their speech this far up the desolate mountain, and so, for the first time ever, Emelyn let her contempt for what Moreau had done to her, and the lies he'd told, to ring out. Joliette Rigiel She frowned, that name again... Moreau... it was definetaly not hte first time she'd heard his name... and she was growing to hate him just as much as she hated the white-haired git. "You know, We could write something on my laptop and print up our own kind of publication here for us, the islanders that is, keep everyone up to date who is here, and stuff" she mused after a time Emelyn "I was thinking of something along the lines of keeping things for the islanders, to make it easier for them- like, pictures of how they look now, so they never forget, and of us together... but I'd not actually thought of a sort of publication. ...I think that would actually be a really grand idea." She leaned back, propping up her torso with the flat of her palms, pressed up against the cold surface. "I just wish there were a way to keep ... their taint out of it." Joliette Rigiel "Do They really need to know?" she asked looking towards the labs in teh distance "We would just need printer ink and paper I have a portable printer here with me" she said "I have expect them to know I'll do something with my photos, after all the git did give me all teh equipment I need for a darkroom... and then some" she never did mention she did request some extras Emelyn "I don't know if we could keep it a secret from them. We could certainly try. ...Moreau has cameras everywhere- in every duplex, and in every public area. I'm sure he has some in the wild areas that are well populated as well, like the beach and open areas of the village. ...I think places like this, way up on the mountain, and some places deep in the jungle, are the only places that there's not a way for him to see us. ...If he saw us printing things out, or distributing, or even people reading something he didn't recognize, he may get his hands on it. ...And I don't know if that'd be a bad thing, but I know that they've been using things against us. Personal things." She didn't want to mention Ambrose, and how his girlfriend was now here on the island... in fact, she didn't even think she could speak the name aloud and remain calm at all. So she left Joliette free of an example. She sighed. "I don't know how much you know about Moreau, but he has... powers over us. I think he's installed something in us- or at least some of us. I don't know if you've met a man called The Dude yet- but at the Halloween party we all went to, he just uttered a command- sleep- and The Dude fell to the floor instantly. ...I don't know what else he's done to us... but I wouldn't put anything past him." Joliette Rigiel "Yeah thats true, I started to think that might be a possibility when git messaged me the second I walked into my duplex one day... " she shivered at the thought of things used against her, it only brought one thing back to her mind ... Sabin's dislike of her eatting habits... "installed something?" she blinked and started running her hands along her arms the idea of a publication temporarily forgotten "I have met the Dude yes, on my first day here actually" Emelyn "He's a nice guy," Em said, sighing and leaning all the way back down onto the rock. The view was indeed beautiful- but the black sky was more befitting her mood, and she felt as if she empathized with its pervasive nothingness in this moment. "I don't know- these days..." she paused, wondering if she should tell this woman who she barely knew...but then decided she may not have another chance to be so far out of Moreau's earshot. "I've been thinking of ways to escape. To find a way to get everyone off the island. Or at least to get rid of Moreau." Joliette Rigiel "But how, he didn't even just hide my yacht, Ambrose says he had it dismantled!" she sounded both upset and exasperated at hte thought of the boat in a million pieces "I dont want to become... whatever the labs has in store for me... I want to be me and go home" she bit her lip Emelyn Emelyn sighed, starting to feel the temperature of the slab beneath her through her shirt. "I don't know. But I think if we were to... dispose of Moreau, if only for an afternoon- and the others- Duvert, Audrey- drug them, or something... we may find some way out. There has to be a boat somewhere, or some way off the island. ...Or at least, if there's really no way to go back to being human, and we have to finish the serums to stay alive, we could still get rid of Moreau and do it on our own terms- have a real life eked out here, and not just this... horror house." She sat up again. "And no one else would have to come here.... and suffer. ...Or we could get to the mainland, and try to get help. Have scientists cure us, fix us. I don't know- but anything is better than just accepting our fate." Joliette Rigiel Joliette nodded " Yeah, They keep bringing more, I met a gothy lady a couple mornings ago, and before that a girl with curly hair who thinks this is a camp for persons with mental disabilities" she sighed "And from my observations there are still plenty of empty duplexes left... least they knocked one outta commission though..." she said thinking of the duplex above her Emelyn "...Knocked one out of commission? What do you mean by that?" Em asked. She realized she really had been isolating herself- none of the people Joliette spoke of had ever been heard of by the hedgehog girl. ...How many people are there now, Emelyn thought, dreading the answer. Joliette Rigiel "Oh, well unless you know of someone who would want to live in a darkroom... I'm the only one in my duplex building, upstairs has been converted into a darkroom. And if there are as many people here as there are units filled, well that would make about 27 now and #28 doesn't even have sleeping paraphenalia in it" she tried to explain to Emelyn hoping she made at least a little sense Emelyn "Oh, alright. You scared me for a second there- I thought you were saying they did something to the person living above you. ...And I don't know, a few people may prefer living in a darkroom than those duplexes. They're awfully drab," Em said flatly. Joliette Rigiel "Like hotel rooms really, or at least thats what they remind me of." her gaze looking down at the village roofs "I tried to tell someone the other day, before that I only dropped hints, I dont think I'll venture in that direction again... I hope theres no more... but I'm not holdign my breath" Emelyn Emelyn raised an eyebrow. "I don't entirely follow. ...I think my mind is fried tonight. ...No more what?" Joliette Rigiel "No more people, no more lives ruined, no more people who are in our perdicament... I wouldn't wish this on anyone, not even someone who calls me a ... papparazzi" she spit her last word out with very obvious distaste Emelyn She sighed. "I think this is just the beginning of the onslaught of people. ...Although there may be a bit of a pause after all this. There have been an awful lot arriving recently. I think you stumbled upon here in a bit of an unlucky time- there are so many new people now..." She paused in mid-sentence, not knowing what else to say as she tipped her head back to look up at the stars once more. It was a handful of moments before she retrieved the silence with a low, almost whispered sentence. "Moreau thinks I'm on his side. ...He asked me to participate willingly in the treatments after I was trapped here, and I said yes. ...It turned out he was lying to me, and the treatments weren't as noble as I thought they were. But he does trust me. Maybe we could use that to our advantage, find some way to overcome him." All of this, coming from the mouth of the levelheaded, 'reality check'- the same lips that had told The Dude to accept what had been dealt, to live his life as best possible under the circumstances of the changes of him and Greer. ...She had been the one to bring Amrbose to deciding to live his life here, rather than pine constantly for the one he'd left behind. She had always believed that life was essentially fair, no matter what had happened, and that if you can't cope, and accept the inevitable, you'll be living in a dead world. ...But now, she found herself egging for the possible, striving for a possibility of that dead world. She didn't know it, but that thing inside that had died the night Ambrose came to her and told her that everything they were was torn asunder... was her acceptance. She could no longer accept that this was her life- she reached out for one last hope, one last possibility that her life may be worth living. And she found herself reaching... to a stranger, not even realizing the gravity of this last, final plea for hope. Joliette Rigiel "The outside world is starting to get rumors of this area being not what it's cracked up to be, slowly, it's how I wound up here, headstrong and hoping for a scoop... Perhaps that start of rumors will slow them down for a while... Can hope at least" she said quietly looking back towards Emelyn Emelyn "Really? Is that how you stumbled here? Because you managed to hear about the area?" Em was incredulous, but also hopeful. "...Maybe that's how we should do it. We should find a way to get a message out. Show the world what this place is." Joliette Rigiel "Perhaps we could find... some way, I tried to access the internet on my laptop, there is no signal here, least not in the village at any rate" she said scratching a cheek thinking about the situation Emelyn "We could get one person out- with a message. It'd be easier to have one person escape than thirty." Joliette Rigiel Joliette nodded her agreement "One person, just a matter now of who... and how" she looked towards the water "The git told me if I had turned down the exclusive and ran with my yacht he would have had boats following me... with guns" she stood and sighed "I think this is something we'll have to put a lot of thought into... " she told Emelyn Emelyn Em nodded, feeling instantly validated that they were actually discussing it. "Indeed. It's got to be a perfect attempt- because I'm sure we can only do it once.... I'm glad we're thinking about it, though." She said, softly again, as if to hide the words from the world. Joliette Rigiel "Agreed, I would rather die of... cancer then be a experiment" she said quietly. "I should get back to my duplex, you've given me lots to think about... I'm in 27 if you want to visit at some point" she said Emelyn Em blanched at the word cancer, but knew that her pale visage wouldn't be visible through the moonlight. Joliette didn't know her past, and how awful a statement like that would seem to her... so she just nodded and scooted back against the rock. "Thanks- I will do. ...Sorry to interrupt your photo shoot. But it was great talking to you. I think we should both... think about it. ...Goodnight, Joliette." Joliette Rigiel "I would rather company right now ay time.. this mountain will always be here... keep safe Emelyn" she said softly and then disappeared back into the trees
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Sabin Duvert Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 9:09 pm
Before Joliette arrives back in her duplex, a clandestine delivery is made.
IN the center of her room is a medium-sized, unassuming cardboard parcel with a note attached to the top:
Quote: Miss Rigiel, I saw your outburst in response to my first provision of clothing. Perhaps these will be more suited to your tastes. ~ S D
Inside the parcel is about 5 sets of clothing - khaki shorts, plain white and cream t-shirts, and a few short khaki jackets.
There are also about six sets of underwear and 2 bras, and half a dozen pairs of socks. There is also a modest one-piece black swim suit.
((OOC: these clothes look and feel completely normal. However.... twisted upon contact with water, the material will dissolve. First becoming gummy and slimy, and then just breaking apart and dissolving. Just sweat will probably just cause it to feel slippery))
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 1:14 am
Joliette slips back into her duplex after dropping the camera stuff back into the darkroom, her mind was swimming with ideas about what herself and Emelyn had spoken about. She flips on the light to the room and blinks in surprise to see a box in her room. "Now what" she says and walks to it. A moment of hesitation later she snatches the note off the box and reads it... then reads it again "Oh dear lord now what" she eyes the box his note having confirmed what Emelyn had told her and one other had told her about cameras in the rooms. She stares, and stares some more, her mind playing eenie meenie about opening it.
Eventually she did and was, surprised to say the least... She slowly pulled the new clothing out and looked over every piece in silence. She was looking for tricks, looking for anything that would be what she expected of the man. She couldn't find anything obvious, after everything he'd done to her as yet... she didn't trust him. She even debated washing the whole lot before wearing it as she sat and looked at the piles which she had made as each piece came out, after all she had to wash everything else she owned having worn them to their limit of being cleanish....
Joliette looked even more confused now then she had when she had unpacked the box of darkroom equipment that had arrived just a couple days previous to that night. Her face a mix of confusion, debating and shock as she sat there
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 4:13 am
Trust? Whats that?(AIM RP Log)
Joliette finally decided to give the clothing the git had sent her a try, she'd stared at it long enough, she didn't think anything would happen... Digging through it she found the modest black bathing suit he'd sent and slid it on she turned from side to side,... not bad... grabbing the top to her gi and a towel and her keys she slid the top of the gi on and headed for the beach
Chubbs was asleep on the sand, his hat covering his face. He was laying on a towel up on the soft sand of the beach. He had come to sit and think but the sun made him sleepy and he settled down for a nice nap. He could understand how it made Colche feel tired, but he'd hadn't slept well of late
Humming to herself Joliette walks barefoot onto the beach, she hadn't worn shoes, what was the point? She looks around and smiles "Hi Chubbs" she greets her neighbour and friend as she drops her towel and keys into the sand and shrugs the gi top off
Chubbs mumbled a bit in his sleep, he stirred and lifts his hat up a little, not to be blinded by the light. He blinked when he saw Joli take off her gi to reveal her swimsuit, he blushed brightly. He tried to stop staring and flattened his hat over his face. " Ummm hi"
"The git actually did something nice for once... he sent me some useable clothing" she says with a smile, or at least she THOUGHT they were usable...
Chubbs smiled and nodded under his cap, and much like always, liked to make others feel as embarrassed as him, and so Chubbs let out a loud wolf whistle.
Having turned towards the water Joliette spun in the direction of Chubbs and blushed brightly when she realized the whistle was for her
Chubbs lifted up his hat brim with a bit of a grin and a chuckle and sat himself up, dusting sand off himself " I'm um.. sorry"
"It's ok Chubbs" she squeaks "I.. I just wasn't expecting that, it'd be the first time anyone has ever done that to me" she rubs the side of her neck a bit
Chubbs bit his lower lip and blushed under the brim of his baseball cap. He really did mean it as a lil compliment, and a bit of a joke, he didn't know females too well. " I ah... well... didn't mean to ..um... just meant to say.. you ah.. look nice" He hoped the doc might change him into an ostrich one time, so he could put his head in the sand.
"Thanks Chubbs, I know, just no one has whistled at me" she smiles "I'm going in the water... relax a little" she look out to the ocean for a moment before looking at him "Want to join me?"
Chubbs smiled shyly and nodded, kicking off his boots and standing up with a grunt. He was a bit nervous, but he did like the idea of getting in the cold water. Dusting himself off he walked down the sand to joins Joliette in a swim.
Joliette smiles and walks down to the shore wading slowly in till she was near her knees, she noticed the suits slightly slimy feeling and attributed it to sweat and the need to cool off.
Chubbs made his way in to the water and beside Joliette, quickly sitting down in the cool water with a relaxed sigh, letting the waves run over him
Joliette closed her eyes tipping her head back slightly as a nice breeze blew past her face, she hadn't sat yet, she was getting used to the cool water on her legs "You have been well I presume Chubbs" she says after a moment
" Ummm... I've been okay... ah.. poor Colche.. she'd been ... well ... having nightmares though" Chubbs twisted his hat around backwards and relaxed a bit in the sun, he really should have gotten some more sun block to rub on his pale skin. He was already a bit red in parts.
Joliette frowns "Poor girl, she seems to innocent. I hope they go away" She did not know the story behind the girl and had never made any attempt to learn it.
Chubbs nodded, thinking about how he found Colche in the state she was in. " I gave her Mr. Kong.. I umm.. said he'd.. umm beat up her bad dreams"
Joliette smiles "The hero strikes again!" she proclaims with a giggle
" Awwww, you goose... I am not" Chubbs pulls his hands up to his face, now blushing red, even though the giggle Joliette emits makes him smile a bit
"I say you are" she says and reaches down splashing him before taking a couple steps deeper
" Hey!" Chubbs chuckled and stood up, wiping his face off, he scooped both his big arms and threw water back at her.
Joliette expected the water, but what she DIDN'T expect was for the bathing suit to rather quickly begin to become slimy and gross and then start to fall apart. Her laugh coming to an abrupt halt and she did what would turn out to be a very big mistake, she dropped into the water in an attempt to cover herself
Chubbs chuckled as he splashed then suddenly blinked and gasped at what he saw. Joli's suit melted in front of him, he wondered what the heck was going on. Chubbs' face went bright red, really red. He wasn't sure what to do and just slapped a hand over his eyes. " Wha... what... ya suit?!.. what's ah... you okay?"
"I knew I shouldn't trust him" Joliette broke down when the gravity of what had just happened hit her. Trying in vain to cover as much of herself as possible she splashed past Chubbs crying and hurrying for the one thing she trusted... the top of her Gi
Chubbs heard the splashing, but kept a hand over his eyes. He turned to the beach and walked blindly in that direction " Joliette!?... look umm... here.. take my shirt?" Chubbs peeled his shirt off, swapping hands to cover his eyes while his face blushed beet red. He had no idea where she was, and just held out his shirt. He now was worried where his cap landed.
"Thankyou Chubbs" Joliette choked out taking it from him holding it against her self to cover herself some as she finished getting ashore. She pulled the oversized shirt on, being wet it did little to hide her and she worked on pulling her Gi on over it
Chubbs blindly felt around the ground for a cap, running fingers through the sand. That's two girls he's seen naked now, who was next? Awen? Chubbs blushed and tried to keep the image from getting in his mind. " Sorry.. it's um... so big... er... you.. umm.. okay?"
"Why was I so tres stupide Chubbs, I should have known I could not trust him, that he would pull something on me" she dropped onto the sand she was decent enough and to add to it she pulled the towel over her legs "Why oh why" she choked out
Chubbs grew a saddened face and reached out with his hand. He waved it about a little and brushed it against the top of her head. Chubbs then placed it on her shoulder and moved closer and pulled her into a hug with the one hand that wasn't covering his eyes. " Don't .. don't give him the satisfaction"
"I'm covered Chubbs" she says quietly seeing him still covering his eyes and then leans into the hug so upset with herself that she let the tears just slide down her cheeks as she accepted his hug
Chubbs takes his hand off his eyes and blinks, looking down at Joliette. He now uses both arms to give her a hug for a moment, then seeing her tears, uses the collar of his shirt to wipe her eyes and cheeks. " Looks.. umm.. better on you"
"Better then nothing" she says with a nod and a sniffle, gripping the edge of the towel tightly fearing it too would disintegrate
Chubbs couldn't help but smile a little, but he blushed still. He was a bit self conscious about his stomach and usually always wore a shirt to cover it up. Joliette had it for now, and she wasn't repulsed by the hug. He hugged her tight again and helped the hair from her face. " Well... umm.. Colche wouldn't say that" He smirked a bit, trying to joke
"Colche also likes the fact she's becoming 'furry'" Joliette whispers "I cannot believe I fell for his tricks" she closes her eyes just wanting to disappear
Chubbs stoked Joliette's back with one hand, he didn't know what he could do to help. He picked up his hat and towel and looked down at her. " Come on.. I'll walk you home*
Joliette nodded and fished around in the sand for her keys till she found them then stood up, the shirt could nearly have been a dress on her it was so long, and the collar made a rather large scoop . She hastily pulled the gi closed and hoped the shirt was thick enough that her behind wasn't visible through it "Merci beaucoup Chubbs" she says looking up at him
Chubbs kept an arm wrapped around Joliette as he began his trip back with her, picking up his shoes. He smiled and put on a fake redneck accent " I dunno what dem fancy frenchy words were, but they sure dang did sound purdy"
Joliette cracked a small smile with a weak giggle "They meant Thankyou very much" she says "Spoke French at home, so I know both"
Chubbs tipped his hat, and now put on a cowboy voice that sounded much like John Wayne " Well tweren't nuttin ma'am, anything I could do fer the lil lady" Chubbs grinned a bit, walking along side of Joliette
Joliette watched the path as they walked letting her curly hair fall into her face as she blushed slightly, she really hoped they wouldn't run into anyone
Chubbs looked about quietly as the walked up to the duplexes, theirs was at one end. Seeing no one around, he took Joliette hand and started walking briskly " Alright... coast is clear .. let's um go"
Joliette was grateful he was doing this for her and walked quickly with him inside she was still berating herself "Okay" she replies
Chubbs jogged towards her duplex, trying not to be too quick for her. Getting closer with no sign of anyone about.
Joliette was glad when they finally got there and she quickly unlocked her door "Do you want... to come in?" she asks him as she pushes the door open
Chubbs blinked and blushed hearing that, he thought he should wait till she was changed first. Then looking down he remembered he didn't have his shirt on and quickly nodded, scooting her inside " Yes!"
Joliette was surprised at his eagerness and went inside quickly letting him close the door on the floor in several piles near the box were clothing that looked innocent enough. She went the exact opposite direction to the dresser and pulled out some clothing "Back in a moment" she tells him before disappearing into the bathroom
Chubbs looked about the room, checking it over. He folded his arms over his chest and went to go sit on the bed, instead he sat on a chair, being damp and sandy.
Joliette walked out carrying his shirt a few minutes later, she was wearing her normal clothing now "Thanks" she says softly and hands him back his shirt a bit red in the cheeks
Chubbs blushed also and took his shirt back, slipping it back on, first backwards then with a sigh, the right way. He felt better with it on. " Sorry.. um.... for... ah.... well you know" He rubbed the back of his head.
"You didn't know, He is a git and I hate him!" she was upset and showed it by walking over and throwing all the other clothing roughly back into the box
" Me too... think I'll ah... give him a Chubbs haymaker" Chubbs cracked his knuckles and watched Joliette throw clothes back into a box
She turned back to him after she finished "Chubbs... Thankyou, I appreciate your help to get back here.. and I look forward to the day you do that" she looked at the floor "I think I need time alone to calm down over it"
Chubbs nodded and stood up, fixing his cap and grabbing his towel. " Umm no problem... I ah...I" Chubbs didn't know what to say and instead opened the door and stood outside, brushing the sand from his feet
"Thankyou Chubbs, honest" she put two fingers to her lips then reached up putting them on his cheek "I feel like I ... I don't know really, I have to calm on my own terms, that's all"
Chubbs smiled and with a bit bashful, blushing and looking at the ground " It's umm fine... I'll ah.. just be next door" He waved and headed back to his place
"I know where to find you" she watched him leave for a moment then went into her own duplex to think
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:53 am
Calming time Joliette was upset with herself, moreover she now absolutely HATED Dr. Duvert to a completely new level. This new batch of emotions were some she wasn't sure she wanted to deal with, and she wanted to get away from where she knew there were cameras. Grabbing her vest and her shoes headed upstairs, she grabbed her camera and left. She looked around, where were the best places to go for solitude she wondered. Eventually she settled on the jungle and headed into the foliage
Through the trees and off the path, in silence, her eyes not really paying attention to her path. She didn't stay on any beaten path, she figured if she did she had a higher chance of running into someone. She often stopped taking photographs of things in her surroundings. I can't believe I fell for it... I can't believe I was that nieve... I should have known I could never trust him... He must have had it planned the whole time... He really has it out for me! The thoughts floated through her mind randomly at random intervals as she walked she turned often and did not walk a straight path..
It wasn't until she noticed the sun setting through her lens when she was looking up through the branches that she looked around her with the intentions of figuring out which direction to go back. She had calmed considerably though through her self conversations in her mind she had come to not hate Dr. Duvert... rather she loathed him, she couldn't remember loathing anyone in the way she did him.
But now Joliette realized she had a bit of a problem... She had no clue where she was. Left... Trees... Right... Trees... Behind her... Trees... In front of her... Trees... And on no side of her a visible path. "Now this was a smart move Joliette" she berated herself "Real smart... You don't know this island, you barely know anything past the village and the beaches..." She caps her camera and turns in circles her second bad desicion of the day as it only wound up disorientating her further and she no longer had any idea what direction was the one she had come from. "Well I guess you got your solitude Joliette... So much solitude that you are stuck..." She didn't know what to do, she didn't have wilderness survival training, she'd certainly never taken part in any Girl Guides programs.
"What to do what to do" she mumbles to herself still turning circles and soon getting herself rather dizzy. With a shake of her head she sat down leaning against a nearby tree and closed her eyes. She decided best thing she could do was stay put... maybe just maybe someone would notice her missing... maybe...
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 11:53 pm
Mistakes Mistakes Sabin Duvert Sabin had indeed gotten quite the hearty laugh at seeing his little plan come to fruit when Joliette had taken the bait and used the swimsuit. IN the presence of one of the other islanders no less. Things were going quite ... swimmingly, he thought. However, most regretably, things were nearing the end at keeping Joliette guessing as to whether or not he was being malicious or benefitial. He could see the anger and the frustration, and had kept that little image to himself as he had been relieved of his shift duty. In fact, he had wandered back by the monitering room to check up on things... to find Joliette on the moniters - pretty close to the middle of the jungle, looking around quite frightened. A devious smile crept its way onto his lips and he stole out of the room wordlessly, leaving the technician looking after him with unanswered questions. Something had been changing with Sabin the longer he was here... the longer he was able to indulge himself without listening to the morals that he did have, the conscience that was being swept along in this foul exeperiment. While Sabin did undoubtedly get a delight from the idea - and hadn't slowed in his research to perfect the serum that he had always been intersted in... the appeal of the island was slowly shifting from that of wonder and amazement at the concept of melding a human with animal features - something that in his youth he would have frankly been envious of.... to something more sinister. He hardly ever saw Moreau anymore, they were both doing their own things, and without any other verbal reprimands - which when they did come, Sabin was even less intimidated. He had barely gotten a slap on the wrist for mixing in the bird DNA with Cassidy's serum. As he walked, alone, out of the laboratory building and towards the jungle, he wasnt' clothed in the frivolous gaudy islandwear that Sabin secretly DID indeed have some inkling as to its garishness but delighted in it nonetheless. Now he was clothed in dark clothes. The only white aside from his hair the undershirt that rested below a vest, and over dark slacks and shoes. A tophat shaded his white hair before the dense foliage of the jungle's shadows covered that. He took sure steps, knowing the jungles from the moniters and maps... and his own independent forays into the "wild" on a few occasions prior. As he neared his 'prey', he slowed, his steps becoming silent. A toothy smile crept its way onto his face, and his eyes narrowed. He could tell she was close... and frightened, he saw through the gaps in the foliage, her eyes closed against the tree. A deep, gloating chuckle carried itself into Joliette's ears. The jungle, in its lovely disorienting status that her frenzied run had led her to, made it difficult to immediately pinpoint the source. Joliette Rigiel Joliette's eyes snapped open hearing hte chuckle, she pushed herself up the tree, her eyes searchign the foliage around her for the source, not only now did she find herself completely lost she was accompanied by somone who seemed to find her situation amusing "Allo" she said feeling defensive and rather nervous Sabin Duvert "You seem to have succeeded in getting yourself quite lost, my dear." A voice spoke with a predatory smile that could be heard in the mocking, velvety words. A figure seemed to step out of the shadows of the trees, the brim of the tophat shading his eyes, leaving only the smirking smile on his face visable. His arms were crossed, and his steps quiet. Joliette Rigiel The white hair, the french accent... There couldn't possibly be two people on the isle that fit THAT description, her face turned to a scowl "Yes Duvert, I have, and I am not your dear!" she said solidly becoming even more defensive, enough so that if he came close she intended to try and use her skills on him Sabin Duvert Sabin didn't approach any further, but lifted his head with a widening grin at the recognition. "No fooling you." There was no surprise in his voice, only a note of condensension. "And you can be my whatever I like. Deer, salamander... slug...." He whet his lips, the smirk staying firmly where it was. Joliette Rigiel "There cannot be two people on this island with white hair and a french accent combined, I know I certainly have not found any" her distaste was very evident in her voice, her hands held in a way that was a typical defence stance, she didn't trust him, not as far as she could have thrown her yacht Sabin Duvert He looked at her raised fists and laughed outright. "What... you think I'm going to attack you or something? If I wanted to outright hurt you, there would be plenty of easier ways to do it." He snorted derisively. "Besides, mon petite, you would hardly be a challenge if I did decide to do so." He waved his hand. "But that is not the point. You appear to have done a marvelous job of, in all your pointless fury, gotten yourself lost in the big scary woods." Joliette Rigiel Joliette glared at him "Whats your point, you've done nothing but torment me since I got here"she moved just a bit away from teh tree, which in turn considering her perdicament brought her a bit closer to him. Every muscle in her body twitching to hit him or kick him or something for everything he'd done to her Sabin Duvert His eyes were not the smiling eyes that she may have remembered from her first encounter with him, and the last face to face one she had had, but narrow, sharp eyes that seemed to train on her every movement. He turned ever so slightly as she approached, careful to keep her fully in his vision. He moved smoothly, like a predator. "My point is.... I can lead you out if you like...." The smile quirked up. Joliette Rigiel "I would not trust you to lead me out, nothing you have done has earned my trust" she watched him ... to do what she wanted to do soooo bad or not... that was the question "Just as much as I do not trust that you haven't given me something that goes completely against what you know I practise" she didn't want to outright say it, that she believed he'dd given her something that was NOT a vegan Sabin Duvert Sabin shrugged eloquently. "Well. I would say that anything I would have given you would be by definition alone. It is against most humans' natures to ... listen to the beast within. Live off only what food one can procure onesself... be it grazing from the world around them, or taken with tooth and claw. To run about on all fours, too ... literally be an animal. Many of the Islanders may not have realized the full... extent.. to what that means. No matter how 'happy' or 'fluffy' their selection." He stretched his arms up, threading his fingers together, and a few pops were heard. "Buuut... if you don't need my assistance. Then I can leave you to find your own way out." He smirked again. Joliette Rigiel Oooo too damned cocky, she looked up at him anger and hatred and loathing in her eyes "You gormless arse" she said spitting out her words she did something she wouldn't usually have considering he had not yet attacked her in a physical manner... she attempted to get him with a punch, quick and well what she believed was hard since it was just as strong as had knocked her sensei down. She didn't care exactly where it would land, but she tried for one of hte sensitive areas of hte body according to her knowledge Sabin Duvert The corner of Sabin's mouth was quirking up again as she called him cocky. Unfortunately, by gloating at the insult he proved her right, letting himself offguard for a moment too long - her too close already - as he saw her fist swinging for him too late to verbally stop her. Sabin was never the fastest on his feet, and so tried to block it with no real technique behind it. However, by the time his arm caught hers, her fist had almost connected, and so all he did was deflect her punch a few inches below the solar-plexus shot that she had almost hit. He still doubled over as the wind came forcefully from his chest. However, after that his eyes snapped up at her, flashing in anger, a snarl touched his lips and a deep growl was under his breath. Joliette only had time to wonder if perhaps Sabin might be sneaking some of the serums himself when his breath, caught long enough to spit a "Subject Rigiel SLEEP!" Joliette Rigiel She smiled in triumph seeing the wind knocked out of him, and was about to bring a kick around at him when the words escaped his lips and she crumpled to the ground Sabin Duvert Sabin angrilly stood over her prone form, catching his breath, letting loose an angrilly mumbled string of French curses himself. He shouldn't have let her hit him. He was clumsy. He shook his head irritably, and was about to turn and stalk off when he paused.... and turned around and looked at her body... and smiiiirked. He knew the inhibitor would keep her out for at least a good two hours. Which was plenty of time. He scooped her up, carrying her easily back towards the village. Sabin would keep his promise regardless of whether or not she had actually taken him up on it. He'd take her back to the village. . . . Sabin smiled as he shut the heavy metal door, being careful not to lock it from the outside. He was cruel... but he didn't want the girl to... die or anything. Brushing off his hands and pleased with his handiwork, he headed back to the labs, whistling a strange song. Joliette, meanwhile, had had two of the large hooks caught under each side of her jacket-vest, so as to distribute the weight and not stress the clothing to the point of ripping. She hung, between two large halves of pig, in the meat locker.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:06 am
Unexpected Hero Joliette Rigiel Joliette came to with a groan an hour or so later and an intake of air, the scent... it caught her WAY off guard. she moved, thats when she noticed her feet were NOT on teh ground and she most certainly wasn't laying on anything. She opened her eyes and looked around groggily.. it was mostly dark.. save for the redlight in the room.. Meat, dead animals, slaughtered and hanging ready to be butchered... It was like waking up in her nightmare... After a moment of shock she let out an earpiercing scream kicking her feet in an attempt to get down, that attempt was failing, she was stuck good on those hooks Colche One of her little adventures, she liked having them and they always led her some where new. Today she had wandered around the cafeteria to find out what was back there only to hear a scream. She stopped the fur on her neck standing on end as she heard it. For a moment she thought she was screaming, she thought this must be another dream, until she heard it again and her big blue eyes found the door to the meat storage. Tilting her head she pulled hard at the door and peeped in. Her breath came in cool plumes as she looked around. the meat didn't frighten her, perhaps it should have but she simply licked her lips, the scent, to her, was intoxicating, she felt the need to run and capture something but her curiousity hadn't called her here for the meat it had yelled at her about the scream "hulo?" she calls, still only peering in to the cold darkness, she didn't want to go in there unless she had to, it reminded her of the dark place she had come from. She shivers waiting for a reply, whow as in here? Joliette Rigiel Joliette was still kicking her feet twisting and turning her body as much as she could, the khakhi vest however was of very good quality and was not giving "Help me!" she called out hearing the voice, she was feeling very sick, and she honestly didn't care who it was so long as it was not Sabin "Please... get me down!" her voice was carried from deeper in the room where she was hanging between two halves of pig Colche Colche's ears perked up and she looked at the door, pushing it open as far as she could. In a moment of perhaps ehr most intelectual appyphany she placed a stone against the door to hold it open so that the meat filled room flooded with the daylight. Her tail twitched and swallowing hard, swallowing her fear of the strange room she entered, weaving between the carcasses of the beasts around her. at last she found poor Joliette hanging by her shirt from a hook. Looking up, she almost looked like she was going to giggle about it, it looked comical, but the sound of Joliettes voice was so frightened. Her brow wrinkled and she bit her tongue, what was she to do? Joliette obviously didn't wnat to be up theer but how the heck was she to get her down? Joliette Rigiel Joliette blinked at hte sudden extra light, and more then making the situation better it made it worse, as she saw more carcasses around her, she turned her head looking a the figure coming in "Colche! Please help.. Please help me get down" her voice sounded not only desperate but it was catching, her cheeks a rosy pink from the coldness of hanging there for an hour Colche Colche pouted her brow creasing as she walked around Joliette, she was really stumpped. She couldn't reach the hook and neither could she lift Joliette off it. Her ears flattened and she bit her tongue trying to think. She smiled suddenly "stand on" she stated, bending a little to stand underneath Joliette. She doubted she could hold Joliette for very long but maybe it would be long enough for her to get herself un hooked, it was the only thing she could think of bar running for somoneone to help, but who was awake at this time of day? They probably wouldn't appreciate the wake up call. Joliette Rigiel Joliette was willing to try anything and before putting her weight on Colche she reached to the hooks above her shoulders . Biting her lip she put her weight down, she wasn't a heavy person weighing barely more then 120 pounds, she hoped Colche could hold her long enough to get down. she wriggled and squirmed the hooks eventually getting them far enough that tips just ripped the edge of hte fabric and she dangled by her hands instead Colche Colche wasn't a particularily strong person but she did manage to hold Joliette long enough for ehr to hear the rip. She moved then and looked up at the even smaller than herself female with agrin "cold" she stated simply, waiting for Joliette to let go, she was worried but she was rpetty sure the sun would cheer Joliette up, at least she was unhooked now of that she was pretty sure. Waiting paitently for Joliette to drop to the ground she peered about at the meat carcasses, the deep want to chase something and kill it bit at her subconcious with the scent of the meat filling her sensitive nostrils. A shiver ran down her spine though looking at the cold concrete walls, she was ready to get out of here. Joliette Rigiel Joliette let go and dropped lightly to her feet soon as Colche was out the way, she did not pause, she didn't say anything in fact. She ran fromt eh room as fast as she could one hand on her mouth. She looked around desperately for a bucket, a pail a trashbin, but nothing was close enough as she landed on her knees and lost the contents of her stomach. Tears rolling down her face as she did. She knew she had to thank Colche ... soon as she came out Colche Colche gave one more shiver following after Joliette she closed the door to the cold room. Though it smelt good in there it was a scary place. If she knew what haunted was she probably would put it down to ghosts, of course she didn't so she simply linked it with her past instead. At last with the door closed she turned to find Joliette in a state. She pouted again and padded up to her, ber big blue innocent eyes filled with worry "Joliette?" she said simply putting her clawed fingers on the girls shoulder "cafeteria" she said holding her hand out to help the girl up. some how she registered that the girl needed water and to relax and the best place for both of those thinngs was the cafeteria as you couldn't drink the water at the beach. Joliette Rigiel Joliette took a couple breaths then looked up at Colche looking a lil pale "Thankyou Colche" she says quietly then reached and took the hand that was offered to her and got up. The other part of the cafeteria did indeed sound like a welcome place Colche Colche smiled lightly leading Joliette. This was probably the first time in her life where she was helping somone else instead of the other way around. Pushing the door to the cafeteria open she acctually sat Joliette down before fetching her a cool bottle of water. She was tempted to pick up a slice of chocolate cake too but then , joliette didn't like chocolate cake. She went for a peice of apple pie instead padding back to the table and setting the food and water down before the other girl before she sat, cross legged infront of joliette with a slightly worried smile. She wanted to ask if joliette was okay but she didn't have the words to state thequestion so seh simply sat and waited for the other top speak instead. Joliette Rigiel "I can't thankyou enough Colche" she says softly taking the bottle of water in her hands and opening it downing it, the smell of hte pie overpowering hte remainging scent of meat "That... was like waking up in my worse nightmare" she says not sure if the girl would understand. After a further moment she picked up a fork and dug into the pie Colche had so kindly gotten for her Colche "Nightmare?" Colche shivered, she knew what they were and though they didn't involve slabs of meat hanging from a ceiling they did involve cold dark places "Nightmares scary, Mr.Kong an chubbs make go away" she nods softly her big blue eyes smiling now, she was glad that Joliette was okay, she wouldn't wish nightmares on anyone. Joliette Rigiel Joliette smiled weakly she remembered Chubbs telling her he had given the 'Mr Kong' to Colche she wasn't sure what it was but that was besides the point. "Yes, Something from my past.. It is why I dont eat meat" she tried to explain. Colche Colche looked thoughtful, she ate pretty much anything, it too was because of her past, she ate whet ever was put in front of her for fear of never getting another meal. She botes her tongue, her usual habbit when she went in to deep thought "Colche, eat, all, incase" she blinked a few times, yes that was the word "incase no, food" she nodded an affirmative, having been starved and starving in the past she never gave up the chance to eat something, anything, what ever there was to munch. Joliette Rigiel "Somehow I dont think you will ever have that problem here Colche" she replied softly with a nod and finished off the pie then finished hte water, then she noticed her clothing still stunk.. not to mention her hair "Colche, I think I need to go take a bath..Thankyou again" she says before standing Colche Colche smiles and waves "byebye" she smiles and slips from her chair heading for the self service bar it was about time for something to eat, watching joliette eat that pie had opend up a space to shovel something in to. Joliette Rigiel Joliette deposited the dishes where they needed to go, pausing in the door to look back at the girl, she wasn't sure if she really truely did know how much she appreciated her help.. She smiled softly and then turned leaving and heading to #27
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:33 pm
Friendship Matters Joliette Rigiel Wearing her Gi due to not only everything else spinning circles in teh washer and wanting to be covered completely Joliette looks at hte duplexes and then after a few minutes of thinking heads to Hargun's. She seriously did not want to be alone just then, her mind was playing over and over again the look the git had when he was doubled over for lack of air the look on his face and then his words. After a moment's hesitation she knocked... Hargun Aikason Hargun sat up, having just flipped through her sketchbook for the uhmth time. She lost count when she suddenly decided to look through it in previous days before. It was rather unusual to get company, considering she was almost always outside, if not sleeping for a long time of the day or mopeing around. "Uh, hold on please.." she said and tidied up around a little. The place was most definately a mess. After straightening out the wrinkles on her just sat on bed, it becomming pretty easy to do with her webbed arms now,she turned to the door and struggled getting open with both hands. Glad to see it was Joliette, (and not the small thought of a staff member happening to be there), she smiled. "Heya, Joliette!" Joliette Rigiel "Allo Hargun" Joliette looked up at the bat-girl whom she'd come to consider a friend and gave a weak smile "Hope you don't mind me just... dropping by" she said quietly, Joliette wasn't usually as quiet as she was right then Hargun Aikason Hargun nodded and gestured for her to come inside, the change of light was starting to bother her eyes. "Oh, no not at all. I just hope you dont mind my dark, messy room.." she said and stepped out of the doorway to let Joliette in, and to get out of the brightness. Everytime she went out she had her sunglasses handy but she never wore them inside her duplex. "And... is there something wrong?" she asked. Joliette Rigiel "Darkness is fine, I'm used to it from the darkroom"Joliette said stepping into Hargun's messy duplex but saying nothing about hte mess as she moved a little aside to sit on a chair "I just had a really bad day yesterday" she says with a nod "I made one bad choice after another" Hargun Aikason Hargun shut the door as soon as she could when Joliette was in, but not slamming it. She did a little more cleaning... as much as she could at least while Joliette talked, then walked over and sat indian-style on her bed. "A bad day?" she pondered. Maybe she got in an argument with another islander? "Well you couldnt have possibly done something... -that- bad.." she added, a bit confused, worried, and curious all at once. Joliette Rigiel "Lets see" she began ticking of things on her fingers "Trusted clothing the git sent me, had them disintigrate from me in the ocean with Chubbs right in front of me, went to calm in teh jungle and got lost, punched sabin, woke up in the cafeteria's meat locker... I think that sums it up" she pulled her legs close and wrapped her arms around them Hargun Aikason Hargun tried to follow, a bit confused in the first part until she mentioned Sabin. "Wait, the uh.. 'git' was Sabin?" she asked and looked thoughtfully. "WOAH. And.. and you PUNCHED him? Then.. wound up.. somewhere else?" she looked around rather desprately. "You mean to tell me he used that sleeping thing??! HE can use it too? And... AND you havent had any changes yet." "I thought that a., only Moreau could do that, and b., he could only do it to us after weve changed." she brought up. This was something well needed to be dwelled on. Something told her it wasnt something they fed them.. because almost everything she ate now consisted of NATURAL bugs... apart from teh chocolate ants and candy cockroaches. It couldnt have anything to do with the liquid serum either.. She stopped sputtering and scooted towards the edge of her bed to pat Joliette on the shoulder. "Hey.. sorry that all happened. Exspecially to you." Joliette Rigiel Joliette nodded "He came and found me in teh jungle, dont ask me how he found me, but he did, and he got all cocky with me so I .." she moved her fist in a slow motion punch "Got him just below the solar plexus.. knocked the wind out of him, was just about to kick him too when I heard 'subject Rigiel SLEEP'... next thing I know I'm waking up hanging from a pair of meathooks and feeling like I woke up in the middle of my worst nightmare" she shivered Hargun Aikason Hargun made a wierd spazzing at the words 'Subject Rigiel Sleep'. It was like the ultimate swear word above all swear words. "Well, they know everything that we do.. theyve got the place wired. Me and Amaya were making faces and uh.. gestures at random walls in the laundry room the other day. But the thing is, nobody knows exactly where theyre at." She gave a sympathetic look. "Well that sucks.. ending up in such a place. Specially since.. you dont do.. meat.." she said. Trying to brighten things up, she grinned. "Well at least you got a hit at him. As the Dude said, 'little victories.'" That would be THE best motto..Joliette Rigiel "Hargun you should have seen the expression on his face when I knocked the air out of him... Mind you it was followed by one of hte most evil looks I've ever seen.. like maybe he's taking some serum himself for some messed up reason... though I dont see why he would... I think he tried to hint at me what he is making me become, but he didn't tell me" She sighed "Little victories... I wish they were big ones" Hargun Aikason "Wish I could see it." she laughed. Although she longed to get a look at Moreau's face when she was socked in the jaw.. or at least of the bruise left behind. Still, Sabin was disturbing to her in the first place just being at the party. His sense of happiness was all that she needed to not trust him. "I wouldnt doubt it. Moreau's probably the only person here who would be so selfish as to not give himself one. And his advocates most likely have gotten maybe a trait of some sort, if it wouldnt be a whole animal." she sighed. "Add em all up and they could be big. But now that I think about it, the more they mess with us; the more people they bring, the more we change, we are slowly becomming stronger as a whole. One day we'll overthrow them. One day we'll get off this island, regardless of the cancer and freak show 's**t' they seem to always warn us about." She laughed uneasily. "Oh god, listen to me.. I sound like a war hero or something like that..." Joliette Rigiel Joliette nods "I hope not to loose that image in my mind, if I had been a split second earlier perhaps I coulda gotten him more before he said those words... I hope we do get off this island, before it's too late" Hargun Aikason Hargun frowned. "Its already 'too late' for me, if you mean changes. Otherwise we have no idea what will totally become of this experiment." she said and stretched, flopping backwards on her bed. "But indeed, i hope we get off the island." she stated and looked around her ceiling.. hopelessly of course, for any cameras. No luck. Joliette Rigiel "Sorry I meant for all of us as a whole, maybe there is someone out there that can reverse this when it's not complete" Joliette tried desperately to sound hopeful Hargun Aikason Hargun shook her head and tried not to sound negative. "I seriously doubt theres another out there as crazy but brilliant as Moreau. And if there is, then there you have it. We'll just go through the same thing only into humans. And not every experiment goes straight.. we might end up with extra limbs or something.." she said waving her hands and making a psychotic face. "But I shouldnt talk like that. Hopefully we'll be lucky to find someone to help. But until then, I will never visit another doctor for as long as I live.." she shuddered. Joliette Rigiel Joliette couldn't help but chuckle softly at her expression , it was just about as silly as the 'pose' she gave her for the camera when Joliette had first arrived 3 weeks previous. "All we can do is hope I guess" she agreed and nodded unhappily Hargun Aikason "Yep. Hopes pretty much all we got left, side for each other." she said and sat up again. "So.. uh, havent met any new people yet have you?" she asked, and began to recall revealing the truth to Kim. It wasnt as hard as she expected it would be; the girl didnt scream, freak, or puke.. pass out.. nothing. She did seem to look a bit ill though. Joliette Rigiel "After Chubbs I met a curly haired girl named Chana and a gothy looking lady named Ray, Ray I told, she didn't believe me, I dropped hints at hte other one but she got VERY defensive when I asked what brought her here, she thinks she's in a camp for persons with mental disabilities" she ssighs "I think I'll avoid telling anyone directly after Ray's reaction" Hargun Aikason "Ugh.. TWO?" she exclaimed, pretty suprised. "And neither really believed you huh.." She made that thoughtfull face again. "I met a girl named Kim and we talked while reading with Colche. As soon as the little squirt fell asleep, Kim began to ask me what all was going on, and I told her the truth. Took it suprisingly well compared to what Ive seen.." She sighed. "I may have taken my chances telling her, but Im just worried Ill run across a person who wont take it well." she made a quirky laugh. "Have you seen any of that.. uh.. priest guy that I keep bumping into? He met with me Greer and Amaya and thought we were DEMONS." Joliette Rigiel "Father Young, yeah I met him oncehe seemed in shock and got led off. They certainly bringing people from all walks of life here" she sighed and looked up at the ceiling "I wish they'd stop" Hargun Aikason Hargun snorted. "Moreaus a b*****d. Wouldnt even consider to stop taking in people." she murmered. "And any of his little staff members, er.. maybe except for Aubrey... would be right behind him in picking and taking as many people as they could." She got off the bed and wlked towards the bathroom. "Eh, scuse me for a moment." Joliette Rigiel Joliette nodded her agreement "Okay" she said closing her eyes and resting her chin on her knees waiting for her to return, her mind going over everything that had happened Hargun Aikason Hargun returned, after the sound of flushing and sink water running. Yes, she had troubles going potty now, but she invented a working.. system. She came back, the membranes in her fingers were rather droopy and damp from washing. "So anyways.." she began, taking her seat back on the bed. "Do you want some sort of bodyguard to follow you around now, with that Sabin constantly seeming to get at you?" she said jokingly. Joliette Rigiel Joliette giggled "I think as long as I stay out of the jungle he can't jump me so easily, but you better believe I'm not trusting much he sends me anymore" Hargun Aikason Hargun smiled. "I wouldnt be able to go out period if I got in as much trouble with him as you did." She laughed at her second remark. "Aha! I dont blame you. I dont think Id take -anything- from the staff. Thats also why Ive absolutely NEVER used the intercom.." Joliette Rigiel Joliette chuckled "Yeah, it seems like he has it in for me..." she sighed and stratched her legs "I tried once, Ambrose told me to, I got the darkroom stuff ok... after it was delivered to the wrong person of course, but my need for more clothing has been a futile effort, I'm gonna be stuck with 3 outfits and m Gi the whole time I'm here at this rate" Hargun Aikason Hargun sneered playfully. "Maybe he just really likes you.." she then laughed hysterically and flinched like mad. "Phew.. but anyways, if you want I can give you some of my clothes. Some of them er... dont quite fit anymore, and I dont wear some of them anyways.." she walked over to one of her dressers and began to rummage through it. Joliette Rigiel "Ew... no thanks, I wouldn't go out with him if he was the last being on earth" she put her feet down and watched hargun rummaging through her drawers "You know I think I'd really appreciate that" she smiled truely for the first time that day Hargun Aikason Hargun tossed several articles that looked like they hadnt even been worn, a few blouses, one or two t-shirts, a few shorts, a skirt she never even took the tag off, and a pair of pants. "Heh.. but he controls your fate yah know.." she couldnt help but grin widely again. "Maybe if you kiss up to him enough he'll change your serum or give you an andidote- OKAY ILL STOP!" She gathered all the clothes up like a pile of leaves and shoved it towards Joliette. "Alrighty, you can pick out what you like, what you dont like.. and erm.. you can keep it all." Joliette Rigiel Joliette laughed "How much clothing did you think you were going to need here Hargun?" she said as the pile was dropped into her lap. She'd watched Hargun pull it out and she hadn't seen anything she would object to "Thankyou" for the first time in over a day she felt happy Hargun Aikason Hargun rolled her eyes. "Im a teenage female, what would you expect?" She smiled and waved her hand slightly as if brushing the air off. "Oh, it was nothing.. really. Judging by the rate my body has been changing I doubt Id ever actually get those on." she went back over to the drawer and stuffed anything that managed to stick out back in, and shoved the drawer shut, it overfilled with a sleeve hanging out the side. "Remember if you ever need anything youve got US around. The staff are just here to mommy us and babysit us. And.. uh torture us." she smiled weakly at the last one. Joliette Rigiel Joliette laughed folding hte clothing in her lap "a typical teenager, lots and lots of clothing and most of it not folded" she teased "Chubbs offered me stuff to make clothing out of, but I'd need a sewing machine and the how-to to do it. I wont be asking staff for anything more besides mybe chemicals film and film paper from now on out, thats hte only thing they've gotten correct with no real tricks besides delivering it to the wrong place" she sighed "And torment, aren't we lucky" she added sarcastically Hargun Aikason "Oh, indeed yes. Torment is the key to happiness." she laughed. "Eh.. I dont know crap about sewing, and I wouldnt be able to help you anyways if I tried." she said, and swayed a bit. "Whose place did they deliver to? Im just curious.." Joliette Rigiel Joliette chuckled leaning on the pile of clothing on her lap "To Jamal's dublex, number 7 I beleive... clear across the village from mine, Jamal knows nothing about what any of it is either" Hargun Aikason Hargun raised an eyebrow. "Jamal? I just met him the other day at the entertainment room. Seemed like a pretty nice guy. He's been here for too long though. I wouldve expected his first change by now.." she said then drifted into thought. Im suprised Joliette hasnt begun to change either.. shouldnt be too long now though..Joliette Rigiel "He's nice, definetaly, I met him a few days after I got here, he just knows nothing about photo development. He helped me move it all over tot he darkroom save for the sink.. I gave him all the bubble wrap" she chuckled softly. She sighed at hte talk of change "The git says that none of the islanders know to full extent what it means to live off only what food one can get themselves either grazing from the world around us, or taken with by hunting. To run about on all fours, to literally be an animal. He said something like that but much more fancy-like when I told him I didn't trust that he wasn't turning me into something that goes completely against my style of life... That kinda scares me... ok more then a little kinda" she visably shivers Hargun Aikason Hargun blinked a few times. Sounded like a heartless being working for Moreau. Most definately. "Im sure what he was leading to was defiantely not good.. and that REALLY does scare me too. I mean look at me! To be content I just have to eat a little cafeteria food and.. the little crawling insects on the island.. just think when we change all the way.. thats all I'll depend on. And those of us who become full hunters? We'll... you dont think we'll hunt EACH OTHER do you?" It was frightening, and made her worry since she wasnt exactly the top of the food chain. Certainly nobody here would really eat a live bat unless they found the bat dead right? And nobody was turning into insects yet from what she knew, so it wouldnt be a problem worrying about eating friends.. yet. Joliette Rigiel "You know it's really hard to tell, I mean we have both predators and non predators here, if the dna changes effect our behavioural sequences as well it is very possible that we'd have to fight off the urge to hunt one another" she sighs Hargun Aikason "Yea. And I havent lost any of my human ideas and thoughts yet.. just gained bat-like nature." she said looking up. That was the truth though.. she hadnt yet felt as if shed lost something.. er.. other than her arms. But mentally she was still there. Heck, she felt as if she were getting brighter every DAY. She began to snicker a bit. "What..if.. when we changed all the way.. those of us in relationships would end up breeding with the other animal." she laughed hysterically now and was flinching again.. typical when she made weird remarks. Joliette Rigiel Joliette chuckled "We'd wind up with an island of hybrids" she says amuzed at such a thought "I couldn't imagine what some would look like" Hargun Aikason "Ew yea.. hey what about a Greer and Ambrose huh?" she grinned. "A wolf-hawk thing. Just like those that furrie-addicts draw a lot." True, this was inappropriate but entertaining none the less. "Or.. or an Amaya crossed with the Dude. Sea lion lizard!" she smacked her face with her hand and tried to catch her breath from laughing. "Or a me with an Ian. Although I think Ive already got horns already.. that kinda.. creeps me out now that I think hard on it." Joliette Rigiel Joliette laughs and puts the clothing down beside of her "Oh that would so have an intersting appearance" she shakes her head "There would be seriously weird looking creatures here" she eyes her friends horns "What do you think is up with them, like, you are a bat.. I've not heard of bats with horns..." Hargun Aikason Hargun nodded. "Yea I dont know any either! Like Ive probably mentioned, some islanders have discovered awkward things going on besides their initial changes. Like Cass's feathers. I havent seen them yet but, I can believe shes sprouting them." She tapped her foot and began to pace. "While I was in the entertainment room with Jamal we looked at a bunch of books, and I came across one about horned animals. After looking through we thought they most resemble bull horns but we're not sure." She then glared at the intercom. "And theres no way in hell Im calling the staff up to ask. Id rather find out on my own." Joliette Rigiel "I have not yet met Cass" Joliette admitted "Small as this village is I dont think I've run into half the people here" she looks at her friend "I know how you feel about the intercom... believe me I've used it once... I'll never use it again" Hargun Aikason "I guess I should try and introduce you to some people sometime.. although I only have a few -close- freinds so I dont think I should bother everyone I know." She continued to pace. "We thought of using it to prank call the staff but, now that we know about the sleep thing, and after considering they could take the intercom away and leave us helpless during emergencies, we decided not to." Although I dare myself everyday to go over there and call them up. Just to bother them once.Joliette Rigiel Joliette nods "i'll run into her eventually, can't not meet everyone eventually if we are going to be here for the rest of our... lives" she bites her lip "They probably have a way to know who is on the intercom no matter what, I walked into my duplex once and minute later the git's voice came through to tell me the darkroom stuff would be there on a certain day" Hargun Aikason "Probably with the cameras and all. And Im almost certain theyve got Caller I.D.s of sorts. Probably with everything about us so they can dig into our minds or something. I dunno. They can probably brain wash you if ou hold the reciever to your ear" she said snorting and sat back on her bed. "Forgive me if I fall asleep while we talk. This is around the time I sleep.. then Im out and about again." Joliette Rigiel Joliette chuckles at Harguns final words "I'm gonna let you sleep, I have to go switch my clothing to the drier anyways... Thankyou for the clothing" She says with a smile getting up and scooping up the clothing Hargun Aikason "Ah okay. Thanks Joliette. I'll see you-" this was interupted by an unusual long yawn- "Later. Hope the clothes fit nice." She waved from her bed and leaned back against her pillow. while watching Joliette collect her things. Joliette Rigiel "Better then anything hte staff provided... sleep well, I'll talk to you soon yes?" she stopped by hte door before going out Hargun Aikason Hargun turned to her side away from the door, just to keep from staring at the light. "See yah Joliette!" she said, and waved a final time before falling silent. Joliette Rigiel "Later Hargun" she says ad slips out the door careful to close it tightly and disappears off towards the town hall
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 10:41 pm
A Pair of... Hyenas?(AIM RP Log) "Ugh. Blast you, radiation." Em said, growling under her breath. She'd been walking down the line of duplexes when the sun came out from behind a cloud, piercing her vision with a band of intensity that left her reeling. Not a small part of her wished that she'd not convinced herself that she shouldn't be a hermit, and to take her first excursion out into the world of 3-D people for days. After all, being blinded wasn't quite what she considered 're-entering society'. So she quickened her step, one hand cupped over her brow, and made her way to the fuzzy figure that was making its way into the community center. She could see only that whoever it was carried something... and she hoped with all her might that it wasn't Ambrose. ...Or Angelina. Her hesitation came through in her gait, which slowed, cautious as she made the last few steps to the figure. Only when she was almost right to the side of her, did she recognize Joli through the glare. "Oh, Joli. Seems we're always running into each other these days."
Joli had been preoccupied thinking about her conversation with Hargun and the voice came slightly as a surprise, turning she saw the female she'd met twice before "Allo Emelyn, yeah we do, though not literally luckily" she chuckles "Least I can see you better this time though" she shifts the pile of clothing in her arms
The space between Emelyn's eyes furrowed into thin lines of thought, but then eased as the realization clicked. "Oh, the night. I still forget that others don't have nightvision. ...I've found it relatively useful." She looked at the laundry, and eased a helpful smile onto her face. "Would you like some help with that pile? It looks a little awkward. ...Perhaps you'll get some nightvision," she said then, segueing as the thought jumped back into her head.
"Help would be lovely, Thankyou, Hargun was kind enough to give me some clothing she had outgrown, I've come not to trust a single thing that the staff send me" she replies turning more towards Emelyn so she could pull some from the pile "I'd rather stay the way I am right now... though I know if feral labs has anything to say about it I won't"
"True," Em said, taking half of the clothes from Joliette's possession, and walking with her, matching her pace. "But I think you'll find... that if it does come to a change, you'll be able to deal with it better than you might think." She wanted to say more, but held her tongue. Somehow, playing the 'reality check' had been... more than tiring- heartbreaking, really. Instead, she brought the conversation back to something Joli had said. "What, is something wrong with the clothes the staff gave you? The clothes they gave me were all perfectly acceptable."
"The git.." she spat the word nearly "sent me clothes that /looked/ fine.. But they dissolved in water, ones before that i would never ever where, leather and slags cloths mostly" she sighs "I've never been so very embarrassed in my entire life!"
"In... in the water? Dissolved? Oh my..." she almost dropped the clothes in her clutches. "Are you serious?"
"Completely... ask Chubbs, I was at hte beach wearing the swimsuit when I learned it" she bit her lip her ears turning red
"Chubbs? ...I've not met anyone by that name. He must be new," she summarily dismissed, trying not to laugh- or drop her jaw- at the absolutely mortifying prank. "What in the world did you do? How did you get back to your duplex?"
"Chubbs lent me his shirt, he's the red-haired big ol teddybear of a guy who lives in 25. And then I went for a walk in the jungle... and smart me got lost" she pushes open the door of the hall with her back
"Oh my god, that's... absolutely crazy. You poor thing. ...Man, whatever did you do to piss Sabin off like that?"
"Uhm could be I'm vegan, and he seemed to hate that idea the time I met him... or it could be I shredded up his 'script' and sent it back to him.... Either way He seems to have it out for me... he's the one who came after me in the jungle... he may have had the last laugh in that encounter... but I got one too" she grins suddenly
"Script? And oh, you so have to tell me about this last laugh thing," Em said, hungry for this almost soap-opera of happenings that kept her mind fully off of any problems she had in her own life.
"When I first got here he had me convinced this was a movie set" she explains "He even gave me a script for the 'movie'... After I found out the truth and it set in I had a screaming fit and tore it into shreds" she chuckled "And mailed it him... as for the laughs.. Well..." she walks into the laundry room and puts the pile on a table "He got a lil cocky with me out there. I don't know if you know but I have a black belt in martial arts.. so uh I punched him" she did a slow motion of her move "Caught him just below the solar plexus... knocked the wind right out of him" she sighed her smile slipping "And then he put me to sleep"
"Oh..." Em said, following her a step behind into the laundry room, and easing herself up onto one of the low-slung washers, "I'm sorry that happened. ...I've seen it happen before." She didn't want to say anything more about the situation, however, the security cameras fresh on her mind. And if she still wanted Moreau to feel that she was on his side... he couldn't have any footage on her speaking badly about him- or showing any doubt about his 'master plan'. So she hoped Joliette could understand why she was suddenly quieter than usual.
"Yeah, wasn't fun, especially waking in the meat locker, luckily Colche was nearby when I woke," Joliette noted her quietness "Going to sleep, it was just like what you mentioned about Dude... 'Subject Rigiel Sleep' he said " She turned to grab her clothing from a washer to move it to a dryer
"Colche must have been confused," was all Em could think of to say that was still 'safe', pulling what she knew of the girl to memory. "At least you're okay, though."
"Yes a lil I think, she helped me down, oh well... I really don't want to think about it, I threw up after it and I don't wish to repeat that... " she smiled softly "What have you been doing besides climbing mountains?"
Em thumped the front of the machine with her heels, and pounded her palm on the edge of the washer softly, just to hear the muffled, metallic resonation. "Well.... I've been playing the hermit, actually. Today is the first time I've been outside in a while." Her eyes darted to the corners, wondering where the cameras were, and hoping that no one would review this and wonder what she'd been doing up on the mountain.
"Hermit? You don't seem like a hermit to me, just don't strike me as that kinda person" Joli put her hands on the edge of a dryer and hopped up on it and sat down
Em smiled, tilting her head down to look at the tile floor, her eyes following the grout automatically. "Thanks," Em said, kicking the machine again with a gentle prod of her boot heel, "I'd like to think you're right. But I tend to lock myself away after I find I have to..." she tore her eyes away from the tile, and looked up at Joliette from her drier perch, "cope with anything emotional. ...Ambrose. I don't know if you've met Ambrose yet, but we were... sort of a little.... well, a thing." She took a deep breath, and widened her eyes for a moment before letting them go back to their normal size. "And then, as will always happen on this island, the unbelievable happened- his girlfriend... fiance, whatever- showed up." She took another breath, but found that it left her as soon as it had been inhaled in a soft sigh. "But hey, what are you going to do, right?" One shoulder raised and lowered, and she rolled her head onto the other shoulder, resting it on the offered piece of anatomy.
"Oh I'm sorry, yes I do know Ambrose... I didn't connect his distraught worries, He had no idea what to do..." she bites her lip "I guess in a way it's lucky I haven't anyone like a boyfriend on the mainland..." she looks away "Sorry that had to happen to you, to ambrose, well to anyone" she sighs
"The Soap Opera of Dr Moreau," Emelyn said, quite somberly, actually. ....But as soon as it cleared her lips, the realization of what she'd said clicked in her mind, and a bubble of a laugh formed deep in her chest and escaped in an uncontrollable stream. She laughed so hard that she struggled with regular breath, and her eyes narrowed. "Oh.... it..." she bent over, doubled onto her thighs as she laughed, "it really is... oh god, my side... a soap opera!"
Joliette blinked for a moment then realized what Em was laughing about and her lips broke into a smile and she too started laughing "I bet they think so too" she replies refering to the staff
"Oh... oh god, my side is killing me. So which one of them.... is going to have the... siamese triplets that have two different parents?" She couldn't stop laughing, and almost fell off the machine.
Joliette laughs "Uhmmm" she giggled trying to think "Vasile and someone?" she jokes leaning back against the back of the dryer laughing and looking up at the ceiling
"It could be with Sabin," Em said- or at least, as close as she could get to talking in her state. "That baby would be covered in white from... his head... to his a**!"
The image in her mind Emelyn had just created in her mind made her laugh even harder "Oh dear that would be hillarious" she says mid-laugh
Em changed her voice into a high, squeaky baby-like voice, and impersonated this imaginary spawn they'd created in the midst of their hilarity. "Mommy... I've got a fur wedgie! ....Wait.... which one is Mommy?"
"Sabin!" Joli replied immediately before sliding off the dryer onto the floor in a fit of giggles "Mommy Sabin!" she said sticking her hand in the air
"Oh god.... I wouldn't want to see that baby take it's mealtime, then!" She squealed, covering her hands with her mouth as soon as she'd said it, the memory of the cameras jumped into her mind. "Joli.... there... there are cameras in here!" But she said it supremely amused, and looked around for the offending bits of machinery. "You may have some company in the meat locker!" She guffawed
Joliette laughed laying back onto the floor her curly hair fanned out around her "So? let the git think about having a white haired baby from head to toe! Serves him right that gormless arse" she giggles "Better order that cradle Sabin! I'm sure you can hear me!" just then she really did not care what the git thought, she was having a BLAST making fun of him
Em opened her eyes wide, exaggeratingly doe-like, and batted her eyelashes at the corners of the room. "Pleeeeeease don't put me in the meat locker," she said, a faux-pathetic tone in her voice, and she jutted out her bottom lip and let it quiver. "But I can understand if you want to shove me somewhere. ....Is there a candy pantry anywhere? No? How about a nice game closet? Linen closet? ....Nursery?!" She squealed, jumping off the washer and easing herself to the floor on her knees, too overwhelmed with laughter to stay standing.
Joli burst out in renewed laughter and put her hand to her chest, the laughter hurt but she needed it so very badly. She couldn't find words and just kept laughing
"I... ache... like... a dog..." Em said, her words halting as she sucked the last bit of breath that clung to the walls of her lungs. "Oh.... my side... I think I've cracked a rib." Somehow, though, that seemed funny to her as well, and she found herself being lowered even further to the floor by her uncontrollable body. Her forehead finally touched the tile, the mirthful tears streaming out of her eyes and leaking down her cheeks and onto the ground.
"They may think they injected us to become a pair of hyenas" Joli laughed closing her eyes and the few tears of laughter that were trapped in the corners of her eyes rolling down the side of her head to her ears
"You don't know what you're turning into yet? Oh no!" She said, still submerged in the humor of the situation. "Watch Sabin turn you into like... a slug!"
Joli's laughter died "Somehow nothing would shock me... 'And you can be my whatever I like. Deer, salamander... slug...' " She repeated to herself Sabin's own words from when she saw him in the forest. Somehow.. if she had to become an animal she'd rather be a hyena then a slug... any day
Emelyn sobered up quickly, and she eased herself back into a sitting position. She pushed the hair out of her face from where it had been tossed as she'd ragdolled her way to the floor, and sat back on her heels, wondering how she could have said something like that, even in the midst of their hilarity. Her side still ached, and she took shallow breaths. "I'm sorry," Em said, her voice low, "I just thought the hyena thing was so funny... I wasn't thinking very clearly. But if I were you, I wouldn't worry. At least... I mean... you had your tertiary injection before you ever set him off..." her voice trailed off for a moment.
"I wouldn't be so sure, I think he hates the fact that I refused his injection, and that I'm a vegan, and he certainly knew those before he found a way to make me black out and injected me" she opens her eyes and turns her head to look towards Emelyn "It scares me, the power they have, that my fate lies in the hands of... them"
"Oh, no, I just mean that, whatever they chose for you, it was done before any of this. So I doubt it will be anything... bad. Not that I know if you can qualify any of it as bad. It's just.... different."
Joliette quirked a brow "How do you mean, chose for me before all this, surely they didn't know I was coming here"
"Chose the serum for you. ...You've already had the one injection- we all do as soon as we get here. So you couldn't have had time to really... well.. piss anyone off before they chose the serum."
Joli thinks about this "I think I pissed Sabin off the second I walked in the front doors of Feral labs by saying no to the 'immunization' that I didn't believe in them. I certainly wasn't tricked here in the same way many of the islanders have been, I was, sorta a surprise visitor I suppose"
Emelyn nodded. "So was I. ...I can't say I put up the same fuss you did, though. Back then, no one had changed yet, and we had no idea what was going on. We all still though that it was just a medical research island. ...You know, in some ways, it was easier back then. Now there are so many deceptions going on at once." She wondered about the newcomers, and whether they knew yet- but she'd been so long in her self-imposed isolation, that she'd not met any of the newcomers, sans Joliette. So she asked her, instead. "...Have you met many of the newcomers?"
"People who arrived after I did.. Yes a few, theres a father, a curly haired girl named Chana who thinks this is a camp for persons with mental disorders, Chubbs who came here for a boxing match to get money to build a gym back home, Ray, a goth-like lady who laughted me off when I told her the truth about this place, thats it really... That I've met at least" Joliette says
"So none of them know the truth about the place yet?"
"I dont know about the father and Chana, but Chubbs knows, he's turning into Tazmanian Devil, Bear and Wolverine.. I dont know if Ray found out I was not pulling her leg yet or not" she sighs
"Wait... all three at once?" Em scooted around the laundry table so she could fully exhibit her disbelieving stare to Joli. "Are you sure? How on earth did he figure that one out?"
"Yes all three" she says looking up at Emelyn's expression, "he called on the intercom and asked... And then punched the intercom smashing it to bits when the git made fun of something else... I heard the noise of the punch and knocked on his door and helped him bandage his hand and he told me"
Em put her hands to her temples, turning her face into a sort of stress sandwich. It really was the soap opera of Dr Moreau- but somehow... it didn't seem so funny anymore. "That's... a lot to handle," she said softly, not looking at Joliette anymore.
"Yeah, but then I think theres a few people in that boat, Hargun with her horns, and from what I heard the girl who is turning into a snake with wings" Joliette sat up "I just hope they dont do something like that to me"
"Cassidy," Em said, supplying the name softly, looking back at Joliette and wondering when she'd broken their eye contact. "...And I hope they let you have it easy," she said, scooting forward to put a hand on her shoulder. "But you're a tough cookie. You'll be able to cope with anything, I think."
Joliette smiled softly "Thanks, I hope so too, and same for you, we both have a long way to go with their plans"
"Hmm...." Em said, pondering aloud. "I'm actually pretty set, I think. ...Except for the quills. I'm not looking forward to that growth." She shuddered involuntarily.
Joli nods "Well at least you have a defense at any rate, It will be interesting to see if Hargun can fly when she's further along"
She nodded as well, wondering to herself what was in store for this outspoken, pleasant woman. Without realizing it, her eyes darted to the corners again as she thought.... please don't give her too hard a time with this. She's already been through so much, losing her life here. At least give her the dignity to pass through this with some ease. ...Or that we can escape this at all. The thought passed her mind again, but she suppressed it, not willing to think on it, as if Moreau could monitor that, as well. "Well," she said, getting to her feet with some difficulty as she limped up on sleeping feet, "I haven't been out of my room for days, so I should go get something to eat before I pass out. It was great talking with you again," she said, then grinned. "If we get in trouble, it was worth it."
Joliette smiles and nodded "I need that laugh, thankyou Emelyn, I'll run into you again I'm sure, I'm in 27 and 28 if you ever wanna find me" she pushes herself up to stand
"I'm sure we'll bash into each other again soon. If not, I'll seek you out and bother you," she said, smiling. "Oooh.... foot cramp," she moaned, and gave another 'what are you going to do' shrug before she turned and half-limped out of the room.
Joliette relaxed against the dryer waiting for it to end and thinking about the conversations she had had that day
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:10 am
Giggles are Good for the Soul(AIM RP Log) Joliette walked back to her duplex after finishing with her laundry, the trip back was a lil trickier then the one there since she had so much more to bring. She dropped it all on her bed sifting through it, she decided to try a few on and soon was wearing a skirt and a blouse from the pile. She smiled at her reflection, until she saw the box on the floor near the door, the clothing from the git. And her mind went to all that happened. She remembered seeing the expression on Chubbs' face when she said she wanted quiet time and felt a lil guilty. scooping up her keys she pushed the box outside and closed the door. She walked over to the next duplex and knocked on Chubb's door hoping he was home and not out and about
Chubbs was in the shower, again washing the grit and sand from his body, another day on the beach seeing the sun rise with Colche. He didn't mind giving Colche some time with him, but he did like time alone, like now in the shower. The water was nice and warm and the soap smelt real nice. Something bout a shower made him feel nice and relaxed, relaxed enough to sing. "woooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaa!, Wooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaa!, WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAA! And I'll tell you while I'm able Or I'll smash your skull if you don't Drink enough Black label It's a hard mans drink And though the bottles broken Put your money on the table Strain the glass through your teeth So we grew up mean lean Kings of the street scene Without a mothers guiding hand To keep us clean Down your rum We'll take life as it comes And all you blue rinse critics Lick our literary bums I drank my first pure malt Before I was three I smoked a pack of Dutch cigarettes My pappy left for me And I romanced a little lass Who was twelve years my elder At the age of six I held her That year I also bed her So before I was seven My first child was born I told a pack of filthy lies As a politician I heard my own confession As an act of contrition I spent ten years as a Trappist monk In a village in Tibet, liar! And I walked up Everest naked Just to win a bet woooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaa!, Wooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaa!" Chubbs tapped on the shower head as he sang out the tune, almost dancing. Turning off the water, he wrapped a towel around himself and stepped out, about to sing the next verse when there was a knock at his door. He blinked and quickly went silent, daring not to let loose another verse in the open air with people around. Chubbs shuffled to the door and opened it enough to peer out the door to see who it was, keeping his massive frame hidden behind the door.
Joliette had indeed heard the tail end of his singing and smiling greets him "Hello Chubbs" she says, her hands clasped behind her back rocking slightly on the balls of her feet
Chubbs blinked seeing Joliette and blushed at the state he was in. Chubbs felt suddenly naked, well he almost was, and gripped his towel tightly. He pulled the dripping hair back off his face and out of his eyes and smiled shyly back at his nextdoor neighbour. " Umm heya Joliette... I ah... umm.. come in.. ah.. take a seat .. I well.. just have to umm get dressed" With that, he left the door open and scooted to the bathroom quickly, grabbing the clothes off his bed and shutting the door behind him. He went to work drying himself down and slipping on his long legged shorts and black T-shirt that read "Insufficient Memory" on the front of it.
Joliette walked in putting her hand to her mouth and giggling softly after he had disappeared and then closed the door. She crossed the room and sat on the end of his bed waiting, he blushed so easily, but this time he had ample reason to be doing it. She softly hummed the tune he had been singing while she waited
Chubbs came out like he was going out somewhere, hair all brushed and smelling of cologne. It was normal for him though, he did trying to look good under any circumstances. He didn't nit pick about his hair though like a celebrity might, it was just routine for him. Stepping out into his room he stuck his hands in his pockets and smiled shyly still at the woman on his bed. " Did.. you .. umm.. come round .. for ah.. well a cuppa?"
"I suppose you could say that, I kinda felt.. well guilty for telling you I needed alone time ... I thought I'd come see you, see how you were doing, perhaps if I hadn't wanted that quiet time I would not have gotten lost in the jungle. I also wanted to thank you for helping me get back to my duplex, now that I'm in a better frame of mind then I was" she rambled looking up at him
Chubbs listened to Joliette, blinking at what she was telling him, mostly what hit him first was that she got lost. He wasn't worried about his feelings for the moment and sat up straight. " You .. ah.. got lost...umm you okay?... were you alright?"
"I am pretty good yes, I'm back here, I don't remember the return trip, but I'm safe and that's what counts" Joli thought it kind that he asked
Chubbs walked over to his bed and sat down beside the small Joliette. His weight caused her to tilt his way a bit and he took the opportunity to give her a hug with one arm. She was right, she was here and fine, it was all good news and that was really all that mattered. " Well.. Ah.. glad you're all fine.." Chubbs blinked and finally caught onto the rest of her ramblings. Joliette feeling guilty about how she needed some time alone. He really did want to help her out that day, to help cheer her up, it was the only reason he was disappointed.. he put his arm back beside him and smiled lightly. " Oh umm.. don't worry bout the ah.. the other day I umm, just thought I could help. I .. I like time to myself too, it's no biggy"
Joliette smiled "I understand, and I thank you for that" she says and lets him hug her without trying to sit up again. "Chubbs I wish I could share with you the look on the git's face when I knocked the wind out of him. I think you would have liked it" she eyed his now-fixed intercom
Chubbs blinked wide eyed and turned to look at Joli fully. He only knew one person she called a git a lot of times, Sabin. She had hit Sabin?, wow! Chubbs felt a lil twinge of jealousy. " You really?.. wow!...when did ya do that.. I ah.. well... aww man... when do I get my turn?"
"He's the one who brought me back out of the jungle. He came to get me. Or rather I think he did, he showed up after I sat down so I didn't get more lost. He was condescending me, and then got rather cocky and fulla himself.. So I punched him right here." she reached over and taps his torso softly with one finger just a few inches below his solar plexus "Almost had enough time to get a kick in too"
Chubbs chuckled a bit at the tap, it tickled and he scrunched up slightly. He looked at the place where she would have hit Sabin, he winced at the thought and then grinned. Little Joliette had kicked his butt and Chubbs grabbed her hand and threw it up in the air, then put on the voice of an American ring announcer, " The winnerrrrrrrrrr and still your championnnnn!... The Fighting Firecracker!... Joliiiiieeeeeeeette!" He then cupped a hand over his mouth and imitated a cheering crowd.
It was Joliette's turn to blush and she did. He knew how to make her feel happy and good about herself and her actions. She giggled "Oh silly Chubbs" she gives him a soft nudge with no real 'force' behind it that spoke only of teasing
Chubbs smiled and chuckled lightly, putting her arm back down. He felt alot better when others were as blushy as he was at times, it was nice to see someone else do it for a change. He nudged her lightly in return. " Well,.. I'm proud of ya"
"Thanks, I'm not sure I like where he left me for doing it, but it was worth it." she smiles softly "So what have you been doing since we parted ways besides singing in the shower?" she grins
Chubbs suddenly went a bit crimson red in the face, and grabbed his neck hole and pulled his shirt up enough to cover his face inside. " Awww you.. ah.. you didn't hear that did you?"
"And I walked up Everest naked , Just to win a bet, Well I cut off my leg, To win a one legged race, And when I won, I stitched it, on my little sister's stomach" She did not sing it, she did not think herself a good singer. She had heard the song on the radio in the car and on the yacht several times "You have interesting music taste"
Chubbs finally poked his head out of the neck hole of his shirt and pulled it back down. He felt so embaressed having been heard singing.He was still blushing crimson when he appeared. " It's umm The Doug Anthony .. umm All Stars.. they ah.. well they are pretty funny and sing good songs"
Joli smiled "No worries, you have a good singing voice. no reason to blush so brightly." she turns slightly and looks at him "It is a humorous song I will admit"
Chubbs still blushed knowing he was blushing. He knew Joliette wasn't familiar with the group, they hadn't hit to great fame much and to think that the song he was singing was their most humorous was wrong. " You think that was umm.. humorous? You should hear.. ah.. World's best kisser... that's more in line of their type of work"
Joli giggled "It must be a humorous if that's the name of it... I wouldn't know who is, and I wouldn't have an opinion who I think is, only person to ever kiss me was papa and granpa, and on the cheek more of a family-like father-daughter, grandfather-granddaughter type" she says
Chubbs burst in a fit of laughter and slapped a hand over his eyes, he couldn't believe she had said that. It took him a while to calm down, he looked at Joliette and wiped a tear from his eye and thought he should explain. " I'm.. ah.. I'm sorry, just that well one verse of the song goes umm " I've only kissed one girl before, my grandma on the kitchen floor, .. she dribbled and grinned and said " Hey kid... ya taught me things ya grandpa.. never did""
Joli stared at him then blushed and looked away down at her hands, she felt rather.. stupid just then, especially since he found it so funny
Chubbs chuckled a little, then blinked and stopped and felt a twinge of guilt. It wasn't what he meant. " Oh I.. umm I wasn't laughing at the... ah.. at the fact.. you .. oh man... I was laughing cuz you ah you said the.. you said a line sorta.. out of the song... I umm just ah.. I thought it was funny you nearly said the line. Umm I've never been kissed before... I umm wouldn't laugh at you for that" He blushed and hoped that she understood his explanation.
Joliette nods and looks up again "I see, I've not heard the song before so I did not know" she says softly and looks up at him "This whole place has been a reality check for me. realizing what all I truly never had done on the mainland, feels like that part of my life was partially wasted"
Chubbs nodded and then shifted back onto the bed and sat his back against the wall to lea on it. He knew what she meant, and he hoped that Moreau had gotten that gym for the kids, then he really didn't have anything left for him back on the mainland. "Just have to try.. what ever ya wanted to do... there's nothing stopping ya"
She nod and watches him for a moment "Chubbs if you had the choice to do one thing right now what would it be?" she asks him curiously and turns and sits with her legs pulled up beside herself facing him
Chubbs rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, pondering the questions, then grinned " I wanna smack that git like you did"
Joli giggles "That sounds like a great choice of things to do. and I would tape his mouth shut so he can't command you to sleep like he did me"
Chubbs grinned and chuckled as well. " Oo, oo!, then we could like.. umm tie him up... and ah bury him up to his neck in the sand.. and ah.. umm.. put a smelly old dead fish under his nose"
Joli giggled "dye that white hair of his lime green" she was having fun making fun of the man. She watches Chubbs a smile on her petite face
Chubbs laughed at the thought, Sabin with bright green hair looked hilarious in his mind. " Ohh man... hehe ... That'd be awesome... ah I would love to see that"
"As would I" she smiled it was the second time that day she had gotten a good laugh. "I wonder what others would do" she muses there was simply so many things she had not done
Chubbs wondered and shrugged, not knowing much about many people here. He'd known some but not alot, only a few on the Island. " Not sure really... I know I'd like to have been... umm.. well like a firefighter"
"The hero in you once again" she smiles, she liked that about him, she liked that he cared so much about those around him, she'd met more then enough people who cared only about themselves
Chubbs blushed a little and nodded, looking to his feet. Just something in him wanted him to be something more than what he was, he could never shake the feeling. Umm.. what about you?"
"What would I have been? Well I'm a photo journalist, but I would like to be a author as well, I never really strayed far from photography" She shifts positions on the bed being careful how she sat, she almost never had a skirt on, she didn't think she owned many, and certainly not on the isle
" Hmmm, well... maybe you could umm... like write me a book?... I kinda like to read" He smiled and looked and blinked at her skirt, actually noticing it for once. Chubbs guessed she got some clothes somewhere other than the stupid staff of the Island. " What else would, you umm.. have done if not here?"
"Perhaps I shall" she smiled from the interest "If I escaped from here, I think I would do things I never did before that now I regret not doing"
" What like?" Chubbs crossed a foot over the other, wanting to know what Joliette would do if she ever got free.
Joliette blushed and looked at her hands "Stop turning guys down if they asked me out, though most guys stopped doing that a couple years ago, giving up on me after I kept turned them away" she admits
Chubbs smiled at Joliette blushing like she did. He thought about maybe having the courage if he ever got off the Island to try to ask someone out one day. " Bunch of quitters" He grinned slightly
"I guess I never did give them reason to keep trying, it's not that I don't like men, it's more I was always too wrapped up in studies or work, even in high school" she bites her lip and fidgets with the hem of the skirt
Chubbs smiled at Joliette, she seemed like the kind of girl that would never talk to him in high school either. " Yeah well... ya make .. umm.. some sacrifices.. for things ya want"
Joliette nods "Sacrifices I probably didn't have to, but I got the career I wanted in life and I went to the post secondary school I wanted to go to" she looks up at him "What about you is there things you regret not doing?"
Chubbs scratched his chin in deep contemplation, pondering the moments in his life. " There's not a lot to regret really, everything I ah.. well I did got me to the kids in the end... and even coming here probably got them the ah.. the gym they needed... I guess I regretted I didn't get out more.. and things"
Joliette nods and leans on her knees "I hope they did get that gym, it seems like such an important thing to you"
Chubbs smiled and nodded folding his arms and relaxing against the wall. He really hoped the kids got it, he had his doubts but he just wanted to believe that they were fine. " I'm sure they did"
She smiled he seemed to have more faith in the staff here then she did. Watching him she couldn't help but think the kids on the mainland had been lucky, he had such a kind heart, even if he had a hard time with compliments
Chubbs smiled back at Joliette, he wasn't sure what was floating through her mind but he was glad to see a smile. " Kinda wanted kids of my own... ya know? umm.. just well... couldn't ah...... I considered adobting and umm... well I didn't have a good job so I kinda just let the idea go"
"Why couldn't you have kids Chubbs?" she asked curiously after hearing this wish of his, she understood the job part, but the other portion made her curious
Chubbs blushed and grinned, guessing she thought he had some kind of physical problem " Well kinda need... well a girl for that part don't I?" He chuckled a bit
Joliette giggled "Ok you got me there, you would need a girl. Though you do have a kind heart, I don't see why you could not get one"
Chubbs chuckled again and raised a brow, wondering if Joliette was a bit blind now. " Kinda give up when ya .. well.. get rejected alot"
Joliette frowned "You sound nearly like me, cept it's like a reverse, you tried and got rejected, I was asked and rejected... They were fools to reject you though, perhaps they didn't really know you..."
"Aww, shucks.. heh.. it's okay though, Something will turn up... just ya wait and see" Chubbs blushed and smiled, trying to keep the mood on a high
Joliette smiles and nods "Yes, it's very possible" she replies, then covers her mouth to yawn. The night before had not been a very great sleep after waking in a meat locker
Chubbs looked up at Joliette and grinned lightly " Looks like some's been on a midnight prowl"
Joliette put her hand in her lap once more looking a lil sheepish "I didn't sleep very well after waking in the meat locker, much like my first night here"
Chubbs blinked and went wide eyed, raising a curious brow at Joliette, for a second there he wasn't sure she said meat locker. " You woke up where now?"
"In the meat locker in the back of the cafeteria, hanging by my vest from two hooks between two halves of pig... The git put me there after I punched him and he commanded me to sleep" she elaborated
Chubbs frowned and slid himself along the side wall so he could reach her hand comfortably and pat it. He wasn't happy at all, images flashed in his mind of Sabin and what he would do to him. " I'll just say three words... Sabin... testicles... vice"
Joliette giggled and put her other hand on top of his "He wouldn't have the middle one left after I'm sure" she says with a smile
" Not a chance in hell" Chubbs grinned slightly, glad he could turn it around some " That was just mean and being an a*****e... Guess that's umm.. two people on the Island that wont wanna meet me"
"Oh? The Git and... Moreau?" she took a wild guess at the identity of the other person
Chubbs shook his head lightly, Moreau had tricked everyone, and perhaps Chubbs may not like to see him. " No... ah a Lauren girl... apparently she's been real nasty to Amaya... and praising Moreau. I mean... sure enough.. Moreau is a whack job.. and umm.. I'd certainly probably have a go at him for what he's done here. But as of late he's been at least helpful... not like Sabin"
Joliette frowned "I haven't even heard of a Lauren" she muses "Amaya is allowed to have whatever opinions she so desires to have"
Chubbs nodded and stretched out a bit on his bed lazily. " She was upset when she ah.. came here after a bit of .. umm a argument with her. Tried to help her feel better..."
"Did you succeed Chubbs?" Joli asked curiously, she couldn't see him not succeeding he just had that kind of aura about him
Chubbs smiled proudly and blushed as he folded his arms over his chest " You doubt the mighty Chubbs?"
Joli giggled "Of course not Chubbs, I would have been shocked if you had failed" she tips over and rolls lightly onto her belly bending her legs at the knees and propping her chin in her hands elbows on the comforter
Chubbs smiled and slumped down on the bed a little too. It was the giggles getting to him, made him feel butterflies when a girl giggled aloud like they did, Chubbs guessed it's why he tried to be funny. A thought popped into his mind while watching Joliette, and he decided to ask her about it. " What did you do.. ya know.. round Christmas time?"
Joliette looked towards him "Nothing out of the ordinary, would help mama and papa decorate the tree, granma and granpa would come to Britain for the month of December, we'd spend a lot of it together, open gifts on Christmas eve and celebrate his birth on Christmas"
Chubbs closed his eyes and imagined the thought of a cozy family being together on Christmas day, unwrapping gifts and enjoying a nice lunch. " Sounds really nice"
"It usually was" she agreed "I'm gonna miss doing that" she sighs and looks at hte patter on his bedspread for a moment then asks "How about you, what did you do?"
Chubbs smirked, it sounded so odd to people that he would do it every year. " I ah.. well at home in Australia, we'd have a nice big barbeque, invite the neighbors around and drink some beer and open presents... I kept that tradition when I moved to Brooklyn.. every year, I'd save up and umm.. throw a barbeque, dress up like Santa and give out some presents to the kids"
Joli giggles "That sounds like a fun tradition Chubbs, definitely one that is worth holding onto"
Chubbs raised a brow with a smile " A vegan praising a barbeque?, kinda odd" He chuckled lightly, he stopped soon after trying not to offend " I know ya not talking bout just that though... ya meant the ah.. idea of it all"
"There is such things as veggie burgers, I wasn't always a vegan, so I have found my round the factor that I dont eat anything animal product related. And it's more the tradition then anything, besides. beer... is compeltely vegan" she grins
Chubbs chuckled and held up a thumbs up " Damn right it is!"
Joli burst into a fit of giggles and dropped her face onto his bed for a moment before lifting it again "Pretty much all alcohol is"
He chuckled watching Joliette fall into a fit of giggles, he was having a good time. " Yeah, it's all good. I don't drink alot though.. except umm.. well parties.. don't mind the odd drink then"
"I don't drink much either chubs so you are in good company" she smiles and leans on her hands once more
Chubbs looked at Joliette with a smile. It reminded him of how he use to watch tv at times. Looking over to where his small amount of appliances lay, he twiddled his thumbs. " I wish I had a tv in this room"
Joli looked around "These rooms really are bare aren't they, and to think they expect us to live here the rest of our lives... " she frowns "I suppose I have a midway point... I can watch DVDs on my laptop..."
Chubbs blinked and brightened instantly with a smile " Oh I'm ah coming to umm live with you!" He soon blushed and chuckled
Joliette giggled "Well, my door is open to you, just have to bring the DVDs with you" she blushes softly
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Posted: Sun Dec 04, 2005 4:14 am
" Well that's it.. umm i'll bring a movie from the ah.. rec center and uh.. we can watch it up here... gotta catch you up on some movies missy"
Chubbs grinned, he thought Joliette needed some cultural fixing with her lack of movie viewing. Of course he had good taste and would have to pick out the good ones.
"You got a date" she said without thinking and then blushed brightly and dropped her face into the bedspread when she realized. Oh lord, what was with her and her speaking her mind around people she was comfortable with
Chubbs blinked, then blushed brightly and chuckled nervously. He couldn't help it, poor Joliette had the same reaction he would of had. Reaching over he patted her back.
" We'll call it umm... ah.. a deal instead"
"Okay" she squeaked from her muffled position then lifted her head up again and looked at him looking a tad embarrassed and meek
Chubbs chuckled a little then tried to lift her head back up with a finger under her chin
" Now who's ah.. doing the turtle act"
Joli blushes slightly "I suppose that would be me... but without the shirt" she says not moving from his hand letting him lift her chin so she didn't drop it face first into his bed once more
Chubbs thought it was cute, but the girl was probably embaressed by the idea of a date with him.
" Well I wasn't lying down a the time"
Chubbs took his hand back and poke his tongue at Joliette with a grin.
Joliette giggles "Chubbs, obviously any girl you asked out... did not get to know you, or they wouldn't have turned you down"
It was Chubbs' turn to blush brightly, he tried so hard not to dive under his shirt again
" Aww hey, you did that on purpose"
He poked her lightly at her side in a tickling fashion
Joli giggles squirming from his tickles "Nooo I told the truthhhh" she gets out as she squirms
Chubbs chuckled as he tickled her playfully, then let it up, letting her breathe
" Sure sure.. I ah.. I know ya like the power kick outta making me blush on cue"
"You blush over half the time Chubbs I don't even have to try... But I was telling the truth... Inside you are just a great big loveable teddy bear" Joli sits up straightening her skirt as she does her squirming having put her near the middle of the bed and to one side
" Awww... I can't help it.. I feel good making people happy... I'm addicted"
He blushed again, no matter how much he fought it. He didn't like how it happened so easily, maybe the change would happene soon, and he may grow fur to cover it
"Well you've had a knack at making me happy when I've been down, As much as I wish neither of uus were going through their experiments... I am very glad to have met you" Joli smiles
" Awww I'm glad I met you too.... it means I have a girl to talk to"
Chubbs grinned and bent his knees, hiding his face in them
Joliette smiles "I think we both should stop 'playing turtle'" she giggles and reaches over poking his cheek softly
" Ack... heyyy, not like I can help it much"
He swatted at her finger playfully and rested his arms on his knees and his chin on his arms
Joliette giggled "Does that tickle?" she pokes again once more softly before pulling her hand away
Chubbs chuckled, blushing lightly and swatted her again
" hey, yes it does... don't get any ideas"
"Aww, but ideas are fun" she giggles leaning on her hand which she placed near his feet "Why can't I get ideas?" she asks looking into his eyes
" Oh you can get ideas... ah.. just none about.. ah.. tickling the heck outta me"
He grinned and gave her a mock glare with squinty eyes, hardly going to work with the grin on his face
"But you tickled me" she pouts playfully a laugh tugging at the corner of her lips as she said it
" Yeah.. well... I'm... ah... umm.. I ca....ah..... I'm bigger!"
Chubbs chuckled, it was a crappy response but he couldn't think of any reason why she couldn't.
Joli giggles "Yes you are, but that doesn't matter, you could be my size and you still tickled me" she reached and pokes the tip of his nose softly
He grinned and blushed and wiggled his nose
" Well uhh... I'm outta excuses"
Joliette giggles and watches him "What's one thing you would regret not having done before they get you with another injection?" she asks after a moment quietly
Chubbs thought for a moment, it didn't take him long before his chubby cheeks turned red. It had been on his mind a bit since he'd been here.
" I ah... umm... oh man... I .. well I can't say it"
His head rested on his knees, he couldn't look Joliette in the eyes right now
Joli nods "Ok I wont make you say anything" she smiles and just watches him
Chubbs closed his eyes and lifted his head up to look at her, he was real hesitant.
" Well... umm... you know?"
Chubbs gave a look at her like she should know what he was on about.
Joliette blinked "Uhhh" her expression became one of confusion and curiosity all at once... she didn't..."
Chubbs looked a bit pained at her lack of knowing, he really didn't want to say it
" Aww man... umm... you know.... ah.... well.. ummm be.... with umm...a.. a girl"
He was redder than he'd ever been before, Chubbs wasn't a very open person at times
Joliette blinked and slowly put his sentence together without the 'umm's and blushed slightly "You didn't have to say if it bothered you Chubbs" she says softly not moving from where she was though her eyes too strayed
" Well... you asked.. and umm... I asked myself the same thing"
He brushed off his knees absentmindedly, he hadn't admitted it before to anyone
"I dont know what I would regret not doing" she says admits softly
" Well that's good then umm right? You.. ah.. don't have many regrets or none at all"
Chubbs leaned back on his knees, looking at her quietly
"I'm sure once it happens I'll have one or more... I'm just not sure right now" She watches him hoping she had not made him uncomfortable with the conversation
Chubbs smiled lightly as she looked back, he hoped she didnt have many regrets
" Sorry if I sound.. like.. well so guyish... but... never kissed a girl before.. so... like.. well kinda worried"
"I know how you feel there... I haven't either..." she smiles softly "Do you think you'll have the opportunity to fix your worry?"
Chubbs blinked and then looked a little confused
" How do ya mean?"
"I mean do you think you'll find someone on the isle, there's not many villagers here, but I doubt they are all paired up" she replies
Chubbs shuffled along the bed and stood up for a bit, walking over to the small fridge, he opened it up and pulled out two apples. He handed one to Joliette and then sat back on his spot against the wall.
" I dunno... I'm umm... well... still too shy, like a reflex for me now... and umm.. I wouldn't know where to start"
Chubbs took a big bite out of his apple
Joliette took it from him and held it between her hands "Well, I would think the first step is to talk to someone and get to know them" she nods and looks at the apple in her hands and then takes a small bite
" Yeah, ... that should help... I mean I umm.. I've talked to more girls on this Island that I have in my lifetime I think"
Chubbs chuckled and chewed another bite
Joliette giggles "Very true you've visited with several girls. Myself included" she looks up from her apple "And I think I've been more open here then anywhere either, usually I keep to myself, I don't know there just seems to be a handful of people here I feel like I can trust"
Chubbs smiled with a blush, finishing his bite of apple
" Well, we.. ah.. well.. in the same boat so to speak.. and all we have to rely on is each other"
Joliette looks at him curiously for a moment when he said each other, but figured he meant the whole group of them "There has been three people so far on the isle I've felt comfortable with" she muses
Chubbs took another bite of his apple, it felt good to munch on.
"Who's that?"
"The three people who have made me laugh... Hargun, Emelyn... and you" she says softly and then she looks back to her apple taking another bite
Chubbs smiled and blushed, rubbing the back of his neck
" Awww... I feel all special now"
"I've felt comfortable around only a few people in my life, so I'm glad you do" she smiles
Chubbs chuckled a bit out of shyness and finished his apple. He was surprised at how fast he had eaten it, probably nerves just getting to him. He tossed the core in the waste paper basket by the fridge
" I'm good around.. umm... people that smile and laugh... well a lil better than most. I kinda always had umm.. trouble with girls"
"Thats just it though Chubbs.. you make people smile and laugh, its a part of who you are, anyone who gets to know you can tell that. Even I can, you've cheered me up and made me laugh a few times now" she puts her hand in her lap that held the apple
" I guess it umm... just makes me feel better around people... and umm besides... you deserve to smile"
Chubbs smiled at her and smoothed his red hair back.
"I think you like seeing the smiles too" she adds "Not just making other smile, something perhaps in your heart that likes it"
" I think my heart hates me seeing a girl smile... it umm.. it goes a hundred miles an hour"
Chubbs chuckled at the thought, his poor heart did flutter pretty bad at times
Joliette giggles "Does it do that around me?" she was curious about that
Chubbs grinned and blushed again looking down at his knees
" Welll... yeah"
Joliette giggles softly "Some people attribute a fast beating fluttering heart with other things then a girl smiling" She nods, she had about forgotten about her apple
" Well I umm... ah... awww"
Chubbs grinned and blushed, hiding his eyes with his hand
Joliette reaches with her hand gently pulls at his fingers "well it's true, there not reason to hide" she smiles
" I'm ah... I'm sorry... just a nervous reaction... umm ya know?"
Chubbs let his hand be pulled from his face and looked to her
Joliette didn't let go of his fingers just yet "well if you get nervous a lot then I suppose it makes sense, but at the same time..."
Chubbs tried his best not to be so shy and not to blush, thinking upon other things instead
" At the same time?"
"At the same time, you can't get past your nervousness if you try to" she says softly and gives his fingers a soft squeeze
He thought about what she said and then nodded, holding her hand in his
" Yeah... ya right"
"Well I guess we'll call it turtle in the shell, have to poke that head out to make others notice you more" she nods
Chubbs nodded, looking down on the bed, that was what he was a afraid of though, being noticed so much. Before the island he wished he was smaller, so he could slip on by.
" I can try"
"I can bet you wont regret it" she tips her torso down a lil and looks up into his face "I know I haven't"
He smiled shyly, blushing a little at her looking up at him
" That I poked my umm head out?"
"Well that, and that I personally stay hidden in the shadows, Only time I'm usually forward and confident in myself is when I am in a place on a professional level.. as a journalist" She admits
" I'm like that... I only feel confident when I umm well.. look out for someone I care about"
Joli nods still looking up at him "yeah, and you are good at that" she smiles liking the idea that he cared about her, considering he'd helped her more then once she had a feeling he did
" Well if ya can't be good, be good at it"
He grinned a bit, Joliette had reminded him of the saying his mom use to tell him.
Joliette giggles and nods "Very true" she replies with a smile then sits a bit more upright
Chubbs smiled and sat at a better angle for her. He'd still had her hand in his and it was a bit sweaty, just the nerves getting to him.
" Something my mother use to say"
"A wise mother, mine simply told me never to give up on my dreams" she smiles her eyes watching his movements and his smiles, she didn't care that his hand got sweaty
Chubbs grinned slightly, taking an opportune moment
" Funny, my mother said.. to umm never go through a revolving door sideways... unless ya going to Bangkok"
Joliette giggles, she could so take that the wrong way but decided not to. "Silly" she shakes her head slightly
Chubbs grinned more so, hearing the giggle come out of her.
" Can't help it... I like giggles"
"I've noticed you do, which is good cause you have made me do it more then once" She rests her other elbow on her lap setting the able down so she could rest her chin in her hand
Chubbs holds up a finger with his free hand with a smile
" Well that's why tickles are good... get lots of giggles"
Joliette giggles and her eyes twinkle "Then you have no excuse to stop others" she grins
Chubbs points his finger at her with a grin
" En garde! "
Joliette giggles pulling her hand from her chin putting her own 'tickle sword' up "En Garde et tu aussi!" she says pointing it at him
Chubs chuckles and play fights with her finger, making bad sound effects then goes to poke her side
Joliette saw his move for her side and used her own quick reflexes catching him in his side with a giggle
" Ack!, hehe damn ya!"
Chubbs flinched at the poke and then went on a poking frenzy, going for knees, ribs, arms, tummy and all sorts
Joliette giggles and squirms trying to get away, it didn't help her other hand was still in his. "Help!" she squeaks between giggles
Chubbs chuckled and let up on his poke attack, putting on a bad villain accent
" Ha ha!, you'll never defeat my super poking style!"
Joliette screeches with laughter using her free hand to poke at the attacking arm, she didn't want to 'give up' just yet
" Ack.. ooo noo hehe!"
Chubbs giggled and squirmed as he was poked, trying to block them
"I shall defeat you yes I shall" she brandishes her 'sword' poking and dodging his blocks
Chubbs curled up into a ball, swatting at her finger and trying to grab at it to stop the poking while he laughed
Joliette giggles and turned her pokes to playful swats after his hands as well
Chubbs chuckles and sits upright, girly swatting her hand
"You brute, you brute!"
"I am am I" Joliette laughs and abruptly brings a finger to his nose, she was kinda hoping the suddenness would make him close his eyes
Chubbs chuckled and nodded, blinking his eyes shut as she poked him
" Picking on a poor helpless guy"
Joliette giggled "I don't think you are all that helpless" she said and quickly leaned forward kissing him softly on the cheek and sat back again taking her finger away from his face too
Chubbs' eyes blinked open suddenly, stunned feeling the kiss on his cheek. His face reddened as he looked at her
Joliette watches his reaction fidgeting with her fingers in silence, she wasn't entirely sure how he'd react when he stopped looking quite so surprised
Chubbs smiled lightly and bit his bottom lip shyly
" Looks umm.. like you ah.. won"
"I suppose I did... Is that... a bad thing?" she asks quietly looking at his expression trying to get as much from it as she could
Chubbs rubbed the spot where she kissed his cheek, red flushing through his face, smiling still.
" Never a umm bad thing"
"I'm glad, Cause it wasn't meant to be" she looks down at her hands
" Well it wasn't umm.. bad... not at all... thanks"
He looked at Joliette then squeezed her hand softly to reassure her he liked what she had done for him
Joliette looks at his hand and then up at him "You are welcome" she smiles softly and looks into his eyes, it had brought their game to an abrupt stop, but she did not care
Chubbs smiled and held her hand tightly, he really appreciated her for that, not many would kiss his cheek. His blushing died down and he smiled brighter.
" And what umm.. does the winner want for a prize?"
"She's not picky really" Joliette replies softly the tips of her ears a lil red. She did like how he made her feel and she would admit that
Chubbs pondered while watching her, stroking his chin thoughtfully with his free hand. He already had something in mind for her, but that was a long time coming. For now he held up one finger with a grin and leaned over the side of the bed. It took him just a moment to sit back up and put a sketch pad in his lap. Flipping a large bunch of pages over with one hand still in her, he clicked on a ball point pen and started to write
Joliette tipped her head with a curious expression on her face "What..." she couldn't help but wonder what it was he was doing
Chubbs just continued to write, only lifting a finger to his lips to shush her, grinning all the while. Every now and then he'd stop, look as if he was thinking, then start up writing again
Joliette watched him with a look of bewilderment on her face, he shushed her so she stayed shushed waiting semi-patiently
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Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:03 am
Chubbs kept looking up with a grin at her, then back to the page. He tapped the pen along the page and looked as if he was reading something to himself. A smile later, he tore the page out of the book and handed it to her. Written on the page was a small poem. Small and petite
and fast on her feet,
With a great talent for taking a picture
With emerald green eyes
She's a wonderful surprise
And don't piss her off cuz she'll hitchya
She's incredibly cute
and a smarty to boot
I can tell you folks with no delay
She's an incredible force,
I'm speaking of course
Of that sweet lil girl called Joliette
Joliette took the page and read it and by the last line was blushing "Thankyou Chubbs" she says softly and looks up at him once more
Chubbs smiled as she read it and grinned when she blushed. " It's okay... kinda okay at rhyming so I thought I could umm make up something for .. ah you"
"It's incredible sweet" she says looking into his eyes giving his hand a squeeze
Chubbs rubbed the back of his head with a shy smile " Well .. I umm.. ya needed a prize"
Joliette nods "Yes I suppose I did, I think you liked your 'prize' too, since you didn't even have to win to get it"
Chubbs blushed brightly and chewed at his lip again, smiling shyly still at the thought of the way she caught him off guard. " I'd be umm a moron if I didn't"
Joliette smiles and shakes her head "You aren't a moron, ever. Just seemed the easiest way to surprise you" she admits her free hand playing with a lock of her curly hair
Chubbs grinned and chuckled lightly " Well yes, umm certainly easy, and very surprising... caught me with my eyes shut"
"Well I could be mistaken, though I am pretty sure I am not with how many photos I've taken to catch celebrities kissing at openings and such. Kisses usually are given with closed eyes" she blushes softly and breaks eye contact
Chubbs chuckled and nodded. " I've seen it done, Just I wouldn't umm know for myself... anyway.. don't need to umm when it's on the cheek"
Joliette nods and brings her free hand up to her mouth to cover a soft yawn, the second one of the evening "Very true Chubbs, very true"
Chubbs smiled and leaned over and kissed Joliette on the cheek just as she was done yawning. He smiled as he leaned back " Thought I'd wake ya up"
Joliette blushes lightly and looks towards him "Thankyou Chubbs" she says and giggles softly, the kiss was a pleasant distraction, even with her tired body
Chubbs chuckled and blushed as well looking down at their hands, he couldn't help but smile. Looking back up, he gave her hand a squeeze " Would ya like to get some rest at home?"
"Rest there rest here, all the same to me, though I am certain you would probably like some alone time at some point too, I kinda snagged you right out of hte privy" she says
Chubbs blushed lightly and smiled, was kind of embarrassing running around in a towel, but he'd seen her .. well in a less than modest state on accident. " I really don't umm mind, company is always good.. and umm.. I still had a towel"
Joliette giggles softly and yawns "I suppose I should... get some sleep" she finishes after a pause
Chubbs nodded and looked down at the bed, the thought ran through his head at that point " Yeah I know, .. I didn't mean to keep ya so late... and umm.. feel free to crash here umm when ever ya like"
Joliette nods the words running through her head "Offer accepted" she replies quietly obviously the lack of sleep quickly caught up with her as she uses her free hand to rub her eyes
Chubbs looked at her eyes then her hand and let it go, rubbing his palm on his shorts " Heh bit sweaty"
"I didn't even notice" she replies then rubbed her hand on the side of the skirt and looked at him through half open eyes.
Chubbs smiled and blushed, then grabbed his pillow and slid it over to her " Here"
Joliette smiles and tips over onto it letting her eyes close, her curls half in her face "Thankyou" she whispers as she dozes off
Chubbs grabs his blanket and pulls it over her, tucking her in, and standing up, goes to flick off his light switch and sit back on his spot against the wall on the bed, watching her sleep for a bit before closing his eyes and trying to get some rest.
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