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 Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:34 am
Natsumi stayed frozen for what seemed to be the longest while... Whatever it was, it wasn't yelling or tryign to eat her... Or maul, or anything. Tenitively, she peered back up, wanting to apologize for staring but... she couldn't talk. She had a beatle in her mouth... Speaking of which, seemed to come out of it's little shock and start trying to find freedom. Yes, it was moving. Her eyes seemed to widen more, her face almost looekd green, her stomach turned.
No choice.. she had to chew it or let it go cause it wasn't about to stay in there the way things were going. She quickly, and frantically, turned away, covering her mouth and chewing as fast as possible. Beatles weren't exactly easy to fast-chew, but she certiantly gave it a good shot. Then, she gulped hard, letting out a breath of air.
Now.. To face the person-thing that had just seen her... Just turn around... No matter what signals her brain tried to send to do so it apparenylt wasn't working, as her back stayed towards the individual.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:39 am
No way... she didn't just do that... Alec stared for a long time, seeing Natsumi look away but still unable to get over the fact that he'd just watched her stuff a bug into her mouth. A BIG bug, not even one of those sissy ones. He was almost hoping she'd spit it back out in utter embarassment as he was still unable to look away, though as she turned her face away again he knew what she was doing.
"GAH-YUCK!" Alec squawked and sunk quickly into the water like a child presented with brussel sprouts for a dinner's main course. Staying underwater, he figured he'd give her time to finish the 'meal' before he'd try and say hello.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 12:51 am
Natsumi flinched at his outburst, all fear of his form was lost as her own habits seemed much worse. That and the fact he hadn't tried to eat her... That was a pretty big plus. Sure he was.. frightning, whoever he was, but everyone here was still human. Right?
She tried to force some words out, nothing... then all at once it all came rambling out as she spun around, blushing by now as she was rather prone to doing. "I-I.. It... It is like a peanut. Well.. cruncy.. like one. It tastes much like shrimp or-or... other.. seafood!" her voice was hitting all sorts of nervious pitches, she still wasn't quite over the emotional dramas from the past few days... along with pregnant mood swings and the fact her sweaters weren't exactly working as well as they used to be... Well. She was prone to a bit of squeaky jabber.
She had paused for the breifest of moments, before it seemed to dawn on her that what it tasted like hardly mattered.. it was still a bug. "I can not help it!" A last ditch excuse.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:12 am
Alec shot his head up just in time to hear Natsumi's nervous stuttering, grinning wildly at her attempts to justify her actions. Sure, he was acting extremely immaturely for his age but he was also playing around with the situation a great deal. He knew it was mostly out of necessity and that everyone would eventually succumb to their instincts once in awhile. Still, it was always fun to tease, especially such a sheepish girl.
After he'd listened to her excuses, he tried not to let out a laugh as he responded. "Ew Natsumi, thas gross! Issa juiceh bug!" He bobbed in the water a bit as he finally let out a chuckle, not realizing that she probably couldn't recognize him now.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:22 am
She promptly covered her face, blushing more as she squeaked out.. something. God only knew what she had said, and even he was probably baffled. It was some jibberish, probably a mix of japanese and english only muffled by the hands covering her mouth.
Then things started catching up with her, first of all.. they knew her name. But the biggest thing was that hardly-english accent of his that stood out over everyone. Or atleast to her it did. Her hands slid a bit as she started staring again, "Alec...?" she finally questioned, breaking the whole hilarity of teasing her with her sudden realization, and sounding almost worried. The Lake-monster was Alec? The somewhat attracive, though she'd never admit to thinking so, Alec?
He had said he was turning into a shark though... hadn't he? That did pretty much explain it.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:07 pm
Alec's smile fell a little until it was more of a saddened expression compared to the humor it had held a moment ago. "Ye, s'me." He answered much quieter than his previous outburst, though he still managed to smile. It wasn't her fault, afterall.
"Ye beeteh watch ye bouncin o' ye fall righ' inteh th'lake!" The teen snickered though he made no effort to approach the shore. He was starting to understand what her initial reaction had been about and figured it was best he keep his distance until her body language showed that she was comfortable with having him around.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 8:29 pm
Natsumi frowned some, shocked at the changes... How horrible it must have been, she couldn't even begin to imagine such changes happening to herself.
His words broke her thought process though, as she managed to catch something about bouncing and lake. She peered down, suddenlyl noticing just how close she was to the water's edge. "Aa!" she squeaked, jumping to her feet. Amazed she hadn't noticed she was kneeling in damp dirt. "Aa.. My skirt... It is wet..." she frowned, having sat back on it when she turned around to finish her 'meal.' She reached back to try and brush it off, oh man it had dirt all over it too now... Which seemed to completely pull her attention away from Alec's changes.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:21 pm
Alec sunk into the water up to the bridge of his nose, watching the asian girl fret over her skirt for a moment and all the while feeling a bit awkward. "S'no' tha' bad." He sheepishly added after peeking his mouth out of the surface of the lake. What was hte big deal with girls getting their clothes dirty anyways?
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 9:33 pm
"Nn..." she whined a bit more, Okay so it wasn't that big a deal but... Wet was uncomfortable, and now she had to go through all the trouble of washing it and blech. Dirt always felt gritty too...
This was all ignoring the fact she'd just eaten a bug. Speaking of which, a small buzzing creature caught her attention, her face went blank as she followed it with her eyes, her head turning along with it. It was but a breif moment of hypnozation, but enough to lean her foreward a bit. She then snapped out of it, giving a distasteful look to the fly, before her new leaned in position and a large belly offset her balance. Her eyes widened as she tried to catch herself, but failed. She let out a loud "Eek!" before hitting the water. Not that it was deep where she was, but it was more than enough to get her attention.
She squeaked, hoisting herself up out of the water on her hands and knees, the water reaching her elbows. She looked rather pathetic, eyes wide, her sweater and skirt now soaked and dripping, and her hair half dampened and trying to cling to her face.
This was not her day apparently...
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:01 pm
Alec started to lauhg as he watched Natsumi's expression change, catching on quicker this time at exactly what her attention had been drawn to. Don't tell me she's's going to do it again. He grimaced lightly, still finiding it humorous that she was getting to the point where she couldn't even ignore a passing fly for fear of missing a potential meal.
He watched her lean closer towards the water as he peered after the insect, seeing the potential mishap before it could occur. "Uh..." He started slowly, about to audibly announce his caution until he saw he was too late. With the loud splash, the punk teen became worried and quickly swam over to the floundering girl with more speed than he'd thought was possibly out of him. Unfortunately, the water soon became too shallow as his foot nudged the muddy lake floor, so he opted to stand up and walk the rest of the way. "Ye ekay?" He asked when he'd come within feet of her, calmer now that he could see she was alright though he still offered a grey hand to help her up.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:20 pm
Natsumi nodded at the question, peering up at him. She looked a bit suprised at first, quickly trying to hide it the best she could. It was still Alec... Still her friend. She wouldn't let some changes, though drastic, in his appearance to affect that... She smiled slightly, taking his hand after the pause and awkwardly trying to get to her feet. She nearly slipped back in once, but managed to catch herself with his help. She was quickly realizing her weight changes were becoming more and more awkward with each month.
"Thankyou." she finally seemed to balance herself, awkwardly scooting herself back onto dry land. She turned back to him, grabbing a side of her sweater to try and ring it out some. The wet article of clothing wasn't doing any part of it's job, it losts it's initial fluff and thus her pregnancy was easily apparent. That and it certaintly wasn't keeping her warm.
She offered another smile, trying to pick up some sort of conversation to lift the increasingly awkward feeling in the air. "Aa... Were you swimming?" Well.. that had sounded better in her head. Of course he was... What else do you do in the water?
Somethign green caught her attention, her eyes locking on it. Was that a.. leaf? Maybe he'd gotten one stuck to him while swimming?
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 10:42 pm
Alec did his best to ignore the strange glances he was receiving, though he was finding it harder to liven up the conversation that was quickly going stale out of the uneasy rift between the two.
Just keep smiling. She'll get used to it, just keep smiling.
"Ah ye.." He meekly replied to her question, twisting his torso around to gesture to the large lake surrounding them. He was almost hesitant to admit what he had actually been doing before she arrived but figured poking fun at himself could possibly help the situation a bit. "A' was actualleh tryin teh... figgeh ou' 'ow t'breathe undeh wateh." After a brief pause he continued his train of thought. "No' much luck. Maybeh a'll 'afteh ask Awen o' somethin."
Realizing his mumbling wasn't helping, he decided to shift the spotlight from himself. "Wha' are ye doin' 'round 'ere?" The answer was obvious from her insectivorous actions but he felt it was polite to ask anyways.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:00 pm
It's Alec, it's Alec... She wanted so very bad not to be frightened by his look, still she couldn't keep it from playing with her mind. She was getting used to it though, slowly but surely.
"Breath under water?" she echoed, suddenlly curious... He could do that now? That was actually rather interesting, even to her. Swimming back home had always been fun.. and the water was pretty, but then you had to come up for air after only a few seconds.
"Aa.. Well. I had been Hungry..." she laughed nerviously, blushing brightly suddenlly. Her shoes slushed as she shifted her weight. Subject change was good right about here, "So... You can do that?" she pointed to the water, "Breath in it?" Of all the unbeleivable things that came with changes, this had been the first one to intrest her.
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Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 11:33 pm
"A' guess." Alec answered unsurely, not even positive himself that he was able to do such a thing. It sure didn't seem like it after he'd tried it himself. "Thas wha' these aw fo', righ'?" He craned his neck to the side and pointed lazily at the symmetrical slits in the skin, even goes as far as poking one with a gingerly touch. The idea of being able to breathe underwater sounded pretty cool to the punkster teenager, though he still wondered what it would feel like and if it really was as hard as it apparently was for him to acheive. Maybe he really would have to go speak to Awen.
"Since when did ye 'ave a taste fo' bugs?" He smirked, scratching at the bark on one of his elbows.
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Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:35 pm
Natsumi tilted her head to better see the gills, she'd seen enough fish in her lifetime to know most fish parts. Had to know for cooking.... Wait, did that mean Alec was going to be edible.
Luckally, he had spoken about her taste for bugs by the time that thought hit her, to both of which she paled and went wide-eyed. That had been by far the most disturbing thought she'd ever had about the island. Shoving it out of her mind, she continued to fluster about the bug comment."A..Ah... I..." She stuttered, Of all things did she have to need ot eat bugs? Dirt would have been better... "Bugs.. used to scare me... But then here, and then I had met Newton-san.." her blush increased as she tried her best to answere his question, not quite realizing that he was just teasing her.
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