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 Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:12 pm
Hargun gathered up a plate of shrimp and some bread.. a little bit of the salad ham as well that she always loved eating at buffets. She hadnt yet lost ALL her taste for other foods, but still preffered bugs over all.
She came and sat back down next to Ambrose, sighing.
She was silent for a while, unable to think of anything wity or cheerful to say like she usually did. It was turning out to be a depressing morning.
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:17 pm
"David changed too" Joliette said after taking the salad, she was staring down at it hoping she could keep it down, she'd not eatten any meat in a lil over three years. she picked up the fork having a little trouble with it thanks to her changed hands. She knew very well the meat was hidden under the sauce and appreciated ambroses' efforts to hide the meat. With a LOT of hesitation she took a bite
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:26 pm
Jamal passed a look of slight panic to Ambrose, wondering how everyone was being so calm about all of this. It wasn't so bad for him seeing already transformed people having an advancement, but to see a completely normal person now looking like...one of them...
"Yo, Ambrose," he managed to say without much waver to his voice, trying to push off his uneasiness with a stout shrug of the shoulder and placement of his arms on the table. However, for once, he felt distinctly out of place among the changed islanders...he was the only NON-changed person here...and for that fact, Joli had been here a lot less time than he had and she was already sprouting scales. Now, either someone was playing games with him or something had to be up.
He held his tongue as the question of "what up" lingered there. Pretty damn obvious what was up, wasn't it? However, Joli's mention of Chubbs being changed made him squinch his face up and he swore under his breath. ******** to ruin a perfectly good thing with his boxing teachings. God dammit, how inconvenient.
"Well s**t." He didn't know what else to say.
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:37 pm
Ambrose winced at the news of Chubbs. HIs good mood, it seemed, was determined to be weighed down by the new news. He idly wondered if he would ever be able to keep high spirits for very long here. He made friends with newcomers, and they were all bound to change... right? Even small triumphs or good things on this godforsakenisland were bound to be overshadowed by the reality of the s**t going on.
"Well put, Jamal." Ambrose said without any sarcasm. "Poor Chubbs...." He had always been such a nice, friendly guy. He wondered how he was... or was his absence enough to speak of that. "And here I was about to go... work with him" He caught himself as Joli was sitting right there. "How... how's the big guy doing..?"
He took a breath. It had to be asked. "How are you doing for that matter, Joliette...? I.... we know how you feel..." He glanced quickly to Jamal. Well.. most of them did. And the rest would eventually.... woudln't they? Why was Jamal taking longer? Was something wrong? Did... they need more preparation or something for his serum? Or maybe he was becoming a plant like Anjali....
"I take it.... you're a.... snake...?" He asked, barely a whisper, glancing to where her tongue had flicked out barely a moment before. "What... what of Chubbs...?"
The steak before him gave him an alternative to talking, and he cut into it, red 'juice' spreading over the plate and releasing its 'sumptous' odor to his nose. He took a big hearty forkfull.
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:49 pm
Hargun took a bite of her shrimp then shot a glance at Ambrose rather suprised at him. "Shes got claws... and sharp teeth." she whispered to him. Finding the two both close to each other rather frightened looking really slaughtered her mood for the day. She tried her best not to sound bitchy though.
"I was shocked to have found them BOTH changed at Chubb's duplex." she started and looked at Jamal. Now that she ran it over again, he said hed been at the island for a VERY long time when she talked to him in the entertainment room. WHY in the world had he not shown ANY signs of changing?
She also had no idea about Anjali, so she couldnt use that as an exscuse.
What did Moreau possibly have against him, if thats what it was, that would keep him waiting so long.. so dangerously and antagonizingly long to change?
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:54 pm
"Somehow I don't think I'm a... snake" she agreed with Hargun her eyes looking at the claws... she looked to Hargun "I.. uhm.. I'm kinda moving in with him, he asked me to... before... " she blushed averting her gaze again "And then this happened.. David is ok I think, he was going to sleep when we left... he's rather furry now.. among other things..." she picked at the salad and tried to keep her tongue in her mouth after almost loosing it when her tongue flicked and picked up the scent of the meat's juices on Ambrose's plate
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:00 pm
Jamal gave both Hargun and Ambrose a very hawk-eyed glance, noting that they each look at him in turn in a way that gave him the impression they were wondering something about him or they were checking him out for some reason. Eww.
"Sounds like a lizard, if ya askin' me," he said in hopes of not looking as weirded out as he felt. "Ain't that s**t similar ta Amaya?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:08 pm
"Maybe" Ambrose replied. "I didn't think lizards did the.... tongue thing..." Ambrose winced after he said it.. Jolie probably felt uncomfortable enough as it was. "I'm sorry, Joliette... I dont' mean to put you on the spot. I'm sure you'll discover things on your own time when you're ready to face it." He gave her a smile.
"I still have yet to figure out the ... order... however. Maybe some people react different to the serums... or maybe not all of them work. I mean, this is experimental. I would think that it couldn't work all the time." He tried to sound encouraging to Jamal. "Like... Anjali - I don't think that they could really turn someone into a plant." He squirmed, probably sounding like a hypocrite, sitting there covered in fur. He had doubted beforehand that changing beyond his first change would have been impossible.
"I'm glad to hear Chubbs is doing alright." He smiled. "And fur - that's not bad!"
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:12 pm
Hargun nodded remembering Amaya's scaley ness. Joliette had yet to show any signs of a specific lizard though and it would take a while to figure it out most likely.
Hargun poked around at her food, but ate most of it after a while. She was still pretty tired, and Joliette and Chubbs had woke her up at a bad time. She yawned and looked at everyone at the table.
"Guys I dont want to sound rude, but I outta bail soon. I was still sleeping when I heard Joliette and Chubbs and Im still pretty tired." she managed to say.
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:18 pm
Joliette closed her eyes for a moment after Ambrose's words but knew she'd have to get used to it.. "I think I'll be pulling out my laptop computer's encyclopedia" she said quietly and forced down another bite of the meaty salad
"I think one big difference between Amaya and I though is... she has long fingers..." Joliette held up her free hand "Mine... shrunk"she moved them around a bit before letting her hand lower again "David, well he already knows what he's becoming, he asked the git and was told"
She looked to her friend "I'm sorry Hargun, I didn't mean to wake you up... " she bit her lip a moment looking between the three
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:28 pm
"Oh," Jamal said lamely as each added their two cents in on his guess but shrugged. "Well, whatever. Yous prolly gonna figger it out soon 'nough anyways."
Ambrose's reassuring speech made him feel better...so he wasn't the only person to think that maybe his serum failed! Okay, well then maybe the chance that this was the case wasn't so far-fetched. It was enough to make him smile smugly and tap the table with his nice, human fingers. So what would they do to him if the serum failed to take? Let him go home? Or just wander around the island? Either was a decent option...except the whole going home thing again put him at risk for being picked up by the police.
"Yeah, I'd be so ********' sad if dat b*****d's plan ain't gonna work fo' me," remarked the black man snidely. "Ain't da first time I be puttin' up trouble fo' some crazy ********' b*****d...ain't gonna be da last."
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:36 pm
"I wish I could boast such luck, Jamal." Ambrose said with a sigh as he skewered another large chunk of steak and then proceeded to chew on it thoughtfully. "Though ... and this bit me in the a** last time I said it... I wonder if he really can change us ... further than we already have. I mean... all of this is pretty drastic. Don't get me wrong - I'm not going to get my hopes up like last time.... but it really is .... unbelievable."
He quirked an eyebrow at Jamal's smugness. Reassurance was one thing, gloating was another. "Or maybe he's trying to turn you into a plant too... or a ... mushroom or something." His ears flicked back. He regreted saying it as soon as he did... but part of him wanted to jibe back after 'losing' the snips the other day. Another part of him wanted to gloat about his wonderful night with Angelina... but that was in even poorer taste. He shut up that train of thought with another bite of steak.
He looked over to Hargun. "I understand. My schedule's been pretty wonky recently... not really diurnal or noctournal." He saluted jokingly to her. "Sleep well, Hargun."
"Good luck figuring it out, Joliette... They told me when I asked as well... but I don't know if your... er... previous bad experience would reflect on their honesty with you."
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:45 pm
Hargun smiled at everyone and waved, yawning then turning to the door.
"Bye guys.. hope things cheer up.. or at least get a bit better." she said, and waved a hand lazily before slumping out of the cafeteria and back to her duplex.
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:53 pm
"I do not trust the git to tell me the truth, I gave up on trust with him a long time ago before the green hair incident" she tells him glad to have finally washed the last of that out hte night before. She smiled weakly "Uhmm..." she tried to avoid hte impending arguement after having watched their last bout... Her toungue flicked out and in she knew both scents well now and didn't like the 'taste' they brought to her "So how is... uhm.. What is her name again?" her day's so far activities made the name slip her mind
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:04 pm
Ambrose's jab was well landed to judge by how Jamal's eyes narrowed immediately and glittered in an almost feral way, not at all in a manner that would appear to be jokingly. Arms drew against his chest in a firm crossed position as his jaw tensed, then he dropped his arms to grip the edge of the table.
"Yeah or maybe I jus' lucky and ain't gonna be screwed like da rest o' yous," he said acidly, kicking his chair away from the table and standing, his temper obviously flaring and getting the better of him. They were NOT going to ruin his hopes that he was going to escape this whole mess.
"It ain't ma fault you is how you is and it ain't my fault I be how I be. s**t, I'm ********' due fo' a goddamn lucky break."
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