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 Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:24 pm
Rex was slightly baffled by the scientific information that flooded from her mouth. He didn't look like the kind of person you'd expect to rattle off such accurate biology. "Wow, you're making me feel stupid." He chuckled, "I'll have to do a little research on lions then." He wasn't sure if they had internet access or anything like that on the island, but all of those books in the entertainment room were bound to have something on lions. They were pretty generic, well known animals.
He looks at the ocean, small waves crashing gracefully a little farther out. And the contraction of the waterline rushing up to their feet, then succumbing back to the rest of the ocean behind them. "Y'up for a swim?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:36 pm
A smug grin came across Lauren's face, "Moreau's been teaching me himself. But I've been playing skipping my lessons lately." She gave a toothy grin at Rex. "Yeah, you should really research your animal since, ya know that's what your going to BE and all."
She was glad when he asked her to swim. Lauren was getting a little antsy and wanted to move around. "Sure, why the hell not." She said walking out towards the waves. She had not been able to get along with anyone very well besides Colche and Awen, this was a nice change of pace. The mongoose in her was definately happy.
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:46 pm
Indeed, Rex was lucky enough to have found out what animal he was going to turn into. Without that little tuft on his tail, he may have never even known what kind of animal he'd turn into. That scary sense of mystery would still be in his mind.
Trying to keep his clothes as clean as possible, he undid his jeans and stripped down to his boxers. He never really like wearing clothes anyway. Rex left them there on the shore and barged into the water after Lauren. He dove under quickly and ran his fingers through his hair. Ahh, that was refreshing.
Rex came back to his feet about waist deep in the water and said, "I only have the clothes that I washed up in. So it's kind of a hassle having to keep them clean."
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:54 pm
Lauren splashed water in Rex's face, "Have you tried getting new ones. You just have to press that little intercom in the duplex room." She laughed at him, didn't he know that already? "Just keep those shorts on... alright? It's practically like swimming trunks already."
The water was really nice today. Lauren submerged herself underneath and popped back up.
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:11 pm
Rex swatted at the water as it flew up into his face, but of course to no avail of stopping it. It was merely a reflex. "So tell me a bit about your relationships with people on the island. Any boy friends? You seemed a bit hostile about the others' opinoins." he splashed a bit of water back. Curious about the couples of the island.
He listened in amazement. "I never noticed the boxes before. I basically only use my duplex for sleep and a shower. How do you work them?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:20 pm
Was Rex flirting with her? Typically, when a guy is near naked and asks about relationships... he's wondering if he can eventually get into your pants. Or at least that's how Lauren saw it. She became a tad bit weary of him but answered his question. She had claws, she could kick his a** if he tried anything. "I... well I'm friends with Awen." She said friends as if there was ambiguity in the word. "But no, for the most part Islanders stay away from 'Moreau's student'." Or at least in her eyes, it was that way. "What about you?" She raised an eyebrow at Rex.
Why on earth did she not tell him she had feelings for Awen? Some part of Lauren enjoyed the attention if that's what Rex was giving. And if not, well there was no reason to worry now was there. Still, for some reason she wanted to leave things mysterious. At least for a short while. "Yeah, you push that big button and someone comes onto it and asks you what you want. Just tell them what you need, they'll supply it." That was a dumb question.
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:54 pm
Actually, Rex hadn't thoguht about sex the slightest bit. He was just curious about how people on the island interacted. He hadn't met any couples on the island, yet and wondered if that was taboo or something. Wait... what?! Did she jsut said that she was 'friends' with Awen? He hadn't gotten the lesbian vibe from either Awen or Lauren. Though it made sense. Ahh well, Rex didn't have any problem with homosexuals. Avery and him had become good buds. And he was gay.. or.. something. "No relationships with me." He shrugged, though it would be nice to have someone to hold. He'd missed having a warm body with him in his bed ever since Julie died.
Rex sat down in the water now, moving his hands forward and back while the current sifted through his fingers. "Is it really that easy? Hrm, I'll have to get some new clothes then!" There was quite a few things Rex wanted or needed, but didn't know how to get a hold of. And the lab techs seemed to appear sparcely on the island as well.
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:03 pm
Lauren starting digging her giant feet into the bottom of the ocean. "Oh, figured you did just get here and your not upset about being stuck." She didn't really care one way or the other, was just playing with him. Or at least that was the game going on in her mind.
"Yes it's that easy, now you don't have to worry about going around naked when your clothes fall to shreds." Lauren started wandering away towards the deeper water, didn't they hop into there to start swimming?
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:12 pm
"Yeah, I was kinda hoping to get some clothes before that happened." He chorted and pushed off of the sandy sea floor, drifting farther out to the ocean like an otter. He kicked his legs gently along the surface, gliding over the waves' ripples as they came until it got too deep for even him to stand. He dove under water and floated about under the waves for a few second then popped his head back up, tredding the water gently with his new paws and claws.
The thunder and washing sound of the waves was pleasant, but Rex figured it'd be best to get the conversation kicked off again, "So where are you from?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:21 pm
Lauren chuckled a bit, the conversation was getting thin so she was relieved he asked something about her, "The coast of Oregon... origionally, but I ran away to L.A. so I geuss you can say a bit of both." She really didn't like thinking that she had a life in Oregon, it was still kind of painful and her face had shown that slightly. Not that L.A. wasn't worse. "What about you?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:25 pm
Thankfully he revived the conversation from a dull moment. "Well, I was born and raised in a pretty bad section of LA... then I got sent away to the east coast for high school since my parents couldn't really take care of me. Not that they really liked me at all to begin with. Then after school I came back to California to start a new life with my fiancee. San Francisco." He said the end for clarification and stared down into the water. It was getting pretty deep.
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:34 pm
Lauren gave a playful wink, "I was part of that section of L.A. I lived in the center of 'the bad'" So Rex had bad parents too. "I hear you on that, parents suck a**. If I see my father again..." Lauren shuddered at that thought. "He was an a** after mom died. The picture perfect dad, if not a little distant before. Then my mom came down with cancer and bam, he turned into a violent monster and an alcoholic." She was surprised she could talk about this with someone. She hadn't really told anyone about all of this.
"You had a fiance? You said you didn't have anyone?" Lauren was confused. Yeah the water was deep but she could stay afloat by swimming or floating on her back. At least swimming was stil very easy to do.
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:44 pm
Rex listened to her story in awe, it was almost creepy how many parallels their families held. "Really? That's so weird. My mom died of lung cancer when I was thirteen. Except my parents were also the opposite. They were terrible, alcoholic druggies before hand. Once my mom passed away, it was like some weird reality check for my dad. He went into rehab and sent me off to an east coast boarding school. I haven't seen him sense, the b*****d." Rex really didn't care for his parents at all, just like they never cared for him. Rex had basically been fending for himself since he was old enough to open the refrigerator and cook something for himself.
Rex realized where she must have gotten confused and hurried to fix his mistake, "Oh, no. Well.. I had a fiancee. She... she died a week before our wedding." He held up the ring on his right hand and smiled sadly, "But that was about four or five years ago... I miss her."
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:54 pm
It was kind of creepy how parallel their lives were, "Woah... that's freakish!" Lauren said as her orange eyes widened. "Yeah, the same only wish my dad treated me better after my mom died. I don't think he wanted to take care of me at all. I tried my best in school, was the picture perfect teen, even worked McDonalds to keep him in booze and us in food when he quit his job. The last time he beat me, I... transformed." That was her first dramatic transformation. This was her last. "I loved my mom..." Was all she could say about her mother. She was a very good mother, and took wonderful care of her daughter. If she hadn't died... Lauren would never even be on this island.
"Sorry about your fiance." Wow five years ago, Rex was older than she thought. "My mom had only been dead two years."
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 9:03 pm
Rex couldn't handle all this talk about their bad past lives, he had to move onto something different, something lighter. "Well.. at least we don't have to worry about bad parents any more. Looks like we'll just have to be trapped in paradise. He kicked his feet up, floating on his back and staring at the cloudless sky. It really was beautiful here, something like a weird dream.
"Oh, don't worry about Julie. I love her, and I miss her... but what happens happens." He sighed quietly as it felt like his heart gained twenty pounds. He felt like he was going to sink like a rock to the bottom of the ocean. "We were going to get married pretty young, but we didn't care. We had each other and that's all that mattered." Rex was getting all sappy again, didn't he just try to get to get away from sad subjects?!
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