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 Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:44 pm
"Well I ain't catching you..." She called up to the pajama girl. Like hell she was going to get crushed just so this girl can get off the roof.
And then Colche suggested that she jump. Okay then. "If she jumps you're catching." Antony muttered, glancing down to Colche.
Her eyes searched the roof's edge carefully, looking for some place she could easily shimmy down, or Antony could get up to help her. Somehow the latter didn't seem like too good of an idea, but she'd see how things ended up.
Without thinking, Antony climbed the front stairs to the top, peering up on the roof. That wasn't so bad for a jump down. "Hey, come here... Is this too high?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:57 pm
Jumping was just too obvious, and Lily frowns at the fact it even had to be suggested. Her focus on how to get down from the roof, she doesn't take any notice of the interesting appearances of the two people that came.
"I wouldn't expect you to catch me," she murmurs, smiling weakly.
Lily inches towards the edge of the roof that is just above the stairway, following Antony, in a way.
That wouldn't be as bad. Besides, if she jumps she wants a witness of some kind at the very least- the way her luck was going she'd probably make things worse.
"No," she says, leaning cautiously over the edge to get a good look at what kind of a jump it would be, "I should be able to.." Lily trails off, considering ways to make the jump easier. She kneels and feels at the edge of the roof- maybe she could sit and jump?
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:01 pm
Colche yawns watching the proceedings, her ears suddenly flickered up though. her gaze went from where she was sitting, further up the row towards her own duplex. She could see a feint white blob sitting outside of her duplex "Bunny out" she stated looking towards the otehr two "byebye" she smiled lightly standing "seventeen" her duplex number "Colche live seventeen" that was better, she had to start speaking more like everyone else she knew that. She turned and zipped off towards her plex to rescue her rabbit, what was he doing outside? He hadn't left even when she had he was a very home bound bunny.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:03 pm
"Are you okay, Cheshire?" Anjali repeated, brow furrowing in vague confusion. The man on the ground looked subtly different somehow. How bizzare...
She heard other voices now, she realized, echoing from another part of the Village. So there were others coming now... but were they staff, or more subjects? "Hang on," she said, gesturing to Cheshire/Julian as she stood up. "I'm going to see if there's anyone that can help." Venturing towards the voices, but still keeping an eye on the cat-man, Anjali looked around for the source of the sound.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:07 pm
She turned and waved at Colche before she left, sighing to herself. One less person to stress over.
Antony frowned in thought, guessing the distance in her head. "Do you think..." She trailed off, tilting her head to the side before reaching her hands up to gauge the height once more.
"Yeah... Roll onto your stomach and hang your feet over the edge towards me, and I'll get them onto my shoulders. Then we'll lower you down... Should work." With an added nod of approval, she grinned. Damn she was good at fixing things.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:12 pm
"...Chesh...ire...?"
He blinked a few times...but as Anjali walked a little ways away, he managed to pull himself into a sitting position.
"...Excuse me, ma'am?" His eyes were glazed over. "...Who...who are you?"
Wobbling, he stood up, following her a few steps with a bizarre, serene little smile on his lips.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:18 pm
Anjali turned quickly as she realized the cat-man was not staying put... ah well. "I'm Anjali... remember? We were talking earlier..." She frowned slightly. "You were up there, on the roof, and then you jumped down as if you were Tarzan himself. And then you sat in the tree, and we talked, and then you fell out... did you hit your head? Maybe it will help if we find your friend Julian."
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:21 pm
Lily briefly turns to look at Colche when Antony's attention turns that way. She gives a half-wave without really thinking about it, taking a moment to realize the odd fur and markings coloring her..
When Antony speaks, her attention is brought back to getting off of the roof. She watches as Antony considers the possibilities- then explains a good solution. She can't help but hesitate for a second- but she realizes she'd still be able to hold some of her weight on her arms, and this person was offering.
"Alright, sounds simple enough," Lily nods, and she sits down, turning around and pushes herself slowly off the edge of the building. She lowers herself from the ledge, her arms wobbling slightly, her elbows bending and her forearms supporting her when she's low enough.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:21 pm
Julian looked up to the roof, then to Anjali with a strange, hollow little laugh.
"...You were talking to Cheshire. Cheshire jumped down from the roof? Well, he is good about protecting me...." He paused.
"...I am Julian, Miss Anjali."
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:25 pm
"You... are Julian?" Anjali stared for a moment, then shook her head. "Then Cheshire is....?" she asked, delicately.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:28 pm
Shifting till the other girl's feet (ew) were resting on her shoulders, Antony took a firm hold of Lily's ankles. "Ready?"
Whenever Lily gave her the go ahead she would start lowering herself by bending her knees. Antony would do this until this girl was hanging, and then, if need be, could help her further. "Just don't let go..." It was kind of a joke.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:32 pm
Julian smiled warmly. Given what he was saying, and the way his body was marred and malnourished-looking with claw marks...this might be creepy.
"...Cheshire is my protector. He cares for me."
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:37 pm
"I... ah, I see." Well, okay. There was obviously some deep psychological problem going on here, but Anjali certainly wasn't the kind of person to deal with it... especially not now. "Well, he did get you down... are you okay, otherwise? The, ah, village seems to be totally shut down, we can't get into any of the buildings."
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:41 pm
Lily ignores how awkward this feels in hopes of it being over quickly and being free of the rooftop.
"Yes," she replys with a firm nod, despite the fact Antony wouldn't be able to see it.
Lily keeps pace with Antony, trying to keep as much weight off of the woman as possible, and lowers herself until she's hanging from the roof and holding onto the ledge. This is where it gets less easy. She glances downward at the wall of the duplex she's on for anything that would be harmful if she jump were to move from here.
"Okay," she says, looking back to the wall at eyelevel, "This should be a bit easier-" her voice is hurried as it gets harder to hang on, "back away a bit and I'll let go-"
Hopefully this close to a wall, with the height of the jump decreased considerably, the worst she could do it hit the wall.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:49 pm
"You're still too high..." Antony frowned from where she was squatting, moving out from under the girl and wrapping her arms around her legs. "Let go, I've got you."
She still didn't know why she was helping this girl, but whatever.
In case Lily was worried about Antony catching her weight, the tattooed woman stood up, supporting this woman's entire weight with a grunt. The woman may not look it through her tattoos, but Antony was strong. It came with the territory of being a mechanic and tomboy.
Once she let go, Antony squatted down again, letting the woman go once she was inches or so from the ground. And then, instead of getting up, she sat down on the ground lazily.
"Is anything normal here?" The question was blunt, and she immediately took out a cigarette and lit it, the drag relaxing her a bit.
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