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 Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:08 pm
Ambrose turned to look as two new figures entered the campsite. Anxiety rolled over him until the figures' faces and scents emerged through the curtain of the storm. Why was he feeling so defensive?? He should be welcoming anyone who decided to come to the campsite - safety in numbers, right?
But he calmed as he saw the two females. Before he really could give the two a friendly greeting, he was bowled over by the wet Colche. "Colche!" He exclaimed in surprise as the feline proceeded to reunify him with the wetness. But... he was coming out into the rain anyway... He patted her gently on the head. "Aww... you got caught out in the storm, too, didn't you sweety?" He glanced over at some of the unoccupied lean-to's. "I've been worried about you, kitten. I'm glad to see that you're alright... out here in the woods." HE smiled at her. "And you - any of you, really - are welcome to join the camp.... it's not much.... and it's not exactly dry - but it's drier than most other places."
Ambrose looked back to Joli, relaxing a bit - his hackles lowering - as he heard her apology. "I can't speak for Awen.... but... I've heard you've been through some rough times, Joli. I.... wel... I'd offer you some meat.. but I fear it's been rained on.... but you're still welcome to it." HE winced, gesturing to a small shift, a bundle of leaves and some rather soggy meat.
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:28 pm
Awen nodded slowly to Joliette and moved over to the small girl. "Hey, no problem right?" She gave her a quick hug before backing away to let her at the food. "We've been through enough lately, I know you're not really liking what you're getting food wise..or at least your animal isn't liking it."
SHe grinned a little bit and simply sat herself near the long dead fire. "Actually I might be heading back to the lake soon. I'll stay for a bit though, it's nice to be able to visit without my skin flaking off." She chuckled a little bit.
She seemed to be in a rather cheerful mood, despite the stormy weather.
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:39 pm
The bedraggled colche looked up at Ambrose. She was glad to see the older guy and delighted that he had been missing her too. That didn't change the fact that she was wet and cold and not very happy though. She sneezed and buried her head in his chest as a crack of thunder and a bold of lightning streaked accross the sky "want home" she mumbled through the fur. Being out in the jungle was all well and good when it was dry and sunny, it was completely another matter when it was cold and wet and scary.
The bunny in her arms finally lifted it's head too, it was very wet but didn't seem to mind being a bit squushed, it was drier nestled between colche and Ambrose. "Want chocolate cake" she managed to squeek still sniffling quietly. She had started to miss her creature comforts out in the wild, things she had gotten so used to had been ripped away from her in an instant.
A part of ehr wanted to ask Ambrose about the black bird, though she had been told irrefutably by several people that it wasn't Aubrey, her big brother would definately know. Ambrose knew everything.
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:50 pm
Joliette would have pulled away if she had noticed Awen's approach, instead she took a step away when she was let go of. Her eyes drifted tot eh sogey meat... and her stomach let out an audible growl regardless of just how wet it was. "Yeah... Thanks Awen" she nods and thanks her quietly glad to know Awen wasn't mad.
These people hadn't really known her outside of her professional attitude of when she arrived, that gave her confidence, but she had reverted somewhat back to her quiet self in her non-professional side. "It's still meat, thanks Ambrose" she says moving slowly towards it shiveringand not really wanting to unwrap her arms from herself as she sat down beside the sogy food
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:54 pm
Ambrose smiled to Awen. "No problem... make your self at home as long as you'd like. You're welcome here." He glanced up at the skies and back to her. "I guess for some there's a silver lining." He ineffectually brushed his hand along his fur that was quite damp again. Unfortunately for him, however, the skies promised that the rains weren't going to let up any time soon.
Ambrose's ears lowered as he looked down to Colche. "Yeah... I want to go back 'home' too... even the duplexes are a welcome change to this. Sometimes I wonder if this all isn't some sort of scheme to get us to be complacent with what we were given." HE glances to the others. "Or perhaps that is just wishful feelings... because that means we'll go back inside sometime." His eyes trailed down to the rabbit in Colche's arms, and he immediately chewed on his own lip. It's Colche's... you remember it... even if it is an easy meal.... you're not LIKE that.
"I'm sure we'll all be home and have chocolate cake eventually, Colche..." He petted her long black hair. "But... in the meantime... if you want to use one of our... erm... lean-to's. They're like tents..? But not quite as dry."
Ambrose nodded to Joliette. "Sorry it's not... fresher. I'm sure that this won't be a good ... sample of how meat should taste." He apologized.
In all, he hadn't budged much from the entrance to his lean-to, still sitting facing the outside, albeit with a colche in his lap.
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:08 pm
She looked around to the others and sighed softly. She really hated being happy when her friends were down in the dumps. She missed all of the easy comforts that she had, her PS2 and gamecube must be getting lonely. Not to mention get brand new PSP! The modifications seemed to make sense now. She grinned a little thinking about the genious. Moreau made her game water proof!
A loud crack of thunder brought her back to the current moment. She scratched a little bit behind her ear. Turning to Ambrose at his words and hopes of Moreau, Awen bit her lip.
"If we can't get back sometime soon..." She shifted her weight uncomfortably. "I've been thinking about swimming off the island for help. We can only survive for so long in the wild like this right? And with people still changing without serums... who knows what will happen. Predators and prey is what this place will become, I'm living proof of it."
Bringing her knees up to her chest she started to drum her fingers along her knee. "But I can breathe in the water. I could go find mainland or something.... get help."
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:16 pm
Colche nodded softly Listening to Ambrose, he sounded quite destracted. her nose wriggled a bit and she peered in to the darkness. Somone was inside, she didn't know who it was. Everyone had somone. It always seemed that way to her. She just, didn't entirely understand why everyone had somone and she didn't Aubrey had said it took time. She just had to be paitent.
With a final sneeze and a nod Colche smiled up at Ambrose and padded off as quickly as she could towards one of the lean toos, dissapearing in to the darkness. She was tired and she scrunched herself as close to the tree the leanto was coming off, curling in to a tight little kitty ball, her natural body heat starting to dry off her fur. She sneezed a couple of times more before her breathing became regular. It was sleep and dry off time, other things could wait. She could question Ambrose about the lady later, she could ask him about the 'big black bird' later, sleep was important now and her eyes aggreed as they closed and sent her off in to a nice little oblivious dream.
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:24 pm
Joliettte picks up the meat 'wringing' it out a lil "Don't worry, I know that meat should taste like... I haven't been vegan all my life" she says looking up in the same quiet tone her eyes watching Colche disappear and then the pair who remained and she used a clawed fingertip to push her matted bangs from her faceand bit intot he meat not chewing it rather pulling it to tear a chunk off with her teeth, the water seemed to have 'diluted' the flavor for that she was glad.
Joliette pulls her knees towards her chest shivering as the cold rain continued to land on her, she listens to the converstaion, or least what she can hear of it.
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:37 pm
Ambrose weighed Awen's suggestion. "It... sounds dangerous, Awen. Even if you can breathe under water.... there's still dangers out there. Shaks and.... other things. But... even if you could get to shore - how do you know that they would't just lock you up and study you there?" His ears flicked back. He was a freak now... his second change had killed Ambrose's hopes of ever returning to normal society. He couldn't hide what he was, and at least here.... people understood what he was going through. If only he could get back in the duplexes....
Of course, this didn't mean that Ambrose idn't miss home, or that he woudln't try to escape if given the opportunity - He had been the first to try to build the signal-fire....
Hell, who was he kidding, he was sour-grapes-ing the mainland.
"IT's your choice, Awen.... but... I don't think it's worth risking your life for it."
He turned to Colche as she got off his lap, and he stood slowly, shaking himself off instinctually, wincing afterwards. "Sorry." He mumbled. Like it was even helpful - it was still raining buckets.
"SLeep well, Colche." He waved to her.
Ambrose nodded to Joli. "Ah... I didn't realize. Hopefully it won't be too miserable.... it won't last much longer anyway. And you're welcome to use one of the lean-tos... maybe share it with Colche... you can help keep eachother warm if you like..."
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:51 pm
"Sweet sleep Colche."
A shiver ran down Awen's spine at the mention of sharks. She had concidered it to be dangerous but she hadn't felt frieghtened by the sea creatures. Now that Ambrose mentioned it though...sharks hit home somewhere in the pit of her stomach. She didn't like the feeling, it made her feel that somehow the water wasn't hers anymore. But she simply shrugged.
"Well... Maybe.." She shruged slightly. "I just figured that if things got worse and we couldn't get into the duplexes. It's dangerous...but if there's no other choice..."
Still the manta in her wanted more open waters. She couldn't stand being cooped up in the rivers and lakes. The ocean was more what it wanted, a place to stretch out and call home. She thought a lot about what would happen on mainland, but... If it meant that risk or the risk of starving or tearing eachother apart. Yeah, she'd be swimming to mainland.
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:59 pm
Share... with anyone... she stared at the meat in her hands. She'd been avoiding physical contact with anyone since she had encountered Awen last. "Uhm... I uh..." she wasn't sure how to put that... She'd appologized to Awen yes, but she'd already had the piglet episode, and then coming to her senses with Awen in front of her "It's probably ...not a good idea" she finishes glad that the falling rain hid tears that were threatening to slip down her cheeks... she hated what she was becoming
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:08 pm
"Only if it comes to it, Awen..." HE could smell the spike of fear with the mention of Sharks, even above the rain. He shifted positions, edging closer to his lean-to. It wouldn't surprise him if Moreau had intentionaly popualted the waters with sharks.
He looked to Joliette with a puzzled look. "What do you mean..? Why?"
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:18 pm
Awen stood up slowly. "I'm sure once you eat some food in you it won't be so bad Joli..." Looking around though she started feeling uncomfortable. The social scene wasn't exactly what she wanted to be a part of anymore. The manta in her just wanted to go back to the lake, or better yet the ocean, and swim around on her own.
"You guys take care.... This lightning and thunder is really starting to freak me a little bit... the water will be better..." She waved and started out of the camp. Funny though, she didn't head for the river at all but was going throguh the land. Was she headed back to the lake by land..? Or maybe she intended to go somewhere else...
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:28 pm
"Bye Awen" Joliette says. She pauses for a moment before looking towards Ambrose "I've already woken up looking into the lifeless eyes of a dead boar piglet, and wound up hunting Awen... I... I don't know if I can trust myself, it's... it's like the beast inside is trying to take control ... Least thats what it feels like"
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:32 pm
Ambrose stood to give a farewell to Awen. "You take care... don't hesitate to come back if you need anything. Seriously." He waved and watched her depart before returning his worried attention to Joliette.
"But.... you've only changed once, Joli... I mean... maybe you do just need to suck it up and try to eat some more meat... honestly the only time my... instincts have flared up that I've noticed is when I'm not ... getting thing that I need..." But his ears remained flattened. "You... woke up to a dead piglet? You don't even remember..... doing anything to it..?"
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