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 Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:52 pm
"Oh lord, please don't tell me that gormless arse Sabin gave you the 'this is a movie set' that I got when I arrived here" she rolled her eyes and held a hand palm up towards him "This isn't a costume, believe me if you want or don't, you wouldn't be the first... nor I'm sure you'd be last" she sighs
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:10 pm
"...What?"
Not a few hours on this island and already something was seriously wrong. Why would Sabin tell this girl something totally different? There was no movie set here, to be sure. Reality TV show, perhaps. But it still didn't add up.
This Sabin Duvert was shadier than he'd seemed. The thought that Antony was telling the truth made him both guilty and sick. If she was sprouting fur and tails, then what would happen to himself?
Zach chose the best option available - panic.
"This is not happening!"
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:20 pm
"I'd love it not be" she sighs.. "Sorry" her tongue flickered and she felt bad for the guy. He made her curious what kinda lifestyle the man had left behind.
She reached and touched his arm "Hey, you need to sit down?" she asked him there was a tone of concern in her voice
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:34 pm
The quiet of the morning was certainly betraying the emotions he felt right then. Not a single sound but the chirping of birds. What he'd thought would be a nice getaway for a while was starting to seem nightmarish.
"But... it's impossible. It can't be. Humans can't become animals. I don't want to believe this." The tongue flick scared him back into silence.
This girl already resigned herself to becoming some kind of scaly monster. He didn't want to end up the same, but he could tell, with all honesty, that it would be the same for him. He was weak. He would never be able to stand his ground against an operation as widespread as this one supposedly was. If, indeed, as Antony said, the whole island was an experiment, then he would be lost to it forever, just a number and some kind of animal.
Go, run, get out of here! his mind screamed at him. He would have, gladly, and not given it a second thought. But this time he had nowhere to flee to. He nodded to Joliette. He didn't trust his voice to answer her with.
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:39 pm
She led him to sit on the stairs that led up to #28, the unit she herself had just come out of "One sec I'll get you a drink of water" she says and lets herself into #27 returning after a moment with plain old cold water in a glass "I would have thought the same thing , actually I did, but everyone here is turning into something, I know a bat, a wolf, a skunk, a lizard, a snake, and more others then I'd rather admit. I'm becoming a Komodo, the gormless arse's idea of a joke since I arrived here a vegan, and a Komodo is the exact opposite" she sits on the stair beside him "What's your name by the way, I don't think I caught it"
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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:57 pm
He gratefully downed the water from the supposed Komodo Dragon. Again, her calmness was unnerving, however positive it was supposed to be.
He listened to her rattle off the list. So many different animals, he doubted they used any twice. And the reason for her own animal seemed sinister. Not only was it odd to toy with people so personally, but to go through all this trouble seemed unnecessary. Why not just gather up some willing volunteers and be done with it. He was getting a headache just from trying to piece it together, and still failing.
"My name's Zachary Bloodstone..." He frowned, holding the cup carefully in the one hand.
He couldn't believe it. Not just yet. It would take something astonishing and absolute to make him certain that there was no underlying joke. He'd take the humiliations in stride. Let them laugh. He'd feel better if he just knew for certain that it wasn't a horror movie he'd stumbled into. He had too much anxiety to handle such a trick well.
"Why... do you think that's what's going on? I just don't really think I can believe all of this. I'm a man of science, I just recently got out of college, and what you're telling me is impossible." The headache was getting worse. It was that Dengue Fever vaccination, or WHATEVER these islanders wanted to call that shot.
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:06 am
"Nice to meet you Zachary, Joliette Rigiel is my whole name. Well I've felt enough pain to believe it, and these dont come off. Did you get the shot?... thats the start of this mess for any of us, the git tried to convince me I needed it, I refused and soon passed out. " she points at the scales adorning her arm.
"As for why... Well I think that All those doctors are simply insane... I can't stand any of them, especially after getting locked outside for two months." She looks up in thought
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:31 am
"Pleased to meet you as well." He gave her a weary smile. Finally, someone who wasn't out for his blood. Her story, in however few details, sounded sad. He toyed with the cup some more.
"Yes, they gave me a shot. Hurt like hell, too." He wasn't afraid to swear about these things. He hated shots. "So this is the end for me as well?"
He looked interested and a little confused at the mention of counting in months. "There's a lot of things I need to hear about this place, I take it," he grimaced.
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:41 am
"I don't remember the shot, found out later that I had it... Not the ... end... persay, but definetaly the rest of your life, I've been here since November, I followed a rumor and went looking for Vasile and wound up here... I was told that he was here shooting an ultra top secret movie and I was offered an exclusive if I came ashore... And started getting info for my scoop from the git... And started getting sick and passed out, next thing I knew I woke up in number 27 here" She pauses and looks at him "I can answer anything I know, I won't say I know it all"
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:49 am
He began to formulate a question when the pain of his headache became too much. It was like a knife through the eyes. Wincing, he placed the water cup down and used it for balance to get to his feet.
"I'm sorry, Miss Rigiel... I'm not feeling that well. I think it's the innoculation - I got warned about this. Tylenol isn't doing a thing. I'll just find my way back to my duplex... ow, my head... which way did I come from?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:51 am
"I'm not certain, I wasn't watching, what number are you in Zachary?" she asks and stands up looking in teh direction of the higher numbers, he was new, it was doubtful he came from the other direction
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:54 am
"Dr. Duvert said it was #38..." He winced again. It was getting terrible quickly.
He followed the direction of her gaze. Yes, that area did seem to look familiar.
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:57 am
"38? That direction about 5 buildings down. And upstairs, all the even numbers are upstairs... Warning, the nitemares are horific... I hope you have better luck... I live in 27, often stay in 25 or you can find me in the darkroom on 28" She says with a nod And offered him a hand to stand up again
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:04 am
Brand-new experiment or no, he really needed to lie down. This whole day was too much for him. He grabbed her hand and used the leverage to get all the way to his feet. Did he have to rely on others so much?
Oh wonderful, a nightmare. Just what he needed to complete this day. Though he did have to admit it would be hard not to have one after a day like this. He mentally slapped himself whenever his thoughts traveled too close to what he'd seen with Antony, though. He wasn't a pervert!
"Well, Miss Rigiel, be seeing you." He tipped his hat to her slightly as we walked toward the high-number duplexes. "Thank you for the water and the information."
... I think.
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Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 1:06 am
"Just call me Joliette, or Joli, and you are welcome, good night" And I hope you don't have as bad a dream as I did hte first night she thought to herself and then wandered into #27
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