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 Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:45 pm
It was a feeling he'd had all along. He should just stop doubting everything. There were absolutes on this island. He would absolutely go the way of all those he'd met, transforming into a creature right before his own eyes. And there was another absolute - no escape. He would be trapped here the rest of his life.
Still, why wasn't she fighting back? Why weren't any of these islanders he'd met fighting back? Had they given up all hope so soon, or was there something they knew that he didn't?
He didn't even want to know. Ugh, the salad tasted terrible for some reason. He put his fork down.
"Everyone's trapped... forever." He didn't cry this time, luckily. He'd grown slightly used to the idea, even if he feared it beyond almost anything else.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:49 pm
"Unfortunately" she paused and swallowed "And they have a lot of control, I punched that gormless arse Sabin once... Right in the solar plexus" she looked at her hand forming a small fist "Next thing I know I wake up in the meat cooler, I'd really like to know how he did that... " she paused and leaned closer and whispered despite the fact they were alone "Mind you, I'd never hesitate to run away from here if I could"
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:07 pm
It was beyond unfortunate.
"He definitely deserved a couple more of those." He smiled maliciously at her story, noting her fist. "But... you went out, just like that? It couldn't have been a coincidence."
That detail definitely had to be part of why no one was making any moves to fight their way to freedom. Joli seemed tough. At the very least she would be able to take down a good number of regular people, armed with those claws and that attitude. But that lost time meant nothing good.
"We may not be able to do it right away, but someday... there has to be an opportunity."
Preferrably before he himself started sprouting fur, feathers, or scales.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:11 pm
"Subject Rigiel Sleep... Just hope you never hear those words with your name... or you wont be awake to remember a portion of hte day, thhats what I heard before waking up in the meat locker..." she loosed her fist and rubbed her hands together. "I would have loved to get a few more punches, perhaps a kick in, make my belt worth all those years of practice, but I doubt he'd take any chances near me again..." She pauses and looks towards him again
"Perhaps some day, you are right about that... What did you do before coming here, was it related to what brought you here?" she asks him curiously
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:27 pm
So that was the doctors' little secret - and an explanation for why the island was still populated. He frowned a little at it. But he didn't even want to doubt anything he heard here. His whole reality was backwards now.
"The next time you see him, give him one for me." Much as he would do so himself, he didn't have the spine to even consider it.
"I sure hope so. I... was tricked, I guess. It seemed to be a simple spelunking job for the laboratory here, to investigate their cave systems and such. It sounded good to me. I know I don't look like much, and that's what usually puts people off from hiring me. So this seemed like quite a change in my luck." His face fell further. "Turns out it was the opposite."
"What about you? I'm sure there's more to your story than what you told me before..." Couldn't hurt to know more about these people, since they would be the only ones he'd ever see from now on.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:34 pm
She leans an elbow ont eh table and listen to his story nodding "Sorry to hear that, you seem capable enough to me, you could still spelunk if you wanted to, they dont seem to stop us from doing things we want to activity wise..." she pauses a moment "What brought me here... I"m a photographic journalist, one who loves to follow leads, I heard a rumor that the death of the star Vasile DiRossi was fake and that he faked his own death and was somewhere in this vacinity. Sooo I rented a yacht for a month or so packed all my camera and laptop stuff and headed out to see. Three weeks later I found him, and when I came closer he ran telling me I had to save him and Ambrose, and while he was gone, the Git and another doctor came to the beach and fooled me into believing Vasile was taping a movie here, and I could have an exclusive on it if I came ashore... So stupide me did, was talking with the git in his office and felt sick, I'd turned down his 'vaccine, I was vegan after all, and soon passed out next thing I knew I woke up in a duplex.. and it just goes on from there..." she takes a breath "Sorry, didn't mean to be long winded"
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:54 pm
"After my fall all those years ago, I've found myself a lot better at working in the darkness of caves... so I know I won't be losing the other to a cave incident as well. It's one of the few things I have any confidence in, I'm afraid."
"Vasile DiRossi?" The name rang a bell, vaguely. Zach was obviously not into pop culture. "Huh, I guess someone here wanted to add an actor to their collection." It was amazing how quickly you could accept doom for others when it was right there in front of you.
"Sounds despicable. I'm so sorry for you... they violated your beliefs and everything. Nothing long-winded about it. It's a story, after all. You can tell it any way you want." He was now idly playing around with his fork.
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Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:57 pm
His stomach was groaning and his mind still a little fuddled from meeing with Antony in her room. Maybe some food would settle him, a late breakfast. Rex made his way into the cafeteria and spied two more faces he'd yet to meet. Well who do we have here..?
Rex got a plate piled high with breakfast sausages and bacon along with a side of maple syrup for good measure, then made his way over to where the two were sitting. "Y'mind if I join yeh?" He smiled friendly and looked at the new faces, a man and a woman. The girl seemed to have changed, scales briding her nose and claws for hands, but the other seemed normal.. apart from his odd choice of clothes.
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:01 am
Joliette looked up "Oh my... another new islander, no, go ahead, you are welcome to join us... " she says quietly, she was a bit more withdrawn around multiple people, least now she was. "I'm Joliette" she introduces herself before plucking another ranch-dressing-covered ham chunk off the top of her salade and putting it into her mouth
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:08 am
To actually see the face of the guy who'd just come in, Zach had to look up. Way up. Ulp, tall people, always intimidating just by sight. He sounded friendly, but Zach didn't dare say anything. All the conversation in him had been neatly disposed of.
However, the man didn't appear to have any animal qualities to him, of any kind. He was th first one Zach had seen here not to already be somewhat changed. Still, he felt wary. If Joliette didn't know the guy, then he'd just be apprehensive.
He was still a little hungry, but he knew the salad would disagree with him. He took a big drink of water instead. That would buy him some time away from having to talk. Silently, he waited for the question he figured he would be asked again, just as he had when he'd first come. People had a natural curiosity about the fate of his left arm.
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:15 am
"J.. Joliette?" He confirmed, repeating the name to make sure he'd pronounced it correctly. "Please to meet you, I'm Rex." He sat his massive plate down on the table and pulled up a chair across the table from the two. Rex shifted his gave to the other man who sat in silence. "And you name is..? You'll have to excuse me. I don't know many of the people around here and I want to make sure that I get the names down the first time."
He smiled and munched a piece of bacon. Sweet flavorful goodness...
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:21 am
Joliette nods "Yes thats right, nice to meet you Rex" she looks towards Zachary, was he nervous again? he certainly seemed like it to her... Well oh well, it was up to him to introduce himself, her yellow tongue flicked as she looked back at her salad popping another piece of meat in her mouth
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:28 am
Carefully, he placed the cup down. He gave his name without looking up, his voice a little wavering. "I'm Zachary..."
He'd begun to turn toward Joliette, but looked back at his salad bowl as soon as the yellow tongue came. He'd forgotten about that little detail. Didn't help his comfort level, but he had to remember that she couldn't help it.
In a way, he couldn't help feeling nervous randomly all the time. He just had to keep himself calm, and above all, NOT get frightened by something until his anxiety passed.
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:37 am
"Joliette and Zachary, all right, I can do that." He beamed, glad that he'd pronounced the exquisite french name correctly still. Rex had such an odd way of speaking he often found it hard to do accents correctly. He'd yet to notice Zach's oddly quiet state or lack of a limb.
Rex finished his piece of bacon and decided to mix things up by popping a sausage in there. Nothing better than a mix of flavors. He watched the woman eat her ham in ranch, an odd mix but he'd have to try it. His eyes narrowed in thought when her tounge flicked like lightning from her mouth, "So Joliette, do you know what kind of lizard you've got." Rex inquired, hoping to start a conversation to break the silence.
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Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:44 am
Well that was a silence breaker, and it shocked Joliette, she certainly hadn't been expecting that question, most newcomers seemed to avoid questioning that particular direction.
She looks up and swallows the meat before speaking "Varanus Komodoensis, the largest lizard, and I believe the only one who eats no vegetation whatsoever... not even that of it's prey's diet"
She sighs looks down at her salad again
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