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Aha, this guy was not a newcomer to the island. Wasn't anyone around here newer than himself? He felt like an idiot sometimes, simply being out of the loop.

"You're... you're a komodo dragon?" he stuttered. Those lizards were humongous predators. Her sharp teeth and meat eating were unsurprising now, in conjunction with the lizard they came from. So they did this to her for a simple stab at her dignity...

His eyes darted back to the new guy, Rex. There was not much he could gather about the guy from sight alone. Knowing this place, the man would no doubt be transforming into something equally ironic.

Ugh. There was one question Zach would never, EVER ask himself. That question, of course, being which animal he was fated to become. It was simply beyond him to imagine it.

"Amaya's a nice girl, I've met her, she's the one who told me the truth... as for the Komodo... Mighty cool..." she raises her brows her forked tongue flicked again as she watched him trying to figure out if he was being straight. She decides to come back to that and looks at Zachary. "Thats what my research tells me Zachary" she pauses looking back at the table and then back to Rex again deciding to reply to it. "Not sure I totally agree with you, this strikes me as the git's idea of a cruel joke. He didn't seem to like the fact that I was one hundred percent vegan when he first met me"

"Indeed, Amaya's a very sweet girl, but she's so young. Do you now how she ended up here?" Rex watched the other man continue to stare down, avoiding eye contact. Was this guy okay? He figured it was nothing and turned his attention back to Joli, who'd continued with her first thought, "Oh a vegan? Gosh, then that's just plain twisted. I may not have met many of the doctors or scientists that work here, but I know enough to have formed an opinion." He paused dramatically, then ensued with, "...they're jerks. Complete and total, unexplained, unreasonable bastards."

Before he cold complete his thoughts about the labtechs, Zach got up abruptly, cleared his dishes and came back awkwardly. He seemed to be searching for something to say, an alibi for leaving, yet came up short. But Rex forgave, the fellow didn't seem to be doing okay, "Sure thing, bud. See y'round." And with that he was off. Rex turned to joli and whispered, "Is he okay? He seemed like there was something wrong."

"Oh my gosh, I had no idea..." Rex muttered quietly. Heck, he barely knew a thing about the girl or her past, but he did feel a bond with her. Just staying in the shelter at Ambrose's camp had helped him feel as though he knew her better. He popped one of the last pieces of meat into his mouth and chewed it over like he did his thoughts.

Her opinions of the labtechs were from the heart, but her thick accent caused a grin to slip through his lips. A gormless arse, I'll have to remember that.

And then about Zach, "Well yeah, I think the island is alot to take in for anyone! I didn't have an emotional breakdown, but more when numb.. like into shock. It's not an easy thing to get used to." Soon, he'd have to see Awen off into the ocean, so he wasn't fully sure if they'd be here for long. He also was iffy about telling people what she was planning to do, instead he kept his mouth shut. Only opening for the last piece of breakfast.

"Hrm.. they like to be cruelly ironic? Further proof that the people that work here are sadistic sickos." What was there that was ironic about Rex? he was a pretty big guy, maybe they'd try to make him an ant or something like that. Though ants are known to carry things several times their own weight. Maybe they'd make him something helpless and unprotected... like.. a goldfish or something weird. At least that way he'd be able to still go swimming. Well, he'd have to go swimming. Things were just plain confusing around here.

"Hmm," he finished, coming to his feet, "I think that I'm going to go take a shower then explore a bit, this island still has alot left to be adventured for me." He picked up his plate laced with maple syrup and cleared it to the kitchen, then returned to the table. "It was nice having breakfast with you Joliette. I'll see you around sometime!" He waved and headed back to his duplex to stand in the hot water. the steam clensed his thoughts...

New RP

Hunger had, at last, got the best of Cassidy. She came into the cafeteria with the staggered, uneven gait the prosthetic legs gave her, but a smile was on her face.

Really, it had barely left since she'd managed to have that bath.

She went through the line-up, got her now-customary plate of rare meat, and went to find a place to sit.

Cassidy was vaguely aware of a hot spot in the line behind her that was vaguely person-shaped, and the odour of a person whom she did not know was on her tongue, but she still wasn't really conscious of him until he spoke.

She turned around to face him, and smiled. Had he been talking to her, or himself? She wasn't at all sure. Cass ventured closer. "Um, hi there." Oh, lord, but she must be a fright to see. "Did you say something?"

He only had one arm? That surprised her, a little, but she was the last person in the world to be remarking upon physical deficiencies, and she knew it.

"Oh no. Oh no." Cassidy hurriedly backed up. "I'm sorry. You must be new. I'm sorry."

She looked down at the plate of steak. It seemed to her that carrying around a plate of bleeding meat was not helping. After a quick glance around, she took it to the nearest table, left it there, and came back to the man, slowly. She tried to keep her distance, though; seeing that much horror directed at her was not pleasant.

"It's all right, really." She spread her hands in what she hoped was a friendly gesture. If she could just keep that tongue under control for a few minutes, maybe this would be okay. "I'm just here for a snack, same as you."