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 Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:05 pm
"Alec Derring at ye service." He responded straight-faced, slumping down onto her bed as if he had been welcomed from the very beginning. He paused to organize his thoughts and many questions, feeling more relaxed now that she seemed to have trusted his apology as sincere. "Alright, how the 'ell did th'mad Doc get all these people? A' mean, a' betcha 'ave a mum n' dad." He pointed to the reptilian girl to try and relate her to the situation. He didn't miss his father yet seeing as he'd only been gone for a few days so far, but the thought that he'd never be able to leave-- Antony's words echoed again in his mind --it made him anzy, jittery.
"An' what th'bloody fook is up with the aminals? What is goin ON 'ere?" He slid forward on the mattress, folding his torso.
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:14 pm
"Well..." Amaya started, fidgetting with her long fingers. "He gets them by different means. Some people came here thinking it was a two-week long medical study they were getting paid for, some think it's a vacation." She shrugged her scaley shoulders. "And... no, I don't have a mom or dad." She motioned over to the framed picture on the bedside table. "They were killed in a car accident when I was little. I was brought here thinking it was a place for orphans."
The picture held a young couple with their little daughter. The father had the black hair that once graced the reptiles head, the mother having the large green eyes she still kept. The little girl, whom looked to be at around the age of five sat on the father's shoulders. She had black hair and an overall slightly chubby apperance. Her hair was black like the father and cut short, the only thing linking her to be that exact person frozen in time was her eyes. And even they were larger, the whites around them barely visable after so many changes.
"As for the animals... I dunno, to be honest." Amaya rested her arms on the back of the chair and then her chin ontop of them. "From what I've heard they're luring people here and injecting them with... animal DNA or something. For cellular manipulation to help with diseases and stuff." Another pause. "I dunno what turning us into animals has anything to do with curing cancer."
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:27 pm
Alec shut his jaw, mutely staring at Amaya. An orphan. Lovely. He was battin' a million today. Steel grey eyes turned to the picture frame though the sick feeling in his stomach made him unable to stare at it for very long. "Well... y'know what a' mean." He mumbled, wondering if she'd kick him out of her room soon. "Sorreh." He was always apologizing for something, dammit.
All in all, he was receiving the answers he wanted but they weren't making him feel any better. In fact, he felt like he was going to puke. Peirced brow furrowed as he stared at his boots again, one hand idly placing with the metal spikes ornamenting the other. "Am a' gonna turn in'teh a lizehd too?" The question was innocent like something from a child. Joli was a lizard. Amaya was a lizard. Hell, Antony could've been some... furry lizard from Africa. He wouldn't know any better.
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:31 pm
"It's okay, it's long done with." The iguana shrugged her shoulders, not looking particularly sad about it. It wasn't something she openly talked about all the time, but it didn't really hurt to mention it when it came up.
"I dunno. Everyone seems to be turning into something different. You could always hit 0 and ask them." Amaya pointed to the intercom. "I can't say you'll get a straight answer, but it might help to... y'know, prepare. As best you can for something like this." She frowned and looked over at him, feeling sorry for the poor guy. Why did Moreau have to pick such good lives to ruin? He didn't even seem much older then she was.
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:40 pm
Alec couldn't help but chuckle as she mentioned asking the research staff for answers to his particular injection. She seemed so relaxed about it all, like there was nothing unusual about calling someone up and asking them just how bad they were going to mutilate him. "Neh." He smiled, straightening to stretch out his back. "A' d'n wanna know anymore." Funny. Different animals? He could've sworn Antony had a... tongue... thing... going on. Definetly.
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:43 pm
It seemed to be getting harder and harder for her to relive her own first experiances on the island. When you dealt with it for almost a year... it got 'normal'.
"I didn't wanna know either. I eventually found out on my own, after my second change." The girl motioned to her long tail, which twitched as she flicked her large, pink tongue.
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:54 pm
Alec couldn't help but laugh, not maliciously so much as in perverse amusement of Amaya's appendages. Spikey tail and all, how cool was that? "Can ye climb trees now? Do ye talk aminal-talk?" He looked much more interested in the conversation now, as if trying to find positives in the horrible situation they'd all been thrown into. "A' betcha d'n get sunburnt." He pointed to her scales, finding it fascinating how they glistened. His childisness often came out in serious conversations as this but he still held a thread of maturity somewhere in his being.
"Aye... does i' hurt?" He grimaced, visibly cringing to brace himself for the answer.
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 9:58 pm
Amaya didn't join in his laughter outloud, but did smirk. "Yeah, I can climb trees really well now. Not sure if I can talk to iguanas, but right now I wouldn't really doubt it."
"And sunburnt?" This thought had never occured to her. "Huh... guess I don't." She smiled. No sunburn was really something to think positive about.
Though once again, the topic was thrown into a more serious one. "Uh... yeah. A lot." The lizard frowned and looked back at him. "I'm sorry. I wish you didn't have to be here and go through all this."
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:12 pm
Alec pursed his lips, fidgitting with his chin stud in a nervous gesture. All this talk of hoplessness and pain, he didn't want to think about it. Naturally, he tried to avoid the thought altogether. It was the best way to survive.
"Less go for a walk." The punkster gave a wild grin out of the blue, abruptly leaping up from his seat. He dashed over and tugged at the iguana's arm, unaffected by the feeling of grasping the scaley appendage. He wanted to meet more people, see if there were any other cool people around that looked like her. Plus, from what he could tell it'd do good for her to get some air.
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:16 pm
"Hm?" Amaya blinked and watched as he shot up and tugged at her arm. Once again, she was glad she wasn't able to blush anymore.
"Oh, okay." She smiled and stood up, walking with him to the door. "Where to? Any place you haven't seen yet?"
The teen closed the door to her duplex and looked up at him.
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 10:21 pm
Alec looked to the sky as he recollected where he'd been so far. "A' been to th' beach, wandeh'd around th'jungle a bit. A' ate at th' caf too?" He didn't know what else there was to do around the island, from what it how sounded there was much more than the limited area he'd seen so far. "Anywhere fun?"
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:47 am
Studs(On their way out of Amaya's duplex, her and Alec meet up with Rex)Rex Vadnais NEW RPRex wandered his way out of the cafeteria and slowly made his way towards his duplex. He wished that it could've been a bit... more like home, just that stupid call to the labs would hopefully make things all the better.
He examined the duplexes as usual, reading over the names on the doors once again. He'd grown to recognize several names, though more and more name plates began to appear on the duplex further down the way. Moreau had been busy taking lives.
Rex spotted two figures standing outside a duplex, one he didn't recognize, but another was the oh-too-familiar shade of green. "Amaaaayaaa!" He hollered, picking up to the jog so he could get to the lizard-girl he'd missed so much recently. Amaya Vaughan Amaya thought for a moment. "Theres the entertainment room. I've never been in there much, but I think they had a lot of different movies and videogames."
Though she was suddenly ripped from her train of thought as someone called her name. Green eyes scanned the area before she caught sight of the all too familiar man jogging towards her. "Rex!" Her somber expression turned right upside down, having missed the man she had grown so close to in such a short period. Alec Derring Alec jumped as he heard the holler, glancing over in the direction of the approaching character with a bewildered expression. "Friend o' yours?" He churred to Amaya, scanning over his overall look. Rex Vadnais Rex clashed with Amaya in a full clinging hug, squishing his cheeck upon her scaley head. "How have you been? I haven't seen you in ages." Rex's day just got a whole lot better.
Then Rex shifted his attention to the other man standing outside Amaya's duplex. "Well, you're new." Rex mumbled to himself, flashing a very toothy and fanged grin in the his direction. He extended a paw to shake the man's hand, "M'name's Rex." Amaya Vaughan "Yah!" The reptile squealed as she was lifted about and hugged. Grinning, she returned it enthusiastically. Wow, today was going very well. Hopefully it would stay that way.
"I've been alright, managing..." She trailed off and looked between the two, allowing them introductions. Alec Derring Alec looked distracted, shuffling off to the side when the two happily embraced in case he'd get booted or something in the process. When Rex offered a paw, it took the teen a few moments for the gesture to register as he glanced between Amaya and this new scruffy male. "Oh!" His hand shot out to accept the shake, not being used to such formal greetings. A social exchange between guys in the town he grew up in usually consisted of a few head-nods and a couple of "Aye"'s.
"Alec." He responded, smirking at his observation. "Ye, newbie. Shoulda leaped off th' fookin choppah when a' had a chance." He laughed at this and pulled his hand away quick, stuffing them self-consciously into his short pockets. Rex Vadnais Rex chuckled at Alec, crossing his arms tightly across his chest. At least this man seemed to be adjusting well, better than some of the others from what he could tell. "Helicopter? Well, at least you had that chance." A crooked grin creeped across Rex's lips, "I, uh, wasn't so lucky."
He stepped to the side and reached a claw around Amaya's waist protectively. "How long have you been here?" Amaya Vaughan Amaya fell to silence, allowing the two men to communicate. She allowed the older man to put his arm around her waist, for the third time that bad glad she wasn't able to blush. Though she still stayed in the middle off to the side, as to not make Alec feel awkward or uncomfortable since they obviously knew eachother better.
The man she had developed slight feelings for and the attractive guy she had just met standing on each side of her. Oh jeeze. Thankfully the iguana was good at burrying such thoughts and emotions. Alec Derring Alec spared him the retelling of a bad story, learning quick that curiousity was sometimes best left unpersued. "A' couple o' days?" He answered, stepping back to lean against the wall of Amaya's duplex. "S'not that bad a' guess. A' think all this weird shite hasn't sunk into me head yet, y'know what a' mean?" He laughed again, wondering if his nervousness was turning out to be obvious.
The punk teen fell silent for the moment. He kept his hands in his pockets as he slumped his shoulders, creating a look more indicative of an uncertain young boy than a brash, rowdy exterior. He took the opportunity to stare at the couple, the slight tufts of golden fur on Rex a sharp contrast to the sleek scales on the hairless Amaya. His hands had been awkward too, feeling leathery to the touch. The teen felt awkward, to say the least, a mental battle raging between whether it was inpolite to stare or rude to constantly avert his eyes. Rex Vadnais Rex rubbed Amaya's side affectionately before retracting his hand from the girl's green back. The pause in the conversation also gave Rex to size up the newcomer. Alec didn't appear as big as he had moments before, suddenly shrinking in size as he leaned against Amaya's duplex wall. He noticed Alec examinging the two of them as well. In an effort to make the obviously uncomfortable teen feel welcome, he continued the conversation where it dropped off suddenly.
"A few days? Well, uh, welcome to the ranks." Rex paused once more and rubbed his padded hand up and down his arm anxiously. "Things didn't really hit me until.. well, I reckon just before this happened." He swept his hands upward, motioning to the changes, tail flicking noticeably about behind him. Amaya Vaughan Amaya noticed his change in attitude once the lion man had come around. Knowing it well, she tried to bring up a subject that hopefully all of them could enjoy.
"Well, we were on our way to the entertainment room. You wanna tag along or did'ja just come from there?" She asked Rex, then glanced over at Alec. Alec Derring Alec nodded mutely as he listened to Rex, looking intrigued and attentive but clearly not himself. It was bad enough being lectured by a furred woman, befriending a reptile, he wasn't sure he could deal with all the anomalies the island was throwing at him all at once. His mind was on a railway to one big trainwreck sooner or later. The normally outgoing teen was becoming more and more a speck in the chaotic bigger picture.
"D'they got ping pong?" He smirked, getting up off the wall, determined to make a good impression now. He would cling to any social interaction he could get. Rex Vadnais Rex was glad Amaya picked up the conversation as well. "The entertainment room? Sure." He said, just coming from the cafeteria, but whatever. The only time he'd been in the entertainment room before was when he stumbled upon Awen. Oh, Awen... Rex only knew that she was alive thanks to Avery, but he missed his manta, his last memory of the girl in a fluster on the morning of his change.
Rex started to make his way towards the town hall with the other two, then made an attempt to ease Alec's question, "Ping pong? Gosh I haven't played that in so long. To tell you the truth, I don't know if they have a table or not. I doubt it." his attention had been afixed to a tv screen and a crying Avery last time he was in that room, Rex didn't recall seeing one though. Amaya Vaughan The girl started walking as well, her pace at some strange swagger as her tail moved from side to side behind her and her long toes curled a little with every step to keep from hitting the ground.
"I know they have videogames and movies though." She chimed in. Alec Derring Alec dragged his feet into motion to keep up with the two, pulling out a cigarette and beginning a furious rummage for the lighter in his shorts. "Ah well, i' figures." He smirked as the cig hung from his lips, now reduced to turning his pockets inside out.
"D'ye know what they're turnin' ye in'teh?" He looked up at the felinesque man as he fell in pace with him, finally able to successfully locate his lighter to put it to use. Rex Vadnais The tail flailed a bit at the recognition of the animal within him, Rex was glad that there was another person who appeared to be comfortable with the changes. Suddenly, he didn't feel so alone anymore.
"The animal? Ahh, I'm not exactly sure, but as this girl mentioned," he tossed his head in Amaya's direction, "we're guessing it's a lion." Rex slowed his pace slightly so the other's could keep up with his long strides, it was a problem he'd grown to ignore. "our only hint to the change is m'tail." The tufted stalk wiggled once more, partly on Rex's will, though mostly on it's own accord. Amaya Vaughan Amaya seemed to go into short bursts of silence, something that hadn't happened when she first arrived here. But recently she had been finding talking to much to be a hassle, something telling her that it was better to just stay quiet and not jump into other's conversation.
They got to the entertainment room, the lizard opening up the door awkwardly with her large hands. "Here we go." Alec Derring Alec skipped a step in his uneven strides, flicking Rex in the arm in a burst of excitement. "A' lion! Lion's are fookin amazin' man, fair job!" before he could ellbaorate further on his adoration for the lions he'd seen on tv as a child, he noticed they had reached the entertainment area. He skidded over to the doorway as the entrance to the room was reached, peeking over Rex's broad shoulders to peer inside. He gave a loud hoot when he noticed the xbox in particular. Rex Vadnais Rex held the door open over Amaya's head, chivalrously insisting for the others to enter the game room first. "After you..."
Rex's pent up excitement about his change suddenly exploded out of his mouth, "Oh gosh, I know! I'm really excited about my change as well." He fumbled over his words towards the end of his sentence, remembering Amaya's feelings about the changes. "Though it isn't all rainbows and butterflies. Changing hurts... alot." He followed the others into the entertainment room, chuckling inwardly at Alec's loud exclamation. Amaya Vaughan Amaya walked into the room and then blinked in surprise, green eyes trailing back to the lion. She had no idea he was so gungho about it.
"Well, nice to know your excited about it. Keeps things positive for ya." She wasn't really mad at him for not hating such a thing. If anything, she was glad he found positive in it. Alec Derring Alec sped forwards into the room, eyes passing right by the stack of books and magazines as if they were as useless as a haircomb to him. He instead made a sprint and flying-leap onto a nearby couch, making sure it was near the tv. He sprawled out further, uncaring of his muddy boots as he located a controller for the game console. "Ye, gotta make sure there's somethin else t'make this place suck more." He mumbled to Rex in reply of his "painful transformation" comment, turning the controller in his hands as he looked at it. Rex Vadnais Rex wanted to say "Yeah, I wouldn't want it any other way." to Amaya, though for some reason saying that seemed out of place to the tall man. He was glad that she wasn't defensive or angry at him for his opinoin on the oh-so-touchy situation on the island. "It's hard to explain my true feelings. Changing really... intrigues me... though I still think that what Moreau's doing s'wrong." There. It was out in the open for people to know. Rex liked the transformations. He'd learned that from pain came knowledge, and with knowledge came strength. "Why not make the best of what y've got to work with?"
Rex shrugged, slowly astarting to feel that it was okay to be different, even if others didn't agree with him. He approached the enthusiastic Alec with a wide grin, "You're a gamer?" he thwatted Alec's leg playfully and sat down on the couch next to him. Amaya Vaughan The teen let Alec shoot passed her, slowly making her way into the entertainment room.
"I wouldn't mind it nearly as much if the people he grabbed were volunteers. I try to make positive of it... but it's hard to find good in it after awhile." Amaya was probably refering to how far along she was. No hair, relying on sunlight to keep yourself going, eating nothing but veggitation, loosing your skin, and most importantly... the little things in your appearance that told you she came from her parents. Now she looked nothing like them.
The reptile walked over to the couch they were both sitting on and paused for a moment. How was she to sit on something that had a back? Slowly she climbed onto the arm of the chair and sat on it, her feet curling around on the cushions and her legs drawn to her chest a little. Her tail hung off the side, brushing the ground. Alec Derring Alec reluctantly slid his legs off the couch cushions, allowing for the lion man enough room to sit as well. "Not realleh." He mumbled and snickered, unable to recollect the last time he played one of these things.
He tried to withhold any more questions regarding the transformation, intentionally ostracizing himself from the conversation. He'd slipped quickly from an ever-curious mindframe to one of 'don't know, don't care' in a short amount of time, it seemed. Rex Vadnais "Mmm.." Rex hummed confirmingly to Amaya's statement. A new question arose in his mind, "Has anyone come to the island willingly? Like, knowing about the injections and stuff?' Froom what he could gather, everyone had wound up on the island one way or another, though the only one he could think of who actually really liked Moreau was Lauren.
He glanced back to Alec, making himself comfortable on the couch, "No? I played for my first time a few weeks ago. And basically... I got my butt kicked." Rex laughed and kicked his feet out in front of him. Amaya Vaughan "Not that I know of." Amaya responded as she reached down and picked up another Xbox controller from the floor. She had been a rather liesurly gamer, though from the looks of it that was shot out the window.
The bulky controller sat entirly in her palm. The only way she would ba able to play would if she tapped at the bottoms with her fingertips with it rested on her lap or something. Alec Derring "A' might have a chance then." Alec smirked, playing the innocent as he wondered what games they had to play in this place. He fidgetted to get more comfortable, ash falling from the cigarette he still held between his lips inconsiderately onto the cushions. Rex Vadnais "Might? More like 'do' " He tittered and ran a hand through his hair, it was so nice to see people once again. "So what have you done so far since yer arrival? And where have you been all week, Amaya?!"
The walls were lined with movies, games, magazines and books that Rex hadn't had a chance to look a yet. He came to his feet and approached the walls, skimming the extensive library with a clawed finger. "Sheesh, they have quite the collection here." Amaya Vaughan "Eh, y'know..." The girl shrugged. "Been staying in my room a lot." It was obvious what for. The situation with Alec had been a prime example of why she ended up camping out in her duplex.
Green eyes watched him go over the movies, a clawed hand setting the controller back down. She'd let them choose what they wanted to do. Alec Derring Alec frowned as Rex got up from the couch, wrinkling his nose at the stack of literary materials. "Books are f'ninnehs." He plainly uttered, the cig wiggling as he mumbled the speech. As he watched Amaya put the controller down out of the corner of his eye, he quickly did the same, figuring no one wanted to play anymore. Not like he cared much.
"A' nothin'. Playin' on me drums a smidge. Nice lil' gift a' got." He grinned as he mentioned his drumset amiably, besides the fact that they were a gift to continue the facade. "Meetin' people, that kinda stoof." Rex Vadnais For some reason, that response about books was expected. Rex hated to make superficial judgements, but alot of punkers weren't exactly literary majors. Rex was no genius either, though he figured books were helpful or enjoyable if you needed them.
"Oh, you got drums? From the labs, I assume." Rex was curious, he'd never actually learned to play an insturment before. He played the guitar a little, self taught, though he certainly wasn't any good. "the least the doctors try to do is make us feel comfortable here, though I think thats the least they can do. It's like they're trying to win us over. Though with as much as they give us, there certainly isn't much to do around here." Rex's scheduel had consisted of Sleeping, eating and running. not a whole lot more. Amaya Vaughan In all actuality, Amaya would have loved to play... she was just having doubts that she could anymore. Maybe a movie would be better?
"Your a drummer?" She looked over at Alec, non-existant eyebrows raising. Alec Derring Alec flashed a wild grin and tossed his controller onto the cushion, pausing only to readjust his cig. "Ye" He snickered, puffing out in pride of his "talent". It was rare to find people actually interested in what he spent his time doing. "From th' labs a' guess ye." He listened to Rex's comments on the staff's attempts to make the subjects comfortable, finding this as unpallatable as when Joli first discussed the matter. Rex Vadnais Rex wandered his way back around the couch and took his seat back up on the couch, trying to prod more from Alec's lack of detail. "Thats so cool. Did you play in a band back home?" Uh-oh, Rex thought, one thing he'd learned was to NOT bring up the mention of the mainland or home, especially around a new comer. Though Alec's accent was interesting, Rex save asking where he was from for later. Amaya Vaughan The lizard fell silent, resting her chin on her palms. Her long fingers curled into her palm as she watched both of them. For some reason, she was perfectly content to just sit and listen. Alec Derring Alec shrugged with an expression like he had tasted something horribly bitter. "Neh." He started slowly. Though he could easily lie and tell them he was some famous punk rocker star from the UK, he was a horrible liar. Too much of a conscience. "I was gettin' there though, was gonna be famous yanno." He picked at the fabric of the cushion, reaching over the side of the couch to put out his cigarette on the floor.
"And ye? Ye look like some macho guy. Bet ye woulda been some movie stah." He motioned to Rex with his spare hand as the other removed a drumstick from his pocket and began twirling it. Rex Vadnais Though Rex knew using the past tense in this situation was correct, it was hard to believe that their lives were basically over the minute they step foot on the island.
Rex's face turned a shade lighter than his red shirt, a white smile erupting from the blush. He laughed a little, unsure of how to react, "A macho guy, eh? Heh thanks! I think." Amaya Vaughan Amaya continued to watch and listen in silence. What would she have been if she hadn't come here?
Probably still an orphan at the orphanage. Then once she was out of school she'd get some dead-end job and live a normal, boring life...
Neither here nor there seemed really inviting. In both instances her life would end abruptly without really accomplishing anything. Alec Derring Alec snorted amusedly at Rex's reaction, wriggling around until he rose to a sitting position. "Ye well, a' better go practice. Who knows if a record guy'll be th'next on this island place." He laughed despite the stupidity of his statement, hopping up to a stand.
"I'll see ye guys around, ye?" Rex Vadnais Rex laughed, he preferred to ignore the fact that their life wasn't going to go anywhere at all. It's not like his mainland life was going anywhere either, what's the best thing that could've happened to him being a waiter?
"Have fun practicing, Alec. I'll keep my fingers crossed for that producer guy." he waved the boy off and turned to Amaya, smiling with his eyes. "You've been quiet..." Amaya Vaughan The teen was sucked from her own thoughts as Alec stood up. She smiled and gave a nod to him. "See ya around, come by if you ever wanna hang out."
Green eyes then went to Rex. "Yeah... I've been overall quiet around everyone." She forced a tiny smile. "Not much to talk about anymore."
Though of course, Amaya had no idea why she seemed to be talking less. It still hadn't occured to her that the iguana DNA would effect her personality in such a way.
"I'mma go grab something to eat." She stood up and leaned down to give the big guy a hug. "I'll see ya around." With a tiny, almost sad smile and turned and headed out of the entertainment room towards the cafeteria.
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:27 am
Par-tay?(Amaya meets Nita and runs into a rather sick looking Alec)Amaya Vaughan Amaya had been spending her days in multiple ways. Basking, watching movies, sewing... as much as she could, cleaning... y'know, anything to keep her mind occupied. Today she was in a rather average mood. Not good, not bad.
She swayed into the cafeteria, tail moving from side to side behind her. The iguana paused as she noticed Nita, the girl she had run away from days before. And Alec, the one that had run away from her before then. Odd how such a thing worked out.
A forced smile played her scaley face as she walked to the foodline and grabbed some egg salad along with a bottled water. Like most days, her changes were mostly out in the open. The girl wore a hat to conceal at least some of her baldness, a halter top, and a pair of black shorts that road low, due to her tail. Nita MacNeal Nita blinked, wondering why he'd be so touchy about the subject of age. Whatever. Despite his hangover and activities she'd overhead last night, she pegged him as about her little brother's age. A blur of green entered her peripheral vision and she recognized the scaly girl from the jungle. She watched her for a moment, curious, but not staring. As the girl turned away from the food line, Nita waved. "Hey. Care to join us?" Alec Derring Oh great. He winced inwardly, watching Amaya stride through the door looking quite cheerful today. Another to observe his misery. If this kept up, the entire island would know by next nightfall. "Aye Amaya." The teen mumbled as best he could, waving a spare hand as he tipped his water glass over to see, to his dismay, that there wasn't much left. Amaya Vaughan "Uh... sure." Thank god she wasn't running away. Though last time she didn't seem like she was going to either. But that had been right after the situation with Alec and... she wasn't exactly prepared for it to happen again, even if there was a 50% chance.
Amaya voice was still rather timid and quiet for obvious reasons as she walked over to them. Her long claws clicked on the tile flooring until she grabbed the other chair next to the punk, spinning it around so she could sit on it backwards.
The lizard raised a non-existant brow at Alec who seemed... sick. Or tired. Or some-OHHHH. Oh. She gave a mock glare. "Party last night?" Nita MacNeal "That's your name? Amaya? It's pretty." Nita nodded. "Sorry if I scared you or somethint the other day... I'm Nita." She finished her sandwich and nibbled daintily at a few french fries. "Alec here is hung over." She grinned wickedly, gesturing with a half-eaten fry. Alec Derring Alec rubbed the side of his face, the smell of Nita's fries making his stomach turn. He nodded solemnly at Amaya's question, about to ellaborate until Nita took it upon herself to do so. "Go n' shite." He muttered to the redhead, half-meaning what he was saying. Her teasing definetly wasn't helping the situation.
He wouldn't ask if the staff provided tylenol to the "guests", figuring he was better off without it. The teen pushed his tray further from himself, glancing at Amaya as she perched herself nearby. Amaya Vaughan "Yeah, thanks." Amaya smiled slightly. "Nice to meet you... sorry about running away last time. I hadn't had a very pleasent day prior." Green eyes then went over to Alec.
"I guessed." The teen smirked and poked at her egg salad a little before eating some of it, her long fingers awkwardly holding the fork. After she swallowed what was in her mouth, she stared at Alec for a moment. She had never really seen someone her own age have a hangover.
A long, pointed finger pointed to the cafeteria woman that was behind protective glass. "If you ask her, she can probably give you something for it." Amaya's hand dropped to curl in her lap once more. "I don't blame you though, I guess it's nice to drown out reality for awhile." Nita MacNeal Nita rolled her eyes at the suggestion. "Right back at'cha, kiddo." Definitely about her brother's age. However, she left off teasing him; he looked miserable enough. Turning back to Amaya, she nodded. "It's okay. I had a good talk with Cassidy after you, ah, left." Nita twirled the end of one braid idly, picking at the baby carrots on her plate. "Oh, and I've got aspirin in my duplex, if you want any," she offered, taking pity on Alec. Alec Derring Kiddo.
Alec seethed at the word, particularly sensitive at the moment. He did however, show some restraint and held back the string of curses that he really wanted to let fly. He contented himself with falling silent and listening to the two chat instead, having second thoughts about the only food he'd seen all day. "Neh thanks." He responded in monotone, resuming picking at his meatloaf.
"Ye guys goin' t'the parteh?" The teen randomly asked, still seemingly focused on picking at his food. Amaya Vaughan "Ah." The reptile stated simply to Nita, taking another forkfull from her food.
Party? Oh right, that thing on the door. "I dunno... possibly." She paused. "Not sure who Fiona is. Or if it's some weird trick by the labs." Nita MacNeal Nita resisted a smirk. Whoops. She'd pissed him off. Oh well. His loud music, drumming, and other things had been needling her since she arrived. "Hm? Oh, maybe. Depends when it is..." Oh wait. "Not that I've really got anything else going on," she concluded. "A trick by the labs?" Nita frowned. "What good would that do?" Alec Derring Alec hadn't even considered the announcement to be a trap or prank contrived by the laboratory staff. Seeing the mention of musical talent and possible fun, the teen had simply accepted it for what it was besides the fact he had no idea who Fiona was. Or did he?
Groggy mind worked hard to try and recollect the conversation from early yesturday, finding it difficult to formulate the facts. "Fiona." He repeated until it dawned on him. "Thas' Anne's roomie." He nodded in agreeance with himself, talking with a full mouth. "They're from Canada." He chirped incoherently, stuffing even more into his mouth as his appetite was clearly nagging at him. "Nice gals." Amaya Vaughan Amaya simply shrugged at Nita and poked at her food. "Dunno, but they like to play a lot of pranks to torment us. Or at least some of us."
Though upon hearing that the other teen actually knew said girl... maybe it wasn't. "I could be wrong, though." She shrugged. Nita MacNeal "How delightful," Nita muttered, taking a quick drink. "Anne? Would that be Angharad, next door to us? I met her; she did seem nice." She shrugged and pushed her tray away. "A beach party thing could be fun, though. Get peoples' minds off of things and stuff." Alec Derring Alec nodded to Nita and reached for his glass again, only to remember it was empty by it's weight. Eyes shifted to Amaya as he gave a pleading gesture, flopping his chest onto the cafeteria table and allowing his face to smush into the surface. "Ugh."
A party did seem like a fun idea though, warranted that nothing unexpected would happen in the process. "A' could play me drums." He couldn't help but crack a small smile. "A' d'neh, a parteh seems fun."
Said the guy with the hangover. Amaya Vaughan The iguana met Alec's pleading look with a raised brow. She stared at him for a moment before sighing and grabbing his glass with three fingers.
"Your such a lazy a**. Get yourself some damn tylenol." She commanded while getting up and refilling his glass. Nita MacNeal Nita started to say something snarky in response to his offer to play, but abruptly shut her mouth. It wouldn't do to annoy him too much, since it seemed like they'd be neighbors for a long time. And maybe he'd get that memo eventually. She snorted as he flopped over onto the table, resisting the urge to pat him on the back. "Is the water helping at all?" she asked, a bit of concern edging into her tone. Alec Derring Alec whimpered pathetically when Amaya rose in a huff to leave the table, face turning to watch her go. When he realized she was going to refill his glass however, a wide grin spread across his face before turning his head towards Nita. "Aww, d'n worreh 'bout me, luv." He teased and snickered, obviously regaining his playful nature despite his apparent "suffering". Amaya Vaughan Amaya fetched his water and then got some tylenol from the woman behind the counter, barely saying a word to her as it was handed over. She returned to the table and set the glass and packet down in front of Alec before sitting back down.
He better be damn grateful. Nita MacNeal She should have said something snarky. Nita rolled her eyes at Alec. "I wasn't worried," she retorted. "Just making sure you weren't about to barf all over the place." She grinned at Amaya when she returned with the water. "You're too nice to him, you know," she said, her smile taking the sting out of her words. "Anyway, I'd best be going. It was lovely meeting you, Amaya." She stood up smoothly and bussed her tray, making sure to grab some snack food for later. "Feel better," she told Alec. "And next time, drink a lot of water before you go to bed." In an odd mood, Nita strode out of the cafeteria and went back to her room. Alec Derring "Will do!" Alec called back to Nita, snickering at her attempts at callous replies. He watched her until she reached the door before turning in his seat to face Amaya again. "Thanks a lo'" He smiled and gulped down the tylenol and some water to wash it down. "Yer a doll."
Finishing the rest of his water, the punk teen stood up and took his tray. "A' think a' need some sleep." He chuckled groggily, hand landing on the iguana's shoulder as he passed by her. "Seeya Amaya." He was either too out of it to be afraid of her anymore or actually warming up to the unfortunate girl, it was hard to tell. Amaya Vaughan "Oh I know." The girl said before taking a forkful of eggsalad. She nodded to Nita as she left. "See ya, nice meeting you too."
She only partially watched the UK punk down the tylenol, eyes only moving from her food when he stood up. "S'no problem. Take care and I'll see ya later."
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:52 pm
Unrecognizable(Amaya runs into Greer)Quote: Amaya was finding that spending time in the jungle was actually pretty relaxing. She'd walk a good distance into it, find a nice sturdy tree and climb it, then take a nice few hours to just lay and bask.
Her arms were folded underneath her chin, though her long fingers still dangled off the branch. The iguana's legs were also wrapped around it, her toes subconsciously clinging to the bark. The long tail traveled down the branch until it came to her feet, then it hung off the side.
She was very much content, laying there in her bathing suit and taking up the rays. The silver pendant hung around her neck, twisting with every passing breeze. Quote: Greer munched thoughtfully on the last of her morning's rabbit as she walked, naked but for the feathers that covered practically everything. Clothes were too much of a hassel unless someone helped her, and besides, who bothered a giant bird of prey? Anyone who gave her trouble for not wearing a stitch would find out just how sharp her talons had become. Stepping out into a clearing, she sighed, looking whistfully up into a tree. She missed being able to climb them... wait, what? "Hello?" she asked the strange figure draped over a branch. Quote: Amaya knew all too well the trouble with clothing. Though of course, not to the horrible extent the bird woman did.
Green eyes were closed, or at least until something approached. "Huh?" A non-exitant brow raised and she turned to look down. Her vision was still nowhere near a sharp as Greer's, so it took the girl a few moments to focus on her below. There was a long pause.
"Greer?"
Amaya blinked, realizing this was the first time they had seen each other like this. Neither of them looked like theirself anymore. The only thing that showed she was who she was, was the pendant. Luckily, Greer had been the only one she knew turning into a bird. Quote: She cocked her head, recognizing that voice. "Amaya?" Quote: "Yeah... it's me." The lizard's tail twitched nervously as her clawed tore a little at the bark. "One second."
Turning around, she began to head down the tree head-first, her long scaley hands being almost perfectly suited to hold her up. The first time she had come down this way, it hadn't even occured to her that it might be dangerous or wrong. The iguana inside her had taken over in such a tiny way.
Once Amaya was off the tree she ran and embraced the ladyhawke, not even bothered by the fact she was naked. She had hugged Colche a lot, and she looked even more naked then Greer. Quote: Greer watched the performance with amazement - clearly her friend's changes weren't just skin deep. My my... how they all had changed. She chuckled at the hug, folding her wings around the girl as best she could. "How have you been, little one?" Quote: "I dunno..." The girl answered honestly, face burried in Greer's feathers. Awkward embrace or not, she had missed the woman greatly. Finally, she pulled back and looked up at her.
"I have good days and... really bad days. What about you?" Quote: Greer nodded, wishing she could give the girl a kiss on the head to make her feel better. "Yeah, me too. The best times are when I forget I don't have hands anymore." Quote: Amaya looked at the full wings the woman had with a frown. "Were you awake for it?" It seemed like such a painful thing to go through, there was no doubt she had at least passed out afterwards.
"I wish I could give you mine. I have plenty to go around." She gave a sad smirk while holding out her huge hands. Quote: Greer laughed at that. "But they're so useful! I've never seen anyone so nimble in a tree - I can't get into them anymore." "Awake? No, asleep as always." Quote: "Really?" The lizard looked from Greer, to the tree, to her hands before dropping them to her sides again. She had never really thought about it.
"Well that's good." Okay, off the subject of changing. "What've you been doing lately?" Quote: "Hunting and thinking, mostly." she said, fluffing her feathers. "It's hard to be productive when you can't even dress yourself. Quote: "Oh..." Amaya's shoulders slumped, the amount of sadness she felt for her friend being almost overwhelming. "You can't do anything with your toes?" Quote: "I can eat with them." Greer said, lifting one foot up and wiggling it. "And do plenty of other things, but I'm not flexible enough to get them around to the places I need. Also, the wings make shirts an issue." Noting her friend's slump, she smiled as best she could and spoke cheerily. "But the feathers cover everything anyway." Quote: "I guess the nakedness isn't that big a deal..." The teen began. "Afterall, Colche runs around naked all the time." She forced a smile. "I've gotten used to hugging her even when she's not wearing anything." Quote: She chuckled. "Colche is her own sort of creature, yes. And a very sweet one at that. I guess... I guess I just don't like it because it reminds me yet again I'm not a person anymore." Quote: Amaya headbobbed in agreement, pausing when she realized that she had done so. "Sorry, quirk."
Unlike the old lizard Greer knew, this one was rather... quiet. She said nothing after that, simply fidgetted with her claws. Quote: Greer cocked her head. "Are you okay?" Quote: Amaya blinked and looked up at her. "A little sad, but other then that I'm okay... why?" Quote: She shrugged. "I don't know... you're just quieter than I'm used to. ...some of the others have had particularly tough times, so I suppose I'm on the lookout for it." Quote: "... Huh." The reptile canted her head a little. "Your the second person who's said that."
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Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 4:17 pm
Lazing On the Beach(Amaya bumps into Alec & Ambrose on the beach)Amaya Vaughan Things had been going rather normal for Amaya... well, as normal as one could get when you were trapped on a tropical island and turning into an iguana. But she tried to make the best of it.
She lay in the shade of one of the palm trees on the beach, looking much like she had the first day she met Alec. Her headphones were on, she was laying on her stomach with her arms crossed under her head, and was soaking up the rays of the afternoon sun.
The iguana was pretty much oblivious to what was going on around her.
Alec Derring Alec shuffled his feet through the sand, having dropped his boots off at his own duplex before making his way towards the beach. Hands were stuffed into the pouch of his charcoal as they had been before, the hood up and over his head as he puffed on a cigarette. The punk teen wandered down the beach in much the same fashion as he had once before, spotting a familiar sight though giving a very different reaction this time around.
He slumped down next to the reptilian girl without a word, huddling in his hoodie as if the sun was chilling him to the bone.
"A' was g'na say somethin' cleveh." He finally admitted after a moment of silence between the two, sideglancing to Amaya. "But a' forget wha' is called." He was referring to the term 'deja vu', seeing as the two were meeting in much the same fashion as they originally had on that same beach.
Amaya Vaughan Amaya blinked and looked over at him as he sat down, allowing the silence to stretch out until the teen broke it on his own. Turning around, she sat up and drew her legs to her chest, hugging them with her scaley hands. Her tail swished in the sand behind her, pushing it up until it found a comfortable spot.
"Deja vu?" She asked with a smirk, green eyes staring out into the ocean. "Though this time your not screaming and running away. So that's nice."
Alec Derring "Ye, thas i'." He chuckled, taking a short drag on his cig as he joined her in staring at the watery mass that isolated the island from everything normal and ordinairy. It made him restless to watch the waves for too long. The way the waves rose and disappeared back into the whole, reaching to the sky in a futile attempt at freedom in the abyss of the sky before coming crashing down into each other like falling trees in a forest. He fidgetted, wiggling his butt into a groove in the dampened sand.
"Ye 'am pretteh much done wi' th'screamin bit." Alec smirked, settling down as he preoccupied himself with staring at the sand squishing between his toes. He looked exhausted. He felt exhausted. When he wasn't drumming, he was eating or finding something else to do, and even when he wasn't with Antony he didn't sleep much anyways. "'ow are ye?" He asked leisurely, hoping his scaley friend was fairing better.
Amaya Vaughan The lizard wiggled her long, finger-like toes in the sand as well. Sometimes she would pick some up and drop it again; even though they weren't as flexible as her fingers, she could do a lot more with them then she used to be able to.
"Screaming, then crying, then exhaustion, then you kind of give up in a sense, I guess." She tried to smile at him, but if was obviously forced. "I barely even remember what went through my mind when I found out." Amaya hesitantly patted his shoulder before hugging her legs again.
"I've been alright. Dealing. Trying to keep myself occupied." Her scaley shoulders shrugged.
Alec Derring Alec smiled bitterly, wanting to make somesort of comment but unable to formulate actual words. Was this what he was missing? The crying and the screaming? Maybe he was holding it in too much or maybe it just hadn't sunk in enough yet. He silent hoped he'd be stronger than that, punks like him weren't supposed to cry. Then again, he hadn't been to successful in the 'independant-couragious' department lately.
"Same same." Was what he managed to say, wondering why talking always made him more depressed. He didn't know what else to say, and fell silent.
Amaya Vaughan The girl looked at him and sighed. She would have hugged him if she knew he wasn't creeped out by it.
The silence spanned awhile, before she finally looked up at him. Her animalistic features looking odd with her human eyes.
"You need a hug?"
Alec Derring With all his attempts at being badass and generally masculine in any way possible, the punk teen couldn't deny his true self. Frailty was something he was born with, he supposed.
For a moment it looked like Alec was about to reject the offer, sitting still in his position with his eyes fixed on the waves. "Ye, a' think a' need one o' them." He slowly rolled over and attached himself to Amaya's side of his own will like the softy he was.
Amaya Vaughan Amaya thought he was going to turn down her offer as well. Afterall, who would wanna hug her?
She couldn't hide her look of surprise when he practically flopped and clung to her.
The reptile blinked a few times before returning the hug back, rubbing her large palm over his back in a comforting gesture.
Alec Derring Alec contently enjoyed the comforting gesture without any regard to what Amaya thought... until his teenage ego took hold and convinced him that she'd think he was a dweeb if he clung on longer. "Thank ye." He let go and sat up, finding it particularly awkward that the person suffering the most out of who he'd met so far was comforting a stupid kid who hadn't been on this hellhole of an island for more than a month yet.
Amaya Vaughan The teen smiled. "No problem. I got a lot of hugs when I first came here too." She trailed off.
"Made things a little more bearable."
Alec Derring Alec chuckled without thinking, wondering if a hug per islander would make everyone's time a little easier. "Should be like a law. Ev'r'one gets one hoog and one kick i' th'arse." He started laughing at himself, his flawed logic only providing humor for himself, apparently.
Amaya Vaughan Amaya laughed slightly too.
"A kick in the a**? Why that?" She smirked and looked over at him, her arms wrapping around her knees once more.
Alec Derring Alec wryly grinned, removing the cigarette from his mouth so he could tap the ashes to his far side. "T'make sure they're not bah-stehds o' somethin." The teen continued to laugh, uncaring that his sleepiness was probably making him giddy and prone to cheesy attempts at humor. "Keep 'em 'n line, yanno."
Amaya Vaughan The iguana snorted another laugh, only partially getting what Alec was trying to say. She liked his accent, but she was never really good an picking them apart.
For a moment she remained silent, until something came to mind.
"So have you met anyone else as far along as I am?"
Alec Derring Alec quieted down, oblivious to Amaya's apparent confusion. "Ahhh..." He tried to think, tapping his metal chin stud as he seemed to get a second wind of energy in him. "Neh. A' met Bobbeh ou's a pig, aaan'... Rex ou's a li'n... Joli th' lizehd... Annie th'woof.." He continued to rhyme off people he'd met like they were classmates in school, unfazed by how he referred to them by their animal counterparts. "An' Antoneh, th'squirr'l."
Amaya Vaughan "Dunno an Annie..." Amaya mumbled mostly to herself, though grimaced when the last name was mentioned. "Euh... she b***h at you? Antony, I mean."
Alec Derring "Antoneh?" He glanced over in obvious surprise, letting the cig hang loosely from his mouth. Well, she had been pretty pissed when he first met her, but he didn't see her as a b***h at all once he got to know her a little better. Though admittedly, he didn't know much, seeing as their relationship had launched from stranger to lover in a matter of days. "Ne, she's realleh nice..." His voice trailed off, feeling that he was treading on uneasy ground. He wearily continued the conversation.
Amaya Vaughan "Probably just wants in your pants. Or at least that's what I've heard of her." The girl's tail gave a twitch, recalling the time they had met. "When I ran into her she threw a fit after I left the cafeteria. I could hear her throwing crap... I think I scared her or something. I dunno." She frowned.
"But a friend of mine told me not to listen to her, and avoid her. Apparently she only wants to sleep with the guys on the island. That's what I've been told." Amaya put her chin on her knees. "Thankfully I've only met her that once."
Ambrose Maurlias Ambrose had indeed returned to his duplex after his stay in the river most of hte previous day. He'd showered, spent time with Angelina, and in general was trying to settle into things again. The change was always disrupting.
Once again, the epee sitting neglected in his closet for months now gave him a twinge of guilt as he passed by it to retreive a clean set of clothes. It was a sharp reminder of his old life. But a part of him that had always been there...
Looking down at his form he winced. He couldn't even fit into a standard fencing helmet any more... He would actually have to adapt the fencing stance that had become second nature to him now that he could no longer stand flatfooted.
The pad of one of his fingers paused on the cool metal of the guard and he sighed.
Another day he thought, chickening out.
Glancing outside, he paused. well... I'll... I'll go check the beach. If it's actually empty, maybe I'll come back for it.
Ambrose stepped out the door, going by the cafeteria for a quiet breakfast, and trotted down the path to the West beach - the one he knew was more likely to have people.
Right now, he'd prefer people over the quiet, focusing drills with the sword that would never see him any use.
As he got close, he did indeed hear voices carried over the wind, joined a few moments later by scents. Lifting his longer muzzle to the wind, he almost immediately pinned one as Amaya, and a smile came to his face. The other was unfamiliar... and mostly untainted by the scent of an animal... but if they were with Amaya, then he was likely to be spared the painful explanation.
Cresting over the sandbar at the edge of the beach, he spied the pair and walked forward, hands shoved into his light khaki pants, tail swaying out of the hole he had cut into the backs. He wore a blue polo shirt, with all of the buttons undone.
"Amaya?" He called with a greeting smile, ears back just a bit, knowing she hadn't seen him since his change.
Alec Derring Alec's eyes went wide as he listened to Amaya, remaining silent as he let her tell him what she knew. Admittedly, he didn't care enough for Antony to be offended by what he was hearing, more intrigued with the gossip that he'd most likely keep to himself. He could see her throwing a fit like that but the 'loose' comments were a little harder to swallow. He opened his mouth to ask a question, but a voice caught his attention.
Striding down the street was a very canine-esque form though Alec was having difficulty putting his finger on what exactly he was. Jaw shut before it even fully opened and the teen turned away to stare at the waves uncomfortably until he was properly introduced or something.
Amaya Vaughan The lizard was snapped out of her train of thought by a familiar voice. She turned, seeing his changed feet first before meeting his face. It was different, but you could still tell it was Ambrose.
"Hi Ambrose." She smiled, her tail twitching a little behind her. She barely gave his change a second thought, other then how hard it must be for him.
"Alec, this is Ambrose. Ambrose, Alec." Amaya gestured to both of them, realizing that the line-up was Alec, Amaya, then Ambrose. What was with names starting with the letter 'A'?
Ambrose Maurlias Without realizing that he was privvy to a simiar train of thought that was going through Amaya's mind, Ambrose gave a small chuckle as he extended his very changed hand after a moment's pause.
"Apparently Dr. Moreau likes to take the names from the top of the stack." He commented wryly.
"But... hello, Alec." His tail gave a couple of wags without him really realizing. He looked over his choice of clothing, from the chains to the colorful mohawk with a curious expression.
Ironically, someone dressed like this Ambrose would have likely turned the other way and pretended that they weren't there (if he hadn't been introduced) back home - he was obviously from a very different world than the young blonde man. Ambrose just hoped that he wasn't like Jamal.
Alec Derring Alec pulled the hoodie off his head in an attempt to look somewhat less like a street bum to the fancy-dressed dogman, smirking at a joke he really didn't get anyways. "'allo, nice t'meet ye." He accepted the handshake awkwardly at first, not used to such formalities. Although he wasn't very threatening, the man's posture was enough to intimidate the teen rather than his animalistic attributes. He didn't think he'd be seeing someone else so far along that soon.
After the shake was said and done, he reamined quiet amongst the friends.
Amaya Vaughan The teen laughed. "That's just what I was thinking."
Once again the awkward silence fell, though she didn't seem to mind it as much as she used to. Instead she patted the sand next to her on the opposite side from Alec in a gesture for the wolfman to sit and relax.
"You been doing okay?"
Ambrose Maurlias Ambrose squeezed Alec's hand with a practiced confidence that contradicted his animalistic appearance, giving him a nod and meeting his eyes before returning his attention to Amaya.
He took a seat where the sand was patted, giving his 'little sister' a reassuring smile. "As well enough as can be expected..." He responded. "I've had about a week or so to settle into... recent changes now at least. But damn if the island isn't significantly more hot since it was last week." He waved his hand in front of his face for emphasis. His fur did look a bit thicker than it did before his last change. "At least you are lucky in the respect of becoming something properly suited for the climate. I think I've even seen an iguana or two about around here every now and then."
Alec Derring Surprisingly, Ambrose had touched upon a subject that he had been mulling over in his spare time for awhile now. In tradition of his curiosity, he went ahead and voiced his concern. "Wha' if some'un turned in'teh a poleh beh' o' somethin?" He traced a symbol into the sand with his finger as he thought outloud, unfazed as the spot beside him was occupied. He was clearly concerned about his own transformation, the only hints he'd offer to others being the vague and sometimes random questions he'd blurt out anytime he saw fit.
Amaya Vaughan "That's true. Guess I kind take it for granted." Amaya didn't mention how much she missed seeing the stars though.
"Polar bear...?" She paused, thinking. "I... dunno. Maybe they'd adjust their room to be really cold. That's what they did for me. Well, warmer." That thought had never really occured to her.
Ambrose Maurlias Ambrose winced and shook his head. He knew how miserable he was already feeling on the sunny days - someone with even MORE fur, and likely added... 'padding' would have it rough. "Ugh, that would be bad. Maybe they wouldn't pack on as much... ah... storage? Or spend a lot of time in the A/C or in the water. Poor b*****d, though - it's hot enough even without fur here for most people. And it's only April. And I was here in August - it's only going to get worse." He gave a small shake.
He looked to the mostly quiet newcomer curiously. "I'm sure you keep getting the same questions, but how long have you been here, Alec? How... are you doing?"
Alec Derring Alec grimaced at the thought of being that incredibly fat in such a hot climate, suddenly wishing he'd left his hoodie back at his duplex. "Ye thanks, ye sound so posi'ive." The punk teen laughed quietly to himself, hoping his joke wouldn't be offensive seeing as he wasn't upset by it at all. He'd deal with things as they came.
"Ah... mehbeh a week or so." He scratched the back of his head, thankful for the relaxed environment. "'Am okeh... dealin, yanno." He didn't have much else to say. What was there to say? He couldn't do much but deal with what was thrown at him.
Amaya Vaughan "Yeah..." The reptile trailed off and fell into silence, not having much to add to the conversation.
Ambrose Maurlias Sitting on the beach, on the hot sands, under the hot sun, and talking about how damn hot he was already, Ambrose was begining to feel just a tad bit miserable. While the jungle tended to be more humid, at least the canopy provided ample shade and respite from the glaring brightness.
He couldn't even go into the water given the fact he had worn some nice clothes. And he wasn't about to strip down in front of Amaya and someone he hardly even knew.
It looked like Ambrose would have to find another location other than the beach if he did in fact want to continue working on his fencing. OR at least not during the middle of the day.
That and Amaya seemed oddly quiet. Was he making her uncomfortable?
He nodded to Alec. "I'm glad at least... I'm sure you've been told, but despite how we look... most of us are nice people - and if you need anything don't hesitate to ask one of us." He clapped him on the back as he rose to a stand. "I'm in duplex number one, speaking of. We're in this together."
He turned back to Amaya. "I'm sorry for heading out so quickly. The heat really is getting to me." He said, begining to actually pant. The thick fur sprouted from every possible pore, leaving Ambrose - much like real canines - miraculously free of sweat glands.
The worst part about it, In Ambrose's mind, is that half the time he didn't even realize when he started to do it - and such an obvious sign of a canine nature (that usually was associated with lack of intelligence) bothered him sharply. Especially around people he didn't know well.
"I will see you later. Both of you I'm sure." With a wave, he trotted back to the duplexes to go find the blessed A/C.
Alec Derring Alec nodded, appreciating the support Ambrose offered. "Ye thanks man, take i' easeh." He furrowed his brow as he watched the canine leave, admittefly a little concerned for him.
"Nice guy." He commented when he had travelled out of sight, turning back to Amaya to continue their conversation. "I' 'elps havin' people like ye n' Ambrose n' stoof." He said this mostly without thinking, fidgitting with his hoodie until he couldn't take it any longer, and took the sweater off. "Ye realleh quiet..."
Amaya Vaughan "See ya Ambrose, take care." Amaya nodded to him as he got up and left.
"Yeah, Ambrose is a good guy." She smiled, glad that she was at least helping him a little on adjusting to the island. Though his next comment caught her.
"Y'know..." The iguana looked over at him. "Your like the fourth person who's said that to me. Am I really?"
Alec Derring Alec of course found this highly amusing, especially that she had no idea of her tendencies to fall silent in a conversation. "Ye, y'kinda stop talkin afteh awhile." He laughed as he crossed his legs, uncaringly tossing his hoodie into the sand beside him. "Ye don' say much." He knew she was shy but her introverted nature was statring to be very obvious.
Amaya Vaughan Amaya blinked and stared at him for awhile, it finally sinking in. When she came here, she been talkative, happy, interjected into conversations, but now... she was really quiet compared to those days.
"Well... I used to talk a lot more. But... I guess I've gotten a lot quieter after my last change." She frowned. "Guess it's because of multiple reasons. Some not voluntary." Green iguana's were very silent creatures... would she... no. No, that wouldn't happen.
The girl shook her head free of the thought.
Alec Derring Alec watched her expression changed as she thought to herself, butting out his cig in the sandpile beside him without taking his eyes off his friend. "Ye just need t'ave fun." He resolved this as a sure-fire solution, believing that that was her real problem. "Ye just gotta relaaaz n' enjoy th' sun. Che' up a lil." He nodded to himself and patted her shoulder, thinking himself quite brilliant.
Amaya Vaughan Alec wasn't entirly wrong. Half of her shyness was because of how she looked, and how little she was truely happy anymore. Though compared to awhile ago, this attitude was heaven. Amaya still rarely smiled.
A tiny smile came to her scaley face. "I guess so... just kinda hard after awhile, y'know? Not much to do around here."
The lizard would never admit it to anyone else, and mostly not even to herself that the reason she was so sad was that she was lonely. She might have had a makeshift family and friends... but she was still a teenage girl.
Alec Derring "Ugh, don' a' know i'!!" Alec groaned, suddenly falling back to lie on the sandy beach. "Give us somethin' t' DO!!!" The teen yelled out in the otherwise-empty beachside half-laughing the entire time. Despite what was said about Antony earlier, his time spent with her had provided enough comfort for the boy to find happiness in the day, at least. So much so that he was considered deviously plotting somesort of activities for Amaya and him to partake in to keep the "rowdy teens" occupied. With a little food and a little extra energy, the teen was beginning to act as good as new.
Amaya Vaughan Amaya laughed and flopped onto her back as well, her bottom wiggling a little as her tail readjusted to lay on the sand between her legs, which were still propped up to keep weight off her newly aquaired limb.
"Y'know, my friend Hargun and I would make faces at the cameras sometimes, if we could find them." It wasn't much, but it was something to entertain yourself with for a couple of minutes.
Alec Derring Alec looked as if a lightbulb had just gone on in his feeble little mind, a wide and very mischevious grin spreading on his face as a telltale sign that his thoughts were going in a bad direction. "Man, we shou' do tha'" He laughed, trying to imagine Amaya in her current state having that much fun. "We shou' start a fooood figh' in th'caf!!! Ha-haHA!" This talk was clearly up his alley and he couldn't even begin to think of what pranks he could pull on the staff.
Amaya Vaughan The teen giggled at the thought. "Yeeeeah, that'd be fun." Though the consequences for doing such a thing weren't arn't her mind at the moment. Would the staff punish them for such a thing?
Probably, knowing how tight-assed they were.
"Dunno who else would join us though, besides Hargun. Do you?"
Alec Derring Alec shrugged, not bothering to worry about such minor details. "Ye, mehbeh Annie an' 'er friend." He thought for a moment before adding to the thought. "'An tha' prude 'ou lives above me." He laughed in a sinister manner, smirking to Amaya to communicate the joke. "Bu' f'now a' betteh get inside. 'All be red n' bubbleh if a' don'."
Amaya Vaughan Amaya smirked, though knew she was probably a prude too. "Alright, I'll see ya later Alec." She sat up and shifted her tail once more before patting him on the shoulder.
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