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 Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:33 pm
"Heh heh..." Marshall chuckled at Newt's rather strange reaction. He was begining to like the nervous frog man. "So, Newt, you're a frog, right?" Marshall asked as the two of them continued to walk up-stream, Marshall's towel still hanging on his shoulder.
"I'm not entirely sure what I'm supposed to be, but from the pudge and the feathers? My money's on a Penguin or some thing. How original..." he said, mumbling the last part for the simple reason that he was probably the only person to really find the irony in it.
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:40 pm
"I... I'm n-not quite sure I understuh-stand...?" Newt panted as he hopped along, having to wait a few moments between leaps to keep pace with the other islander. "And...er... y-yes... f-fairly confident th-that's wh-what I am..."
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:47 pm
"Well, you gotta be a frog. Either that or a Toad. But I'm pretty sure they're the same thing, so it doesn't matter." Marshall smirked, putting his "hands" (if they still qualified) in his pockets. "Though I guess we kinda lucked out, right? I mean, we could both be some thing really weird. Like...Horses with...Tentacles. That'd suck!" Marshall joked, looking back at the now water-filled river.
"This looks like a good 'nuff spot, neh?" Marshall smirked as he put his towel on the grass.
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:55 pm
"I... I sup-suppose..." Newt mused as he landed. "I... I j-just... ch-changed recently... so... so I've b-been a b-bit sensitive."
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 9:58 pm
"Oh yeah? Heh heh...Yeah, I just changed like...Two days ago." Marshall chuckled, putting a foot into the water, checking the temperature. It was a bit chilly, but it felt nice for some reason.
"Fat, feathers, and I pretty much lost my right hand. Sucks some thing fierce, neh?" Marshall joked, looking back at the stuttering frog-man.
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:00 pm
"I... u-used to b-be t-tall and sk-skinny, w-would you b-believe it?" Newt managed to smile meekly as he glanced down at the water, crawling toward's it's edge befor hopping in with splish.
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:03 pm
Marshall jumped in as well, enjoying the cold water covering him. He quickly swam back up to the surface, surprised he didn't need to acutally. "So...You mean you didn't always have that gut? Huh. Well, guess that means we're in the same boat. I guess I use to pretty skinny myself." Marshall chuckled, "At least thats what every one told me. Never did get the tall part of the deal."
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:16 pm
"Y-you... you t-too?" Newt sniffed, having gotten teary-eyed in his self conciousness, "I... I h-hate it... I f-feel so g-gross and ter-ter-terrible all the time... and... and I j-just know th-that's what everyone's th-thinking... 'ew th-there goes th-that... s-slimy fat N-n-nn-newton..'" He mumbled miserably.
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:21 pm
Marshall looked over at Newt, noticing he was on the verge of tears, "H-Hey! Don't go talking like that, man...No one thinks you're slimey or fat." Marshall said, swiming over to him with an empathetic smile. "Look, no matter what you look like, you're still Newt, right? And I certaintly don't think you're gross. I think you're pretty cool." Marshall said, trying to cheer up the obviously self-conscious frog.
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:33 pm
"I... I.. I'm n-not c-cool at all!" Newt's constitution seemed to crumble, his self conciousness hitting a breaking point as he bobbed in the water, his wide round eyes clenched closed as he gave a ribbiting sob, "I'm c-clumsy and a hor-hor-horrible jan-jan-janitor and I'm st-st-stupid and I'll m-m-make a ter-ter-terrible frog!"
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:43 pm
Marshall floated there, looking at Newt with a sad look in his eyes. "S-Stop that!" Marshall said to him, almost yelling "Stop it, alright?! Thats not true! If you loved your job then you were good at it, damnit! A-And so what if you're stupid?! I'm stupid too! For god sakes I never even got the chance to ask a girl out because I'm THAT stupid! But it doesn't matter, alright! It doesn't matter!" Marshall said. He knew he wasn't make much sense, but he just kind of...winged it.
"...It doesn't matter 'cause...We got people who care about us. Thats all that matters..."
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:46 pm
Newt fell silent, watching his webbed hands paw at the water as he tredded against the current. He gave a sniff, blinking away the tears that had collected, "Y-you m-might..."
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:48 pm
"Nah...You do too. You just don't realise it...Or some thing corny like that. But...Don't say that kind of stuff about yourself, alright? And if I makes any difference..." Marshall put a flipper-hand on Newt's shoulder, "...I think you'll make a great frog." he said with a smile.
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:51 pm
Newt let the weight of the hand sink him down into the water so Marshall wouldn't see his fresh mornefull sob. Who cared about him? The labs? They had fired him for being a clumsy wreck. Natsumi? She had more interest in Thomas- and Thom, well, he wanted him dead. Freddie wanted him dead too, of course, his eye and face still swollen and brused in palces although it was difficult to tell with his froggy skin. Bia? They were more aquantences with a history, than anything... Gaius he had met once, and Sid just wanted him to fix his typewriter. That didn't coutn as friendship, really.
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Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2006 10:57 pm
Marshall sighed as Newt went under water. He barely knew the man for 15 minutes, but already had a pretty good idea about how many issues he seemed to have.
"Hey! Hey hey hey hey hey HEY!" Marshall said, tugging on his shoulder, "You do know frogs can't drow themselves, right?" he said, even if Newt was under water and probably couldn't hear him.
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