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 Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:44 pm
When Newt jumped back behind the trashcan Lucas' ears sat straight up. Perhaps he should have expected that kind of reaction?
"What? They turn you into a frog and force you to work for them?" That was awful. "Why can't you stop?" It was likely a very personal question, but Lucas wanted to know. Did the labs now go around forcing people to work for them? What else could they do to them?
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:50 pm
"W-well.. w-well, I... I had b-been... b-been working for them a b-bit before they... they turned me into a frog," He lowered his tone, sounding a bit embarrassed by those facts, "B-b-b-but th-they st-still..." He wasn't sure if he should tell or not, but figured at this point it was more his own embarrassment than fear of the labs. "Th-they used me as... as b-bait," He murmured in a low timid voice.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:55 pm
He wondered what had happened that made the labs turn him into a frog, but decided not to pry. Lucas believed that Newton was telling the truth. He didn't feel any anger towards him.
"As bait?" Turned into a frog and used as bait? Did they threaten to continue to use him as bait if he didn't continue to work for them? Lucas gave Newt a confused look.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 10:59 pm
"I... I w-woke up and I w-was all... t-tied up and th-they d-drag me through the w-woods and... b-beat me and... c-called for them to c-come and eat me up!" He croaked in a heated whisper, as though terrified of it happening again. "I w-was lucky and n-neither sh-showed up, b-but then with th-that guard th-they found I j-just don't know..."
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:02 pm
Lucas couldn't believe what he was hearing. The shock was clearly written on his face. "The labs did that to you? What could you have done to deserve that?" He spoke his thoughts aloud as he ran fingers through his hair. This information was alarming.
He looked back up at Newton. "Called for who?" Who was 'them'?
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:04 pm
Newt fell silent after those questions, though, frowning down at his feet as he hugged his knees. What had he done? He had abandoned his sworn duties, even if they were to scrub toilettes and replace light bulbs. "I... I'm.... th-they..." He wasn't compelled to cry anymore, as much as just generally fell into a melancholic slump.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:12 pm
Lucas felt guilty when the man went quiet. Awkward, he rubbed his shoulder as he tried to think of what to say.
Tired from squatting, he adjusted and sat down on the ground to give his legs time to stretch before he spoke. "Sorry. It's just shocking to hear that they'd do that." Maybe he shouldn't be so shocked? After all, he was trapped on an Island the remainder of his life after being gradually turned into an animal thanks to a madman.
"Would they try to use you as bait again? That's why you continue to work for them"
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:14 pm
"P-p-p-pr-pruh-pruh-pretty m-much," He stammered back quietly with a heartfelt sigh. "I've.... I've b-been trying to m-make the b-b-best of it, th-though..."
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:20 pm
If it was him, he would have refused to work, no matter what. He felt badly for Newton.
"That's good." It was an awful reply, but he couldn't just sit there and say nothing. "I hope you can give up the job someday, though." He glanced at the janitor's cart.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:23 pm
"M-maybe one day.... j-just... n-n-n-not any time s-s-soon, I sup-sup-suppose," His voice sounded amused at least. Once again settled since he made no move to try to eat him or lynch him, Newt crept out from his hiding spot again. Looking at the other man, he couldn't help but feel extremely ugly. He was sure everyone did, of course, and immediately felt selfish for having thought so, and banished the thoughts from his mind. His throat trembled, threatening another ribbit.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:27 pm
"Maybe you could just do a really half-assed job?" Lucas smirked. "Just do enough to get by. You shouldn't work yourself hard for them." He then chuckled, a dholish whistling slipping through. He hated that noise and refrained from sighing.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:30 pm
"B-but.... th-they're w-watching us, th-they'd know and... w-well... I... I d-don't... I d-don't want to wake up b-bait again! And... and he s-said it *would* happen again if.. if I d-didn't, you know? One or... or th-the other..." Although it was an idea, and one that had been suggested to him numerous times. He wondered just how closely the labs watched him, exactly, and how he could go about figuring that out. So far he had been alright speaking with people for a little while, and there hadn't been any repercussions.
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:36 pm
"Well... I suppose you just have to decide for yourself. I don't really know the labs as well as you, but surely you don't want to spend your days working for a place that rewards you by turning you into a frog? You should be able to do what you want to do." He sighed lowering his eyes to the ground. Newton's situation suddenly gave him a whole new perspective of his time on the Island. For him he could go and do just about what he wanted. What if he was forced to labor like the frog-man? Cleaning dirt, picking through trash, scrubbing down toilets?
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:33 am
"Sh-sh-sh-sh-should haves and... and s-suchlike are... are all f-fine and g-good b-but... b-but it s-still d-doesn't m-make it easier..." He wasn't happy about the situation, clearly, but he also didn't know what he could do about it. "I s-still c-c-can't. I'm n-n-n-nn-nuh-not like the r-rest of y-you," he murmured bitterly, remembering Sabin's angry phrasing.
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Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:22 am
"Why aren't you like us? Because you used to work for the labs?"
Disappointed Lucas wouldn't let him sniff the strange frog-man by the trash, Dasher contented himself with watching, occasionally sniffing things nearer to him.
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