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 Posted: Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:03 am
Despite his distance, Alec had heard the retort. Suffice to say he nearly tripped on a tree root as he shouted back over his shoulder after the realization of what she'd said had properly sunk in. He did hear that right... right? "WHAAA?" Too bad he was too far away now for anything else to be said. His duplex was sounding good right about now.
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 11:37 am
New RP
There was too much to think about, so Cassidy was down on the beach, throwing rocks into the water. She'd once been able to skip them, but she'd lost the knack long ago, and she would never have been able to do it on the rough ocean.
Still, it was diverting; she had a handful of pebbles and was tossing them, one by one, as far out as she could, while the water lapped around her tail.
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:09 pm
Cody was extremely happy with his mountain bike. Not only it helped him beating the tiredness of long walks, but made what he considered the long distance between the beach and the village a lot shorter
He wanted to invite Nita though, but he couldn't remember which duplex was hers nor did he knew where to find that information, so again he went alone
But soon after he arrived he noticed there was someone else on the beach. A well developed anthro so it seemed. A snake one... but with wings?
As he approached her from behind he struggled between shyness and curiosity. He stoped at a safe distance though, not sure how friendly this person was
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:20 pm
Cass tossed another rock into the water, where it made a satisfying splash. Finding this was her last pebble, she stooped down to scoop up another handful, her tongue flickering instinctually as she did so.
She paused, picking up an unfamiliar scent on her tongue.
She turned around, curious, and quickly spied the young boy some distance off. He was so young! What on earth was a kid like that doing here?
Well, he obviously had already seen her. May as well be friendly. Cass waved. "Um, hello there!"
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 1:26 pm
"Hi" he waved back and got closer
Cody was looking amazed at Cass. He always found reptiles cool (except turtles) and this lady snake was no exception. But as he noticed the weird looking mass of flesh that once used to be her legs he felt a bit creeped out
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:56 pm
Cassidy tried to smile, as non-threatening as she could possibly be. The last thing she wanted to do was scare the poor kid. "I haven't seen you around before," she said, rather hesitantly. "My name is Cassidy. What's yours?"
And she'd been horrified that anyone as young as Amaya was here!
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:17 pm
"C-Cody. Cody Archer" it took him a minute before her name rang a bell. He knew he had heard it before "Aubrey told me about you"
He smiled back, felling a bit more confident. She seemed nice
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:25 pm
"Did she?" Her grin broadened; what a relief it was to have somebody warned in advance. Cassidy shuffled her handful of pebbles from hand to hand. "I hope she said nice things about me. Have you been here long, Cody?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:31 pm
"She only mentioned you as one of the nice animal-people around"
Cody's expression became a bit hard as he remembered Aubrey. What happened during that call still hurted
"A week or two. I'm not counting the time"
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:39 pm
Cass laughed, despite herself. "Well, I try to be nice, anyway."
She gave him a quick, searching glance. A few weeks? Oh, the poor kid. "I hope you're settling in okay, then. It can be sort of hard to get used to this place." That seemed like a safe enough thing to say. "Is that your bike? It's pretty nice. I wish I'd had a bike like that when I was your age."
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:50 pm
"I haven't had trouble so far. Room got messy but Newt told me how to keep it tidy. And until now everyone I met is nice. I just... I wish I could see my parents again"
Cody has on the verge of tears. Being taken away from his family was by far the worst thing on this island. He tried hard not to cry
"Yeah. Found it on the front of my door with a card saying it was for me"
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:57 pm
Cass dropped down a few inches to better speak with Cody. "I wish I could see my parents, too," she said softly. "And my little sister. But at least we have everyone here. I know it's not the same, but it's something."
She gave the bike a critical nod. A bribe, of course, like her books. "They like to give us gifts, sometimes. I think you should enjoy it."
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:03 pm
Cody just nodded in reply. He knew it was true but still the emptiness on his heart remained
"Did they gave one to you too?"
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:09 pm
"They've given me some books," Cass said slowly. "A lot of books, actually. They know I like to read, I guess." She grinned suddenly. "I think I'm going to see if I can get them to give me a pet snake. How's that sound? You think I should do that?"
He looked so sad! Maybe a change of subject was in order, and the snake question had been at the top of her mind lately, anyway.
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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:16 pm
"I hate books. Only like comics. But a pet snake would be really awsome"
Cody's mood srated to shift to a happier side. He always wanted to have a pet, but sadly his mother never agreed on that unless it was a goldfish. But you couldn't play or pet one of those
"But... you're already a snake!"
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