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Angharad looked sideways thoughtfully, finishing her carrot. "Not me, not yet... why, did that happen to you?" He bright face looked more concerned, and she finally noticed the fact that Nita kept rubbing her arm uncomfortably. "But you know... it's probably nothing to worry about..." She said carefully.

Angharad looked more concerned, and put her hand on Nita's shoulder carefully. "That... is quite scary." Her voice was low, and even that fact had trickled slightly through her bemused veneer. "Out in the jungle... that's a long way to sleepwalk." Her face was unhappy as she looked again at Nita. "And no-one else you've asked has had it happen to them? I mean, what if the zappy chip things can control you a little as well...."
She wasn't picking up on other people's emotions well enough at the moment to notice quite how distraught the redhead was over this.

Angharad hung her head a little. "I'm sorry. But I don't think you're 'whacked in the head'. I think something really weird is going on around here," and her face showed determination. The challenge was obviously becoming clearer...

"Perhaps.. perhaps I'm not the best person to talk to right now...." Her face became more unhappy. "I have a lot of things on my mind... I'm probably not coming across quite right..." In fact, there were the strains of glee in her mind, inspired by the hope of waking up from the dream. And Nita didn't look like the sort of person that needed glee right now, even if she might be made up.
Or perhaps Nita was dreaming too? Angharad's mind threatened to backfire if she thought about that too much, and she shook her head firmly.
"I'm going to find out what's going on. I don't want to help them," and she jerked her thumb in the vague direction of the laborotories, "but find out what's been happening to people."

She stood up, face set. "I want to help, Nita." Her voice was clear and even, even if she was acting like a bad film heroine.

Angharad nodded vigourously. "I'll tell you. I know the announcement said don't trust anyone, but you know, I know you didn't do anything. Just like me and Fee didn't. So I'll tell you what I find, okay?"

As she left the cafeteria purposefully, she took an apple, and munched it thoughtfully as she wandered off into the village. For some reason she'd already forgotten that she said she'd meet back up with Fiona in the cafeteria. There was finding out to be done....

Emerwyn did not leave her duplex until that evening, when hunger regretably forced her out. She was petrified, and completely shaken.
Too many terrible memories of the last black-out swarmed her mind as she moved slowly toward the cafeteria.
All of the sweet memories - of seeing Ian, loving Ian - were gone.
One thing she knew, she had to find him. Maybe he knew what was going on.

Being out under the partially clear sky made Emerwyn feel rather exposed. There was a slight jerk in her step as she walked, and her eyes darted easily from side to side. Walking on her hooved feet had become much easier in the past weeks, and once she saw the light of the cafeteria, she slid once again, into her easy, smooth stride.

An even greater calm came over her as she entered safely, taking a simple salad (with the neccessary black olives) and began to search for a place to sit.

Emerwyn smiled at the newcomer, slipping out of a daze. She was only momentarily conscious of her appearance, but the girl didn't seem to mind it so much.
She set down her dinner, and carefully pulled out a chair with her grace-bestowed thumb.

"My thanks. I am Emerwyn." Her voice had become naturally quiet. She had not as of yet discovered if she could raise it above a soft shout.

The girl looked innocent, if perhaps a little uncomfortable. I suppose it only makes sense, Emerwyn thought.

"Nita," Emerwyn repeated. "Lovely to meet you. Though, I am sorry that you find yourself here." She shifted her seating as she picked steadily at her salad.
Carefully, she chose her words. "Odd... Strange happenings. Of course, it is hard to judge the strange from the norm-" She cast her eyes up to Nita. "-in situations such as these."