|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 5:26 pm
"Everything's definitely been weird these past few days.. and not just the storm." Nita paused and scratched at her arm again. She was a bit embarrassed, but... Annie had been zapped, too, so maybe something similar had happened to her. "Did you.. sleepwalk or anything a couple nights ago? Or wake up where you know you didn't go to sleep?"
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 5:32 pm
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.
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 5:41 pm
Nita bit back a sarcastic reply along the lines of, 'No, I just randomly ask people if they've ever woken up without any idea of how they got there. But this was Annie, and she was only adding to the general atmosphere of "WTF Is Going On?"
"Um. Yes. I went to bed Thursday night after taking a walk on the beach, and when I woke up, I was most certainly not in my bed. I was not in my duplex. I was not in the village." Nita paused again to breathe and calm down. She'd been trying hard not to think about this. "I was in the jungle, Annie! And I kept spazzing out! I was paranoid as hell, and I don't know why." Nothing to worry about, indeed.
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 5:48 pm
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.
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 5:54 pm
Nita flinched at the touch. What on Earth was wrong with Annie? "Look, I don't know how I got out there. I've never sleepwalked in my whole life, and the chip thingy zapped me long after I'd got back home." She sighed. Maybe this wasn't such a great idea. Annie and Alec both seemed pretty clueless.
"You're the only person I asked," she said. "I only talked to Alec for a couple minutes earlier, and he already thinks I'm whacked in the head. Or that I've got a stick up my butt." Nita groaned and rested her head in her hands.
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 6:03 pm
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.
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 6:15 pm
Nita calmed down a bit. Getting annoyed with Annie wasn't going fix anything, even if the girl herself was only compounding the weirdness. Nita had always thought of her as being so stable and sensible... Of course, people had thought that about Nita.
Looking up at Annie, she nodded mutely. After a moment, she said, "Finding out would be good. It's all got to be connected, somehow." Although she was a bit dubious about Annie's sleuthing abilities at the moment, she continued, "Please let me know if you find anything out?" Nita took a few half-hearted bites of her sandwich. It seemed she wasn't so hungry anymore.
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 6:18 pm
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....
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 6:37 pm
"Thanks," Nita said softly. Annie might be messed up right now, but she was a smart girl, and Nita couldn't see her hurting anyone. Nita nibbled idly at her sandwich and stared off into space...
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 6:52 pm
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.
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 6:58 pm
Nita was vaguely aware that someone had entered the cafeteria, and that the someone didn't look familiar. Making a monumental effort, Nita raised a hand in a wave. Perhaps this new person (who, by her visible changes, had clearly been on the island longer than Nita) would be of more help than Alec or Annie.
"Hey," Nita said quietly, meeting the stranger's eyes. "You want to have a seat?"
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:02 pm
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.
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:09 pm
"I'm Nita," she said, returning the smile. "And no problem, the place is a bit empty just now." Nita glanced around and made a few more attempts at her sandwich. Her appetite was returning now that she wasn't so disturbed by Annie's mannerisms. It was almost funny to think that a strange and quiet girl who was partly turned into an animal could be less disturbing than anything.
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:15 pm
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."
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 7:26 pm
"Nice to meet you, too," Nita replied automatically. If anything, she was polite. "How long have you been here?" she asked.
"Ugh, entirely too strange," Nita echoed. She gave Emerwyn an appraising look and a half-laugh. "Try me," she said drily.
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|