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Donner's action was the thing that snapped Amaya from her shock. "Donner! Stop now!" She reached forward and grabbed his collar, wrenching him back. The dog continued to bark and try to worm out of her grasp.

"I-... I'm sorry I-..." The girl fumbled, unable to piece together words or to tear her eyes away from the monstrosity in front of her.

Victor didn't hear Amaya or her attempt to apologize for the incident, he was too busy focusing on the barking, jaw snapping angry Donner. He needed to get away, back to the village clinic to get something for the bite.

Holding his injured arm with a couple of his other ones, he glared at Amaya, he didn't care that she looked like an Iguana-lizard thing, her dog Attacked him, and it was just as well Amaya had done the deed herself.
"You keep the hell away from me!" Victor shouted and had started to scuttle away when Donner finally broke free of Amaya's grasp, and came at him again.

The lizardman froze, his expression quickly turning to a mask of fear as he pushed himself back, falling into the sand as he raised his scaled foreleg up to protect his face and throat.

But just as the attacking dog's jaws started to close on his limb, Donner's body suddenly became still, going limp and collapsing to the warm beachsand.

Victor quickly pushed the unconscious Donner away from himself with a leg, struggling as he got himself turned about and back on his feet, breathing hard for a minute, feeling his heart racing in his chest, looking at the fallen dog. was it dead? no, it was asleep, like the labs had buzzed it, just like they had done to the islanders before. The lizardman took the opportunity to get himself away from the dog, shooting another angery glare at Amaya as he started to head towards the jungle again, hoping to see a path nearby, but keeping an eye on Amaya and Donner.

"your dog..it jussst attacked me twicsse! you let it bite me"

"I ssscared you? Thatsss why I tried getting your attention before getting any clossser! Ssso you wouldn't freak out but you ssstill did" Victor ignored the fact that he had come up on her where she couldn't see him. But they were past that now, his arm was still bleeding, if only enough to make a mess, but the bitten area was already starting to visibly bruise on the scaleless flesh. He looked at the dog laying in the sand, making sure it was still asleep, the labs must have buzzed it or something.

"I gotta get to the clinic..get thisss taken care of.." Victor said as he moved up the beach more, then stopped. Which way was the path to get back?
The lizardman thumped his tail against the sand in annoyance, doubling back and moving past Amaya again, glancing at her, and the dog, worried it might wake back up.

" I get that alot nowadaysss, not many people have ssseen many like me, but if the labsss keep up with it, you might have to sssee more" Victor stopped where he was and sat still for a moment, slowly looking over the jungle edge so he could find the path back to the village. "Nexst time, get a ssstrong leasssh for the Dog." He said flatly as he finally looked like the path and started towards it. Yes! there was the path, the one he would have come out on if he didn't take that short cut. Victor scuttled his way towards it, then stopped to look over his shoulder at the iguana lady.

"Whats your name anyway?"

"Really? I get to sssee one every day when I look in the mirror, thanksss for reminding me" Victor said, unimpressed and not caring Amaya had seen 'failed' experiments before. The lizardman hissed just under his breath, taking one more look at the Iguana.

"Victor, now have a good day" He pushed himself over the sand and to the junglepath, not bothering to turn around and look back, he had to get to the clinic, and was worried what jungle predators might do if they could smell his blood.

[End RP]

Things had not been well either for the island's resident pegasus-man. The past days since his conversation with Nita had been torture. He'd thrown himself into everything he could think of, but nothing held him. Woodcarving was an exercise of frustration as the tools continually slipped from his clunky grip. Anything less involved, like jungle walks and visits to the entertainment room, left him with too much room for mental wandering, and his thoughts always came back to the same depressing cycle. Zach, his family back in the states, his fate as a winged horse, and his new separation from Nita.

And there was the blasted itching of the shaved area. Hair was STILL growing in after almost a month.

Finally sick of it all, Gaius set out from the village, Vixen at his heels as his constant herd/pack-companion. His pace quickened as he went, until he was full-out running, hoof-feet pounding the dirt and mane flapping behind him. He might have been able to go faster had it not been for his sizable wings catching the wind awkwardly despite his efforts to fold them against his back. They were like small parachutes, too willing to catch the air beneath them. He could feel the tug at his back. What would full-sized wings be able to do...?

His goal had been to run on the beach. Run and run until he fell down and couldn't run anymore. Lose himself in the pure physical exhaustion. It seemed those plans would have to be put on hold, though. Gaius stopped short as he spotted a dark figure against the late afternoon sky. It was difficult to make out the details with the sun relatively behind the figure, but he could make out the generally canine-like features.

He wasn't all too keen on being social, or at least pleasant (since company always brought a sense of safety), but he knew it'd be impolite to ignore them. Lifting a hand, he called, "Hey! Enjoying the breeze?"

Gaius missed the self-consciousness of Lucas's movement, but he recognized the voice in an instant. He was instantly feeling awkward himself in light of recent developments. He'd not even seen the dhole since before the eye incident... The last time had been that truth or dare party months ago. His tell-all ears flicked nervously as he slowly walked over to stand on Lucas's right side.

"Hey Lucas, didn't realize it was you..." His tone was a lot more somber than it'd been in his initial greeting. "...You doing alright?"

In the meantime, Vixen'd bounded past the two, not stopping as Gaius had, and was crashing out into the surf, despite the still-healing scratches on her face.