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"Maybe we should take a short break? Figure out what else needs to be done and organize things. Perhaps pick up some water bottles from the Cafeteria?"

He looked over to Gaius. "Why don't you take something for your neck?" Reaching into his pocket, he pulled something out and offered it to the pegasus. It was a small tin, meant for little mints, but inside was some pain medication. After his third change he had taken an old mint container, cleaned it out and turned it into a pill container for when he went out without his bag. After the pain of his changes died down, he found himself continuing to carry it to help relieve the ache of his eye.

Slipping the tin back into his pocket, Lucas glanced toward the direction of the cafeteria, then shrugged. "I guess I can go grab some food and drinks while everyone takes five. I'll be back shortly." Lucas started for the cafeteria with Dasher and Reuben following.

((Reading comprehension...failing gonk xd

I'm out. Lucas will be back later with food, then probably help out where he can. But I'll be back tomorro-... later today.))

Nicky glanced from the painkiller-filled tin to the canine leaving the scene for something to eat. He followed their movement, mentally noting where the cafeteria was located before looking back to Gaius and the rest with a shake of his head. My first meeting with that...thing...that may come to bite me in the a** later...lets see what they know.

"Yeah...again, I don't mean to stare or anything like that...Gaius, was it?" he asked with a frown, like he may have forgotten the name already. He, of course, did no such thing. The name stood out like a beacon to him...Sabin's warning...but, keep any potential enemies close was always good policy. "Just...this is still all too surreal for me. To think that...all of this" he said while gesturing to the island as a whole, "is going to happen to me sometime in the near future..." he shuddered somewhat. "Actually, come to think of it...I've gotta apologize to the first person I met...think his name was...Victor or something...I shouldn'tve treated him like that..." he said, trailing off.

Gaius turned back to the others as the two canines headed off to the cafeteria. He was loathe to slow up work, but he'd face mutiny if he pressed too hard...

"It's... okay," he sighed, leaning against the stage near Nicky. The horse-man's eyes lowered to his hands, the odd stumpy things the man'd just been shaking a minute before. The grip had felt... strange after so long. Light, flexible fingers, he honestly envied Nicky his hands. Though that really wasn't fair... after all, the guy was on the island now, he'd soon be just like the rest of them.

It depressed Gaius that a small part of him felt satisfied with that outcome.

"I stared too when I was first here... It still feels unreal sometimes," he chuckled dryly. "That feeling won't change..."

He tilted his head slightly, ears standing up at the name. "Victor? Eesh... talk about a nasty wake-up call... I don't know what's going on with his serum... I... well, your reaction probably couldn't have been much worse than mine when I first saw him the way he is now. About scared the pants off me, and I thought I'd already seen the worst possible..."

"Though, your 'first encounter' was probably better than mine... There's an islander you should watch out for. Big red dragon named Zach, and he's dangerous. He's the one who did this to me," Gaius turned his back towards Nicky, showing off the long red scabbing gashes that ran down the lower part of his back, still healing from his recent encounter. "And I wouldn't put it past him to do worse if he got REALLY mad," said Gaius, settling back into his relaxed position. "The problem is, he's in the pocket of the labs... and he's not afraid to call down their power on anyone who crosses him." He hesitated a moment, debating how much he trusted this new guy... but it was probably best to give the man an idea of what he was facing. Leaning closer, Gaius whispered, "You know that red-furred guy helping us here, with the cloth over one eye? Zach took his eye. It's damn unfair, but that's how it is. So be careful if you run into him..."

After the nails had been put into place and every thing was settled, Marshall found himself sitting down towards the back of the stage, his knees up to his chest as he tried to calm himself down. Thank the lord no one noticed how bad he was panicked, his breathing shallow and fast. He took a deep breathe, trying his best to shake it off as fast as he could.

"S-So...Whats next?" Marshall asked as he walked over to Gaius and the newer man known as Nicky.

"Erm..." Marshall felt his stomach sank, "Uhm...Is there um...Some thing else I could do perhaps?" he asked, feeling really pathetic. He knew he shouldn't have stuck around. Now he was just getting in the way.

"Oh, I just remembered! Um...Didja get the letter I left you?" he asked, in a poor attempt at changing the subject.

((*hopes Sabin doesn't mind*))

It was a quiet walk to and back from the cafeteria with Ambrose, aside from the deciding on who would get what. It made things awkward, but at least Lucas couldn't say anything more to accidentally offend the wolf. Though, at a few points he had attempted to apologize, but could never get the words out.

They found a cooler and quickly filled it with ice, a variety of foods for different tastes, then several bottles of water and a few sodas, along with cups. When it was stuffed, they carried it back to the construction site. "We're back," Lucas called out, at the same time trying to hide he was panting a little thanks to the warm sun and fur as they returned. Setting the cooler down off a short ways from where the work was being done, he pulled out a bottled water from it and filled a cup. Drinking a little himself, he then offered it to Dasher and Reuben, both of which lapped up quickly.