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 Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 9:59 pm
Natsumi seated herself at an empty table.. Seemed there weren't too many others here. That thoguht was stopped as someone walked in, catching her attention, she paused from her first bite to inspect who it was. She looked a bit nervious.. but who could blame her after the problem with the last new person she had met?
Still, this guy didn't look dangerous at all. Not even a tail... Was he new? She offered him a warm smile, having dubbed him harmless until he proved her otherwise, then returned to that first bite of her meal. Dispite being hungry and wanting to dig into the meal, she ate slowly and carefully.
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:05 pm
It only takes Tommy a couple of moments before he notices Natsumi. .oO(Hey! She looks...well...kinda normal! A little...yaknow...green, but still more human looking than the rest of the people I've seen)
Tommy gives her a friendly grin and a nod.
"Hey. How'reya doin' tonight?" he says as he makes his way to where the food is displayed. He begins rummaging through the selection and pics out a microwave dinner. He also stuffs a bottled water in his pants pocket.
Tommy glances around the general area a moment.
.oO(Huh...well, no price tags...)
The cadet glances at Natsumi, "Uh...this stuff is free, right?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:11 pm
Natsumi waited til she had finished her first bite, swallowing quickly so she could respond as fast as possible. "I am well... And yourself?" Her voice wasn't terribly loud, but the empty cafeteria seemed to echo her enough to make it audiable.
She raised a brow at his next question, stopping mid-bite to peer over her shoulder. "Free..." she echoed, blinking once or twice. "Yes... I think." she added, the thought of free or not had never hit her. No one had ever asked for money though, and she hadn't seen anyone else pay. Her only guess was that it had to be free.
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:17 pm
"Ah, sick!" He exclaims before taking his dinner out from the microwave.
"Yeah...I'm doing pretty good..." Tommy stammers out.
After grabbing a plastic fork he attempts to take the cheap microwaved platter to a table near Natsumi.
It's pretty obvious that the platic bowl is rather hot as his eyes go wide and hurries toward the table.
After waving his hands about to try and cool them off, he looks once more at Natsumi...up close, she doesn't look nearly as human .oO(Huh...what's with the sweater...and...scales...and...tail...oh God, Tommy...don't freak out. Don't let it show, keep your mind busy. But don't freak out.) His eyebrows shoot up for a split second as he really sees her, but he soon puts them in their place.
"...nah...nah, that's an outright lie I just told you. In all honesty I'm pretty far from 'good.'"
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:28 pm
Sick? She took another bite, relishing in the feeling of food on her empty stomach. Somehow when you were pregnant and hungry, everything about eating just felt better... Except he morning sickness, but that had subsided a few weeks ago... A fact she was most thankful for.
So wait... He was sick, but good? This threw her for a loop as she watched him sit down. He suddenlly looked scared, to which she shifted nerviously, slouching the tiniest bit and looking ot her food. That look could have been anything really, her first thought had been her. She was well aware of the wierd colorings on her face... Breifly, she wondered if that was how she had looked at the dragon-man... But for now, she chose the idea that he had been suprised from teh obviously hot bowl, and to ignor most other thoughts. Yes.. that was it.
Of course.. then he told her he wasn't good. Confusing man. "That is.. because you are sick?" she tried to fill in the gaps for him, her head tilted to the side some, idly twirling her fork in her food.
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:32 pm
Tommy was slowly slipping into another one of his depressed states when he brought up the fact that he wasn't 'so good.'
Upon Natsumi's comment however, Tommy can't help but smile. After a quiet chuckle, the new guy just grins and says, "Sick? Heheh, no no...I'm not sick. That's just an expression...um...kinda like, 'cool,' I guess. I'm uh...I guess I'm new here. That's all."
Tommy's about to take a bite of his meal when an overwhelming thrist comes over him. He blinks a few times, unnerved, before cracking open the bottle of water. He chugs it until it's about half empty.
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:50 pm
It took her a moment, even after hearing cool... Cool meant cold, right? Or something else? That's when it clicked. Another American term for something. "Aa! like.. Good? Yes?" she smiled, nodding as she got it. It always felt good to get things right.
So he was new. After nabbing another bite of food while he spoke, she nodded in understanding. "Mm... But there are good.. aa.. Sick? people here." She nodded, smiling and disregarding the bad she'd run into. "Nita, and Alec, and Thomas, and Ian, and Kikue, and Newton..." She trailed off, getting a sudden pang of thirst for her own water. She reached over, carefully taking a few gulps of it.
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 10:55 pm
"Oh, I'm sure the people are fine," says Tommy inbetween bites of his small meal (it looks to be some sort of beef sirloin with lots of gravy), "It's the whole...you know...animal thing that I don't get." He tries to sound amiable enough, even though inside he's fighting down the urge to yell at everyone and anyone wondering how anyone can even tolerate being here.
"er...no offense..." Tommy blinks a couple more times and downs the rest of the water...still thirsty though.
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:04 pm
Natsumi fell silent at the mention of turning into animals.. Her thoughts wandering brefily as she took another bite to allow herself a moment of silence and thought. She was hardly changed, or so she guessed... And what would the next change be like? The first one had practically knocked her out for a day... And what about that person Alec had been speaking of? The one that was 'done.'
She swallowed hard, giving a tiny shake of her head and a weak smile. "Just do not think of it." Which was what she now chose to do, focusing her mind on repetative words and random things. Like his clothing... And his na.. Wait. "Aa!" She squeaked in suprise "Forgive me.." she bowed her head some, mindful of keeping her hair out of her own food. "I am Natsumi Tanaka."
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:10 pm
Thanks be to that squeak, because Tommy was on the verge of not being able to control his anger. Anger to this place, the inhabitant's apparant apathy toward their predicament, and their unseen 'benifactors.'
He looks startled for a moment more from the squeak than anything. Though the bow did kind of throw him off. He gives a nervous grin and tried to mimic the bow (though a bit clumsily).
"Oh...um...name's Tommy. Tommy Christian." The young man can't help but smile. This Natsumi kind of reminded him of his sister...an oriental...reptile version of his sister. All of a sudden he pictures other members of his family here and can't help but shudder.
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:22 pm
She seemed pleased that he had returned the bow, not many did. Which was fine too... She knew they didn't know that it was curtious to do so in return. "Tommy." She nodded to herself, noticing the simmilarity to Thomas her good downstairs companion. What a coincidence. Still feel a bit awkward from the previous reminder of being turned into an animal, she took another bite, tryign to think of happier things. Things like her baby... Things like the fact he hadn't noticed yet.
As she finished that bite, she downed some more water. Blinking and frowning as she hit the bottum of her cup. She seemed to be doing that alot lately, running out of water before getting enough of it. Though a sweater on an island wasn't heloing her hydration levels any. With glass in hand she stood, "I am getting some more to drink..." She gave a wiggle of her empty glass to demonstrate. "Would you like anything?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:29 pm
Tommy glances at Natsumi as she stands. He blinks a bit at her question, seemingly spaced out for a moment. "Hmm? Oh! yeah...uh...would you mind getting me another one of these?" He holds up his now empty bottle of water.
.oO(But damn I'm thirsty...this water just isn't doing the trick)
Acting like the most normal thing in the world, the cadet lifts his now empty bowl and drains the rest of the greasy juiciness into his mouth like one would do after eating a bowl of cereal with some milk left.
Tommy just stares down at the bowl he just drained in befuddlement for a moment.
"...huh...," he seems to snap out of it, "So uh...if you don't mind me asking...what...um...what are you tur...I mean, what's your animal?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:42 pm
Natsumi nodded, walking over to fetch her own glass of water with ice along with a bottled water. Easy enough. She turned back, missing his greese-guzzle while busy with her task.
She passed his water to him, then sat back in her seat drinking some of her water before setting it down. "Aa..." She paused, picking her fork back up "I do not know." she admitted, scraping one of her last bites from the plate and eating it.
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:46 pm
.oO(Is that...no...it can't be.) Tommy thinks as he watches Natsumi walk back. Tommy thinks back to the days when he used to hang around his dad's workplace as a child. It being an OBGYN office, he had seen many pregnant women in his time. The sweater made it difficult to tell definatively though. He pries his eyes away from her midsection and transfers them to meet her own peepers.
"Thanks," he says once he revieved the water.
"So, how's a person's...um...animal...yeah, how's it chosen?"
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Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:59 pm
Natsumi gave a nod to his thanks, "It was not a problem." She took the last bite, letting out a soft noise of content due to her now full stomach. She shrugged at his next question, "I am not sure.." she offered a tiny smile, drinking some more of her water and looking a bit awkward from his topic of choice. Still.. she wanted to be helpful. "Nita may know.." That was the best she had.
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