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 Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:03 pm
Amaya sat down beside him with a thud, her legs still shaking slightly. "S-So... You think everyone was p-put to sleep and then dragged out of their duplexes to random l-locations?" She was still crying a little, but her voice was steady for the most part. "W-Why would they put me n-near THAT?" The lizard-girl was both angry and horribly frightened at the same time, green eyes seeking Ambrose's face for comfort... ANY comfort.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:09 pm
Rubbing some of the smudges from Amaya's face that likely came from lying on the ground, Ambrose shook his head, wishing that he had concrete answers for the girl.
"I don't know. I don't know why they pulled us out of the duplexes. I heard the explosion.... so you're right... this had to happen before they brought us out.... and why here.... Maybe they wanted us to know? I woke up precariously close to the edge of the cliff. It... doesn't make sense..." He was thinking out loud.
"But... are you okay? That's the important thing." He asked, snapping back to the reality of the situation.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:17 pm
She gave a tiny nod, looking down at herself for the first time. Amaya sniffled and wiped some of her tears away. Still a little too scared to really care, she noticed that she was in nothing in her undergarments. Sitting next to Ambrose. And the duplexes were locked tight. "I-I just realized I'm naked..." It sounded so funny she gave a tiny laugh, but it didn't last long.
Even around Ambrose she felt exposed, though not as horribly so if he weren't as far changed as she was. She couldn't even remember a time when the scales almost covering her legs and arms had been so out in sight... or the spikes on her back in plain view. She had even made tiny holes in the back of her bra for the spikes to go through.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:25 pm
A small smile came to Ambrose's face for the first time this morning.
"You're hardly naked, Amaya. No more so than I really..." He looked down at his sleep pants - while much longer, still was a far cry from what Ambrose considered 'presentable'.
He took a deep breath, closing his eyes for a moment, trying to clear his thoughts. Unfotunately... doing so only brought the acrid smell of burned human flesh to his nose. His eyes jerked open as he coughed with a loud grimace. "Urgh. We should probably move away from here...." He shook his head. "Or.... do you think I should try to take..... a closer look..." His ears lowered as he glanced quickly back towards the wreckage.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:32 pm
Amaya sniffed again and turned her head to look at the wreakage. She was far enough that she couldn't see the corpses... but it still brought back flashes of what she had seen. Slowly she shooked her head. "No... No, you don't have to. We should find others first..." Her voice trailed off, eyes going back to Ambrose. "You need to find Angelina. I should look for Hargun."
Despite the situation she tried to figure out what would be the best thing to do, falling into the adult role without even realizing it. "We can't really do anything for them... aside from come back later and check it out. Bury them." Her last two words were almost a whisper. Staff or not, she wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing two people weren't laid to rest.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:37 pm
Ambrose nodded. "You're right..... I... I'm no doctor... I would have no way of knowing who it is. And we need to find the rest first. I'm worried about Angelina."
He gave her a squeeze again then pulled back to smile at her. "I'm glad you're alright, Amaya. And... once we figure out what the hell is going on we need to look out for eachother. Do you think we should search together... or split up to look...? We can cover more ground split up, but I don't want to leave you alone if you need me."
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:42 pm
"I... I dunno." Amaya didn't know if she would do so well on her own right now. Plus, she had no idea where Hargun might have been put. Though she got an idea...
"I have no clue where Hargun is... Maybe you could smell Angelina and her out?" She winced at her own words, not wanting to offend him. "I really don't wanna be alone. Once I find Hargun or someone else I know I'll be alright." The iguana's solitary nature had been pushed roughly to the side with how upset she was.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:55 pm
Ambrose looked around a bit hesitantly at her suggestion. "I don't know..." he answered quietly. "Right now... my nose is full of something I really don't want to be smelling." He winced, hating to put words to the nasty thoughts he was thinking.
"I don't want to be alone either, Amaya. We can stick together if you like - and we can go look for more people and see if we can't figure out what in the hell is going on." He gave her another squeeze before finally getting to his feet and offering her his paw-like hand.
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:59 pm
Nodding, she took his hand with three of her long fingers and stood up. "Okay." Using her free hand, Amaya wipped at the last remaining tears. Her fingers curled around Ambrose's hand, not wanting to let go. Sixteen or not, she wasn't afraid to admit she was very, very frightened. It was like getting lost at an amusement park, but a sick and twisted one.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:06 am
Ambrose held onto her hand tight, and pulled her away from the wreckage, away from the image that was still burned in his mind - the two bodies, twisted... burned...
He shook his head again. Into the woods and the cool humidity - the scents of plants and animals to hopefully clear his senses of the char that clung to the inside of his wet nose.
"Let's take a walk through the woods, my dear." Ambrose said in an overdramatic voice - hoping to lure one of Amaya's smiles.
He was glad to have a friend... his sister... he didn't want to be alone any more than she did. Burried deep in his subconscious, the wolf in him clung to the people he cared about - wanted them around him... together they could make it - together they could figure it out. Together they were strong - a family. A pack.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:11 am
A tiny laugh emitted from Amaya's mouth, though it wasn't much it was something. It even brought a small smile to her scaly features.
"What do you think is going to happen?" The frown returned. As much as she hated to think about such things... it had to be talked about. "Were all the duplexes locked? What about the cafeteria and stuff?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:17 am
His ears lowered. He knew the answer to the question... and didn't like what it signalled. "It was locked too" He said quietly as he picked his way over some brambles that tried to catch his long sleep pants.
He paused to untangle them before helping Amaya across them. He didn't even really know where he was going other than away from the scene.
"I ... I mean this has to be temporary. They can't just leave us here.... there's plenty of staff members here. And .... well.... as much as I despise them for what they've done to us... they've invested too much money to just .... lock us out permanently.... I... I just don't understand why we were locked out... If something happened...." He sighed/growled in frustration.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:22 am
Amaya was glad for once she wasn't wearing a lot of clothing so the brambles just gave her one or two tiny cuts that she didn't even notice. "Yeah, your right... They wouldn't just blow this whole thing off, would they? Moreau is too much of a..." Even though she continued to walk, fingers grasping her older brother's hand something clicked. "... Wouldn't he have had that cleaned up by now? I mean, Joliette said that they dismantled her boat in a few minutes. You'd think he'd clean it up so quick we wouldn't even knew it happened, right?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:27 am
Ambrose tried not to look like that thought scared him - but his tucking tail and lowering ears gave it away - he'd have to learn how to control those damn things.
".... Probably.... it was really late last night when I heard the explosion.... it's got to be at least midday now... assumign it's even the next day." He scratched his head, pausing for a moment to look around before deciding that just walking straight would eventually get them somewhere. They were on an Island after all.
He was also still waiting for his nose to clear.... he could still smell the charred.... UGH! A visable quiver passed over him. He regretted heading towards the smoke now... if it weren't for the fact he had run into Amaya.
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Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2006 12:31 am
The lizard-girl bit her bottom lip. She was just upsetting him and herself more. Giving a glance back towards the wreakage, green eyes then focused ahead of them. They would talk about it all once they found Angelina and Hargun and anyone else they ran into. Oh god, she hoped they didn't run into Lauren. Today was bad enough already.
Though come to think of it, she was still kissing Moreau's a**. Her frown deepened at the thought of her watching them suffer from the comfort of the labs.
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