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 Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:04 pm
Perhaps he was worn out and stressed from his change, perhaps it was something else all together, but something buzzing about the ceiling pannels gripped his attention hypnotically. As it flew down, his lifted his legs to crouch again, leaving him looking ready to spring.
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:08 pm
"Er." Cassidy still wasn't seeing, or hearing, anything. "Um, are you all right? Maybe you should just take it easy for a moment..."
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:12 pm
The fat black fly zipped past the snake-woman's face, just barely missing Newt's sloppily aimed tongue as it snatched out at the air in an attempt to catch it. When the sticky muscle snapped back into his mouth, Newt sputtered and gagged, looking horrified by what he had nearly just done.
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:15 pm
Cassidy's immediate reaction was nearly as horrified as Newt's, her expression simply disgusted. "s**t," she said softly. All right, just try to relax a minute. She'd gone all tense, and all the feathers on her arms were fluffed. "Okay," she said in a small voice. "That wasn't... so bad.... Um."
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:17 pm
Newt had covered his mouth with his hands, knees pulled up against his shoulders as he tried to hide the look of horror on his face. "I j-just-"
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:19 pm
"It's okay," Cass said quickly, although she wasn't at all sure that it was. "My tongue's out of control all the time. I'm just... just a little startled. That's all."
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:21 pm
"I t-t-t-truh-truh-tried to... to... to eat a f-fly!" Newt's voice was high and punctuated by the occasional fumble of his new tongue combined with his nervious stutter. "Th-that's n-not okay!"
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:25 pm
"Well, at least you missed?" Eating bugs. Oh, gross. Cass tapped her fingers together. "It could be worse. You could be trying to eat me. You could..." She trailed off, at a loss. "It's not so bad?"
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:29 pm
"I'm... I'm n-not a subject th-though! I'm... th-there's... th-there's b-been some horrible mm-muh-mis-mis-mistake!" He moaned through his webbed, green-skinned fingers.
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:33 pm
"Well, they hired me on to clean the duplexes," Cass said, her voice soft. "And they didn't seem to care about that. I'm sorry. I wish there was something I could do."
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:36 pm
"B-but... but... but I've w-worked her fo-for... for years!" He moaned frantically, staring at his changed hands as he pulled them away from his mouth.
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:41 pm
"I don't know, then." This seemed uncommonly unfair, even for Moreau, even to Cass. What a way to reward someone's loyalty to the company! "Maybe you should take the rest of the day off?" she suggested. "Just... take it easy. I could help you back to your duplex, if you needed it."
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:44 pm
"B-but... but... I... I... I h-haven't... f-finished s-sweeping yet-" He managed weakly, gesturing desperatly towards his broom with paniced expression.
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:46 pm
Now that was employee loyalty! Cass had to grin. "I'll come back and finish it for you. Promise. And I'll bring the broom by later. It was my job too, remember? For a while."
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Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 9:49 pm
"Y-you... " Newt had heard her say it befor, but had assumed it had all been a ruse to lure her to the island, like he had heard talk of befor in passing. "Th-that's... th-that's right..." His wide hazel eyes looked even greener now with the tone of his skin to bring them out, a look of fresh horror creeping over him as he looked her over, "Oh... oh G-god..."
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