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 Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:31 pm
The frog lowered his head as the reality seemed to hit him as well. "It's.... it's... n-not... not so bad... KRIIT!" He croaked, massive eyes blinking before swiveling up to watch her with a clarity he hadn't had a few short minutes ago.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:37 pm
Unsure whether Newt was trying to convince her or himself of that fact, Nita shifted a little closer and dared to place a paw on his shoulder. She resisted the desire to pull away- his skin was unpleasantly damp.
"No, it's not," she affirmed, nodding in emphasis. "We just have to... deal with whatever crap they throw at us. Right?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 3:57 pm
It wasn't what they threw at him, so much, as what they took away that bothered the frog. At her touch, he flinched with a chirp but settled again once he convinced himself she wasn't a threat. "D-deal with it... y-yes..." He glanced to her sideways, and flinched when he accidentally bumped his snout against her arm, unused to his proportions. Timidly, he sidled away at that, throat trembling as his breathing quickened. "H-how... have y-you b-been... b-been c-coping?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:14 pm
Nita shrugged and looked at the ground. "Okay, I think. I mean, I've obviously been better, but I've definitely been worse." She rolled her eyes and grinned. "I swear, I never really had a complicated social life until I got here."
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:20 pm
Newt smiled weakly, looking back down at his toes again, "I... I... I know wh-what you mean... b-before I d-didn't really... well, I w-was s-sort of... um... well... b-beforrrIIK! I ch-changed, th-there was this... KrrKIT! KrrKIT! This g-girl..." He cleared his throat, but couldn't help the little balloons of skin and air from flickering on either side of his throat at the thought of her.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 4:57 pm
Nita's grin got wider. "Really?" she asked. "Who was it? Does she like you, too?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:08 pm
The throat expanded sheepishly as he fidgeted, "W-w-w-well, I... I... I d-don't... I d-don't re-re-really... krrKIT! know her all that w-well yet... b-but... but sh-she's ver-ver-very n-nice and krrrIIIK! ah... ahem, s-sorry, ah... w-well... have... have... you... h-heard of... m-met I m-mean... er.. any of the... ah... h-humans?" The pouches inflated only to be emptied again with a loud, amorous KrrKIT!
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:13 pm
Nita waited patiently for Newt to finish speaking. "Any of the humans?" she asked. She shook her head. "I haven't seen anyone without any changes for... Wow, months, I guess." Nita paused, trying to remember the last time she actually had seen any full humans. Surely it couldn't be as long ago as Halloween..?
"Well, anyway, I'm glad that she's nice," she concluded, whiskers twitching. "What's her name?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:23 pm
"Duh-d-d-Dee... Her... her n-name's Dee!" He smiled, "Sh-she b-brought me... me some th-things... sup-supplies... ah... until... until they t-took those away too." His expression fell into one of bitter disappointment.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:34 pm
"Dee," she repeated, committing the name to memory. "I'm sure I'll run into her eventually."
Nita raised a brow. "What kinds of supplies? Seems they like to take things away from people," she said bitterly, thinking of Gaius and the construction site.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:36 pm
Newt glanced down, shifting as he rubbed his oddly frog-like head, still unused to the strange features and odd positioning of his eyes. He liked Nita sitting next to him- it made it easier to watch her. "I... w-well... th-they... ah... I sup-sup-suppose I... I b-brought it on m-myself... so I sh-shoo-shouldn't be complaining..." The eyes dipped down to his twisting webbed fingers. He was feeling more and more himself, and as a result was feeling more and more miserable.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:40 pm
Nita frowned and patted his shoulder again. "What happened, Newt?" Depending on what he'd had, it might be replaceable...
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:48 pm
Newt wondered where to start. He decided perhaps she didn't need to know everything that had happened, unless she really wanted to. He frowned down at his long webbed toes, rubbing the side of his face clumsily, "Out... in the sw-sw-swamp... I was m-making... m-making things." He left it at that, "D-do... do you know C-cody? Th-the ah... l-little... little dolphin boy? He... he w-was my... my d-duplex mate and his B-b-b-buh-KRRIIIK! bicycle was l-left and r-rusting, so.. so I t-took it and m-made it into a sp-spinning wheel for rope and... and I had a c-camp I had s-set up... w-with... w-with a p-proper... k-kettle and.. and D-dee had brought me... t-tea th-things and... and it w-was l-lovely and p-peaceful b-but..." The waterworks threatened to return to his enormous bulbous eyes.
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 5:56 pm
Nita nodded; she knew Cody, and had been vaguely aware that Newt lived upstairs from him. Her frown graduated to an outright scowl as Newt continued his tale of woe. Granted, she understood why the labs might not want some who was clearly as clever as Newt making things unsupervised, but that just made it worse. A spinning-wheel was pretty ingenious.
"Oh Newt," whispered Nita, continuing to pat his slimy shoulder. "I'm so sorry; that's awful." She hesitated a moment, then continued. "I mean, it wouldn't be the same, but... I could probably bring you some things. A new kettle, at least? Would that help?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:02 pm
He swallowed with a chirp, eyes twitching up to see if she was serious. "A... a n-new k-kettle? I... I was ch-chased out of the... the k-kitchen b-by Delia wh-when I sw-swiped my old one.... M-maybe... you'll have an easier t-time?" He shifted, sniffing as he rubbed under one large spherical eye. With a nibbling movement of his snout, he cocked his head and shifted, "Any... anything else... y-you might not want anymore... anything at all, I'd.. I'd t-take g-gladly. Even... even empty b-bottles and c-cans... b-but... but old th-things, old c-clothes or... or items I c-could... could t-take apart..." Keep his mind on projects and off of... froggy things. Keep himself thinking that was important.
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