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 Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:10 am
Aislinn smiled, switching back to English so that the other could practice,
"Ah, no. I'm Vietnamese actually, but I was raised in the good 'ol US of A. I do have a fondness for Asian cultures, and I minored in Japanese, so, yeah, if you need someone to speak to I'll do my best. I trip over some of it sometimes, but mostly I've got a handle on the language."
She missed school, suddenly. She'd been going so much of her life, and here she was painfully aware that she'd probably never set foot in a school building again. Perhaps they'd let her continue her classes online or through the mail or something. She'd have to find a way to convince the school she was doing her time with animals, though. Perhaps the labs would write a letter about it. They must have animals....
She paled,
"Do you know...about the island? Apparently we're all turning into dinosaurs or some such."
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:18 am
'I think your speaking of my..language,' she said, finally remembering the word after a little pause.
'Is better then my words of english, but I get better every time I speak it.' she smiled at Aislinn.
'You are new then?' Sayuri had guessed she was because there did not seem to be any outward signs of change.
'The Island is..' she tried to not to be said as she thought about what Sabin had told her, but thinking of that made her think of him and she really missed him.
'We are all stuck. No go home. And we change so that doctors can..find things out.'
It was the most basic of explanations but all the science talk had been over her head as she had still been uncomfortable in Sabin's company when he explained it to her.
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:25 am
Ah, well, at least she already knew. It seemed like Aislinn had been the only person to -not- know. Did everybody else get an introductory speech from Dr. Duvert that she'd missed? Ah well.
"I hope my speaking of your language is decent. I studied it for five years."
She finished the french fries and looked at the burger. No. She just couldn't bring herself to touch it. She took a sip of the tea instead,
"Find out things, huh? So maybe they'll fix my pelvic bone afterall," she mused. She might turn into a bracchiosaurus, but hell, at least she'd be able to walk properly again.
"Yes, I'm new. I just got here the day before yesterday."
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 9:34 am
Sayuri nodded.
'It is good.' she speared a piece of fruit with a chopstick this time, chewing on it before talking again.
'You have injury? Is it painful?' she looked at Aislinn. She didnt seem like she was in a lot of pain, other then that which she had caused with her drinking, and from where she sat she couldnt see anything below her waist.
'I have been here a few week now. It is very strange here.'
Which was would could be called a large understatement!
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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 10:33 am
Aislinn sighed,
"Only if I move wrong. The injury's years old, but it never healed completely, so I'm stuck with this.."
She held out the cane for the other to see, and then patted her leg,
"And the leg brace."
She didn't really want to think about the accident right now...but really, at the moment the only other choice was to think about the island and all the things to -come-...which she accepted by Kim's appearance could very well be worse than the accident had been.
Still, to recover full motility...be able to use her legs again. Was that worth turning into a some kind of prehistoric creature? Perhaps. Those she'd met here seemed pretty nice. She'd miss her friends, but they'd been growing apart since her accident anyhow, especially with her veterinary work and schooling taking up huge amounts of her time.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 6:36 am
'I am sorry to hear that,' Sayuri said with feeling. She couldnt imagine living with pain on a daily basis. When she'd had her first change..well that had been bad enough and she hoped it wouldnt be repeated.
'What you do before here?' she asked as she finished her fruit, taking a long drink.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 8:49 am
Aislinn grinned,
"I'm a veterinarian," she sipped at teh tea again, ignoring the rest of the food on her plate. Really, that fruit was starting to look rather good. Perhaps she'd go grab some of her own,
"Though, I'm still just an assistant at work. I have to finish my next degree before I can become a full vet. ...though, what good will it do here amongst the dinosaurs?"
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:10 am
That was a long word, and one Sayuri had never encountered before.
'What does that mean? What you are..I am sorry, I do not know that word.'
She was puzzled. Dinosaurs was a word she did know of, she wasnt sure when she had learnt it though.
'I am sorry,' she repeated, her nose wrinkling a little.
'Why do say dinosaurs here? You have seen them?'
After all, Sayuri hadnt met everyone. Or been everywhere on the Island. But so far she had only met people who were turning into animals of some sort.
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:30 am
Aislinn smiled,
"Ah. It means I'm an animal doctor," she told the other, "For little animals mostly, but I've got some field experience with the big ones."
She stretched, trying to decide if she wanted to stand up and get some of that fruit,
"And yeah, I saw a girl who said she was turning into a Pterodactyl."
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 8:55 am
'Oh animal doctor.'
Sayuri wondered if she would recognise what kind of fish that she was becoming. Not that she was about to drop her kimono and show her! But it was just an idle thought. She started picking at her rice.
'I do not..that is dinosaur? I have only seen people as animals. Frog man. Deer lady. And a few who had not had change. And some who not know what they become.'
She pointed at Aislinn's food with her chopsticks.
'You not eat that?'
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:19 am
Aislinn pondered this,
"Maybe they're a prehistoric frog and deer variety? Why would you want a zoo that has both dinosaurs and regular animals? I mean, and especially a frog. Why would you create a frog from a human for a zoo unless it wasn't a frog you could just grab off the street?"
She was, at this point, thoroughly convinced the Moreau project consisted of turning people into prehistoric creatures so they could make money off of some sort of zoo. Just like in the movie Jurassic park, only with people being turned into dinos instead of dinos being created out of thin air.
She shook her head,
"No, it's really disgusting. I don't think I can make myself eat it even if it will help settle my stomach. But that fruit looked good. I might go grab some myself."
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Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2006 9:28 am
'Zoo? Why do you think this zoo? I was told by..a friend,' Sayuri still couldnt say Sabin's name without looking hurt so she didnt say it.
'That no one leave Island. If people come see animals, they not be able to leave either.'
She thought it was logical, at least her words sounded so to her!
'No one tell me that they are zoo animal. They just say people are bring here to be animals.'
Sayuri nodded;
'I would not eat it. Should get something nicer.'
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Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 4:22 pm
Aislinn shrugged,
"It seems like the most likely option to me. Why else would they want to turn people into dinosaurs, if they're not going to profit from it?"
She got to her feet, tossing the burger in the nearest trash can and went to grab some fruit before returning to sit next to Sayuri again,
"Ahhh. Much better. My stomach agrees." She bit into a strawberry and her eyes rolled back,
"Though, somehow I feel this terrible craving for some sort of green vegetables, but I want fruit for the sugar. That should help with the shock."
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:53 am
'But people not turn into dinosaurs..' she shrugged as she said it. Maybe this was just Aislinn's way of dealing with the Island. After all it had taken Sayuri quite a while to accept what the place was about.
'It is better for you,' Sayuri agreed.
'I always have rice after party, help if I have been made to have sake.'
She pushed away the empty bowl.
'Why did you have much to drink?'
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:00 am
Aislinn sighed,
"Well, Kim was turning into a dinosaur....and she's the only one who's turning into anything that I've met so far."
She looked at the little Japanese girl and smiled,
"Oh...well, sometimes...when you know you're going to feel cruddy in the morning anyways...sometimes I feel it's okay to go a bit overboard with the drinking. It makes you feel better for a little while, and when the alternate is feeling cruddy...well, yeah."
She pondered getting some rice, but really, her stomach was protesting the idea of any more food for a few more hours.
"Do you host tea parties, then?"
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