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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:47 pm
My gloves bathed in blood, I take them off, and wrap them in cloth. I grab my knapsack and throw them in. "Lets get on with our journey, shall we?" The scratches along my arms and back hurt, but none like the one on my cheek, it was burning my flesh, it was like it was spreading. I touch it and gingerly retract my hand. I had gotten that one back in the orb, but it hurt more now.
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:03 pm
"If you three will excuse me..." Kahlan walked away into a thick area of tree's to change and discard of her ruined clothing. Besides the two holes in the back of her shirt, there were rips in her pants and blood and guts everywhere. She hoped to find a creek to wash off her face and arms, fearing the peoples reaction should they enter another town or city looking like they did. She finished and returned. "If ya'll have anything to be rid of, I'm going to burn these clothes, I don't want anyone tracking us if we leave anything behind."
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:09 pm
"Good idea, mind if i check for injuries? Don't worry I skip past the flesh ya bunch of sensitive types." The feather, and my eyes, flickered on with a golden glow as I looked over everybodies injuries, Jarlaxle Kahlan and me all seemed good except for a few scratches and a rare scarring gouge or two, but Jac had deeper wounds and an oddly inflamed cut across his cheek. I walked over to him and examined the cut at a cellular level. "Kahlan you might want to check this out. Its inflamed.....oddly. Instead of being bright red its....almost greyish tinted."
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Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 8:26 pm
"What?" She hurried over and examined the gash. "This is.. This is nothing I've ever encountered before, even on other planets." She looked at it more gently touching it, and watching Jacques flinch every time. "I'm sorry I just want to see if this is an infection of some sort, of course you would be able to see that with the feather wouldn't you Jairn?" She pondered it more, "These beasts, they followed you out of the orb. What exactly is the world inside that orb?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:01 am
I back off some. "I am fine okay? Its just a world based on memories, not like its bad or anything, and besides, they had our laws when they came to Earth..." I gingerly touch it again. Grayish tint? What? No way. I feel weak and then the strength leaves my legs. I crumple to the floor, and swat off Kahlan's hands. "I am fine." I stand back up and do a few leaps. "See?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:22 am
Kahlan didn't like it one bit, but she couldn't help someone who isn't willing to receive it. It was one of those odd angelic laws, and even though she wasn't all angel it still held her back from doing what needed to be done. "If you say your fine, then I must accept it." She glanced around at the already rotting bodies surrounding them. "Should we pile these up and burn them before we leave?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:31 am
The burning was easy enough to deal with. I guess we should. Would probably be a good thing. I doubt these are the only ones, in fact, I know there will be more, they keep coming, and coming... But at least no one will turn when they accidentally touch one of these things." I growl and grab one of the dead bodies and throw it at a tree. I blink...
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:54 am
Kahlan just stared. "Care to explain what that was for?" Her head nodded pointedly toward the lycans body. She was about to walk over and examine him again, but couldn't get any closer the she was. Stupid Angelic laws! She eyed him instead, "You aren't infected are you? I don't want to kill you because you are turning into one of these things and refuse to let me help!"
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:57 am
I glare at them. "I am not turning into one of those damn things!" I thrash about, and then stop. I breath heavily. "Get away, go, forget about me! I can take care of myself, I would rather not get you guys hurt, say if I did turn into one of those things, I would be a super lycan. I doubt you guys could handle something like that..." I start to back away, and then I turn and start running...
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:11 am
Kahlan starts to follow him and falls flat on her face. Really?! Really?!! What the hell! "Stop Jacques! I can help you! There has to be an antidote, maybe in the orb! Don't leave!" She saw Jairn standing there watching this all take place, "Go after him!"
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:20 am
I start to cry as I get further and further, but an elbow to my jaw stops me. I look up. Axel. "Go back you dumb man. Fool! Do not forget her, do not, if you do, it will be hard on the whole group, any of you forget again, it could potentially tear you all apart, go back." I jump on him and bring him to the floor. He unsolidifies and then solidiffies on top of me. He picks me up, and throws me through a portal. Then I fall flat in front of them.
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:46 am
I sighed and turned my head to Kahlan, "Told you he would come back." I held my hand out infront of Jarlaxle and he grudgingly handed over the ten dollars. "Well don't worry Jac, if you turn we can definitely kill you its ok!" I grinned brightly but ofcourse they couldn't see that from under the mask, wish I could take the thing off. "Hold still." I grabbed him by the shoulders and looked at the cut again at a cellular level, the cells looked very strange, the deific silver cells seemed to be dimming slightly as the infection spread outward. "Yep your most likely going to turn into a horrible wolfish monster and attempt to disembowel us. What fun!"
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:56 am
I rip my arm from his hand. "Don't touch me!" I growl and scan the area for Axel. "Why the hell was he here?" I look around. I just sit. Clear my mind, clear.... I watch the infection spread, the deific cells combating them even. They were losing fast. It was making its way to my brain, and then I see it. Streams around my heart. "Okay...." I watch the deific cells making up the protective layer around my heart push it back, and then I see it attack again. Axel.... if you are around here, you know what is happening, don't you? I can feel you do... It wasn't Lycan, no way it could be... the cells would die in the face of the Deific ones... so what?
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:15 am
I think I can find out whats wrong if it's not lycanthropy. How?Without warning Drako took over. My arm shot out and touched Jac on the forhead, there was a crack and he slumped over. What did you do?! "Don't worry it only knocked him out for a couple minutes so I canf ind out whats wrong. I have to touch his hand to my mask so I can use the appropriate amount of energy, its not easy to use magic through another persons body." As he said what he was doing he obliged himself to do it, placing the limp hand of Jacques on the mask. After a minute or two he dropped the hand and suddenly I was back in control. "Alright never do that again without asking.....So what's wrong with him?" I nodded towards Jac's now not so limp body, he grunted as he opened his eyes. "Well my friend, since your up I can tell you directly. You've contracted a virus that, like the lycans, only existed in the past, but it looks like you have set something much worse than lycans loose on the world."
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Posted: Wed Jul 08, 2009 11:32 am
Kahlan looked from one to the other and then addressed Drako. "What is this virus? I've read a little about it, but it seems no one thought it possible it could return so there wasn't much written on the subject of it." She was worried though, it was already doing weird things to Jacques, what would it do if it infected the rest of them?
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