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"Aaaahhh..." Gaius said with a note of understanding, though he still looked perplexed. "Japan sure makes some weird stuff..." Not that it was a bad thing, of course. Gaius had to admit that he was enjoying the movie, even if the combination of animation and adult-level violence and themes was a bit off-putting, and some of the characters were really strange-looking...

He reached over the table and felt around, eyes still on the screen, until his fingers found the unopened coke and pulled it toward himself, popping it open with a hiss and sipping from it. As they watched the movie, a thought made Gaius chuckle. "Heh! Better not show this to Sabin. He could get ideas for another serum from it."

"And I don't think the labs really appreciate whatever 'balance' there's supposed to be between man and nature, judging from this place..." he muttered, shoving a handful of popcorn into his face.

"He looked like some medieval reject when I met him, but yeah. Long white hair, top hat. Likes to ruin people's lives. Y'know it." Marshall said slightly bitterly, sipping on his soda as he watched the wolves wreak havoc. He never WAS partial to this scene.

"I don't hate him...But...Kinda hard to say you don't when they do this to you." Marshall sighed, not paying much attention to the movie any more, looking down at the orange liquid in the aluminum can.

Liamh tore his eyes away from the screen with great effort, the epic animated battle reflecting in glowing miniature on the glossy surface of his glasses in true dramatic anime fashion. He looked at the other two, who were still staring at the scene.

"Wait, what? What's he lying about?" Liamh frowned, his brow furrowing. "What project?"

The little hamster in the little wheel in his head picked up the seed and started running. "Wait.... wait, are you saying that... they, like.... test drugs on people here?" He looked at Marshall. "Is that why you said you can't leave?" An eyebrow arched incredulously. "They, like, lure people here and then do some kinda chemical warfare stuff on 'em?" He shook his head, his brain spinning some kind of zombie virus warfare flick in his head.

Gaius was staring at Liamh with utter disbelief, the movie completely forgotten at the moment. His mouth hung open slightly, the soda poised half-way. "You can't be serious..."

He looked at Marshall, then back at the blonde fellow sitting there. "But you didn't even say anything! How could you not have noticed these?!" he cried as he tugged at one of his ears violently. "You took everything so well, we thought you'd already been told the truth!"

Marshall wasn't sure WHAT he was feeling. Was he furious? Was he sad? Did he find the humor in it? No. He wasn't sure what he felt. Liamh's reaction was just so...unexpected. Especially since Marshall thought that Liahm knew what was going on.

"...Liamh...Its...Its going to happen to you too!" Marshall said, not looking up at the blond man, "..Its...Its going to happen to all of us...Its nothing to laugh about...I mean...We don't...We can't go home again. We're trapped here. Being turned into...things. Animals, from what I gathered. With a Dragon or some thing thrown in for good measure." Marshall said, looking down at the carpet. The movie might as well have been on mute for all he cared.

It was harder to explain this time. Maybe because he was actually kind of friends with Liamh. Kind of like when Gaius changed, how much it scared him more than when Josh changed.

Liamh took a couple of deep breaths and wiped his eyes again, setting his slightly smudged glasses back on his nose. He looked up with a lopsided, sheepish grin. Dang. Well, HE certainly felt like a putz. He looked them over again, examining the strange details with a completely different set of perceptions. Yeah, that was pretty hard to miss, now that he factored in the possibility of there being people with ACTUAL animal parts growing out of them.

He leaned back again, still absorbing the info they were dumping on him... he took another deep breath and glanced at Gaius. "Hey, it's... okay," he said, rubbing the back of his head. The poor guy looked like he felt so bad. "Well, i mean, it's not. Unless it's all a big prank, in which case i WILL KILL YOU BOTH LATER." He shot them dark looks over his spectacles. Then he slumped slightly again.

"But really, i don't think you came out here just to mess with me. And i've been getting weird vibes since i got here, i just....." he hunched up a bit, looking annoyed. "I just jump to my own conclusions, i guess." He smirked. "Really sorry about, uh.... thinkin' they were... fake, you know?" he looked sheepishly back at Marshall. "And the beak comment."

He pulled up his short sleeve and looked at the injection mark. "Well. Looks like they got me too. " he poked at it for the first time, after being careful with it for hours. "Dang. Looks like i won't be reporting for work on Monday."

Gaius chuckled slightly, amazed that Liamh could still be so perky despite everything they were telling him. He had to admire that show of character.

"Hey, don't worry, I just assumed you'd seen changed people already... just, uh, be careful about staring, everyone here is kinda sensitive..."

His expression darkened suddenly at the mention of that name. "Zach..." he growled the name like a foul curse, his hands clenching. "If anyone on this island is a b*****d, he's the one. I hope he gets what's coming his way..."

Gaius shook himself, trying to get rid of the harsh feelings. Liamh was warned, that was enough. He didn't need to go into his colorful history with the crazy lizard. Instead, he gave Liamh a sheepish, anxious smile and scratched at an ear. "You, uh, doing okay? This is a lot to take in and all, and we don't mean to be throwing you in the deep end... You just kinda have to learn to swim as you go, I'm afraid."

Marshall let out a small sigh. For one, he didn't want to explain the island again. Hearing it was the mental equivilent of a punch to the kidneys. But saying it? It almost made you feel responsible for what was happening.

Also, he just didn't understand WHY Gaius hated Zach so much. Marshall wasn't exactly a fan of the dragon either. I mean, he was a bully, right? But whenever some one even mentioned the name Gaius just looked...different. He wasn't sure if he liked that.

"Yeah...Its happening alright...And don't worry. We'll still be here tomorrow...Maybe we could show Gaius some thing a lil' more family-freindly, neh?" Marshall chuckled.