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 Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:02 pm
Newt fidgeted, catching a glimpse of Thom's face before looking away shyly. "And... and y-you... y-you r-really m-mean it? Y-you aren't j-juh-just... s-setting me up for... for another t-tr-trap? C-cause... c-cause if y-you're j-just... t-trying to g-get me kuh-kuh-killed, I'm on-on-onto you!"
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:05 pm
Thom rolled his eyes, frowning impatiently. "Newt, if I intended to kill you, I'd 'ave done so before I 'ad to sit through twenty minutes of your stammerin'."
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:10 pm
He pursed his lips, looking down at his feet demurely. "W-well... if... if y-you'll r-really... h-how-how-how w-will you know if I've b-been t-taken? W-what if som-something g-goes wrong?"
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:15 pm
"S'worth the risk, isn't it?" He raised a brow, frowning imperiously down at the frog man. "If I 'ated my job that much, I wouldn't let someone bully me into keepin' it. Yes, there're risks, but th' rewards outweigh the risks, right? Th' labs aren't goin' to intentioally hurt you, Newt. It's cost them too much t' produce that serum to 'ave it go to waste."
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:51 pm
"I... I... I sup-sup-suppose you're r-right..." He mused, brows raised as he thought about it. Timidly, he reached up to fidget with his ID badge, unclipping it to handle it in his webbed palms. He turned it over to stare at where he had taped his human photo from his old badge with a thoughtful frown.
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:31 pm
A weighty silence settled, stretching on for a good few minutes--though, Thom was just thankful for a break from the stuttering. However, he was still rather hungry, and wasn't about to waste his day waiting for Newt to make up his mind. "It's your call," he finally muttered, sighing. "Are you in or out?"
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:46 pm
"I... I'm t-t-ti-ti-tired of b-being yuh-yuh-used b-by the la-la-la-labs," He said finally, pursing his lips together before sitting up nice and straight and proud. "I... I... I'll d-do it." He punctuated the deal with a sharp, "KrrKIT!"
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:49 pm
"Brilliant," Thom praised, grin returning full of malicious intent. "Then bugger off an' get started. I 'ave to find somethin' to eat, as that fuzzy b*****d's apparently run off with my rabbit. Good luck, Newt. I'll be around." He turned towards the jungle as if to go, by paused, glancing back to the frog. "Oh, an I'd appreciate if Natsumi doesn't 'ear about that scuffle with Jordan. Poor thing's terribly jumpy, wouldn't want 'er gettin' even more nervous."
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:54 pm
He shifted, about to ask her how she was, if she was alright, if she'd changed again, and a million other questions, but he figured it was best to let the snake leave without trying to eat him. He untaped his human face, tucking it safely into his pocket before dropping the ID badge onto the ground. He stared at it by his feet for a long few moments, gathering his courage before leaping off back towards his cart, ready to go home and change into his swim trunks.
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Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:03 pm
He allowed himself a smug grin as Newt bounded off, then swung his gaze in the direction Jordan had gone, tongue giving a curious flick. However, he quickly decided going after the dog man wasn't worth the trouble, and, turning, headed back into the trees in search of something to eat.
With luck, it would be another rabbit.
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