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"The most energetic reaction to my appearce yet." She laughed, eating more of her stew to calm her shakily alert nerves. Down feathers, down...

"So, how have you been doing? In general, I mean." Greer nodded towards the artist's webbed and distorted hands. "You seem to have changed a bit yourself."

"Halloween? Rough." Greer made a face, shaking her head. "I changed... at the beginning of the month, I think. Dunno. I've been rather spacely lately."

She'd been rather avoiding people for more than lately, but no one wanted to hear that. She smiled again, perversely glad she'd bumped into someone she knew, who was as changed as she was. She was a bad person.

"Wow.. that was quite some time ago." Hargun looked pretty suprised. "Heh.. its good to be spacey. Im constantly thinking about the stuff going on. I need a good break from this place." she snorted and finished off her drink.

I should find something to eat, but I shouldnt eat any bugs in front of Greer... she probably wouldnt take to it very well. she thought and couldnt help but smile at the thought of Greer lunging at her head, pecking her unmercifully.

And then Ambrose came in, her smile faded, and she nearly choked on the last trickle of water. "Ambrose?! Oh my god, is that you?" she squeaked and blinked at every clicking step he took.

Ambrose swallowed, Summoning every ounce of courage to stay fixed to the spot at Hargun's reaction. He should have expected it - just because she had changed already didn't necessarily make it any easier to be confronted with someone who almost looked to be more animal than human. when it happened to you, unless you faced a mirror, you didn't have to look at it.

"Y..yeah... it is." Ambrose said meekly. "Just... yesterday." He said in a half-explanation.

He matched Greer's forced smile as she turned to him, his ears lowering and his tail giving a couple of slow wags. "Hi Greer. I... well... could be better." He said, almost regretting it as soon as he said it after the Dude's reprimand for the slightest indication of his unhappiness compared to what Greer was going to be facing. "But that seems to be the general state of things here... for all of us" he finished, trying to save.

Ambrose shifted nervously from one foot to another. He was obviously making Hargun uncomfortable (at least that's how he intrepreted it). And he wasn't exactly "comfortable" with himself yet even. She, although she had gone through two transformations herself, at least still had her own face. He could easily see how he would be frightening to her - showing her what she could expect to come. Like Hargun, Ambrose had been dwelling too much on their fates.

"I'm sorry. I..." He ran a hand through his hair. "I realized I wasn't as hungry as I thought I was just yet. You two take care. I'll... catch up with the two of you later. I need to go check on something real quick." He finished lamely, unable to dredge up a concrete excuse on the Island where time was rarely an issue.

He gave the two a final wave and turned, heading back to his duplex.

"Sure go ahead." She sighed. "Ill.. just stay here.. find something to eat then head out."

Oh, this was all her fault. Why'd I have to spaz? I need to learn to keep it together. Honestly.. Im such a wimp. she thought, and scavenged around the cafeteria for her 'little friends.'

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Awen glanced up from her own table in the cafe while catching something out of the corner of her eye. She had been quietly reading in the cafe, not really wanting to go to the entertainment room for fear someone was going to be watching or playing something and distract her from her book. She knew Faith of the Fallen front to back, but she'd taken to reading it for the tenth time. She also had to carry it around for Emerwyn because she still didn't know what duplex to deliver the book to.

She smiled when she saw Ian. She shut the book onto her bookmark and moved over to him smiling. She sat down across the table from him. "Missed you at the party." She said light heartedly.