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 Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:39 pm
"Oh, you were going there too? I take it we both won't get our navigation merit badge, eh?" Rex playfully punched Avery in the shoulder, perhaps a bit than he meant it to be. "Ho'crap," he projected, "I didn't mean to hit you that hard, sorry." He blushed, not wanting to seem like an a**. "But yeah, i was going to his camp as well, the girl in the lake gave me directions." In any other context, that sentence would've just sounded weird.
Rex saw the cheetah cower and slightly stiffen. Cautious, he slowed his steps and spoke a bit softer as though talking to a baby or an animal, even though he knew that this girl was perfectly human on the inside. Or is she? Maybe she grew up here on the island as an unloved experiment and was never taught proper english. This island set his imagination on fire, but if someone could turn people into animals and pluck them from the outside world, this was a highly plausible thought in his mind.
"Colche? That a cute name," Rex whispered, "yeah, I remember now. The elk guy... Ian? He told us your name." Then the girl turned to go to Ambrose's camp, "Oh! Are you going to show us the way? Well that's nice of you, I was worried about getting lost again." He stood upright once more and and followed her bee-line path through the scrub.
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 1:50 pm
Avery nearly fell over when Rex punched him in the shoulder, and he rubbed his sore arm. Well, what's another bruise anyway? He grinned a bit at Rex. "Um... it's okay, don't worry about it, heh heh."
He tried not to roll his eyes. Some people just didn't know their own strength... and Avery was definately not the strong type. "Wait - what do you mean by 'girl in the lake'?" Avery supposed he shouldn't be surprised. Maybe someone was part fish or something. He shuddered a bit at the idea of being stuck in a lake, and he followed after Colche.
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:00 pm
Colche looked at rex when he said her name was cute, she knew that word, lots of people said it to her "thanyou" she smiled brightly a slight giggle escaping her now. She liked the word cute it was very endering to the slender femme. A crack of lightning lit up the sky again and she paused, perhaps too quickly cause she bumped in to rex. Her ears tightened against her head as she looked up at the big guy, the scars down her chest visable in the bright, momentary light. She knew she shouldn't be frightebned of the lightning, it had been going for ages, but every time the sky flashed she felt scared it was coming after her. Perhaps in a way, the 'bright light' reminded her all too familiarily of her past though bumping in to the big guy didn't particularily make it any better, she was sheilded from the worst of the skies fireworks.
She said no more though she did stay still for a long moment, searching the skies to make sure the lightning wasn't coming back before she steppe away from rex. She looked at him, frightened, he wouldn't hurt her fotr that would he? they were so clsoe to Ambroses camp now, so very close. They wouldn't hurt her, Aubrey had said so.
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:08 pm
Yup, he knew it'd sound weird, "Oh, a girl named Awen, she's real nice a pretty helpful. But the poor girl seem pretty confided to the lake since she's turning into a manta ray." His heart sunk at the thought of being stuck there for however long you were going to be on the island. Forever? Maybe being a fish wouldn't be so great after all.
Rex looked to the sky as well when the lightning disturbed the dark skies, then Colche bumped into him, he looked down at her and grinned, slowly figuring that the friendliest approach possible was the best for this girl. "The lightning can be scary, huh? I used to be afraid of it, too." He reach his hand across her shoulders and and rubbed the fur, "it'll be okay though." He looked forward into the jungle and continued to move forward.
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:21 pm
Avery jumped a little too when he heard the thunder; not that he was afraid of it, but he was just taken by surprise. He would have told Colche that lightning strikes the tallest things around, but then he remembered; they were surrounded by trees... and he suddenly felt a little uneasy. "A manta ray girl, huh? That kinda sucks... I'd hate to be trapped in a lake forever," he said.
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:25 pm
Colche nodded softly "scary" she moved a little doggedly away from his touch on ehr shoulder, but when she realised he wasn't grabbing her she gave a slight, throaty puurr before she walked on. Ambroses camp was nearlly in view now, the lean toos visable through the trees. Giving a soft sigh of releif she looked at the ttwo men "Ambrose" she stated decideingshe wouldn't go wandeirng in to the jungle alone again, certainly until seh knew these two men any way. She ahd to make double sure they were nice.
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 2:36 pm
"Yeah, I'd feel so... caged," Rex mumbled as he saw the rudimentary lean-to's through passing between the trees. "Well, what do we have here?" Finally, they'd made it to the camp. the thought of remote civiliation made him remember how cold and sick he was. he sniffed once more and sighed, "it looks like we finally made it," he yawned, feeling exhausted after hiking through the rain all day, "and not a minute too late." The thunder rumbled in the distance and he felt a slight breeze pick up, hopefully things wouldn't get worse.
Rex turned and looked at Avery, "Home-wet-home, eh?" while the rain sure was a downer, everything had a positive spin. Now where was Ambrose and everyone else? He'd said they had a pretty big camp.
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:17 pm
"Thank god," Avery sighed in relief. "I'm so tired. And wet." Avery quickly made his way to the nearest lean-to, crawling under it to get out of the rain. He was hungry, too, but he could wait it out for now. Getting out of the rain was more important right now. He scooted over to allow room for both Rex and Colche. He glanced around, hoping for a blanket of some sort, but even if he could find one it would probably be soaking wet by now, too.
((Continued in Ambrose's camp thread))
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:38 pm
Lauren found herself in the jungle during her search. It had been a couple of weeks where she had been surviving all on her own and actually hadn't been doing to bad. The rain made things harder for her, as she turned from hunting meat with her bow and arrow to a large diet of insects and raw reptiles. It was necessity and the mongoose seemed to love them and if Lauren was hungry enough she could shut her mind off to eat them.
Chubbs shorts were over her head for rain protection but weren't doing the best job at it. She was shivering a bit, looked tired and wet with her poor tail sopping wet.
After running away from Awen, and sticking her crush back into her subconsious mind Lauren had searched all over the island for Moreau. The search of course wasn't going anywhere.
Finding a large hollowed out tree Lauren sat herself inside of it, shivering and drying off as best as she could with her sopping wet clothing.
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:50 pm
Awen had been walking for some time now away from the beach. She frowned as she realised she should have been back to the lake over a half hour ago. She paused to look around but instead of the familiar paths the jungle looked different, no pathways were around to follow. The rain was washing everything away, making everything seem hostile and unfamiliar.
"Great..just great!" She kicked a small rock out of the way as she sighed in a huff. "Now I'm lost."
The rock, unbeknown to Awen ended up careening right into the tree Lauren was hanging out in.
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:56 pm
Lauren heard a familiar voice, Awen. What happened a few weeks ago flashed back into her head, but she quickly stuffed it back into her subconscious as if she didn't even remember. It wasn't going to stay there for long though.
For a second she contiplated just sitting in the tree hiding until Awen went away but Lauren craved interaction with someone, as she had starved herself of it the past couple of weeks. She got up, staying in the tree.
"Hey..." She said to Awen quietly, rubbing her hands against her arms for warmth.
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:05 pm
Awen heard the small voice and turned slowly. She blinked a little bit and looked around. The trees were talking to her. She must have started to hallusinate. But why? She' had enough food and everything. Why would she be hearing or seeing things? Might as well go along with it.
"Uh...hello?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:10 pm
Lauren realised that she was indeed within a tree so of course Awen couldn't see her. The funny things being drenched does with a person's mind, especially since Lauren's had a loose grip on sanity to begin with.
She stepped out of the tree and waved towards Awen. "It's ******** cold out here." Then she stepped back inside peeking just her head out.
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:22 pm
"Oh Lauren!" Awen's face brightened up as she stepped around to the opening of the tree. Glacing insdie she whistled a little bit. "Nice and inventive hiding spot." She grinned a little bit. "Geez Lauren I haven't seen you in a bit. I was worried, tried looking for ya but couldn't find you. Where have ya been hun? Are you alright?"
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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:38 pm
Lauren sniffled a bit from the wetness. "It was shelter." She answered still shivering slightly from being soaked. Awen was best equiped for this kind of weather being aquatic and all.
"I've been looking for... him." She said almost ashamed of herself. "Someone has to." She backed it up suddenly in defense.
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