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 Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 2:43 pm
Awen slumped back into her room from a rather bad day. She didn't know what it was but this day was just the pits. She kept waking up in the night and only got maybe an hour sleep, she finally got up at around seven and tried to walk herself tired. That didn't quite work out, she tripped over a root and face planet into a tree, when she finally hit the ground she got her hair caught on a bush and sat to sit on her hands and knees for at least fifteen minutes to try to get her hair untangled from the branches and leaves. She went to the cafeteria finally and split chocolate milk all over herself.
This was when she decided the day was over and she would return to her duplex.
Her stomach was queasy but she thought it was just the lack of sleep and little food she'd had. That could also cause that little bit of light headedness she began to feel.
She took a couple steps towards her bed. She had a feeling as if an elevator stopped and stumbled forward a bit. Yeah definately should just lie down... She got to the bed and just sat for a moment. She raised her hand and rubbed her face a little bit.
When she opened her eyes again and put down her hand she noticed something on her arm. Awen sighed a bit and tried to brush whatever it was stuck ot her arm off. But... it didn't work. She blinked and took a closer look. Her skin was tingling almost painfuly, the way your foot does when it is asleep. Her skin looked almost as if there was a bubble of dead skin on her arm. Her other arms tensed as it felt the same as her first, and more on her shoulders too. It wasn't overly painful but it certainly was enough to freak her out. She stared in horror as the dead skin patches started to solidify and turn grey.
What was going on... was this....? Was she...?
The questions never completed in her mind because her dizziness suddenly turned into a large panging headache. She cried out in surprise of it and brought her hands instinctively up to the point of pain at the front of her head. She thought there was a sort of grinding noise, but she couldn't keep her senses straight her hands just over her eyes she felt two...what were they...horns? Whatever they were they were growing from her forehead at an increased rate, she felt as though her skull would rip apart.
They stopped growing as fast as they had started, leaving a dull ache and pounding headache in their wake. Awen doubled over panting slightly from it and she noticed the funny patched of skin on her feet too. Before she could even form the questions her tailbone became to scream with the same pain as her head. She fell forward to her hands and knees from the bed and tears stung her eyes.
Her one hand moved back and felt the bone growing. This time she was sure she heard a grinding and even popping noise as the tail grew longer out of her body. Little drops of salt water hit the backs of her hand as tears were sliding off of her cheeks. The pain finally stops as that funny little tail thing stops growing. Well..stops is a bit of an exaduration, it still hurts but... not as much.
Awen was panting a little bit from all of this as she sat up to her knees. She could barely breath and slowly put a hand to her neck to massage the sides, open up the airways. She froze when she felt small slits across her neck. They felt like when you had a paper cut and stung a little bit if she rubbed the wrong way with her finger.
Gills.....
That means that the Doctor was turning her into a fish. She sprang to her feet and rushed for the bathroom. She stared in the mirror for the longest time. What kind of.... She touched the little horn things tentavely and gave an awkward glance back at the tail. What the hell kind of fish was she becoming?
She licked her lips, now wet and salty from the crying she had been doing and something inside gave a little jolt. Suddenly she felt the waves of the ocean, the salt water rush upon her. She closed her eyes and imagined herself sailing through the water. Her eyes flew open and her stomach clenched. That was terrifying... why did she...want water?
She shook her head. No no that wasn't right she didn't want.... she was afraid she wouldn't. She rubbed a hand against her face again. But....she wanted to....
...swim.
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:29 pm
This, amazingly, concorded with Kim's return from the beach. She had barely started to step up the stairs when she heard the first scream... And by the second she was running down them, heading torward Awen's door.
Something was going on, that she knew... What if she needed help ?!?
All this, added to all she saw today... this was shaping to be a day she was never going to forget, wasn't it ?
She didn't hesitate at the door, and knocked lightly.
"Awen ? Awen ?!? Are you allright ?!"
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:35 pm
Awen jumped a little bit and poked her head out of the bathroom to the door. Her stomach clenched. It sounded like.... that other gamer chick....K...Kim! Awen frowned a little bit. She wasn't sure if this girl knew or....
But if she was silent it would scare her more porbably. Awen slowly, weakly walked to the door. At least she didn't have that elevator feeling anymore....
She opened the door only a crack. "Hey, yeah I'm fine..." She blushed a bit. "Didn't mean to..um..bother you..."
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:43 pm
"You didn't bother me... I was out. I heard you scream when I came in, and I was scared..." She twirled a bang around her finger nervously, swallowing a bit hard. All of this was still sinking in her head...
"I guess im a little jumpy, sorry." She added, after a small moment of sillence. "But im glad you're okay..."
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 3:50 pm
Awen's hair fell to the side a little bit as she shifted her weight, revealing one of the newly formed horn-thingies on her head. She chuckled a little nervously perhaps.
"Sorry to scare you... I um..." She really didn't have an excuse. But the truth caught her tongue. If the girl didn't know how would she explain...? She now appreciated, at least in part, Hargun's want to keep Joli's delusion.
But lies would never suit.
"Was just..." Words..once again stopped dead and she looked down.
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:02 pm
The horn was almost impossible to miss, and it sent another shivver down the girl's spine. Being told it all was one thing, but now she saw it... she could not deny it, not that she had. That was the ultimate proof, right here.
She bit her lip, and ran an hand into a bang, as if to tell her that her horn was showing, in case she felt better hiding it.
"It's allright." She admitted. How she was not totally freaking the hell out, she didn't know.
It would probabely smack it all in the face later, when all the confusion would have cleared and she was left with only clear thoughts of the situation.
"It's allright." She repeated, trying to find her words. "I... I know."
This was one hell of an akward moment.
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:08 pm
Awen swallowed hard and gave the girl a sad smile. She rubbed her forhead, fingers parting between the horns. She wouldn't hide them..and... Kim knew so.
She glanced back at her duplex and cleared her throat.
"A...about that gamers challenge huh?" She said and tried to grin. "How about some SC 2?" And yes she did just say the letters. Kim was a fellow gamer, she should know.
She was trying to act like it was all normal. After all not like she hadn't known what was going on.... and... and well she shouldn't show Kim she was upset, it would just scare the girl.
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:18 pm
Kim seemed to instinctively catch on, and nodded a bit. The message had gotten across, and it was all that mattered, even if the vocal detracted from the matter.
It was one way to deal among a millon, so she forced a small grin on her face as well, even if she looked a bit fake... maybe they could fool each other and forget about it all, for a moment... She didn't want to dwel and think about it, not now, not now, anytime but now... Expecially not in front of the poor girl, who had enough on her mind allready.
"Oh, yeah. Sure, that sounds nice. Need me to go get one of my controllers, or do you have two ?"
A gamer is never unprepared.
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 7:51 pm
Awen let a weak laugh out. "I've got four." A gamer is never unprepared, after all!
She stepped away from the door to let the girl in and moved towards the PS2. She grabbed an extra controller and poped it in. She unraveled it and handed it to her. "My favourite one, which is kind of worn. Another for two player battles... and two others incase the two break." She explained as she flipped the game on.
She pulled out the chair for Kim with her rubber foot padding, which may have been a bad idea since it was tender still. She winced but tried to ignore it. She flopped down on the bed...sitting on her tail. She yelped and shot to her feet.
She sighed heavily and tried sitting down again being careful this time.
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Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 8:01 pm
Kim couldn't help but vince a bit as the girl yelped, only now noticing the tail. Ouch, that had to hurt.
"I used to go trough like... 2 controllers a month before starting to buy the better ones." She forced out a laugh, visibely trying to divert Awen from the pain. "I used to throw them around when I was younger and pissed at something..."
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Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:29 pm
Awen smiled a little bit and laughed. "I never did that to my stuff and I always boguth the good ones.... er.. ya know except like turbo controllers or that really cool gun controller for the Xbox..." She started up the verus mode chosing, as always Kilik.
"Ready then?"
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 8:35 am
"Money was a bit tight when I was younger, so..." She smilled, idely going trough the character screen as she usually did while pondering who to chose. "Since I got a job, it was easier..."
She finally settered for Taki, and gave Awen a grin. "Let's go."
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:39 pm
Awen blushed a little bit and just focused in on the game. She hadn't meant to make the girl uncomfortable with the thought of money. Good job Awen, just open your big rich girl mouth again.... She sighed a little bit and focused in. It had been awhile since she had played someone who favoured Taki.
The back of Awen's hands hurt a little bit. She backed Kilik away to be able to scratch her hand a moment and felt the little rubbery skin there too. She frowned a bit, the scratch was a bad idea. Her left hands ached more now.
That headaches didn't really go away either. She closed her eyes for a second and sighed. She was really was off her game. Kilik was getting his butt whooped. Awen...really didn't seem to notice all that much though.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:47 pm
Kim... didn't seem to notice much at first as well. She did, however, completely stop while Awen was scratching... she was no cheater, after all.
But aside that, she was completely concentred on her game, barely even noticing the girl's sigh. It's been a long time since she had played SC2, she had lost some of her touch... expecially with Taki. She found herself winning still, and it was then that she glanced at the blue haired girl.
"...You're sure you'll allright ?" Sure, they had not talked a whole lot, but Kim couldn't help but being a bit worried about her.
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:54 pm
Awen blink and shook her head looking back over to Kim. She at the screen and notice their health bars. Kilik was two normal hits from being dead on his feet.
"Um..." She let a nervous grin slip to her face. "Just..uh..out of practice ....um... I think..."
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