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 Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:19 pm
James-----25%-------------------
James was in his duplex. He had just finnished his first transformation and his neighbor was due any time now. He had only arived a few days after James himself. He scrached his arm and acedentaly cut himself with his claw. "Damn it." He said as he took another bandage to cover it. Both of his arms were struded with bandages and cuts. He just had to get used to the claws. He had decided to stick to only a pair of jeans today sence he was ripping most of his shirts anyway.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:31 pm
Jordan was antsy and stressed as he had been for the duration on the godforsaken island. Things weren't getting any better for himself as he often paced in his duplex nervously, wondering how long that he could remain sequestered in his new, permanent dwelling. With every passing day, his dread increased.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:34 pm
James washed his face and then ventured out into the sun to draw. He was being especialy carefull to not rip the pages so he had to take careful and slow, deliberate strokes. His fur (if you could call it that) was making him very hot. He now understood why they live in the frigid north and not in the tropics of the bermuda triangle.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:42 pm
It was go time. He was going crazy from his isolation and had find social interaction before he lost his mind to boredom. He'd been out once before and what he'd seen was enough to lock him inside his room for these past couple weeks. Jordan didn't want to become one of these people. He didn't want to become a beast.
A heavy sigh emptied his lungs as he clutched the doorknob with a sweaty palm. His hand tightened as he hesitated.
"You can do this." he told himself and creeked the door open slowly. That hot, humid air was nothing he missed. He didn't like it back in Tampa and he was less than pleased with it here.
The sunlight was harsh on his eyes at first, since he'd kept his window obscured and relied on artificial light. He pulled down the brim of his baseball cap and stepped cautiously outwards, the door closing behind him louder than he'd intended.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:47 pm
When the door slamed James acidentaly ripped the page that he was working on. "Damn it. Well atleast he is outside." James looked up and used his hand to sheild his eyes from the sun. He had only seen Jordan once and hadn't realy met him. He decided to go inside and put his drawing away. When he stepped inside he welcomed the cooler air. He had set the thermostat down to keep it chilly. He set his stuff down and walked back outside
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:52 pm
"Great." he muttered. "I knew this was a bad idea."
He'd been seen. Jordan wanted dearly to hold himself up in his duplex for another few weeks, but now that he'd been spotted- by his neighbor no doubt- there was no going back.
He pulled the brim of his cap lower to avoid eye contact. This was going to be uncomfortable. He didn't feel like making small talk, but there wasn't much chance of avoiding it now as he stepped slowly down those stairs.
Jordan remained still on that very last step, hesitating to move. Damn this heat was awful, worse than he remembered it being before as he wiped his brow.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 4:55 pm
James took a playing card out of his pocket and tossed it at Jordan. If nothing else he wanted to make sure that Jordan was okay becuase he hadn't come out in so long. He also wanted to make sure Jordan was psychologicly okay.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:01 pm
The playing card hit him in the back of the neck, which elicited the reaction of turning around to face James. His neighbor couldn't see the quirked eyebrow of annoyance. Probably for the best anyways; but, he couldn't hide the sneer across his lips.
"What the hell? Most people just say 'hello'."
Jordan was definitely irritated today and it wasn't the fault of James. It was one of those days where he woke up on the bad side of the bed. This time, however, it'd been worse than most bad days. He was sweating more and his left hand shook a bit against his will.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:07 pm
"By now you should know that anyone on this island isn't just 'some person'." James shot back. "I'm sorry thought you would notice it and catch it. You been okay. You haven't come out of your duplex in two and a half weeks." James sat down on the ground and leaned back onto the side of the duplex. He was sweating like a pig but the cool breese from his part of the duplex was nice.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:15 pm
He just grumbled and stepped on the card without paying much attention. That hand wouldn't stop fidgeting and its involuntary movement was agitatign him further. So he slipped it into his pocket.
Jordan just rolled his eyes as James spouted off that brilliant line of islander diversity. Why is it when a guy wants to be left alone, people are gravitated towards him like a magnet?
He held his head low and spoke softly. "Yeah. I've been fine." he lied through his teeth. He didn't want conversation but if he up and ran, chances were he'd just be followed in pursuit to make sure he was alright, so Jordan simply sighed and met the unpleasant encounter like a man.
"I'm a big boy. I can take care of myself."
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:22 pm
James looked at his claws. "Your voice riased one eighth of a pitch when you said you were okay. Either you have the hicupps which you don't or you are lieing. And your left hand is trembling. You look over heated comon I have it nice and cold in here . If you sit by the door you get the best of it." James got up and overed his place. "Also if you could take care of yourself you wouldn't seem mentaly unstable."
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:32 pm
"Are you a doctor or have you just watched a lot of E.R.? Who do you think you are to tell me what I am or what I'm not? I don't like this place nor the situation and at the moment, I'm not particularly fond of you."
Jordan wasn't usually this defensive, but he was feeling under the weather. All he needed was to catch a jungle disease. That would make life perfect. Sarcastic inner monologue is the best friend of an agitated human trapped on an island of beasts.
"Look, I just have a cold." he raised his hand to his mouth as he coughed and his eyes shot open as his right hand began trembling as well. Jordan suddenly felt dizzy and his shaky left hand jabbed him in his side.
"Ouch!" he grunted.
His fingernails weren't sharp enough to poke him. He knew this because he'd been biting the nails short in nervous habit.
He yelped again as he felt a sharp pricking in his right hand. The nails had gotten longer as he unballed his fist in surprise.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:35 pm
"My dad was a doctor and my mom was a psychiatrist smart a**." James looked at him and his hands. "Your transforming. Comeon get out of the sun. You'll over heat." James ushered him into his part of the duplex and quicly went to turn up the heat to a reasonable tempurature.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:45 pm
Jordan didn't put up a fight as James actually kept him from falling over from dizziness. Something was wrong. He'd hoped beyond hope that he wouldn't have to become one of the residents of this zoo.
Once inside, Jordan slumped against the wall. He was feeling sick to his stomach. He had to be ill, not transforming. NOT transforming!
"I'm not gonna be an animal.." he huffed indignantly, pushing his trembling hand up his face and tipping the baseball cap awkwardly. "I'm not gonna spend the rest of my life as a science project, getting my anuual rabies shots and worm pills."
He loosened the collar of his shirt by unbuttoning the top button, which was difficult with both hands shaking.
Jordan's face was now exposed and it was evident he was stressed. The guy looked like he hadn't slept much with those dark bags under his eyes. He was sweating heavier and he sniffled, wiping his nose absent-mindedly. His nose felt wet. He attributed that to the perspiration, but it was in truth blackening slightly at the tip.
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 5:49 pm
James gave him a glass of water and started to bandage his left hand. "This'll stop you from clawing yourslef. Well mostly. Just don't take it off unless you need to." James started to take the bandages off of his arms to put them on Jordan's hands. James kept an eye on Jordan's face. He was going to kill himself if he didn't get some rest and food.
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