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Post by The Pilot on Sept 14, 2007 0:33:41 GMT -5
"Dragons."
As moderate, humble, and passive as he liked to think he was, a deep-seated loathing wormed its way to the surface of his demeanor, causing a deep crease in his brows to form. He didn't care what anyone said, because there was nothing that could change his mind when it came to racism against those damned fire-drakes. Worms, as his people called them. Unfortunately, they were extremely large, powerful worms that could raze cities to the ground.
His city happened to be one of several in the course of history that dragonkin were ordered to take interest to by the Dark Lord.
The elf bristled. "No one said anything about dragons here," he said aloud. Oh boy was Lauren going to get it when he was through here.
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Post by burntsmoke on Sept 14, 2007 9:41:27 GMT -5
Mildly satisified with Lady's answer, Ethan hastily stood up with a deep sigh. He gently touched her elbow with a terrible frown.
"Who am I to go with?" he hopelessly cried. "Is anyone human around here?!"
His bitter rudeness was not welcomed.
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Post by Lady Hammer on Sept 14, 2007 10:57:41 GMT -5
"I'm human," Rufina said with a crack in her voice, raising her hand.
"Y'know, me being what I am," Arriwoe started, sitting on the ground and eating grass like she would popcorn, obviously entertained with watching the scenes, "I woulda thought all this racism would be aimed at me, not mere animals. But oh well, I guess they just haven't really noticed me yet!"
"Are you stupid?" Nycisu suddenly barked. "Do you want them to notice you? I would shut up if I was you and just be happy that no one's calling you alien scum!" A drop of sweat rolled down Rufina's temple.
"No, no, it's okay don't say that! The Perdu can't feel anger. If anyone was to insult them, they probably wouldn't understand," she explained. Arriwoe rolled her eyes and ate more grass.
"What are you talking about? You tell everyone we're like little kids every time you explain 'the Perdu'. I think I'd understand very well one of these 'insults' you guys spout off at each other. I guess maybe I don't care as much, is all!" she said, smiling. Rufina sighed and gestured to the alien in a "see what I mean?" manner to Nycisu. The half-nymph folded her arms.
"Well then, uhh..." Lady started, her eyes scanning the area, "... Ethan, I guess I can pair you up with Rufina at least. You guys can go with Liberium, he's probably the nicest out of all four of those guys!" The largest of the dire tigers stepped forward and gave a little bow, but otherwise said nothing. "Oh! And everyone, I just want to make myself clear - this world is different from all of your own, and you are all from very different worlds, so make the best of this learning experience, okay? And there's no escaping until character camp is over!"
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Post by Jesse on Sept 14, 2007 12:43:55 GMT -5
"It's not aimed at you because you're a...you're not a creature." Kia said, "Though I'm sure if you give Jack some time he'll get around to insulting you, as soon as he finds out enough about you to manage."
"We aren't staying." Jack growled at Lady, reaching for Kiandra's wrist again.
"She said there's no way out and she has yet to give us a reason not to trust her, so I'm going to believe her and not waste me energy trying to find one." She pried Jack's fingers off of her wrist carefully and then pushed one a little farther back than it was supposed to go. There was a snap and she quickly backed up out of his reach, "Don't touch me, that hurts."
Jack's only answer was to swear and stalk off. "Lady I don't really care who you put me with, as long as it's not him. Because I can guarantee that one of us will get hurt before you let us leave if you do."
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Post by Lady Hammer on Sept 14, 2007 12:48:28 GMT -5
"Ooh, okay, so then you and him it isn't. How would you like to team up with Arriwoe?" Lady asked, smiling, gesturing for Sancta to come forward. "And I'll put Jack and Nycisu together with Veritas. That leaves a few more, though, doesn't it?" Her eyes wandered around to the hamsters, especially.
"I don't care who is with me," Nycisu said, "but I think for the safety of everyone and the control of temper, you put myself and Jack with Narthas. Of course, I wouldn't want to speak for Jack..." She fought back the urge to roll her eyes. Arriwoe put another fistful of grass in her mouth.
"Well, I'm happy no matter where you put me!"
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Post by Jesse on Sept 14, 2007 12:53:20 GMT -5
Kia shrugged and smiled slightly, "That sounds fine. And Jack should be fine with any team you put him on, just make sure there's someone willing to slap him, or shoot him in the foot, everytime he does something stupid."
Her eyes drifted to Arriwoe and she raised an eyebrow, "Why are you eating grass? This isn't Willy Wonka's candy factory or whatever, it's not candy."
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Post by Lady Hammer on Sept 14, 2007 12:56:48 GMT -5
"Who's Willy Wonka?" the alien asked, her face making an oddly twisted frown. "And this stuff is really, really good. I can't believe you guys would just let a delicacy like this stay on the ground for so long!"
"Well, Rocutia, you've got Narthas, Jack, and Nycisu so far. Arriwoe, I uh... I don't really know what to do with you," Lady muttered. "Maybe you could go with urm... Holly?"
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Post by burntsmoke on Sept 14, 2007 13:04:53 GMT -5
Ethan shrugged an added a loose smile.
"Hi, Rufina," he said, gathering politeness and eventually sticking his hand out to shake. "I'm Ethan,"
He quickly supressed his smile seeing the tiger step forwards. Breathless, Ethan was struck with what....awe maybe?
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Post by Jesse on Sept 14, 2007 13:09:11 GMT -5
"Willy Wonka is a character in a book, he's creepy really but he has a huge candy factory with a room where everything is candy, including the grass." Kia explained to the alien, wondering if they even had books where she came from. "Maybe the grass here is different than it is back home? Because there it's certainly not a delicacy."
She crouched down and pulled a few pieces up to look at. They seemed exactly the same, but she stuck one in her mouth anyways and quickly spit it out again. "Nope, that's just grass. How do you eat that stuff?"
Jack wandered back to the group looking sulky and sat down in one of the chairs as far away from everyone else as possible. He had searched the immediate area and Lady was correct, there was no way to leave as far as he could tell. "Don't pout, it's not cute on old men." Kia told him.
He ignored her and began tossing a knife from hand to hand. It was no longer obvious that any of his fingers had been broken, they all appeared to be functioning correctly.
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Post by burntsmoke on Sept 14, 2007 14:14:35 GMT -5
Ethan perked up as he heard the mention of Willy Wonka. A flood of memories rushed through his head as he inclined his head. "Willy Wonka? I remember that story," he wildly exclaimed. It had been a while since he had thought about the past, and the name came as a treat to him.
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Post by Jesse on Sept 14, 2007 14:24:14 GMT -5
"You're from earth then?" Kia asked hopefully, but then her hope faded. "But is it our earth? Or a different one?"
"Obviously it's our earth, what other one is there?" Jack demanded.
"Alternate, parallel universes, didn't they teach that concept at training in your day...?" She glanced at him just in time to see his eyes roll and hear his overdramatic sigh.
"People are actually buying into that crap? He's from our earth Kia, there is no other one."
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Post by burntsmoke on Sept 14, 2007 14:27:04 GMT -5
"Yeah, I'm pretty much an Earthling," Ethan said. "...are you?"
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Post by keisha556 on Sept 14, 2007 15:33:32 GMT -5
Illia said goodbye to Nyscisu and walked over to Kia. "Hey, do you know what teams we are in yet?" she asked, "My name's Illia."
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Post by Lady Hammer on Sept 14, 2007 16:13:41 GMT -5
"Oh! Illia! I forgot about you!" Lady said cheerily, then realizing it wasn't everyone's dream to be forgotten. "I'm sorry about that! Let's see... I'll start off by putting you and Cloverbud with Veritas..."
Nycisu eyed her suspiciously as she scanned the area for more people to place in teams. She wasn't liking how things were turning out so far.
"You know, seriously, if you guys have ideas for this, let me know," Lady said, "because it's not as easy as it looks!"
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Post by creamwolfgurl on Sept 14, 2007 19:53:02 GMT -5
Holly just evil eyed Jack and stalked over to Arriwoe. To her, eating grass wasn't all that strange. She'd seen stranger, a LOT stranger. With a sigh and a half hearted wave at Cloverbud, she sat down by Arriwoe. "Hey." She said, wondering what the annoying boy and the girl were talking about now. She heard the snap and rolled her eyes, then looked away. She didn't want to get worked up, she just wanted to go home.
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