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justwantsafetyHarley regarded the small brown creature.
It didn't look threatening. It looked... soft? And it had such large eyes, and funny things on its head that flopped down. Were those its ears? He watched the way its nose twitched as it sniffed around between the rocks, looking for something.
He was pretty sure that it wouldn't be able to eat him. Couldn't be a threat. It was actually quite... what was the word? He sort of wanted to try petting it, to see if it felt how it looked. He found himself liking it more and more as he watched it. He found himself crouching down. He found himself extending a hand to the little thing, his mouth daring to form a sadly rare, honest smile.
He also found himself with the creature's teeth in his finger shortly thereafter.
He yelped, jerking his hand back and springing to his feet. "Would everything quit trying to eat me!"
With a few choice words more as it stepped after him, he sprinted away, only pausing when the building he had been near was nowhere in sight, and he was once again completely lost. Not as though he hadn't been lost before, of course, but he was lost once again, and if he couldn't find the small, furry monster that had wanted him for dinner, maybe the small, furry monster couldn't find him, either.
Or so the logic went.
Unfortunately for him, he was so intent on watching to make certain it wasn't following him, that he managed to completely neglect to watch what he was approaching, and bumped right into something else. Something vaguely resembling the first creature he'd encountered here that had tried to eat him, brown and soft and fluffy, with dark eyes, and four legs, and holy crap that was the biggest... whatever it was... he had ever seen. And it made a sound at him, a bleating one, as it lifted its head, its nose and mouth coming closer, sniffing at him...
He barely managed to choke out a scream as he turned and ran once again.
((Here, have some more fail! Laena said this kind of "dream" post was allowed -- let me know if I'm getting this wrong, please, Lae? -- so here you all go! And if everyone can conveniently forget to mention about the scarecrows, you'll get another fun bit soon too. ♥))
It didn't look threatening. It looked... soft? And it had such large eyes, and funny things on its head that flopped down. Were those its ears? He watched the way its nose twitched as it sniffed around between the rocks, looking for something.
He was pretty sure that it wouldn't be able to eat him. Couldn't be a threat. It was actually quite... what was the word? He sort of wanted to try petting it, to see if it felt how it looked. He found himself liking it more and more as he watched it. He found himself crouching down. He found himself extending a hand to the little thing, his mouth daring to form a sadly rare, honest smile.
He also found himself with the creature's teeth in his finger shortly thereafter.
He yelped, jerking his hand back and springing to his feet. "Would everything quit trying to eat me!"
With a few choice words more as it stepped after him, he sprinted away, only pausing when the building he had been near was nowhere in sight, and he was once again completely lost. Not as though he hadn't been lost before, of course, but he was lost once again, and if he couldn't find the small, furry monster that had wanted him for dinner, maybe the small, furry monster couldn't find him, either.
Or so the logic went.
Unfortunately for him, he was so intent on watching to make certain it wasn't following him, that he managed to completely neglect to watch what he was approaching, and bumped right into something else. Something vaguely resembling the first creature he'd encountered here that had tried to eat him, brown and soft and fluffy, with dark eyes, and four legs, and holy crap that was the biggest... whatever it was... he had ever seen. And it made a sound at him, a bleating one, as it lifted its head, its nose and mouth coming closer, sniffing at him...
He barely managed to choke out a scream as he turned and ran once again.
((Here, have some more fail! Laena said this kind of "dream" post was allowed -- let me know if I'm getting this wrong, please, Lae? -- so here you all go! And if everyone can conveniently forget to mention about the scarecrows, you'll get another fun bit soon too. ♥))
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Date: 2009-06-21 01:44 am (UTC)*quiet, not looking at her* One of the Embryon, the red one. He didn't try, he did. He turned into a monster and bit right in and... *can't finish the sentence, closes his eyes... traumatized, that's what he is.*
Back in the Junkyard, they came to Svadhisthana and chased me down... they wouldn't leave my base, and they were going to kill me... and... I hit them, but.... I think they did kill me. And then I woke up in this world. Then they found me again a while ago, and I couldn't get away... I woke up at someone's... facility. Lady named Washu. She gave me an exam and some rations, and let me go.
*frowns more to himself* I don't get it, though... there's not a scratch on me any more, but I remember what they did... *a hand goes up to the base of his neck, at the top of his shoulder. Must've been where he was bitten.*
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Date: 2009-06-21 03:24 pm (UTC)[looks away and mutters more to herself than to Harley] So it is true that some people come here when they die... Just like Lloyd said.
At least you're okay now, right? [She notices his rubbing his shoulder. Unsure, she decides to ask anyway] You're not hurt or anything?
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Date: 2009-06-22 12:03 am (UTC)*quiet, very serious when he looks back up at her* It was the red one... their Second. He...
*a pause, eyeing over what of her he can see, frowning again uncertainly* You're a... a... civilian, right? *and if that detail's worth noting, maybe that says more about him and his world than her?* I... I don't know.... they might not want to go after you, but stay away from them anyway, all right? They're dressed kind of like me, only.... with orange, not green.
*holds the dreamberry back from himself so she can get a better view of his uniform which is actually on his account's profile for reference* ....see? Don't let them corner you anywhere. They're... *"-- going to haunt my nightmares for the rest of my life. Especially Heat."* ...dangerous.
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Date: 2009-06-22 04:52 pm (UTC)A civilian? Yeah, I guess so. [She takes note of the stranger's outfit and nodded back at him] I'll keep that in mind.
They sound as bad as the Shadows back in the TV World.
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Date: 2009-06-22 09:48 pm (UTC)*wondering what a "TV world" is, but not asking yet. He's kind of figuring that maybe it's just the name of her world, like his was the Junkyard...*
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Date: 2009-06-23 03:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-23 04:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-23 07:40 am (UTC)[pauses] It must sound unbelivable, huh?
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Date: 2009-06-23 11:19 am (UTC)People are turning into monsters and coming after me to devour me, and you think that beating other monsters' leaders, in whatever world you're talking about, sounds unbelievable?
*pot, meet kettle?*
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Date: 2009-06-23 02:41 pm (UTC)Gee, sorry! It's just that no one's ever believed us so it's kinda weird that you do now.
[pouts in a somewhat annoyed manner]
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Date: 2009-06-23 09:21 pm (UTC)....sorry.
*a slight pause, sighing* Honestly, yours sounds a lot more... reasonable... than mine.
If you're up against an enemy... then yeah, you go after their leader. That's standard procedure, as far as I know. And a lot more reasonable than getting eaten alive, too, that's for sure.
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Date: 2009-06-24 04:46 am (UTC)[In a more hushed tone] You really should stay away from them. The Embryon or whatever.
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Date: 2009-06-24 10:03 am (UTC)*paranoid much? At least it's not unfounded.*
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Date: 2009-06-24 10:41 am (UTC)Oh, I never got your name. I'm Rise.
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Date: 2009-06-24 10:44 am (UTC)Nice to meet you.
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Date: 2009-06-24 11:11 am (UTC)It was... [she's not sure what word she should use] interesting meeting you, Harley.
Night~
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