|
Post by Hazumu-sama on Jul 12, 2011 4:21:56 GMT 1
Val sighed and hunched her back to one side suddenly losing her air of dignity and looking somewhat like a delinquent before catching herself and pulling herself up straight again. "Ok, I think you'll probably all agree that it seems we've been in stasis longer than was originally planned." she said addressing everyone and pointing her hand in a sweeping motion to point out the dust covered room. "My guess is it's been a few centuries since we went to sleep, I don't know what happened, but are any of you feeling any effects from the virus?"
|
|
|
Post by The Farenstien on Jul 12, 2011 4:24:34 GMT 1
Rhys stared almost blankly at her, following her finger, then losing interest and glancing at the other two, his expression vague and uncaring. "Sta-... stasis?" He repeated slowly, mind working overtime to where he had heard it before. "Oh. I know what that is. Nevermind." He acted as if she had been talking to him alone, since that was the kind of person he was; nobody else existed but Rhys Gagnon, in his mind. That was, until he actually met them properly. "Dead space. That's a videogame."
|
|
|
Post by Mokona-Senpai on Jul 12, 2011 4:29:45 GMT 1
The girl nodded slowly. "I want a piggy back." She instructed, as she pushed him so his back was facing her. She then wrapped her arms around his neck. "Do you think maybe they forgot about us?" She asked the other girl. "I mean we've been in there for awhile."
The young man rolled his eyes. "Stasis...not Dead space you dolt." He said, as he hoisted the girl on his back, in the piggy back style. "I guess you always played video games in a dark room as a boy, huh?" He smirked.
|
|
|
Post by Hazumu-sama on Jul 12, 2011 4:34:05 GMT 1
Val shrugged, "I don't think so much forgot as..." She looked out across the room at the plants and then back at the young child. "Well, first things first, we need to get out of here and get somewhere with cleaner air, we've kicked up a lot of dust and if we stay here it could be bad." She walked towards the door and stumbled as she felt her left leg give under her. "F***ing leg!!" she swore out loud before suddenly remembering others were present and coughing unconvincingly as if nothing had happened she pulled her leg straight again and continued towards the door.
|
|
|
Post by The Farenstien on Jul 12, 2011 4:37:12 GMT 1
Rhys scowled, making a childish face that showed he wasn't talking to the other male. "Stasis is a part of the game Dead Space. That's where I knew it from." He crossed his arms, looking away and fixing his hood, though something deep inside him made him want to cry. At his first attempt of conversing, showing who he was, he was shot down. This made his defenses go up, and all of his insecurities rising to build a wall of anger and rudeness. "why don't you go straight to h-".. He trailed off when he heard the mobile girl swear like that. He lit up a little, scowling at the other male again before rushing a bit to catch up with Val. "What was that? Are you alright there?"
|
|
|
Post by Mokona-Senpai on Jul 12, 2011 4:41:37 GMT 1
The young man rolled his eyes again, something he seemed to be quite good at, he had the girl on his back grab his coat and then walked after Val. "He has a point, are you okay?" He asked, showing concern. His walking was a bit slow and paced due to the girl's extra weight.
The girl however stared at Val a slight smirk on her face. Serves her right, she thought to herself. She was a bit miffed with both the boys seeming concerned about Val, but at least she was now able to conserve energy in case something happened.
|
|
|
Post by Hazumu-sama on Jul 12, 2011 4:47:39 GMT 1
"I just lost my footing is all." Val said with a smile, she didn't want them to know why her leg had really colapsed, even though she was trying to conceal it, she was also quite worried about the situation, she could feel the energy in her body being sapped away by fear but she didn't want to show it, she didn't want them to think she was weak and helpless just like her parents did. Taking another deep breath she forced herself to walk the rest of the way to the door and pulled it open. As the door was opened they were hit immediately by the sweltering heat on the other side. The room before them seemed to have colapsed in one corner leaving a ramp to the outside and the sun was beating hard into the building making it feel like they had just walked into an oven.
|
|
|
Post by The Farenstien on Jul 12, 2011 4:52:18 GMT 1
"Jesus Christ!" Rhys exclaimed almost instantly, stepping back into the cooler room to shield himself from the heat, and the light. Though he wouldn't admit it, what the other boy had said had been true; he was indeed used to playing video games in a dark room. The light almost made him hiss, that was how much he hated it, and the heat was something he felt like he was going to melt in. He almost wanted to ask where the air conditioning was, as a distasteful joke, but he held it back. "Something's going to be living there, I'm not going out."
|
|
|
Post by Mokona-Senpai on Jul 12, 2011 4:58:15 GMT 1
The young man winced at the bright light, his eyes had been closed for far to long. He was so surprised by the heat he almost dropped the girl. Despite his discomfort he stepped forward into the room. "I'm sure once we get outside we can find shade and it will be cooler." He said, thinking rationally. "After all it's more bright than hot." Somehow he'd grown tolerant to heat, but instead of thinking to much about that, he decided it was better to devote his brain cells to finding some shade for the others. "Let's go." He said, walking forward toward the slope.
"Are you crazy?!" The girl asked. "It's boiling out here." She for one was not a fan of the heat, she'd grown up in a cold climate most of her life, sure she'd had to survive in a desert at one point, but she preferred things cold.
|
|
|
Post by Hazumu-sama on Jul 12, 2011 5:03:25 GMT 1
"I think he's right, if we stay here there is no way we'll survive. For one thing aren't you all hungry?" Val said turning to the others and taking a step back into the hot room. "We may not know what's out there, or if anyone else is still a...I mean if there is anyone out there who can help us. First thing we have to do is find food." She stared at the reluctant faces of the two and turned to lead the way, however her body suddenly became heavy and then as if someone had punched her in the stomach she felt to the ground. Her skin felt like it was burning from the inside, what was happening? Was the virus still effecting her?
|
|
|
Post by The Farenstien on Jul 12, 2011 5:10:58 GMT 1
Rhys was seconds away from scoffing and declaring he'd rather die, before he saw Val collapse. Now, he wasn't much of a gentleman, or.. anything like that, really, but he was human (or so he still assumed), and knelt down beside her, his panic returning in one burst. "Hey. Hey! Are you okay?" He touched her shoulder gently, then placed his cool hand over her forehead, checking for a fever.
|
|
|
Post by Mokona-Senpai on Jul 12, 2011 5:14:16 GMT 1
Ekaterina looked over her shoulder at Val, letting out a sympathetic look for a split second before looking away. If she was that weak they should just leave her, she'd only slow them down.
Haru turned immediately around and was next to Val in a moment. "Maybe you should carry her?" He suggested to Rhys. "Give her some time to rest."
At this Ekaterina was upset and so she whispered in Haru's ear. "She'll only slow us down." "Like you're one to talk right now." He muttered back at her.
|
|
|
Post by Hazumu-sama on Jul 12, 2011 5:21:19 GMT 1
Val began to shake violently then her hands lifted out and stiffened followed by her legs so she was in a strange crouching position, then hair began to grow from the back of her hands and two large lumps grew out of the top of her hair and also became covered in furr, as the body slowly became covered in fur at some point she suddenly took the form of a giant blonde pantha then a moment later the furr around her body began to fall away and the claws slowly receded backwards untill only small talon like claws appeared on the ends of her furry human hands, other than her hands she seemed to return completely to normal if it wasn't for the addition of a pair of large cat like ears on her head and a long blonde cat tail. She lay there breathing heavily as the pain slowly stopped and as she opened her eyes she revealed they were now amber coloured with long black slits down the middle.
|
|
|
Post by The Farenstien on Jul 12, 2011 5:27:51 GMT 1
Rhys wasn't as surprised as one would think. Of course, he was ready to start screaming and bashing his head against something, just to save himself from the torture of being stuck in a desolate world, as he figured it would be, but in this case he didn't freak out as much as a normal boy should. He had played his fair share of videogames, and had spent enough time on the internet to almost become desensitized. He did however straighten his back a little, in fascination and worry, touching Val's shoulders gently again. Rhys tried to keep his voice and breathing even, just incase he'd scare her by seeming panicked. "H-hey," he said, slowly and worriedly, glancing up at the other two to make a point that he wasn't really going anywhere at the moment. "Are you okay, there? Can you sit up...?
|
|
|
Post by Mokona-Senpai on Jul 12, 2011 5:31:34 GMT 1
Ekaterina held back the urge to vomit on Haru's shoulders, she was used to seeing a lot of crazy things, but not someone turn into a cat and then back to normal except for those little cat like extras. What if that was the virus' work, it must be, would that happen to each of them one by one. Hopefully not she didn't want to become part cat, yuck, she wanted to stay the same.
Haru winced after witnessing Val's changing. "Do you think that was a result of the virus?" He asked no one in particular. He couldn't help but wonder if they were all due for a transformation before the sun set...if it even did anymore. He pushed the sudden pain emitting from his mid to upper back, it was probably from carrying Ekaterina on his shoulders.
|
|