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Post by Rayne on Jun 27, 2005 7:01:04 GMT
Lillith shook her head at Drake's question. She didn't know, and a part of her was too scared to ask, to find out, to look around to find out if there was a clock.
She didn't hurt, but it was sure hard to think straight right now.
Before leaving the caf to cross the hall, her eyes darted back to Andrew. Was he still taking the blunt of it?
The staircase in front of them opened directly into the library. It was fairly empty inside, as it was around lunch hour and most of the students were downstairs in the cafeteria. The librarian made a face. Caitlyn hurried forward.
"Hi Mrs Clark."
The old librarian studied her as if she was having a hard time reading her face. "Oh. Hello Caitlyn." she answered. "You didn't come to help me today..."
Cait smiled nervously. "I was a bit busy.."
If she kept her talking, they could go right through..
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Post by adrienne on Jun 27, 2005 20:43:29 GMT
Clyde moved on into the library as if it were just any day. Really, he wasn't nervous about anything except Cait. He knew this really quiet spot by the econimcs and policy journals, in the compact shelving, and... well.. he'd spent many an hour there with a female friend without any interuption. There was also a nice seminar room, with a table, and, even better, a door they could close. The table was a bit hard, the chairs a bit akward, for what he usually did when he visited, but they would do for them. He winked at the others, and motioned with his hands that they should trust him. He looked at them briefly, smiling, and noticed Andrew.
Max walked beside Leeyn. She seemed fairly normal when there weren't any plants about, although she seemed a bit twitchy around all the books. "Don't worry," he leaned in, "I won't burn anything." He smiled. It was meant to be a joke. But it didn't come out that way so well.
Maura walked quietly behind Lillith. She could feel the shadow from Andrew. It made the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. She would walk quietly and not disturb anyone. She wanted out of here too, now, and trusted that as long as Leeyn was here that she'd be safe.
Clyde took his eyes from Andrew. He wouldn't be a jerk about it. But he was close enough now. He had kept aware of him through the hallway, and was ready to see if he could... well, help, he hoped. He walked ahead of the group, but Andrew's propencity for leadership had him hovering near the front of the group even though he didn't lead it exactly right then. Clyde tried to fall into a step near Andrew. "Buddy," he spoke lowly so not to embarrass the guy, "You look kinda hurtin'. I'm gonna do something, if it's okay with you, but I gotta warn you... it'll make you not hurt so much, but it won't get rid of the reason you hurt. You get me? Like Lillith there. I can't heal her, but I can make her not feel stuff. But I'll need to know what hurts you most. Actually, don't neeeeed to know, but it will save me some time if you share that..."
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Post by gintsuki on Jun 27, 2005 23:22:55 GMT
Leeyn stuck out her tongue at Max and crosses her arms while she entered the library. "You better not burn them! Their lives were lost for the sake of education and you threat to take that only benefit away? Meanie..." She looked to all the books and shivered, walls of sliced corpses...
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Post by adrienne on Jun 27, 2005 23:51:58 GMT
Max pouted. THat soooo didn't come out right. "I'm not mean..." he said quietly behind Leeyn. "I just thought you'd be worried about me and... " he paused, looking at his fingers... "I mean, if the world were ending or it got really cold like in that movie The Day after Tomorrow... well, I'd have to maybe.. but then, there are other things that could go, like tables... or clothes or... I mean, not clothes... I mean..." Max blushed furiously. Had he been thinking this was a good day? He must have been alseep and dreaming. This day sucked. He let himself fall behind Leeyn in the group, as they passed Caitlyn at the counter, but he didn't lag far enough to compromise their not so stealthy migration.
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Post by Taber on Jun 28, 2005 5:41:08 GMT
Leeyn brooded over that thought. "Then you'd be burning books and other tree corpses to live... destroying what's left of dead bodies to preserve ones that are already alive seems logical to me." She smiled, "I give you permission to burn wood if it's a life or death situation."
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Post by adrienne on Jun 28, 2005 6:04:46 GMT
Max smiled, cautiously... Leeyn was strange.... he backed away... she was cute too...
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Post by Rayne on Jun 28, 2005 6:41:27 GMT
"Don't worry too much." Lillith whispered to Maura. "Everyone here is safe. We're just all different."
She could feel her insecurities. The way the other girl always seemed to keep herself form the others, the way she rarely spoke. It was an obvious thing.
"We'll be safe soon." she added in the same hushed tone. "Don't worry."
Once everyone was in the library, Caitlyn broke off her talk with the librarian and went in to follow everyone.
"It's lunch hour." the librarian said. "So don't let anyone in."
"Okay, Mrs Clark. You can count on me." she answered.
Mrs Clark nodded, and went to get her own lunch, locking the door behind her.
Cait smiled, looked back to the others. "We could just go now.."
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Post by adrienne on Jun 28, 2005 8:44:20 GMT
Clyde made an 'in a sec' motion with a distant smile, but his eyes didn't focus on anything. He was looking over Andrew. Andrew needed to rest. Lillith needed actual healing, and Andrew needed rest. How far could this guy push himself. It wasn't an electrical issue. It was chemical.... or something... something beyond the reach of synapses at any rate. Clyde tried to trigger some seratonin and adrenalin production.. something to sooth, something to give energy. He hoped that was healthy. But Andrew's mind wasn't easy to visit physically. Clyde was no telepath. He couldn't figure out what was going on, but he knew that he could follow the synapses to the edge of the brain and then it was as if a wall came down. It was off limits.
"How long is her lunch?" Clyde asked Cait. "I think we need to breathe for a minute at least, maybe make a plan... or ... something... I'm not really a ... plan... making kinda guy though... and Andrew here who does it so much ... um... may need to sit down..."
Maura smiled from beneath her hoodie, the smile didn't reach under her sunglasses though. This one is kind at some level, she thought, and resisted taking off a glove to deliberately prove herself wrong and Lilith unkind. Illusions, she promised herself belief for a few more minutes.
Max picked up a random book on the table and started leafing through it.
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Post by Rayne on Jun 28, 2005 15:06:28 GMT
"We.. need to go soon." Lillith answered. "Soon. We are so lucky that nobody's found us yet. After lunch we'll be dead if we're still here."
Caitlyn frowned. "We only have half an hour."
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Post by adrienne on Jun 28, 2005 18:51:55 GMT
Max shut the book suddenly. "How do we get out of here, anyway?" He seemed more confused than angry. "I mean, geez. I've been in here every day... for, like, hours, and I've never seen a door that says <<SECRET EXIT FOR STAFF ONLY>> or whatever. Some good books though..." He opened the book again, sighed, and placed it back down on the table.
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Post by Rayne on Jun 28, 2005 19:16:00 GMT
Caitlyn smiled. "There's a door that goes to the parking lot from the film room." she answered. "Dummy."
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Post by adrienne on Jun 29, 2005 0:06:57 GMT
Max REALLY didn't like being called dummy. He scowled and plopped down in a chair with his back to them. And he pouted with his arms crossed, kinda slouched in the chair.
Maura spoke, fairly quietly, but loudly enough to be heard, "And when we are outisde? Then we do what..." She turned to Leeyn and continued, "It wasn't supposed to be like this. I was supposed to go with Mr. Ross and he'd take me to ... and he would take me out of here... now we're just... on foot and nowhere..."
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Post by Taber on Jun 29, 2005 1:58:49 GMT
Andrew takes a sit and slouchers. once every one has fished he looks up and speaks. "Don't you see, once we leave here we will have nothing, no ID, no money and no where to go and no way to get there. but i will do it any ways. why? because i have goals far out side this place or simpling leading a 'normal' life. these powers and the people after them won't let me live like that. Rather I'm going to seek out what others know of me, my powers. Lillith, I believe you are a key part of this, your visions give you insight that I may not have. I will tell you this hear and now, tortle knows nothing... he is paid by some one or some organization that is intent on keeping us here, why, he doesn't know."
"as for the time being, Lillith you do need real help with your arm, as it appears Clyde and i have been keeping most if not all the pain from you. Leeyn, you said you can do first aid, well every little bit will help at this point. But for now i have to let go of the pain i hold for you lillith, it is being to taxing on my other abilities. if we have only 30 mins then time as always, is against us."
Tiredly Andrew jesters to Lillith to sit. "Now it seems that some of you have spent some time here, do any of you know where we may find a frist aid kit?"
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Post by Rayne on Jun 29, 2005 3:44:09 GMT
Lillith sat, very angry that he'd done this against her wishes. She could handle her own problems. She didn't want help like this.
"Roger Roger." Caitlyn said jestfully. She paused. "..I can also pull up your files on the school computer. I bet most of it has your papers or at least some information from your family, some id on them."
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Post by Taber on Jun 29, 2005 6:47:47 GMT
Andrew close his eyes and breaths a sigh of relief. After a moment he breaths easier and starts to move his arm around as a great burden had been lifted.
As his head clears, Andrew begins to sift through the events of the day when he put two and two together... with a visible spark of insight, he shots his hands into his pockets. "parking lot..." Andrew smiles for a moment... "Tortle's car." A set of car keys emerges from his pocket
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