Shock
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[b]I am the Black Mage! I casts the spells that makes the peoples fall down![/b]
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 17:40:18 GMT -8
"Actually, I think Sally's trying to find something at the Doctor's." Of course, Jack was happily unaware of Sally's situation with the Doctor. "Maybe we can go find her?" Angelica nodded eagerly. "Sure!" she said enthusiastically. Then she faultered. How was she supposed to explain that she had to stay with someone all the time, because of her lack of eyesight? Apparantly Jack had noticed her change in expression. "What's wrong?" he asked, specifically of Angelica. The little girl refused to answer, turning her head away.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 17:48:58 GMT -8
"Um..." Barrel wasn't sure if he should answer for Angelica, so he kept his mouth shut. "Um... she's tired?" he lied. Hopefully, Angelica agreed with the lie, but you never know with small children/ Lock had also drooped slightly, but was hiding her nervousness about the question Jack was sure to ask her.
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Shock
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 17:56:05 GMT -8
Angelica shook her head; she was not a lier by nature. "No...you guys can tell..." she muttered quietly. She knew that at least one person was watching her. "I can't see," she told Jack. "I lost my eyesight in that fall, and Lock was paralyzed." she knew Lock wouldn't snap at her, so she decided to tell for the sake of people that Lock might attack for it. "I'm sorry," Jack said sympathetically. "Don't be," Angelica muttered. "Let's just...go find Sally..." she was a little uncomfortable, but glad one more person knew. Jack led the way towards the Doctor's lab, leaving the Mayor in Town Hall.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 18:49:59 GMT -8
Lock was grumpy again. She crossed her arms and scowled, then told Shock, "Put me down. I can follow you guys by myself." Barrel followed closely behind Jack. He also wanted to see Sally, to try to see if she could make Lock feel better. Sally did live with the Doctor, after all, and he was paralyzed.
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Shock
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 18:59:59 GMT -8
Angelica was looking forward to talking to Sally again. It seemed to have been forever since they'd last talked. She was rather sad that she wouldn't see her again, but still. Laura was following the little group closely. Shock was also following, and refused to put Lock down. "Lock, you can't keep up with us by crawling," he pointed out. "Just look, Angelica's accepting help. Why can't you?" Jack walked into the lab, looking around. "Sally!" He called. His voice echoed around the long spiral ramp.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 19:10:05 GMT -8
Lock made a face. "I don't like needing help," she muttered. Sally seemed to appear out of nowhere, darting towards Jack. She reached up and covered Jack's mouth with one of her small hands, holding her finger to her lips. "Shh! Be quiet, or the Doctor-" It was too late. "Sally?" the doctor's voice called. The ragdoll cringed. "Coming!" she called with a sigh.
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Shock
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 19:19:54 GMT -8
Jack had an 'oops' look on his face. Sally had had to remind him too many times to be quiet. But she never seemed to get mad about it. Angelica's head lifted when she heard the new voice. "Who's that?" she asked, grip tightening slightly. She didn't like how this guy sounded; sneering, cruel, not very friendly. "I know you don't like needing help," Shock muttered. "But everyone needs help now and then. We're just trying to help you out."
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 19:30:34 GMT -8
Lock went quiet, nervously glancing in the direction Finklestein's voice had come from. Then she turned and buried her head in Shock's chest. She hated the doctor, and now she was paralyzed, like him. "I wanna get out of here," she whispered. "That's Doctor Finklestein," Barrel told Angelica. "He created Sally, and he's, uh..." He hesitated, noticing what Lock was doing. "Um... never mind." Sally came back few moments later. "Sorry about that, the doctor wanted me to cook him something to eat." She grinned mischievously, having put Deadly Nightshade into the soup she had cooked for Finklestein yet again. It was getting harder to fool the old man as he caught on to her tricks, but she barely managed.
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Shock
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 19:34:01 GMT -8
"Okay then, while you're here, let's get out of here." Jack said, leading the way out. He, of course, was the natural leader. "Hi Sally!" Angelica called, waving in the direction Sally's voice had come. Shock glanced at the others, and slunk away. "We can go to the treehouse," Shock suggested with a shrug.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 19:42:32 GMT -8
"The Doctor won't bother us for a while, but Igor might show up. So yeah, let's go," Sally agreed, then paused. She had just noticed that both Angelica and Lock were being carried. "Um... Is something wrong?" she asked, concerned. "NO!" Lock snapped, voice muffled by Shock's chest. "Nothing's wrong with me." She wasn't mad like she was earlier; she had only gotten mad to hide her fear. She was scared that Shock and Barrel would ditch her after being friends for practically forever, or that someone would try to kill her or one of her friends and she wouldn't be able to fight back easily or go get help. Stuff like that. She trembled slightly at the thought.
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Shock
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 19:50:42 GMT -8
Angelica had hid her head too. She'd hid her's in Barrel's shoulder. But she would admit it. The more people that knew, the more there would be too keep a lookout for her. "I can't see and Lock can't walk," she said loud enough for Sally to hear while keeping her head hidden. Each time she told, it opened a chance for her to loose one of her friends. And she didn't want to chance that. She couldn't afford to be alone because she couldn't make her way on her own. She'd never find her way around. She knew some blind people carried sticks, but she wasn't sure how that was supposed to help. "Lock, what are you so afraid of?" Shock asked the devil girl. To him, it would be better to be a Halloween creature again with a disability than to be a human without defences.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 20:09:19 GMT -8
"Not scared of anything," Lock mumbled, forcing herself to stop trembling. "I'm gonna take a nap, 'kay? Don't make me talk in my sleep or you'll regret it." Her eyes closed and her breathing slowed. She was mainly worn out from refusing help earlier and dragging herself around. "Do you want a hug, Angelica?" Sally asked softly. "I don't mind if you can't see. Nobody's perfect, you know."
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Shock
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 20:16:35 GMT -8
Shock smirked at Lock's last sentence, but knew better than to try. That would be nothing short of suicidal. "Yes," Angelica answered Sally's first question; did she want a hug? Yeah, she felt that would make her feel better. Hugs always made her feel better. She lifted her face, rubbing the tears that had started falling again away. It felt weird, crying. She knew she was, but she couldn't see the tears before they fell like she used to.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 20:32:12 GMT -8
Sally walked over to Barrel, who let go of Angelica as Sally picked her up. The ragdoll gave the little girl a hug. "Please don't cry," Sally begged. "If I could make you better, I would. But I simply don't know how. I don't have any herbs that would help." She paused. "Or maybe I do..." she said slowly, thinking. Lock's head leaned on Shock's chest. The devil was muttering to herself. "No, I'm not mad... just scared... don't leave..."
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Shock
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 20:39:10 GMT -8
Angelica hugged back, then rubbed her eyes again, even though she had stopped crying. "My eyes hurt..." she whimpered. After straining her eyes harder and longer than she should in an attempt to see, her eyes were aching quite painfully. Of course, she didn't know the reason, she just knew it hurt. Shock looked down at Lock with a small smile on his face. "We wouldn't leave you," he whispered. "We're three of a kind, remember?"
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