Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 20:48:56 GMT -8
Lock calmed down, quiet again after replying, "Now and forever..." She snuggled up closer to Shock, wrapping her arms around his waist. "They do?" Sally asked, concerned. "Why do you think that is?" She had no idea why either. "Um... Angelica? Do you want me to try to help you regain your vision? I can make some Eye Scream with extra Vitamin See..." (XD I love making up ingredients for Sally to use in her cooking. Vitamin "See". XD)
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Shock
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 20:57:04 GMT -8
((O.O You're channeling Zora's spirit...only that was clever...)) "Um," Angelica wanted her sight back very much. After coming back and whatever changes when that happens, though, it wasn't likely to happen. She wasn't sure if Sally would be able to, but she would appreciate any effort. But then again...Lock would be alone. She'd be the only one with a problem. She couldn't leave her alone like that. After a long thought process she shook her head, very faintly. She closed her eyes for a moment to try to get them to stop hurting, and when she did, they didn't hurt as much. She figured she'd better relax them. Shock sat down on a step with Lock. She wasn't the lightest devil in existance. He hugged her closer to him. Leaving her, like she had feared, repulsed him. He could leave her, especially when she was like this. He didn't think it was right, leaving her in her hour of need.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 21:23:19 GMT -8
(XD She rubbed off on me... Lock and I were making videos about her yesterday, that's probably why. XD) "No? Are you sure?" Sally asked, surprised. She thought that Angelica would jump at the chance to get her eyesight back. But maybe later. "Well, if you don't want to... maybe later?" (XD Too much candy when she was younger? Shock, don't tell Lock she's not that light or she'll attack ya...) Lock clung to Shock much like a small child would do when they got scared. She whimpered softly. "Don't leave," she begged again.
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Shock
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 21:29:19 GMT -8
Angelica looked away towards where she heard Lock murmuring. "If Lock stays the way she is, so do I," she said loyaly. "We don't have anyone else like us. I'm not leaving her alone." If that meant being dependent on someone else for seeing, then that's what she'd do. She couldn't leave Lock alone the way she was. Besides, Barrel already said he'd keep an eye out for her. He was rather like the older brother she either never had or didn't remember. Shock hugged her back tightly, but not so tight as to wake her or make her uncomfortable. "I won't leave you," he whispered to her. He wondered what she could be dreaming about.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 21:45:04 GMT -8
"The doctor's paralyzed also," Sally informed Angelica. "And if you regained your eyesight, you could help Lock!" She just wanted to help the girl. Lock hissed, "You LIAR!" and sat bolt upright, grabbing onto Shock's shirt. She blinked her eyes open with a shudder, then relaxed. "Oh. I thought you left," she said quietly, calming down.
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Shock
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 21:54:22 GMT -8
"No one else was in that fall," Angelica told Sally. "It's just us." She didn't know that Sally didn't know about the fall, and felt that the one fact made her and Lock different from everyone else. They had sustained permanent damage, or so she thought, even after they were brought back. "I told you, I won't leave, it would be horrible, I couldn't do it if I tried!" Shock said with feeling. He had a hunch he knew what she had been dreaming about; him leaving, breaking up and ditching her...
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 22:05:47 GMT -8
Sally blinked, and then frowned. "What fall?" she asked. "And who caused it?" She had a suspicion that it had been Oogie; the Boogie Man did stuff like that. But you never know. Lock didn't loosen her grip. "Do you promise?" she asked in a small voice, avoiding Shock's eyes. She had indeed been dreaming about Shock leaving her, and Oogie came back when nobody was around to torment the devil. And, of course, she hadn't been able to get away to get help.
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 22:13:18 GMT -8
Angelica took a deep breath and started at the begining, trying to get it all out comprehensively. "I was trying to find the kitty, and I followed some footprints into this maze thing, only I got attacked by these skeletons, but then Barrel and Laura helped me, and Laura got me out and set me down outside so she could go help Barrel. Th-then Oogie kidnapped me and got really big and said he wouldn't let me down untill he got Jack, and it was really high, and Lock tried to help me, and we both fell, and we died, and we came back, and now we're like this." As with most kids' stories, it had alot of run-on sentences. "I promise, I'll stay with you and make sure you don't get in trouble. Don't worry," Shock said soothingly. He didn't like to see Lock looking so scared; it must have been a really bad dream.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 22:30:00 GMT -8
Sally's eyes had narrowed and she had frowned as soon as Angelica had mentioned Oogie's name. "That jerk needs to learn to leave people alone!" she declared. "Is he gone, though?" Lock, trembling, leaned against Shock. The devil looked down, at the ground, so Shock wouldn't see the tears in her eyes. She was terrified, and was trying not to show it. "I d-don't care if ya leave, 'cause you can if ya want," she mumbled.
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 22:35:51 GMT -8
"Uh huh," Angelica answered in a whimper. Talking about it made her relive the fall, almost being where Barrel could catch her, being blown somewhere else, hitting the ground...at that point she audibly whimpered and buried her head in Sally's shoulder. Everything she relived was made worse because they had no images to overlay, just black canvas to play out on. "I'm not going to leave," Shock's voice was firm. The idea repulsed him, sickened him. "I'm staying with you." He didn't care that she was paralyzed, she was still Lock, and he still loved her. And, of course, this protected himself from being kicked, unless Lock started punching instead.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 22:49:44 GMT -8
Sally patted Angelica on the back comfortingly. "If you and Lock got fixed, you should go face Oogie if he comea back and try to disable him," she whispered. "And once the doctor wakes up, I'll go ask him if he could fix Lock. If he managed to do that, would you let me try to help you?" Lock swallowed hard, burying her face in Shock's shoulder with a sniffle. She took a few deep, shuddering breaths, and finally admitted, "I-I'm kinda scared..."
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 22:56:28 GMT -8
Angelica nodded. If Lock would get fixed, then so would she. She climbed down Sally and started heading toward the place where she had last heard Lock's voice. But somehow, along the way, she lost her footing and fell into the river around the Doctor's place. "BARREL! HELP!" She screamed instinctively before hitting water. She flailed her limbs, trying to keep her head above water, but she couldn't swim. Shock was about to ask what Lock was scared of, but then he heard the scream and splash. "What's going on?" he demanded, standing with Lock.
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 23:12:15 GMT -8
Barrel's head whipped around and he dove into the water after Angelica. He splashed around for a moment before he figured out which way was up. He squinted in the water, spotting a dark shape that he knew was Angelica. So he swam over to the little girl and grabbed onto her, holding her head above the surface. Sally stared at the water, horrified. "A-angelica left me and fell into that r-r-river," she gasped, then sighed in relief as Barrel's head poked above the water with Angelica. Lock didn't move. She couldn't really help anyways, so why bother?
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Post by Shock on Jul 25, 2007 23:20:46 GMT -8
Angelica gasped for breath, feeling her head break the surface. She then turned and clung to Barrel in a death grip, scared of slipping. Her whole form was trembling with the shock of how easilly she had slipped, but she had been so sure there was solid ground where she stepped! Her heart was beating faster than ever and she coughed water out of her lungs, shaken and soaked but physically okay. She had screamed before hitting water because she felt herself falling, and she was more terrified of that than the water. "She slipped?!" Shock asked, peering down at the river, with Barrel holding the little black-haired girl a-float. "We have to let her know that she has to stay with someone, especially when she's somewhere she doesn't know well!" He said this mainly to himself. He was fond of the girl too. He could just imagine what would happen if she slipped at the edge of the pit around their treehouse...
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Barrel
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Post by Barrel on Jul 25, 2007 23:31:12 GMT -8
Angelica's grip on Barrel was a little too tight, but he wasn't going to tell her that. Treading water, he hugged Angelica. "It's okay, I've got you," he whispered. Then he swam over to the side of the river. He wasn't the type that could tread water easily without his hands. So he carefully lifted Angelica up and pushed her out of the water, then climbed out after her and picked the girl up again. Lock shuddered, having the same thought as Shock. If Angelica fell into the pit, there would be no way she'd survive. And Lock would feel bad about it even if she had nothing to do with it.
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