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Post by ebonyviper on May 9, 2007 12:53:55 GMT -5
Jade was up early and tending to her horse, along with Alexis. She had managed to get what little sleep she could during the night, despite the growls that she kept hearing. As she and Alexis were eating their breakfast, Jade wondered how much further they have to go to reach the compound in Colorado.
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Post by raine on May 9, 2007 13:18:40 GMT -5
Raine felt herself blush madly as she realized what she had just said. "Ugh! what am I saying?!" She shook her head slightly. "God, I swear, even when you're sixteen years old, you can still say the cheesiest things..."
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Post by Evangeline on May 9, 2007 13:35:44 GMT -5
Dawn nodded and smiled. "Well, I'm sure he's a great guy. I have to go to bed now, before Aunt Tamara figures she has to track me down and drag me back, so I guess I'll see you in the morning, eh?" With that, she took her leave.
As dawn came up, Doc and Mater cautiously ventured out, along with Ronald and Lazaro. There was no sign of the quadwolves from last night, but the remains of their prey were a disturbing reminder that they had been here. "They'll probably be too to move today." Doc laughed guardedly.
"We hope to be ready to go in half an hour." Ronald nodded. "Nobody had much sleep last night." He walked back to the box canyon's entrance. "Twenty minutes, people!"
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Post by ebonyviper on May 9, 2007 13:47:28 GMT -5
Jade nodded affirmative as she and Alexis finished eating and went to get their horses ready.
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Ebony awoke shortly before sunrise. For about a half-an-hour, she just didn't want to move. She had just reunited with her children and didn't want to leave. But, once fully awake, she decided that she needed to do something anyway.
Maybe I can take the twins down to the Center Court so that these humans can see what baby cars look like, she thought.
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Post by raine on May 9, 2007 14:13:22 GMT -5
Raine sighed and let her shoulders slouch a bit as she toyed with the comforter's edge. She felt a bit better now that she had gotten all that bottled up emotion off her chest, but she still couldn't help but worry about the others since she heard about the quadwolves that roamed the area they were currently in. picking up the PDA, she spoke into it, hiding the worry in her voice. "Hey, guys... its me. How are you guys doin' out there? You en't run into those quadwolves, did ya?"
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Post by ebonyviper on May 9, 2007 15:43:00 GMT -5
After she had fed the twins their breakfast, Ebony took them down into the caverns until she came upon the Center Court. Settling down near a fish pond, Ebony rested herself and her twins.
It was still early, and not that many humans were up yet. That didn't matter. She could wait.
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Post by Evangeline on May 9, 2007 16:29:28 GMT -5
We saw some of those animals kill some other critter, Alexis texted back to Raine, but they didn't get at us, thank God.
The fish saw shapes moving about beside the pool and swam up to them, mouths begging.
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Post by ebonyviper on May 9, 2007 16:39:28 GMT -5
Ebony looked down into the pond at th hungry fish, but as she was a car, she didn't carry any kinds of the food that they would eat, nor did she eat what he humans ate either. All she did was keep Falcon back from the edge so he wouldn't fall in.
But, she did wonder, however, what these humans ate.
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Post by elizar on May 9, 2007 17:28:04 GMT -5
Aron had been searching for Delfina, but hadn't spotted her. He did however see Ebony. He was eating from the MRE pack, a common sight. He had always breakfast on the go, and most of the time, it was an MRE. Hot breakfast in the morning was what got him going in the morning, and he burned all of it over the day, keeping him in shape.
"Hallo Ebony, seen Delfina?" He asked as approaching her, taking something that the pack described as bread and threw a part of it in the pond for the fishes. He remembered that Falcon had almost fallen in if he hadn't humiliated himself in front of those there by chirping.
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Post by ebonyviper on May 9, 2007 17:33:49 GMT -5
"Not this morning," answered Ebony, "I bet she's still sleeping."
Kestrel and Falcon stay near her for now. It is then that she sees the MRE pack, but she has no idea what was in those things. 'What are you eating?" she asked Aron.
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Post by elizar on May 9, 2007 17:38:16 GMT -5
"Some processed meat, I think it's ham, bread, cheese." Aron said, and looked at the text on the pack. "Chicken and few spices to make it actually taste something."
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Post by ebonyviper on May 9, 2007 17:47:30 GMT -5
"Processed meat? Ham? Bread? Cheese? Chicken?" asked Ebony, "I've never heard of foods like that before and there's none of that in this world. You humans eat strange things."
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Post by Evangeline on May 9, 2007 17:51:41 GMT -5
Not everyone stayed in the cafeteria to eat their breakfast. Some carried their trays to the center court where they could sit amongst the potted plants, the caged birds and reptiles, and the fish. Then they would come and toss their crumbs to the koi and the catfish. Most of the adults were still a little shy of Ebony, but some of the bolder children drew closer, watching her and her twins with great interest.
Tess drove a small ATV with a trailer about the vicinity, pitching in on the fencing of paddocks with graphite posts and electrified tape. Work crews were building run-in sheds for the horses, and with the prefabricated sections, it wouldn't take that long. Many of the animals had already been turned out in their new corrals, and were enjoying their new freedom. Horses were made for the outdoors, and Tess did not believe in keeping them cooped up in stalls all the time.
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Post by elizar on May 9, 2007 17:51:51 GMT -5
Meat, ham and chicken is made by killing animals, like the goat you saw. Cheese is a 'by-product' of an animal, which means we dont kill the animal to get it. And bread is made from corn, which you grow for fuel." Aron paused. "If I had no idea what a car was, but knew what fuel is, I would find you eating fuel strange."
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Post by ebonyviper on May 9, 2007 18:02:10 GMT -5
"So... you take your food from animals? Interesting," said Ebony, "And I do eat... or drink fuel, which comes in various flavors like strawberry, peach, and citrus. There's also organic fuel. Now if any of my kind consumed too much of that, we'd get drunk."
Ebony noticed the children and smiled at them.
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