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Post by elizar on Aug 11, 2007 21:42:44 GMT -5
"He's already dead." Aron said, having reconized the conditions. "I'm thinking about the cargo, since I am not needed with the others." He said looking at the other cars being worked on. "Looks like what happened in the movie Tremors." Aron chuckled and wondered if cars had any equvalent of a cult hit.
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Post by ebonyviper on Aug 11, 2007 21:45:23 GMT -5
Delfina heeded the warning and got out of the way, taking cover somewhere where she wouldn't be in the way... or seen.
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Ebony moved up close to the bench where Tess sat. "Hoping the rest of the world has some common sense to think before they act?" she asked softly.
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"I hope so too," agreed Jade, "and that they would think before they act, just like Ebony did when she first saw us."
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Post by raine on Aug 11, 2007 21:53:22 GMT -5
Raine preened a wing idly, "Yeah, but I just sense a lot of.... Death.... as if it were going to happen... around us."
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Post by Evangeline on Aug 11, 2007 22:03:08 GMT -5
"I think it'd be a better idea to just clear away what we can but not touch the contents. Don't think they'd be too wild about that." Julian advised.
"Deaths have already happened, Raine." Doc stood up. "Gut feelings are by no means a certainty, but they are a signal to change course."
"And not as many people do that as we'd like." Tess sat up, shoulders raised.
"Aunt Tamara says that beyond this, all we can do is pray." Dawn recovered her arrows and put them back in the quiver.
Kathleen watched from above as the Chinook circled, assessing the situation. She monitored the helos' conversation on the radio. "You might wanna go up another hundred feet, Hook 3." the Chinook advised. The Skycrane, a female with "Olga" inscribed on her cheek, had a cradle ready, and was wondering how she was going to get it into that gorge without banging it against the sides. The humans were obscured by shadow, and not yet apparent to her.
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Post by elizar on Aug 11, 2007 22:11:15 GMT -5
"It's just a black box, right?" He looked at Claire as to get a confirmation, but she did't seem too active to answer at the moment. Aron defied the black box by rapping his knuckles on it
((Modified post))
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Post by ebonyviper on Aug 11, 2007 22:14:18 GMT -5
"You can't force them to be that way," Ebony said, "They gotta make that decision on their own." She had come right up to the bench, close enough to touch. "But, you know I'd help you however I can."
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"Wishful thinking, but there's not really anything else that we can do at this point," said Jade, gathering up her archery equipment, "I think that's enough practice for the day."
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Post by raine on Aug 11, 2007 22:48:50 GMT -5
Raine sighed, "Just a Raven thing, you wouldn't understand..."
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Post by Evangeline on Aug 11, 2007 23:00:59 GMT -5
"Aron, if you want to die for a third time, just leave us out of it!" Sid yelled at him. "Leave it the @#! alone!"
"It's THEIR black box, let them deal with it." Julian concurred, not so vehemently.
"And we'll never forget that." Tess put out her hand.
"Should be about dinner time anyway." Dawn nodded.
"Maybe that raven form is getting to you." Doc said.
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Post by elizar on Aug 11, 2007 23:10:32 GMT -5
"Fine! Fine." Aron backed away from the cargo due to the negative attention. "How do you think they are going to hoist this up without our help anyway?"
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Post by ebonyviper on Aug 11, 2007 23:12:03 GMT -5
Something's going on down there, Delfina said telepathically, as she craned her neck to look down into the gorge from her hiding place, It has to do with that black box.
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She smiled. "I'm sticking around, Tess, even if the media comes. I'll make them behave themselves around you humans."
She leaned sideways on her tires, a gesture which meant that she would accept being touched. She was getting used to the feeling by now.
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"Yeah, I'm hungry too," agreed Jade, heading toward the front gate.
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Post by raine on Aug 11, 2007 23:31:57 GMT -5
Raine flared her hood feathers and nipped the hood ornament again.
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Post by Evangeline on Aug 11, 2007 23:54:59 GMT -5
Tess put her palm against Ebony's fender. "Thank you."
The Skycrane woman started to lower the cradle into the gorge. The more seriously injured of the surviving Humvees was to be moved first. With nothing else available, they hitched a couple of Fjords into a team and used them to pull the captain into place. It was just as well that he was drugged and out of it, for what would he make of the creatures that were now all around him?
" Just clear out as much dirt as we can from around the bodies." Ron directed over the radio. "Leave the cargo alone."
"I just hope it's not macaroni and cheese again." Dawn made a face.
Misty, rolling alongside the girls, was thankful that she didn't have to eat it.
"I know, Raine." Doc shifted a little. He leaned over as he heard something else from the radio. "The helicopters are there."
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Post by raine on Aug 11, 2007 23:58:34 GMT -5
Raine perked her head up, "Wha? in the fog?"
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Post by ebonyviper on Aug 12, 2007 0:10:46 GMT -5
"Least I can do for you helping me," Ebony closed her eyes at the touch, leaning into it like a dog wanting to be stroked by its owner.
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"Who knows? They might be serving something different this evening," said Jade.
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Post by elizar on Aug 12, 2007 0:13:24 GMT -5
Aron chose a moment to rest as his mind was wandering to the 'I reckon I can get the engine running if I just -' thought pattern. He didn't want to act way too interested in the dead so he contained himself for the moment, finding a sizeable rock to sit down and catch a breather.
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