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Post by narym on Dec 21, 2007 14:09:59 GMT -5
Narym's search of the store took on an urgency now she knew that Dyra was there. Resisting the urge to call out, she ran lightly up and down aisles, clutching her dagger and the large, shiney new knife. Until finally she turned down an aisle and there she was, arrested in the action of reading the front page of a newspaper. Her hand was stretched out, as if to pick it up from the rack.
Narym reached her side and spoke softly. " Dyra? Can you hear me?" But of course, her friend couldn't answer. Her eyes stared unseeing, her chest barely rising and falling with tiny, shallow breaths. Narym reached out to touch her and then thought again. Should I? Will I freeze too? I'll be no good to anyone if that happens. ' Fallow, can you contact her?' ' I have tried,' he replied. ' I do not know if she can hear me. All I can hear is her distress.' 'Ah no, she is aware then. What to do Fallow? What to do?'
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Post by Cassiel on Dec 26, 2007 14:11:18 GMT -5
Meanwhile, Cassiel was trying to figure out what this all meant. If someone was communicating then these people couldn't be completely frozen, could they? The voice she heard was low and somewhat garbled, but still when she finally got the whole message it was clear. All she had to do was speed it up in her mind. "That's it!" Cassiel said outloud. These people were not frozen, they were just slowed down.
"Eli, I have to go find Narym. These people are not frozen, but moving very very slowly. At least I think so anyway." She ran off in the direction she was Narym walk.
She found the woman standing in front of someone very familiar. "Dyra? Narym, is she the one who send me the message?"
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Post by narym on Dec 26, 2007 17:34:17 GMT -5
"Ah Cassiel," Narym spoke on a sigh. " Yes, I believe so." She shook her head. " Fallow tells me she is trying to communicate, but he cannot understand her. Only feel her distress. He has tried speaking to her, but he doesn't know if she can understand him. Or indeed, hear him." She lifted her hand and pointed. " Look." A single tear slipped slowly down Dyra's pretty face. " Ah, and doesn't that just tug at your heart."
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Post by Cassiel on Dec 26, 2007 22:45:13 GMT -5
"And look how slowly it is moving too. I just figured out that they are not frozen completely but moving very, very slowly. I wonder if we put something where her eyes are looking that she would be able to read it. At least she would know we know she's here."
Cassiel bit her lip, thinking. How could they turn the robot off without getting caught themselves? And who put it here anyway?
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Post by narym on Dec 27, 2007 5:21:09 GMT -5
" Alive still then," Narym blew out a breath, unaware she had been holding it. She looked around, realising she was in the stationary department and walked over to a shelf. She picked up an artists sketch pad and a marker pen and moved to Cass's side. " We know what's happening. We are trying to fix it. Hold on Dyra. Narym and Cassiel." she wrote on the blank page and placed it in front of the newspaper Dyra had been reaching for. " We are probably going too fast for her to see then," Narym said, thinking it thru. " Any ideas what we can do?"
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Post by Eli on Dec 28, 2007 18:46:54 GMT -5
Eli walked toward the box and noticed he was slowing down as he approached it. He tried backing up and noticed that he was returning to normal speed that way. "Ok, so it doesn't like up moving toward it. But since I was the only one moving toward it, I was slowing down. What happens if we all move toward it?" he asked, wondering if he had found the key of getting the world back to normal.
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Post by narym on Dec 29, 2007 4:12:22 GMT -5
Narym ran back to Eli. " We found Dyra. She's like the others." She stared at the box of lights with hatred. " How do we get rid of this thing?"
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Post by Eli on Dec 29, 2007 12:19:49 GMT -5
"When Cass gets back, we see if we can take this thing from multiple angles. I know it can focus on one of us at a time, but is it possible to focus on three? If that doesn't work, I try and find the little fire sociopath and see if he can destroy it," Eli said, referring to Skyler.
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Post by narym on Dec 29, 2007 18:04:16 GMT -5
" I left her with Dyra." She looked at Eli. " Why do you think this has effected the people in the store and no one else? And why not us?" She huffed and folded her arms. " And, most important of all. Why? Why is it here? What is the point?" She walked away a few feet and walked back. " Shall I get Cassiel? She's good at thinking things thru."
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Post by Rezo on Dec 30, 2007 1:42:44 GMT -5
Rezo walked in to the TE. it had been along time since he had been here, infact he wasn't sure if he had ever been here. He looked over and saw Cass and a new person. "hey Cass, man alot has changed since I left. I guess that happends when you just randomly dissapear huh." He said looking around.
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Post by Cassiel on Dec 30, 2007 1:49:34 GMT -5
Cassiel stared at Rezo for a moment, wondering how he could not notice that most of the people were like statues. Then she remembered the first time they were in this store together, shopping for new clothes. "Yeah especialy when an evil robot takes over the store and freezes everyone who was inside. Let's go see what Eli and Narym are up to."
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Post by narym on Dec 30, 2007 14:58:39 GMT -5
Narym eyed the newcomer with Cassiel. " The cavalry I assume?" she said with a grin. "I hope you've got some ideas what we can do with this thing. I hate it that Dyra and everyone here are affected this way."
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Post by Cassiel on Dec 31, 2007 1:13:13 GMT -5
Cassiel smiled at Narym, and realized she and Rezo had not ever met. Not surprising since he just got back into town "Yes, something like that. Narym, this is Rezo. Rezo, Narym. Now that we all know each other, what do we do about this robot? Eli, what have you figured out about the robot?"
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Post by narym on Dec 31, 2007 12:20:43 GMT -5
" Hi Rezo," Narym smiled. " Good to see you. Any ideas what to do with this thing?"
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Post by Eli on Dec 31, 2007 15:23:55 GMT -5
"I think if we can get us all near it, it can't focus on all of us. So, if 4 of us move toward it, it might have to pick one. Otherwise, I try and find Skyler for him to torch the thing."
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