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[raelyn]

Faye grimaced. Dammit, I was gonna check my back in a mirror later...This is awkward.

Cheeks flaming red, she ducked her head, trying to cover her face with her hair, before turning slowly, tugging up her shirt over her back while keeping the important front bits covered.

Trying to put herself at ease, (Faye had always been self concious), she jokingly asked, "So? How bad is it?" She still couldn't twist far enough to see her own back, but if she had been able to, she would've seen a deep purple and black patch of bruises, stretching from below her shoulder blades down to her lower back. Jake gave an impressed whistle, and said, "You look like a lawnmower ran over your back, nice going."

[Watson]

The lanky, wirey framed man sat by himself next to them now, deep in thought. These people...so close to him, yet so far due to their history and nature. He had never had a family, never known affection or love...now he was suddenly forced to admit that these things were very real.

And he enjoyed them. He did not want to lose them.

Glancing over the scene, his sharp eyes noticed that a body was lying nearby, a woman's body whom he didn't immediately recognize. When he did, it was with abject horror and a deep, icy sadness in his belly.

"Mia..."

Without hesitation he got to his feet and walked over to Mia's dead body, where Gavin was attending to various things himself. The white haired, bear-like man loomed over it, a humbleness to his air and respect for the dead of their group befalling him.

Then the moment passed, and Terrence knew what he wanted to do. He turned to Kate with a certainty to his gaze and his gait, speaking firm but soft all at once.

"Kate, do you have any k-kind of knife or sh-sharp weapon I can borrow for a moment?"

[Serenity]

"That's a mighty bruise there," said Kate, grimacing. "There's only one icepack, though, so you'll have to switch from your back to to your head often. Here, hold on," she said, removing her uniform jacket, revealing that she had a simple white tank top underneath with a pair of dog tags.

"Wrap this around your back, so you can limit the blood flow to the back. Not too tight, though, but this should help the swelling go down, along with the ice pack," she said, handing Faye the uniform.

Kate felt her dog tags for a moment, forgetting she had them the entire time. With a sigh, she tucked them into the tank top.

"Kate, do you have any k-kind of knife or sh-sharp weapon I can borrow for a moment?"

She turned around to Terrance, who was standing over Mia's body. She frowned and shook her head. "When I woke up in the forest, I didn't have any of my gear. Just my canteen, my lighter, and my uniform. Sorry, sir."

[Watson]

((Damn. Quick question, are they still near the crashed suburban?))

[GerkinMcGrimley]

((Yeah. Alright time to post.))

Gavin saw Terrence asking for a knife from Kate and frowned. He no knife to offer and couldn't help at all in the situation they were in. So he walked over and glanced at Faye. The injuries were worse then he'd feared. He expected the concussion and maybe mild bruises but the giant bruise she had looked painful.

He frowned, You couldn't just keep her alive and fully healthy could you god? he thought. Then he spoke up which was something he'd been unable to do before.

"We need to get moving. If what this guy(points to Overseer)says is true then that thing will come back for us. Finish up with fixing Faye and then Jake can carry her. Your in no condition to walk Faye."

[Serenity]

((Faye is sitting in the suburban, if I'm not mistaken. Mia's body is against a tree within eyesight, I'm sure.))

[GerkinMcGrimley]

((Terrence never made it to the car remember?))

[Serenity]

((Kate carried him to it...))

[Watson]

((No, Terrence teleported unwillingly OUT of the car. xD))

White hair bobbing as he turned from side-to-side, Terrence grimaced at the thought that there was nothing sharp he could use around. Then an idea struck him and, ignoring Gavin in front of him, he walked up to the suburban calmly.

A loud crash sounded as the man's fist connected with the window furtherst from Faye, and he grunted wit pain, splinters of glass embedding themselves into his skin. Still, a determined look came upon his face and he bent down, ignoring the portests of his fellows for the moment.

In his hand he came up with a piece of glass, and he quickly drew it up to his forehead and began slashing at his bangs. All the while his head pounded, but he paid it no mind, slicig and dicing into his hair with full on abandon.

'Not you. Never you.'

'Not. You'

'Never.'

'You.'

When it was done, Terrence had a sloppy sort of army crew cut, and a few nicks and scratches on his scalp where he'd screwed up and cut himself. Bold-faced, he turned to Kate and smiled.

"I-is is unprocedural for y-you to appoint me a Ran-Ranger?"

'Not me, Tall One? Never me? Fine. Then not them, either.'

'Never them.'

[Serenity]

((I meant when Faye picked up Terrance from the ground, when he was crying.))


"What the hell?" questioned Kate, seeing what Terrance was doing to himself. Suddenly, he asked her if she could appoint him a Ranger.

"No...not really...you'd have to go through training that sets you apart from regular army grunts..." she murmured, looking around. "Like Mike."

[Magus00]

Mike's limited attention span wanned. Sure, he may have found that his thick skull did, in fact, have an impact tollerance afterall but he was still bored.

Not thinking twice, he pulled a lighter out of his pack and absently flicked it on and off. On, and off. Being that this vision was blurry, it seemed almost like fireworks to the man whose screws obviously got knocked loose. He was certain, with rest, the fog in his mind would clear and he could remember just what the f**k was going on, not to mention his vision clearing.

Interestingly enough, Mike didn't consider the dangers of playing with fire while having the equivelent of a rag soaked in alchohol on his head.

[raelyn]

Faye accepted Kate's jacket, wrapping it around her back, wincing as her back twinged. She jumped out of her seat, nearly faceplanting, when she heard the window Terrence had punched shattering.

Seeing Terrence's new hair cut, she giggled a bit, giddy for some reason. "You look like a molting chicken, Terrence. Give me the glass, I'll cut it so it's all even." She tucked the ice pack into Kate's jacket, up against her painfully throbbing back, then held out a hand expectantly, one eyebrow raised. [/i]

[GerkinMcGrimley]

Gavin looked at Terrence's new haircut and couldn't even laugh. This was the biggest bitter-sweet day for both him and Terrence. It must have been nearing two AM and Gavin wasn't even slightly tired. In the past 12 hours he'd lost his parents and gained the first real friends of his life.

Terrence had lost many comrades and gained friends. He felt Terrence's feelings inside of himself. He was angry. Yet relieved. He'd lost a life to that monster yet most of his friends were safe. Then he saw it.

He hadn't looked for Mike. Where was he? Oh dear god, come on Mike show up cracking jokes.......COME ON DAMMIT!!! Mike didn't show up and Gavin knew what he had to do. He walked into the forest when no one was looking.

I'm not leaving anyone behind.

[Serenity]

Katherine noticed Gavin walking off into the forest. "Hey, Gavin, sir, you shouldn't go off alone! We work better as a team!" she called out, walking forward a little, rifle at the ready.

"Where are you going?"

[Tyran]

He turned. Could sense them. Feel them. The being turned, making sure it's Masked Companion didn't follow it. Slowly, it went deeper into the trees, the Masked Man waiting sullenly for it's return.

Two away, two in the trees, two about to die.

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The Overseer turned, noticing Kate going into the trees. "Hey.. could you all make sure that you don't drive off without us? I'm not saying you would, just.. wait for a few seconds. I gotta go for a second.." She was disappearing now and he hastened to get out of the car. "I'll be back!" the man shouted, before going into the trees after her.

He felt terrible about earlier.. there had to be something he could do.. or say. Besides, he had to get her out of those trees anyway, what with the Slender Man being around..