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River Tam (girl_albatross) wrote in labyrinth_rpg,
@ 2009-06-02 23:26:00

Current music:	Full Moon--The Black Ghosts
Entry tags:	active, day eleven, jacob black, river tam

Who: River and Jacob
What: Jacob learns his tribe's legends are not exactly legends...
When: Mid-morning
Where: Woods near the dorms
Rating: PG-13 to be safe
Status: active

River had been spending time on and off with her new best friend. She knew Wash and Kaylee were in the labyrinth somewhere but she hadn't had the luck to run into them yet. Rather she had stuck close to her brother and Jacob. It seemed that since the day in the field they have claimed that as their own meeting place or sometimes a place to play at or just simply talk. So it wasn't unusual for River to end up there after she had woken up and wait for him. After twenty minutes of waiting for him she became worried and searched for him. When she found him in the woods she was suddenly hit by his voice. It was so frantic and in pain. Frightened sudden she ran in the direction in which she could hear him as fast as she could.

Running this way and that she finally made it to where he was but he was...different. She stopped in her tracks and gasped at what she saw. Jacob was...changing...into an animal! That had to be the thing she felt in him that was so different. River just hadn't expected it to be this! "Jacob!" she screamed to him though it came out more of a long belting note. Though she was confused as to why it came out in that way she was more worried about him.

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black_moon
2009-06-22 08:32 pm UTC (link)

Okay, was he just singing? It felt so natural at the time he was doing it, but now that he had a moment to think on it, he didn't think he had a musical bone in his body. So when River sang to him, it wasn't just for comfort. Something must be in the air today.

River was still keeping her distance from him, but at least now she was looking at him. Thank goodness the aversion was from his nudity, not his wolfiness. Yes, she had assured him that she would stay through thick and thin, but people say the darnedest things in stressful situations. Hopefully she meant her words.

He was human again, with glorious tanned skin and standing on two legs. He may have come through the shift a bigger person, but it was fundamentally him. And if River's words were spoken in truth, then he wouldn't have to avoid her. They could do the fun things that they had grown accustomed to again. He could still be with her.

He did believe River, he hadn't known her to lie, so why did she look so distracted? Beside the obvious new revelation between them, there appeared to be something else, but how to ask her... It was difficult for Jacob to ask this fragile girl things without bringing up her past. Yes, he knew that some of her friends had been pulled here as well, which cause a great change in her for the better, but her past was still her past, and he didn't want to make her upset over it by making her think of it.

The unsure boy took a hesitant step forward, and then stopped, it was all he could do. He couldn't keep the thought out of his head that he was now a monster. Maybe she didn't believe it, but he wasn't sure weather or not he did. Unable to step any closer, Jacob made eye contact with Rive in the hope of reading something, anything on her face, though, he wasn't very good at that.

"Are you really okay with this, I mean, with," he patted his palms to his bare chest, "with what's inside here? You still want to see me?" There was surprise and hopefulness in his singing tone. "I'd really like it if you did. I mean, who's going to laugh at my dancing if not you? And now you have something else to pick on me with. Flees."

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girl_albatross
2009-07-03 03:45 am UTC (link)

(OOC: sorry it took so long work got in the way XP I promise I'll be better about it)

River nodded when he asked her if she was sure. "I'm sure." she said/sang as she began to approach but still made sure she was at least an arms length away from him. Although she believed he was not a monster she had not been around something like him before. She also didn't witness his change and though she could read what happened in his mind she was still worried about what it'd be like if he happened to change in front of her again.

She smiled at him and laughed at the flee comment. She stuck out her tongue at the idea and almost backed away a little but stayed where she was. River wasn't a fan of bugs. Though she liked to watch them she didn't exactly like to play with them. "Flees." she shook her head, "I will be sure to do that." she shrugged, "And the dancing." Jacob was a bad dancer, no doubt, but it was still fun and entertaining.

Though it was fun to be talking to Jacob again--or rather singing with--she still hoped he was going to be alright. "Will you...be ok?" she asked hoping he would say yes. He was still her friend. Dog, flee-bitten and all. He was still Jacob to her.

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