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Post by Ven on Sept 9, 2007 21:44:48 GMT -5
Anthony tried not to let how odd he thought the comment was show through his expression. If anything it was the stranger who was, well, strange.
'Well... uhm...excuse me, but can I ask what's so odd? Because I always thought we were about as normal as they come here,' he responded. It was true too. If anything weird happened in that town then Anthony had missed it.
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Post by Ze on Sept 9, 2007 21:49:16 GMT -5
"there are no trees save for this one and those... bare looking ones with the rope... no plants save for dieing weeds, and no animals that aren't scrounging around for food... The people go into those... those strange creatures that speed about everywhere... like going into the mouth of a wild beast."
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Post by Ven on Sept 9, 2007 21:55:46 GMT -5
No amount of effort could have kept Anthony's expression neutral for that comment. A lost-looking guy in weird clothes was one thing, but that guy spouting cliched lines from some fantasy novel was something that Anthony didn't really want to deal with. He couldn't walk away now though, but he also couldn't quite think of how to respond. Maybe the guy was mentally unstable.
'Are you sure you're okay...?' he asked again.
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Post by Ze on Sept 9, 2007 21:57:06 GMT -5
"aside from being lost in some strange place I've never been before, yes, perfectly fine... Though if I could I go back to my woods, but I can't... not yet..."
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Post by Ven on Sept 9, 2007 22:04:55 GMT -5
"Are you some kind of hermit?' Anthony asked before he could stop himself. It was rude but it was also the most logical conclusion to makeand he didn't feel bad about making it at all. Even that didn't quite fit, though, because the guy wasn't old enough to not know about cars... Unless of course his parents had been hermits too? There were some strange people in the world after all.
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Post by Ze on Sept 10, 2007 7:00:59 GMT -5
"... what's a hermit? I don't know what that is... but I know I am a forest guardian of the large wood way that way..." he pointed in the direction he came from.
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Post by Ven on Sept 10, 2007 21:28:53 GMT -5
Anthony opened hismouth to say something, but found that his mind was blank. What was up witht his guy? He was so weird... He stammered a little before finally admitting, 'I'm sorry, but I don't know what you're talking about.'
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Post by Ze on Sept 10, 2007 21:30:39 GMT -5
"the wood, way that way. I grew up there, lived there my entire life. I was there for so long that now I protect it."
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Post by Ven on Sept 10, 2007 21:46:57 GMT -5
Anthony glanced in the direction that he pointed. There was a forest that way, miles out of town, but he had never spent much time there himself. There were some homes fairly close to the woods that the guy could have come from. Maybe he lived with someone who took care of him or something, since he didn't seem to be entirely mentally stable.
'Well.... All right,' he said after some moments of though. 'Can I take you back to where you live then? Could you tell me how to get there and I'll help you? Or maybe I could take you to the police station and you could get help there.'
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Post by Ze on Sept 10, 2007 21:48:25 GMT -5
"no, I can't go back yet... I left to find my mother... if she's still alive... She left me in those woods when I was just born... I was told she has my hair and eyes, and if she lives she should be fairly old now..."
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Post by Ven on Sept 10, 2007 21:50:29 GMT -5
'What? Your mom left you in the woods? How'd you sruvive, did someone find you or something?' Anthony looked incredulous. No wonder the guy acted a little off, if his mom had just abandoned him in the woods as a kid.
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Post by Ze on Sept 10, 2007 21:54:27 GMT -5
"I was raised by the ones that lived in the woods, the ancients and the creatures..."
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Post by Ven on Sept 10, 2007 22:16:36 GMT -5
Anthony decided aginst trying to make sense of what he said and in favor of just trying to get him to someone who would know how to deal with him. 'So... do you want to go back there, or what? You said you were looking for your mom? Do you have any idea where to find her?'
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Post by Ze on Sept 11, 2007 6:52:15 GMT -5
"well I don't know where to look for her... but if I can find an animal with a good nose, then tracking is possible, cause while I grew up without her, our scents can't be completely different."
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Post by Ven on Sept 11, 2007 17:32:23 GMT -5
Anthony stared in response. While it seemed like there was some truth to the statement he thought it was a weird way to try to find someone.
'Why don't you use the internet? How do you even know she lives here anyway?' he questioned since it didn't seem like the guy had very much idea of where his mother was.
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