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Post by Zeek Van Buren on Feb 23, 2010 21:51:10 GMT -8
"Do something!" Tara yelled out as Clyde was busy watching and waitin'. It wasn't like he could do a damn thing after all, the guy was made of fucking metal, what did she want him to do? Punch him? He wasn't about to test out that Qi. After all, he was doing enough by watching the two of them.
"I am doin somethin love. I'm watchin and commentating! And more importantly, not breakin' my knuckles against Iron Man there. I'll let those of you with the metal mario power get it on." He said as he crossed his arms and began singing an Irish jig he had stuck in his head.
Meanwhile Shadow Zeek's eyes were bent inward, he let out a bit of a scream, unable to see anymore he was blind to everything, and began thrashing about, hitting Zeek in the stomach and causing him to go sliding across the ground. The real zeek leaned over and spewed up on the floor a bit before turning and facing the shadow.
Fucker....
He managed to turn his whole body metal and ran up to him once more, driving his right foot up toward his crotch. After that hit he would aim to elbow him in the throat trying to collapse his wind pipe. He would aim just under Tara's arms on the neck. Once that was done he would grab the guys shoulders and aim to drive his knee into his solar plexus. The idea was to end his ability to breathe and then hit him in the solar plexus hard enough to cause him to become winded, making air that much more precious to him.
Go down..... COME ON!
He wished he could speak or yell, but it hurt entirely too bad.
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Post by Tara Ritter on Feb 24, 2010 17:26:11 GMT -8
Tara gritted her teeth in anger and frustration as Clyde's song filled the air. It was sort of weird... Fighting to an Irish jig wasn't that... What the hell... She thought it was sort of weird that she could even hear it over the pounding in her ears. Her fingers dug into the shadows eyes and she felt them collapse under her fingers. The sound of his scream was welcomed and brought an angry smile to her face as she fought to hold on as he thrashed about. Her gaze followed Zeek as he was hit and sent sliding across the ground, but she continued to hold onto him, afraid that letting go would mean that she wouldn't be able to get near him again.
The shadow was blind and in pain. Anger welled up past the pain as he roared. How could this be happening!? Why were the two of them able to do this to him?! When he got his hands on them he was going to KILL THEM!
The ringing sound of metal hitting metal sounded through the air. It took a moment for him to realize what had happened as the vibration worked its way through his body. He dropped to his knees with a pained cry, his hands cupping himself. It left him open for the elbow that slammed into his neck, collapsing his airway. Now blind, suffocating, and in a hell of a lot pain, a final shot hit him in the chest. A huff of air forced its way up this throat and out his mouth, yet he wasn't able to pull in air to replace it. The weight of the girl slid off his back.
Tara stepped away from him, her hands in front of her as though warding him off. It was still a shock to see her hands metal as she held them in front of her, preparing for any final attack. Instead, the shadow simply clawed at his neck, trying to bend the metal back into place. The smile fell from her lips, replaced with a look of sadness. What had she done...? She... This wasn't her... She couldn't do this... A cry of frustration tore through her throat as she turned away. She couldn't do it. She wouldn't be the one to kill him. Refused to be the one.
And she couldn't watch anyone else do it. She walked towards Clyde, her whole body shaking as she nearly cried. "Why...? Why... All of this? This is sick." She climbed through the hole in the wall, back into the makeshift lab, and started destroying things.
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Post by Matrim Gallagher on Feb 24, 2010 18:38:00 GMT -8
"You won't come out of this alive. I'll dance over your ashes when this is over.""Funny, I was going to say the same thing to you," Matrim said when he ducked the kick, his extra arms out and ready to go the staff went into his left hand as he turned around toward his right, his two right arms came up to catch the stomp, making it so that he wouldn't be able to put his foot back down. Even with his great strength, Matrim's two arms would be able to counter the force as his left hand would stab that stab, aiming to thrust it straight into Geoff's junk. It was a cheap trick, but it would work. He would pull the staff back completely and swing low horizontally to pull his other foot out from underneath him, both his left hands gripping and using the staff to perform this attack. As for any fist, Matrim would be under Geoff's leg so that if he tried something he could simply shift his head to the other side of the leg. As his left hands did the staff swipe he would push up on the leg he was holding onto, and he wouldn't let go any time soon. Here we go....
Shadow Tara was done for, blinded she simply ended her Qi and ran off screaming unable to do much. Without knowing it she would have stumbled into the room they were keeping the real Tara, and then proceed to go outside the hole created by Zeek, once again with no idea where she was going.
The shadow that Sara started to take out she would slam in the gut, her other hand hooking it's face. She then grabbed it by the shirt and then slammed it up against the tub. It cracked and began to slowly start leaking, a spiderwebbing crack making it's way across the surface. The fluid that came out connected with the shadow, who was still alive. And as it was kneed the tank started leaking more. Carolyn panicked and started yelling to take the final sample. A needle rose up in the tank, a device took a sample of brain tissue, heart tissue, and liquid around it before retreating from the machine. The insides leaking out against the clone. The body of the clone started shifting, and then finally.... (OOC: Shadow TakashiStrength: 75 Dexterity: 60 Constitution: 60 Intelligence: 90 Wisdom: 30 Charisma: 45 Qi: Drains the Qi from someone. They are unable to use Qi for an entire post, and Takashi gains stats equal to their charisma to spread however he wishes amongst his physical stats.) Using the grip that was on Sara he would absorb her Qi from her. A grin appearing on his face should it work. "Daddy?" Carolyn would ask, completely sucked in by the shadow's illusion. It was a perfect clone. "Worthless daughter. How could you let me be killed? And it took you this long to start a half assed plan.... I can't believe I spoiled you." (OOC: Stats if he succeeds in absorbing Sara's Qi. Strength: 75 Dexterity: 60 Constitution: 200 Intelligence: 90 Wisdom: 30 Charisma: 45)
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Post by Sara Gallagher on Feb 25, 2010 9:55:24 GMT -8
"Funny, I was going to say the same thing to you."
Geoff threw his kick out in a kick that missed. He swore, angry that he had screwed up already. With his slow speed and everything else, that meant that now he had little no chance of escape after giving away his position. As his foot slammed down, the guy twisted, grabbing onto Geoff's foot as a hand slammed for his junk.
It hit and Geoff howled with pain. The small push up on his foot sent him crashing down onto his back, his hands cupping himself as he tried to roll in pain. The staff sweep wasn't needed, but added a nice affect as his other leg was knocked from under him. The guys grip still holding onto him though, kept him from twisting away. He growled in anger and kicked out his other foot, trying to plant that foot on any part of Matrim, his face, chest, junk for payback, anything at all. His eyes were watering. That BASTARD.
"Daddy?"
Geoff paused, trying to see around him to Carolyn. He caught just enough of her to see that she was looking behind them. He stopped trying to twist to look back, twisting his head to see behind him. His eyes fell on Takashi... Impossible...
Something was happening in the tank behind the shadow, but Sara didn't have much time to pay attention to that. It didn't really matter to her anyways. Whatever they were doing, it would be destroyed before the night was over. Starting with the tub itself that was cracking and starting to leak. Sara's lips twisted up in a smile. Almost there... Just a little more and this shadow was done for-....
The shadow started to shift, growing and changing. The smile fell from Sara's face, and instead, she gritted her teeth, preparing to throw another knee into its abdomen and burst it to hell. It finally took a shape though, one that Sara recognized instantly. She would never forget him. She abandoned any attacks and stepped back, but it was already to late. Her qi ended, sucked from her body.
Sara's stats:
Strength: 179
Dexterity: 120
Constitution: 144
Intelligence: 143
Wisdom: 122
Charisma: 143
8/8 Shock
Sara brought her hands up in front of her, anger coursing through her. How could she have let that happen!? That had been such a stupid move! She mentally berated herself.
"Daddy?"
"Worthless daughter. How could you let me be killed? And it took you this long to start a half assed plan.... I can't believe I spoiled you."
Sara took another step back, debating what to do. It would probably be smart to just... run... you know? Before he like... bursted her clear across the room...
Caorlyn pushed to her feet, swaying slightly in confusion. "But daddy... I... I'm sorry... I tried, I swear... But your..." The happiness that welled up inside of her, completely fooled by the illusion, was immense. She didn't want this to be fake. If her father was back... No matter how angry he was at her, as long as he was back... She turned to Matrim, pointing as she laughed and began to walk towards him, her qi burning the ground as she walked, heating the air as she got closer and closer to him. "You're done for now!"
Sara threw herself forward at Takashi, slamming her fist for his face. If she could even touch him and stun him... Common...
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Post by Zeek Van Buren on Feb 25, 2010 13:22:28 GMT -8
"Why...? Why... All of this? This is sick." The girl said to Clyde as he tilted his head to look behind her, watching as Zeek kicked in the head of Shadow Zeek. The sound of metals craping and bending, tearing open took place as liquid metal pooled out. He gave a nasty look and took a breath of air through his teeth as he watched. He knew the girl obviously didn't want to watch.
"Oh don't be worryin' about the Shadows. They aren't even human so much as... a poor reflection of yourself. You aren't killing them so much as destroying them. It's really no more than shattering a carnival mirror," He said, "The trick is not to get killed in the-"
Shadow Tara stumbled out and he could see her coming with his Qi. He quickly pushed Tara to the side, "Cover your eyes, bird!" He said as he would watch the shadow trip out, he would knock her forward so she fell onto her knees and then all fours. He went over her, grabbed her chin and head and aimed to snap her neck quickly. If that didn't work he'd push off of both legs, let go with his hands and come down on her spine before repeatedly bashing in her head with his right foot.
Meanwhile Zeek would walk away as the shadow of himself turned flesh, the metal on his shoes turned red, as did the metal pooling out from the body of the shadow, "What the hell.... Carolyn's going to pay for this... we are not letting her live this time."
Clyde led the way in, "That's two shadows down boy-o, Matrim and Sara took care of theirs at school. Trust me, this is merciful considering what they did to theirs. Feckin tragic what happened to their shadows. But we best be helping them now, however they may need it."
He would lead the way into the building from the hole and Zeek would walk over to Tara, helping her up and pulling her into a hug, "It's gonna be alright kay? We're gonna end this, we'll torch this whole place to the ground and it'll be nothing more than a bad memory. The other me and the other you is gone now, they can't hurt us anymore.... now let's go make sure they never will again."
He would pull away from the hug, taking her hand in his and lead the way if she followed.
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Post by Tara Ritter on Feb 25, 2010 19:20:34 GMT -8
"Oh don't be worryin' about the Shadows. They aren't even human so much as... a poor reflection of yourself. You aren't killing them so much as destroying them. It's really no more than shattering a carnival mirror. The trick is not to get killed in the-"
Tara was halfway through the hole in the wall. Surprisingly, Clyde's words weren't making this any easier. The sounds coming from behind her were making her queasy. This was sick and disgusting. It didn't matter if Clyde was right or wrong about what they were doing, it was still sick. And just the idea that it was Zeek doing it... This was a side of him she hadn't seen before. She hadn't seen what had happened that night at the fight club, she had been hiding away in the change rooms from the bullets and flames, praying that the fire department showed up to get her out of there before she was killed. This though... This completely changed how she looked at Zeek. Not Matrim so much. She had known Matrim was dangerous, but Zeek definitely--
Clyde slammed into Tara's side, knocking her to the floor. "Cover your eyes, bird!"
The shadow Tara, unable to see, was easily knocked forward. Instead of trying to use her hearing instead of her sight, she was just focusing on running, on getting out of there. Something hit her, knocking her onto the ground, putting her on her hands and knees. She swore, moving to pick herself up and keep moving when something grabbed her head. Shit... The break was clean. It was safe to say she hadn't even felt it.
"What the hell.... Carolyn's going to pay for this... we are not letting her live this time."
Tara was only just getting back to her feet. It had happened so quickly that she hadn't seen what Clyde did to her shadow. She stared down at the body, looking so much like her. That could have been her. In some sick way, it was her. From just inside the hole, she stared at the body, unable to tear her eyes away from it.
"That's two shadows down boy-o, Matrim and Sara took care of theirs at school. Trust me, this is merciful considering what they did to theirs. Feckin tragic what happened to their shadows. But we best be helping them now, however they may need it."
She wanted to ask what they had done to theirs. How could anything be worse then gauging out eyes and stamping heads in and... Whatever else they had done? But she didn't want to know. Deep down, she knew she couldn't handle knowing. Her eyes were wide when Zeek pulled her into the hug. Had she been able to see over his shoulder, she would have been staring down at the body still.
"It's gonna be alright kay? We're gonna end this, we'll torch this whole place to the ground and it'll be nothing more than a bad memory. The other me and the other you is gone now, they can't hurt us anymore.... now let's go make sure they never will again."
A bad memory...? There was so much wrong with everything right now. So much. As he pulled out of the hug and gave her tug to follow him, she was having an inner battle. It was either, accept everything that had happened that led up to this point and end it finally with more death and destruction, or fight Zeek on it, be stubborn, refuse to go in there and risk this coming back to bite her and them in the ass. Again, for most of the people involved.
Stubbornness and all that could wait... She followed Zeek and Clyde through the lab and into the main building. Tara had expected a war to be going on in the main room. Instead, as soon as the door to the lab opened, there was more stunned silence then anything. There were noises, ya, but... This was different. As Tara stepped up next to Zeek, she knew they had just walked in on something big.
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Post by Matrim Gallagher on Feb 25, 2010 19:52:57 GMT -8
Takashi stood still laughing as he brought up a hand to catch Sara's attacking limb, only to find himself stunned. Of course, this gave him time to think about his plan, but he knew he was at the mercy of everyone there. Thankfully his defenses had improved enough that he could hopefully hold out on any offense they may lash out on him.
Matrim sidestepped the foot as he saw Carolyn coming for him. He would grab his stuck at the bottom and side simultaneously and rush towards Carolyn, feeling the heat on her body as he would thrust the stick as hard as he could, aiming to knock her in the chest and then throw her back so that she was pushed away toward the edge of the building.
Once he had done this, if he failed he would retreat, but either way he would see the group entering the building and he would throw his staff over to Clyde, "Now's your chance pal!" He looked over to see that Sara managed to stun yet another person. Matrim rushed over yelling, "SARA! MOVE! I'm gonna finish this fucker!"
He ran as fast as he could as the flames from his body travelled up toward his main left fist. He gripped tightly. Last time he had used his right fist, so he figured he'd even things out a bit. His extra arms came in and he would aim a punch to the stunned Takashi's face.
(OOC: Stats for punch
Strength: 1792
Dexterity: 159
Constitution: 244
Intelligence: 153
Wisdom: 244
Charisma: 186
Posts of Continuous Use: 5)
Carolyn will be busy with that.....
Clyde caught the staff and began spinning it wildly fast, the full amount of his speed working the staff as he ran toward Geoff. As soon as Geoff brought himself to stand again, Clyde would rush in and unleash a flurry of blows to his sides, kidneys, bladder, sternum, throat, ears, nose, eyes, crotch, knees, elbows, underarms, all over as fast as he could, practically dodging anything the guy would send his way. He was so pissed off, and he knew that his speed would leave Clyde spinning for days.
"FECKIN LEAVE ME WILL YEH? FECKIN DESERT ME FOR DEAD?!?!?! GO TO HELL YOU LOUSY BASTARD!" He screamed as he continued to attack the man non-stop. He was exacting his revenge as best he could and he was enjoying every second of it. "FECK YEAH!"
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Post by Sara Gallagher on Feb 25, 2010 20:31:45 GMT -8
Carolyn flinched back as soon as Matrim got to his feet. She wasn't fast enough to move out of the way as he came at her with his staff. It slammed into her chest, knocking her flying back. She landed on hard on her back, groaning as she rolled onto her side. She pushed up onto her knees, angrier then ever. He thought a stupid staff could save him from her heat, he had to think again.
She would KILL him. She swore it. The pain in her chest though was immense. She wondered if he might have cracked a rib. She collapsed back onto the ground to catch her breath. This wasn't over, but with her daddy here, she could afford a few moments of rest now.
Geoff was pushing himself back to his feet, swearing as he stared after Carolyn. These fuckers would die for hurting her, he swore it. She had been through so much already, why the hell couldn't they understand that?!
He caught a flash of movement out of the corner of his eye, but by the time he turned his head, it was already to late. He pushed to his feet, bringing his hands up to block, but Clyde was just to fast. The staff seemed to hit him everywhere at once. He cried out in pain, dropping back to the ground as Clyde let loose on him. It only took a couple shots to the head before everything went dark and he was knocked out, but by that time, he had already taken more then a fair bit of damage to nearly every part of his body from that damn staff. His last thoughts were of Carolyn and hoping she was ok.
Sara let out a triumphant yell as he was stunned. She pulled her fist from his grasp and stepped back, laughing madly. "Steal my qi will you!? We'll see about that!" She stood for a moment, thinking of all the delicious things she could do to him. Just look at what she had been able to do to her shadow. Just as she was about to do it, Matrim called out from behind her.
"SARA! MOVE! I'm gonna finish this fucker!"
She swore, but got out of the way immediately, turning and dancing back just as Matrim passed her. "GODDAMN YOU! AGAIN! THIS IS CRAP!"
Tara watched from the sidelines, her jaw dropped in disbelief as she watched the different fights. These people were... intense. She recognized the small girl from the club that night. She must be Sara. The other girl, she didn't recognize. She couldn't believe some of the things she was seeing. She took a fearful step back, the idea of running looking quite appealing at the moment.
Takashi was completely frozen. He could feel his limbs, but in no way could he control them. He stood by idly while the girl in front of him cackled like a little witch, and the look on her face actually sent shivers up his spine. It was the one that was coming for him now though that made him fearful.
All the flames on the boys body seemed to move to his fist as he ran at him. He tried to make his body move, but he couldn't even flinch as the fist slammed into his face. There wasn't even pain. Everything just turned into nothing.
Sara was spitting mad. She couldn't believe him. AGAIN he had taken her kill. She rounded on him as soon as the body slumped to the floor. "You ASSHOLE! That was MINE. MINE. Don't TOUCH my stuff!"
In her anger, she spun away and spotted Zeek. Her frown turned into a smile as she bounced off towards him. "Zeek!" She threw her arms around his neck, hugging him. "I thought you were dead! See what I did for you?! I killed him-" Her head spun around at the sound of the frustrated scream behind her.
Carolyn was frozen in anger. Complete and utter anger. They killed her father. AGAIN. How the FUCK?! She pushed to her feet, and screamed in anger and saddness. "How DARE you! Wasn't it enough the first time!? I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL KILL EACH OF YOU WITH MY OWN BARE HANDS!" The heat around her increased to its full potential as she began to stalk towards the group.
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Post by Zeek Van Buren on Feb 25, 2010 20:56:22 GMT -8
Six of the improved Shadow people came out from seemingly nowhere. She said she had ten, and only four had emerged. The other six were here now. One for Matrim, one for Sara, one for Zeek, one for Tara, one for Clyde, and a sixth that ran to Carolyn. All of which had become exact copies of their opponents. Their stats reflected theirs perfectly. When one used Qi, the other did. All of whom would remain completely quiet with only one program in their minds. 'obey Carolyn'.
Carolyn's grip tightened as she turned to her shadow, "Bring it to me......" The mirror looked confused and it was as if it could speak to Carolyn without needing to talk, "I don't care if it isn't finished, if you didn't test it, just bring it to me NOW!" The shadow ran off as each of them would be faced with a version of themselves. And Zeek simply turned and looked around, laughing. Zeek couldn't stop laughing, and then it got maniacal....
Zeeks laughter made chills run up Clyde's spine. He had finished Geoff, now he wanted to finish off Carolyn and take every cent she was worth. That would be his payback. But something about the way he was laughing bothered him, he looked over from him and then to Carolyn as Zeek pulled out a phone....
"Confirming my order.... six uses.... the shadows. They look just like us, you can't miss them... they're the ones who can't speak..." He looked at them, he noticed that Carolyn's didn't speak. That was the clue, that was the way that he could easily get Thomas in here without him mistaking one of them for their shadow. Without a (forgive the pun coming up) shadow of a doubt, he would be able to do this....
Zeek got punched by his shadow, it knocked him back off of his feet as Thomas came running in, his hand going straight to the shadow Zeek. He gripped down, and suddenly sparks shot from his hands into the head. If the thing could scream, it would. Tears streamed down it's face, it's mouth open in terror as it dropped to it's knees and then fell to the floor, shaking badly, unable to do anything but shake with the same terrified expression on it's face.
"If you would all kindly just keep speaking...." Thomas said, "I'll get around to everyone...."
Meanwhile Clyde fought with his as he sang out, "I once knew a boy who could only destroy and his mother was lovely as spring, I came over twice and his mother sufficed, but the boy tore off my thing!"
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Post by Tara Ritter on Feb 25, 2010 21:28:01 GMT -8
Tara was staring at Sara as she threw her arms around Zeek's neck. She seemed so... Happy... What the hell was she so happy for? There was death and destruction all around her and she was happy? And she was hugging ZEEK?! Tara clenched her fists at her sides, about to let loose on Sara when suddenly, shadows came from nowhere. Tara stared the clones. These didn't look different this time, they were just... copies. Complete copies. Her eyes glanced from one to the next until they fell on her copy. It was an exact replica of her. She tilted her head in confusion and the thing, as though taunting her, did the same thing. This was sick... This was absolutely sick...
Zeek began to laugh next to her. Sara let go of him, backing away, a frightened look on her face. Tara followed suit, moving away from him as the laughter got more and more... Crazy. What was wrong with him? Had he lost it? Had he finally cracked? His sudden insane actions however, seemed to fuel Tara to remain sane. It was as though seeing him crack, made her need to keep calm. Fueled her to keep calm as he pulled out his cellphone. Wait his cell? Who was he going to call? The police?
"Confirming my order.... six uses.... the shadows. They look just like us, you can't miss them... they're the ones who can't speak..."
What was he...? Who was he talking to? Tara's gaze kept shifting between Zeek and her own shadow. Every time she glanced away, the shadow seemed to have taken a step closer when she looked back. It was taunting her and she knew it. And it only made her angry. Finally, she faced her shadow, turning away from Zeek just as his own shadow attacked him. It didn't matter though, she had no time to see what had happened as her own shadow jumped at her. Its hands hit her shoulders and the two went down, the shadow on top.
"If you would all kindly just keep speaking.... I'll get around to everyone...."
Tara growled in frustration, reaching up to grab onto the shadows hair, pulling and twisted it to the side as she rolled. The shadow moved with her, putting the real Tara on top. With her grip still in the shadows hair, she bashed its head against the ground, grunting with effort, when all of a sudden, a hand grabbed onto the face of the shadow.
Instinctively, Tara let go and stood up, as though scared to be touching the shadow as the butler did whatever it was he was doing. The shadow seemed to scream but no noise came out as it started to twitch and froth at the mouth. What the fuck... Tara stepped away from it, her eyes now on Charles as she backed away from him in fear. Even the butler had a fucking qi... Did everyone have one?!
From behind her came a cry of pain. She spun to see Clyde pinned under his shadow. Or the shadow pinned under him? She wasn't sure... Well, he was probably the one using the staff as a way to block right? Which put him on the bottom... Shit... Tara ran over to him, ready to help.
Clyde was more thankful for the staff then he ever had been before. The shadow had of course, gotten the upper hand. Clyde was holding the staff up, one end in each hand, holding it against his shadows neck to keep him off. The shadow had a hold of Clyde's shirt, and was trying to get a grip on his neck or face. It had jumped him, similar to the way Tara's had jumped her. Not that he had seen it, he had been to busy fighting the shadow. It moved as fast as he did. That wasn't something he was used to. No one was supposed to move as fast as he did. "Feck! Some help?!"
As Tara reached them, she jumped onto the shadows back, one arm going around its neck, the other grabbing onto its face. Her hand suddenly felt hot and sparks shot from her hand to the shadows face. The shadow and Tara rolled, and the thing started to twitch, clawing at her hand until it finally seemed to be unable to fight from the muscle spasms it was having.
Tara herself was crying as she rolled the thing off of her and sat up, staring at her hands in fear. She had done that. How had she done that?! Clyde sat up and moved to her. "It's all right bird, it's over..."
"DON'T TOUCH ME!" Tara was on her feet in seconds, backing away from him. "Don't come near me..."
"Oh jeez... This ain't good... Calm down now, it's alright..."
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