pearl
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Post by pearl on Jan 19, 2007 17:40:09 GMT -5
"Anyway, the news is that the hiking party's back. They couldn't send out a signal. So, as John and I were just talking about, we're organizing people to gather electronic equipment, deal with food, water, all that," she explained.
"Oh ..." Sarah was unusually silent right now. "Well, I gave my PDA to the deaf woman last night ... Grace. It has a blue-tooth modem to communicate with other sources ... don't know if that's of any help. It can be extracted though that Grace could still use it as a scrapbook for expressing herself, or whatever." Sarah was looking at the floor, not sure why. She didn't knew about the transceiver and wasn't that down now, but still, rescues should have come'n a long time ago.
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Post by Locke on Jan 19, 2007 17:43:51 GMT -5
Locke usually greeted everyone with open arms. Completely without judgement, and the same was with this woman. Her way of acting...it was a defence. She was just as helpless as everyone else, and this was her way of defending herself. It was fight or flight, and there was nowhere to fly to.
Gwen, however, seemed to be used to flying. And now she was busying herself constantly with things that needed to be done. Her job had not stopped since they first took off. He remained silent, studying them both. Then, he spoke up, "That was very thoughtful of you, Sarah. Do either of you know where Sayid is now?"
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Gwen Havers
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Post by Gwen Havers on Jan 19, 2007 17:50:08 GMT -5
She was a little surprised at the news of Sarah's gift to Grace, considering how uncomfortable she'd been around her the night before. "Yes, that was very thoughtful," she said. "I mean, the poor girl was bound to run out of notebook paper at some point..."
"Do either of you know where Sayid is now?"
She nodded at Locke. "He was at the fuselage last I saw him, working with Ethan on building some rain-catchers," she said.
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Post by pearl on Jan 19, 2007 17:53:36 GMT -5
Sarah just shook her head on Locke's question.
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Post by Locke on Jan 19, 2007 18:33:02 GMT -5
"He was at the fuselage last I saw him, working with Ethan on building some rain-catchers,"
He nodded. "Well, I'll talk to him later. I think I'm wanted to continue with the architecture." he smiled. "I'll speak with you later, Gwen."
He walked back over to the sandcastle, sitting down with Sarah.
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Gwen Havers
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Post by Gwen Havers on Jan 19, 2007 20:18:15 GMT -5
"I'll speak with you later, Gwen."
"Goodbye, John," she said, watching him return to sandcastle duty. Indeed, little Sarah seemed a difficult taskmaster and would probably have been calling him back to work soon anyway.
Then she turned to the other Sarah with a weak smile. "Look," she began tentatively, "I think I might owe you an apology."
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Jake
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Post by Jake on Jan 20, 2007 13:26:18 GMT -5
"I dunno..." She stared off into the distance, as if going through all the possibilities in her head.
"So your party has no idea yet where to look for it, huh?" Jake realized suddenly, looking with Ana into the distance, trying to figure out what this meant for him and the rest of the survivors.
"Where would we even start looking for it?" The question was hypothetical, but she would have gladly taken any reasonable answer. Ana slumped down onto the sand, sitting facing the ocean. It had become something of a habit to stare at the waves when faced with impossible questions. As if somehow, the sight of the ocean would bring with it enlightenment. But sadly, there was none for her right now.
Jack walked over and sat down beside her, feeling slightly defeated himself. He looked out towards the waves, as if hope was about to appear in the form of a boat or a plane or even a sign, but the waves continued their endless loop of pounding onto the sand, and the little girl surrounded by adults continued to build her castle, offering little answers whatsoever. "Search me. Judging by the size of this beach, and the jungle beyond that takes more than a day to hike to and back, that's a lot of ground to cover."
"This island's fairly huge, from what I saw on our little trip into the unknown. I'd say needle in a haystack ain't covering it. Sayid's still collecting electronics. I think he's hoping that a boosted signal can reach over the transmission." She crossed her arms over her knees.
"Or he's trying to distract himself from lack of hope."
"I don't know who this Sayid guy is, or if he's trustworthy, but if he's looking to boost a signal that can reach over the transmission, then we leave it to him." Jake said decisively. "Why would he waste time distracting himself when we all want off this island? Everybody's going to try to do their best to get us rescued, Ana. We can't stay here forever, unless we want to end up like that French woman you heard. And I don't think, after hearing that transmission, that anyone is about to let that happen. We'll be okay."
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Post by ana on Jan 20, 2007 14:00:51 GMT -5
"Well, I'm done fooling myself." She muttered, looking down into the sand. "My only concern now is just surviving whatever this island wants to throw at me next." Her mind flashed on the image of the dead polar bear they'd encountered. If she'd told Jake about that too, he'd probably think her crazy.
Perhaps it was that she'd realised her voice was laced with self-pity, or the fact she wasn't in the mood for another of Jake's 'look on the bright-side' speeches, but she seemed to shake the mood off as quickly as it had arrived. As much as she wanted to brood, she would rather do it in private.
Her gaze drifted upto Jake's face as he looked out to sea, and she found herself sub-conciously appraising his features. His smooth, southern tanned skin. The firm line of his jaw. The bright sparks in his eyes that appeared to twinkle when he looked at her. The gentle curve of his lips when he smiled....
She was staring at him now, just imagining what it might be like to kiss those lips. Lost in that world of wild abandon where the past and present didn't matter. Only what might be. Abruptly, she turned away. Did he catch me staring? She cleared her throat.
"Don't go telling anyone else about that transmission." She said, purposefully avoiding his eyes. "We can't afford a panic among the rest of the group. They're already wound tight enough."
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Post by JINX on Jan 20, 2007 16:28:29 GMT -5
LITTLE SARAH
Sarah had rolled her eyes at the older lady, as if she knew what she was talking about. She new as much as the next person. Sarah knew what she wanted and no one was going to tell her other wise, no one... well maybe perhaps Heidi, but no one else. She took orders from now Man or woman...she was a independent girl with hopes and dreams...
He walked back over to the sandcastle, sitting down with Sarah.
"Your doing Great work, best I’ve seen yet." she grinned, "Thanks for all your help."
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Vivian Waters
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Post by Vivian Waters on Jan 20, 2007 16:53:14 GMT -5
VIVIAN
Running was good for the soul, but Vivian felt as if it was weighing down on her very soul. She would eventually have to make in known she was someone of an important figure. She could help the doctor, she tried to remember his name, Jack or something. He probably could use the help, she helped during the first couple of days. Patching up the wounded and all, she even said hello to Jack.
“Maybe its time to see him again?”
She saw so much activity on the beach, a little girl and an older man making a sandcastle. Than there was some kind of couple talking about something, a very attractive Latino women and a equally hansom man. The flight attendant was talking to a blonde women, And than a slender woman further down from where Vivian was was Sun bathing.
All Vivian wanted, well was all anyone wanted…home. She wanted to go home, she wanted to see her Wife and children again. Everyone had someone to go home too, or get away from. She knew that no one was safe on this island something was wrong. It seemed the Group of people came back all shaken or Bummed out. So she figured the transceiver didn’t work.
JINX
Ahh peace and Quiet, don’t get her wrong she loved Talking to Sarah. But she could finally reflect on last night events. The events she wanted to happen again and again, I mean there were some cute guys on this island, but Jinx knew she would have to be careful who she crushed on, women were over possessive and making enemies out of them wasn’t one of Jinx’s goals.
She was further down the beach and she hated tan lines, so she removed her top and slipped over. She was able to apply some sunscreen and now selfishly she bathed in the sun. “Ahh that feels great,” she didn’t do it the first time here, she was to busy worrying. But there were people worrying for her now, and she could just relax…well unless of course she was asked to help, she would do it, she wanted off the island.
She told everyone she saw this as a vacation, hell she lied. She would see it that way for the next couple of day, if Rescue didn’t come the party would be over. That and she told Gwen that she would end her career, she didn’t want it anymore. She would go home and spend her life helping those in the old neighbor hood, making right to the friend she had wronged.
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Post by pearl on Jan 20, 2007 21:44:19 GMT -5
"Look," she began tentatively, "I think I might owe you an apology."
"Jesus you scare me!" Sarah replied with a strange look on her face. "Where'd the sudden change of mind come from?!"
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Post by Gwen Havers on Jan 20, 2007 21:53:11 GMT -5
"Look, I understand that you had your reasons for wanting to go to the cockpit," Gwen said. "The same as I had my reasons for not wanting you to go. And I'm sorry if you felt like I was ordering you about, because that wasn't my intention. I was just...trying to protect everyone."
She inhaled uneasily and leveled her gaze at Sarah, really hoping she wasn't going to regret this.
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Post by pearl on Jan 20, 2007 21:56:10 GMT -5
Sarah shook her had, not madly, but certainly. "No, you didn't answer my question: Where did the sudden change of mind come from?" she pronounced extra precisely.
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Post by Gwen Havers on Jan 20, 2007 22:05:03 GMT -5
"Sarah, I've made a lot of mistakes since we got here," Gwen began. "A lot. So please...don't prompt me to add 'apologizing to you' to that list."
She lightly rubbed the back of her neck. "What you did for Grace--well, it proves that you're not completely self-obsessed. As some people might have thought. Earlier," she added.
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Post by pearl on Jan 20, 2007 22:10:27 GMT -5
Sarah sighed ... fulfilling that picture was not exactly what she was aiming for. "Giving her something I have no use for is not exactly a big gesture. You know ..." she looked up at Gwen frowning. "I am not difficult to handle, I just can't digest someone telling me what I can do and what not, never been. Intentions good or bad behind it, I just can't!"
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Post by Gwen Havers on Jan 20, 2007 22:18:15 GMT -5
"Yeah, I get that," she muttered. "Um, I mean, I get that," she said quickly, shifting to a more sympathetic tone. "But we're all stuck here for the foreseeable future. We all have our own problems, and I'm not sure which deity you pissed off to get the lion's share of them--stranded on an island with your ex-husband, punched in the nose, trapped in a net of unknown origin..." she rattled off, trying to sound more concerned than amused.
"But we don't have the luxury of being selfish. Not in these circumstances."
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Post by pearl on Jan 20, 2007 22:26:58 GMT -5
"But we don't have the luxury of being selfish. Not in these circumstances."
"You know Plato said that the strongest force is the human will to survive, that implies a certain amount of egoism. But he was never stranded on an island as far as I know!" Sarah smirked. "And by the way, I don't want you to regret something so take that excuse back ... nothing you have to be sorry for anyway. I know that sometimes it's hard to switch from job to private life. So next time you give us the life vest introduction during rainy season ... I'll just pinch you back to reality."
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Post by Gwen Havers on Jan 20, 2007 22:35:26 GMT -5
"Yeah, well..." she said, glancing back in the direction of the fuselage, "I'm not so sure I'd be in a rush to return to this reality. Maybe you should leave me my delusions that I actually have some control around here," she suggested, then smiled.
It was successful, so far; she'd managed to patch things up with Sarah without getting Jinx into trouble for revealing the news about Sarah's missing brother. And without revealing her real reasons for not wanting anyone to go back to the cockpit in the first place. She could do this, she assured herself. No problem.
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Post by pearl on Jan 20, 2007 22:43:17 GMT -5
"Well, as far as I see it ... if some one has the things in hand it's you. Bowling head was not so wrong. Compared to what you already did since we crashed I am mother Theresa's extramarital daughter. But I can live with that ... and now, that I know you only were delusional when you told me to keep my size 0 ass on the beach, I guess I can even enjoy our stay on mystery freakin' island." Sarah seemed to lighten up and actually smiling absolutely honest and warm.
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Post by Gwen Havers on Jan 20, 2007 22:53:13 GMT -5
She nodded. ""Mystery Freakin' Island" is right," she agreed. "There just seem to be so many things about this place, in addition to that net you found, that are just...inexplicable." For example, why she'd felt compelled to throw herself at a Southern pervert for no discernible reason.
She shook her head to get rid of that thought. "But believe me, I'm just as lost as everyone else. John, Sayid, Jack--it seems they're the ones we'll have to rely on..."
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