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| Shapeshifter Isle Chapter 30; Drake & Iris | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Dec 18 2013, 02:39 PM (363 Views) | |
| Black Ice | Dec 18 2013, 02:39 PM Post #1 |
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Time - Somewhere around morning the next day. Location - A tent at D&R Inc I wake up from my out cold state from exhaustion the next day in the camp of D&R Inc. As I sit up trying to figure out what happened last I am suddenly in a severe headache. I grab my head in pain before squinting in the tent and catching a scribbled note on the blanket by me. I reach over and pick it up, folding it open before my eyes and hastily read its contents. Drake, since you helped save our lives back there in the forest we figured we'd let your betrayal slide just this once. Next time it happens you'll have Red to answer to. As you can see we are at D&R Inc campsite and you are using one of our spare tents. Rest up for as long as you like (an extra hour after you wake up bitch - Nick) and then go about your business. And thanks again for the help, we already patched up the wounds you got from the clubbing. - Dave P.S. Your wolf friend is in an isolated pen to the right of your tent. Hurry up and get him and go. We already tossed him food and some water. P.P.S. Nick said you smelled badly from that forest. So D&R took the liberty of cleaning your clothes and giving you a new pair of black levi jeans from our inventory of salvage. No charge this time, but next time you want us to do something. You'll have to pay us something. I laugh to myself before closing the note and then ripping it up. Didn't want this being found later. I stand up and look to my left, my hooded dark grey cloak was folded under my axe and knife as well as a new pair of black jeans. It looked like they had washed the blood off of it for me. I walk over taking a deep breath before throwing my cloak around my neck and tossing the hood over my head before strapping my gear back on. I dust off my shredded up jeans before taking them off and changing into the new pair. They fit much better than the last ones. "I owe you guys." I mumble as I step out of the tent they let me use and looked off into the sunrise. The air was cool and crisp and the ground cool and hard under my bare feet. Unlike everyone else I didn't have any sort of cuts or lesions on my feet from walking around, I guess my skin had toughened up quite a bit. I shift the weight of the tomahawk on my back before glancing to my right for the pen Axel was held in. The black wolf ran over to the gate before staring into my eyes. I glare back at him before walking over and unlocking the pen and watching him walk out. "Glad they took care of you boy, I wonder where they are. No sign of Nick or Dave.... guess my tent is a good deal away from theres." I mumble sliding my hands back into my cloak. My head was still a little hazy. I reach up and feel the bandages wrapped around my forehead. Then felt some more wrapped around my right shoulder and upper torso. I shake my head. I was always getting hurt for some reason. I inhale deeply then whistle for Axel to follow me out of D&R Inc's campsite and into the "No Mans Land" seperating it from the camp. 10 minutes later........ I walk through the main campsite with Axel right beside me with a straight face before hearing a familiar voice, one I haven't heard in a while. "Drake! Where ya been? Haven't seen you all day yesterday!" Zachary yelled over from his tent as he ran over to me. I haven't seen this guy in forever. "I should be asking you that question, haven't seen you really in about a week. Where the fuck you been?" I reply with a question, deep in my psyche though I was kinda shocked at how Zah didn't react to the huge wolf sitting right by my feet. But I kept that thought to myself. A cool breeze whips across the camp swaying tents and blowing sand, the foul smell of rotten food and waste blew into my enhanced nose. I nearly threw up at the scent, these guys were disgusting. "Makes me happy I spent my rest at D&R instead of here.... I think to myself before Zachary continues the conversation. His hair looked dirty and his clothes were covered in dust and leaves. "I was looking for someone, I'm about to head back out and look for her again." He said with a dissatisfied look. My interest peaked up before speaking. "Her? You met another chick?" I smile patting him on the shoulder with my right arm, swathed in white bandages. Zachary speaks again before inspecting my arm. "Something like that, hey Drake what happened to you? You look like you got into a fight with saber tooth." He jokes as he looks at the subtle scar tissue showing from the uncovered part of my arm. It seemed like everyday I was collecting more and more small scars. "Oh, just a scuffle with a boar I was hunting yesterday, Dave patched me up. No biggie." I lie to him. He thinks over what I said before shrugging. "Oh, ok then just be more careful... don't need you dying." He jokes. "Oh not a chance of that happening to me, I'm to stubborn to be killed." I reply withdrawing my arm back into my cloak. I peek over the side of Zach's shoulder to see a familiar face of a woman. It was Bree, she seemed like she was arguing with another female. I switch my attention back to Zachary but before I could speak he cuts me off. "Well anyways nice seeing you Drake, I gotta go look somemore." He slaps my on the shoulder before darting past me and deeper into the camp. I watch him run for a bit before looking back down at Axel. "Lets go boy." I command the black wolf but just as we were about to walk away I hear Bree calling my name. I turn around and watch her walking over with the girl she was arguing with earlier during my convo with Zach. "Drake! Wait up!" Bree yells waving her hand. I look down at Axel with an uncomfortable look. "It's that girl that kept touching me the other day Axel.... ughhh." I talk to him in haste, Axel looks up at me and then starts panting and giving off what looks like a fake smile. I gently push his head away. "Ah shut up, you don't know anything." I say rolling my eyes as the girls finally got within a few feet of me. Bree is the first one to speak but not before she unexpectedly and unapprovingly wraps her arms around me giving me a hug. She pulls off my hood and looks at the bandages on my forehead. "Awww poor baby what happened?" She said in a sorrowful voice before rubbing me head. I lean backwards just a bit to pull away. Her friend just keeps watching, quiet as a mouse. "I uhh.... got into a scuffle hunting a boar with Axel." I lie once again as I subtlely tried to free myself from Brees embrace, but she wasn't having it. Her grip got tighter everytime I pulled away so eventually I just gave up. "Awww my baby got hurt... want me to give you a massage?" Bree offers happily. I tilt my head in shock. "What... in..... the hell did she just say?" I think to myself. Axel is just watching me, as if he is enjoying my shock. I glance back over to Brees mystery friend. She finally looked like she had enough of the unwanted love I was recieving. "Bree you just gonna whore yourself out to every man with a cute face and athletic body?" The mystery girl pulls Bree off of me. Bree growls and starts talking back. "Shut up Iris, go read a book or draw like you always do, Drake let me touch him so it's obviously ok." Bree finishes, I grit my teeth for a brief moment. "Dammit I knew I should have not let her hug me. Fuck!" I mumble silently under my breath. I look back at Iris, she was wearing a deep dark violet tanktop along with midnight black straight leg jeans, and black and white converse along with black fingerless gloves and a emerald dragon necklace similar to mine. She also had a subtle small scar across her upper lip. She resembled Lara Crofts newest look a lot except her hair was a shimmering jet black, eyes were a nice soft shade of grey and she had a more yellowish skin tone along with a slight Pacific Islander accent that could be heard with every muttered word and slightly longer hair. What really caught my attention though was knife strapped to her left calf muscle in a holster stitched into her pants leg unlike mine which was just wrapped around mine, I had never thought that was possible. Her and Bree were about the same size and weight I figured to myself although Bree looked about a year or two older than Iris and the latter wasn't white like her sister and bit more curvy but nothing over the top. Different dads I guess. Iris speaks up again. "You trying to fuck him like you did with Dave?" Iris says under her breath. My eyes suddenly grow wide and I rip myself from Brees embrace before speaking. "You had sex with Dave! And now you're feeling all up on me? Dafuq?" I say in disgust, Bree wasn't the girl I once thought she was. Infact though, it didn't bother me, a white girl like Bree just wasn't my type. Bree spins around and points a finger in Iris face. I sit and watch the sibling rivalry with a slight smile on my face, a part of me was enjoying this. "Just fuck off Iris! You are just jealous because you haven't gotten with one guy on this island and are just lonely." Bree says proudly. Iris rolls her grey eyes before folding her arms. "I am not attracted to the same guys like you are." She scoffs. I shuffle my feet before looking around my area, the camp was bustling with sparse conversations and the sound of kids playing games. I didn't see any iof the CF camp members, maybe I wasn't by their camp yet. Suddenly Bree says something that puts us both on the spot. "So you are not attracted to Drake?" Bree yells pointing a finger to my bandaged chest. I flinch in surprise. "What the hell?" I squint my eyes looking at Bree before looking over at Iris, my eyes staring into her grey ones for a brief moment before she turns her head. "He's cute and all, but I doubt he's my type just like these other guys. I mean look at him, who really goes out tackling boars to the ground and wrestling with them like this guy?" She chuckles before looking back at me. I shake my head, never met a girl like Iris. "Well thanks for the insult, I'll be sure to cry over it later when I give a fuck." I joke an to my surprise I recieve a small laugh from Iris and Bree. "I'm just joking about the boar part Drake. But if you want to prove me wrong, I have an offer to make you." Iris says. Bree gives a look of astonishment at her sister before throwing her hands up and walking off. Thank the divines she's gone. Hope Dave handled her well." I think to myself with a smile. "Anyways why are you talking to me out of everyone in the camp? You aren't scared of me or see me as a freak like everyone else?" I ask solemnly to Iris. She immediately shakes her head, her flowing hair trailing behind her as she slides her hands into her pockets. "Why? You haven't done anything to make me scared of you." She gives me a shocking reply. I'm speechless for a minute. Finally I manage to make up my next sentence. "I killed a larger than life Irish Elk solo..... that doesn't scare you?" I ask with a genuine sense of shock and awe. Never in my life have I met a female that was so indifferent to fear. She shuffles her feet before speaking again. "I'll admit, killing an elk with a knife is unexpected.... but nothing I find truly shocking." Iris yawns baring her white perfect teeth. I shake my head clear of any thoughts. "O...k anyways what's with this offer of yours?" I continue the conversation. Iris initiates walking and talking, I whistle for Axel to follow us as we traverse through the camp back to D&R Inc. All this time I would periodically fall behind her intentionally just to check out her ass, it was pretty nice for an Islander girl.... her chest wasn't too bad either... I quickly shake the thoughts outta my head. That was that man instinct trying to take over for a brief second. Me and Iris walk and talk until we get to D&R Inc. 20 minutes later.... we arrive at the area between D&R Inc and the main camp. Dave and Nick are already there with a square chest. "The hell? Dave? Nick?" I mumble a bit uneasy at seeing them again. Dave smiles and is the first to speak. "Drake, Axel. Hey Iris! Me and Nick found what you were looking for." Dave chuckles setting the chest down. I sigh in my mind. "Good lord Dave did you become a dealer?" I mumble under my breath. Iris stops beside me and pulls a small bag out her pocket before speaking. "Yes, here's the obsidian shards I promised you, should be about 10 decent sized pieces." She says before tossing the bag to Nick. He catches the bag and opens it before pulling out a big razor sharp shard of black volcanic glass. He counts the pieces. "8...9...10 yep she delivered." Nick laughs as he ties the bag to his belt loop. Dave then reaches his foot out and kicks the square box over to her. "There you go, pleasure doing business with ya!" Dave chuckles before walking away with Nick and John back to D&R Inc. My head spins trying to figure out what the hell just happened. I look over to Iris who is now kneeling down and unlocking the chest. I finally speak up. "Since when did Dave and Nick become a pawn shop? Where the hell you get obsidian? What's in the chest?" I barrage her with questions. She opens the chest and pulls out a silver grappling hook used to board ships. "Perfect, they came through." She smiles as she gives the hook a few unorthodox swings and then takes her knife out and cuts the rope off before strapping the hook to her belt loop. I guess she decided to ignore my questions. I ask another one anyway. "You bought a grappling hook with obsidian?" I say still looking at her admiring her new weapon. She gives a quick glance to me before smiling. Cutting any chance of a regular conversation with her. I raise one brow before shifting the weight of my axe strapped to my right shoulder again. "Yep, I like unorthodox weapons and this was the only thing wild enough for my taste that they had, took me a few days to get enough Obsidian for it though. Now then lets talk about my offer." She says cutting any chance of regular conversation. I shrug still wondering how the hell she was gonna be able to kill something with a grappling hook. Ah well I wanted a surprise. "Fine what is it?" I say reaching down to scratch Axels head. He opens his mouth in content showing his jagged teeth and pink tongue. Iris continues. "I want you to come with me on our next hunting trip, I'm interested as to how you hunt animals from the trees with Axel." She finishes. My heart skips a beat. To tell the truth ever since I got Axel I haven't even bothered trying to see how hunting with him would work out, I always would get meat from camp or kill a rabbit or something to feed him. "Sure why not." I unknowingly reply, I wish I could take those words back. Her grey eyes brighten up and she smiles in agreement. "Perfect, tell you what... if your hunting is impressive, I'll be your new friend." She jokes about. 'Who said I needed a new friend?" I reply back in shock. "Nobody, but I want to study you.... see why everyone thinks you're so scary... also want to witness the rumors of your parkour finesse as well as some other things." She finishes. "You want to study me like some animal?" I ask. Iris was a different type of person... she wasn't swooning over me like Bree, wasn't scared of me like Elijah, and was weird and different like Walter. "Yep." She gives a dry reply. I think for a minute and shrug. "Fine whatever, just tell me when." I say as another gust of wind blows across the barren land between the camps. "Tomorrow." "Tommorow?" "Yep, I'm impatient. Anyways walk with me back, I want to have a normal conversation with you." She starts walking back towards the main camp. I recollect what just happened before following her. She threw me off with every action she did. Was too much of the serious type. We walk back to camp with Axel and soon are standing in the middle of the main camp amongst the smells and chatter. "Great, now my tent is over there." Iris says pointing behind her to a small black tent, inside I could see her electric lamp and a notebook and pen propped up on it amongst her blankets and what looked like a bow and arrow. "Now tomorrow at around noon come by my tent, bring a friend or two if you want. We'll head out immediately got it?" She says commanding me. I shrug off everything. "i guess so, I'll see you tomorrow." I say walking away with Axel. "Wait." Iris yells back at me. I turn around and walk back to her. "What is it?" I yawn folding my arms breaking the unision of my cloak and revealing my bandaged torso and jeans. Iris hits me with an odd question. "Do you find me attractive?" She asks with a straight face. In my mind I do an anime style fall into the ground." "What kinda question is that?" I say casually, I wasn't expecting that. "Just as I asked. Do you find me attractive? Every other guy would compliment me on my body or face and try to talk to me. But you haven't shown one bit of interest in me." She says as she studies my expressions. "Just cause I don't show it doesn't mean it isn't there..." I think to myself before shaking my head in shock. I was acting like Paul and Soren. "Well I doubt it would make any difference whether I verbally complimented you or not." I give a decent reply. Iris scans my facial expression before speaking. "I guess that's a good enough answer. Anyways see you tomorrow Drake. You seem like an interesting person." Iris laughs before patting me on the head. I squint and give an annoyed expression at that. I wasn't Axel. "Yea.... see ya tomorrow." I mumble as she walks away and vanishes into her tent. I stand there speechless for a moment before looking at Axel and speaking. "Lets go back to our tree boy, I've had enough social interaction for this morning." I whistle to him as the wolf gets up and follows me back into the forest. Little did I know though.... that Iris was like me in more ways than I could possibly imagine. Edited by Black Ice, Dec 18 2013, 03:29 PM.
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| Rashido | Dec 18 2013, 03:15 PM Post #2 |
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Nice. Iris' dialogue could be a tad more believable, but I'm liking the character. Also I'd suggest describing her physical features through action or observations rather than just saying flat out. For instance, "The sun reflected brightly off her jet-black hair," instead of "she had jet-black hair". It's a bit less objectifying, lol. Overall very good! |
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| Black Ice | Dec 18 2013, 03:25 PM Post #3 |
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Thank you! I was fooling around with words and was trying to give her a personality not seen before.And I know my description skills need a bit of work, was never the descriptive type sadly . Thanks again tho!
Edited by Black Ice, Dec 18 2013, 03:25 PM.
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| Black Ice | Dec 18 2013, 03:30 PM Post #4 |
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Edited her description a bit. |
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| Wild | Dec 18 2013, 04:49 PM Post #5 |
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Yeah the chapter was okay, Iris seems a 'lil weird to me, when a girl says that she wants to "study" you that's a good sign to run |
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| Black Ice | Dec 18 2013, 04:52 PM Post #6 |
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It depends on who the person saying it is. |
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| Wild | Dec 18 2013, 04:56 PM Post #7 |
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i don't care if it's a fine girl, that just sounds freaky, but i guess this situation is a bit different |
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| Black Ice | Dec 18 2013, 04:57 PM Post #8 |
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You never had a female say that........ nvm I'm asking a question I already know the answer to
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| Wild | Dec 18 2013, 04:58 PM Post #9 |
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WTF? girls say they wanna "study" you? That doesn't sound normal even for someone like you |
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| Black Ice | Dec 18 2013, 04:59 PM Post #10 |
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Tbh tho a couple years ago a girl wanted to study me to figure out why so many people were friends with me. Her conclusion was it was because I smelled good...... |
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. Thanks again tho!

7:28 AM Jul 11