"Barriers": A Day In The Park

[The Pirate and Jade]

Kala walked up to the girl that had passed out earlier.

"Perhaps eating something will help you feel better. You can have one of my scones if you like. I bought them to feed to birds here but I think by now they've all been scared off," she laughed trying to lighten the mood. Noke waved at the other girl's daemon from Kala's pocket.

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Alli sighed.

"I've just had a really bad day. And I can't seem to get away from it."

She turned to Michael.

"Look, I'm sorry I snapped at you. How 'bout I be civilized to you and you don't lie or leave things out? I still want to know what was going on."

[dingobabe]

Michael opened his mouth to lie again, and stopped to think. It's not like she's going to believe me anyway, so what the hell.

"Alright, fine" He dragged her away from the others and explained quickly, and so only she could hear. "I woke up with a weird feeling this morning, came here. A snake daemon appeared in the fountain claiming to be from some other world, then it disappeared. I dont know where it came from, or why it came in the first place." He sighed. "It was probably just some kids playing a prank, but it didn't feel like that. I don't know how to explain it."

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She stared at him blankly.

Okay, she thought, It doesn't seem real, but how could he have made something like... that... up so quickly?

Not sure, Arin thought to her.

Alright, I'll file that under "examine later", she concluded.

"Okay then," she said blankly, turning to the girl who had collapsed. "Alright then. You going to be okay?"

[Mie&Sequilaer]

Rebecca had been watching Michael speaking to Alli out of the corner of her eye. Sequilaer had excellent hearing, one ear twisted to hone in on the sound of Michael's voice.
Though all Sequilaer told her was, "He's a nut."

[~*Zephyr and Loki*~]

Nicholas didn't crowd around the girl, fearing it might make her condition worse. She seemed okay, anyways.
Instead, he kept a watchful eye on the thief. He had had occasional encounters with her kind and wasn't about to take any chances. Zaltharia also kept an eye on things, wagging her tail as she did so.
They stood in silence until they realized that the park was beginning to clear out. The lunch hour was ending and Nicholas was expected back at his father's shop to help with a special order.
"Great..." He thought.

[Toni and Rinto]

"Perhaps eating something will help you feel better. You can have one of my scones if you like. I bought them to feed to birds here but I think by now they've all been scared off,"

Jade looked up, her eyes not completely focused. She blinked some, then said, "Huh?..Oh yeah, thanks, that would be nice." She smiled as best she could, as she still felt quite weak and would much rather have been tucked up in bed than sitting underneath a tree in a blazing hot summers day, not really knowing who anyone was.

Evan looked at Noke waving at him, and nodded in his direction, smiling a little. The two of them were glad that someone was keeping them company. They didn't like being on their own for too long, especially when they weren't feling one hundred per cent.

"I'm sorry, but..I'm not overly sure it was the heat that made me pass out.." Jade said apprehensively, looking up at Kala. "All I remember is a snake..but it wasn't right. It was a daemon. But that can't be right, 'cause it had no human. Was I just imagining things or have things gone horribly wrong?"

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"All I remember is a snake..but it wasn't right. It was a daemon. But that can't be right, 'cause it had no human. Was I just imagining things or have things gone horribly wrong?"

Michael winced inwardly. There were way too many people being brought into this. But at least this way people won't think i'm insane... Or they'll think we're all insane together, he thought.

He put aside the matter of the snake for the time being. "Uh... should we take her home? Or to a doctor?" he asked the people around him.

[The Pirate and Jade]

Kala handed one of the golden delicious scones to Jade. "Wait...did...did you say a daemon without it's human? What do you mean? Maybe someone was just playing a prank on you?" she said trying to keep her composure, though Noke shivering in her pocket clearly betrayed her calm outward appearance.

"I don't like what's going on," Noke thought to Kala.

"Me niether, but for now let's just see what we can do to help," she replied.

"Perhaps...we should take her home? If we took her to the doctor and she told them about a daemon without it's human...they might commit her," Kala replied to the boy's question.

[Toni and Rinto]

Jade took the scone from Kala and nibbled on it tentatively. Feeling like she did right now, she couldn't be too careful about what food she consumed.

"But..." Jade trailed off. Maybe she'd dreamt the whole thing. But she could remember it so clearly, it was the most real dream she'd ever had.

"There's something not quite right about this.." Evan thought, his face looking weary.

"I know, but let's just see what happens without interfering too much. These people probably think I'm insane or something.." she thought back to him.

She looked up at Michael and Kala. "Yeah..I don't think I need a doctor..I think I may have just passed out from the heat or something. I dunno.." she wasn't sure what she was saying. She wanted them to believe her. Surely they had seen it too?

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Alli stood there, observing. Under her breath she said, "Well, I'm not doing anything, so I might as well stay here..."