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Post by Ariel on Oct 1, 2022 12:20:01 GMT -8
"Jealous, doc?"
Jack didn't expect Sawyer to hold back, and he wasn't at all surprised by his retort that he threw back into his direction. Catching the mental dodgeball, Jack finished taking a quick swig of water before shaking his head in a negatory fashion. His eyes narrowed in on Sawyer slightly as he continued to keep a neutral composure, "I'm just trying to figure it out is all. For someone who's only been out for himself ever since we crashed here, I find it odd that you just so happened to come out here with Gwen - in the middle of the jungle of all places with good intentions," Jack spoke as he analyzed the situation at hand before becoming full on confrontational, "Everyone owes you something. What did you ask Gwen for in return of aiding her on this 'rescue mission'? Because I sure as hell know you didn't come all the way out here out of the goodness of your own heart." Jack asked Sawyer, making it his business even if it hadn't been. He felt just as responsible for Gwen as he did for what happened to Sebastian - and all of the others they had lost along the way.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Oct 30, 2022 8:57:34 GMT -8
At Jack's first reaction, a slight shake of his head, Sawyer let out a quiet hissing sound, barely audible yet obviously a little disappointed about not having been able to urge the other more. On the other hand, he had a feeling that his mere presence usually was enough. At that, a slight grin came back to his features after all.
"I'm just trying to figure it out is all. For someone who's only been out for himself ever since we crashed here, I find it odd that you just so happened to come out here with Gwen - in the middle of the jungle of all places with good intentions,""Everyone owes you something. What did you ask Gwen for in return of aiding her on this 'rescue mission'? Because I sure as hell know you didn't come all the way out here out of the goodness of your own heart."
Sawyer took another swig of water before answering that with a shrug. "You think you know me so well, Jack? Then why don't you just go with your assumptions? Maybe they're right. Maybe they're not." This time, the tone in his voice spoke of disinterest rather than provocation. At this point, he could be actually annoyed by these confrontations with Mr. Right.
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Post by Ariel on Nov 12, 2022 22:46:53 GMT -8
"You think you know me so well, Jack? Then why don't you just go with your assumptions? Maybe they're right. Maybe they're not."
Jack let out a chuckle full of frustration as he put his hands on his hips and stared down at the ground in disbelief. After shaking his head downwards for a moment, he looked up at Sawyer with a piercing glare, "Keep playing stupid games, Sawyer, and win stupid prizes. This act that you put on, like you don't give a shit about what anyone else thinks or assumes, it's getting old. And people can see right through it." A pang hit Jack's chest, as if he had received a punch. He felt guilty for bringing it down so harshly on Sawyer. And yet again, he felt as if Sawyer had deserved every bit of it.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Dec 10, 2022 5:20:41 GMT -8
On the outward, Sawyer remained nonchalantly and with a slight smirk, but, on the inside, he grew with the annoyance he'd been trying to trigger in Jack actually, especially after his next words. Not only were those annoying him even more, but they also hit him somewhere deep down, yet not enough to act any differently.
"Keep playing stupid games, Sawyer, and win stupid prizes. This act that you put on like you don't give a shit about what anyone else thinks or assumes, it's getting old. And people can see right through it."
The smirk remained on his face. Sawyer took his time to let out a chuckle himself, yet not of frustration but bitter amusement. "And you think your act is any better? Like you give a shit about everyone, including me? Big news, doc, this won't get you any prize at all, or gratitude at that. Ain't I the best example to prove you that?" Sawyer added with another smirk, gesturing at himself with both his hands. "Not all of us is a case, Jack. Some of us might just be assholes," he finished with a quiet hiss then.
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Post by Ariel on Dec 10, 2022 10:24:18 GMT -8
"And you think your act is any better? Like you give a shit about everyone, including me? Big news, doc, this won't get you any prize at all, or gratitude at that. Ain't I the best example to prove you that?" "Not all of us is a case, Jack. Some of us might just be assholes,"
"Unlike you, Sawyer, I don't expect anything from anyone in return," Jack was quick to whip out his next remark, as Sawyer proceeded to continue boiling his blood. Snapping bluntly at Sawyer didn't make him feel better, but Jack was always about honesty and if there was something weighing on his chest he felt the need to get it off, "I just wanted everyone to be safe...though, I sure as hell failed at that one already." Jack didn't sugar coat the details, being open about just how imperfect he was. He knew Sawyer figured he was all high and mighty, but that couldn't be more of the opposite.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Dec 16, 2022 6:56:44 GMT -8
"Unlike you, Sawyer, I don't expect anything from anyone in return,""I just wanted everyone to be safe...though, I sure as hell failed at that one already."
"Everyone expects anything in return," Sawyer commented with another quiet hiss before taking one more gulp of water. Only in his mind, he added we just expect different things. However, the way Jack put it was nothing but a lie in his eyes, especially one to himself.
"We should keep walking," he spoke up again then, not waiting nor expecting another reply to his former words. "Not that he wouldn't keep," Sawyer couldn't help but add with an inappropriate smirk as he tucked the water bottle back away into his backpack.
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Post by Ariel on Dec 18, 2022 13:02:42 GMT -8
"We should keep walking," "Not that he wouldn't keep,"
Jack shook his head negatively at Sawyer's choice of distasteful words, though he wasn't surprised and was sure that Sawyer got the kick out of the shock factor of his own twisted sense of humor. The day was growing hotter and beads of sweat were beginning to drip off of Jack's forehead, "How much farther is it? Feels like you're leading me into my own death trap here," Jack poked back with a joke of his own as they continued their trek.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Jan 7, 2023 7:02:33 GMT -8
"How much farther is it? Feels like you're leading me into my own death trap here,"
Sawyer was still growing with annoyance as they walked farther into the jungle. And even if Jack was trying a joke here, it added to that more. Maybe even just because of it.
"Oh yeah, plot twist. Maybe I'm the mysterious murderer in this story, leading you to my last culprit so that I can add another scratch to my list with you," Sawyer hissed back with audible annoyance, and without stopping his steps or even checking if Jack was still close behind him.
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Post by Ariel on Jan 7, 2023 18:27:08 GMT -8
"Oh yeah, plot twist. Maybe I'm the mysterious murderer in this story, leading you to my last culprit so that I can add another scratch to my list with you,"
Jack internally rolled his eyes at Sawyer's snarky response. It was telling that Jack was just as annoyed as Sawyer, and vice versa. It was one thing to be on a hot, sweltering hike in the middle of the jungle. Trekking with Sawyer was just the thorn in the wound. "You may be a jackass, but you're no murderer Sawyer. I know guys like you. All talk but can't hurt a fly." Jack shook his head as he poked back at Sawyer, continuing to walk behind him.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Jan 23, 2023 4:48:29 GMT -8
"You may be a jackass, but you're no murderer Sawyer. I know guys like you. All talk but can't hurt a fly."
Sawyer rolled his eyes in annoyance, still leading the way without turning around so Jack couldn't see. Anyways, hearing this wannabe know-it-all putting him into a box again was annoying the hell out of him at this point. Maybe it was also the heat making him extra thin-skinned.
When Sawyer saw the place of destination in the distance, he suddenly turned around. "In accordance with my jackass entity, I'm gonna leave ya to your own now, Jack. The dead dude's over there," he adds, casually pointing in said direction.
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Post by Ariel on Feb 12, 2023 13:38:34 GMT -8
"In accordance with my jackass entity, I'm gonna leave ya to your own now, Jack. The dead dude's over there,"
"I sure as hell won't stop you," Jack shot back, shaking his head as he began to advance in the direction of the body, sparing any further glances with Sawyer. Things appeared to be still too heated between them to be able to have any shred of a normal conversation, so Jack could care less of Sawyer stayed or went back. His feet stopped as he met the stream and spotted Sebastian decomposing in the water. Letting out a huge sigh, Jack shook his head in grief as he rubbed the side of his face. Sebastian's death was now very real. Bending his knees, Jack crouched down towards the stream to further examine the body. Though, it appears that he had probably died some days ago so the progression of the decomposition would make it quite difficult to determine the cause of death. At that, Jack opened the bag he brought with him and pulled out a tarp that he had stuffed inside and laid it on the ground. He dragged Sebastian's body out of the water and wrapped his body the best he possibly could in the condition it was in. Lifting the body in the tarp, Jack proceeded to head back in the direction he had come from, already trying to figure out what the next steps they're going to have to take.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Mar 3, 2023 23:30:45 GMT -8
When Jack was heading back, Sawyer was long gone and back at the camp, pretty annoyed and drained by now. Finding a corpse was not exactly what made you bounce in joy, no matter how cool you're playing everything. Jack's know-it-all speeches didn't make it any better.
*** Sawyer exited to F3 - Jungle Outskirts of Caves ***
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on May 7, 2023 11:52:32 GMT -8
***Kate enters from F3 - Caves***
Nobody had a reason to try to cover their tracks, so tracking a person's progression through the jungle was easy. Particularly when said person was fired up. Seeing as Sawyer had a permanent anger and pain constantly seething under his surface and was so easily riled, his tracks tended to stand out more than most and she'd come to recognize his pattern.
Kate followed Sawyer's progression through the jungle, the steps more prominent as she moved along with the gates becoming wider and the depressions deeper, bending and breaking of plants and branches growing worse, indicating she was reverse tracking someone who'd started off riled up but had mostly walked it off along the way.
Shaking her head, she started to sigh, but then choked on a stench that suddenly hit her nose. The smell of decomposing indicated she was getting close. Kate broke through the foliage to a clearing with a stream running through it. She glanced around, seeing no body and no Jack, but could see the depression where a body had once been, the stench coming from where the earth had started to absorb the decomposing body.
Placing the back of her hand to her nose, Kate eyed the ground, unraveling a mental image of the events as she studied the tracks. She could see where Jack had first walked up, the impression of a footprint slightly smeared indicating he'd knelt down, the ovalish impression in the dirt indicating a bag of sorts placed on the ground.
A large area of foliage crushed down gave the impression of something having been draped across it, the long, heavy drag toward it indicating the body had been placed on it, the circling of Jack's footprints around the area indicating wrapping of the body.
Then Jack's footprints led off elsewhere, the deep indentation indicating he was carrying about double his load. It appeared as if he was futilely attempting to go above and beyond once again. Did he think he had to keep everyone together? Bury him in the same place as the others they'd buried at the beach as a sort of official cemetery? "Oh, Jack," she whispered sadly to herself.
Turning, she shifted the shovel-like pieces of shrapnel to her other shoulder then started to follow his newest tracks.
Kate entered through some trees, following along the deep impressions of his footprints. A few uneven steps outside of his normal gate was indicating the start to some struggling with the enormous dead weight he was attempting to carry. The stench was growing, making it easier to know she was catching up.
Finally, she saw him up ahead. "Jack," she called out, hurrying her steps to catch up with him as she spoke. "You can't carry him all the way back to the beach."
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Post by Ariel on May 12, 2023 15:22:47 GMT -8
Still feeling inwardly perplexed over the way Sawyer decided to leave him with the dead body to remove and carry back all by himself, Jack's feet stomped along the way as he trudged downwards through the mid-jungle area. The blistering heat making his palms and arms sweat profusely didn't help, and the god awful smell emulating from beneath the thin layers of tarp made the journey all the more worse. Amongst his ranging angst, he was also incredibly anxious for what would await him back at the beach. Everyone would know Sebastian was now dead, and more fear would begin to stir up throughout the camp. Being a doctor, he was used to delivering bad news accompanied by empathy and understanding - but this was different. There was no way to tell if foul play was involved, and he knew that many minds would immediately go to the worst case scenario without any explanation or cause of death.
"Jack,"
He heard a familiar voice calling out to him from not too far behind. Kate. It was almost too predictable that out of all of the people up at the caves, that she would be the one to come and get herself in the middle of the bigger events as it seemed that she typically did. She was inquisitive, and Jack could not fault her for that. He didn't bother to stop or look back as he kept moving forward, there was no time to waste getting Sebastian's remains back to the beach.
"You can't carry him all the way back to the beach."
"You got a better idea? Don't tell me what I can't do, Kate," Jack snapped at her in both frustration and exhaustion as he continued to point his gaze forward, carefully navigating through a thicket of trees and bamboo. Realizing he crossed the line, Jack threw an apologetic gaze over his shoulder at Kate as she had nearly approached his side as they moved along together, "I should have been watching out for him, should have clued in when he didn't show back up at the beach," Jack began to guilt trip himself before going into investigation mode, "We need to figure out who the hell he was with last, and why he left the beach. We need to do something - people are going to ask questions. They're going to talk." Jack's anxiety grew with every step they took in the direction of the beach, his mind avidly thirsting for answers.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jun 11, 2023 12:47:16 GMT -8
"You got a better idea? Don't tell me what I can't do, Kate,"
Kate didn't take it personally. She knew he was still fuming from his interaction with Sawyer. Kate knew that feeling all too well. Instead, she remained beside him, letting companionable silence cool his temper.
"I should have been watching out for him, should have clued in when he didn't show back up at the beach,"
"Jack--" she began on a sigh.
"We need to figure out who the hell he was with last, and why he left the beach. We need to do something - people are going to ask questions. They're going to talk."
Kate took a couple fast steps to stand before him, blocking his way so he'd have no choice but to stop moving forward and hopefully, to also stop his runaway train of thoughts that were careening him toward becoming a wreck. "Jack," she said again, this time in a tone commanding his attention. A moment of silence as she waited for him to give her his full attention. She made a point to use his concern for others as her main argument. "How do you think everyone will react, seeing you carry a body into camp?" Her eyes flicked downward to the tarped bundle, her nose scrunching slightly at the stench. "Most people go their whole lives without seeing a body that decomposed. The sight and that smell...it'll be burned into their memories. Forever. And Sebastian. He doesn't deserve to be remembered like that."
She looked at their lush, vibrant green surroundings, letting in the image and quietness in hopes that seeing her do so, Jack would do the same. "It's peaceful here. And beautiful." Kate pulled the makeshift shovels resting between her back and her backpack free, resting them against a tree, then stepped toward him. She placed a hand on one side of the body as a gesture that she was ready to help him carry the weight, and her other hand on Jack's bicep, feeling the shaky strain of having been carrying the heavy burden alone so far already. Kate looked up at him pleadingly. "He's been through enough. Let's give him his overdue rest."
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Post by Ariel on Jun 23, 2023 18:03:53 GMT -8
"Most people go their whole lives without seeing a body that decomposed. The sight and that smell...it'll be burned into their memories. Forever. And Sebastian. He doesn't deserve to be remembered like that." "It's peaceful here. And beautiful." "He's been through enough. Let's give him his overdue rest."
Kate's voice, her touch, everything about her began to steady his racing pulse and bring him to from the fury and rage he had been stewing in. She made complete and total sense, it was one thing to reveal to the rest of the group that Sebastian was dead. It was another to bring his almost unidentifiable body into camp and scar innocent people for life. He had been in his head so much, that he did not stop to consider the effects these actions would bring upon others. He looked down at the covered body in his arms, and solemnly nodded in agreement with Kate's stance.
"Okay," Jack nodded painfully, his eyes swollen with grief, "We'll bury him here. Give him a proper sendoff. But we still have to tell the truth to everyone, about what happened...what we found." Jack added, looking to Kate as his gaze seeked out her approval.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jun 24, 2023 19:51:05 GMT -8
With a flood of relief, Kate quietly let out the breath she'd been holding. She took hold of Sebastian's legs, helping Jack to lower the body to the ground.
She nodded, but over the first part only. Jack didn't need to know that she might not yet agree with the last. That mind of his that had yet to slow down enough to take the bigger picture into consideration, and until she knew everything he knew, she couldn't back up his decision.
"What's your prognosis?" she asked, looking at Sebastian's cocooned body as she handed Jack one of the makeshift shovels. Kate took a couple steps away to start on another section of the grave from him, listening intently.
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Post by Ariel on Jun 25, 2023 12:15:20 GMT -8
"What's your prognosis?"
"On Sebastian?" Jack confirmed as he received the shovel from Kate's grasp. Holding the shovel, Jack looked down at Sebastian alongside Kate who was curious about what might have become of the poor man now in his final resting place, "Due to the conditions in which he was found, it was hard to identify whether it was an accident or if foul play was involved. The decomposition has left him almost unrecognizable." Jack had seen many things in his line of work, but this was seriously one of the most disturbing things he has ever seen.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jul 22, 2023 9:00:05 GMT -8
As she listened, she used her foot to help sink in the shovel for the first pile of dirt. The last part of his assessment had her glancing sadly at the cocooned body. Decomposing with nobody knowing you were dead for days was not the way anybody wanted to go. The fact that he couldn't prove foul play was involved one way or the other gave her an understanding of what had fueled the determination she'd found him in. His selfless concern for others was admirable, but he tended to take it to a fault. His worry tended to have him grab on to the worst case scenario and rashly rush through what he felt were the necessary steps to take down that path for fear of losing any time where someone else may end up hurt due to connecting circumstances. Circumstances that might not even exist, if he took the time to place some rational assessment above his concern and fear for others.
Kate shared her findings now, speaking calmly as she laid out her observations in hopes of steering his mind from emotional to logical thought.
"I checked out the area where you'd found him," she began, her pile of dirt slowly growing as she continued digging. "There were no other prints except for yours, Sawyer's, and Sebastians." She paused and dug silently a moment, not relishing the thought of casting even more grimness to Sebastian's situation. "And a few small animals."
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Post by Ariel on Jul 22, 2023 20:21:24 GMT -8
"I checked out the area where you'd found him," " "And a few small animals."
Jack paused his digging to listen to Kate as his eyes fixated on the hole in the ground. He leaned over his shovel, nodding in understanding of what Kate was telling him. Jack turned his head to the side to look at her, his eyes still filled with a ton of emotions but mostly guilt and sadness, "It could have been a freak accident on Sebastian's part. But I guess we'll never truly know." Jack stated, his tone shed disappointment as he looked back down onto the hole that was ready to receive Sebastian as his final resting place, "Can you give me a hand?" Jack asked Kate, motioning his head towards the tarp wrapped body.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Jul 23, 2023 15:38:08 GMT -8
They kept digging awhile in their own silent thoughts when Jack finally broke the silence again.
"It could have been a freak accident on Sebastian's part. But I guess we'll never truly know." "Can you give me a hand?"
Kate glanced over at Jack, who'd already hopped out of the shallow hole, then assessed their work. It looked to be a bit more than three feet, which would be sufficient to stop any animals from sniffing out the corpse and digging it up.
"Yah, of course," she said, the ring of 'any time' to her tone as she hoped it would encourage the man who rarely asked for help to do so more often. Kate tossed the shovel aside then held a hand up to him for assistance in the big step out of the hole. With a quick 'thanks', she moved to Sebastian's feet and lifted them, waiting for Jack to do the same at Sebastian's shoulders. They worked in tandem, maneuvering to the correct positioning, then lowering at the same time to place the heavy deadweight as delicately as possible into the shallow grave.
That next step done, Kate pulled her eyes from the wrapped body to look to Jack. There was such a deep look of sadness and disappointment on his features. She'd never met anyone who beat themselves up as much as he did, and he certainly was undeserving of feeling like he wasn't measuring up. He was amongst one of the most decent people she'd ever met. What unobtainable height was he trying to measure up to?
"I'll make a marker," she said, distractedly looking around to mentally gather the tools she'd need. Getting not much by way of an answer pulled her eyes back to him. Kate placed a hand on his arm to gain his attention and pull him from his mental beating. "Hey, you got this? I could make it later," she offered, hesitant to stop working alongside him in order to tackle the side project.
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Post by Ariel on Aug 5, 2023 12:44:39 GMT -8
"I'll make a marker," "Hey, you got this? I could make it later,"
Jack had been staring down at the tarp wrapped body resting in the hole in the ground, deep within his own thoughts that he didn't realize that he had mentally checked out for a brief moment until he felt the touch of Kate's hand on his arm pull him back to reality. He turned his head to face Kate, her face full of sympathy and concern.
"Yeah...yeah I got this," Jack confirmed, nodding repeatedly, his side gaze still half occupied by the job at hand. He turned away and grabbing the shovel again, he began to scoop up the fresh dirt to cover the body. Jack grew silent again as he got back to work with only the sound of the island wind rustling through the trees of the jungle and the dirt hitting the tarp repeatedly as the grave began to fill up until it was completely covered.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Aug 5, 2023 15:17:16 GMT -8
Kate had gathered a couple of sturdy, decent sized branches and some vine, then had settled onto a fallen log across from Jack. She let him stew in his thoughts during this rare, private time of no other people to interrupt all the thoughts she was sure had piled up on his mind, hoping that the silence would allow him to finally work through them and to realize that practically everything that had happened had been out of his control.
She weaved the vine in an 'X' shape around the two branches, over and over, feeling the cross become more and more sturdy and set, discreetly glancing at Jack every now and again to get a read on what was going on in that head of his. Work through the thoughts, yes. Realize he wasn't to blame? She wasn't sure he'd get there on his own without her or others convincing him.
Kate carefully knotted the vine, then used the knife Locke had given her to cut off the excess. As Jack padded down the last of the dirt, she moved to the head of the grave and using a rock, hammered it into the ground. She moved to stand beside Jack to look down at the grave in companionable silence, letting him take all the time he needed to unburden whatever he could before returning to the rest, where he'd just burden himself all over again.
It was a tricky situation she found herself in; wanting to provide comfort but at the same time, trying to avoid anything that fueled the unspoken attraction between them. Feeling her hand brush against Jack's, Kate avoided the temptation of lacing her fingers through his by raising it to push a stray strand of hair out of her face. She had no idea if it had been her hand that has gravitated toward his, or his to hers, or both, or if it'd been a complete accident.
And she wouldn't further complicate things by thinking on it.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Aug 12, 2023 21:25:19 GMT -8
The rest of Day 15 passes by. It is now:
Day 16 - Morning
Thursday, October 7, 2004
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