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Post by Ariel on Jul 10, 2021 9:33:56 GMT -8
Harley felt like she was in the twilight zone. She felt as if she should feel violated, being snatched from her camp and thrown in a cell. Standing still in the middle of the room, she silently crossed her arms over her chest as her gaze was fixated on the bed in front of her, neatly made up as if she were in a hotel. Typical things that would line a bedroom surrounded her. A nightstand with an alarm clock, a shelf full of literature and a closet to hold things that she didn't even have. She wanted to still be incredibly skeptical, shifting her from prison to the lap of luxury, and refrained from wanting any part of what they had to offer her. But it had been a while since she had slept in a bed. Or had a shower. Harley wrestled with herself, completely torn as to try to run away again or to give in. There was to be more to all of this. There just had to be.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Jul 15, 2021 9:39:10 GMT -8
Juliet gave a light knock on the doorframe before entering the room, not wishing to spook the girl any more than she already had. She had an armful of towels that she placed on the bed and then turned to her guest with a pleasant smile. "I would give you the tour, but there's really not much more to it than this. Two bedrooms, one bath. You already saw the den, dining room, and kitchen on your way in. There's a linen closet in the hallway if you need more towels or pillows," she explained.
"It's four walls and a roof, and there are no bars on the windows or locks on the doors." As if to demonstrate, she crossed to the bedroom window and lifted the lower pane, letting in the warm breeze. "I would say that you're free to come and go as you please, but I'd rather not start this off by lying to you."
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Post by Ariel on Jul 23, 2021 10:21:21 GMT -8
A painful jab pierced Harley's chest as she reacted with a timid jump at the blond woman's sudden rapping on the doorframe. Harley's eyes flickered with confliction as she protested in the middle of the room, following her every move as the woman had been quick to proceed inside after her signal that she was about to enter. Feeling as if the woman's act of common courtesy wasn't necessary, but more of a production, Harley still saw herself just as trapped here than she was back in the cell. Only with the comfort of amenities.
"I would give you the tour, but there's really not much more to it than this. Two bedrooms, one bath. You already saw the den, dining room, and kitchen on your way in. There's a linen closet in the hallway if you need more towels or pillows,"
What in the Hell was this? It sure wasn't a bed and breakfast, that was for damn sure. Harley was lost for words as she continued to stare at the woman, her glaring gaze grew perplexed as she tried to figure out what was really going on in this place. She wondered if Vivian and the others were getting the 'hospitality' treatment. Assimilating them into their community. What was next, brain washing?
"It's four walls and a roof, and there are no bars on the windows or locks on the doors." "I would say that you're free to come and go as you please, but I'd rather not start this off by lying to you."
As the window slid open, Harley felt this entire operation was incredibly cruel. Let them out of their confinements, put them up in housing and give them luxuries. But they weren't allowed to leave or have their own free will. As this woman dangled freedom in front of her face like one would tease a dog with a delectable bone, Harley began to wonder if she preferred being in a cage over this. "And what if I run?" Harley retorted, throwing a flair of attitude in the woman's direction. Crossing her arms over her chest, Harley glared at the woman. She refused to be broken by these people.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Jul 24, 2021 10:11:47 GMT -8
"And what if I run?"
"Well, if you'd like to get some exercise before dinner, I'm sure no one would have a problem with it," Juliet replied, punctuated with a congenial yet cryptic smile. The circumstances were certainly different than the way Juliet had come to the island, to this community. Her rebellious spirit was only beginning to blossom in the wake of Ben's lies, but this girl was already resentful of being placed here. And perhaps that would make them allies.
"Doesn't it stand to reason that if we have a jail cell, we likely also have a secure perimeter fence?" Juliet explained the futility of Harley's proposal. "Believe me, one day you'll be grateful for it. It keeps the good guys in, and the bad ... things out. Your friend, Vivian, has been placed in the same sort of house a couple doors down. Perhaps we can all get together for dinner."
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Post by Ariel on Jul 29, 2021 8:38:30 GMT -8
"Doesn't it stand to reason that if we have a jail cell, we likely also have a secure perimeter fence?"
Harley stood staring in disbelief at the woman, not showing any sort signs of backing down. A perimeter fence on a secluded island made absolutely no sense. Unless...no. She had felt that something was off ever since they arrived. The invisible, heavy presence in the jungle that was undeniable. But she had figured that these people and this place they had brought them to was the reason why she experienced such a dark intuition. It surely explained what her and Derek had found in the ocean.
"Believe me, one day you'll be grateful for it. It keeps the good guys in, and the bad ... things out. Your friend, Vivian, has been placed in the same sort of house a couple doors down. Perhaps we can all get together for dinner."
Get together? For dinner? This wasn't an episode of Friends. This was captivity, and Harley was determined to not give in. She would be damned if these people thought that she was going to play house with them while they do who knows what next. An audible scoff puffed out of Harley's disgusted frown, as she turned her shaking head to the wall for a moment. "And what makes you so sure you're the good guys? Because you have some sort of opportunity for us? You haven't even said what that even is yet." Turning her head back to the woman, Harley's low, condescending tone was more collected than the fury that had emulated through her words earlier. She rolled her eyes on point as she dropped the 'good guy' label back into the woman's lap. Harley was pretty certain good guys didn't kidnap people and treat them like prisoners with barely any context.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Aug 6, 2021 17:11:05 GMT -8
"And what makes you so sure you're the good guys? Because you have some sort of opportunity for us? You haven't even said what that even is yet."
"Because I can't tell you something that I don't know yet," Juliet replied plainly. "Harley, in case you think I'm the villain here with all the answers, I assure you that is not true." This was so much harder than hosting book club, and she again cursed Ben for placing a minefield in her own home. She wrestled internally with how much she could or should reveal to the girl of her newfound circumstances. But she reasoned that people were less willing to play the game if they didn't even know they were participating in it.
"In all the time that I've been here, we've had no contact with any planes or boats," Juliet stated. "No one else has set foot on this soil. It's a little hard to believe that any place in the modern world could be so remote, so untouched by civilization, isn't it? And yet here we are. This island ... it's different. I'm a doctor, and I'm coming at this anomaly of a land mass from a scientific perspective. Whereas you, given those beads you wear, might be willing to look at it from a spiritual perspective. You probably would have felt right at home in the Dharma Initiative."
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Post by Ariel on Sept 15, 2021 9:31:06 GMT -8
"In all the time that I've been here, we've had no contact with any planes or boats," "No one else has set foot on this soil. It's a little hard to believe that any place in the modern world could be so remote, so untouched by civilization, isn't it? And yet here we are. This island ... it's different. I'm a doctor, and I'm coming at this anomaly of a land mass from a scientific perspective. Whereas you, given those beads you wear, might be willing to look at it from a spiritual perspective. You probably would have felt right at home in the Dharma Initiative."
All Harley could hear were words. She felt a touch of truth in this woman, but she also felt as if she was being fed an explanation of sorts just to shut her up. With the bountiful amount of supplies, equipment and living essentials that Harley had witnessed since being forced into this unnerving situation surrounded by a bunch of strange people, she found it hard to believe that these people had no contact with the outside world. "If you haven't seen any planes or boats, how did you get here then?" Harley continued to press onward with questions, "And why would you want to work for people like this?" This woman was an intellectual, no doubt. So maybe she was trapped to and just trying to survive. Or perhaps she was just like the rest of her people. Harley teetered on the fence as she tried to figure this woman before her out.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Oct 2, 2021 9:21:32 GMT -8
"If you haven't seen any planes or boats, how did you get here then? And why would you want to work for people like this?"
Both good questions and Juliet smiled weakly for a moment and looked away as she considered how best to answer them, or even whether to answer them. But she figured the silent treatment would only make the girl's insistent interrogations grow louder. She sighed and took a seat on the bed, folding her hands together to rest them on her lap.
"Some of the women on this island were suffering from a unique health condition," Juliet began. "One that is rare, but that after many years of research, I had been able to successfully treat. But all of my work, all of my findings, they were funded by the grant money that came from my ex-husband. For all intents and purposes, it was his research. His success.
"And then one day, a man from Mittelos Bioscience in Portland, Oregon, offered me this amazing opportunity. I would have freedom and funding and my own team of research assistants to find out what was making these women sick. They believed I was the right person to help them. It sounded too good to be true. And it was. They weren't in Portland," Juliet stated, exhaling a short laugh.
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Post by Ariel on Oct 2, 2021 21:13:27 GMT -8
"And then one day, a man from Mittelos Bioscience in Portland, Oregon, offered me this amazing opportunity. I would have freedom and funding and my own team of research assistants to find out what was making these women sick. They believed I was the right person to help them. It sounded too good to be true. And it was. They weren't in Portland,"
Harley stood in silence as she stared at the woman while she offered an explanation. Feeling rather dumbfounded, Harley was taken back as this all was the last thing she had expected to hear. Not only did this woman have a life filled of experiences before this island just as Harley did, but she willingly gave up everything for a job opportunity that seemed to have deceived her in the end. She wondered why this woman never left and returned back to her life off of the island...and then it dawned on her. "You...you can't leave this place, can you? You're stuck here...just like us." Harley's confusion melded into shock as her eyes widened at this epiphany. This woman was just as much of a prisoner as Harley was, "Is that the case for everyone here? Or just you?" Harley asked, now with curiosity as her arrogance shifted into empathy.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Oct 17, 2021 13:18:40 GMT -8
"You...you can't leave this place, can you? You're stuck here...just like us. Is that the case for everyone here? Or just you?"
"Oh, I think everyone's a prisoner here," Juliet answered. "Some just choose not to see the bars of their cage. The thing is, they're not all bad people. I'm still here because I want to help them. Who knows, you might even get to like it here...."
Juliet offered her another smile as she rose from the bed and walked past Harley to the hallway. "I leave it up to you if you want to get some rest, or raid the fridge," she offered.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Nov 11, 2021 21:57:04 GMT -8
The rest of Day 13 and all of Day 14
pass by fairly uneventfully. It is now:
Day 15 - Mid-Day
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Nov 13, 2021 9:27:12 GMT -8
After their last encounter, Ben had decided to grant Juliet some time to settle her mind before he would pay her and especially her new roommate a visit. Now it was time to introduce himself.
Good-tempered, Ben walked down the street, heading towards Juliet's house. Once again, he wasn't coming empty-handed. This time, he brought apple pie; Although more meant as a welcome gift for their guest, and to get in with her right from the start. Ben was glad, though, that Juliet probably had absorbed most of the first anger and questions.
With a friendly smile upon his face, Ben rang the bell, waiting for Juliet to open the door.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Nov 22, 2021 7:40:30 GMT -8
Juliet concluded the preparations of two turkey sandwiches and then used a knife to slice hers on the diagonal. She wondered if Harley liked her sandwich halved in diagonals or straight down the middle. She also wondered if she should hide all the knives and other sharp objects in the house lest she should walk into an ambush in her own home. The young woman had kept to her room most of the preceding day, and Juliet couldn't blame her. It also gave Juliet peace and quiet to read something other lab results for the night. But with Claire's due date fast approaching, she really needed to get back to the lab and to making sure the Staff was fully prepared. Which meant leaving the house at some point.
At the sound of the doorbell, she opened it to find a smiling Ben, again bearing baked goods. "Ah, you've upgraded from muffins," Juliet remarked upon seeing the pie in his hands. The request, or more like command, to enter was unspoken so she just stepped aside for him to come in. "Harley's still in her room. Will you be joining us for lunch?" she inquired, after closing the door and returning to her task in the kitchen.
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Post by Ariel on Dec 3, 2021 12:17:59 GMT -8
Harley had taken Juliet up on her offer for rest. Though, the longer she laid on the bed, the harder she felt it was to fall asleep. Laying on her side, her widened, tired eyes stared into the wall that her bed was leaned up against. A million different scenarios ran through her head. The words that Juliet had spoken to her embedded into her thoughts, replaying them over and over. She was at a loss as to what to think of this place, these people. If anything, she hoped this was nothing more than a nightmare and that her sister would be shaking her away soon. Anytime now.
She held her stomach as it painfully grumbled. There was something about food being offered by a stranger that could possibly be dangerous that kept her at bay from attempting to retrieve a morsel from the fridge. Perhaps it was the stranger danger ideology that had be engrained into her being since she was small. Harley was aware she would have to break at some point. Or die starving. She wasn't sold on which option was ideal at the moment.
Suddenly, a doorbell rang through the house. Harley shot upright, and stared anxiously at her closed bedroom door as she heard muffled voices coming through the walls. One was Juliet's, the other was a male voice. They sounded so casual, and yet there was nothing casual about anything that was happening in this place. Not one bit.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Dec 22, 2021 5:43:46 GMT -8
"Ah, you've upgraded from muffins,""Harley's still in her room. Will you be joining us for lunch?"
Even though it was good to see Juliet back in her obedient role, it was this inner fire that he loved most about her. Yet, she still had to learn where her place was, and before she hadn't, it was too dangerous to enjoy that mentioned fire.
Ben smiled again before he replied with a friendly "I'd love to," following her inside the kitchen instead of heading for the guest room right away. Without waiting for being asked, or asking himself even, Ben took a seat in one of the chairs, watching Juliet as she prepared two turkey sandwiches. He was still taking his time. "So? Have you guys gotten used to each other already?" he asked still in a friendly way yet with a rather spiteful smirk, at least visible for those who were able to read it. Juliet surely was.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Jan 1, 2022 18:21:37 GMT -8
"I'd love to ... So? Have you guys gotten used to each other already?"
"Oh, sure," Juliet replied, as she noticed Ben making himself at home. She began preparing another sandwich for her newest guest, figuring he would comment on whether he did or did not want the offered toppings. "We've been braiding each other's hair and talking about which survivors we think are cute."
She wordlessly set a plate and empty glass down on the table in front of Ben and then carried another plate to Harley's still-closed door. She picked up the breakfast plate that hadn't been touched and replaced it with the lunch one. Knocking lightly on the door, she said, "Harley, I made you some lunch. I'll leave it outside."
She returned to the kitchen with a sigh, retrieved her own food and sat down at the table opposite Ben. "It's going as well as you'd expect," Juliet informed him, pouring him a glass of iced tea from a pitcher, "given that she's a young woman who's been through one trauma after another. She keeps to her room. She's shown no interest in speaking to me, about the crash or anything else." Juliet would happily pawn the patient off on their resident psychiatrist Dr. Stanhope if she could convince Ben that this little experiment was not going to work. "Ben, I still have a lot of work to do at the Staff, and I can't do that if I'm stuck playing babysitter," she declared with mild defiance.
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Post by Ariel on Jan 15, 2022 18:45:08 GMT -8
"Harley, I made you some lunch. I'll leave it outside."
Harley's grip tightened as she anxiously held both of her own biceps, her petrified glance froze over the door where the shadow underneath had come and gone. All that was remaining on the other side was a plate of food. She truly did not want to receive anything from these people. However, if she were to come up with an exit plan, she would never come up with a good one on an empty stomach. Besides, if these people wanted to kill her, she figured that would already be dead. "Oh what the hell," Harley scoffed at herself under her breath as hunger and reason won the internal battle. Finding enough courage, Harley stood up and slowly began to make her way towards the closed door. Steadying her shaking hand onto the doorknob, Harley turned it and the door began to crack open cautiously. As the door opened further, Harley's gaze shot straight out in front of her as she peered down the short hallway to bring the kitchen into view. She wished that the creaky door hadn't given her away, as she would have preferred to get a sneaky view of the boss without being seen. And yet there he was, a small beady-eyed man sitting at the table in a creepily poised manner - staring right back at her.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Jan 16, 2022 8:33:12 GMT -8
Ben ignored Juliet's sarcasm as he often did, writing it off as whimsies that would come and go. He even smiled at her joking this time, then nodding his head in gratitude as she placed a plate and a glass in front of him, almost like it was the most usual thing for them to share a meal. Well, as for his part, he could get used to it indeed. Ben still didn't let himself get worked up when Juliet left the kitchen, obviously to bring the other plate to her new roomie, or rather placing it in front of her door.
"It's going as well as you'd expect," she spoke up again before Ben could, after returning to the kitchen.
"Thank you," he uttered in a calm and friendly tone when she filled his glass with some ice tea, watching her as she continued while he was taking a good sip of it.
"given that she's a young woman who's been through one trauma after another. She keeps to her room. She's shown no interest in speaking to me, about the crash or anything else."
Ben hadn't expected anything else. That was the usual procedure. Nobody liked to be locked up without a lot of explanations. But, as always, he also expected the girl to settle in as soon as she would learn how much they had to offer. They weren't the bad guys, after all. Not just some kidnappers who were going to harm people. Quite the contrary. What they did was helping, saving people.
"Ben, I still have a lot of work to do at the Staff, and I can't do that if I'm stuck playing babysitter," Juliet rose him out of his thoughts again.
"Well, that's weird," Ben suddenly came up with words, after all, faking a smile. "I thought I'd been the one offering you this job in the first place, so I guess it's up to me to say what keeps you from your tasks and what's just a new one." He watched her with intense while emptying his glass of iced tea in one go, then replacing it on the table. Wiping over his lips with the back of his hand, Ben let the smile disappear from his face. "Or am I wrong?"
Before Juliet could have come up with an answer to that, both their attention turned elsewhere, caused by the sound of a creaky door that gave away their guest was up and about to leave her nest. Since Ben knew exactly where he had to place his eyes, as he knew this house all too well, they met with hers immediately. After a moment of just staring at each other, he smiled again, saying nothing, though.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Jan 17, 2022 11:28:22 GMT -8
"Well, that's weird. I thought I'd been the one offering you this job in the first place, so I guess it's up to me to say what keeps you from your tasks and what's just a new one. Or am I wrong?"
Juliet was seething behind the neutral expression plastered on her face. The temptation to take back the plate and the glass and tell him to get the hell out of her house was strong. But now was not the time for rash action. Soon everyone would know what a liar he was, and then he wouldn't feel so comfortable wielding his perceived power over the rest of them.
Her head turned at the sound of the door opening, still unsure if the young woman would dare to leave the safety of her room. "Harley," she called, in a warm and friendly tone. "If you feel up to it, there's something I'd like you to meet. This is our leader, Ben. I'm sure you have a lot of questions for him."
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Post by Ariel on Feb 4, 2022 21:10:40 GMT -8
"Harley," "If you feel up to it, there's something I'd like you to meet. This is our leader, Ben. I'm sure you have a lot of questions for him."
Juliet wasn't wrong. Harley had an entire world of questions for this mysterious man. Though, she wordlessly began to move one foot in front of the other, slowly emerging from the hall and approaching the dining table where they sat. Making her way into the kitchen, Harley stopped halfway and kept a safe distance. Her stare could practically burn a hole right through this Ben's face as she furrowed her brow in confusion. She wanted to feel underwhelmed by this lowly man's presence, and yet something inside of her told her not to underestimate him. He was a small man, seemingly incapable of much. Yet a force loomed in his expression as he stared back at her, something that struck fear into Harley that she could not begin to explain. Harley tried to part her lips and began to speak, yet she was completely frozen and couldn't manage to make the words she wanted to say to him. Harley had had her moments of being scared, but for the first time since crash landing on this island, she was chilled right to the spine with absolute fright.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Feb 6, 2022 7:29:01 GMT -8
Ben was watching every step she made, every breath she took, as Harley began to move to meet them in the kitchen. The girl was frightened, he could tell, but at the same time, something was burning inside, anger probably. Understandable, yet not necessary at all.
As soon as the girl was standing in front of them, still saying nothing, Ben's features turned into a wide smile. "Hi. I'm Ben," he greeted her as if he was but the friendly neighbor, reaching his hand out even.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Feb 12, 2022 17:30:34 GMT -8
Juliet couldn't imagine what was going through Harley's mind at the moment of this first meeting between the girl and their leader. First impressions could be very wrong, and Ben had a way of seeming cordial and accommodating. Like he was doing right now. It was only later that one learned how very cruel and manipulative he could be.
"Perhaps you could lessen some of Harley's unease by telling her what happened to the other survivors of the plane crash," Juliet offered as an icebreaker. "The redheaded woman she was brought in with, or the two kids. I tried to assure her that they were safe."
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Post by Ariel on Mar 11, 2022 11:40:47 GMT -8
Staring down at the stretched out hand, Harley wasn't sure what to think anymore. Here was this man, bearing a pleasant smile on his face and offering her a gesture of welcome. As if being kidnapped and taken hostage, separated from the rest of the survivors like a heard of animals was her choice. She was a prisoner, and by no means did she want any part of whatever sort of sick scheme this man was conspiring. Unmoved and unsure of how to even address the situation, all Harley could do was stare at this man called Ben in disbelief.
"Perhaps you could lessen some of Harley's unease by telling her what happened to the other survivors of the plane crash," "The redheaded woman she was brought in with, or the two kids. I tried to assure her that they were safe."
"Lessen...my unease?" A quiet scoff escaped from Harley as the feeling she had been searching for began to kick in. Disgusted and frustrated, Harley glared between the two that sat at the table as she began to think that the crazies thought she was the crazy one, "Kidnapped and treated as prisoner against my will? Being separated by my friends? Yeah...I'm uneased alright." Harley placed her stare right back onto Ben, as she remained collected yet burned with the highest level of frustration, "You're man behind the curtain, calling the shots...then maybe you can finally enlighten me on this 'opportunity' you just put us through hell for." Harley threw the words into his lap in almost a mocking tone, yet she was very irritated, deprived of sleep and food at this point and had yet to believe that this entire operation was for some greater good.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Mar 25, 2022 6:55:17 GMT -8
"Perhaps you could lessen some of Harley's unease by telling her what happened to the other survivors of the plane crash,""The redheaded woman she was brought in with, or the two kids. I tried to assure her that they were safe."
"You're right, Juliet," Ben said in a slightly passive-aggressive way, although only those able to read him very well could tell. Juliet surely was one of them. His eyes were watching her for another second, silently adding I might have come up with that myself if you let me, then turned back towards the young girl in front of them. But the girl spoke up first.
"Lessen...my unease?""Kidnapped and treated as prisoner against my will? Being separated by my friends? Yeah...I'm uneased alright.""You're man behind the curtain, calling the shots...then maybe you can finally enlighten me on this 'opportunity' you just put us through hell for."
"Just a small question: Would you have come with us if we just reached out and friendly asked for it?" Ben didn't wait for an answer to his anyway rhetorical question but instead went on talking without even answering it himself. "There's a reason for all of you to be here, yes, and although you're not ready yet to understand this, let me assure you something, at least. We're the good people here. We don't mean any harm, just as we didn't harm any of your friends. They'd been brought into houses, just like you. Everything before had been but a precautional measure," Ben explained calmly.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on Apr 10, 2022 9:59:04 GMT -8
"Just a small question: Would you have come with us if we just reached out and friendly asked for it? There's a reason for all of you to be here, yes, and although you're not ready yet to understand this, let me assure you something, at least. We're the good people here. We don't mean any harm, just as we didn't harm any of your friends. They'd been brought into houses, just like you. Everything before had been but a precautional measure."
"The main opportunity we gave you was survival," Juliet added. "You and the other passengers were stuck on that beach for nearly two weeks. No food, no fresh water, exposed to the elements. You would have died in a matter of days if we hadn't intervened." She knew her words sounded harsh, but sometimes it really was a binary choice of life or death. The girl may not like her current circumstances, but at least she was alive to complain about them.
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Post by Ariel on May 3, 2022 14:26:02 GMT -8
"Just a small question: Would you have come with us if we just reached out and friendly asked for it? There's a reason for all of you to be here, yes, and although you're not ready yet to understand this, let me assure you something, at least. We're the good people here. We don't mean any harm, just as we didn't harm any of your friends. They'd been brought into houses, just like you. Everything before had been but a precautional measure."
Harley shook her head in silent disbelief. This man presented such sly formality for a kidnapper. These people truly believed that they were the good guys, exuding confidence into every single fact - every detail they presented to Harley. Either that, or they were all psychopath liars who had much deeper and darker plans. The last thing Harley wanted to do was to stick around and find out, and yet her hands were tied and she felt utterly trapped.
"The main opportunity we gave you was survival," "You and the other passengers were stuck on that beach for nearly two weeks. No food, no fresh water, exposed to the elements. You would have died in a matter of days if we hadn't intervened."
Harley let an audibly frustrated chuckle slip before intruding back into the conversation with her input, "And why do you care about what happens to us? We're not your people. And if you truly cared about our survival, I'm sure you could have played this out a whole lot differently - with every one of the survivors. Not just us 'special' ones," Harley ranted on, her demeanor reaching a bit of a boiling point, "What even makes us so special anyways?" Her question was directed straight at Ben, because clearly Juliet had no answers for her.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on May 14, 2022 5:57:02 GMT -8
"The main opportunity we gave you was survival,""You and the other passengers were stuck on that beach for nearly two weeks. No food, no fresh water, exposed to the elements. You would have died in a matter of days if we hadn't intervened."
At Juliet's addition, Ben gave a satisfied expression to her from the side. He appreciated it a lot when she was supportive to his words and actions rather than arguing with him about them. Ben was sure that, deep down, she knew just as well that they were the good people, even though she also liked to sound like they weren't, or, at least, that he wasn't.
"And why do you care about what happens to us? We're not your people. And if you truly cared about our survival, I'm sure you could have played this out a whole lot differently - with every one of the survivors. Not just us 'special' ones,""What even makes us so special anyways?"
This girl was frustrated and hungry for answers. He got that. However, they couldn't serve with all the answers right away, not until they didn't know if they were willing to cooperate with them, to become a part of them. It simply was too dangerous. So, what was the best way to hold back information without appearing like you do? Lying, of course. Only if you're good at it, that was. And Ben was.
"It's because we care. This all might sound false to you, but you guys are special to us because we trust you. Yes, we have observed and studied you for a while, not gonna lie, but that was all to find the good, the trustworthy people. I'm not saying that your friends back at the beach aren't, but there are questionable, even slightly aggressive people among them, that you have to admit, so we were just careful as for who to invite into our community and who not. At this point," he quickly added, to show his goodwill, that they might consider inviting more of them eventually.
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Post by Kristi Lynne on May 25, 2022 7:09:52 GMT -8
"...I'm not saying that your friends back at the beach aren't, but there are questionable, even slightly aggressive people among them, that you have to admit, so we were just careful as for who to invite into our community and who not. At this point."
"Ben's right," Juliet agreed. "How well do you know the people that were on that plane with you? Their motives, their intentions? Our community chose to place its trust in you. We only ask that you consider returning that trust." She glanced at Ben, hoping she had provided sufficient reinforcement for him. "To that end, I'm sure Harley would appreciate a change of clothes. Ben, do you know of anyone about Harley's size?" she asked, suggesting how he might win favor with this stranger without directly mentioning his own daughter. Juliet felt that was not her information to share.
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Post by Ariel on Jun 5, 2022 8:34:58 GMT -8
"Ben's right," "How well do you know the people that were on that plane with you? Their motives, their intentions? Our community chose to place its trust in you. We only ask that you consider returning that trust." "To that end, I'm sure Harley would appreciate a change of clothes. Ben, do you know of anyone about Harley's size?"
Harley was rendered speechless, unaware of how to even respond to these strange people without ending up running around in circles. Although she did not know the other survivors like they pointed out, they all did have something in common that brought them together and helped them all find the will to survive. And that was that they had all been through the same traumatic experience and that they were in this together. Harley wondered if the others knew she had been taken away, and not thinking she had abandoned that unspoken bond between them all. Her people had to be looking for them, they just had to be. She figured her next move may be to play along, as much as she despised doing so, until rescue came for her. Harley decided it was for the best that she remained quiet and neutral as Juliet and Ben exchanged words.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Jun 12, 2022 0:33:17 GMT -8
"Ben's right,""How well do you know the people that were on that plane with you? Their motives, their intentions? Our community chose to place its trust in you. We only ask that you consider returning that trust."
And yet again supportive, although it didn't really surprise him in front of the girl. Still, it brought a slightly satisfied smile to Ben's lips, answering that glance toward him wordlessly.
"To that end, I'm sure Harley would appreciate a change of clothes. Ben, do you know of anyone about Harley's size?"
Of course, he did, Alex immediately coming to his mind as he eyed the red-head in front of him for a moment. "Sure," Ben replied with a friendly smile, still looking at Harley instead of Juliet. The girl seemed to have gone into silence and, with that, into a more cooperative state. However, he knew that kind of behavior. She was still mistrusting them the same, and that was pretty usual. "Clothes and anything else you need. This isn't a prison," he assured once more. "As I said before, the isolation part had just been a precautionary measure." Ben's smile was widening some more, not at all looking spiteful but, instead, more like one from the friendly neighbor.
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