Going through

[Rox]

"Reeeally. Huh." Rox was was surprised that an animal lover would view people the same way she did. Not that she really cared, but she was a bit stumped. Might as well ask about it.

"How is it that you like animals, but don't care much for people? Are you one of those nuts who would give their life to save the life of a whale?" Rox could never imagine trading her own life for the life of an animal. Or for the life of another person, for that matter.

Rox picked at the bark of the log she was sitting on as she talked. A few pillbugs dropped to the ground when a piece fell off and Rox briefly considered acquiring one. But just the thought made her shudder, so she opted not to.

[ray]

Ray watched silently as Rox mused about what he had just said. He almost laughed at her comment. Although true that he would probably give his life for a candid (He preferred those over whales) he no doubt would help another animal in need. Ray felt a bit of warmth come up to his cheeks as she called those kind of people a nut, but he didn’t give much else thought to it.

“Yeah, I guess I kind of am. Anyways, humans; despite what almost everyone thinks, are probably some of the dumbest animals out there, don’t you think? At least, most of them are. Still think their this special machine, when in truth all most of them are is a gullible, ignorant animal with no way of learning from the past.” He paused for a second. “That doesn’t mean every humans like that, of course. Its just most individuals, in my openune. At least since I’ve been here I have yet to come across one of those people, lucky me and lucky them...”

[Rox]

"You practically took the words right out of may mouth. Kind of. Whatever." What he had said was pretty close to the way Rox thought of humans, but not exactly. However, she wasn't going to argue over petty details.

Rox sat for a moment, staring at the ground and trying to think of what to say. "So if that's how you view people, what do you think of the other animorphs so far? I know you haven't been here for long, but you must have some sort of opinion about them."

[ray]

Ray smiled a bit. “Good think, too. Otherwise you would have rosed me on a long debate.” Of course, that wasn’t true. He was just making conversation. He found it an extremely good thing that she didn’t think anything else, as his anger to her about the animals was still covered up, and he didn’t’ know what else he could do.

“Most of them aren’t as ignorant as others I’ve met. Most of them are…in my openune, informed and easy to get along with…At least none of them I’ve met think they’re rulers of the world just because they have this power…It would have annoyed me to a large extent if one of them did, you see…” He shrugged. “And you? What do you think?”

[Rox]

"Me? What's my opinion about or other group members? Oh boy, where to start?" Rox thought for only a split second then went to the obvious starting point for her reply. Johnny. It was almost as if she had a personal vendetta against him, but she wasn't sure why. For some reason everything about him drove her nuts!

"You know Johnny, right? The goofy blond-haired kid? Can't stand him. Mark, is okay, I guess. The others are tolerable, but only in small doses. Stay around them for too long, and they'll drive you nuts too, just like Johnny."

Rox stood up again, bored of just sitting there. Not to mention she managed to get herself riled up a bit. "But I suppose you're right that none of them have gotten a big head about getting the morphing power. Can you imagine how terrible that would be?"

[ray]

Ray grinned at her openunes. “Yeah, he seems a little…Off. But he’s the goof ball for a reason. Maybe he’ll be able to keep us sane, don’t you think?” His grin didn’t fade as she kept on speaking. He had yet to meet Mark…He just shrugged off the thought.

“Glad to hear it. That would be awful, though. To see any of them like that…” He shivered, grinning. “It could always be worse though, you know? At least most of them don’t have to much of a grudge as well at this whole thing, plus the big headed. Either one would be an absolute nightmare to me, wouldn’t you think?”

[Rox]

Yeah, he seems a little…Off. But he’s the goof ball for a reason. Maybe he’ll be able to keep us sane, don’t you think?”

Rox just scoffed and mumbled, "Or maybe he'll make us insane," under her breath. She couldn't understand how other people could stand him, but nobody else ever seemed to mind his company. She was actually starting to wonder if it was just her.

"Yeah, it could be worse, I suppose. At least none of them seem to be traitors, like Sarah." As soon as the words left her mouth, Rox realized she wasn't sure Ray even knew about Sarah. "The SPECTER guys told you about Sarah, didn't they?" Rox honestly wouldn't have been surprised either way.

[ray]

Ray shrugged, grinning. “Whatever. Johnny isn’t that bad, now is he?” He could tell he was a part of Rox’s not so happy day, but he himself didn’t mind the guy. He had yet to do anything that would harm anyone, and that was enough proof for him that the guy was alright.

When Rox spoke of Sarah, Ray felt a ting of announce. No, the Specter agency hadn’t told him anything about this girl…It confused him, but still he looked up. “No, I haven’t heard anything about her. What did she do?” Ray was only curies, and didn’t want to do any hurt to her incase it brought back bad memories.

[Rox]

"They didn't tell you? Stupid SPECTER. They never tell us anything." This wasn't the first time that SPECTER had left them out of the loop. She seriously wondered what the deal was with that agency.

"Well anyway, Sarah is an animorph that turned on her teammates and killed them all. At least that's how the story goes. Her and her team were the animorphs of Arbella before we were brought here. And we were brought here in order to get rid of her. Either to catch her or kill her. Well, I guess there is other stuff for us to do too, otherwise there wouldn't have been a group here before us, but I guess you could say that Sarah is our 'main mission' for now."

Rox tried to read Ray's expression. She wanted to know what he thought of this whole messed up situation.

[ray]

“True that…” He said refuring to the comment. He was used to being left in the dark, but Ray felt a bit of anger at the agency. Why hadn’t they told him? For all they knew, he could have been in on it with her. He wasn’t, of course, but they could have at least given him some warning. Shaking his head, he bit his lip in an effort to calm himself. He didn’t want to get into trouble because of his temper…

“What the…Why the heck would she do that? That’s just plain stupid…” He thought he could figure out several scenarios where the same thing might have come up, but in the situation that the world was in right then and there, he didn’t think anyone could go so far as to kill all of their teammates... “Disgusting…”

[Rox]

"I don't know why she would do that. And frankly, I'm not sure I would want to know. But you're right, it is stupid and disgusting." Rox didn't really like most of the animorphs she had to work with, but she still couldn't ever imagine turning on them. What could possess someone to do that?

"But at least none of the animorphs I know seem to be the type to do that sort of thing. If I thought they might, I would be out of here. Goodbye. No questions asked."

"How about you? Would you run, or would you fight?"

[ray]

He felt a surge of rage as Rox said she would run, but none the less repected the dision. If something like that were to happen, it wouldn’t be a joyful thing at all. He doubted many would stick around. Sighing, Ray looked around and then turned back to her.

“What would I do?” He mused for a moment then looked over his shoulder, then around the area. Though he had no reason to, it made him feel safer. “I suppose I’d fight…Stupid, but I’d much rather they go down than the others…And running wouldn’t do to much good in the end, don’t you think?”

[Rox]

"I'm not so sure," Rox said in response to Ray. "I think running could do a lot of good. I mean, just take Sarah herself as an example. She ran after she did whatever she did and we still haven't found her. If she ever decides to leave town, we probably never will."

"So I guess what I'm saying is, that running would be less life-threatening as long as they don't catch up to you. And it is hard to catch up to someone who can change their shape at will." Rox shifted her weight uneasily. "But whatever. Lets hope it never comes down to that."

"And speaking of changing shape at will, I think I'm going to head back to the apartment. It's starting to get chilly out here with nothing but a bathing suit on. You coming with, or are you going to stay here?" Rox began transforming back into her bird form.

[ray]

Ray nodded in response to Rox’s comment. He understood what she meant, just didn’t understand exactly why anyone would WANT to run away. Then again, different people have different personalities. He blinked as she started to transform, and flinched.

“I’ll…I’ll come with. I guess you are right…” He shivered when she brought up the coldness, and began to transform into his wolf-dog shape himself. His legs shrunk first, and his arms shot out. Slowly his hands became paws, sproting fur first and shrinking. Finally, his full shape emerged, and he looked up at Rox. <<Thanks for talking…I know you probably saw it as no more than a hassle, but it meant a lot to me…>>

[Rox]

<<Thanks for talking…I know you probably saw it as no more than a hassle, but it meant a lot to me…>>

<<Just remember that the next time I need to ask you something. Even though I didn't have anything better to do today anyway... But whatever. You owe me, if that makes you feel better.>> Rox was only half-serious.

<<So that's a wolf-dog, huh? You were right, it does look kind of like a husky,>> Rox said nonchalantly. <<You could probably even walk down a street without anyone calling animal control. But... Now here is the important question. Can it keep up with me?>> And with that Rox took of and flew through the air. She wasn't going at full speed, but she was still moving at a decent rate.