This was Haven. "Shady" was their primary resource.
"That proves I'm not the chameleon!" the Chief said, shouting everyone down. "The chameleon would want to go to the mainland!"
"Any chance I could get untied before everyone goes crazy again?" Nathan asked.
"How do we know you're not the chameleon?" Julia demanded.
"And how do we know that you're not?" Audrey asked, as she untied Nathan's hands. "If we start turning on each other now, we're just as likely to kill an innocent person as we are a chameleon. Now, I don't know any of you very well, but I would like to. And I would like to think that we're better than that."
Nathan's arms fell to his sides once they were free, and he slowly stood.
"We, uh. Maybe shoulda given you a chance to say something," the Chief said, almost apologetically. "Before we, you know, took you out." He looked Nathan over with a practiced gaze. It wasn't as though Nathan could tell for himself how badly he might be injured.
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Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 06:07 pm (UTC)"That proves I'm not the chameleon!" the Chief said, shouting everyone down. "The chameleon would want to go to the mainland!"
"Any chance I could get untied before everyone goes crazy again?" Nathan asked.
"How do we know you're not the chameleon?" Julia demanded.
"And how do we know that you're not?" Audrey asked, as she untied Nathan's hands. "If we start turning on each other now, we're just as likely to kill an innocent person as we are a chameleon. Now, I don't know any of you very well, but I would like to. And I would like to think that we're better than that."
Nathan's arms fell to his sides once they were free, and he slowly stood.
"We, uh. Maybe shoulda given you a chance to say something," the Chief said, almost apologetically. "Before we, you know, took you out." He looked Nathan over with a practiced gaze. It wasn't as though Nathan could tell for himself how badly he might be injured.