Who+Goes+There+-+Van+Wall

Your group needs to find at least 5 quotes from the story that reveal some aspect to your character’s life. Your quote could describe physical appearance, background information, or internal characteristics. If you are given 2 characters then make sure you have 5 quotes total between the 2 of them. All quotes will be posted to the Wiki by Wednesday. All quotes need a page number. (See the example I posted under McReady on the Wiki.)
 * Characteristic Quotes**

"Van Wall, six feet and two hundred pounds of ice nerved..."pg.279 >From the quote it is telling us that he is big and tall and walks with life. "Van Wall's great blonde beard twitched suspcioulsy as he nodded gravely to Kinner." >Mainly stateing that Van Wall has a big blonde beard and it explains his apperances. "He's probably hopeless mad, " he safi at lenght, " but he might be a monster escaping." >In this quote he is discussing the monster and who it could possibly be.
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 * Van Wall:**

__Physical Description:__ //"Van Wall, six feet and two hundred pound of ice nerved pilot, gave a queer, tangled gasp and butted, stumbled his way out into the corridor." "Van Wall's great blonde beard twitched suspiciously as he nodded gravely to Kinner."// - Van Wall is obviously very large, but has muscle, and has a blonde beard. Though at some points he seems weak, like when he had to leave the room when the creature was thawing out. __Personally:__ //"'Escaped - what!' Chief Pilot Van Wall's bull voice roared out with a volume that shook the walls." "Van Wall looked after him for a moment thoughtfully. 'He's probably hopelessly mad,' he said at length, ' but he might be a monster escaping. He hasn't skis. Take a blow-torch in case." "Van Wall shook his head. 'Sorry. Proves nothing about what you are, only proves what you didn't do.'"// - He seems very sarcastic and cynical, and shows little emotion. He is very rational and makes sure he thinks what he is going to say through before he says it. Does not care about hurting anyone’s feelings, he is very blunt and harsh with his responses. Loud and powerful with his voice, and uses it well. __Internal Conflict:__ //“Van Wall had joined them quietly. ‘Rotation sleeping. Half the crowd asleep; half awake. I wonder how many of us are monsters? All the dogs were. We thought we were safe, but somehow it got Copper - or you." Van Wall's eyes flashed uneasily. "It may have gotten every one of you - all of you but myself may be wondering, looking. No, that's not possible. You'd just spring then. I'd be helpless. We humans must somehow have the greater numbers now. But –‘ he stopped.”// - Van seems to be confused and becoming helpless at the thought that these men all around him could be monsters, or that he, himself, is one. The thought of being alone or being helpless scares him and makes him lose all strength in his voice and stature, and he is uneasy and asking questions none of the men around him can answer, and are probably worrying about themselves. __External Conflict:__ //"’The monster, as you pointed out today, has only men left to imitate. Would he decrease his - supply, shall we say?’ Van Wall pointed out. ‘No, we just have a plain, ordinary louse, a murderer to deal with. Ordinarily we'd call him an 'inhuman murderer' I suppose, but we have to distinguish now. We have inhuman murderers, and now we have human murderers. Or one at least.’"// - His life and living situation is being affected by this creature, so Van Wall is automatically trying to figure out a way to solve these issues. He seems very intelligent most of the time, with his thoughts well developed and rational, but now he is rambling, getting off subject, and just desperately inviting someone to jump in with a solution. __Motivation:__ //"’They're very nasty when they start changing,’ Van Wall said precisely, ‘but slow. That electrocution iron you made up, Barclay is very fast. There is only one dog left - our immune. The monster left that for us, so we could play with our little test. The rest –‘ He shrugged and dried his hands.” "’I didn't think they were,’ Van Wall sighed. ‘That wouldn't suit the monster either; we could have destroyed them if we knew. Why hasn't the monster destroyed us, do you suppose? It seems to be loose.’"// - Van’s motivation is the possibility that they (the crew, himself included) could destroy this “monster”, or even just out-think it to the point where they know an exact way to stop it. Mostly, the motivation relies on hope, or the fact that there is any at all.
 * sprinkledillusions** - __Character Profile__