[Tuesday, September 7, 2004.] [You had a sub for English again! Maybe Luke suffered a relapse. This one apologized for not having your quiz grades (no, really) and had a quiet reading hour which ended up being anything but quiet, because people kept talking in class anyway.] (Because I'm the coolest thing since sliced bread?) (Darn kids.) [Darn those kids! You're all in the cafeteria. It's lunch like! Ivy got an extra hug from Jeremy today, but they're not a couple, honest! Go!] (I'm sure there were a lot of cool things both before and after sliced bread.) ( I never get a hug :( ) (Sure, but that doesn't mean I can't be one of them! *Beams*) (Your brother hugs you, I'm sure!) * Ivy gets a hug and Charlotte doesn't! HA HA. (*Cough*) ( Hey, they're not supposed to know about the incest yet >.< ) (The game the whole family can play!) * Krista is in the cafeteria! The GM said so. She's going towards the regular table, because that's what happens! (That's just what she wants you to think!) * Charlotte is too! How 'bout that? She doesn't even have to wait in one of those huge lines. * Krista spent her time in English actually reading and doing a little of what seemed like drawing, too. Just so people know. She slides into a seat and puts her lunch down on the table before adjusting her glasses and taking a deep breath. [The table lunges up and eats Krista! Not really.] [Today's meal is taco salad.] * Charlotte sits across from Krista, smiling. "Hi!" She opens up her bag and pulls out Hi-C and a jam 'n' jelly sammich. [Not only does that sandwich have jam, it *also* has jelly.] ( :9 ) ( It's healthy! ) * Veronica goes to get her taco salad. Hurrah for lunch. She really needs to get these people some off-campus passes though. * Ivy 's in line! She makes a face at the taco salad, and bee-lines for the hamburgers and fries that are always present. Mmm, grease. [Ivy loves the grease! And she has money, too, which means she ends up with a plate full of it.] (Rich people get all the grease. It's sad.) * Charlotte silently notes that bees don't even fly in a line. * Ivy grabs her food and heads to a table! Hey, sure, the one with Krista and Charlotte, why the hell not. She plops down and eats a french fry! * Charlotte waves to Ivy. * Ivy smiles at Charlotte as she chomps on her fry. * Veronica gets her lunch and smiles slightly as she sets her tray down. She seems remarkably better than yesterday. "Hey guys." She hisses and rubs her shoulder and neck. * Krista looks at Charlotte and smiles a little. "Ah, hi." She picks up her utensils and starts eating. She smiles a little at Ivy too, and says, "Hello..." (AND THEN THE MEAN GIRL SHOWS UP.) * Ivy smiles at Krista. And hell, she even smiles at Veronica too. Yeah! [Aw, no. It's the MEAN GIRL.] (LIGHT SOMEONE ON FIRE.) (If you insist.) * Krista looks slightly nervous as Rica shows but it doesn't stop her from eating. (Yay!) * Krista bites her lip a moment, then says, "Have you been okay?" (Still at Ivy.) * Ivy eyes the group and then shrugs. * Krista smiles a little weakly. "I... ah, can't understand shrugs much, sorry?" * Charlotte interprets! "She's doing fine." She looks at Ivy. "Am I right?" * Ivy smiles at Charlotte and nods. Mm, french fry. *Munch munch* She points at Krista and Charlotte and opens her palm up as if posing a question. * Charlotte grins. Then blinks. "Okay, I'm not sure about that one." * Ivy shrugs yet again and continues eating. Apparently, she's fine with it being missed. * Krista nods a little and says, "Ah... well..." she trails off, then says, uncertainly, "Maybe it's not important." * Charlotte sips her Hi-C. "What's up?" * Veronica watches Ivy and the rest of them curiously. "You asking if they want any?" * Ivy pauses a moment in consideration, and then puts down her half-eaten french fry to open up her backpack and take out a notebook and pen! Yay communication tool! She writes down, 'How you two doing? Vampires come back?' (There, last time she was talking way too English-like. This makes much more sense to her character.) * Krista stares at the paper. Staaares. Her mouth slacks slightly. * Charlotte stares also. She shakes her head slowly and awkwardly says, "Uhh... N-no. They haven't." * Ivy watches Krista and Charlotte completely calm. As if she just asked if they saw the last episode of Jerry. (DO NOT WATCH THE DEMON BOX.) (Can Veronica see that too?) (If she can't, I bet she'd steal it.) (Just because of Krista's reaction.:) * Ivy has the notepad on the table, so if Veronica can read upside down, she could read it! * Krista finally manages to stammer, "Ah... ah... um." She looks down at her foot and starts to eat, as if it would hide her. * Veronica stops chewing long enough to stare down at the pad. She stares for an abnormally long time. And her hand slowly drops from feeding her mouth. (God, now would be the perfect time for Tabby to show up.) ('Yeah, we all play D&D... or something...') * Veronica finally recovers and tilts her head, looking at the two other girls. "Come...back?" * Krista isn't looking! She's eating! She has class in less than a half hour. Eat eat eat. * Charlotte steals Krista's tactic! (God, one of us is gonna get beated.) * Ivy nods at Veronica and writes, 'Hurt Jeremy's car.' ( Not me! I got backup! ) [Look, Ivy's really trying to communicate and bond with the group! Isn't this a happy day?] * Veronica narrows her eyes. "Fine." She looks at Ivy concerned. "I'm sorry. What happened?" (Yay! *Dances*) * Ivy glances over to Rica and eyes her questioningly. 'No one tell you? Krista had big cross. Charlotte had broom. Vampires go away.' (Heh heh. Yup, Ivy writing like cavewoman - much more entertaining to me.) * Charlotte hesitates, then says. "It's kind of complicated." * Krista glances away from the table for a moment, looks back, and her eyes widen before she whispers, desperately, "Stop writing, please. Someone might see it." Er... Maybe complicated's not the right word, but... * Ivy writes, 'Why problem?' in response to Krista. * Veronica eyes Charlotte and Krista. "Yeah. I guess so. You didn't even want to *tell* me?" I kinda didn't want to tell anyone. * Veronica glances at the notepad again. "Wait. Broom?" She looks puzzled at Charlotte. * Krista hisses, "People... don't know. It's a horrible evil thing..." she looks to Veronica for a moment, then when she looks away refrains from explaining, instead looking back to Ivy. * Veronica looks like she's going to get upset again for a minute, then at Charlotte's response, she kind of subsides. "Yeah...I can understand that." * Veronica eats a bit of her taco salad. "Krista's right, as blunt as she's being about it, though. We shouldn't be talking about this here. Let's hurry up." * Charlotte blinks. "Hurry up and...?" * Ivy looks thoughtful for a moment. 'Strange how mad. No death make them angry.' Talk. I want to hear the whole story. * Krista looks at Veronica funny before shaking her head hesitantly, "N-no. I can't. I've got class." She looks to Ivy's pad and pleads again, "Can you please cover that up...?" * Veronica remains surprisingly calm and amazingly un-beat-up-istic. Wonder of wonders. * Veronica eyes Krista and leans in close, looking her in the eye. "Your life is at stake and you're worried about class? What kinda weirdo are you?" * Veronica says it soft enough for just the table to hear. (Oh, and it doesn't sound like a threat, by the way. ^_^;) * Charlotte eats sammich. * Krista looks back at her, actually meeting her eyes for long enough to say, "We were all there..." then she looks away. "It is... isn't as if she is being plagued..." * Ivy puts her hamburger over some of her words. There! That... kind of covers it up. ( Is Ivy going to eat her own words? :o ) (HA.) * Veronica sighs slightly and leans back in her seat. "Fine. Don't get eaten along the way." * Krista sighs a little and eats a bit more herself. The hamburger shield seems to make her a little less nervous. Just a little. * Veronica eats taco salad. Mmm, lettucy. * Charlotte finishes her sammich and brings out an apple. It's healthy! * Ivy studies Veronica a moment and then writes, 'You seem calm. Krista say no one know. But you know vampires?' ( She is a vampire! ) * Krista starts to tap her finger on the table nervously, no longer eating. She glances to the clock before looking down to her food, before looking over at the notepad. * Veronica shrugs then winces and eats. She is still calm, yes. * Veronica swallows. "When I said this is not the place, I meant this is not the place. Although..." She rubs her head. "Yeah, life's been getting a little weird for me too lately." ( Veronica is Batman. ) * Ivy keeps going, despite everyone telling her this isn't a good time! 'Is that where got scar? ' * Krista nods a little weakly and says, "Spontaneous fire and everything..." * Charlotte shudders at that. * Veronica starts and coughs at her taco salad. She pounds just below her chest to try and force it down. Or out, either way. [Veronica coughs out lettuce. Ew.] * Charlotte pretends not to notice. * Krista 's eyes widen and she asks, "Vero--" and then lettuce! A little sigh of relief escapes her before she says, "Ivy, you really shouldn't be... it's not a good idea to talk about that sort of thing." * Veronica glares at Ivy. "What? When did you-- you were looking in the locker room weren't you? I mean geez!" (I am the master of unintentional double entendre!) * Ivy glances at Krista and then at Veronica, her body scrunching down, her eyes to the ground. I guess we all have a story. * Veronica growls and then closes her eyes, trying to calm down. She's close to hyperventilating at first but then seems to calm a bit. "No, that's not how it happened. I--really don't like to talk about it." * Charlotte nods. * Krista chews her lip for a moment before saying, "It... yeah." A long beat, then, "It isn't much like we can leave the cafeteria for lunch." * Krista glances to Rica for a moment, then manages to eat a little more. Hooray! Food is needed to not fail school. * Ivy glances up to eye Veronica. When she notes she's not going to get beat down, she moves back over to her pad and begins scribbling out the question. * Charlotte finishes her meal. Mmm. Healthyish * Veronica snorts at Krista's statement. "I can. You could too if you weren't in those damned accelerated classes." * Krista gets a little look of disapproval on her face before saying, "They are not..." Well, whatever it is that only gets you a half hour lunch. * Krista shakes her head, "AP Physics. It's just... they're not a bad thing." Beat. "I don't even understand why you would care." * Veronica shakes her head and eats. "Yeah. You think I'm too stupid to understand." * Krista 's eyes widen a moment and she starts to protest, "That isn't--" and then she cuts herself off, looking to the clock again. * Veronica shrugs. "I'm used to it if you do. Why else wouldn't you tell me when I asked you directly what was going on and you didn't say nothing?" * Ivy grabs her hamburger and places it in her backpack. Then she follows that with her notepad! If Krista's looking at the clock, it must be almost time to go! It's the same reason you don't want to talk about what happened. It's not the kind of thing you can talk about easily. * Veronica frowns and sighs. "Yeah. Guess you're right. I'm sorry." * Krista looks to the table for a moment before saying as quietly as she can manage to get it out to the table, "It is something you should not speak of. Nobody who does not know needs to know of the horrors of the devil's minions." * Ivy pauses her stuffing, her gaze turning to another part of the cafeteria. She suddenly stands up and starts walking thataway! * Veronica turns towards the door and quickly munches. "Sounds like a fight or something outside..." * Charlotte blinks. "Wha?" * Veronica stands up and dumps her tray, walking towards the door to check what's going on. * Ivy left her tray behind. She's so rude. * Krista watches the other girls go, but doesn't follow immediately. * Charlotte gets up. She blinks at Krista. "Aren't you coming?" * Krista pushes her glasses up and replies, "Ah... why would I want to watch a fight?" (Yeah Krista. What do you think people got to school *for* anyways?) (So you can revel in it not being you getting beat up?) (Learning?) (Learn how to duck punches, then!) (I haven't been punched!) * Charlotte blinks. But she doesn't come up with an answer, so instead she just turns and hurries after the others, disposing of her trash on the way out. (Rica, punch her!) (Veronica, fix that problem, shall you?) (You're all so mean. ;_;) (Mwehehehe.) ( I'm not! ) ( Just for that I'ma get my friends to wedgie you :( ) (See?) * Krista watches the others go and pushes her food back slightly before leaning her face forward on the table with a big sigh. (I would, but I'm busy watching what's going on outside.) (And Veronica's not mean, Miss Social Misfit.) (She is so mean!) [Ivy gets there first and pushes open the door! Outside is the hall. It'd normally be quiet, but instead they hear a guy yelling, "Fuck you!" and someone slamming into a locker.] (Good thing Krista didn't follow.) (Her ears might burst into flames.) * Ivy blinks and blanches back from the violence. [If you care to look to the right - yes, that way - you see Todd (remember Charlotte's friend? The one wearing black and red, who had problems with Veronica facilitating cutting in line?) clearly threatening a certain dazed guy. He must be the one who crashed into the locker, and he's got a split lip right now. Ow. (continued)] [The guy is Latino and on the bony side, with black hair, a certain scruffiness, and an earring in his left ear. He's wearing blue jeans and a black t-shirt with a horizontal gray stripe. It must be Todd who yelled, because this guy sounds decidedly different: "I'm telling you, I had nothin' to do with it!"] * Charlotte arrives! She pushes her way to the front of the (or lack of the) crowd. "Todd?!" * Veronica follows along, watching Charlotte, then watching the fight. Probably best not to get involved just yet. (Take 'em down, amazon!) (Yeah!) (Amazon? >_>) [Todd turns to Charlotte, which probably gives the kid a chance to catch his breath. "Charlotte! This little bitch just dissed Hector." He looks furious.] * Ivy looks back and forth between Charlotte and Todd, her body still looking ready to bolt at any time. (Join me, Ivy. I have physics.) * Charlotte looks from Todd to Carlos and back. (Oooh, physics. Wait... ew, physics.) (;_;) [The kid coughs and stands up straight. "Just said he deserved it," he says quietly before Todd glares at him and he shuts up.] * Veronica watches Charlotte with a "what's going on?" look, but doesn't say anything, getting closer to Ivy, just in case. * Charlotte steps forward. "Todd, he's not worth it." ["Yeah, Todd," the kid says in a mocking tone as he crouches slightly. "Listen to your woman." Todd growls and lunges for him.] * Ivy takes a couple more steps back, her eyes widening in alarm. * Veronica snorts and mutters under her breath. "He's a bastard anyway. I think he deserves a split lip." * Charlotte suddenly darts forward. "Todd, no!" [Oh my drama point, and Charlotte's hand clamps down onto Todd's arm, yanking him back. He struggles in her grip, then glares at her. "The hell are you doing!"] ( I accomplish what I wanted to do AND achieve world peace at the same time! ) * Charlotte shakes her head. "Don't do it! He's not worth it!" ["Like hell," Todd snarls, trying to shake Charlotte off, though not as furiously as before. "The bitch's lucky he's still alive." Carlos just laughs in response.] * Veronica looks at the guy and eyes him quietly. "I wouldn't give her a reason to release him if I were you. She just saved your sorry butt." * Charlotte keeps a firm grip. "He's trying to get you in trouble. He knows he can't take you in a fight. Don't fall for it." * Charlotte glances back at Carlos, scowling. ["Yeah, that's right," Carlos says, picking up a vague singsong tone. "I *want* you to attack me, 'cause you'll kick my ass. Fucking brilliant, Charlotte." He focuses on the girl and rubs at his lip. "How've you been, anyway? Your gang holding up?"] I'm fine, thanks. Go away. [He chuckles and spits some blood and spittle at both Charlotte and Todd. Half lands on one of Charlotte's shoes as he turns and walks for the men's bathroom.] * Charlotte makes a face at his back. * Veronica cracks her knuckles. "As sore as I am, I'm have tempted to take the little pisser myself." She looks at Charlotte. "What's his problem anyway?" * Ivy relaxes her stance a slight bit as Carlos walks away. * Charlotte relaxes a bit, finally letting go of Todd. "He's just an asshole." She's using the angry words. Oh dear. * Veronica eyes Charlotte dryly. "Gee, you know some people like that too? Amazing." * Charlotte nods, eying the men's room Carlos went into. "Yeah." * Charlotte turns to Todd. "Sorry." [Todd grumbles and rubs at his arm. "Whatever. Where'd you get a grip like that?"] * Charlotte blinks, and intelligently responds, "Uhh... I dunno?" * Veronica yawns and looks at Ivy. "Wanna go get a soda or something?" * Ivy eyes Charlotte a moment and then nods to Veronica. Yay for soda! A woman after her own heart! ["Well, it's something else. Can't be bad, right?" He punches Charlotte lightly in the shoulder. "'Cept when it keeps me from kicking Carlos' ass. I'm goin' out."] (Where is our beloved Hall Troll?) (Doesn't he have some fun to ruin?) (Good question!) * Charlotte grins, a little embarrassed. "Okay. See you." (Isn't it a bit late for him to show up?) ( He got pwned by orcs. ) (Just like any good cop.) (5 minutes too late.) ( * Hall_Troll comes running up, panting and out of breath. "Whuts this 'bout fighting?") (Ha.) [Todd turns and leaves, glancing at the bathroom door as he passes it. He looks *really* tempted but manages to avoid going in.] (Aww.) (Next time, you guys have to rush the boy's bathroom!) (Come on, Todd. You. Him. Swirly. You know you want to.) * Charlotte is satisfied with that. She goes to clean her shoe. Gross. ( Must... resist... swirly's... siren... call.) * Veronica goes towards the soda machines. Mmm, soda. * Ivy follows! Yay for the power of soda! [You coincidentally go in the same direction! And heck. Krista's leaving for class about now, too.] * Krista steps out cautiously, sees that the fight is over, and shifts her bag on her shoulder in response. Yes, in response. * Veronica gets to the venders and starts to put in change, looking at Ivy expectantly. [The girls' bathroom is right by the vending machines. It's handy enough.] * Krista starts down the hall, too! She glances to Ivy and Veronica and the moving Charlotte as she passes. * Ivy pulls out a dollar from her pocket! She waits her turn though, for it would be silly to put that in while Rica's putting in her change. * Veronica looks over at Ivy. "Uh. I'm buying you a soda. Which one do you want?" * Charlotte waves to Krista as she passes. "I'll just be a sec," She says to Veronica and Ivy, as though she were with them or something. She vanishes into the bathroom! * Ivy blinks, obviously surprised by Veronica actually being... well, what she is right now! She stuffs the dollar back in her pocket and beams at Veronica. She pushes the Dr. Pepper button! * Krista half-waves politely and slows down for a moment to stand next to Ivy. After a moment, and the soda dropping, she says cautiously, "Ivy?" * Ivy grabs her soda and turns to look at Krista! * Krista licks her lips a moment and says as quietly as she has to, "Don't... mention those things around other people." Beat. "It's safer for you." A weak smile. "Okay?" * Veronica gets her own soda, keeping one eye on Krista as she approaches. She pops it open though. * Ivy 's face loses her beam from Veronica's generosity. She nods slowly, her shoulders scrunching slightly. * Krista nods back a little and says with the slight smile still in place, "Okay." A beat, then she turns, eyes passing over Rica's for a moment before she fully starts for class. (Maybe Krista likes Rica back!) (Such immoral slander!) * Charlotte comes back out! * Veronica sighs slightly as she wipes her mouth. "She's right." She frowns slightly. "So why were you eying my scar anyways?" ( * hall troll goes whining to the teachers) * Ivy turns to Veronica... until she asks that last part. Her eyes go to the floor. ( It's... like... right there! What are you supposed to do, not see it?) * Veronica shakes her head. "Uh-uh. We're not gonna do this again. Spill." (It's not right there. She didn't show anyone else. :P) (* Ivy pours her drink out on Veronica's shoes) (Didn't really mean to show Ivy but things happen. ^_^) She was probably wondering where you got it. * Ivy glances up at Charlotte, relief evident on her face. * Veronica sighs slightly and finishes off her can, crunching it. "Boyfriend trouble." (Damn, she drank that sucker down!) * Charlotte blinks. "Oh." (Revelation of the century! Veronica's not gay! Shock!) ( She's just into older men like Luke :o ) (Older bald men. :o) * Ivy takes this time to open her can of DD and takes a sip, not sure what to do beyond that. (Only an older man could match the experience a woman would have naturally.) (*pauses, then falls over laughing. Hoo.*) * Veronica rubs her neck. "So you see, that's kinda why I don't like to talk about it much." * Charlotte nods. "Yeah..." * Ivy nods slowly too, still not meeting Rica's gaze. * Veronica tosses the can in a nearby convenient recycle bin. Earth conscious ftw. So is now a good time to hear your side of the story? * Ivy takes another sip, assuming that question was for Char, since she doesn't need a notepad! * Charlotte blinks. "Me?" She points at herself. Either of you. You were both there, weren't you? (Need to go in ten.) * Veronica takes in a deep breath. "And believe me, I'm one of the few people whose not gonna think you're crazy." * Veronica glances at Ivy. Well, that one of you isn't crazy anyway. Well, to be honest, I'm not sure what happened. It was all a blur. Like there were these two girls who were... you know... And they started hurting people... my boss got hurt... * Charlotte fidgets. * Ivy looks back and forth between Char and Rica. She doesn't look crazy. Hrm, maybe soda makes her more sane than normal. Krista would probably be easier to ask. She seemed to know what she was doing. Krista? You're kidding right? THAT Krista? * Charlotte nods. She was a little, um.... 'Holy crusade'ish about the whole thing, but.... * Veronica rubs her forehead. "Okay, *that's* Krista. But why her?" * Charlotte shrugs helplessly as a response. * Ivy takes another sip of her soda! * Veronica grumbles in response. "I guess I should be glad all I had to deal with recently is a giant greedy talking rat." * Ivy blinks at Rica, her face showing that, yes, she's taking that literally. Who knows, Rica might be literal! Well, at least I can say none of us got hurt too seriously. * Charlotte frowns. "Except my boss. She had a broken wrist. I think. She hasn't been to work. They got someone to replace her." * Veronica frowns a bit and turns towards Charlotte. "Broken from what?" * Charlotte looks at Veronica blankly. "Vampires." I know that. What was she doing to break it? I- I don't remember. * Veronica frowns. "Punches like a steel bar? Weird forehead?" * Charlotte nods. * Veronica stares down for a little bit, considering for a little bit. Then chews on her lip. "I gotta go." * Charlotte blinks. "Huh? Where?" * Veronica starts to walk off. * Charlotte follows! "Hey!" * Veronica starts to run off, wiping her arm across her face. "Fucking dammit, stop following me!" [Annnnd session end.]