01<@Ardweden> [Day: Monday, September 13. Time: Fifth period lunch.] 01<@Ardweden> [After a wild night of completely ruining Tony's dream, you woke to alarms blaring and parents at varying levels of concern/anger concerning your terrifically awful abiltiy to wake the hell up. By which I mean, you woke up incredibly late for school, and most of you stumbled in around the middle of the third period to early fourth period.] 01<@Ardweden> [It was extra super bad for Tiffany and Tyler, because THEY woke up in cold sweat, not to mention however else they were feeling due to what they saw. Hank, Sydney, and Javy aren't feeling well rested, either, but at least their transition was far more smooth.] 01<@Ardweden> [And now, you head to lunch! Maybe they're serving caffeine today. As the main course. There's a pleasant dream.] 01<@Ardweden> [Session Start.] 06* Tyler is half falling over on his feet in line, zombie state, just shuffling forward when he notices or the grumbling behind him gets loud enough. 01<@Ardweden> [That is happening, as students are quite hungry and also annoyed when jerks cut in front of Tyler because the gap in front of him is too large.] 01<@Ardweden> [Today's choices for lunch are baked potatoes or nachos! It makes sense when you take random toppings into account, as there's a pretty nice bar set up for such things.] 06* Tyler dead points. It probably lands on Nachos, but it's hard to tell. 01<@Ardweden> [Tyler gets a good-sized basket of nachos. And whatever he dead pointed at to drink. Time to put stuff on it!] 06* Javy slouches his way into the back of the line, trying to get himself awake enough to eat properly. Nachos are nice, though. 06* Tyler doesn't care and heads to the bar and just starts dumping gloop on it, what ever. 06* Tiffany has her backpack over her shoulder as she stumbles into line behind Javy. She actually bumps into him before noticing he's there. 01<@Ardweden> [Tyler gets all sorts of gloop. Orange gloop, green gloop, red gloop, white gloop...] 01<@Ardweden> [There's even brown, whatever that is. Oh, that's beans. Or ground beef. Well, he has that now too.] 03* Kirby is now known as Hank 06* Tyler adds some green circles that might be peppers and stumbles for his normal table. 06* Sydney slumps into line behind Javy and Tiffany. She lets out a sound that's somewhat like "mrrh" at them. 06* Javy keeps himself upright, but looks back at Tiffany after she bumps into him, and then wakes up at least 50% more, blushing a little, his ears reddening. "Uh. Hey." Then he nods to Sydney. 06* Hank arrives before long, getting into the rear of the line. "'Sup?" 06* Sydney turns around and gives Hank a small wave. "Hey." 06* Tiffany looks back at Javy, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. She looks only slightly different, but that's probably because she didn't have any chance to put any makeup on this morning. Her arm warmers are a bit ruffled and hastily put on and she's wearing her jean shorts and fishnets. "Hey...god..." 06* Hank yawns. "Anythin' cool or interestin' happenin'?" 06* Javy nods. He looks pretty normal, clothing wise - long-sleeve brown t- shirt, dark blue jeans. He colors a little more at the casual use of God's name. "Nnn... yeah. I... yeah." 06* Tyler sits down and starts half poking at his food. 01<@Ardweden> [Javy also notices another girl giving him a shy wave of sorts... who is she... oh yeah, Leah. She's eating lunch with that one other girl, who nudges her and points out someone else in line.] 01<@Ardweden> [Sydney notices the girl Leah's eating with - Natalie - who's pointing her out, in fact, and saying something to Leah.] 06* Tiffany rubs the sleep out of her eyes again and teeters forward, bumping into Javy again. It takes her a bit of effort to actually pull herself upright. "Ugh. This is so embarrassing. Any news on the loser crew?" She glances over at the usual Tyler table to see if Tony's around. 06* Sydney waves to Natalie. This will probably annoy her, but Sydney doesn't care! 01<@Ardweden> [Tyler stumbles to his normal table! It takes him a number of nachos, before he notices that nobody else is sitting there.] 06* Javy blinks a couple of times, and runs a hand over his face to try to make it look better before waving awkwardly back at Leah. He mumbles something to Tiffany, ending with "... seen yet." 01<@Ardweden> [After some effort, Tiffany does spot Tyler, and nope, none of the rest of the loser crew.] Hmm. I haven't heard anything... haven't really got a reason to, though. 06* Sydney yawns hugely. 06* Hank shrugs. "Dunno, dun care. As long as whatisface woke up, 's good 'nuff." He yawns again. "Day's too long." 01<@Ardweden> [Natalie rolls her eyes, but she gives Sydney a tiny little wave. Aw, love!] 06* Tyler blinks in confusion. There's free food. There's no Steve. Something is wrong with the universe. He will get his phone out and send a text to Steve and Tony. "Luhnc?" 06* Sydney smiles a bit when Nat waves back. 01<@Ardweden> [Tony answers right away: "home sick still"] 01<@Ardweden> [Javy makes it to the end of the line! Which means everyone else is soon to follow. Go, get the foods!] 06* Tiffany shivers a bit at Hank's statement and starts rubbing her upper arm. "I...I hope so...." 06* Javy is double blushing and tired from the bumping and the waving and the lack of sleep, but he does manage to order some nachos and an iced tea. 06* Tyler would type more but after several tries gives up and stares in dismay at the pile of gloop in front of him 06* Tiffany hesitates for a moment and doesn't quite look behind her, but off to the side. "Uh...Hank? Thanks..." 01<@Ardweden> [Javy even manages not to fall face first into iced tea!] 01<@Ardweden> [It's nachos! With SO MANY TOPPINGS. Possibly all of the toppings. Truly, a feast fit for Steve. If it also had potato, and more nachos, and a salad on top.] 06* Javy gratefully takes his unfaced iced tea and carefully walks over the condiments station at half speed. This stuff sucks, but he takes the things that are the least gross looking. 06* Hank blinks a few times. "Fer what?" 06* Tyler just sits there and slowly starts to eat it. 06* Sydney gets a potato! And many things upon this potato, and a coke. Sweet, sweet caffeiene. 06* Tiffany keeps rubbing, still not quite looking at Hank, though she glances his way. "You...uh...you made a hard decision I'm not sure the rest of us were ready to make... I hope it was the right one..." 01<@Ardweden> [Meanwhile, Tiffany holds up the line and Sydney totally walks past her. It's understandable..] 06* Tiffany notices, as if for the first time, she's at the front of the line and stares at the food selections for a moment. She slowly works on filling up her plate of nachos. Every once and a while, she'll glance back at Hank to see his expression. 06* Javy finishes his condimenting and heads for the table, if it's open still, keeping a close grip on his tray. 06* Sydney stops, looks back, and realizes what she's done. "Crap. Sorry, Tiffany." 01<@Ardweden> [Now Tyler gets a text message from Steve. It is as follows: "GrrruuUUUUUuughaaaaagh".] 06* Hank yawns again, but pauses mid way. "Oh." He glances off to the side a minute. "Yeah, me too." 06* Tiffany looks at Sydney for a moment and takes a moment to focus on her, then replies with an intelligent "Huh?" 06* Tiffany 's also stopped and is holding up the line again. 01<@Ardweden> [Javy makes it to the table without spilling anything!] 06* Tyler looks at the steve text and then at the nachos, debating which one is more scrutable. 06* Javy sets the tray down at half speed, and slumps himself into his seat before looking around the place, since the others aren't here yet. 01<@Ardweden> [Tyler probably doesn't even know what "scrutable" means! It kind of hurts his head.] I cut in front of you in line. Sorry. Didn't mean to. 01<@Ardweden> [Hank must make a decision of vital importance: POTATO or NACHOS.] 06* Tiffany looks at Sydney for a moment. "What?" She seems confused for a moment, then looks back at the line behind her, then looks embarrassed. "Oh." She works on finishing up her plate and making sure she gets out of the way of the line, shrinking visibly as she goes to the table. 06* Hank picks Nachos. That wasn't much of a decision at all. 06* Sydney finishes up and also heads to the table. "Sorry." For what? 06* Tiffany looks honestly confused at Sydney in a bleery-eyed way. Cutting in front of you. Wait, did I already apologize? 06* Tiffany tries to rub the bridge of her nose all squinty eyed and hold her tray at the same time. Being this tired, it's not an easy effort. "Ugh. I think so. Look, ask me when I'm more coherent, alright?" 06* Javy sticks a straw in the iced tea and shlucks some down, his eyes widening a little as he does. Sugar is powerful. 01<@Ardweden> [Now Steve texts again, probably to elaborate: "Dying maybe dead. Not sure yet".] 06* Tiffany stops next to Sydney and glances at Tyler's table, frowning a bit. "He's alone today." 06* Tyler stares at the text again. "How bad?" 06* Sydney nods to Tiffany, then stops. "Oh. Does that mean Tony's...?" She exhales. "You know what... I'm just gonna go ask." 06* Javy looks up at them, and nods a little. "Should we...?" 06* Sydney heads over to where Tyler is sitting. 06* Tiffany blinks and watches Sydney go. She looks like she was going to walk over herself, but now she's just standing in the middle of the cafeteria, frozen, and holding a plate of nachos. 01<@Ardweden> [Steve: "Hurts. Mom thinks its something I ate"] 06* Tyler stares at the text, then at the nachos, then at the sydney who is suddenly there. "eerrr...?" 06* Javy watches Sydney go, and then up at Tiffany. Have you heard from Tony? Still sick. Sent text. Nachos big. Well, I guess after all he went through, it'd make sense... given how tired we are. 06* Sydney yawns again. Those are big. What about your other friend who eats a lot? stomach hurt. 01<@Ardweden> [Tiffany notices a student coming at her just in time to shift her balance; he bumps her as he heads out of the cafeteria, but her tray does not go flying. Lucky!] 06* Tiffany gets bumped and lets out a little yelp of surprise. She stumbles forward a bit, frantically tilting to balance the tray but fortunately manages to keep it upright. 01<@Ardweden> [He also doesn't stick around to check on her, as he keeps heading out of the cafeteria, now talking and laughing with his friend.] 06* Tiffany gives the student the tired death glare from Hell. That's too bad. You okay, other than the really tired? Just tired... he..he'll be okay. 01<@Ardweden> [Tyler's nachos are getting seriously soggy.] 06* Tyler sounds more like he's asking a question then saying a statement. 06* Hank has nachos. And cheese. And orange juice? He staggers towards the usual table. 06* Tiffany gives out a long sigh and makes her way towards Javy's table, her pace a bit slower than it originally was. 01<@Ardweden> [Hank staggers past Tiffany and to the Javy Table!] I think. I hope. He's awake, right? So that's something. 06* Javy tries the nachos, and makes a face, but looks a bit more awake afterwards. 06* Tyler nods a bit. "Nacho?" 06* Tiffany sets her tray down and eats from it quietly. 06* Sydney blinks. "Sure?" She takes one and eats it. "Thanks." 06* Javy glances up at her, and then at Hank. "These... if. My mom's nachos, they're... I don't. What are these, even." 06* Tyler seems pleased like something is right with the world again. "Yeah..just.. mom said I had to come.." 06* Tiffany deadpans. "They're the pride and glory that is Ashgate school lunches. Eat up." 06* Sydney has another nacho. "My mom totally freaked." 06* Tiffany munches on another nacho, leaning on her elbow. Her elbow slips and she almost faceplants into the nachos but catches herself short of it. She grumbles and pushes the tray aside. "That's it, I'm done." 06* Tyler nods in sympathy, too tired to care it's sydney that's talking to him. 06* Javy shakes his head slowly, but has more nachos, anyway. "Good. Uh... choice. Good choice." He blushes a little more, and hangs his head over his tray. 06* Hank eats nachos. "Better 'n the potatoes, I reckon." 06* Tiffany sighs and glances off at Sydney talking to Tyler. She watches them for a moment, but is clearly talking to the two boys at the table. "So. What do you think? Of last night, I mean?" 06* Hank shrugs. "Dunno. I'm as confused as ever 'bout the whole thing." And we... Uh, anyhow. Think you'll be dreamwalking tonight, or want a break? 06* Tiffany nods slightly, then turns a bit and glances at Hank for a moment before realization seems to dawn on her. "Uh...that's right. You guys got out, didn't you?" No. 06* Javy trails off, and then sips his tea, and nods. "The... the cat. He said you'd make... uh. It. Out, here. Too." 06* Hank nods to Javy. "Yeah." 06* Sydney tilts her head. "No walking or no break?" 06* Tiffany scowls and looks at Tyler for a moment, staring at the side of his face for a moment. "Fuck that cat." She glances back at the other two and now she seems angry. 06* Javy blinks, and says, "Whuh...?" It..it wasn't..... 06* Tyler sighs and stares at the nacho pile again. You heard me. Fuck that cat. If he calls that "safe," then fuck this whole goddamned thing. Did you... uh. What... it, what happened? Huh? 06* Tiffany puts her hands on the table and stares Javy down. "We were stuck in the dream while it was being demolished, Javy. What do you *think* happened?" 06* Hank eats another nacho, to tired to care how bad it is. "Weren't my idea to involve him." It...we didn't get out. okay? It was a mistake. 06* Javy pales noticeably as he thinks for a beat, and rests a hand flat on the table. "But... but, you're here. Right?" 06* Sydney blinks. "You... didn't? But... but how?" 06* Tiffany sits back down on the bench with a huff and crosses her arms, still looking at Javy with only a bit less heat. "Barely. I mean I...I mean...god, I don't even know if Tony survived that. It had to have been hell for him." 06* Tiffany softens her tone a bit and looks a little sad. "And the last thing I remember is him being really worried and getting hit by a car..." She shrinks again and wraps her arms more tightly around her. It ended. Okay? Oh. 06* Tyler just stares at the nacho and then takes a big handful bite. 01<@Ardweden> [Tyler gets cheese and sour cream all over his hand.] 06* Javy crosses himself, and nods quietly a couple of times. "It's... uh. I... sorry." And then there was that...uh... 06* Sydney takes a breath. "I'll... I'll talk to you later, then. Bye." She heads over to the other table, puts her tray down, and slumps into one of the open seats. 06* Javy listens, absently eating a nacho, and then making a little face at it. 06* Tiffany shakes her head and takes a nacho from the plate she pushed aside, eating it. "Nevermind." That what? 06* Tiffany notices Sydney joining them again and looks at her expectantly, another nacho in her mouth. He says Tony's home sick. I... don't know exactly what that means for us, if he's okay and just recovering, or... I can see him staying home if he feels like we do. Probably feels worse. 06* Javy looks concerned at the non-forthcomingness, and then looks to Sydney. "But he... he woke up?" 06* Tiffany frowns and gets quiet all of the sudden, looking down at the table. Yeah, he woke up. Tyler said he sent a text. 06* Sydney sips her coke. 06* Tiffany then tilts her head up at Hank. "Wait, what did you say?" 06* Hank blinks a few times. "What'd I say about what?" You asked a question. Uh, I think. Sorry. I wasn't paying much attention. *she looks sheepish* 06* Hank eats another nacho. "What happened to ya in there?" 06* Javy scans the line for some Nate presence. Oh. Uh...it wasn't about what happened in there. Um. You mean you didn't notice? Notice what? Sorry, 'M too tired to notice much of anything. 06* Tiffany glances at Javy and Sydney to see if their reactions the same. "None of you noticed?" 01<@Ardweden> [Nate's not there, at least yet.] 06* Sydney hesitates with a forkful of potato to her mouth. "Uh, noticed what? Sorry." 06* Javy tries to work this out. "That... that you didn't... uh. Come out? I wasn't in there. After that." No, that's not what I meant. Um...well. Ah. We were being watched. In the dream? 06* Tiffany eats a nacho. She nods slowly at Sydney's statement as she muches. By that creepy black thing? No, I really didn't notice. 06* Tiffany blinks and looks at Hank. "You noticed it too? So I wasn't seeing things..." 06* Javy looks between Hank and Tiffany, and looks more concerned than he usually does when he's looking at the two of them. 06* Hank nods. "Yeah. Whatever it was. It came outta Tony's dad." 06* Tiffany blinks. "What? No it didn't. It was at the counter the whole time." 06* Javy looks at Sydney in solidarity, blinking tiredly. 06* Sydney solidarity-blinks at Javy, then stares at Tiffany. "I... I totally missed it." Nah, his dad melted into that thing. I seen it. 06* Javy says "Me too" slightly too loudly. Huh. Weird. So there were two of them? Only saw the one. And I'm not surprised. I...uh...when I tried to look at it, it disappeared. Kinda, uh...like looking in your blind spot, I guess. 06* Tiffany rubs her nose. "I could only see it if I didn't look at it...I guess is the best way to describe it...I dunno." 06* Javy speaks slowly. "So... was I... did I just... was I. Just looking at it? The whole time?" He sounds disturbed. I didn't see the one Hank saw though. 01<@Ardweden> [Nate walks in! Yay Nate! He waves at you guys before getting in line.] 06* Sydney rubs her forehead. "Man." 06* Javy perks a little, and waves back. So...uh... 06* Tyler got through like half his nachos before sliding them to the side and just staring at the table. 06* Tiffany looks like she's about to say something, then stops herself as she glances up at Nate. She's too tired to wave hi though. She glances at Tyler's table again now. 06* Hank finishes his nachos. "So there's at least two of 'em." 06* Javy focuses back at the table. "I guess. Why... why wouldn't we see them? Syd and me. It's... why?" 06* Tiffany gives a half nod to Hank, then notes that Nate's going to the line and focuses back on the conversation. "I...uh...don't be too hard on yourself. I think it was probably just a coincidence we saw them at all." She frowns. "I don't think they're meant to be seen..." And if we try to look for them, they'll probably hide. So... if we don't... 06* Javy trails off, and comes back with, "then we might see it?" 06* Hank frowns. "We oughtta find 'em. Stop 'em before they attack someone else." I....are they the things that make up the...uh....good dreams then? 06* Sydney raises an eyebrow. "Maybe?" 06* Tiffany frowns. "But that doesn't make any sense. I swore the one I saw told me to run when the dream was unraveling..." 06* Tiffany sighs and holds her head. "None of this makes any sense..." So one was good 'n one was bad? We should, uh. Think more when, when we're awake. More than now. I mean I'm pretty sure the one Tony's dad melted inta weren't no friendly. I...*sighs* Fuck if I know... Because he was trying to trap Tony? 06* Sydney drinks more soda. More caffeine! More brainpower! Maybe. 06* Javy follows Sydney's lead, except with tea. 06* Hank does too! With orange juice. "Too tired to think straight." But...uh...I think even in the end, Javy's clone still wanted to help Nate...I mean...it was more mad at us for getting in the way than wanting to kill us, don't you think? Ugh. That I can agree with. 06* Javy nods to that, too. "But you're right. About... that thing with Nate. I remember that. Um. Like, real well." It's gonna be shit when I get home. Dunno. Maybe they don't wanna help 'em so much as keep 'em dreamin' fer some reason. 06* Tyler sighs and slowly gets up, leaving the greasy soggy half eaten nachos there and moves towards the other table. 06* Tiffany blinks as she catches Tyler moving out of the corner of her eye. "Incoming Tyler." 01<@Ardweden> [Tyler doesn't clean up after himself!] 06* Javy smiles ruefully. "My mom, too. She... it wasn't, uh. Pretty." And then to Hank, "Yeah, maybe." My mom completely freaked this morning. She's seen the stories on the news. 06* Javy nods, and fumbles with his straw. "Mine too." 06* Tyler will awkward pause about 4 feet from the table staring at it. 06* Tiffany stops and stares at Tyler. 06* Sydney looks over at Tyler. "Hey." Hey.. er.. join you? please? 06* Hank glances up at Tyler. Instead of saying anything he looks off to the side and takes a sip of OJ. A long sip. 06* Javy looks from him to Tiffany, to Hank, and back. He doesn't have any problems with it, and half-nods, not entirely committed. 06* Tiffany blinks and looks at Tyler. She looks like she's about to say something else, but ends on. "Uh. Sure." 06* Tyler collapses into a nearby chair. 06* Javy nods to him more fully, and says, "Uh... where's your lunch?" Far away where it can never hurt any one again... 06* Tiffany sighs. "Amen to that." She pushes her tray further away, but not closer to Tyler. She's not giving him potential ammo. "Uh. How's, uh, Tony?" It wasn't... that bad... The lunch, I mean. Don't know. 06* Javy looks at Sydney. "It was. If... you should, uh. Syd. Try some real nachos. Um. Some time." 06* Sydney looks back at Javy. "Sure." 01<@Ardweden> [Sydney actually has a potato.] 06* Sydney eats potato instead of Tyler's mistake of a lunch! 06* Tiffany frowns a little bit. "I....uh...how are *you*?" 06* Javy still thinks she should eat some real nachos some time. 06* Tyler looks at Tiffany. "I'm over here." Some how that has multiple layers of meaning under the blanket of "I'm dead tired". 01<@Ardweden> [Nate walks up, with a potato and a soda. He sits next to Sydney, as that is a readily available slot not taken up by Tiffany's tray o' nachos. "Hey, guys. You look burnt or dead."] 06* Tiffany looks at Tyler for a moment. She tries to manage up the snark in her voice, but she doesn't quite get it off, sounding more tired than snarky. She still manages to get it out, "So does that mean you're ready to treat us like human beings or what?" 06* Hank looks at Nate. "'S about the size of it." 06* Javy nods sadly. Can we fight later? 06* Sydney looks over at Nate. "That... says it nicely." 01<@Ardweden> [Nate looks at Hank, then Javy, then Sydney, then asks Javy, "Long night or something?"] 06* Tiffany sighs. "I'm not trying to fight, Tyler. I'm not going to kick you when you're down. But I want an answer." She looks at him and tilts her head. It doesn't look mean-spirited. "It's an honest question." 06* Javy tries to dislodge a chip. "It's... um. Yeah. We didn't, uh, sleep. Um. Well." Somethin'. 06* Tyler sighs and half glances at Hank. "Some of you. Yeah. Sure." 01<@Ardweden> ["... Geez. Must've been rough. What happened?"] 06* Hank gets up and leaves. "'Cuse me." 06* Sydney watches Hank go. "Uh. Bye?" 06* Tiffany turns and glances Hankward. She frowns as Hank gets up and gets up to go after him. 01<@Ardweden> [Nate looks kind of confused, but he just sits there and drinks his soda.] 06* Javy watches him get up, and then Tiffany, then says to Nate, "I, uh. We finally had an, uh. A breakthrough. But it took a lot of... of rest. Um." He colors a little. "It took effort. And so it took rest. Um." 01<@Ardweden> ["Oh, yeah?" He's interested! "What're you working on?"] 06* Tyler blinks "can I see?" 06* Javy looks at the nachos, and says, "Um, it's... you know. Um... it's a long story. We can. I'll tell you later. Okay?" 01<@Ardweden> [Nate blinks at Javy, but then he shrugs. "Sure. You look beat anyway - need more caffeine."] 06* Sydney raises her soda in solidarity. 06* Javy nods, and sips at his tea. "Yeah. And, and actual food." 06* Tyler looks very confused at Javy but that doesn't change much. 01<@Ardweden> [Nate mix and mashes his potato. "It's not *that* bad."] 06* Javy looks apologetically at Tyler, and then shrugs to Nate. "You didn't get what I got." 01<@Ardweden> [And so, conversation turned to cafeteria food. It is a cafeteria, after all!] 01<@Ardweden> [Session End.]