01 [Day: Tuesday, September 14. Time: 8:00 a.m.] 01 [That's right, it's morning, and after a good night's sleep you all managed to wake up more or less on time - much to your parents' possible relief. You're all arriving at school! Isn't that fantastic? School is great!] 01 [If it weren't lightly raining anyway. That sort of sucks.] 01 [And the school part sort of sucks, too.] 01 [Well, anyway, you're arriving, and you shall do what you do. Most of the students who usually hang out on the lawn are up the stairs, under the overhang or in the entryway to the school.] 01 [Session Start.] 06* Tyler is trudging in a bit slowly dreading the day. 01 [Tyler is sad. And wet.] 06* Tiffany 's walking through the rain as well and seems to have forgotten her umbrella. Or doesn't have one. She does, fortunately have a hooded jacket that she's currently wearing over her head so she doesn't get her precious hair wet. She goes for the nearest open dry spot when she gets there. 06* Tyler is a sad wet drowned rag without an umbrella. His bright red hair today just matted and hanging limp over his face. It's almost emo. He's looking around to see if any of his friends are there. 06* @Javy draws closer to the school, sharing a large yellow umbrella with Nate. "Sorry about last night. Um, just, I was too tired. I just, uh... crashed. I should have texted you, though. At least." 06* Hank arrives via motorcycle, as per norm. Who cares if it's raining? He shows up with his sister, as per norm. 01 [Tiffany goes for a spot, but is promptly blocked by a boy she recognizes as Josh, who sneers at her, greasy hair and all. "How's it going, Tiff Tiff?" he asks, adopting Tyler's name for her. Next to him is Tony, who's stopped his talking to another boy (Matt) to look over at her and Josh.] 01 [Tyler does in fact see his friends! Possibly harrassing Tiffany!] 01 [Nate shrugs. "It's cool," he tells Javy. "Happens to all of us. Remember me last month?"] 06* Tiffany looks up at Josh for a moment and gives him a brief look. "Get bent." She tries to make her way around him. 06* @Javy winces, and nods. "Yeah. Uh, yeah, I do. That was... hard. At least you do better. Now, I mean." 06* Tyler stops and watches a bit, waiting to see where this will go before picking sides. 01 [Susanna is in fact on the motorcycle, and she's laughing. She always did like driving through the rain a little too much.] 01 [Tiffany stumbles, tripping over what's probably Josh's foot, or leg, or something - he was always good at that particular maneuver - before someone bumps behind her and sends her falling forward, books and all. "Sorry about that," he says, though he's obviously not sorry at all. That'd be Matt.] 01 [Tony, for his part, is still standing where he is, watching with a strange expression on his face. Almost like he's bored. But he's certainly paying attention.] 01 [As for the other students, eh, they're ignoring it. This is a pretty commonplace sort of thing.] 06* Tiffany oofs and ends up stumbling forward to the wet ground. The weight of the backpack doesn't help. She half rolls over and gives Josh a Look, but goes to pick her stuff up, including herself. 01 [Concrete, it hurts, man. Tiffany's got a nasty scrape on her knee.] 06* Tiffany tries to hide her wince as she gets up. 06* Tyler just watches a bit more, glancing around seeing if teachers are coming. 06* @Javy looks over Tiffany's way, and squints. "What's going on there?" 06* Hank parks rather quickly, unfortunately for Susanna, and mumbles, "Wait here," as he marches on over. 01 [Nate looks over. "Looks like Tiffany tripped or something. I hope she's okay." 06* Tiffany glances Tonyward for a second, then readjusts her backpack on her shoulders, looking up at Josh. "Had your fun now?" 01 [Susanna oofs with the whiplash and then awws at the command. But she might be waiting. Maybe.] 06* @Javy starts over, but then Hank's going over, and so he just veers that way without heading over exactly, so he can see what's up. "Yeah. Uh, it's... that was. It's probably not, um, an accident." 06* Sydney finally makes it to school! She made the mistake of deciding that she wanted to walk part of the way this morning, despite the rain. She twirls her navy blue umbrella as she heads up the sidewalk. 01 [Josh stops his laughing - he was laughing, unsurprisingly - and says to Tiffany, "Well, I think-"] 01 ["Hey, Josh," Tony interrupts. "Cool it."] 06* Tiffany blinks for a moment and turns to Tony and just stares at him as if he's a pod person. 01 [Josh scowls, turning to Tony, but Tony just stares back and then turns to nod at Hank, who's marching quite purposefully over. "Aw, fuck," Josh says, quite eloquently, and then he scrams into the sea of students. Seems he's good at that, too. Matt says, "Good call," to Tony and hightails it as well.] 06* Sydney reaches Javy and Nate. "Morning, guys! What's going on?" 06* @Javy looks up at her. "Uh, not too much. Hey, Syd. Just, uh, something there. But I think it's over now." 06* Tyler looks at Hank. "Hey drowned bull! You're a queer or a steer?" Okay, so that was lame but he had one jab to draw aggro. 01 [Tony looks at Tyler. "Dude, lame one." Yeah, he called him on it.] 06* Sydney blinks. "Oh?" 01 ["Javy thinks some people are picking on Tiffany," Nate informs helpfully.] 06* Tiffany glances at Tony for a moment and seems about to call him on it when she glances at Tyler and then finally notices Hank coming. She sighs a bit and mutters to herself, "Knew it was too good to be true." She then glances back over towards Tony. "Aren't you going to hightail it like your buddies?" 06* Sydney frowns. "Ah, hell. Really?" 01 ["Why would they do that?" Okay, that's from someone else- Susanna! Who has ninja'd her way to Sydney, Javy, and Nate. She's so good at staying still. "Tiffany's pretty cool."] 06* @Javy nods at Nate. "Yeah. Uh, you know. The usual." He points off towards where Tiffany and Tony are. Then he starts at Susanna's appearance. "Uh, hey. Um." 06* Hank glances Tylerward. "You wanna come over here and say that, son? Didn't think so." 01 [Susanna, for her part, is wearing a black hoodie under a yellow windbreaker and a nice pair of (probably designer) jeans, and damn if she doesn't make it look like a fashion statement somehow, because she looks good in it.] 01 [Hood's up, but other than that she's getting wet!] 01 [Tony shrugs at Tiffany. "Why? I didn't do nothin'." He lets the 'this time' remain silent, as he should.] 06* Tyler shrugs and heads Tony. Tony needs to get away! 06* Sydney looks at Susanna. "You're Hank's sister, right? I don't think we've met yet. I'm Sydney Raynerson." She holds out her hand. 01 [Susanna grins and shakes Sydney's hand. "Howdy. Susanna Morris. 'm guessin' yer a friend of Hank's?"] 06* @Javy stuffs his free hand in his pocket, and clams up, heading for the building with the umbrella, and thus probably Nate. 01 [Susanna clearly doesn't work out like Hank does, but her handshake is a good, practiced one.] 06* Hank ignores Tyler and walks up to Tiffany. "Hey, You okay?" 06* Sydney approves of this handshake! She smiles warmly and nods. "Javy and Nate and Tiffany, too." 01 [Nate's watching the girls chat, but then Javy moves along and he goes, "Whoa, hey!" and moves to catch up to the shelter. Books wet! Books wet!] 06* Tiffany gives Tony a long hard stare for a moment before saying hard. "No. You didn't." She frowns a little bit. "Looks like your boyfriend's going to get himself in trouble if he doesn't keep his mouth shut." She sighs and turns to Hank and sounds exhausted. "Yeah, Hank. I'm fine." She doesn't look at him and steps back towards the school. Fuck you ti...you know what, I woudn't even take your skank ass. 06* Tiffany just casually throws a flip-off in Tyler's direction. 06* @Javy slows down again, and mumbles an apology to Nate for the sudden movement. 01 [Tony rolls his eyes at Tiffany. "Your insults suck." He doesn't say it in an insulting way, just a matter of fact way, as someone who hears a lot of insults. "See you 'round, Tiff." And he heads after Tyler.] 06* Tiffany doesn't respond back to Tony with his response, but waits until both of them are gone before letting out a deep breath, wrestling with herself for a moment, before letting out. "Thanks, Hank." 01 ["Yeah?" Susanna asks. "Sounds like he's makin' a good number of friends, then. Guess Pa's got a right ta be worried."] 06* Tyler shakes his head just heading into the school. 06* Sydney lets her hands fall to her sides. "Why worried? Isn't making friends a good thing?" 01 ["Eh, he's kinda a... control freak. Yeah, that's the way ta put it. He was all freakin' out 'cause Hank slept in yesterday."] Hmmm. Yeah, my mom was freaking out, too. I wasn't feeling all that well yesterday and slept in, and she's seen all that stuff on the news... so, yeah. I can kind of see that, I guess? 06* Hank nods to Tiffany, having no idea what to say on account of his player being confused. 01 [Susanna blinks. "The news?"] 06* Tiffany glances over at the group. "That your sister over there?" 06* @Javy leads Nate on a bit away from Syd and Susanna, if they're not moving now. 01 ["It's cool," Nate tells Javy, now that the GM's caught up with that thread of conversation. "So... gonna tell me about this project you've been working on?"] 06* Hank looks over. "Yeah. Didn't know she knew Sydney." 06* @Javy nods slowly. "Yeah. Uh, yeah, I will. Just... there's not time now. Before class, and... yeah. Tonight? Or after school even. If you can. Like after swim practice." 01 ["Sure, I've gotta use the art room after class anyway."] Well apparently she does now. Reckon so. 06* Sydney grimaces briefly. "Just some people getting sick lately. Some of them ended up in the hospital." She taps the fingers of her left hand against her leg. 06* @Javy nods, and smiles, relieved. "Good. I, uh. It's gonna be good. Hearing what you think." So what was that all about, Tony? 06* Tiffany sighs and adjusts her hood. "I guess we might as well go over." She looks at Hank. "You're still up for tonight, right?" 01 ["Wow, really? Is it like the plague or something? It's gotta be pretty bad ta make the news."] 06* Hank blinks. "Huh? Oh, yeah. I'll be there." 01 [Nate laughs. "Always good to have a sounding board, right?"] 06* Tiffany gives a quick nod and makes her way on over to Sydney and Susanna. I don't think anybody really knows what it is, but it doesn't seem to be contagious. 06* Hank does too! How about that? 06* @Javy nods. "Yeah, for sure. It's interesting. I think, uh... it's gonna be right up your alley." 01 ["Awesome."] 06* Hank shows up. "Hey Sydney. Didn't know you two knew each other." <@Javy> Yeah. You, uh... what are you doing? Um, in the art room. I mean. Something new? 06* Sydney turns to Hank, relieved at the distraction! "Morning, Hank! We didn't, actually, before now. It's very nice to meet her." 01 [Susanna nods. "Yeah, we just met. She was talkin' ta Javy and Nate, so I went to say hi to them." She looks around. "Looks like they're gone, though..."] Yeah. They're pretty close. Probably had guy stuff to talk about or something. You doing okay, Tiffany? 01 ["Yeah," Nate says, "I'm working on paints a little bit. Mr. Young said that if I want to paint one of the school doors senior year, I need to step it up."] 06* Tiffany looks at Sydney with a "Huh?" Then after a beat, puts her hand underneath her hood. "Oh. Oh yeah..." 06* @Javy looks excited! "So they're really going to, um, let you do it?" 01 [Nate grins. "Maybe. I think I'm on the short list."] 01 ["Like your outfit," Susanna interjects, pointing out Tiffany's gothiness. "Looks like ya skinned yer knee, though."] 06* Tiffany blinks for a moment at Susanna's compliment and looks at her, giving her a half-embarrassed half-smile. "Oh, um. Thanks. Say. Hank didn't ask you the other day, did he?" <@Javy> That's cool. You'll get it. Um... do you know who else? Uh, I mean, who else they're thinking of? Why would ya think that? 01 ["Ask what?" Susanna asks.] 06* Tiffany grins at Hank. "Well if you did, then I don't give you enough credit." She glances at Susanna. "Ask you if I could get your phone number." 01 ["Nope," Nate says. "They didn't tell me and I didn't ask. Bet they're still feeling the waters."] 01 ["Oh, yeah. He asked that. So you can start givin' him credit any day now."] Nah, I think I'll let him wait. He might get a swelled head or something. 01 [Susanna feigns horror. "That'd be awful! How'd he fit his helmet on his head!" Oh, Hank. Like you're not even there.] 06* Hank rolls his eyes. 01 [Now she turns to Hank and pokes him in the chest. "That'sa hazard, y'know!"] 06* @Javy nods, thinking. "Well, uh, if you need help, with design or anything. Let me know. Right? I tried something new. Actually." 06* Sydney just laughs. 01 ["Oh yeah?" Nate asks. He is all of the ears!] 06* Tiffany giggles too. "Sorry Hank. You're a good sport at least." Got to be to put up with y'all. 06* Sydney grins. "Aww, are we really that bad?" <@Javy> Did I tell you, uh... that book I ordered showed up? The newer version of the Ching one? 06* Tiffany draws herself up all serious-like. "Yes, Sydney. You're the absolute worst." 01 ["He loves us," Susanna grins. "Well. He loves *me*, 'cause I'm his darlin' sister. And he'll love ya both if'n I say so."] Now that's just cruel. Forcing him to love us. 06* Sydney seriousnods. "I am totally the worst, and I thank you for your mercy." Yeah, that is pretty cruel. 01 ["Noooooo," Nate says, drawing it out.] 01 ["I am also the cruelest!" Susanna's biggest accomplishment!] 'S true. Yeah. I mean, you have to live with her and all. You would know best. Imagine if you had to live with *me*. 06* @Javy nods. "Yeah, it did. A few days ago. But, uh, I didn't have a lot of time to get into it. I just started playing with it a little since I got it. But there's some good material. Some of it's just beginner's stuff, but some is different." Do I have to? What? Live with me or imagine it? Either way, sounds like I lose. 06* Tiffany manages a bit of fake melodrama in her voice. "You wound me, Hank." Hey! If anyone's bein' wounded here it's me! Not yet. I haven't even hit you yet. 06* Tiffany smiles at Susanna. "So what do you say? Y'know. To the whole hanging out thing? I mean Hank *did* say you were still looking to meet people." 06* Sydney laughs. "No hitting, please." 01 [Nate grins. "That's awesome. Maybe you can show me sometime."] 01 [Susanna does a classic curtsey - sans skirt - in the rain. "I would be honored to hang out with you, Tiffany." Somehow she managed to squash her accent for that one sentence.] 06* Hank boggles. 06* @Javy nods firmly. "Yeah. It's too bad. I should have, uh, just brought some. I left my book at home. Kinda rushed out still, for today. But I will soon." 06* Tiffany just stares at Susanna for a moment in her curtsey and manages a blush. "W-wait. What? What?" Awww, that's so sweet. 06* Tiffany blinks at Sydney. "What?" I just thought it was cute, is all. I...well sure it was but...um... 01 ["What? It ain't like you asked me on a date. Unless you did, in which case you better let me know now."] 06* Tiffany blushes. Hard. "What? No!" But it's not like it's an honor to hang out with me or anything. I mean...just ask Hank. 06* Sydney puts her hand to her forehead, closes her eyes, and cracks up. 01 ["Aw." Susanna pouts. "Good for Javy, I guess. I'm gonna get inside - call me!" And she heads for the school doors, where it is warm and dry!] 06* Hank watches her go, still boggling. 06* Tiffany pouts and punches Sydney in the shoulder. Which if she were anywhere near serious would probably be suicidal, but luckily it's just convenient. "Stop it!" I ain't too sure, but... I reckon Tiffany just got outplayed by my sis. 06* Sydney opens her eyes and attempts to regain some form of composure. "Sorry, sorry. Just... that was fun." 01 ["Yeah," Nate says, and checks his watch. "I gotta get to my locker. See you at lunch!" He waves to Javy and skedaddles.] 06* @Javy waves, and folds up his umbrella, stepping into the school with a pretty light heart. 06* Tiffany grumbles, folding her arms across her. "Not funny, Hank." She doesn't look overly upset though. 06* Hank grins. Mainly because he's not the one being made fun of for once. 06* Tiffany pouts. "Fine." She heads into the school now. Guess we should head in, too. I need to get some books before class. 06* Hank nods. "Aight." 01 [Session End!]