01<@Ardweden> [Day: Tuesday, September 28. Time: 8:00 a.m.]
 01<@Ardweden> [Yesterday, all sorts of things happened! Tiffany and 
Heather ditched school separately but ended up at a park together! Tyler 
called Christina a loser and implied she was a lesbian! Sydney has no 
idea what the fuck is up with that, and neither does anybody else! Steve 
wanted to die! Javy kissed Tiffany at the mall! Tyler, Tiffany, and 
Heather all ended up working on their papers about Cold War propaganda 
together! Tiffany told Nate she and Javy are not dating! Heather asked 
Tony to Homecoming! There was sex! There was drugs! There was a very sad 
lack of rock and roll!]
 01<@Ardweden> [Today, you are getting to school however you do it. It's 
still pretty chilly, but at least it's not raining and the sky's clearing 
up. With any luck, it should be warmer later. People are gathering in 
their groups to hang out before school starts: popular kids with the 
popular kids, geeks with the geeks, freaks with the freaks. Tyler's 
little gang - Josh, Matt, and Steve of it anyway - is hanging out at 
their usual spot on the stairs.]
 01<@Ardweden> [That seems good enough for now.]
 01<@Ardweden> [Start!]
 06* Tyler pulls into the parking lot, gets out of his car, looks over to 
the gang, snarls a bit, and slams the door shut storming off to find 
another door inside.
 06* Javy walks up to the school, one thumb tucked under a backpack 
strap, in a simple light grey polo shirt with a dark blue windbreaker 
over the top, and tan pants. He looks around for whether Nate's already 
shown up, or failing that, swimming people.
 01<@Ardweden> [While Javy looks for Nate, he narrowly avoids collision 
with Tyler, who's moving pretty quickly what with the storming and all.]
 06* Javy stops and looks at him wide-eyed for a moment, but is more 
interested in finding Nate than he is in finding out what's up with the 
storming.
 06* Tyler stops staring Javy in the back of the head. "Oh FUCK you, is 
that how you're fucking going to make the team better? Break my leg? Take 
me out. Well I'm onto you, you god damn little prick. I'm onto everyone. 
You can go shove your good two shoes hero speeches up your fucking ass 
and ride them off to your kiddy comic land."
 06* Tyler is not being quiet, he's in fact screaming as loud as he can.
 06* Javy just turns and gapes at him, hand dropping to his side.
 06* Tiffany hunches over, walking from who knows there. What? She's not 
going to be driven today. She heads immediately in the direction of the 
side entrance, just a wisp of passing black hair. Why she chose today to 
wear the whole cutoffs and leggings combo with the blue v-neck is 
anyone's guess, but hey, at least her armwarmers are colorful a pink and 
maroon.
 06* Sydney has just gotten out of the car and said goodbye to her mom 
and Natalie when she hears screaming. Hoo boy. This is going to be a fun 
day.
 06* Tyler raises both hands and double flips Javy off. "Go to hell. I'm 
not as fucking stupid as you think I am. You want your little happy party 
without me? Too bad. I'm here and I'm not butting out to make your life 
easier. I know you're out to get me and guess what? I'll be watching 
you." He goes to storm off in another direction now, towards the side 
entrance now.
 06* Heather arrives via walking. Most exciting. Today she's wearing 
tight blue jeans and a leather jacket, a pick cat-shaped backpack over 
her shoulders. She pretty much attempts to avoid attention from anyone as 
she makes her way to the school.
 06* Javy just continues to look gobsmacked, and turns to watch him go 
off. He blinks a couple of times.
 06* Tiffany stops as she approaches the school and raises an eyebrow. 
She wishes she had her hoodie. That means she could hide and be a ghost! 
Ooooo. But no, she does slowly start to wander over, looking at Javy and 
Tyler. "Um..."
 06* Sydney walks up to Javy just as Tyler storms off. "What... did Tyler 
just... the hell just went on?"
 01<@Ardweden> [Tyler's screaming has attracted everyone's attention. 
There's murmuring throughout the other students as he marches off. 
Steve's jaw has fallen flat open, and Josh - once the shock wears off 
from his face - scowls. He turns to Matt and they start talking.]
 06* Javy watches him go for a bit longer, and then turns to Sydney, 
tucking a hand down in his pocket. "I... uh." He blinks again. "I 
don't... I didn't do anything." His voice is low and shocked.
 06* Tiffany freezes up as she sees Sydney approach Javy and her fingers 
grip almost knuckle white on her pack straps as she looks at the amazon 
woman. Hopefully she can disappear before she's spotted... To the side 
entrance after all!
 06* Sydney does not notice Tiffany, because Tiffany's all ghosty ghost 
right now. So she continues talking with Javy. "Had you talked to him 
since lunch yesterday?"
 06* Javy shakes his head. "No, I... nothing, there was..." He shakes his 
head again, harder.
 06* Heather halts and weighs her options. They all kind of suck. Then 
eventually she heads for the side entrance, thinking maybe she can sneak 
past.
 06* Sydney sighs. "I don't understand. He was being an ass in the dream, 
but it was a helpful kind of being an ass. Not this. And he seemed okay 
before that."
 06* Sydney sees Heather walk by, but since she's in the middle of a 
conversation with Javy she just tosses a quick wave in her direction.
 06* Heather waves back, somewhat surprised that Sydney would bother.
 06* Javy nods slowly, and sucks in a deep breath. "I... that, it... it 
can't have been, been that. About me. Um. I..." He shrugs helplessly, but 
he's looking like he's regaining a bit of composure.
<Sydney> What did he *say?*  Uh, if you're okay with repeating it, that 
is.
<Sydney> I just heard a lot of screaming.
<Javy> He...
 06* Javy looks thoughtful for a beat, and then continues, "Just, that... 
he's onto me. Or us? And. And, uh... he's not going away. But. I... I 
didn't think, that, um... that he should or. Or anything."
<Sydney> Neither did I.  I mean, I'm still confused about the shit he 
pulled at lunch yesterday, but ... does he think we went dreamwalking 
without him last night or something?  
<Javy> I... he didn't, I mean... that wasn't. In his, what, what he said. 
We didn't. Um. Right?
<Sydney> I didn't.  Sounds like you didn't.  Not sure if Tiffany did, but 
if she did, why would he yell at you?
 06* Javy nods again, and tucks a thumb under his strap. "Because... I 
don't know. But. I don't, uh. Sometimes. I don't get that. Uh... that 
kind of thing."
 01<@Ardweden> [Right about now, Nate walks up. "Javy! Syd! What *was* 
that?"]
 06* Sydney sighs again. "I don't get it either." She turns. "...hey, 
Nate. Your guess is as good as ours?"
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate's looking the same as ever: dressed properly for the 
weather with a backpack and an extra couple of books under one arm.]
 06* Javy nods, and smiles slightly at the Nate arrival. "I, yeah. I have 
no idea. He. That was a big deal about something."
 01<@Ardweden> [While Javy and Syd and Nate talk, Josh and Co. walk 
quickly for the side entrance. Nate doesn't seem to notice or care. "A 
big deal about *what*? He was yelling for at least five minutes."]
 06* Sydney does not notice Josh and company moving, either.
 06* Javy doesn't notice, either. "Just. That he wouldn't be cut out. And 
that he was keeping an eye on me. And us. But, I mean. I didn't even do 
anything! I wouldn't."
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate's brow furrows slightly. "Like... dream stuff?"]
<Sydney> That was my thought, but we didn't do anything last night.
 06* Javy nods. "And he, uh. Last time we did it. He was there. Um. And 
took part, in everything."
<Sydney> Tiffany could have gone by herself, but if that were the case 
why would Tyler yell at us?
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate pushes up his glasses. "Um. Maybe it has to do with 
subject matter? Like whatever the dream was about?"]
 06* Javy looks at Sydney quizzically for a beat, and then shakes his 
head. "I, uh. I don't think so. It was. Uh. Wizards."
<Sydney> Does he even have siblings?  I don't actually know.
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate shrugs, because HE sure doesn't know. He looks at 
Javy.]
 06* Javy shakes his head. "Me neither. I... maybe? I, you know. I tried 
to talk with him. More, before. But if he does. Then, it didn't come up, 
back then."
<Sydney> Well, I'm not gonna go ask him right now.
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate shakes his head. "It might be better to wait until 
it blows over." Pause. "If anything blows over with Tyler."]
<Sydney> Maybe not "blows over" so much as "wind reaches tolerable 
levels."
 06* Javy finally relaxes, and laughs once, loud and sharp. "No, uh. No 
more gales."
 01<@Ardweden> [Nate laughs a little himself.]
 01<@Ardweden> [End!]