shirk

[thebeastwithout]

[voice]
Whoa. Hold on. Time out, dudes. So school was pretty OK at first, and I guess there was a buncha stuff that was good to know. I had no idea Napoleon crossed the Saraha on an elephant; I thought he was just the guy who invented that triple ice cream flavor. And the difference between geometry and geography is pretty obvious now, looking back.  But this is just gettin' lame!  Why the heck is there homework every day? Who invented midterms? And how do any of you guys have time for video games after going through all of this junk?!

You're all with me on this, right? I did fine teaching myself before; is there like someone I can talk to to get outta class?  I'm pretty much set for life schoolwise already.  I before t except after g, triangles have 360 angles, blahblah, see?

[action, high school]
[Beast Boy is so over this school thing.  The next day, instead of a skinny green boy sitting in his desk, there is a small, green cat curled up on top, taking a nap.  This persists in every class apart from lunch and gym.]  

[action, makeout point]
[Sometime after Valentine's Day, Beast Boy flutters up to the top of the mountain and transforms back into his usual self, sitting with his legs dangling off the side of the cliff.  There is a dreamy expression in his eyes and he sighs deeply as he flops backwards.  ...He changes his mind half a second later and sits back up, leaning over to scream down into the town far below.]

I've got a girlfrieeeeeend!!!!

[Oh, yeah.  Felt good.]

Comments

[thebeastwithout]

[noooooo sob]

G-Good! Yeah! I was just, uh. Screaming random things to see how they sounded with an echo! Haha!

[catslooklikeme]

Uh huh.

[So not buying it.]

So who's the special lady? She must be special if you're proclaiming your love from the rooftops! Very storybook.

[thebeastwithout]

What? No. Geez. Don't be ridiculous.

[Pshaw.]

.........Her name's Tara or Terra and she's kinda amazing.

[catslooklikeme]

Oh yea?

[Nall's ears perk up. He's genuinely interested in this.]

How's that? What's she like?

[thebeastwithout]

...You can't tell anyone! I don't know if she's cool with it or anything, and I can't mess it up again.

[catslooklikeme]

[Nall tilts his head to the side, curious... and a lil confused.]

...alright. I give you my word.

[thebeastwithout]

OK. So she's this girl I used to know back home except she's lost her memory or something and now she gets all mad whenever anyone brings up who she used to be.

But she's still great, anyway.

[catslooklikeme]

She lost her memories? Aw man, that's gotta be rough...

...so what's she like? Tough? Spunky? Soft-spoken?

[thebeastwithout]

She's...

[Obviously it was best to avoid all of that stuff about Slade and betrayal. Beast Boy will put on a bright grin and launch into Terra's good traits.]

Brave. Really tough. Probably tougher than me. She's a superhero, too, and her powers are pretty incredible. She's pretty and graceful, and when she moves, her hair is like gold.

[Do you see the hearts bubbling out?]

[catslooklikeme]

[Oh, if only, but Nall still gets the sentiment.]

She sounds like a catch! Introduce us sometime, okay? I always like meeting nice people.

[thebeastwithout]

You just wanna steal her, don'tcha? She chose me first! Remember that.

[catslooklikeme]

Your accusations, they wound me. But, I suppose the suspicion can't be helped. [Nall preens in all his totally-doesn't-look-like-a-cat glory.] I am pretty studly after all.

But in all seriousness, a lot of my friends here make a habit of watching out for my friends from back on Lunar. I can't tell you how much I appreciate it. So I try to do the same when I can.

Besides, I-

[HRK. WAIT. Brain just caught up with mouth, ABORT OPERATION.]

I... uhm... nevermind.

[thebeastwithout]

...Huh?

[Beast Boy blinks for a few seconds.]

You want me to look out for other dragons?

[catslooklikeme]

Eh?

...no, no, my friends are humans. Alex is the best warrior Lunar's ever known and Nash is a powerful magician... but y'know... when you come here, you lose all your stuff and spells, so. When trouble rolls around, the friends I met here help me take care of my buddies from home.

[thebeastwithout]

Ohh, you mean you've got friends here, so you wanna meet Tara so -- I gotcha. Thanks! ...I think she's pretty good at taking care of herself.

Wait, so how many people from your world are here?

[catslooklikeme]

Just the three of us... me, Alex and Nash. They should be attending the high school, so you mighta seen them. Alex has brown hair, a quiet smile and usually something good to say about someone.

Nash...

[Nall can't help but chortle.]

Nash has the most rediculous hair EVER.

[thebeastwithout]

((Sorry for being so late! I went on hiatus for a few days that I should have expected I'd needed to take. Feel free to continue or not at your convenience!))

Betcha none of 'em has green hair. I'll keep an eye out for your friends, but it sounds like they're pretty set if Alex is the best swordsman ever or something.