A Better Place To Live - February 22nd, 2012

22 February 2012 @ 01:04 am

fourth meow

_{[action; mayfield high]}

_{[Sometime during lunch, Satomi and Mirai are eating lunch when a drone student approaches them. Satomi's kind and friendly personality might suggest that it's maybe for help with classwork, but...]}

Hey, Satomi, what are you doing hanging with this loser? You're too good to be sitting with someone like her. You should ditch her and eat lunch with us instead!

_{[Satomi is about to politely decline, but Mirai gets to her feet and lets the drone have it.]}

What gives you the right to tell her who to hang out with, huh? You dumb drone!

Mirai-chan, be nice; The drones are people, too, you know. _{[To the drone:]} Thank you for your offer, but I'm alright; I'm fine with sitting with Mirai-chan.

_{[action; around town]}

_{[After school, Mirai and Satomi are out shopping! Satomi for her part is treating the drone shopkeepers kindly and like any normal person, but Mirai on the other hand can be occasionally found arguing with them if they say something wrong. If anyone happens to stop to stare at the two, Mirai will turn her attention to them.]}

Hey! What do you think you're staring at, huh? If you have something to say to us, then say it!

_{[action; malt shop]}

_{[At the end of this long day, Mirai and Satomi can be found here, Mirai sulking over the events from earlier while Satomi buys milkshakes for them both. Once the drinks are acquired and both are seated, Satomi attempts to console Mirai.]}

There, there, Mirai-chan, it's alright. Don't let them get to you, hmm?

_{[ooc: joint post between Satomi (goodevenyan) and Mirai (burdenbearing). Both will be tagging replies! Tagging order will be both your character > Mirai > Satomi or your character > Satomi > Mirai depending on who is being addressed]}

Tags: *location: mayfield high, c: mirai wakaba, c: satomi usagi

19 comments | Leave a comment

22 February 2012 @ 02:08 pm

Puzzle 019

[Action 1 - Mayfield High]

[The ever attentive Luke, who normally spends time in each class dutifully taking notes, doesn't seem to be paying much attention to class this time around. As much as he tries to take notes, eventually his mind wanders and he starts drawing in his notebook instead. It starts off with drawings of the Professor, followed by angry scribbles over the Professor's face and then more drawings of the Professor, to famous London landmarks, and then drawings of Luke's hometown, followed by pictures of people Luke hasn't really mentioned before.

This continues well on into lunch, where Luke is still doodling away. Except this time, anyone looking over his shoulder will spot these puzzles written on a page of paper along with the rest of Luke's drawings:

He doesn't notice anyone looking at what he's drawing. Interrupt him?]

[Action 2 - Outside Mayfield High]

Give that back, it's not yours!

Get it yourself, shrimp.

[And to top off Luke's day, looks like he's having some issues with some of the bigger drones, with Luke looking absolutely furious. The reason for Luke's anger is Luke's hat that they're currently holding out of his reach. And as much as the boy tries, he's just too short to grab his hat back. To add insult to injury, they toss it up in a very rickety-looking tree before walking off.

Luke grumbles angrily before climbing up the tree to retrieve his hat.]

[Action 3 - 307 Miller Street]

[Something's bothering Luke and he can't quite put his finger on what's wrong. So he's going to pay a visit to someone who might actually be able to help him.

After school, Luke will head straight for 307 Miller Street and impatiently knock on the door.]

Tags: *location: mayfield high, *location: miller street, c: luke triton

165 comments | Leave a comment

22 February 2012 @ 02:09 pm

second henshin

[Hospital - Any time of Day]

[Checking the patient status, he clucked his tongue.]

You're coming along well, Mr. Johnston. A few more days and you'll be out of here in no time.

Thank goodness, I want to sleep in my own bed again.

[Sharing a laugh with the man, and an assurance he would be out in a few days bar complications, Date headed out of the room, checking the time. At that point, he might see someone he knows or someone new there and wave at them.]

Hey!

[Grocery Store]

[Date was on a quest to find the materials to make Udon. He hadn't gotten his favorite meal in a few days and he was getting antsy. He had gotten a makeshift hotpot worked up but there was nothing that beat good Udon. Picking out noodles and other such items for substitution was probably tricky at best, and he might run into you, so deep in thought.]

Ah sorry bout that. I wasn't paying attention.

[Tavern or Cosplay Cafe]

Wow look at this place. It's pretty nice.

[Depending on where Date ended up for the evening, he's standing around or being seated somewhere.]

I'll take a coffee to begin with, fill my stomach with something hot before indulging in something else. Got a menu?

Tags: c: akira date

152 comments | Leave a comment

22 February 2012 @ 02:41 pm

Confession IV

[Phone]

[It really was a big deal for him to speak up, and it had taken a lot of determination for him to come to this conclusion. He was almost ready to give in though, but in the back of his mind he asked himself what would his sister do.]

Um....

[Even if he had the resolve his voice was still very soft and hesitant.]

S-since it's A-Ash Wednesday... I thought... I d-d-decided.... I-I can bless anyone who w-wishes at the Ch-Church today....

[He sounds like he was going to say more but then whatever words he had got stuck in his throat. He struggles for a little bit before simply putting the receiver down.]

[Action; Church]

[He is indeed at the church, all dressed up and everything. Part of him is hoping no one will show up, part of him is hoping that he can set a good example and not be an embarrassment for all members of the Church.]

Tags: c: pope alessandro xviii

142 comments | Leave a comment

22 February 2012 @ 09:10 pm

01 - Here Comes The Sun

[Action A - 2240 Stevens Road, Morning]

[First comes wakefulness, slow and creeping. The woman's eyelids flutter open, and then comes the panic. Sunlight. Sunlight, flooding the room, leaving no corner safe, engulfing her. Now suddenly very, very alert, she screams in terror and springs from the bed, hauling all of the blankets with her so they may serve as a protective drape.

She immediately falls over, bumping against the bedside table and tripping over all that wadded fabric. This only makes the panic rise more, and so she fails and wails and tangles herself all the worse in sheets and quilts, until her head finally pops free.

And then it hits her, and she stops screaming. It does not burn.

Housemates shall find her, still semi-entangled, palms pressed flat against the bedroom window, staring at the bright blue Mayfield sky.]

[Action B - Around Town]

[Along comes a new person, trying desperately, desperately to not look like a new person. Seeing a need to stealthily investigate the whole situation, she went and dressed herself period-appropriate for her information-gathering stroll around town.]

Hello, Mrs. Waters! Lovely day, isn't it?

Why, yes! It is!

[She's greeting the drones that greet her. She's trying to imitate their expressions. But she's failing in one key way... her smile is just a bit too big, and there's a darting, glancing panic in her eyes. Maybe talking with some real people will set her right.]

[Phone - Afternoon]

[The voice on the phone is giddy, a few steps away from outright hysterical.]

Well. Well! This is interesting. Very interesting. Certainly not where I settled myself down to bed yesterday. No no no. And it's such a sunny day, ahahahah, I haven't seen one of THOSE in...

[She breathes in, then lets out a musical sigh.]

...so am I alone, being so surprised at what a nice day it is? Yes? No? Are there any kindred spirits out there? Any of you? Aaaaanyone?

Don't be shy! I don't bite! Ahahah, ha... aaah... not in this condition, no.

Tags: !intro, c: natalie waters

119 comments | Leave a comment

22 February 2012 @ 10:10 pm

So a wizard walks into a high school...

[Action: Mayfield High]

[Neville is going about his regular school routine. It mostly consists of looking at his textbooks in puzzlement, even after a month. And occasionally mumbling to himself.]

No, that's not it... how did that...

[Phone, evening]

I was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem I'm having. I was never exactly awful at Muggle Studies. But here everything is Muggle Studies. I think I'm in a bit over my head. I'm supposed to have been learning this all my life but there's nothing about Merlin in these history books.

And then science. Some of it looks like herbology and potions, but not really. So basically, what I'm trying to say is...

Could someone help me revise?

Tags: *location: mayfield high, c: neville longbottom

212 comments | Leave a comment

22 February 2012 @ 10:30 pm

01 [ phone | action for 1768 beaver ]

( A teenage girl awakens in a bedroom in 1768 Beaver Street. )

Hmmmm. You would think that kidnappers would take more steps to secure their hideout! Either that, or Prospit has undergone a substantial amount of remodeling while I've been gone.

[There's a pause as she crosses the room to the window and peeks out. A strange town. Identical houses. A great deal of unfamiliar people.]

Okay. This is a lot stranger than I expected. It would probably be in my best interests to figure out what's really going on here.

[She makes towards the door, but stops when she realizes she's still in the outfit she woke up in.]

I suppose that first, I should probably put on something that isn't pajamas.

[Oh no, the teenage drama thoughts are back.]

...Eeuugh, Jane, you are so stupid!

[Presently, she notices that the phone is off the hook. A inclination toward organization leads her to go over and replace it in its proper place.]

Tags: !intro, *location: beaver street, c: jane crocker

99 comments | Leave a comment

Previous Day | Next Day