drnaa (3) - spring is in the air

[yvnyet_uv_mekrdhehk]

[There hasn't been snow on the ground in almost a month, and the weather is getting just a bit warmer each day. Drones have been babbling that today marks the beginning of Spring, which means that all of the winter weather crap is behind them. While the almost-robotic way the weather shifts between seasons creeps Rikku out a bit, she has to admit that the change is more than welcome.

Today, she can be found outside doing one of the following things:]

A: Front lawn of 1767 Beaver Street
[Rikku is sitting cross-legged in the midst of some scrap metal and electrical parts that she's helped herself to from both her own house and various other places around town. Drones don't really need this stuff, right?

She isn't paying much attention to passers-by, instead concentrating on her tinkering. Currently, she's taking things apart and trying to put them back together. That way, she knows how they work when she inevitably uses them to build something larger.]

B: Mayfield High School
[Class is for suckers, and more often than not it bores Rikku to tears. As such, she's brazenly cutting class and sitting on the football bleachers with the food she's packed for lunch. She even waves to people as they walk by and offers to share her lunch.]

C: John Doe Park
[Rikku is barefoot and her pants are rolled up past her knees. There's water all over the place as she flails, and she's screaming/whining about the temperature. Stepping into cold water elicits a certain reaction when you're not really expecting it.

She's just learned the hard way that it's still a bit too early in the season for wading in the pond.]

Comments

[yvnyet_uv_mekrdhehk]

It's cold!

[Hmph.]

And a pond is a pool of water, so why can't I wade in it? It's not like we have a real lake or even an ocean here.

[that_cat_that_hates_leeks]

Because people have pools for them to swim in, not ponds! [ Not that he knows of any around here... ]

[yvnyet_uv_mekrdhehk]

There's one in the rec center, but I don't like it. We don't have pools like that where I'm from.

I'm used to swimming in lakes and oceans, but there aren't any of either here so this will have to do.

[A pause.]

Why does it matter so much to you, anyway? Does this pond belong to you?

[that_cat_that_hates_leeks]

[ Good question. Kyo begins to answer but nothing comes out of his mouth for a few seconds. Calmer now: ]

What if it's against the law?

[yvnyet_uv_mekrdhehk]

It'd be a pretty stupid law.

I'd just have to be careful not to get caught, then.

[that_cat_that_hates_leeks]

[ Granted, most parks would have a law against swimming in natural bodies usually. This was just one of many assumptions one would bring into Mayfield. ]

It's not like you'd be wrong; this town is ridiculous. I wouldn't like to see someone get "droned" over it, though. Not that I care what you're doing with yourself if nothing comes of it.

[yvnyet_uv_mekrdhehk]

Do you think they'd drone me just for swimming?

[It's clear the thought hasn't occurred to her before now.]

They're not that bad, are they?

[that_cat_that_hates_leeks]

With the drones at school and places harassing me before, I wouldn't know. Well, if you don't get caught by cops or whatever I don't care...

[ Almost as if on cue, some civilian drones walking by are starting to stare at Rikku's presence in the pond, though they seem to more be giving quizzical than accusatory looks for now. Kyo doesn't notice this however. ]