mayfield_rpg | action; phone (forward dated to Monday!)

{ACTION} Mayfield Elementary; before class
[Despite seeing and hearing some things he didn't want to encounter during the trip into the void, Czeslaw has been attending school without missing a day. Dressed in a white shirt with a tie (fixed to be straight by his drone mother) and jacket but missing his usual hat, Czes makes his way on campus, arriving a little bit early.

He bumps shoulders with people sometimes, uttering a small "sorry" whenever he does. But if he sees a face he recognizes, he looks up with the best smile he could plaster on his face.]

Hi... good morning! How's it going?

{ACTION} Stone Street; afternoon
[Czeslaw received something in the mail after coming home from school. It was just an envelope with a card inside, but what's important to Czes is what is dran on the card. It's a two-panel comic, a simple picture of a human with a wound in the first panel; the human's wound is healed in the second. He looks at it for a couple of seconds before he pales and nearly drops it, turning white and running inside the house.]

{PHONE} filtered to Firo Prochainezo
Firo! Hey Firo, can I talk to you?

[First he calls Firo, because this is the guy he was living with back home. First he's got to call Firo and see if he's still alive and around, and tell him what happened. He already tried to see if the mail wasn't joking, and sure enough it was real. The cut on his lip he bit down on it earlier healed in seconds.]

Not over the phone, though -- I can come to to your house or meet you anywhere, but I need to talk to you!

{ACTION} Nelson Street; nighttime
[Czes was also going to try calling Elmer C. Albatross but instead he runs. He remembers that Elmer lived on Nelson Street, so he runs as fast as he can to that street, hoping he'll find the house. But it's the one with the treehouse, right?

He's running so fast he might crash right into a passerby, saying "Sorry!" and hoping he won't get pulled into a conversation.]

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I've been here long enough to figure out how it works, for the most part. One of the only perks of being an old-time resident.

Old-time, huh? How long've you been here?

Almost three years now. [he looks to the overhang of the school roof momentarily, quietly counting out the months in his head before nodding.] Two years and eight months, to be precise.

Geez... that sure is a long time. And you've been in the same grade this whole time?

You can see why I find the idea of attending class about as far away from thrilling as it can possibly be, yes?

I completely understand, now. But why won't they move you up?

Because I don't physically age. That was returned to me early in my stay, so the drones have almost always seen me as twelve and will continue to do so until my departure. Quite irritating, but not much can be done about it.

You're stuck in that body, huh?

... I sympathize.

[it's not hard to piece two and two together, between that comment and what they had talked about in the void.]

Shall I assume you've a long stretch of grade five ahead of you?

Well, no. Not here. [Yet. He'll find his regain mail after classes, however.]

But I've been "ten years old" for a couple centuries, now.

Ah. [that's some definite sympathy on his face. it's a pretty rare sentiment for him to display, but really, looking like a kid forever is both a blessing and a curse. ...mostly a curse.]

In that case, perhaps you'll be able to enjoy a bit of a growth spurt while you're here.

You think so? It'd be strange growing taller after all these years, but I think I can look forward to it.

[He laughs.]

[he shrugs, but there's a small smile visible now.] It's always best to get as many good things as possible from this place, in my opinion. There isn't a better way to spite our captors than enjoying it under our own terms, isn't that so?

Spiting the people who try to stand over you's the way to stay ahead in every situation if ya ask me.

Naturally. If you let one person get away with something like that, soon everyone will believe that you won't put up much of a fuss. What a terrible misconception that can be.

Oh yeah, it'd be devastating. Although it might work as preparation for a surprise attack depending on the other person.

True, though I often find that surprise attacks aren't anywhere near entertaining enough. [his standards...] But it's better than nothing in a pinch.

Hehe. I'm a master at them.

[Maybe. Not really. It really depends.]

Is that so? I'd imagine it would come in handy quite often for you if you have a fine grasp on how to execute one well. [does he actually believe this? WHO KNOWS.]

It depends on the person, though. This guy I lived with back home's a good fighter, but he's not hard to prank on. [Wait were we talking about serious surprise attacks? Czes just rides out most of those via immortality, whups.]

[he's under the impression that everything is serious until proven light-hearted...]

Oh? Being a decent fighter doesn't amount to very much if you can be taken off-guard easily. [a beat, and then in a somewhat amused tone:] Or are you simply that good at catching people by surprise?

Sometimes. He lets his guard down because I'm just a kid and all I tease him about is the girl he likes.

What a funny person. He won't get very far if he lets his guard down so frequently, even around people who might not look like much of a threat. I'm surprised he hasn't learned that already if you've managed to trick him more than once.

Well all I did was make fun of him once, and he chased me all around until I eventually made 'im run into a the girl's room while she was changing. He falls really easily whenever anyone's teasing him about her...

That Achilles heel is a bit prominent, don't you think? [like he's one to talk...] Ah, but it does sound entertaining. Your world in general appears to be very lively.

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