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Post by Rena on Mar 28, 2008 2:18:47 GMT 1
Rena skipped through the soft and wet beach sand, her hand held onto the tennis shoes she was wearing. The wind was blowing softly today as it swished by carrying a few bits of sand along the beach. The waves from the water softly licked her feet as she looked out over the the vast ocean of Earth. Her left eye twinkled with energy as she watched the other kids swimming and having fun with their families. If only her parents were like those, but at least they her come here. Today was the day of freedom before she had to head back to her new school. As she continued to look over the ocean a restless sensation rushed over her body. With a few hollers and scream she ran down the edge of the beach splashing like a little kid. It was still embarrassing to be mistaken by one again, but it didn't matter, she just wanted to have some fun!
Her eyes scanned the beach once more, it was a good thing no adults seemed to have stopped to question her. It would be hard to explain the fact that she is alone and could be. Conversations with people were usually boring when they believed you were an elementary school kid with no adult supervision. However it was always fun to see the expression on people's face once they found out the truth. With another happy tune she skipped through the sand a little more, trying to find someone to play with. It was very unlikely and very hard for her to approach people. She looked around nervously now and with a bit of worried expression as she found that many people were with their friends or family. Maybe it was better if she just left to escape the thought of loneliness.
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Post by Felix on Mar 30, 2008 9:25:59 GMT 1
(hope you don't mind my entrance.)
It was awkward. He never would have thought he'd be at the beach during the day no less. His thought process was that it was still a cooler month, the weather wasn't really that great for swimming. Though he had to give the people here credit. They did their routine whether the weather agreed or not.
He had told himself that today would be nice to get out and do something, go somewhere. The beach just seemed natural. He dressed lightly, a fitting t-shirt with a long button down over it, the sleeves rolled up. He felt the weight of his necklace. He only wore it when he worked, or when he relaxed. It was the two situations where he knew he wouldn't lose it.
His socks and shoes had been abandoned back at his car, and he had pair of baggy jeans on. He was calmly sitting there, his folding chair a mic of colors, and he had enough sense to bring a cooler full of select beverages, mostly soda, but a little rum in a nondescript waterbottle.
He watched the waves roll in and the sun shine down as he lit a cigarette, leaning his head back and closing his eyes. He placed the lighter down, aware of the stares from people disgusted at his habit. He picked up his class of coke in his left hand and used his right to work the cigarette. "This isn't half bad, if I do say so myself." The comment was to no one, as he knew that while smoking a cigarette, people would think twice about approaching him.
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Post by Rena on Mar 30, 2008 19:25:56 GMT 1
(OoC: Not at all, I was getting lonely n_n)
Rena shuffled through the beach with her feet dragging in the cool Californian sand. The wind felt bland as she walked around the place in search of some sort of playmate. Everyone already had a partner or a group of friends. Her eyes darted from many places within the beach. Just as she was about to give up, there was one person that peaked her interest. At first she almost jumped at the site of the guy. Everyone knows it was rude to smoke around the beach. However he did peak her interest as someone fun to play with.
The other people in the beach were staying far away from the guy with the smokes. The lack of attention only attracted her more. As she approached the man, she soon realized why people were staying away. The smoke from the cigarette made her own eyes and nose burn. She could never understand why anyone would take in such a thing. As she looked around the beach, the other people were trying to stay away from the guy and attempting to warn her as well. It didn't matter what others thought however, she just approached him nonetheless.
"Hey there mr, want to play?" Rena asked with her usual playful tune.
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Post by Felix on Mar 30, 2008 21:34:54 GMT 1
"Hey there mr, want to play?"
At first he almost ignored the voice. Who in there right mind would walk up to him, with intention of playing anything. He was about to snap back at the voice, in a quiet manner but realized it would be rude to do so. He took the cigarette out of his mouth and finally opened his eyes, leveling his head at the sound of the voice.
Once he saw the girl who spoke, he was glad he didn't retort back with anything. He knew she had to be young, anyone asking to play was young, under most circumstances. He took a glance at his cigarette. While he had it lit, he hadn't really been inhaling. He'd just let it burn half way down. He quickly dipped the burning end into the sand and tossed it into a side compartment in the cooler. He'd already littered before, and he didn't want to do it again.
While he was normally up for anything on any given day, his rash side was taking a break. "I think I may be just a little too old for playing at the beach." He looked around at everyone else, while still keeping an eye on the girl, "Don't you think you'd be better off finding someone, a little closer to your own age?" It was a harmless question though Felix wasn't that old to begin with. He brought his left hand up to take a sip of his coke, hearing the ice cubes clink together and against the glass.
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Post by Rena on Mar 30, 2008 21:48:07 GMT 1
Rena stared at the guy for a few minutes to think about what he said. The thing was she had already asked the other people near her age, but they all laughed at her for her size. Which she couldn't figure out was an insult or people just want her to leave them alone. She looked uncomfortably around at the other people in the beach as they seemed to have gone back o their own businesses. As for the guys other statement, she didn't believe that anyone would be to old to play in the beach. Look at her she was fifteen and still loved it here.
"Well no one is ever to old to play in the beach!" "As for finding other people around my age to play with, the other fifteen year olds laughed at me," Rena replied with her head down in a sort of offended manner. It would be great if she was just a little bigger, but then again it never bothered her that much, unless people reminded her. She tugged uncomfortably at her long sleeved sweatshirt and adjusted her eye patch so she looked more displayable in the public.
"May I have your name mr?" Rena asked wondering what kind of reaction the guy will have at realizing at her real age. She just at the very least believed her.
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Post by Felix on Mar 30, 2008 22:08:20 GMT 1
His left eyebrow nearly climbed off of his head. He just couldn't believe that someone of that stature was that old already. Of course, he'd heard of some unusual cases, being from Varron and now Hircine, but this was a little unbelievable at best.
He focused back on what she said, and apparently she wasn't really going to take no for an answer. He watched as she readjusted her eye patch and he wondered what kind of story resided there. 'Probably not a fun one.' "Well since you walked up to me, it's Felix. And I don't know how old you think I am, but at this stage in my life, I feel almost into my thirties." He waited for any type of reaction to the statement and then added, "Though I'm only eight-teen."
He wondered how funny it would be, for his six foot three height to be compared to a four, four girl who looked and sounded every bit a sixth grader. He took another sip and relaxed deeper into his fold out chair. He hesitated after that, not sure what to do. He just wanted to relax, maybe on another day a game would sound fun, but today... He let out a soft sigh, "If I agree to the game, what exactly could we do here. I just usually come out here to relax."
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Post by Rena on Mar 30, 2008 23:35:07 GMT 1
Somehow Rena thought that Felix just didn't believe her, she didn't know, but it was a very unpleasant feeling. As the wind continued to blow it was happy to find someone to talk to. No one ever willingly listen to her except her late grandfather. At the thought of the parent that ever truly cared a pang of pain ran through her heart. As the pain grew so did a voice. The single voice was no more then a whisper in her mind, so she shook it away not bothering to hear what it had to say.
Another worry ran through her, the thought of what people actually do on the beach. As she turned and squinted her eyes in the light people were either swimming, chatting, playing volleyball, and some kids were making sand castles. In the existence of so many people she smiled, but bigger then usual. The pain had settled down and so has the small voice in her mind. Felix didn't seem so interested in playing any of the games the other did.
"Why don't we take a walk and chat?" Rena asked with a start to lighten up the mood.
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Post by Ryou Jackson on Mar 31, 2008 0:24:20 GMT 1
( I hope you two don't mind if I jump in.)
The beach. Normally you'd never find Ryou here, the streets or even the mall would be normal for him. But here he was, not of his own will mind you, his sister more or less forced him to go. He didn't want to at first, but after his sister continually bugged him, to the point he had to clamp his hands over his ears just to block her out, he finally caved in, and the weather wasn't on his side either, it was sunny, and a bit warm, but still cold with the wind blowing. " The things I do just to please that girl..." he grumbled, his hands in his pockets, a scowl on his face.
Oh well, since he was here, he might as well make the most of it, he doubt his sister would let him back in the house even if he kicked the door. His hair was blown back by the wind, revealing his black eyes, which were at the moment, serious, as his shoes left footprints in the sand. He was forced out of the house wearing just a tank top and jeans, so his sister threw him a long sleeve dress shirt and a jacket. Great, not exactly what he had in mind to wear to the beach, but it was better than nothing.
The dress shirt he now wore was open, he was too lazy to button it. He really didn't expect anyone from school to come here, and he certainly didn't expect anyone to recognize him either. Was he wrong? Oh yes he was. Would they recognize him? Not so much. Unknown to him, he was heading towards two people from Hircine. Would he be surprised? Maybe, maybe not.
" Huh?" he thought, looking up, one person, the guy he'd seen around school, the other, the girl, not so much, probably a transfer, he didn't really know. " Well well, looks like I'm not the only one here." he said, stopping in front of them, his hands still in his pockets, the sun shining at his back, casting a shadow.
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Post by Felix on Apr 2, 2008 20:47:54 GMT 1
Felix mulled it over for a few seconds. He did, after all, ask her what they'd do, and wlaking and chatting was a lot easier than trying to throw a frisbee around, or sand castles. He gave an involutary shudder at the thought, and shook his head with a smile. "Sounds alright. I could use a nice walk."
He stood up and stretched his legs out a bit. He'd been sitting for quite some time, so it was necessary to get a little more blood flowing through his veins. He was just about to tell her to lead on, when a voice crossed over and was directed to both of them.
He turned his neck and saw the source of the voice. He looked familiar, but Felix had a tendency to think that everyone looked like someone from Hircine. It was just that way. He did the only reasonable thing, he nodded once as an invitation. "Nope. When the beach is this close to everything else, it's just another hangout spot, only less privacy."
He looked back to Rena and she seemed complacent to add more to the party. "We were just going to walk for a bit, if you've got nothing to do." He left it openended and would wit for things to be finialized before going ahead with the plan.
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Post by Rena on Apr 11, 2008 2:57:26 GMT 1
Rena didn't enjoy being talked down to, but usually she wouldn't mind. There was just something telling her she should care about talking at eye level. This feeling didn't seem to want to just disappear from her mind. It must be because she was paranoid or distracted by bad thoughts. She turned over to look at the guy that just came over to greet them. He didn't seemed so special, well nor did Felix. So she was going to take a walk with a bunch of older people(probably) she didn't know. They seemed to know this area pretty well.
"Shall we head out and chat?" Rena asked happily as she began to skip closer to the ocean. It was hard to continuously shake away the bad feelings she keeps on getting.
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Post by Felix on Apr 16, 2008 0:12:25 GMT 1
(When and if Ryou is going to post again, he'll just have to catch up ) He watched her start to skip out and set his glass down before he strode out to follow her. He watched as a few of the people nearest him gave skeptical glances and a few frowns. Felix didn't care, nor would he show any change in expression. Right now he was just glad to be out and about. When he caught up to her skipping form he couldn't help but field a smile. "It must be nice to be carefree. At least, some of the time." He looked around, the various people oblivious to anything except their grand time at the beach. To them, this was a vacation of sorts, to have fun. 'And I'm here relaxing, trying to get away from it all.' He wasn't too different from them. "So what did you want to chat about? I can hold a conversation, I'm just not much for starting them," he explained, still watching the small girl skip along.
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Post by Rena on Apr 16, 2008 2:46:52 GMT 1
"What is Hircine High like?" Rena asked as she continued to skip around the beach. Her feet felt nice and warm under the yellowish sand during the day. At the statement of not being carefree, the statement seemed unreal to her. She can't remember the last time she was truly sad, except for her grandfathers death. The problem is she gets black outs and seem to lose time until shes awake again. Then again she never thinks to hard of what would happen. Her mind soon snapped back to reality to what was going on at the moment. Right she was talking to the guy Felix.
As Rena turned to meet Felix's face, she lost her footing and tripped over down onto the sand. It didn't really hurt, but it caused plumes of the sand to spread over her clothing. Accidents happen, but its best to enjoy yourself at bad times. Before doing anything else, Rena started to roll around to see how it felt. She was curious, rolling on the ground was fun for her too! The spectators that were, the other guests on the beach started to laugh. Who can blame them? She did put up a cute child's front.
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Post by Felix on Apr 17, 2008 4:53:49 GMT 1
'Hircine. Damn. She is a student there.' He didn't show his dislike for the topic, or the school in general. Though it did dampen his mood a little bit. He watched her turn to face him and he would have replied, except that she had fallen into the sound, to obvious cheers of some onlookers.
Felix moved forward quickly to help the girl back up, but stayed put when he saw that she was now rolling around in the sand. His smile never faltered and he let out a small chuckle. He paused at where she lay, offering a hand to help her up if she wanted it.
"Hircine isn't too bad. You have to be careful of course. If it was me going through it all again, I'd keep my head low, do what I had to and graduate. But that's just me." He shifted his weight, 'And thats not how you went threw it either. You got involved when you needed to, shouldn't of had to.' He finally grimaced as the familiar thought ran through his mind. "You've heard the stories about the place, there all generally true. The riots, the gangs, just keep your head up and you'll manage just fine." He stood there and waited to see if they would continue walking, or if he'd have to watch her roll around some more.
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Post by Rena on Apr 17, 2008 23:04:19 GMT 1
Rena quickly jumped up off of her spot to not burden the guy with watching her. She didn't like to bring anyone down, especially someone nice enough to play with her. Sometimes she wondered if she had ever hurt anyone. It was like suspicion, but she couldn't truly think of any. Well that must be one of her best characteristics. What Felix said about the school didn't seem to be so cheery at the end. The truth was she never did go well in a school. People just stare at her for no apparent reason, which is very rude of them.
"Well it sounds....ummm charming," Rena lied. She didn't feel so comfortable anymore with the talking about the bads of the school. Her feet sank a little in the sand as she stepped closer to the water. It felt nice and cool between her toes as she kicked up some of the sand in the ocean. Her eyes flicked around uncertainly as things started to blur. However it only lasted for a few seconds before she was normal again. These blurs usually became black outs, but it wasn't so serious that it happened today.
"Felix, is there anything strange about me," Rena asked as she looked down into the ocean trying not to make eye contact.
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Post by Felix on Apr 20, 2008 1:18:58 GMT 1
His smile faltered when she wanted to know if anything was weird about her. He didn't want to bring up any uneasiness to the situation, so he just shrugged. He also noticed her stance changed and he knew that look. He'd have it on himself a few times before.
"Nothings strange about you. I mean, sure, you act completely carefree and at times, just like a child," he ended it on a soft note, not wanting that to be what she focused on. "But if you think about it, everyone is strange in their own way, call it unique or whatever." He shuffled a bit, this was a sanctuary for him, and now it had seem that she needed it.
"I wouldn't worry about it. You'll meet plenty of people, and let me tell you, there are definitely some weird ones out there." He meant for it to be a joke, something that she could smile at, whether she did or not was up to her. "Just don't dwell on things like that. It's not healthy, ya know?"
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Post by Ryou Jackson on Apr 20, 2008 4:06:12 GMT 1
OOC: No excuses, well, I didn't have Internet for a whole week, but still!
Ryou all this time was walking along behind them silently, taking in every word they were saying, but he himself didn't have very much to say. He felt almost like a babysitter, oh man, that would be the worst thing ever to feel like, so he tried to pre-occupy himself with something else, but unfortunately, nothing came to mind. Next best thing? Start humming something in the hopes it would take your mind off whatever it was you were thinking in the first place.
All the while, he had his hands in his pockets, and started humming a song he had heard recently, soft enough that he wouldn't interrupt their conversation, but loud enough that his mind would be pre-occupied. What he heard the girl say next made him rise his eyebrow in surprise. "Felix, is there anything strange about me?" How unexpected.
One would normally not expect such a question, and neither did Felix apparently. His answer to her made it sound like he was trying to joke, guess to lighten the tension that surrounded such a strange question. If they wanted to include Ryou in their conversation, well, go ahead, right now, all Ryou was was just another face in the crowd.
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Post by Rena on Apr 22, 2008 2:23:10 GMT 1
(OOC: Umm This whole week is full of tests that last like more then half of the school day and determine if I pass to the next grade, so sorry if I post a little later then usual. Also if some posts seem a bit smaller then usual)
Rena turned to find that the other guy was following them after all, that sure made her feel a little better in the inside for some reason. Her head began to throb again and made her want to just run away. She put a hand to her head to stop the pain for awhile, but just as it came quickly, the throbbing had stopped. Then she realized her smile had disappeared and she was clenching her teeth hard. As her body stopped feeling null the pain of clenched teeth came.
"Is it normal to have blackouts, where you lose a certain amount of time, and somehow end up in your room with different clothes you don't remember wearing?" Rena asked, somewhat knowing the answer. She looked over to the other man and wondered if he would answer as well. It would be perfectly fine if they did not answer. She switched her mouth back to a smile again so that the people around won't be distressed.
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Post by Felix on Apr 22, 2008 9:26:10 GMT 1
He had to shuffle on his feet again, he stood so that if needed, he could be standing for quite some time. He watched as a sudden flash of what seemed like pain swept through the small girl. He watched it all in silent fascination. 'She suffers from a lot, of what I just don't know. Nor would I care to find out.' He turned as the other kid walked up. If it was apparent that he'd seen her in pain, Felix couldn't see the reaction, or maybe his timing was off.
His brow furled as he tried to find the right words to respond to her. "It's a little off. Something I would definitely get checked out. Who knows, you may just suffer from bouts of amnesia. It's not completely unheard of." He watched her smile and thought it safe to smile back. Alienating her would be the wrong thing to do.
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Post by Ryou Jackson on Apr 24, 2008 0:39:23 GMT 1
Ryou watched as the girl suddenly stopped, and placed a hand to her head, clearly it looked like it she was in pain, but how much pain, he really couldn't tell, considering he was standing behind her. She then seemed to relax, guess the pain had passed.
" Blackouts aren't out of the ordinary, it could happen if you're tired or exhausted." Ryou replied, shrugging his shoulders. " Though if you're worried, you should get a checkup, like Felix said."
Waking up and finding yourself in different clothes, well, not even Ryou knew how to respond to that. Who knew what would contribute to her not knowing, it could be anything, and honestly, Ryou didn't really want to know. All he could do was give some suggestions, and leave it at that.
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Post by Rena on May 2, 2008 22:13:34 GMT 1
Rena stared out into the ocean to think about there answers. It was the exact same one most people said to her, the same sort of things that made her feel she was weird. The only thing was, they couldn't seem to explain the fact that her clothes change when her mind returns. Her body shivered at the thought of whats really wrong with her. As her mind began to flood with these bad thoughts, so did her conscious. It felt like something was eating her away, slowly taking over her. It was the same feeling before every black outs.
Rena stepped back a few steps, her knees were wobbling like they have seen something fearful. Then unwittingly she fell over backwards on the sand. Her blue eyes seem to become darker as time seem to escape her. She moaned knowing that it was going to happen again, but it was all her fault. She was happy, then she had to start to think to make herself depressed in a way. Nothing bad was going to happen something inside her seem to say, nothing ever bad happens to you......
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