A magpie in the tree.

[armond]

"Hey, come down here! We won't hurt you... As long as you do as we say starting right now. You don't want us to persuade you."

Armond sighed at the leader of the group standing by the tree he had taken his refuge into when he realised that trouble was comming up several minutes ago. The leader was a loud guy that had been at Armond all week. He really had to do something about him.
Along with the guy there were three others, just as big but not quite as loud which probably were the reason that they chose him as their leader. Armond finished the orange he had been eating while he was waiting for them to leave, sighed once more and decided that he might as well respond.

"No, I most certainly don't. That is the very reason that I'm sitting up here instead of comming down to you and your lovely group of friends."

He feigned a yawn and leaned back at the tree as he looked for some escape routes, he saw that if he climbed a bit higher there was a low roof he could get up on, and from there he could probably get away. But that could be usefull to save for later, so he stayed and hoped that they would go away instead. He had time since there was an hour before he had his next class.

"You hear that boys? He thinks that he's clever doing this. I think we'll have to teach him a lesson in manners."

Armond sighed loudly, that was so cliché. Yet another proof of the leaders likely two digit IQ.

"Ok." The leader said and pointed at one of his friends. "You climb up there and bring him down and we can chat with him."

When Armond heard that, it had probably been meant for his ears as well, he prepared himself to climb up. But the guy the leader had picked didn't really seem at home in a tree so he took it easy to see what happened.

[Felix]

Felix was walking around the courtyard since the early morning, not wanting to go to classes today at all. He was graduating, and nothing he did at the current moment would stop him from achieving that. Not likely that he would be held backf or fighting, no, the Watchers would see to the punishment and wipe their hands of it. 'If they saw to it, of course.'

He looked on from at least twenty feet off, not enough to hear anything solid, but he could definitely see and read the body language. 'Four on one constitutes for some fun.' Though he cringed a little, he'd never rhymed before and he really didn't take to it. Shaking his head slightly, he made his slow way over nearer the group, not appearing to be anyone other than a passing student.

He was wearing his boots, which were half hidden by baggy khakis and he wore a rather nice black turtleneck to go with it. It had been chillier out this morning. When he was within hearing distance he stopped and heard one of them call out to another, "...climb up there..." which made Felix laugh to himself. 'You never go up into the tree, thats suicidal. Even if whoever your trying to get to has no fighting experience, one push is all it takes.'

Felix watched for a while, the first two attempts at getting up in the tree were rough, and the kid stumbled and fell. He was getting ticked off by his own shortcoming, and glared angrily at his friend, who decided to help him up and the proceeded to try and lift him into the tree as well. Felix knew he could have fun with it, run by real fast and take out the seconds knee, just as he lifted and they would both tumble, but he wanted to watch for a bit longer.

They both stuggled but the first had somehow grabbed the tree and Felix started walking a bit closer. Whoever was in the tree had a decision to make, and Felix didn't want to make a big scene. If he could jump on one from the tree, it'd be fast and quick, leaving the last three. 'One less person screaming about.' It was better than nothing, he just hoped whoever was in the tree also figured it out.

[armond]

Armond barely noticed that a new guy had appeared as he was watching the mongrels trying to climb the tree. But once he didn't it didn't exactly make his heart jump out of hope or anything. The new person might just as well help them. And even if he did help Armond it would result in violence, so it was an all losing scenario for him.
So instead of asking for help or even pull more attention to himself than necessary from whoever the new guy was he decided to taunt the morons for a bit before running.

"You know, even though most monkies climbs trees gorillas mostly doesn't, so you're doing unexpectedly well. But how about this, you all go and clean your fleas or eat your own feces or something and I'll buy you some bananas when I get back, how about it?"

He said and started to climb up the tree until he was at a good level with the roof that would allow him quick access to it, and a quick escape route via a fire ladder he could see even from the tree, but which shouldn't be visible from the ground.

"You know, just be a bit creative guys. I know it might be hard for you, so don't strain yourself to much. Use the examples I gave you so you don't burn your braincell."

Naturally, the bullies didn't quietly stand around and take the insults with a smile exactly. Rather, they started to throw rocks best they could, but Armond was climbing on the wrong side of the tree and was relatively safe. He was just hoping that the new guy wouldn't be on their side, as he actually appeared to be able to think effectively. No matter how much he despised violence, he counted violence against other as marginally less bad as that against himself. He jumped up on the roof and laid flat there to watch the scene below him and see wether or not he would have to escape or if he would have to go down and thank him for any eventual savagery for Armond's sake.

[Ryou Jackson]

Ryou was standing by himself on the rooftop, listening to the commotion below him. From what he could garner, a group of idiots were trying to get their target down from a tree, but their target taunted and escaped from them, which made them even more angry. " Pathetic..." he sighed, tunring and heading towards the door leading back into the school, when he heard a loud thump behind him. He turned his gaze slightly, and saw a guy sprawled out on the ground, looking down at the scene below. " Heh, that must've been the target of the idiots below." he thought, smirking slightly.

" So, you managed to infuriate them even more?" he called out, his hands in his pockets. " Nice job, although I haven't got a clue if they'll chase after you or not." Ryou turned and smirked, almost like it was amusing to him.

[armond]

Armond would have jumped at the voice if he hadn't been lying down. Instead he turned around, took a few steps so they wouldn't be able to hit him with any rocks. All the time he examined the guy he had missed completely when he got up here. Careless of him, and he had to keep this in memory.

"Oh, I bet they'll chase me. Thing is that they probably will give up when they can't catch me. Pigs may have better noses than dogs, but these are an exception."

He said with a cheery voice and gave the second guy a smile. Man, they kept popping out of the earth like mushrooms in the autumn. He swept his eyes over his new acquaintance briefly, about enough for him to see the most important parts but not to long so he seemed rude. Then he turned halfway so he could see the mongrels attempts at climbing a tree.

"But don't worry. If you go here to be left alone or whatever you do, I won't disturb. I'm just passing by."

[Ryou Jackson]

" Don't worry about me, things like these happen to me too, as much as I'd like to avoid trouble, trouble just loves to find me."

Ryou walked over to the edge and looked down, seeing the idiots below still trying to climb the tree. He smirked, almost like he was amused by the whole scene.

" What a bunch of idiots. They're wasting more time climbing the tree then actually going into the building and climbing the stairs. Or maybe I'm giving them too much credit, all I can see is, they're pretty damn persistent."

"What's your name anyways?" he asked, looking down at the guy who was lying on the ground.

[Felix]

ooc: ill take my leave of this post

ic: Felix heard the taunting responses fly from the tree and the morons started throwing rocks or any other heavy objects lying around. 'Fools, you can't hit what you can barely see.' Although for one he was relieved, it would mean no blows would have to be landed and people wouldn't have to be sprawled on the ground. He watched as the 'treehugger' climbed his way up and over to the nearest roof and flopped down.

A small smile spread across his face and he watched as the group of guys started yelling at each other for letting 'him get away'. 'Common. Everyone but me is at fault. Morons.' Felix looked to the roof for a last second and turned around, walking at a slow pace throughout the grounds. He had no classes to attend to, so he'd walk around and dip into the library soon enough. Maybe he'd look for a friend or two. He shrugged his shoulders and let todays would be events slip from his thoughts.

[armond]

Armond watched as the idiots on the ground started yelling at each other, the leader most of all seemed to scold his gang for their incompetence. Armond couldn't help but to grin at their stupidity, gave the other guy on the ground one last look as he walked away and then turned to the person on the roof.

"Well, you know how it is. Training monkies takes years, and gorillas aren't the fastest of them either. But you're right, since they're so persistant they just might push the tree over against the wall and climb up that way."

He gave the other guy an openly examining look, making sure to note every detail on him. Especially any shiny ones. After a moment Armond gave him a big smile and said:

"And for your question, I'm Armond. But I'm often called Magpie for some reason. And what's your name?"

[Ryou Jackson]

" Ryou." he replied, slipping into his shy personality. This was rare, normally he'd act shy from the start, but he got caught up in the excitement and humour of the situation. " Perhaps you're giving them a bit too much credit, I don't think they have the IQ to think of pushing the tree down." Ryou noted that he was looking him over, perhaps he was trying to look for something?

" Whatever." he thought, ignoring the quick look over. " Well, I'm off, maybe I'll see you around the school. I'll let you know if those idiots come charging up to the roof." he said, turning and heading towards the door.

[armond]

Armond scratched his neck thoughtfully. Ryou didn't appear to have anything that was worth the trouble to nick, so he just shrugged mentaly at the thought.
Physically he just put his hands in his pockets and smiled at Ryou.

"Oh, don't bother about it. I'll go down the ladder over there and be gone completely in a little bit. But I appreciate the concern."

With this said he briefly waved at Ryou and walked over to the ladder, lowered it down as it was raised to avoid breakins, which just might occur if Armond got bored this evening and nobody raised it again, and started to climb down while listening to the curses at the other side of the building. "Suckers." He thought.

[Ryou Jackson]

Ryou shrugged his shoulders casually at Armond's reply before descending down the stairs, and entered back into the hallway. " I wonder if there's anything to eat, I'm bored as hell, 'cause I really don't want to go back outside." Ryou thought, walking towards the cafe. As he walked down the hallway, he bumped into the leader and his "group" that were a few minutes ago, screaming and cursing at Armond.

" Watch where the hell you're going idiot!" the leader snarled at Ryou. Ryou didn't say anything, he just stared calmly back at him. " Humph, you think you're so tough eh dumbass?" he snapped at Ryou, his expression clearly pissed and angry, due to his prey escaping from his clutches. Again Ryou just stayed silent, he rather not get in a fight. " What? Too high and mighty to answer my questions huh!?" the leader screamed, as he charged at Ryou, clearly wanting to vent his frustration by pounding on him. Ryou side-stepped him, as he flew past Ryou and rammed straight into the lockers behind Ryou. " Pathetic..." Ryou muttered, as the group crowded around their leader. Ryou walked off, and reached the cafe, relatively trouble free.