N.A.P.F.I.T. [IC]

[marmalademoon]

“The apartment I lived in didn’t allow pets, so I was never able to have any of my own.” Ali looked up at Aiden and gave him an embarrassed smile as she spoke. “I’ve always wanted to get a small dog; one that could sit on my lap.”

When the elevator opened she stepped inside; while she waited for Aiden to follow she asked, “What all did you have, other than chickens?”

As they continued on she began to feel more comfortable talking to him. He didn’t seem to be the type to judge. If he was, she would have figured that he’d have left the second she had said ‘pudding’.

[Katurian]

(With Michael and Nikki - outside)

Effy turned bright red. Not only did Nikki just call her pretty but he was implying Michael was hitting on her and winked at her. She was, by no means, used to any attention like that and she wasn't sure if she liked it. To add to her embarassment, she didn't even realize Michael might have a problem with Nikki joining them. After all, she was at a school full of introverts, and socializing is difficult for all of them.

Effy sat up, sitting Indian style, and brought her hands to her cheeks momentarily to hopefully keep herself from blushing even more. She bit her lip and mentally forced herself to calm down. Nikki's just joking around she told herself repeatedly.

She glanced at both of them, cheeks still red, and giggled slightly awkwardly to ease the tension on her own behalf but she was also unsure of what to say, "Heh heh, so... ummm... how about that cloud huh?" Effy just bit her lip and stared back up at that sky, not really staring at any cloud in particular. She was just wishing her cheeks would return to their normal shade and hoping that Michael and Nikki wouldn't think she was weird.

[Aisling]

((Speaking to Cateline in the library then heading out to go to the other elevator))

"O-ok Cateline. Perhaps I l-l-lost it n-near the elevators. M-m-maybe I d-d-didn't get it in my p-p-pocket?" Lynda spoke hopefully as she took a tissue out to dab at her eyes. Then she tried to smile.
"Let's head over th-that w-way to see if it is th-there or n-n-not. It c-could b-be th-there couldn't it"

As Lynda spoke, she became less nervous and was starting not to stutter so much. She turned to the doors to head out of the library.

[Eru Ilúvatar]

After Nikki’s absurd behavior, Gillian had ducked out of the library and gone exploring - waiting long enough so that she didn’t have to share the elevator with another. Having dropped two books off at her room, she dug around for a light sweater with deep pockets, zipping in the smallest book. She returned to the ground floor to find the kitchen, scavenging for some cheese and fruit alongside some bottled water. Piling the food in a dishcloth, Gillian slipped outside the mansion, angling for the closest thicket of trees. She kept to the gloaming shadows, head ducked forward so that a curtain of hair shielded her face.

She pushed past the first line of trees, delving deep enough to be hidden from sight behind a trio of ancient evergreens. Securing the food and bottle in her second pocket, Gillian caught the lowest branch and agilely lifted herself up. With so much practice rock-climbing, her arms were subtly defined with muscle, easily managing her own weight. Before long Gillian was more than halfway up the fir, craving the cool surface of stones.

Settling her back against the trunk, she began to pick at the cheese and berries while contemplating the threads of moonlight jutting through the branches. The bough she perched on was wide enough to lounge, feet dangling.

[Jason Welsh]

(Ali)

Aiden smiled as they got out of the elevator. The anxiety was gone, now it was just him and her. It was like talking to anyone else. "3 dogs and 2 cats" he said. He missed them. He wanted to be back home in the middle of the woods.

He reached into his pocket and dug around for his room key, which he eventually found. He used it to open the door onto the third floor, and he held the door open for her.

"Where did you live before?" he asked.

[Mozag]

Michael looked over to Effe. "Haha, it's ok. I'm not mad."

His mind told a different story.*

"I'm actually pissed. Really pissed. How the heck did this kid get sent to an introvert school?"

"So how was your day do far?" Michael asked to the boy.*

"To be honest, I hope it sucked. I hope you go somewhere else so that I can talk to this girl and not deal with your cocky bullsh-"

"I hope it's been good so far. You seem to be open to the idea."

Michael smiled. Hopefully the guy will stop being such a cockbock and tone it down a little. Michael didn't need an enemy yet. He never said he was completely in love with this girl so he didn't understand why he would approach like this.

((I understand that jealously is visible, but Michael can hide some of his emotions. So he doesn't look like a total prick right now....lol))

[Twisted Fate]

(Michael and Effy)

Nikki changed his tact as he caught a brief glimpse of hostility flashing across Michaels face. Ok Nikki, friendlyness isn't working here. What do I say now?
"My days been alright, though I've only met a few people. Just Effy and another girl, but I don't think she likes me very much." He laughed again, trying to break the tension. "Sorry about my arrogant persona there, before today, I hadn't spoken to a single person for six years, that sort of solitude messes with your head man. Weed doesn't help either, but I got off that a few months ago."
You're saying too much about yourself, tone it down! he thought.
"How's your day been? Met anyone interesting?"

[Koori Hime]

Outside ~ Damien/Gillian

Akira didn't know why she was yammering on like she was. Idle chit-chat was something she absolutely hated. But perhaps it was the fear, albeit miniscule, that was starting to eat at the back of her mind. What would happen, seriously, if she had rebelled the system she and the others at N.A.P.F.I.T. were forced to undergo? Would she become one of those rumored "unknowns" and never be allowed to return to the normal world? To forever be detached from people and places she was ever so familiar with? It really was a disturbing thought.

It sent chills down her spine.

Akira barely noticed the cigarette returning to her outstretched fingers. "I doubt falling in love is possible for everyone here," cut Damien's words into her thoughts. Had he been reading her mind? Had he done his strange, reclusive voodoo magic and wormed his little mind-probing fingers into her brain and figured out that that was what she was fretting over at that exact moment?

She could say nothing. Instead, she turned her blue eyes up at him, their gaze peering into his own in an attempt to read him. There was the faintest of smiles on his lips as Damien began to speak. "It's a year away from family, and school," he said, an attempt at grasping for a silver lining in this bleak hell they were suddenly thrown into.

Akira could not force the scoff that had escaped her throat and pushed the filter of the cigarette between her lips. Translucent smoke billowed up into her line of vision, blue eyes glaring off across the landscape before them. Despite how beautiful an estate they were currently residing on, it was still just a dressed-up, lacy and ribbon-tied hell to Akira. "I suppose if one could see it as an escape, then it could be considered a good thing," she said, her voice laced with bitterness. "But when you're practically an outcast on both fronts, what difference does being away from them really mean?" Inhaling slowly, Akira allowed the smoke to exit her nostrils and mouth before she passed the cigarette back to Damien. "I need a drink," she muttered more to herself before rubbing at the side of her neck where her Kanji tattoo was. She saw someone walking off toward the distance, her eyes narrowing just a hair to see who it was. Not that she actually knew, but Akira figured that Damien would probably want someone else for company than a girl like herself. The mixed girl just didn't mesh well with people, it seemed. "And I'm fuckin' starving. Let's get something to eat after this. HEY YOU OUT THERE! ... Yeah, I'm talking to you! We're gonna get food in a bit. Wanna come along or you just gonna sit out there, pondering the meaning of life all night?"

[Kaonashi]

((With Lynda, going to elevators))

Cateline was of course happy she was more hopeful. And also because her speech was more understandable. But as much as she wanted to say she couldn't, but didn't think it would be by the elevators. Someone may have picked it up if they did, then that would be bad, because she only knew two people here and it would be kind of embarrassing to go and ask around people if they have found another key card. But she was suppose to be less shy so she would have to overcome that.

"It could be!"Cateline agreed, and walked next to Lynda to the elevators. She still looked at everything just to make sure they didn't miss anything though.

[Aisling]

((Lynda and Cateline heading towards the elevators to find Lynda's lost key card)

Lynda kept her eyes open so she could see her key card. She glanced under anything that she could until she reach the elevators doors. Next to the plant beside the elevator was a key card! Lynda picked it up and it was her key card. Lynda sighed with relief.

"Cateline, we found my key card! Thank you very much!" Lynda threw her arms around Cateline's neck and hugged her tightly.
"Your the bestest friend I ever had. I am glad that I met you."