Leysos

Dragged Into the Darkness [Leysos & Damiann47]

Jeremy raised an eyebrow when she didn't instantly greet him as per usual, but instantly understood when he looked at her phone. It was hilarious- the many bugs that came from a Bethesda game on release were always hilarious. A lot of their discussions about Skyrim or Fallout turned into glitch-swapping parties, like an elderly nord who glitched through the floor or absurd model stretching. Needless to say, it earned a laugh from him without any further explanation.

"Really? I'm not sure whether to be surprised or impressed," he commented, staring up at the ceiling with her. She did have a point, though. Between Rena's expertise and Douglas's suggestions, the two had been pretty much everywhere on campus and the surrounding shops. It wasn't that they didn't have money, though, he could guarantee that. She was sighing like something was troubling her, which made him worried. Maybe she's finally had enough of him?

Regardless of his suspicions, he truly wasn't expecting the question that followed all of this. Wanna go to my place? Come to think of it, she did live off campus, but... what? Jeremy wasn't completely dense anymore. Was she implying that they...?

No. He wasn't going to allow himself to get flustered in front of her when he wasn't even certain that was it. She outright said she didn't like him like that, but that was a month ago. Still, maybe she just wanted to show him her gaming setup or something stupid like that... Yeah, that seemed a lot more likely, especially since every mention of dating from her was a joke. She couldn't possibly see him in that way if she still joked like that... right?

Jeremy turned to look at her and nodded after looking like he was deep in thought for a few seconds. "Sure, that sounds good to me," he said, giving her a smile.

Dragged Into the Darkness [Leysos & Damiann47]

Huh, oops. Yeah, it's an image. I rehosted it, but have the link if you still can't see it.

Dragged Into the Darkness [Leysos & Damiann47]

It looked like picking the spot for their next meeting fell upon his shoulders again. Well, at least the way she made it sound was nice. A mutual relationship where both partners give and take. Still though, maybe the fact that Jeremy picked where they ate completely passed her by, but oh well. At least it didn't have to be pizza this time. His roommate should certainly know the best places to get some food.

Afterwards, Rena slipped a small piece of paper into his hand before leaving. Blinking and somewhat confused, the boy opened it up to reveal Rena's phone number scribbled down onto it. I mean, sure, he had a phone, but it was quite old. Like, numberpad flip-phone old. How he was ever going to text someone on that was a mystery, but he'd figure it out anyway.

"I will. Goodnight," he assured before turning to leave himself.

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[Hey, let's meet up in the library like usual, I'll be here.]

Jeremy's phone buzzed on his desk; a feature on his new phone that he was all too familiar with by now. He didn't have any other friends who would call or text him regularly, so it meant only one thing: Rena. It had been a month since their chance encounter, and Rena's done everything in her power to try and be a key person in his life. Jeremy still remembers then time Rena freaked out about his old flip-phone; "How do you even LIVE with that?" She persuaded him to get a new one on the spot; not like he needed much persuasion. Now that he had an actual use for texting, it was easier to make the switch despite how slowly he typed on the touch screen.

Jeremy picked it up and quickly responded.

[Okay, I'll be there soon.]

Rena still made a point that talking face-to-face was much better, despite the phone's ease of use. She'd been trying to get him to relax when it came to social situations, and it seemed to be paying off quite well. Despite Rena being his only real friend- he'd gained some acquaintances by hanging out with her- Jeremy felt that he knew her much better and was much easier to deal with.



The boy put on his glasses. While the blushing-when-looked-at Jeremy was gone, there was still obviously room for improvement. He stuttered a fair bit and had trouble talking to people who weren't Rena, and being around people for extended periods of time was tiring, but he had one thing he didn't have before, though: Confidence. Despite all of his shortcomings still present, he at least now had the power to make them not drag his mood down. He wasn't cumbersome to be around anymore, unlike before when he would just look away uncomfortably out of embarrassment and keep to himself.

Jeremy looked at the clock on his phone's lock screen. Saturday, 12:47PM. He had the whole afternoon ahead of him, and it was Rena's turn to pick where they went to hang out. They'd always use the library as a meeting place; somewhere to discuss what they'd be doing for the rest of the day.

"Guess I'd better go," he mumbled to himself, pocketing his phone before leaving his dorm.

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The library. A familiar place to Jeremy for many reasons. When he first started attending school here, it was his sanctuary. Always coming here with his laptop to get away from his roommate and his dorm, but he's no longer had the need to shy away from him as much. Of course, there'd be times where Jeremy and Rena would pick games from his steam library and play them on his laptop, but it was more often that he was just hanging out with her outright. Again, the Library was more their meeting place now, and Rena was sitting in the spot the two had claimed.

Jeremy walked up to her with a smile and a wave before plopping down next to her. "So, what are you dragging us into today?" he teasingly asked. He learned quickly that making jabs back at her was a good way of staying on her level, but she was still much better at it than he was.

Dragged Into the Darkness [Leysos & Damiann47]

Mhmm, that's right. I might start it a couple posts from now.

The post will have to come up tomorrow, though. I'm tired and I had a lot of work to do today <_>

Dragged Into the Darkness [Leysos & Damiann47]

Nah, that's all perfectly fine. Is that when you'd want the attack to start, or just a different kind of date?

Dragged Into the Darkness [Leysos & Damiann47]

Unlike the pizza whose mediocre taste was unknown to Jeremy, his regular choice of soup and hot chocolate graced his mouth more as the two talked for a while. Well, Rena did most of the talking, but he was still enjoying himself knowing she took interest in a lot of the same things he did. Despite Rena's intrusive nature which the shy man wasn't used to, the thought of actually having a friend was rather calming and made him forget about the fear of being persecuted.

The two were outside now, and Rena was talking about how much fun she had. This only reaffirmed his feelings about the "date." By now, the awkwardness that came around being with Rena was only faint, so obvious jabs didn't really do much to him anymore. "I won't lie, Rena. I might keep secrets, but I'll never lie. I don't think I've ever had this much fun with someone else before," he softly admitted with a smile.

Jeremy then kept to his thoughts a bit before answering her last bit. "Well, uhm... I really don't know of any other places," he meekly admitted before turning to her. "I'd much rather see what your idea of a good pizza place is! They don't normally get orders for pizza here, so I'm sure it didn't blow you away... but it still looked good enough to make me want to try something you think is good." The difference was already night and day. Rena was surely rubbing off on him now, and Jeremy felt like it could only seem to get better.

Dragged Into the Darkness [Leysos & Damiann47]

If I have, it was probably by mistake ahah. Nah, I just stick to subs whenever I watch it.

Btw, I'm probably going to have to wait until tonight to come up with a reply. Cleaning up the house and getting ready to move today, and I won't have my laptop or phone with me.

Men vs. Women Race to 1000

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Men vs. Women Race to 1000

This thread is so boring without Haley and me to argue.

@WilsonTurner

At least we can take the chance to gain some ground. I remember when we dipped back into the positives for like, 5 hours.

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Dragged Into the Darkness [Leysos & Damiann47]

I agree completely; when I said "the sooner the better," I didn't mean in the timeline of the RP itself lol. Sorry if that was misleading.

Skips will be necessary, I guarantee it. Though, maybe we could do some of Rena trying to get Jeremy out of his comfort zone instead? Bonding with the video games is important I agree, but it would still be nice to see Jeremy get some growth & development as well and we'd still be able to get them to bond in that regard.

Also, it may take me a bit to reply. I've recently gotten pretty swamped.