Rarity

The Awakening

Not wanting to be it, Nixie put her hand on her nose as quickly as possible. She laughed and ran away like a small child. Well, she was 11, though her 12th birthday was coming up in a couple months. She ran around the main room and then darted into a door that she found. It led into a room that looked like it had been a kitchen. It was a very big kitchen. The sink in the kitchen was huge, almost like a bathtub.

She walked over to the sink and peered inside. She wrinkled her nose; there was a small amount of dirty water on the bottom and she could feel her skin crawling. Ever since she was three, she had been terrified of water, of places where it would be possible to drown. The sink was deep, but could she drown in it if the water was turned on? Though there was probably no longer any running water in the mansion.

Nixie grabbed a old towel off the kitchen counter and threw it into the sink, watching as it soaked up the remaining water. That done, she somehow managed to climb up onto the stove next to the sink and hopped inside. She scrunched herself down into a tiny ball and put the dirty towel around her. She was a kid. She did not care much about becoming dirty.

Single, Taken, It's Complicated [Closed]

“I'm really sorry about that, sometimes I say really stupid things. I wasn't reading it, anyway, I can't concentrate and it deserves my whole attention – do you like books? I can get you a voucher, to make up for being a dumbass? Uh...”

She couldn't help but look at the girl and smile hesitantly. It seemed they both were having some issues with this whole social thing. She brushed her bangs out of her blue eyes and leaned slightly closer to the woman as she rambled about books. It was kind of endearing. At least she wasn't the only one who rambled. Ashley picked up her glass and took a sip, studing the other's face more openly now. Her greenish eyes really were stunning.

"I do love to read," she replied, but was quickly interrupted as the girl continued. "You're not a dumb ass." She crossed her legs and turned her chair so that she was facing the other more.

Curiously she watched as the other scribbled something on a card and slid it toward her. She looked at it and raised an eyebrow, pocketing the card.

“Why does it matter what a couple smoothies do to your figure? You look fine, and you're tiny. Not that, I mean, I did it again, I'm so sorry. It's not that you're small or young or anything."

Ashley blushed as the girl continued to ramble yet again, though now she was talking about her figure. She looked down at herself and then back up at the girl. "Hey, relax," she said. "I'm not offended. I think I could tell the difference if you were being rude or not." Before she could say anything else, the girl interrupted her.

“I'm just going to shut up and drink my smoothie now. Sorry.”

Watching, the girl leave the bar, she could not help feel a small amount of regret. They hadn't even given each other their names. So much for meeting people and making friends. Ashley pulled the card out of her pocket and smiled. It had the name of a bookstore, the girl's name and a couple phone numbers on it. One of them looked like a personal number; maybe a cell phone.

She reached down and picked up her purse and got her phone out. She dialed what she hoped was the girl's cell number and waited for the other to pick up. If she did pick up, she planned on trying to be witty and saying something really interesting, but her throat closed up on her and all she managed to get out was, "free books... good. Thanks... uh... hi." She wasn't even sure if she got the answering machine or the woman. She looked at the card again. Charlotte.

The Awakening

TaliPaendrag said
Sorry if my post wasn't that good. I've been pretty busy lately, so I'm kind of tired. :P

I thought your post was pretty great ;)

Single, Taken, It's Complicated [Closed]

teapotshark said
Haha, glad to see this has been getting some love while I was sleeping. I'll have another post up soon.

I'm glad too!

Infection, World's End [Closed]

teapotshark said
Ah, yeah, sorry. I keep forgetting who he is because my characters don't know his name yet! My apologies.

It's okay. There hasn't been time for most people to give their names. haha

Infection, World's End [Closed]

teapotshark said
I don't know about the other characters, but Chris and Tony have no idea of that farm's existence. So unless the other characters know where it is, they'll have to stumble across it or completely miss it. We shall see!The CatDog thing is going to become a running joke, I can feel it.

Lloyd lives on the farm. It says so in his CS. Did you read it?

I hope it is a running joke. haha

Single, Taken, It's Complicated [Closed]

“Willow dragged me here. Uh, my friend, Willow, that's... who she is.”

Ashley looked to where the girl was pointing, but could not for the life her figure out who the girl meant. There was a table in that general direction that held a couple girls and at least three guys. She inwardly frowned. How easy it was for some girls to chat with random strangers. While she was looking, she caught a couple other people staring at her and started to blush, subconsciously hiding her purse between her legs. She was just glad she did not bring the stuffed animal that came with the purse.

“Aren't you a little young to care about dating?”

She snapped her head back in the woman's direction. "No, I mean, of course not." She crossed her arms over her chest and sighed. "Though I'm used to people thinking so. I'm 19. See no stamp," she said, holding up her hands and then laying them flat on the counter. She turned away from the brunette. "Sorry for interrupting your reading." She leaned forward, pushing her empty glass across the counter.

"Saddie, can I have another strawberry smoothie."

"Are you sure? This is your third one in the last half hour, dear?" Saddie said as she came over to collect the dirty cups. Ashley shrugged. "Very well, but it is your figure on the line, not mine." The bartender chuckled.

"This will be my lunch and dinner, so it's no big deal," Ashley assured her. "Besides it's made out of mostly strawberries. I think I will survive." She handed the woman a five and waited for her favorite drink.

Infection, World's End [Closed]

teapotshark said
Slightly less crude but still pretty basic map?I wanted to help out (but also I was really bored because it's summertime but raining). I hope you don't mind I (just slightly) upgraded the map. I have a question though? Based on the size of the buildings in the town, I'm assuming the distance to the farm is roughly one mile. Is that correct? I love Cat and Dog right now.

Yeah that's right. From where they took of by the store, there is a little dirt path from years of people walking to and from the farm. But the way they are heading, they will hit the cornfield and have to go through it to get to the farm (if that is where they want to go) Once through the cornfield, they will have to dispatch of the undead that breached the farm and fix the fence. Going through the cornfield will leave the pretty blind. They will have to rely on touch and sound. The undead won't be able to "see" them but there would be the chance of stumbling upon some.

teapotshark said
You'll have to forgive me, though, because I can't stop thinking of...

I keep singing CatDog every time I see their names. You can bet Olivia will make a reference to the TV show. (She is a child after all)

Moonstruck [Mako's Mermaids][Closed]

Nallore said
I say we give her two more days then we start posting again?

I've been in contact with her. She's got some major stuff going on and should be able to post today or tomorrow.

Infection, World's End [Closed]

MistressCyanide said
Though crude it is helpful, a really detailed map can get a little hard to look at but that is more of my personal problems then anything else. Love the cornfield LOL.

Thanks! and also thanks for the idea of a cornfield. ;)