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Lost & Found
Lost & Found
Please remember that items left unclaimed will be properly disposed of. You're sitting in a circle of people, there's a boy with a nose piercing to your left and a girl with purple hair to your right, in front of you is a young man with a clipboard and around you are plenty of other people, some strange some not so strange. But there's you, and you're you, nothing can change that... right? You notice, rather quickly, that everyone's going around the circle and talking and you wonder if this is some sort of group therapy. After a while it's your turn and you stare blankly at the man with the clipboard for you've forgotten the prompt. From your left you hear the girl speak up in a monotone voice, she reminds you of what you're supposed to share, what others have already shared. As you think about what you'll say the man with the clipboard stares intently at you, awaiting your response. It takes a while but you open your mouth to speak, ready to share an embarrassing moment with a circle of strangers. As you start to explain the background of the incident you make a sudden realization... It's not your memory. |
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Background There once was a lonely man, he rarely left the apartment and was always very sad. His neighbor would often try and get him out of the building for any reason at all, but he would never want to leave. Their conversations always ended with him explaining how burdened he was by his memories and a confused expression from her as he shut the door. But this woman wasn't just a normal every day single mom with two kids, she was also a practicing psychologist and was pretty sure she understood how the human mind worked. So whenever she rarely saw him she'd start a conversation, treating him like just another one of her patients. For a while it seemed like he was getting better, he was starting to open up to her and explain why he was sad and would actually help her bring her groceries in from the car. About a month later the apartment caught fire, the psychologist was at work when it started and came home to find emergency responders pulling charred bodies and choking people out of the fire. Later she found both of her children, one wrapped in blankets and the other in the back of an ambulance. Her son didn't survive and her daughter grew reclusive and unresponsive to her and when she saw the news paper her neighbor's name was in the obituary column. From then on she actively searched for a way to make her daughter better quickly. She turned down hypnosis therapy for the girl and some other more interesting treatments, she didn't want a temporary solution, she wanted something permanent, a way to erase the young girl's memories and replace them with something else. One afternoon she explained her plight to a coworker, a neurologist. He came up with a theory based on her idea and the two realized they'd stumbled on something that might not only be beneficial to her daughter but other people too. Together they wrote up a paper detailing a device and procedure that would allow for a person's memories to be rewritten. It would be a breakthrough but no one approved of it. But while the paper was generally laughed at it sparked interest in a few people who read it and years after the woman and her daughter's deaths they got together and decided to make the idea into reality. They grabbed six people who were mostly unaware of what was in store and also had traumatic experiences in their past that made them inactive members of society. These six had their memories rewritten, the sad ones replaced with happy ones. Because of the scientists being unaware of each subject's social background, unimportant people in their past were sometimes rewritten to include the other subjects. By the time the procedure was done these subjects could barely be considered the same person, while they did have the same name and face their memories were completely different. These six subjects were sent out in the world were they were monitored from afar for a year, after that the group deemed it a success and wrote a follow-up paper. Unfortunately, they didn't completely understand and some people, in the nearby community wound up receiving the discarded memories and now must struggle with them. After a the year past the subjects sent out to different communities wound up coming back to the first, for one reason or another. Since they're all in the same place they could very well meet and start to realize their individual memories overlap in odd places with other people, if that were to happen they would no doubt want their originals back. Right? |
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Characters Totals:: Subjects; 6/6 & Citizens; 2/6 & Others; 3/3 [ Subject One // Letita Pickter // kidalana ] Quote:
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Rules & Guidelines Let's start with the basics; this thread on Menewsha in the Roleplaying Forum, because of this the rules outlined for both the general site and this specific forum still apply here. With that said and out of the way let's get going with the rules and guidelines specific to this thread. What's expected; Each person is expected to be of literate level, higher is appreciated, close to is okay, but much lower will make me sad face. A couple solid paragraphs a post is what I'll be hoping to see. I wont define what a 'solid' paragraph is (you should have an idea) but it's not bare minimum (three sentences). Because these posts are expected to be longer, posts are not expected to come quickly, but kindly put a reply here at least once a week. Out of character and off topic comments; This thread is strictly for roleplaying the topic outlined in previous posts, keep posts in character and relevant. Furthermore, if you have any questions please address them through a private message or this thread to keep things under control. Profiles; There's a post dedicated to just what you have to put, so refer to that post as well. But the posting of profiles in this thread is going to make me sad face. However, profiles that are private messaged will make me have a happy face. While we're talking about that, please use the light bulb icon when sending private messages. Reservations; I realize it takes a while to get a nice profile made so you will be aloud to reserve a slot. Each initial reservation only lasts a week though and you can only have two extensions. Other Characters; If you don't want to be a subject or a citizen, and have an idea of your own, then you may contact me to be a different type character. These will be approved on a case by case basis and you should talk to me before submitting your profile. Disclaimer; I do not bite, I'm actually excited to see what everyone brings to this role play. I have to reserve the right to edit these rules though. But I wont just change them randomly to make you mad, I promise. |
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Profiles The explanations should be deleted before you send it. Name; Pick a name, any name. Though it should reflect their nationality and heritage. And while you're at it, pick a color, any color. Age; Any really, though two digits would be greatly appreciated. Appearance; Use words or use pictures to explain how your character looks. Or maybe both! History, Original; This is your character's original, unedited history. This wont include the other subjects or have rewritten or claimed memories. This will fit in the time line of 'birth--treatment/incident'. History, Fabricated; Subjects: Take your character's original history and rewrite things so that it's a happy one. Be sure to have small incidents that include the other subjects (at least two!), if there are no names to use then put in the subject number and it'll be edited in later. Ex; They watched their sibling killed in their original history and it was rewritten that their sibling went to boarding school/ran away from home. Others: If the character didn't have their memory tampered with then don't bother with this part. Just make one history that covers 'birth to now'. Citizens: For these characters you get to pick memories from Subject's original histories that would have been discarded. This will be your character's original history edited so that (those) memory (memories) can fit in nicely. Ex; They got a subjects memory of their sibling being killed but they never had a sibling and it's edited that they did and the sibling's not around anymore because they're dead. All: In this section you can also include more recent history. This will fit in the time line of 'birth--present' leaving 'treatment/incident' out. Personality; How they act at this current point in time. |
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Status This role play is accepting profiles and ready for immediate posting upon acceptance of profiles. 4/5/09 -- OOC thread |
Letita looked out the window and frowned, it was drizzling slightly with hints towards just getting worse. It was a habit of hers, to try and go out for a run in the morning, something to get her mind started, but if it was raining she often found herself discouraged from such actions. Getting wet and muddy was not Letita's favorite way to start the day, maybe she'd just go for a walk instead... She turned her gaze from out the window and looked over at her bed, she'd already gone through and found what she'd wear and spent a good five minutes trying to get an outfit that would match her new running shoes together. But succeeding and realizing it was raining was quite the disappointment.
But the more she thought about it the more she wanted to go outside. It was the weekend, there was no school for another two days, and the used car lot always got a few new cars Friday evening. Those two reasons alone were temptation enough for her to throw on the outfit assembled and lace up her old pair of running shoes, no point in getting the new ones muddy just yet. Letita lived in her school's dorm on her own, no room mate to be seen, after all it wasn't very common for anyone to even use the school's dorms. For the most part her room was a mess and she spent quite a bit of time tripping over things on her way in and out of her room, but for Letita that wasn't too abnormal. Before she actually went out the door she took the opportunity to check her appearance in the full length mirror on the bathroom door. She smiled to herself, noting how the colors matched but not with the old shoes she was wearing. Another sigh as she remembered why she'd chosen the color scheme of grey and lavender, the new shoes were those colors, complete with a white kangaroo on the side. These old shoes that she wore were still grey but had white laces. Together it didn't look nearly as adorable as it should, but it didn't matter too much, she would have to wear a coat anyways. Using the mirror as reference she tightened her pony tails, adjusted a few clips, smoothed down the bandage under her left eye and zipped her blue jacket up halfway. With a bright smile she left her room for the morning, turning around and slamming her fingers in the door on the way out. "Owww," she said with a pout as she cradled the injured hand. Letita frowned at the door and dropped her keys and cellphone into the jacket pockets before leaving the hallway. Her good hand rubbed the sore spot of her other hand, the injury layered over an old one and already underneath a bandage. It really was a good thing that she didn't have to make her own food, that would no doubt involve knives and she just would prove to be incapable of not hurting herself in that manner. With a bounce in her step she jogged down the front stairs, careful to watch where her feet went. |
It was the weekend, but not a nice one by any means. For Danny hated the rain and even if it was more of a light shower than a downpour it didn't change the fact that he couldn't go outside and also the fact that open gym was well...not open today. It was just another thing to bring down his mood. Still, he couldn't just sit around. He could go to the movies or chill with some friends or play flash games for that matter. Staring outside of the window from the view inside of his room he tilted his head and continued to watch the drops land onto his window before sliding down.
See he lived in a two story house, nothing all that special, but it had enough to accommodate him with a bedroom for himself, one for his parents, and an empty one that was dubbed "the home office". Getting up from his position at the window, he stretched his arms out and he looked around at his room, somewhat messy with papers and clothing lying around in haphazard stacks. Maybe I should clean this place up... But he didn't. Instead he walked out of his room and downstairs. His mother, seeing him head for the door stopped him with her voice. "Daniel, where are you going?" she asked with a raised brow. He shrugged nonchalantly. "Don't know. I figure if I walk around long enough that I'll find something do." She raised a brow, but shrugged, only getting up. "You should at least bring a coat with you." Danny looked down at what he was wearing, not finding anything wrong with it. It was a pair of dark jeans and the t-shirt of a band he was recently addicted to. He didn't have his glasses on at the moment since it was so dark outside, but aside from that, nothing was really different from what he usually wore. "Don't shrug at me. It's pouring outside. You'll catch a cold!" Danny frowned at her. "Come on, I'm healthy as a horse," he said, sitting down to put on a pair of sneakers. "Yeah, and I want you to stay that way." She tossed him a hooded, fleece jacket which he dutifully put on before he walked out the door. |
Squinting up at the sky, a silver haired teen let the drops of rain hit their face. The raindrops hit gently and rolled off, creating somewhat of a relaxing feeling. He knew that he was probably soaked, but he didn't care. He had a black raincoat on, the hood pulled down, so as not to collect raindrops in the back. The liner of said hood was getting pretty wet anyway, but once again, the boy paid it no mind. A particularly large raindrop hit square in the middle of his eye, and the boy flinched in surprise. Turning his face back forwards, he blinked a few times, the extra water flowing out. Clearly, any passerby could see the boy was now frustrated. Although letting the rain hit his face had calmed him, that single raindrop snapped him back to reality. The rain had earlier washed away his most recent chalk drawing, and that ticked him off. Not only had he just drawn it the day before and spent hours on it, but everyone, including the weather channel, kept telling him it would be sunny all week. Foolish of him to believe that weather channel. They were almost never right. Sighing, the young boy watched cars go by, slower than usual because of the wet roads. Not many people wanted to get into accidents, and only some daredevils risked going at high speed on a wet road. Though, were they daredevils or idiots. Deciding such people were the latter, Isaac frowned. Realizing his foot had fallen asleep, the fifteen year old shifted which foot he leaned on, and looked sadly down at the sidewalk. Mixed in with the rain were streaming pastel colors, running over the curb and into the gutter. He had laid the chalk down thick, so there was still more left. The boy, attached to his art, and with nothing better to do, decided to stand there, watch, and wait as the rain cleaned his artwork away. Although he carried two cans of spray-paint, one blue, the other brown, he realized he would do nothing with them. That was, until the weather cleared. Even then, he would have to wait for whatever surface his target was to dry. Maybe he could graffiti the inside of a building today, versus the outside. Though, he realized that was even more illegal and there weren't many abandoned buildings around. Even so, if he found an abandoned building, blank spots wouldn't be common. Most people used those as their prime practicing grounds. Raising his hood of the raincoat up over his head, Isaac stuck his hands in his pocket, staring at the blurred chalk. The drawing had been of a boat on water. The boat was highly detailed, small people standing on the deck in sailor's uniforms, jeans and shorts, and other casual clothes. Under the green and blue sea, one could somewhat make out shadows of fish schools as well as a whale. The waves were sometimes topped with ridges of white chalk, which he had used his finger to blur in slightly. In his drawing, the water had sparkled and moved, the people on the boat relaxed, chatted, and laughed, and the fish swam. But now it was ruined, the rain washing it away. |
Colin sighed deeply as he stomped his way down the sidewalk, grumbling something incoherent under his breath as he did. With his hands in his pockets, his head dipped low, and eyes glaring out at the sidewalk with a look of exasperation he made his way down the street, not really paying too much attention to the people that he was accidentally ramming his twiggy shoulders into. Even if he would have seen them there he wouldn't have cared much. He needed to blow off some steam and if they couldn't read his 'back off you stupid pedestrians,' look, then that was their problem and he had a wright to pummel them for being so stupid. Usually he would not have thought of such a thing, but he was in a mood and not feeling himself in the slightest.
Grumbling yet again, he turned up the volume on his iPod, without taking his hands out of his pocket of course. He cranked the volume up to the point that it was actually making his ears ring and made the people he had just slammed into look at one another sharing the same thought of, 'What the heck is his problem?' If they would have asked he would have told them that the entire day was his problem, even though it wasn't even noon. The night prior he had slept over with his friend Alex's house. Alex was a serious competitor for the high school Swim Team and woke him up at four thirty to go to the pool. He wasnt a morning person in the slightest but he agreed to go after he assured him that they had a lounge in the back with coffee. The coffee turned out to be decaf. The bastard. But he still managed to have some fun after his friend finished with his laps. It ended rather badly after he suffered a nasty red mark from an epic belly flop. After that they went back to change his clothes and retrieve his things. Sometime during the previous day he had lost his left sock, poor old lefty, and had to leave without it. He just wanted to get home and sleep for another three hours. Along the way back to his house, he stopped to rest on a old park bench near the towns geese infested late. The fact that it had rained all of last night had completely escaped him and his fresh pants were now soaked in such a way that it looked like he had peed himself. But on top of all this was the reason that he was blasting his music. What’s the worst song you can get stuck in your head? The Duck Tales, OO-oo-O, theme song! Yup, that stupid old show from Toon Disney that's been off for an eternity. All he was doing was walking back from the community pool when all of a sudden, poof, random annoying song. He didn't even like the show as a kid. The only reason he had ever known of its existence was because he had a choice between watching that or blues clues, and eight year old boys didn't watch blues clues! Usually. So why was this song stuck in his brain!? It didn't make any seance! All he wanted to do now was go home but instead it started to rain again drenching him and his backpack to the bone. Today really hated him. 'Well...at least i wont have wet butt anymore...' He sighed to himself and walked down the road again, humming the Duck Tales theme under his breath. |
Watching her feet as she went down the stairs had paid off and Letita reached the front door without any incidents and in a short amount of time. Pausing at the door she took a deep breath and then opened it wide, letting in a bit of the drizzle in the process. Before walking outside she looked, the sky was a lot grayer then it had seemed when she'd looked out her window and it looked like the rain had gotten worse in that time, a small frown started to form as she became unsure of wanting to go out and get seriously wet. "Hm...", the blue eyed girl added a sigh after her thoughtful sound and folded her arms, leaning against the open door and letting in a draft. Taking walk was out of the question, she'd want her umbrella for this weather and bad things had happened to the last one. Maybe she should replace it? But she would probably use it as much as she had the last one: once and that was the time she'd broken it. Letita sighed and unfolded her arms, she'd just stay inside until this cleared up.
In her deliberation with the door wide open she'd accumulated a bit of a puddle on the foot mat. While she felt a little bad about it she felt frustrated that her feet had gotten wet too. After shifting from the left foot to the right and back again she decided to change her mind again; she'd go out anyways and check out the town. Since she hated walking in the rain she'd just jog or run, it'd give her good exercise and the rain would keep her body temperature down. As a smile returned to her face she stepped out of the dorm, closing the door behind her. It was a rainy day, after all, and there would be less people at the car lot. Letita couldn't figure out why she hadn't thought about this in the first place, it would have kept her dedicated to going outside. She zipped her jacket up the rest of the way and started on a brisk jog across the school grounds and towards the gate. The school didn't have many of the wide open lawns that made a private school look amazing, mostly because it wasn't one, so it didn't take long to reach the closed iron gate. It was wide enough to open and drive a truck through, as that was its purpose, and next to it was a smaller gate to let people pass through. Beside that was a small white house where someone was always sitting, he was a helpful fellow that would give you directions or the time. Letita went through the smaller gate, after giving a wave, and was on her way to check out the car lot. In her mind she ran through the cars she hoped had arrived the her favorites that she wished hadn't left. |
Peeking out from her cover, Lia pursed her lips when the rain dripped onto her exposed face. Ducking back under the roof, she patted her light blue jeans before staring at her watch. When she saw what time it was she grabbed a discarded newspaper from the wooden bench she had been sitting on minutes before. Bracing herself for the cold, she took a step back before running to her silver car using the newspaper to keep her hair and most of her head dry by holding it above her head. Squealing when a few drops managed to reach her sweater, the random people on the sidewalk looked at her and had to restrain themselves from laughing.
"Dumb prepared people with umbrellas." Lia muttered under her breath as she successfully opened her car door and went inside. Shivering slightly, Lia twisted her keys that were shoved into ignition as soon as she slipped into her seat. Warming up slightly, she turned up the radio and waited to get the car completely heated up. When it had, she drove to the store. Retrieving a slightly crumbled paper from her sweater pocket, Lia squinted at the small writing. "Milk, eggs, flour..." They were planning on baking cookies and make Lia go to the store for supplies. A little spur of the moment thing they had wanted to do. Jen just woke up at 5 A.M. grunting cookies and woke everyone else up. If they had had the food needed to make the cookies, they would have made the cookies. At 5 A.M. Lia shuddered at the thought before grabbing a milk carton. After getting everything needed to make cookies, Lia paused in the ice-cream section. Pig. She accused herself, but she grabbed two boxes of Popsicle sticks nonetheless. It's raining outside and you're going to eat ice-cream.The thought ran through her head, but she shrugged it off. |
Daniel blinked his eyes once the rainwater hit his face, putting up his hood as he walked along the sidewalk, making sure to curve around the puddles. "I feel like I didn't think this through..." he muttered to himself as water droplets dampened his jacket. Where to go, where to go? That was the question. The park was out of the question unless he wanted to slog through muddy grass and watch ducks float in artificial ponds and if he went to the grocer's then his mother would probably call him and ask him to pick up milk or something that she could do herself.
But walking aimlessly wouldn't be any fun either. Licking his lips, he took out his cellphone and checked the time, sighing to himself and putting the phone back into his pocket. He continued to walk, not bothering to press the button for the crosswalk and instead jaywalked across the street, knowing that the cars wouldn't be speeding by...or running any red lights for that matter. After getting to the other side he found a bit of shelter under the porch of a random house. And hopefully they wouldn't kick him off for loitering. |
Yawning herself awake, Claire rolled over in her bed towards her alarm clock. It read eleven o' clock; too early for her liking. But according to her parents, she had overslept two hours late. Rolling her eyes to the weird timing, Claire got up to head over to her window as she heard the sounds of what seemed like rain. The gray-haired girl could only sigh at the thought, hating such depressing weather, but raised up the small opening nonetheless before sticking her head out. Upon looking out, she caught a familiar faced man make his way under her house's porch. First, rain. Now loiterers? the girl thought, only cringing when raindrops splattered her hair. With a growl, Claire came back inside and closed her window before grabbing her robe and heading downstairs.
A few 'good mornings' to her parents and pieces of toast later, Claire headed to her front door with her robe tied on tight before opening it and peeking her head out (since she was shielded from the evil drops of water). And there the guy was, loitering on somewhat private property. "I thought my dad scared off you hobos..." she deadpanned with a raised eyebrow. |
Danny heard a rustling and then the opening of a door. Turning around, he saw gray-haired face that wasn't so new, but one that he didn't exactly run into all that often. It was a young woman in a robe, not much older than he was and not much tanner either. Still he shrugged off her comment. Someone forgot their cup of coffee this morning. He glanced out at the rain before panning back to this girl. He didn't realize that she lived in this house. He would remember it the next time he wanted to camp out from the rain or just wanted a place to rest instead of aimlessly wandering.
"Well for one thing, I'm not a hobo. I have a home," he started, "and second I doubt your dad is all that scary." He said it with more of a shrug than challenge, his shoulders slightly rising before drooping again. Daniel put down his hood, showing his unmade hair, not gelled up as usual, but rather just combed through and left to stick out or hang down in his face. "So then," he asked, "are we going to stay out here or is this the part where you kick me out?" Or do you need your daddy to do it for you? |
Claire made her way outside as she realized that the guy wasn't indeed a hobo, but she shrugged him off as just the same as well. "Oh really?" she asked back with crossed arms, "Then what brings all the way down here?" Once she looked around, she did notice how hard it was pouring and came to the conclusion it was reasonable to hideout here.
Claire only laughed to his statement about her dad's scariness, him not knowing what kinds of crazy he could be/get. I'll let you think that... she thought with a dying chuckle. "Well, unless you plan to catch pneumonia I won't stop you from staying here." |
As he stood there casually, watching the puddle slowly draining off the sidewalk, Isaac briefly glanced some strange girl running to her car. It was a rather humorous sight, but the boy didn't laugh. He'd look like some sort of psycho, chuckling with his head facing towards the ground. Insta-padded cell recipe, in his eyes. The chalk drawing, he saw with some appreciation, now sort of looked like a real ocean. The puddle it was in had grabbed the chalk colors from all of the substance caked on there. The dark blues, some black, sea greens, dark green, gray, and various other colors swirled in the collected rain water, looking somewhat like some sort of sea to him. This thought made him happy, and he briefly considered taking a photo. Though, his phone didn't have such great quality pictures, and it wouldn't amount to much. If he really wanted to take photos, he'd have to run home and get the camera. By the time he got back, the effect would probably be gone, or someone would have stepped in the puddle. The grey haired boy planned on watching the colorful puddle until all the color was completely gone, because it looked interesting. Although, quite a bit of chalk would probably still be left over after the rainstorm, depending on how long it was and how heavy the rain got. Watching the water collect on the ends of his hair, Isaac followed the drop as it fell into the puddle, where it created a small ripple. But the ripple was hardly noticed among the more harsh ones from the rain drops. With a sigh, the boy considered that maybe a chair would've been a good idea. After all, standing was making his feet, knees and hips sore. Anyway, there was no doubt that after a while, leaning over to stare at the puddle would make his back as well as his neck cramp up. Rocking on his feet, the boy was careful not to fall over. However, his plan was ruined when some scrawny person's shoulder rammed into his back. There was an exclamation of surprise from the grey-haired teen as he toppled forward. Hitting the pavement, he barely protected his nose from breaking by putting his hands about five inches in front of his face. By the force of the impact, the gap was shrunk to one inch. As he hit the ground, there was a resounding 'sploosh', and he could guess what happened. Sitting up, Isaac looked at himself. Although swirls of chalk-colored water on a black raincoat did produce an interesting effect, the boy was angry. Not only had that been his activity for the day, but it did not produce an interesting effect on his light gray pants. He'd have to wash it out before putting it in the machine, or else the chalk would just spread around. Glaring at the back of the 'bumper' that was only about a foot away, Isaac shouted loudly, and angrily, "Hey, punk, watch where you're going next time, will ya!?" Though normally he was nice and easy-going, Isaac didn't forgive people when it came to his artwork. Hearing the bass booming out of the kid's headphones, though, he quickly realized that the other boy probably couldn't hear him. Standing up, he marched right over, and grabbed the kid's shoulder to get his attention. Although it wasn't a hard one, it wasn't a light fairy touch either. One would notice it, but not get hurt by it. Without the blue shades, the grey haired boy's eyes were far more piercing, and glared fiercely, bound to scare the pants off of someone who didn't know him. Any of his classmates, though, would probably laugh about him getting angry at all; a humorous sight for them indeed. |
It was blue day for sure, and Ashton didn't like it one bit. As he sat in his empty home, pulling on his puddle-safe boots, he came to this conclusion. For starters it was a weekend and while that meant he didn't have to deal with the kids at school, it meant he'd be home alone until late that night. Not to mention it was pouring rain outside meaning that, unless he wanted to sit scared stiff at home nervously watching the door with a flashlight and phone in quick reach, he'd have to wear the dorky rain gear his mother had picked out for him at least two years ago, if not more. The final reason it was a blue day- Ashton had nothing to do. Antisocial as he'd become, there wasn't exactly someone for him to go hand out with or bother. Not even a place to chill for awhile during the day. Instead, he was stuck wandering the streets on his own.
Standing up, yellow puddle boots now on, Ashton donned his plastic rain coat. The dread baggy yellow cover of doom. It was your typical rain protection gear with a red plaid liner and two pockets included. Only difference was that it didn't have a hood. Apparently, his mother thought it'd be cuter to to a jacket with a matching rain hat instead of something normal like a rain coat with a hood. Or, even better, an umbrella. That would've been wonderful. His cute little rain getup was good and all when he was twelve- about the time he received it- but Ashton was now far too old to be wearing such childish clothes not to mention that the coat was still a bit baggy on him. His mother had made the fatal mistake of buying his clothes a bit too big so that he'd grow into them, therefor saving them money as she wouldn't have to buy clothes as often, but she wound up saving more than she intended. Due to Ashton's illness, he wasn't exactly going anywhere height-wise and had grown maybe an inch, possibly two, at most over the past few years. Good going, mom, he thought bitterly, but not too much so. Afterall, if wearing ancient clothes could help balance out the cost of his medical treatments, then he'd do what he could to help. Quickly, Ashton did a check as to the contents of his pockets. In the right pocket lay his cellphone, a beaten up piece of junk that had a low minute plan and wasn't used very much; an index card covered in runny ink, emergency numbers, odds-and-ends foods he couldn't eat and coffee stains; about five dollars worth of loose coins, crinkled bills and discarded buttons; and his house key. His other pocket was less eventful, holding only a trio of Quaker rice cakes-two butter popcorn flavored, one apple cinnamon- and a puny excuse for an apple. Why he was carrying food might be a mystery for some, but for Ashton it was a simple necessity. After all, if he got the munchies and didn't want to stop at home for lunch, there really wasn't any option of going out to eat even if rice cakes were just empty calories, something he needed to avoid. For starters, he didn't have the money to eat out, but, more importantly, he couldn't eat the food. It was bound to have either gluten or soy if not both. Oh the joys of a world who's food industry relied so heavily on soy products. Before he'd even bothered to think farther, Ashton exited him home into the rain, making sure to lock the door behind him. While most houses in the neighborhood, particularly the one next door, sport the amazing invention of porches, his home had no such thing. Instead, they just had a plain concrete path with a similarly as boring front stoop that came right up to their unprotected front door. For Ashton, is his rain coat, it wasn't a problem unless one counted getting the floors in the house wet on his way in, but if he'd made us of an umbrella- which he'd at one point try to convince his mother would be a better idea than a raincoat- there'd be a brief interval between closing the umbrella and getting into the house in which he'd get soaked. Now that would defeat the purpose. Either way, Ashton quickly ended up with a raincoat that was damp on the outside and a puddle of mud at his feet. It took a moment for Ashton to realize that there were voices coming from said porch of his neighbor's home. Turning his head, he watched for a minute as a teenage girl- seemingly fresh out of bed- chattered away to a brunette male that seemed to have not put much into his appearance either. Though this made Ashton a little nervous, he was more envious than anything. The two seemed to be able to jabber back and forth with such an ease of conversation. Even before the incident a year ago, Ashton hadn't been able to get through a single sentence without whispering it or tripping over his words a time or too. Now, though, he was sure that it wouldn't even come out audible in the least, though he hadn't put his conversational abilities to the test. After all, the only person he really ever talked to was his mother, and even then not much any more. People were just to unpredictable. Turning his head back to his toes, Ashton decided to ignore the other people and the lonely feeling that was growing in his chest. Whether or not he wanted to talk to people, he knew his fear was too great for an attempt to even go through. Instead, he started shuffling through the quickly deepening puddles of his muddy yard in a diagonal line towards the sidewalk. This path of travel included cutting through a small corner of his neighbors lawn, but he didn't think she'd mind. After all, it wasn't that much space and it really didn't matter. He wasn't too sure what type of people they were- as he never spoke to anyone, and his mother didn't have time to socialize with neighbors- but there wasn't much to get mad over anyhow. Well, unless they were lawn-freaks. Characters "tagged": Claire and Danny Boy. |
Colin stopped dead on his rout with a start, just now realizing that someone was grabbing onto him. With a bewildered look he glanced behind himself to confront the offender. Imagine his surprise when he found that said person was glaring at him like no tomorrow. What the hell? Cranking down the volume of his iPod the brushed the other teens hands off of him lightly, not wanting to piss him off anymore until he actually knew why he was so mad.
"Im sorry. Who are you?" He asked confused, still very much unaware of why he was being treated so badly. Obviously he had no way of knowing he had been using himself as a battering ram to get through the sidewalk. And he never would have been able to guess because he was such a little guy. A twig. Though he would never admit it. Colin managed to back himself up a few steps, feeling uncomfortable being so close to the other boy. Especially if this was going to turn into a fight. In that case, he would probably loose. So better to give himself a little space to duck out of the way. Or run. Running was a good option. Calming himself with a sigh, he forced himself to look the kid in the eye. Hopefully if he knew he was listening he would calm down. But by the look on his face that didint seem very likely. God i hope i can talk myself out of this one...whatever i did... |
Although his temper was receding slightly, Isaac was still a tad ticked off. This guy just knocked him into a puddle, and know he was asking who he was? The rain wasn't helping with the silver-haired boy's mood, and he decided today was indeed a cruddy day. As the boy pulled away, he let his grip loosen and his hand fell back to his side. Now he just sort of stood there, taking a deep breath before he decided to respond. After all, getting into a fist fight or such a thing over a puddle was just silly on a rainy day. As his gaze looked the boy in the eye, some bell rung in his head, he knew this guy. Though, in the rain it was a little difficult to tell just who it was. After all, he also hadn't seen the boy in a few years. Folding his arms, the look on Isaac's face still held slight annoyance as he spoke. What would he do for the rest of the day? Sit at home bored? No way he would do that, far too boring for him. Raising his voice only slightly to be heard over a car that rushed past, he said with a slightly snappy tone, "You should watch where you're going, you knocked me into my artwork!" Isaac then paused, glancing at the puddle and turning back again, mumbling, "Well, what's left of it..." "Anyway!" he continued, "Next time don't deafen yourself, and kepe your shoulders to yourself! No one appreciates being knocked into, y'know?" The last part was followed by heavy, clearly aggravated, sigh. |
Colin's eyes widened as he listened to the other boys words, seeming to be horrified that he could have accidentally bumped into him. As soon as he was done talking, Colin couldnt stop himself from going into an apologetic rant, looking from him and to the ruined artwork.
"Oh my gosh Im so sorry! I didnt mean to! Your ok right? Are you wet!? Cuz' ill pay for the dry cleaning if it need it. Or washer...i dont know. Im so sorry!! Ah! Your art! Im sorry! It looks like it was really good too! IM SORRY!!" He blubbered on and on about it all, genuinely apologetic for the whole thing. He was practically groveling at the boys feet after all. You cant fake that. Or at least Colin couldnt. (GAH its so short!!)) |
Slightly raising a brow, Isaac watched the boy curiously. Normally, when he yelled at someone, they got angry and yelled back. However, this child was acting completely different. He was apologizing profusely about something that wasn't all too dramatic. After all, the rain had already ruined his artwork, so that didn't matter much. Even though he was angry, the way this kid was embarrassing himself made Isaac feel back for getting mad. Listening to the voice the other boy sputtered out, it once again struck a familiar bell. Sounded a lot like Colin. But, no, he had moved away, hadn't he? Thinking on this, Isaac definitely remembered Colin moving away. So, he wouldn't be here. It was just another random dude not being careful about where he walked. Patting the kid on the shoulder, he gently said, "Really, dude, it's okay. The rain already ruined the artwork and already soaked me. So, there's no need to get upset about it. Sorry I yelled," Isaac said, then looking at the kid, added, "are you going to be alright?" After all, the other child seemed to be breaking down over all of that. Though, it was probably just an over-reaction of both people. Isaac knew he shouldn't have made such a big deal about it, and hoped this kid wasn't one of those shut-in kids who never got scolded. Because, if it was, that probably meant he was filthy rich and had some psycho dad that would sue Isaac's family just for upsetting the kid; and really, he didn't want to trouble his own family with that. Hoping the kid would realize Isaac wasn't angry anymore, he stuck his hands in his pocket casually, and sort of stood there, waiting for the boy to calm down. |
Colin stopped his blubbering after a few more 'im sorry's and looked at him with big blue watery eyes. He looked like a beaten dog for goodness sake. Sniffing a bit at it, he lowered his head to the ground shamefully, still not quite forgiving himself. In his mind this was not in anyway an over reaction. It was just how he was. Over the top. So the look on Isaac's face only confused him further. But unfortunately he didnt take it as confusion to his strange ways, rather a gesture stating that he was still very angry at him.
"Are you sure?" he asked shakily, still afraid he might punch him in the face or something. Then he looked up at him, tears now brimming on the sides of his eyes and finally actually looked at him. Really looked. At first he wasnt sure. He couldnt have been him. But the more he looked at him, the more he resembled his old friend. The same eyes, the same face, the same voice. It was all there. The realization that it was indeed him was so profound that he actually did a double take. Then, calming himself down a bit, tilted his head to the side with a curious expression. "Um...do i...do i know you from somewhere?" He asked, just in case he was mistaken. |
Before going back inside the house, once this "hobo" was situated on her porch, Claire saw a strikingly yellow figure walk across her lawn and tilted her head in curiosity. Did he just appear from the house besides hers? And if so, how long had he been there for... He was new to the gray-haired girl, who actually took a step off her porch and onto an open step (though, still shielded from the rain). "Hey, yellow coat!" Claire called to the person, not sure what gender they were because of the rain hat. And no, she wasn't going to shake her fist at them for crossing her lawn. There wouldn't be much of a point, already having a loiterer on the porch...
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Eyes on toes, Ashton wasn't paying any attention to the duo on the porch any longer when suddenly a loud voice rang out. Flinching from the sudden noise, as it came unexpectedly, he slowly turned his head in the direction that it'd come. As always, loud noises set the blond boy on edge and this time was no different. When he turned his head, though, all that greeted his eyes was the same grey haired girl from earlier, only this time she was on the step of her porch. I hope she doesn't come any closer, Ashton thought fleetingly, seriously hoping that his neighbor would keep her distance from him. The only thing worse than social contact in Ashton's book was physical contact.
It took a moment for the boy to realize that she'd addressed him in reference to the color of his raincoat. Of course, this took a moment of looking down towards himself- and a quick look around- to confirm that the girl really was talking to him, but he eventually tilted his head as a response. After all, even if he'd felt the need to give the girl a verbal response, chances were it wouldn't be loud enough for her to hear. It was still pouring rain, and there was a bit of distance between them so he would have had to shout- in the style of his grey haired neighbor- but that wasn't something he'd do. |
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