004. Video

[foolishwren]

<sub>[It's dark-- lit softly by only the glowing computer screens on the counter and there's not much to be heard at first except for the rain just pelting down against the Cherrygrove Pokemon Center's windows. It's always a little crowded in the Centers, but it looks like it's at that witching hour where just about everyone-- trainers, their Pokemon, the nurses-- has either drifted into sleep or drifted into corners on their own to partake in whatever quiet activities they might want to on a depressing, rainy night.]

[Heather slumped behind the counter, just sort of watching the screen at first to make sure it's on, before speaking in a sort of hushed tone. She doesn't look too happy. Worried, actually.]</sub>

Been awhile since I talked to this thing. Anyway, I've been working at the Cherrygrove Center for some cash-- run into quite a few of you and stuff, so it's been cool. I was kinda bummed about being stuck here working, but I sure don't regret it now... If there's not flooding of Biblical proportions outside by tomorrow, I'll eat my boots.

And did you all get a load of that hail a little while ago? Intense.

<sub>[She trails off there, realizing there wasn't much of a point to this whole transmission. She was just kind of rambling-- and bothering other people because she couldn't sleep. She kept telling herself it was just the pounding rain that was making her uneasy, but the truth was, that wasn't really it at all.]

[She looks down briefly-- the screen doesn't show it but her Pokemon are curled up at her feet behind the counter.]</sub>

... Anyway... S'late but I'm bored and don't feel like sleeping. Think I'm gonna make some tea.

_{[... A pause.]}

... I don't even like tea. That much. ... Oh well. If anybody else is in town and wants some, I won't be able to drink all of it so come on over to the Center and we'll have a fuckin' tea party.

And it'll be awesome.

<sub>[She doesn't really expect anybody to come, she was just throwin' that out there. In case anyone in some corner she hadn't noticed was checking their messages and had a sudden hankering for hot leaf water and company that would probably be grumpy and unsettled.

And of COURSE she's not addressing the real reasons she's so jittery out loud.]

[CLICK.]



[ooc: If your character's in Cherrygrove or the Center itself, feel free to have your character be chillin' there in person!]</sub>

Comments

[trouser-chimp.livejournal.com]

[Guess which fail!tranny has finally made it to Cherrygrove? The crying one, who shuffles into the Center, sniffling, soaking wet, and holding everything he owns in his hands, including a slightly upset Igglybuff.]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Heather's sort of in the corner-- the Centers are pretty well-equipped and she's heating up some kettle she dug out of a closet somewhere on a little stove. And looking sort of pissy while she does it. But she looks up at the telltale whirring sound of the Center doors opening.]

[... Oh. Oh hey. It's that ... crying kid. Her first internal reaction is '.... dammit'. Because... well. She has no clue how to deal with somebody so whiny. For all she knows, he might well have a legit reason to be, but Heather's one of those 'Can't take the heat? Get out of the kitchen!' people. Whining is only acceptable for so long before you have to man up and deal with things.]</sub>

... Hey.

_{[Offers of tea would be made when she was sure he wasn't going to explode into despair or something.]}

[trouser-chimp.livejournal.com]

[Stops exactly where he is, jerking upright!]

I'm sorry!

[is the automatic response. Oh, wait had he done now - ... oh hey, don't you look and sound familiar. He blinks a few tears out of his eyes, but stays where he is, not wanting to bother the poor soul whose life he has troubled. Though he does now in respect.]

Oh... hello again.

[foolishwren]

_{[... Okay. Whew. No grief explosions. Heather honestly wasn't sure she could deal with that. She's no therapist-- and to be honest, when she's annoyed, she's also kind of mean.]}

Yo. _{[She lifts the kettle after a moment.]} There's towels over there in one of the medicine cupboards. Want some tea once you dry off?

_{[SEE SHE CAN BE NICE, SEE. Let's see how long it lasts.]}

[restardom.livejournal.com]

...

[ someone saw that transmission and is going to be tired as hell in the morning, but friends come first, so a bleary-eyed Rise is heading on over. ]

I'm not much of a tea person either, but why not?

[foolishwren]

_{[When Rise enters, Heather once again looks up from her sort of ghetto kettle that she found in some closet somewhere and actually manages a grin.]}

Hey, Rise. Not leaving yet?

_{[She doesn't BLAME her-- only a total idiot would try and leave in weather like this-- although the hail had started to tail off.]}

Want some hot leaf water?

[restardom.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this weather's awful, so I'm trying to see if it'll let up a little before I risk it. We've got a big group, anyway, and if one of us gets sick, there's not much we can do.

[ and she's joining Heather with a sleepy kind of cheeriness. ]

Sure!

[foolishwren]

Yeah, jeez, I don't blame you. This place might be boring but I think I'd rather stick around here for awhile longer than try and go out in that...

<sub>[Although Heather is one of those people, you know, the ones who would go out in a sleeveless shirt and shorts in, like, icy November rain and be all "I'M TOO COOL TO GET SICK" and then get sick and feel stupid, but repeat it again the next time it rained.]

[She grabs some plastic cups that she found just sort of... AROUND, like by one of the water coolers or something, the sort they always have in lobbies, and poured some into it.]</sub>

Super classy, I know, but I couldn't find anything else.

voice.

[destinyfruit.livejournal.com]

I'm all the way in Violet, or else I'd join you!

How's the job going?

Re: voice.

[foolishwren]

Oh yeah? That's right, you all are way ahead. What's it like up there? ... Is it bigger than THIS town?

And eh... it's all right. Sort of boring. But it's nice to be indoors out of this retarded storm. Hasn't it been going on for, like, three days now?

Re: voice.

[destinyfruit.livejournal.com]

It's way bigger! There's a gym and everything.

It has been going on for a while. Naminé and I got into town right before it started.

Re: voice.

[foolishwren]

Whoa! Well that sounds exciting. _{[... Of course, Heather just assumes that Kairi means like... a normal gym. Where you exercise and stuff. But even that's something welcome-- Heather not a work-out fiend or anything but she does like to stay in shape.]}

Glad you guys got there before the real thick of it came in-- I feel bad for all the poor new guys who have to START in this nasty weather...

[Voice]

[walking-the-cat.livejournal.com]

What's wrong, Ma'm?

Re: [Voice]

[foolishwren]

.... Uh.

_{[Heather talked to this guy... girl... whatever... um, once, she was pretty sure. She did remember him, but didn't really know him.]}

... Nothin' really. This weather's getting to me, that's all.

Re: [Voice]

[walking-the-cat.livejournal.com]

[He refrains from pressing her and changes the subject.]

What kind of tea are you drinking? [Is the only thing he can think to say in this awkward situation.]

Re: [Voice]

[foolishwren]

.... Uhhh. _{[She pauses a moment, looking down at the tea.]}

... I actually don't have a clue. It's like... kinda like ginger? I'm not sure. Do they even have the same plants as the normal world in this place?

/s-sob, not late okay

[philanthrotaku.livejournal.com]

[And here approaches a nerd in jeans, a green shirt, and labcoat.]

[With an electric sheep.]

Hey, Heather. Nice to finally see you in person.

D'AWW late is always fine! [1/2]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Her back's turned at first, she's brooding by the window with her tea like every other angsty teenager in the universe (it's just one of those broody protagonist things), watching the rain come down. At least it's not hailing anymore. The patter of the rain on glass is a lot more pleasant on the ears than 'BANG BANG BANG BANG'.]

[At the sound of the greeting, though, she looks over her shoulder.]</sub>

[2/2]

[foolishwren]

... Oh! Hey, dude!

_{[She brightens instantly, turning around. Otacon's been nothing but sensible the few times she's talked to him and even if he's a bit nerdy, after the sheer WEIRDNESS she's had to deal with lately, it's a breath of fresh air.]}

What's up? Up late too?

... Want some tea? I can't drink all of this.

<333

[philanthrotaku.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. I don't really sleep all that often at night.

Sure, sounds fantastic. [He sat down, Asimov curling up by his feet.]

[foolishwren]

Me either. I'm one of those 'sleep till noon' people. <sub>[In other words, she was more or less every other person her age ever.]

[She headed back over to where she'd left the slightly-ghetto-looking kettle she'd found in some closet somewhere. ~*~TEA PARTY~*~. With lame plastic water-cooler cups. She handed one to Otacon before sitting down, herself.]</sub>

... That your Pokemon? It's adorable!

Pretend I'm not late orz

[boldandresolute.livejournal.com]

[This is Liquid, coming in for his last shift-- finally, the last day he has to wear those atrocious pink scrubs they gave him. When he walks in, though, he's dressed in only a pair of camo pants; completely shirtless and soaking wet otherwise. And not happy about it.]

...Hn.

Re: Pretend I'm not late orz

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Heather is a BAD WORKER and isn't wearing her pink scrubs! ... Well actually technically it's not her shift anyway-- she just... never leaves because she's sleeping here too and it's not like she's going to go out in the rain at like four in the morning and run around like a hooligan.]

[She turns her attention away from the window after a moment, cheap plastic cup of tea in her hands, expecting just to see yet another bedraggled, rain-soaked trainer. Instead, she gets big shirtless dude in camo pants. Normally this wouldn't be so weird. ... But it's been raining nonstop for like three days or something. Which begs the question: ... what the hell was this guy doing running around outside with no shirt? .... Especially if he'd been out there during the hail storm?]</sub>

........ Hi.

[boldandresolute.livejournal.com]

[Yeah, he was totally out there in that hailstorm. And he had the bruises to prove it.]

Bloody weather.

[He looked at her for a moment.] ...Who the hell are you?

[foolishwren]

... Iiiieeee work here.

_{[She'd probably seen Liquid around before but just never noticed because she didn't pay too much attention to who was behind the counter when she wasn't actually working, herself. ... That, and he looked pretty different when he was decked out in pretty pink scrubs.]}

... You a masochist or something?

_{[She's talking about the shirtlessness and the bruises. Combined.]}