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005 - [Action]

Jul 22, 2010 13:00

[A camper, who looks to be about sixteen turning seventeen, or maybe seventeen already, is sitting on a large wooden chest. He actually just turned fifteen, but no one need know that. He wants to be reading a book right now, something poetic or maybe something strange, but books are for smart children, and he doesn't want to appear too clever, not ( Read more... )

not socializing, [breach] summer camp, kind of a bitch, *open

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cantblameagirl July 22 2010, 19:10:59 UTC

[Vala knows wealth when she sees it. She also knows disinterest when she sees it, and that's really just begging for her attention. Someone at camp can't be that miserable, not with a beautiful chest like that a beautiful day to enjoy. So she wasted no time in joining Adrian, sitting besides him on that chest.]

Hello, [she said with a grin.]

triggered_it July 22 2010, 19:15:24 UTC

[Oh, someone's talking to him. What should he do? He keeps calm.]

Hello.

[Not unpleasant, but with a tone that slightly suggests 'who are you and why are you talking to me?' And, yes, that is a very slight German accent. He will someday rid himself of it, but for now? It's there.]

cantblameagirl July 22 2010, 19:18:28 UTC

[Vala sounds British. She's never been there, but that's what you get for being an alien. BUT BRITISH ASSUMPTIONS ARE GO. She smiles at him, pushing a pair of sunglasses up onto her head so she can look at him properly.]

Who are you?

triggered_it July 22 2010, 19:22:50 UTC

Adrian Veidt, from Brooklyn, New York.

What about you?

[Finally, a small smile, but even that seems incredibly forced.]

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unduly_pitiless July 22 2010, 20:09:20 UTC

[A few feet away, a fifteen-year-old Alice is sitting on her suitcase and ignoring the world around her as if her ferocious levels of disregard can make it go away. She also has a postgraduate astrophysics text propped open across her knees and every so often, more often than one might expect, she flicks over the page. Charisma comes to her easily enough around her academic peer group, but right here and now she's just annoyed and a little insulted by her parents' decision to send her here. Her tight posture - rigid shoulders, straight back, tense arms - speaks this very loudly.]

triggered_it July 22 2010, 20:11:00 UTC

[Astrophysics, huh? That catches his attention. He'll approach her, stand in front of her, just a little bit creepy, waiting for her to say something first. He's expecting a "WHAT!?" or something that at least implies it.]

unduly_pitiless July 22 2010, 20:22:45 UTC

[Partly because she's engrossed in the book and partly because she's being a bit of a snot, it takes a good minute and a half before she glances up to acknowledge him. She can't really place his age, but the fact that he's done anything other than prod her and ask what she's reading (and why) has piqued her interest, so he doesn't get the aggrieved response that would have invited.

Instead she closes the book and looks up, coolly courteous.] Hello.

triggered_it July 22 2010, 20:27:30 UTC

Hi. [He pauses for a moment.]

I have that book. I was wondering if you'd gotten to the part about statistical mechanics, yet . . . It's near the end, I believe.

[A little awkward, so he tries to fix this.]

Adrian Veidt. [Holds out a hand for her to shake: very formal.]

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darknessb4me July 23 2010, 00:10:51 UTC

[I hope you're paying attention behind you, because there's a bored kid behind you reaching to pull back on your collar. Maybe hard enough to tip you off the trunk, maybe not.]

Welcome to camp, geek.

triggered_it July 23 2010, 00:39:55 UTC

[We can work with this. It does pull him back because Adrian hasn't learned to catch bullets or react at super human speeds yet. He's dealt with similar situations before, though, and he knows the best reaction if things escalate.]

Thanks, asshole. [Yes, fifteen year old Adrian Veidt curses ... occasionally. When he's mad, and you've gotten his pretty clothes all dirty.]

darknessb4me July 23 2010, 00:54:45 UTC

[A cocky salute.]

triggered_it July 23 2010, 00:56:40 UTC

[A blank stare.]

pretty ppls spam! craneichabod July 23 2010, 02:44:29 UTC

[Crane is not bothering you. In fact he's doing his best not to bother anyone.

Except for that grasshopper by the river. And by 'bother', he means 'crouch near, study intently, and draw'. Feel free to notice his all black, second-rate ensemble. Or just remark on his obvious dorkiness.]

oh yes lots of pretty! triggered_it July 23 2010, 02:50:20 UTC

[Adrian doesn't remark on the dorkiness, or the second rate ensemble. He would never be so crass as to make fun of someone's clothes ... to their face, at least. And actually, all the black is a little interesting to him. So color him a little curious. He watches for a moment, before deciding to speak up.]

I'm sorry. I don't mean to bother you. [He can be very polite, when he wants to be.] But what are you drawing? [He can't see the grasshopper from where he's sitting, after all.]

pretty in black, hells yes craneichabod July 23 2010, 02:58:44 UTC

[However polite Adrian may be, the comment is still sudden, and Ichabod was far too focused on his task. He jumps, just a little, but its enough to scare away the insect. Ichabod pouts, oblivious to how close he came to falling into the river.]

It... was a grasshopper. [Agitated reply. Then he remembers to be polite. Or, rather, realizes he's talking to another human, and social anxiety sets in.] S-sorry. It's not your fault.

<3 triggered_it July 23 2010, 03:00:54 UTC

[Well, now he just feels horrible.]

It's okay. I'm sorry to have bothered you. I shouldn't have interrupted. [Slightly huffy. Going back to being antisocial now.]

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You see what I did there? victimofnoone July 23 2010, 12:09:59 UTC

[Hayley strides up beside Adrian, the same image of intellectual wealth as the boy, and sits beside him without bothering to ask. For once, she appears nearer to her age, about 16, and she holds out the book he has asked to borrow; Dostoevsky. She scoffs as a boy goes running by.]

"I apologize for being late. My joker of a boyfriend kept me. He wanted me to help him catch rats-- as if! He can be so disarmingly disgusting at times." [She shakes her head, then perches her chin on the back of her fingers.]

oh yes i do triggered_it July 23 2010, 12:18:15 UTC

[He moves aside for her, giving her room to sit next to him.]

You're still dating him? Wait. Why did he want to catch rats? [He just shakes his head and takes the book, opening the cover and flipping through some pages.]

Pevear and Volokhonsky translation. Thank you. You know, I can't stand reading Dostoevsky's work when its translated by Constance Garnett. It's still good, of course, but I prefer my Russian novels to actually be Russian, in some aspects. [Scoffs. Constance Garnett always makes everything so British.]

victimofnoone July 23 2010, 13:28:11 UTC

"Something about getting back at someone? I have no idea. I didn't bother to find out. If he wasn't so painfully attractive, I might reconsider. Besides, I hear good things about his family and he's older." [She responds with a hint of indignation, clearly defending her beau from Adrian's judgmental nature; a mirror of her own, normally.

At the book, she nods.] "Agreed. I'm endeavoring to learn the language for the sake of enjoying his works in their original vision, but it's a hint for difficult than I might have given it credit for."

triggered_it July 23 2010, 13:41:48 UTC

[He nods; he has no right to criticize who she chooses to date, anyway.] Physical attraction can be a powerful enabler.

I intend to learn it too, but I'm trying to perfect my Mandarin first. [That would be his fifth language.] It really is incredible to read the works in their original. Have you read Nietzsche in German?

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