Finding Ida's sister

(it's your post on tales of terror too...)


Liza smiles. "Okay. They think you're nice I think." Sheena rolls her eyes but smiles in spite of herself, looking over at Alex.


"Are you doing it today? The test?"
 
( Sorry for the one line post here. Might edit it longer later. Too early in the morning for me to think. xD )


Grin smiled as well at Liza's statement. "Well, I do hope so," he said with a bit of light laughter, turning toward Sheena as she spoke. He was curious about this too.
 
Liza wanders back to her bedroom and starts carefully arranging all her "friends" into their best positions for Grin; Faith, meanwhile, says, "Okay, so like we said, Grin, Jason, you guys can bunk here a while, at least for tonight, anyway. Alex, if you think you can do it today, you can go ahead and get it ready."


She turns to Jason. "Is there anything you'd like us to do for you?"
 
(Aaaaaaah Jason's not there right at the moment. I think Alex just left him in the hallway or something. Or showed him to his room. But whatever.)


"Hm?" he asked, looking up from his newfound electronic gizmo. "Oh, nothing, really. But thanks. Really, just lodging for the night, or something."


He was even typing after he looked up. I keep feeling like extricating myself in a hurry; I mean, I really have no place here in the world of... eh... magic. But who really wouldn't be interested? I don't think I can go back out to my alley, and think of vampires in the park, and think of those criminals' bloodstains (which I would probably end up having to clean up), and keep living like always. How could I do that? After all, here I am; with a man who can turn into a monster and a little girl who can wield a sword as easily as a toothpick. Despite myself, I feel interested. No, I don't think I'll leave; I'll stay, and see what happens.
 
Faith nods, eyeing him; though she doesn't say so, she's concerned about him. She remembers full well how it was for her to be homeless, and what condition, both physically and mentally, Sheena was in when she came to live with them at first; though she hasn't really spoken with homeless teenage boys since she was an adult, she knows it couldn't have been an easy life for him. Maybe it's not as bad for boys as it is for girls, she doesn't know, and this kid doesn't look terribly traumatized or needy...still, appearances can be deceiving, and she intends to keep an eye on him. Maybe he hasn't been homeless long...hopefully.


Sheena smirks at him and his new contraption, saying "What is it with boys and their toys?"
 
"Boys are simpleminded creatures that are easily distracted by inconsequential things," said Jason, still looking down, remembering suddenly something his teacher had once said. "You have to tolerate them...."
 
"Inconsequential THINGS, huh?" Sheena smirks, putting heavy innuendo in that. "You've gotta be the first guy I ever heard describe THINGS as inconsequential."
 
"You must not get around often," answered Jason, grinning. "'Inconsequential things' is like a catchphrase nowadays. Everyone says it. Like, absolutely every teen I meet says it at least once." He focused down on the data recorder to hide his smile.
 
Jason couldn't hide his grin much longer either. He also found himself at a loss for a comeback, and eventually, unable to respond, just reached for another sandwich.


But inside, he was laughing.
 
Alex: *Watching the banter between Jason and Sheena* Ummm are you two seriously having a bit of flirting banter in front of me right now? I'm sharing my room not my girlfriend with you. *Grins* Besides she's a bit to high maintenance for you buddy and she never stops talking. *Moving towards the door now to make a quick getaway if need be*
 
Predictably, Sheena slugs you, her grin dropping. "I am NOT high maintainance, and YOU, Alex Brainiac, are the talker...and that was NOT flirting. I don't flirt with guys." At Faith's dropped jaw and incredulous look, Sheena amends this to, "Well, I don't flirt with them because I LIKE them."
 
What other possible reason do you flirt with someone? I'm not a Brainiac...I'm smarter. *Rubbing my arm and sticking out my tongue at Sheena*
 
Jason darted his head up at "I don't flirt with guys," but quickly hid it by grabbing another sandwich. Looking down at the bread, he sort of regretted it. He had been uncomfortably full three sandwiches ago.


Had he been flirting? It had been so long since he had had a girlfriend. Or even viewed girls like that. Who had it been last? Kathryn, he was sure. Yes, that was her. In 9th grade. They had all called her Katydid, and she had always called him Bluejay. He hated that nickname, but I mean, she was a girlfriend, right? She was allowed to do stuff like that.


He viewed Sheena's outburst impassionately, gripping the food in one hand and the electronic journal in the other. No, he was definitely not flirting. Especially not with her, who... Uh... Didn't flirt with guys because she liked them?


Suddenly uncomfortable, he slid his old journal into his jacket pocket and stood up. When Sheena ran out of steam, he asked Alex, "How 'bout you show me to our room, uh, then? I wouldn't want to get slugged again, if I were you." He tried for a grin, and couldn't tell if it looked legitimate or not.
 
"BECAUSE...they're stupid, or they think I'm hot, or I'll get what I want, or...oh, shut up, because!" Sheena slugs him again, scowling, but now she's discomforted now, because the truth is she doesn't know why she does flirt with guy she doesn't like and is not attracted to. It's a habit left over from her street days, back when it was a tool of survival and manipulation, and she doesn't like to think about it as being still part of herself now.


"I don't flirt with guys because I like them," she muttered, though she can't explain why she does even to herself.
 
*Rubbing my arm again* To late for that Jason, my arm is numb. Hey listen guy you know you don't have to keep eating like that there isn't a time limit on how long it will be around, seriously they're not gonna take it away. *Thinks about what I'm saying* Nevermind buddy, eat up, really don't let me being stupid stop you. Anyway follow me to our room. Sheena want to come with?


*Walks down the hall and up the steps to a room at the end of the hall, it's rather big..It looks like a small apartment on it's own minus the kitchen but there is 2 full size beds. I walk over to a bed with a bunch of cases on it I was using for storage, mostly computers, electronics and 3 large rifle cases.*


Here this is your bed I just need to clear it off.
 
Sheena follows after him, still thinking with some unease about her tendency to flirt. It's something she's never really thought about before, and now that Alex has pointed it out, it's still bothering her enough that she's analyzing every interaction she can remember, both with guys and girls, over the past day or two, trying to determine how often she's flirted without thinking about it and why. She helps Alex clear the bed absently but says nothing, both while walking over and once in the room.
 
*I sit on the bed across from Jason's, expecting Sheena to sit next to me* So Jason are those entries for your own sake or are you planning on publishing a memoir. Cause I have a feeling it might be an interesting read.
 
In fact, Sheena sits in Alex's lap, partly because she wants him to be reassured she didn't really mean to flirt with Jason, partly just because she'd prefer to sit there, as she looks over at Jason's book with some curiosity of her own. "Yeah, what do you write all the time anyway? Spy kind of stuff, or like a diary?"
 
Grin had watched all of this interaction silently, simply smirking a little at the reactions of the others. As they left, he turned toward Faith and Macal, blinking as he realized how strange it must have been with him simply standing and observing. "Ah, apologies for my silence. Interesting interactions between those three. Hmm." He seemed to think over this for a moment, then remember Faith's words from earlier. "Though you've offered a place for me to 'bunk' this evening, I must decline. It's not a prideful thing, but I'm afraid I must stay at my apartment for the time being. There are some things of mine I would like to make sure are... taken care of."


Remembering that Liza wanted to show him her 'friends', he spoke again. "Do you know just how long preparations for this 'test' might take? Liza seemed quite set on having me meet her 'friends'," he said with a chuckle.
 
Faith shrugs, then nods; she had in fact been watching the younger three too, amused, and now turns back to Grin. "Yeah, sure, I understand. Alex!" she yells in the general direction of his retreating form, "how long is the test prep gonna take?"


Turning back to Grin, she adds, "It's probably safe to take a minute to go look at whatever she wants to show you...I'll warn you that it's gonna be toys. And don't get suckered into playing with her, she'll assign you the pink pony and she won't drop it for hours."
 
(well we wrote you out temporarily lol....um Alana left because she was a bit freaked out listening to everyone talk. Feel free to come back at any time though!)
 
(no it wouldn't. basically the cords are helping Grin figure out who he is and giving Jason a place to stay. It's still exactly the same day and time as when Ida was there. You could actually just have her walk back in, and say she's changed her mind and sitll wants help, because they are in exactly the same time and spot. It's been progressing slowly)
 
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