Queen Rai
Self Proclaimed Queen of RPNation
~Professor Crysta Chime~
Crysta narrowed her eyes slightly, and muttered, "Darkness...?"
And before she knew it, the mask was off, and she heard a quiet apology. Crysta shook her head, placing her hands on the boys shoulders. Part of her immediately wanted to venture into his mind to learn more about this. . .mask. Another part of her told her that it was a bad idea. . .a very bad idea. At that moment, Crysta went with her better instinct and decided not to invade Luke's private thoughts.
Well, not at that moment, at least.
"No, please, do not apologize." she smiled, gently patting Luke's shoulder. She wanted to say something to comfort him, but what could she say? She didn't know enough about this "mask" to try to tell him it was nothing to be sorry about, yet she didn't know if she should accept his apology. She didn't know if he actually did anything wrong.
Crysta dropped a hand, the other automatically going to her blindfold to adjust it. What was she supposed to say now? Crysta had been in some pretty strange situations in her life, but this was...different. Sighing, the professor outstretched her hand and said, "How about I make you a nice cup of tea? It will calm you down, Luke Bell of Emerald Island."
Though Crysta tried, she simply couldn't shake the strange feeling that she felt in the pit of her stomach. And of course, it didn't help that the whole "a monster got into Hawthorne" fandango had happened about fifteen minutes earlier. There was just malice radiating from Hawthorne ever since she woke up, and she didn't like it. She didn't like it one bit...and what she didn't like even more than that was that there really wasn't much she could do.
~Lyra~
Lyra placed both of her hands on her burning cheeks in attempt to stop herself from blushing, but her attempts didn't really help anything. How was she going to survive the entire day with Johnathon when his touch had her blushing badly enough to make her feel like her head was going to explode? The question was: Why did his touch make her feel like that? That was a true mystery.
Do you have a smoke by any chance? Mine ran out."
Lyra blinked, and glanced over her shoulder, looking up at the bus she had just fled from. Standing in front of Johnathon was a boy that Lyra hadn't seen before. He went to Hawthorne, because he was on the student shuttle. He must've been a new student that Lyra had somehow missed at the gates the day before. She scowled at his words...
Great...ANOTHER smoker?
Lyra stuck out her lower lip, huffing and causing her bangs to fly out of her eyes. She sucked in her cheeks, and looked away. It was none of her business...they could do whatever they wanted to their lungs. Why should she care? She didn't lose any relatives to lung cancer or anything, so it wasn't like she had any sentimental reason to hate smoking.
Maybe it was just because she neglected her own health that she didn't like seeing others neglect theirs.
Oh, how corny...
"Hey!" she called. "If you want to smoke, try the convenience store around the corner."
And now I'm directing him towards his death sticks? WHAT HAVE I BECOME?!