KaiMedia
Just some guy
Nathaniel
William
Tired/Happy
https:///www.Nathan-William.com/The Santa Monica Home
coded by reveriee.
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Realistic or Modern Santa Monica Home for Boys and Girls (Open)
- Thread starter KaiMedia
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Dawnstar
No more illusions
Location: Santa Monica - Outside the front entrance.
Mood: Happy / Confused
Interact:
KaiMedia
[Natheniel]
As Nate's gently reached across the stairs and placed his upon Felix to hold his hand, it was like a bolt of lighting struck Felix's brain and he just froze up. What's going on? Is Nate? No maybe he's just still a little scared or uh maybe grateful, yeah that's it. He took a deep breath to clear his head, again trying to dismiss these thoughts.
Felix turned to look at Nate and gave a confused expression raising an eyebrow while trying to hide all of his own internal feelings, his face again bashfully turning a little red again as he looked into Nate's eyes. "Nate..? Uh urm, you feeling okay there?" He asked not pulling his hand away despite the fact every mental alarm bell was going off. and he could hear the disapproval in his memories seeping up. "...Uh you know, urm your not skating now. There's no need for you to hold onto me now."
Felix both did and didn't want Nate to let go, he couldn't decide. He both liked it, and knew that he shouldn't. Then there was this fluttering feeling in his chest.
He just met Nate like what at most an hour ago?! This no, he can't. The thoughts if his Grandparents found out from the home, then there'd be no chance he'd get to go back! As this thought rushed into his head he pulled his hand back his hand sharply without thinking.
He blinked realising what he did. After a moment of awkward hesitation he attempt to cover up his reaction by moving to put that hand behind his head as if to scratch an itch that was bothering him. "Ooh urm guess since your done trying these I should uh, probably take these back up to my room now...?" Felix commented awkwardly trying to hide his flustered anxiety, in an attempt to build a natural escape from this situation they got themselves into. He turned his head away from just starring at Nate to looking at the skate gear.
Pangs in the back of his mind and his fluttering chest made him still peak out of the corner of eyes to recheck on Nate a few moments later, praying this hadn't just offended his new friend and gotten away with this excuse.
Mood: Happy / Confused
Interact:
KaiMedia
[Natheniel]As Nate's gently reached across the stairs and placed his upon Felix to hold his hand, it was like a bolt of lighting struck Felix's brain and he just froze up. What's going on? Is Nate? No maybe he's just still a little scared or uh maybe grateful, yeah that's it. He took a deep breath to clear his head, again trying to dismiss these thoughts.
Felix turned to look at Nate and gave a confused expression raising an eyebrow while trying to hide all of his own internal feelings, his face again bashfully turning a little red again as he looked into Nate's eyes. "Nate..? Uh urm, you feeling okay there?" He asked not pulling his hand away despite the fact every mental alarm bell was going off. and he could hear the disapproval in his memories seeping up. "...Uh you know, urm your not skating now. There's no need for you to hold onto me now."
Felix both did and didn't want Nate to let go, he couldn't decide. He both liked it, and knew that he shouldn't. Then there was this fluttering feeling in his chest.
He just met Nate like what at most an hour ago?! This no, he can't. The thoughts if his Grandparents found out from the home, then there'd be no chance he'd get to go back! As this thought rushed into his head he pulled his hand back his hand sharply without thinking.
He blinked realising what he did. After a moment of awkward hesitation he attempt to cover up his reaction by moving to put that hand behind his head as if to scratch an itch that was bothering him. "Ooh urm guess since your done trying these I should uh, probably take these back up to my room now...?" Felix commented awkwardly trying to hide his flustered anxiety, in an attempt to build a natural escape from this situation they got themselves into. He turned his head away from just starring at Nate to looking at the skate gear.
Pangs in the back of his mind and his fluttering chest made him still peak out of the corner of eyes to recheck on Nate a few moments later, praying this hadn't just offended his new friend and gotten away with this excuse.
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KaiMedia
Just some guy
Nathaniel
William
upset/ashamed
https:///www.Nathan-William.com/The Santa Monica Home
coded by reveriee.
Dawnstar
No more illusions
Location: Santa Monica - Outside the front entrance.
Mood: Upset / Guilty / Cynical
Interact:
KaiMedia
[Natheniel]
Felix's heart just sank as he saw how his actions were taken by Nate. The feeling was like a knife to his chest as he saw his new friend just get up and rusk back inside without typing or mouthing or otherwise trying to give him any response. He didn't know what was going on its Nate's head, he wasn't even sure why he took his hand to begin with, not believing the impulsive thoughts he had would be mutual. Not that he had a better idea for what Nate was thinking.
"Nate! Hey, wait up I uh, I'm sorry!" Felix called out to his departing friend from the stairs where he sat hoping to make him to stop, and with him not being fully aware of Nate's condition he had no way to realise that this action was completely in vain. As Nate exited-view heading to the Rec Room it just made Felix feel even more guilty than he already was, now believing Nate was intentionally ignoring him because of how sharply he acted. His expression looked defeated.
Felix went from having found a awesome new friend who was interested enough to at least try out his favourite thing, to now having alienated them. Thoughts nagged at his mind but he had no idea what to do.
"...Fudge. Bet he's gonna tell everyone that I picked on him or something." He rolled his eyes at his own cynical monologue said aloud, while starting to collect up his things off the steps. Felix quickly getting more distressed as he thought about it, thinking this was going to be just like his old school all over again. A he said, they said situation. Felix gets into trouble because they trust Nate more, he gets called a problem kid, and then everyone just starts bullying him all over again.
Felix sank his head into his hands for a moment, resigning himself to the mess he imagined he just made for himself. Quickly taking a brief moment to collect himself, Felix decided to head upstairs to his new room before the others come looking; might as well try to unpack his stuff before everyone starts getting shouting at him.
Mood: Upset / Guilty / Cynical
Interact:
KaiMedia
[Natheniel]Felix's heart just sank as he saw how his actions were taken by Nate. The feeling was like a knife to his chest as he saw his new friend just get up and rusk back inside without typing or mouthing or otherwise trying to give him any response. He didn't know what was going on its Nate's head, he wasn't even sure why he took his hand to begin with, not believing the impulsive thoughts he had would be mutual. Not that he had a better idea for what Nate was thinking.
"Nate! Hey, wait up I uh, I'm sorry!" Felix called out to his departing friend from the stairs where he sat hoping to make him to stop, and with him not being fully aware of Nate's condition he had no way to realise that this action was completely in vain. As Nate exited-view heading to the Rec Room it just made Felix feel even more guilty than he already was, now believing Nate was intentionally ignoring him because of how sharply he acted. His expression looked defeated.
Felix went from having found a awesome new friend who was interested enough to at least try out his favourite thing, to now having alienated them. Thoughts nagged at his mind but he had no idea what to do.
"...Fudge. Bet he's gonna tell everyone that I picked on him or something." He rolled his eyes at his own cynical monologue said aloud, while starting to collect up his things off the steps. Felix quickly getting more distressed as he thought about it, thinking this was going to be just like his old school all over again. A he said, they said situation. Felix gets into trouble because they trust Nate more, he gets called a problem kid, and then everyone just starts bullying him all over again.
Felix sank his head into his hands for a moment, resigning himself to the mess he imagined he just made for himself. Quickly taking a brief moment to collect himself, Felix decided to head upstairs to his new room before the others come looking; might as well try to unpack his stuff before everyone starts getting shouting at him.
mikaluvkitties
Professional Unicorn Lover
Casper waved at everyone as they left, then deflated in his seat, disappointed in his efforts to befriend the other kids. What now? He was going to just go back to sketching, but then he noticed that Nathan had forgotten his tablet and Casper was almost positive that that was important, even if he didn't quite get how! And if he returned it to Nathan, then he could talk more with him and maybe even introduce himself to the new kid- And that would mean he got to make friends!
For once sure in his course of actions, he reached for the tablet... only for Aaron to speak up from next to him.
"Don't touch that- It's not yours."
"I was gonna go give it to Nathan- He probably needs it!"
"And how do you know that?"
And thus began a disagreement that lasted the entire time Nathan was gone, Aaron absolutely unmovable from his stance that touching another's belongings was wrong, strengthened by the fact that he did not want to spend any longer around anyone new.
Casper perked up as soon as Nathan re-entered the room but immediately crumpled when he began to cry, entirely out of his element. He pursed his lips, brow furrowed. "Nathan?" he asked quietly, waiting a moment for a response before turning to Aaron helplessly.
Aaron's gaze hardened, lips dipping down. He didn't want to say anything- It wasn't any of his business and he refused to act like it was. But he was so upset, and he was really young, and there were no adults around and even if there were they'd probably just make it worse. So obviously that left it up to Aaron to do something, even if he really, really didn't want to.
He let out a sharp, annoyed huff, schooled his features into something much less annoyed and, deep enough he could pretend it didn't exist, worried, and grabbed the tablet off the table, delicate with it so it wouldn't break.
Casper looked at him questioningly but brightened as soon as he grabbed the tablet, trailing after Aaron and plopping down beside him as he knelt beside Nathan.
Aaron didn't want to do this.
He tapped Nathan anyways, waiting for Nathan to look at him before he said, firm and calm, "You need to breathe." He modeled for Nathan, in as he counted to four on his hand held beside him in easy view gesturing in in a controlled movement, then holding for four, again both counted and modeled with a stop sign, and out another four.
For once sure in his course of actions, he reached for the tablet... only for Aaron to speak up from next to him.
"Don't touch that- It's not yours."
"I was gonna go give it to Nathan- He probably needs it!"
"And how do you know that?"
And thus began a disagreement that lasted the entire time Nathan was gone, Aaron absolutely unmovable from his stance that touching another's belongings was wrong, strengthened by the fact that he did not want to spend any longer around anyone new.
Casper perked up as soon as Nathan re-entered the room but immediately crumpled when he began to cry, entirely out of his element. He pursed his lips, brow furrowed. "Nathan?" he asked quietly, waiting a moment for a response before turning to Aaron helplessly.
Aaron's gaze hardened, lips dipping down. He didn't want to say anything- It wasn't any of his business and he refused to act like it was. But he was so upset, and he was really young, and there were no adults around and even if there were they'd probably just make it worse. So obviously that left it up to Aaron to do something, even if he really, really didn't want to.
He let out a sharp, annoyed huff, schooled his features into something much less annoyed and, deep enough he could pretend it didn't exist, worried, and grabbed the tablet off the table, delicate with it so it wouldn't break.
Casper looked at him questioningly but brightened as soon as he grabbed the tablet, trailing after Aaron and plopping down beside him as he knelt beside Nathan.
Aaron didn't want to do this.
He tapped Nathan anyways, waiting for Nathan to look at him before he said, firm and calm, "You need to breathe." He modeled for Nathan, in as he counted to four on his hand held beside him in easy view gesturing in in a controlled movement, then holding for four, again both counted and modeled with a stop sign, and out another four.
KaiMedia
Just some guy
Nathaniel
William
upset/ashamed
https:///www.Nathan-William.com/The Santa Monica Home
coded by reveriee.
KaiMedia
Just some guy
Asher
Miller
Emotional/ happy
https:///www.Asher-Miller.com/The Santa Monica Home
coded by reveriee.
Dawnstar
No more illusions
Location: Santa Monica - Felix's room
Mood: Upset / Guilty / Cynical
Interact: Nobody! (Though there is a weird banging noise from the upper floor)
Once Felix made his way to his room, he kicked the door shut behind him creating a satisfying thud. He loudly sighed, his hands full and just turned around and banged his head against the door. "Stupid- stupid- stupid- Why- Am- I- So- Stupid!" Each word followed by a concussive knock against the door. He knew banging his head against the wall was literally a metaphor for being an idiot but it somehow made him feel a tiny bit better. After a moment he stopped himself, feeling a little dizzy and his forehead red, he just chucking his skates and pads down just besides the door.
"So Felix how long before someone comes to yell at you? Five minutes? Ten maybe." He started talking to himself as he frustrated began to clean up the mess of the two up-turned suitcases he'd made earlier. He now hated the fact he had rushed and made himself this problem. To Felix's mind having alienated Nate the way he did there was no way he'd come out skating again, probably not even his friend now; so having to clean up this mess just felt like weird self-insult to emotional-injury. It was slow work picking up t-shirts, pants and hoodies from the floor and trying to figure out where to put them all, he never really had to think about it in the past when his Mom would just magically have it all put away after laundry was done.
Felix's clothes were pretty cheap and outside them, his skates, a cheap pair of headphones and an old hand-held game console a generation out of date he really didn't have much in the way of stuff right now, the lawyers running over his parents estate only let him take basic clothes with him and everything else was either with him at the time of the crash or was brought to him by family before they got their money-loving paws on his old house. Not that losing out on his old lego sets and models were the top priorities on his mind anyway.
Right now he just wanted to clean up and lie down on the bed, Not that Felix expected to get any rest but he just didn't have the motivation to do much else!
Not with the constant tornado of bad shit that kept throwing stuff at him over the last month:
Car Crash, Losing his parents, Confusing lawyers, Stupid adults, Greedy adults, Got into a fight with Care Workers, Being rejected by his Grandparents, Losing his sister, Getting forced to move to a different town's stupid Foster Home and losing all his old friends, Having to live with a older ass who threatened him walking in, and now he's upsetting the best shot he had for a friend here and is probably getting scolded within the first hour of arriving.
...So yeah, crawling into a bed, head first into a pillow to try and ignore everything felt like a really good idea about now.
Mood: Upset / Guilty / Cynical
Interact: Nobody! (Though there is a weird banging noise from the upper floor)
Once Felix made his way to his room, he kicked the door shut behind him creating a satisfying thud. He loudly sighed, his hands full and just turned around and banged his head against the door. "Stupid- stupid- stupid- Why- Am- I- So- Stupid!" Each word followed by a concussive knock against the door. He knew banging his head against the wall was literally a metaphor for being an idiot but it somehow made him feel a tiny bit better. After a moment he stopped himself, feeling a little dizzy and his forehead red, he just chucking his skates and pads down just besides the door.
"So Felix how long before someone comes to yell at you? Five minutes? Ten maybe." He started talking to himself as he frustrated began to clean up the mess of the two up-turned suitcases he'd made earlier. He now hated the fact he had rushed and made himself this problem. To Felix's mind having alienated Nate the way he did there was no way he'd come out skating again, probably not even his friend now; so having to clean up this mess just felt like weird self-insult to emotional-injury. It was slow work picking up t-shirts, pants and hoodies from the floor and trying to figure out where to put them all, he never really had to think about it in the past when his Mom would just magically have it all put away after laundry was done.
Felix's clothes were pretty cheap and outside them, his skates, a cheap pair of headphones and an old hand-held game console a generation out of date he really didn't have much in the way of stuff right now, the lawyers running over his parents estate only let him take basic clothes with him and everything else was either with him at the time of the crash or was brought to him by family before they got their money-loving paws on his old house. Not that losing out on his old lego sets and models were the top priorities on his mind anyway.
Right now he just wanted to clean up and lie down on the bed, Not that Felix expected to get any rest but he just didn't have the motivation to do much else!
Not with the constant tornado of bad shit that kept throwing stuff at him over the last month:
Car Crash, Losing his parents, Confusing lawyers, Stupid adults, Greedy adults, Got into a fight with Care Workers, Being rejected by his Grandparents, Losing his sister, Getting forced to move to a different town's stupid Foster Home and losing all his old friends, Having to live with a older ass who threatened him walking in, and now he's upsetting the best shot he had for a friend here and is probably getting scolded within the first hour of arriving.
...So yeah, crawling into a bed, head first into a pillow to try and ignore everything felt like a really good idea about now.
mikaluvkitties
Professional Unicorn Lover
Aaron didn't smile- He knew that smiles could calm someone down, make someone feel safe, but it was a rule: Aaron didn't smile. Instead, he kept himself serious and intent as he rested a hand between himself and Nathan, easy enough to reach if Nathan wanted but by no means required. He made sure Nathan was looking at him not because he knew Nathan was deaf but because he found eye contact important in situations like these- Admittedly, he found eye contact important in most situations.
"Better?" he asked, still firm and calm and as clear as he could manage. Upon Nathan's assumed confirmation, he nodded, sparing Casper a glance.
Casper was curious but had never been as good at this kind of situation as Aaron- Admittedly, Casper was usually the person Aaron was getting all the practice for this kind of thing on. He glanced to his brother, then back to Nathan, leaning closer to Nathan.
Satisfied his brother was fine, he returned his gaze to Nathan and, still in control of himself, asked, "What happened?" It was a simple question but an important one- He couldn't deal with the problem if he didn't know what the problem was and for once, he didn't have any clues for what might have caused these tears.
At some point, without Aaron noticing, he had slipped out of his usual hard exterior and into a softer skin- The skin of someone he didn't feel he could allow himself to be. In that moment, he wanted to help and had entirely forgotten that he hated it here and, by proxy, hated everyone who was here as well.
"Better?" he asked, still firm and calm and as clear as he could manage. Upon Nathan's assumed confirmation, he nodded, sparing Casper a glance.
Casper was curious but had never been as good at this kind of situation as Aaron- Admittedly, Casper was usually the person Aaron was getting all the practice for this kind of thing on. He glanced to his brother, then back to Nathan, leaning closer to Nathan.
Satisfied his brother was fine, he returned his gaze to Nathan and, still in control of himself, asked, "What happened?" It was a simple question but an important one- He couldn't deal with the problem if he didn't know what the problem was and for once, he didn't have any clues for what might have caused these tears.
At some point, without Aaron noticing, he had slipped out of his usual hard exterior and into a softer skin- The skin of someone he didn't feel he could allow himself to be. In that moment, he wanted to help and had entirely forgotten that he hated it here and, by proxy, hated everyone who was here as well.
KaiMedia
Just some guy
Nathaniel
William
upset/ashamed
https:///www.Nathan-William.com/The Santa Monica Home
coded by reveriee.
Dawnstar
No more illusions
Location: Santa Monica - Felix's room
Mood: Upset / Guilty / Cynical
Interact: Nobody!
The nice thing about not having a lot of stuff was that Felix managed to get his room sorted pretty quickly, though it still felt super empty to him. None of his old posters, no pile of clothes on the floor his Mom would come yell at him about, no half-finished models, or foam swords. Again Felix wondered if he should care, if he behaved his grandparents might still change their minds, right..?
Felix knew deep down how much of a nightmare living under them would be, they were just as strict and disapproving as his Dad but now also fanatically religious as well. But like what other choice did he have? Especially with what just happened...
He took one last item from his suitcase, an old tiger plushie his mother gave him that he'd snuck out without the lawyers noticing when they told him 'only clothes and essentials', to Felix this was essential. He'd had it since he was little and always had it guarding his bed. With it held tightly in his arms he just plopped himself unceremoniously onto his new bed, burring his head into the pillow.
Felix just laid there... Rolling back and fourth uncomfortably trying to calm down, but it was a new place again, and a new bed again, and he still was thinking about what happened downstairs trying to fight the pain he felt in his chest making him tear up. "It's so stupid.. Why can't I just be normal.." He asked his voice muffled by his pillow to the empty room, nobody to reply unless his plush miraculously came alive.
Mood: Upset / Guilty / Cynical
Interact: Nobody!
The nice thing about not having a lot of stuff was that Felix managed to get his room sorted pretty quickly, though it still felt super empty to him. None of his old posters, no pile of clothes on the floor his Mom would come yell at him about, no half-finished models, or foam swords. Again Felix wondered if he should care, if he behaved his grandparents might still change their minds, right..?
Felix knew deep down how much of a nightmare living under them would be, they were just as strict and disapproving as his Dad but now also fanatically religious as well. But like what other choice did he have? Especially with what just happened...
He took one last item from his suitcase, an old tiger plushie his mother gave him that he'd snuck out without the lawyers noticing when they told him 'only clothes and essentials', to Felix this was essential. He'd had it since he was little and always had it guarding his bed. With it held tightly in his arms he just plopped himself unceremoniously onto his new bed, burring his head into the pillow.
Felix just laid there... Rolling back and fourth uncomfortably trying to calm down, but it was a new place again, and a new bed again, and he still was thinking about what happened downstairs trying to fight the pain he felt in his chest making him tear up. "It's so stupid.. Why can't I just be normal.." He asked his voice muffled by his pillow to the empty room, nobody to reply unless his plush miraculously came alive.
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Ruka Ishihara
Ruka let out a soft chuckle, "It's true though! Even if you threatened a 12 year old within the first 30 seconds of meeting him!"
After their hugging session, they had been sitting in the sand, just.. well talking. Ruka was still continuing on with what he was saying before he was cut off by Asher's crazy assumption that he could do a backflip. "Wh-! Ash! What in the-" He was cut off once more by his instinctive action to catch the phone that had been thrown to him, still in disbelief that his friend was doing something so dangerous.
Finally coming to the conclusion that he was unable to do stop him, he quickly unlocked the other's phone, and with a sigh, began recording. Once Asher had done his so called "backflip" Ruka saw through the phone screen that he was.. in pain?!
Ruka instantly stopped recording, and ran over to Asher's side. "Ash?! ASH! Are you okay?!" He began, the words coming out in a jumble. As he was mumbling and silently praying to whoever was listening that Asher was okay..
He was surprised to see him.. laughing? Ruka's worried expression dropped, letting out a heavy sigh. "Ash..! You can't be scaring me like that idiot!" He said, giving the boy his phone.
"Also.. you might want to trim that video or something, I accidentally got you falling and, ahem "hurting yourself"
KaiMedia
Ruka let out a soft chuckle, "It's true though! Even if you threatened a 12 year old within the first 30 seconds of meeting him!"
After their hugging session, they had been sitting in the sand, just.. well talking. Ruka was still continuing on with what he was saying before he was cut off by Asher's crazy assumption that he could do a backflip. "Wh-! Ash! What in the-" He was cut off once more by his instinctive action to catch the phone that had been thrown to him, still in disbelief that his friend was doing something so dangerous.
Finally coming to the conclusion that he was unable to do stop him, he quickly unlocked the other's phone, and with a sigh, began recording. Once Asher had done his so called "backflip" Ruka saw through the phone screen that he was.. in pain?!
Ruka instantly stopped recording, and ran over to Asher's side. "Ash?! ASH! Are you okay?!" He began, the words coming out in a jumble. As he was mumbling and silently praying to whoever was listening that Asher was okay..
He was surprised to see him.. laughing? Ruka's worried expression dropped, letting out a heavy sigh. "Ash..! You can't be scaring me like that idiot!" He said, giving the boy his phone.
"Also.. you might want to trim that video or something, I accidentally got you falling and, ahem "hurting yourself"
KaiMedia
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KaiMedia
Just some guy
Asher
Miller
Emotional/ happy
https:///www.Asher-Miller.com/The Santa Monica Home
coded by reveriee.
Ruka Ishihara
Ruka followed Asher to the house. "Hey, Ash, it's okay.. I know how it's been for you.. with that.. trashy idiotic son of a-" Ruka stopped himself, he really never liked Jordan.. and he now disliked him even more. "Sorry.. I never liked that guy.." He apologized briefly before setting his hand on the doorknob and looking back at Asher.
"You think you'll be okay? Y'know with the whole Jordan thing? It was his loss by the way.. cheating on you was the worst thing he could've done." The boy said, in the most sure tone he could conjure up.
KaiMedia
Ruka followed Asher to the house. "Hey, Ash, it's okay.. I know how it's been for you.. with that.. trashy idiotic son of a-" Ruka stopped himself, he really never liked Jordan.. and he now disliked him even more. "Sorry.. I never liked that guy.." He apologized briefly before setting his hand on the doorknob and looking back at Asher.
"You think you'll be okay? Y'know with the whole Jordan thing? It was his loss by the way.. cheating on you was the worst thing he could've done." The boy said, in the most sure tone he could conjure up.
KaiMedia
mikaluvkitties
Professional Unicorn Lover
The hesitation set Aaron on edge, though it only stoked Casper's curiosity, which turned out to be the exact right response a moment later. Casper's eyes widened at what Nathan said, impressively round as he turned to Aaron, taking in the way his face hardened.
"He's right," Casper said. "Daddy would say that's bad."
Aaron's face stayed perfectly impassive. "Well, Daddy isn't here right now, is he? His opinion doesn't matter." It was barely spoken, meant for Casper's ears alone. In truth, Aaron was more concerned with the look of sheer defeat. He'd never been able to stand people looking like that, could he? He knelt there, face stone, frozen on what to say- He couldn't let this sit and rot, but even with the necessary actions so clear in front of him, he was frozen on the specifics of how to proceed.
But Nathan slammed his head back and he found himself slipping forward, resting a hand firmly on the other boy's shoulder. It was a firm pressure clamping to him,just enough to to keep him with them and not buried deep in his own head. He didn't wait for Nathan to look at him this time, instead beginning to speak immediately in that same measured manner that seemed to be his default. "You did nothing wrong," he said, the words burning his lips as they left him, full of bone-deep conviction.
Casper stared at Aaron, any focus spared to Nathan suddenly gone. It was weird to see Aaron like this, he decided, caring for someone that wasn't Casper- Someone that wouldn't usually matter to the other boy. He reached out a hand and patted his brother's thigh, head cocked to the side as he thought on it.
"He's right," Casper said. "Daddy would say that's bad."
Aaron's face stayed perfectly impassive. "Well, Daddy isn't here right now, is he? His opinion doesn't matter." It was barely spoken, meant for Casper's ears alone. In truth, Aaron was more concerned with the look of sheer defeat. He'd never been able to stand people looking like that, could he? He knelt there, face stone, frozen on what to say- He couldn't let this sit and rot, but even with the necessary actions so clear in front of him, he was frozen on the specifics of how to proceed.
But Nathan slammed his head back and he found himself slipping forward, resting a hand firmly on the other boy's shoulder. It was a firm pressure clamping to him,just enough to to keep him with them and not buried deep in his own head. He didn't wait for Nathan to look at him this time, instead beginning to speak immediately in that same measured manner that seemed to be his default. "You did nothing wrong," he said, the words burning his lips as they left him, full of bone-deep conviction.
Casper stared at Aaron, any focus spared to Nathan suddenly gone. It was weird to see Aaron like this, he decided, caring for someone that wasn't Casper- Someone that wouldn't usually matter to the other boy. He reached out a hand and patted his brother's thigh, head cocked to the side as he thought on it.
KaiMedia
Just some guy
Asher
Miller
Emotional/ happy
https:///www.Asher-Miller.com/The Santa Monica Home
coded by reveriee.
Ruka Ishihara
Ruka returned the smile, nodding as an answer to his statement. "Ah, I should do that t-" He dropped what he was saying when he saw Mrs. Richardson. He listened along to what she had said, a trip? lunch? Ruka liked the sound of that. He then watched as Asher and her left, and sighed. He walked away from the entrance, and poked his head out to survey the room.
"Ah" was all Ruka could say when he saw Aaron actually holding a conversation.
After thinking what he should do next, he walked into the room, his jacket hanging off of his shoulders. "Err, I hate to interrupt.. but Mrs. Richardson said that we're going to be leaving soon for lunch." He said, his usually sly grin replaced by a gentle smile.
mikaluvkitties
KaiMedia
Ruka returned the smile, nodding as an answer to his statement. "Ah, I should do that t-" He dropped what he was saying when he saw Mrs. Richardson. He listened along to what she had said, a trip? lunch? Ruka liked the sound of that. He then watched as Asher and her left, and sighed. He walked away from the entrance, and poked his head out to survey the room.
"Ah" was all Ruka could say when he saw Aaron actually holding a conversation.
After thinking what he should do next, he walked into the room, his jacket hanging off of his shoulders. "Err, I hate to interrupt.. but Mrs. Richardson said that we're going to be leaving soon for lunch." He said, his usually sly grin replaced by a gentle smile.
mikaluvkitties
KaiMedia
Dawnstar
No more illusions
Location: Santa Monica - Felix's room
Mood: Upset / Guarded
Interact:
KaiMedia
(Asher)
With his head buried in the pillow, crying into a pillow he hadn't noticed when the door was initially opened. At hearing the voice of concern there was this slight pause as Felix gently turned his head to check who had arrived. It took him a few seconds to really process anything through the tears and pain he felt, but as soon as Felix's realised it was that jerk from earlier he just bolted upright! Shoving his beloved plush behind the pillow to hide it and using his elbow to try and wipe the tears from his face as fast as he could.
Doing an admirable attempt to put up a wall his expression changed weakly veiling how much he was hurting and putting on a forced look of contempt, clearly not wanting to show weakness in front of the jerk from earlier despite the attempt being already in-vain with how vulnerable Asher saw him. "I'm fine!" He defensively barked back while supressing his urge to cry more, putting up all his remaining defences.
"I've not touched your precious TV, so unless you've got a new rule your wanting to set..." Felix's tone was simultaneously venomous yet miserable as he forced himself to sit upright, mustering every ounce of will he had to defiantly stare down the older jerk. He didn't know what he was here for, or why, but Asher had drawn a very clear line in the sand less than a minute after he arrived and Felix got the hint loud and clear that they weren't going to be friends.
Asher probably also saw how little Felix had in his room, outside that plush and the skates by the door, a small backpack for school, and with his clothes and suitcases stashed away the room likely looks identical to how it had dustily sat for the last few months. Dust still on the desk and shelves, curtain still drawn and all. Perhaps the lack of stuff was not that uncommon given they were aware Felix was new to the system but on-top of the fact Felix had barely cleaned up before laying down definitely further dismantled his dismissive 'I'm fine' statement.
Mood: Upset / Guarded
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(Asher)With his head buried in the pillow, crying into a pillow he hadn't noticed when the door was initially opened. At hearing the voice of concern there was this slight pause as Felix gently turned his head to check who had arrived. It took him a few seconds to really process anything through the tears and pain he felt, but as soon as Felix's realised it was that jerk from earlier he just bolted upright! Shoving his beloved plush behind the pillow to hide it and using his elbow to try and wipe the tears from his face as fast as he could.
Doing an admirable attempt to put up a wall his expression changed weakly veiling how much he was hurting and putting on a forced look of contempt, clearly not wanting to show weakness in front of the jerk from earlier despite the attempt being already in-vain with how vulnerable Asher saw him. "I'm fine!" He defensively barked back while supressing his urge to cry more, putting up all his remaining defences.
"I've not touched your precious TV, so unless you've got a new rule your wanting to set..." Felix's tone was simultaneously venomous yet miserable as he forced himself to sit upright, mustering every ounce of will he had to defiantly stare down the older jerk. He didn't know what he was here for, or why, but Asher had drawn a very clear line in the sand less than a minute after he arrived and Felix got the hint loud and clear that they weren't going to be friends.
Asher probably also saw how little Felix had in his room, outside that plush and the skates by the door, a small backpack for school, and with his clothes and suitcases stashed away the room likely looks identical to how it had dustily sat for the last few months. Dust still on the desk and shelves, curtain still drawn and all. Perhaps the lack of stuff was not that uncommon given they were aware Felix was new to the system but on-top of the fact Felix had barely cleaned up before laying down definitely further dismantled his dismissive 'I'm fine' statement.
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KaiMedia
Just some guy
Nathaniel
William
Tired/Happy
https:///www.Nathan-William.com/The Santa Monica Home
coded by reveriee.
KaiMedia
Just some guy
Asher
Miller
Concerned
https:///www.Asher-Miller.com/The Santa Monica Home
coded by reveriee.
mikaluvkitties
Professional Unicorn Lover
After repeating himself, making a note to only speak when Nate was looking at him, and Nate repeated himself, Aaron's face darkened.
Casper shuffled backward, well-used to the look Aaron got when you were being really stupid and he wanted to yell at you but was still trying really hard to be nice.
The door opened before he could find his voice again, let alone his words, and in an instant, he was up, hands by his side as he frowned at Ruka.
Casper remained exactly where he had been, smiling up at him as he entered. "Hi, Ruru!" He started speaking and he gasped, hands pressing into his cheeks. His eyes were sparkling as he turned to an inattentive Aaron. "Lunch!!" He snapped back to Ruka, now frowning and unsure as he asked, "Like... Like we're having lunch somewhere else, right?"
Aaron's frown only deepened, looking at Ruka as if he were currently responsible for everything wrong with his life. He shut his eyes tightly and let out a slow breath. Then he said, "I'm not going."
Casper's face fell, leaning towards him. "What? But you have to."
"No," Aaron repeated, turning away from the door and heading towards the couch so he wouldn't have to let everyone see the anger that had come flooding back to the forefront. "I won't."
Casper whined, flinging himself onto his side. "But I wanna go..."
Casper shuffled backward, well-used to the look Aaron got when you were being really stupid and he wanted to yell at you but was still trying really hard to be nice.
The door opened before he could find his voice again, let alone his words, and in an instant, he was up, hands by his side as he frowned at Ruka.
Casper remained exactly where he had been, smiling up at him as he entered. "Hi, Ruru!" He started speaking and he gasped, hands pressing into his cheeks. His eyes were sparkling as he turned to an inattentive Aaron. "Lunch!!" He snapped back to Ruka, now frowning and unsure as he asked, "Like... Like we're having lunch somewhere else, right?"
Aaron's frown only deepened, looking at Ruka as if he were currently responsible for everything wrong with his life. He shut his eyes tightly and let out a slow breath. Then he said, "I'm not going."
Casper's face fell, leaning towards him. "What? But you have to."
"No," Aaron repeated, turning away from the door and heading towards the couch so he wouldn't have to let everyone see the anger that had come flooding back to the forefront. "I won't."
Casper whined, flinging himself onto his side. "But I wanna go..."
Dawnstar
No more illusions
Location: Santa Monica - Felix's room
Mood: Angry / Upset / Embarrassed
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(Asher)
Felix's guard became shattered as Asher proverbially just stomped over his act, laying out everything that he had observed. Though his speech did little to improve Felix's opinion of him and seemed to just make him agitated, it did force him to reluctantly drop his act. As Asher approached he didn't stop him from sitting down beside him but Felix's defiant glare just grew more and more intense even as tears were beginning to water up again.
After hearing Asher try and suddenly be all buddy buddy Felix just became distraught and vocal, practically shouting in outrage. "...Why would you even care!? You basically threatened as soon as I walked in the door, now you think to come ask what's wrong!?!" Now that he was no longer dealing with his carsickness, no longer scared or being an outcast already thinking he'd become one, and no longer bothering to hide his weakness, his distressed rage just flowed out.
"No, no! How can a jerk like you see the new kid walk in who just lost both his parents, his sister, and has had to spend weeks in hospital because of something that was all his fault, get disowned by his grandparents, lost all his stuff, and then you think that threatening them and treating them like shit after they got shipped to some foster home downstate seemed like the right way to treat someone!?!" Felix took a half-second to catch his breath, tears practically flowing like a waterfall but he wasn't done chewing Asher out and just letting out his verbal rage. "So why do you think a jerk like you has any right to then go barge into my room, and think I'd just want to tell this jerk about how, I've already screwed up any chances I had of making friends here?! For what reason..? So you can go make fun of me with it later..!? Or so you can side with Nathan to report me to the staff, get me kicked out on day one..!?"
Felix's hot-head tirade came to it's eventual conclusion as all his anger and steam was cathartically exhausted, as he just collapsed back on his bed running out of breath and covering his face with his arms as something to cry into. Asher's abrasive personality had opened the can of depression, frustration, fear and guilt that had been brewing within Felix since the car crash and made all the worse due to his recent catastrophic interaction with with Nathan earlier shattering what self-worth he had intact.
There was no holding back the tears now, there was no resistance or defiance left, which just made Felix more upset and frustrated that he was letting this all out in front of such a jerk.
Mood: Angry / Upset / Embarrassed
Interact:
KaiMedia
(Asher)Felix's guard became shattered as Asher proverbially just stomped over his act, laying out everything that he had observed. Though his speech did little to improve Felix's opinion of him and seemed to just make him agitated, it did force him to reluctantly drop his act. As Asher approached he didn't stop him from sitting down beside him but Felix's defiant glare just grew more and more intense even as tears were beginning to water up again.
After hearing Asher try and suddenly be all buddy buddy Felix just became distraught and vocal, practically shouting in outrage. "...Why would you even care!? You basically threatened as soon as I walked in the door, now you think to come ask what's wrong!?!" Now that he was no longer dealing with his carsickness, no longer scared or being an outcast already thinking he'd become one, and no longer bothering to hide his weakness, his distressed rage just flowed out.
"No, no! How can a jerk like you see the new kid walk in who just lost both his parents, his sister, and has had to spend weeks in hospital because of something that was all his fault, get disowned by his grandparents, lost all his stuff, and then you think that threatening them and treating them like shit after they got shipped to some foster home downstate seemed like the right way to treat someone!?!" Felix took a half-second to catch his breath, tears practically flowing like a waterfall but he wasn't done chewing Asher out and just letting out his verbal rage. "So why do you think a jerk like you has any right to then go barge into my room, and think I'd just want to tell this jerk about how, I've already screwed up any chances I had of making friends here?! For what reason..? So you can go make fun of me with it later..!? Or so you can side with Nathan to report me to the staff, get me kicked out on day one..!?"
Felix's hot-head tirade came to it's eventual conclusion as all his anger and steam was cathartically exhausted, as he just collapsed back on his bed running out of breath and covering his face with his arms as something to cry into. Asher's abrasive personality had opened the can of depression, frustration, fear and guilt that had been brewing within Felix since the car crash and made all the worse due to his recent catastrophic interaction with with Nathan earlier shattering what self-worth he had intact.
There was no holding back the tears now, there was no resistance or defiance left, which just made Felix more upset and frustrated that he was letting this all out in front of such a jerk.
KaiMedia
Just some guy
Asher
Miller
Concerned
https:///www.Asher-Miller.com/The Santa Monica Home
coded by reveriee.
Dawnstar
No more illusions
Location: Santa Monica - Felix's room
Mood: Tearful / Embarrassed
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KaiMedia
(Asher)
Felix was a huge mess right now, just this non-stop stream of tears that was making a corner of his bed damp and drenching his superman t-shirt. No matter what he tried he couldn't stem the the flow now, not till he practically dried himself out. He didn't really want anything to do with Asher, so when the older kid tried to sit him up slightly and pull him into a hug he initially lashed out, swinging back one of his arms to try and punch Asher in the back of his side closest, the only spot he could reach laying down with one arm in a cast. Regardless it'd likely have way more force than Asher was likely expecting the twelve-year old to muster (Despite his stature he's not remotely a weak kid). Regardless if he succeeding with his flailed backswing, he'd then just submit allow himself to be taken into this hug which honestly was something he reaaaaalllly needed right now.
"H-Hey! *sniff* No touching that!" Felix snatched his plush tiger from Asher as soon as he saw it, the old thing too precious, too sentimental for him to want anyone else touching. It was almost the only thing he had left of his old home. The plush's presence did seem to help calm his down somewhat, slightly damming the non-stop river of tears even if just a little, though that might just be from Felix desperately trying to not get it wet.
Felix kept trying to supress his tears, trying everything he could to dam the flow slightly like he always had. The thoughts of his Dad always said he wasn't suppose to cry, the memories of getting in trouble for it, all ontop of hated the fact the stupid jerk was seeing him like this pushing him to try and get it together.
Asher had sooo confused Felix, emotionally overwhelming him having gone from insulting him just over an hour ago, to now hugging and rocking him when he's crying and sincerely apologising. He even looked like he was about to cry himself. The fudge is up with this stupid jerk!?! Ultimately this shock to his system along with his sincere words and effort, and many, many, many more minutes of more tears, would eventually allow Felix to calm enough to sit himself up properly; the tears downgraded to a leak instead of a river. Felix and Asher's shirt's were however likely soaked at this point.
"...*Sniffle* This doesn't change the fact your still a stupid jerk!" Felix muttered loud enough for Asher to hear, though this time it didn't contain any of that venom or power as it did before, Felix was still clearly angry with how Asher treated him but he didn't just outright hate him now.
Yet any attempt to bring up what happened with Nathan though brought a sudden shift to Felix's body language, clearly becoming distressed and uncomfortable at the thought of discussing it. "...With Nate..- I- uh-... I need you to promise not to tell anyone. Please? Especially not the staff.." Eventually he'd put this request to Asher, sounding like he was almost begging as his still leaking eyes darted away from any judgemental look he thought the older jerk might give him, and just to the safety of the plush on his lap.
Mood: Tearful / Embarrassed
Interact:
KaiMedia
(Asher)Felix was a huge mess right now, just this non-stop stream of tears that was making a corner of his bed damp and drenching his superman t-shirt. No matter what he tried he couldn't stem the the flow now, not till he practically dried himself out. He didn't really want anything to do with Asher, so when the older kid tried to sit him up slightly and pull him into a hug he initially lashed out, swinging back one of his arms to try and punch Asher in the back of his side closest, the only spot he could reach laying down with one arm in a cast. Regardless it'd likely have way more force than Asher was likely expecting the twelve-year old to muster (Despite his stature he's not remotely a weak kid). Regardless if he succeeding with his flailed backswing, he'd then just submit allow himself to be taken into this hug which honestly was something he reaaaaalllly needed right now.
"H-Hey! *sniff* No touching that!" Felix snatched his plush tiger from Asher as soon as he saw it, the old thing too precious, too sentimental for him to want anyone else touching. It was almost the only thing he had left of his old home. The plush's presence did seem to help calm his down somewhat, slightly damming the non-stop river of tears even if just a little, though that might just be from Felix desperately trying to not get it wet.
Felix kept trying to supress his tears, trying everything he could to dam the flow slightly like he always had. The thoughts of his Dad always said he wasn't suppose to cry, the memories of getting in trouble for it, all ontop of hated the fact the stupid jerk was seeing him like this pushing him to try and get it together.
Asher had sooo confused Felix, emotionally overwhelming him having gone from insulting him just over an hour ago, to now hugging and rocking him when he's crying and sincerely apologising. He even looked like he was about to cry himself. The fudge is up with this stupid jerk!?! Ultimately this shock to his system along with his sincere words and effort, and many, many, many more minutes of more tears, would eventually allow Felix to calm enough to sit himself up properly; the tears downgraded to a leak instead of a river. Felix and Asher's shirt's were however likely soaked at this point.
"...*Sniffle* This doesn't change the fact your still a stupid jerk!" Felix muttered loud enough for Asher to hear, though this time it didn't contain any of that venom or power as it did before, Felix was still clearly angry with how Asher treated him but he didn't just outright hate him now.
Yet any attempt to bring up what happened with Nathan though brought a sudden shift to Felix's body language, clearly becoming distressed and uncomfortable at the thought of discussing it. "...With Nate..- I- uh-... I need you to promise not to tell anyone. Please? Especially not the staff.." Eventually he'd put this request to Asher, sounding like he was almost begging as his still leaking eyes darted away from any judgemental look he thought the older jerk might give him, and just to the safety of the plush on his lap.
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Just some guy
Nathaniel
William
Tired/Happy
https:///www.Nathan-William.com/The Santa Monica Home
coded by reveriee.
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