Realistic or Modern We'll Get Through This Together

[farewell]

With the groceries away Vinaya leaned against the counter and watched the proceedings. To her, their borderline paranoia was irrational, but for once, she decided to let it go. They were permitted some leeway, since they'd only just escaped, but if they were ever going to make a proper, comfortable life for themselves outside of the orphanage, they were going to have to stop worrying so much. As for Nico and Aspen, it didn't matter to her what they did independently from the group, in their own personal time - as long as they weren't getting caught by the cops, anyway. She didn't blame Aspen for leaving and didn't protest when he did so, since an individual was far less suspicious than a group. She was, however, a little irritated with Nico's behavior, but found no reason to say anything. For all her stubborn practicality, she could also be patient. She wanted to be sympathetic as well, but couldn't find it in her; it seemed such a trivial thing to get worked up over, but Vinaya realized that the way she saw things was very different from the way others, namely Nico, saw things. Foolishly, she also found herself a little resentful of whatever iPod or phone she was listening to music with. Devices like those were rare commodities to Vinaya; she'd never even come close to owning either of them. Or anything material, for that matter. Which was why being handed a walkie talkie surprised her. But it was clever, and she thanked Tommy and Xavier for it before trying to figure out how it worked, tuning out Tommy and Nico's conversation.

 

[goldcat16471]

Cassie glanced over when Tommy handed the walkie talkie over, and her eyes widened, realizing just how useful it could come. Noting what Tommy said, she looked over at Xavier and smiled, "Nice thinking. Thanks for getting these." She looked back over at the eggs, and finished them and started serving them on the plates the bought. "Come and get it to anyone, and everyone!" She served up Vinaya's and her own as well. Although she was still worried about the others, the meal welcomed a small peaceful moment. For a short time at least. Before long she began thinking about Tommy and Xavier coming back without Kira and she looked down, the worry eating at her.

 

[pulpfiction]

Kira was lost. She had somehow lost Tommy and Cassidy in the crowd, but after the crowd had cleared up, they where nowhere to be found. She could already feel the panic settle in her stomach, the bile rising up to get out of her body. Years of being lost and confused came rushing back to her. "Oh God, Oh God, Oh God," her chest heaved up and down. "Get it together, Kira." she told herself firmly after a few deep breaths, then swung the duffle bag over her shoulder as she ran to back to the grocery store to check the aisles again, just in case they were there. They weren't.


"Okay, okay. Keep yourself... calm, " she told herself with a forced smile before running out of the grocery store and towards their apartment. Little did she and the others know that Kira, Cassidy, and Tommy had just missed each other on the street.


After quite a bit of running around and getting lost, Kira arrived at their place, swinging the door open, and relieved to see the familiar faces. "Oh thank God,"

 

[farewell]

Vinaya was distracted from the walkie talkie by Kira's sudden entrance. Now Kira's behavior was an actual cause for concern. She put the walkie talkie on the counter to return to later so she could just focus on Kira. "Kira? Are you okay?"

 

[pulpfiction]

"Well, to be honest, no. I got kind of lost," she admitted with a sigh of relief as she lay down on her makeshift bed, her arms spread across. "There was quite a crowd for some reason." She just lay there for a while, and then she sat up abruptly, eyes bulging. "I just remembered," she said, "I think the crowd was because of us."

 

[farewell]

Vinaya internally sighed with relief, too; Kira getting lost wasn't a good thing, but it could've been a lot worse. She didn't move until Kira made her disturbing announcement, at which point Vinaya made her way over to sit next to Kira's bed. "Because of us? How so?"

 

[yistae]

Xavier put down his walkie talkie when he heard a door bang open and wandered in, smiling when he saw Kira. Walking over to sit on the ground, Xavier looked up confused. "How were we the cause? The orphanage can't be looking for us already, right?"

 

[SirDerpingtonIV]

Issac strolled right on in after Kira, a large bag by his side. He sat down by the wall, and opened the bag. He began to take stuff out. A jug of water, spare wires incase anything needed fixing, screws, nails, 2 pieces of wood, and a bag of cheetos, aswell as several books. He placed his findings on the floor for the others to see, before grabbing the bag of cheetos and the books and leaving the room. He walked through the corridors back to his hiding place, and sat down in the same spot he did before, setting his new books down beside him. But then he discovered his book was missing, and inwardly groaned.


He decided he'd look for it later, for now, he'd just read and eat cheetos. He was truely "Living the life".

 

[Gold Phoenix]

When Aspen entered the store, he headed straight for the wall that was covered in hanging guitars. He stood still, examining them, until a young guy not much older than he was walked up. "Do you want to try one?" Aspen jumped, startled out of his thoughts. Then he pointed to one of the electric guitars. "That one, if you don't mind." The employee nodded and after a few minutes, handed Aspen the guitar, having already gotten an amp and everything. Aspen sat and strummed a few chords as the employee walked away. When he was out of sight, he closed his eyes and let all his emotions out through music.


When he finished playing, Aspen found that an audience ha formed around him. Everyone who was in the store at the time, along with some curious passerby stood watching him, expressions of awe on their faces. The young employee returned. "I've been told to ask if you want a job here. We've been looking for a new way of promoting, and were wondering if you'd like to put on little performances both inside the store and out." The employee smiled excitedly at him. "And we'd pay you regular wages, along with letting you keep any money from pedestrians. So? Whadaya think?"


Shocked by the studded offer Aspen could only stare. I couldn't stay very long, probably. I don't know about my schedule. "I don't know how well that would work. Everything's pretty crazy right now, fixed hours might not be possible." The employee nodded slowly, "He said whatever hours work for you. So just show up whenever you can." Relieved, Aspen smiled. "Then I'd love to. Can I start right now? I have my eye on something you have in your window, but I have no money." The employee disappeared into the back and returned with a staff T-shirt and helped Aspen set up his guitar outside the store.

 

[DrCompton]

Tommy poked his head around the corner and looked a Kira, and smiled.


"She hadn't left us..."


Tommy turned back and sat down, eating the breakfast Cassidy and Vinaya had made, he was still a little hungry after he had finished his plate, but decided against taking more until everyone had eaten, then he figured it'd be fair game. He sat back and looked at the walkie talkie and knew pretty quickly that he probably would need help setting it up. It didn't look complicated, but he didn't want to accidentally break the new device somehow.

 

[SirDerpingtonIV]

Issac came back to the others, entering the room and looking around. He dug into his pocket, and pulled out a bunch of dollars. "I think I've got $67 here, I didn't have the time to check, the guy almost came back into the room." He explained, putting the money on a table, and looking around for his favorite book. "Any of you guys seen my book?" He asked, checking around the room. He realized this is the most he had ever really said to the escapees, and inwardly shrugged. He didn't really care.

 

[DrCompton]

"I haven't seen it... Come eat with us." Tommy smiled warmly to Isaac. "We don't bite, I promise... Well Viraya might." He smiled a little

 

[SirDerpingtonIV]

Issac kept a straight face, staring at Thomas with an eyebrow raised skeptically. "Fine." He sighed. I probably had little choice in the matter anyways. He thought to himself. He looked down at the Walky-Talky in Thomas's hands. "Could you hand me that for a second?" He asked, gesturing to the Walky-Talky. "Actually, I think I'll need all of them. Could you go and collect them from everyone? I need to set them all to the right frequency." He explained, not particularly caring if Thomas understood or not.

 

[DrCompton]

"Huh? Ive already handed them out though." He frowned a little, "I mean, how hard could it be we just press to talk right?" He pressed the button on the walkie talkie, which was still turned off and mimicked the static noise, "Come in Red Leader." He smiled a little, then handed the walkie talkie to Issac, "So what do you need to do?" He raised an eyebrow.

 

[farewell]

"Vinaya," she corrected Tommy with a small smile. She was used to it. "And I've no interest in biting anyone." She got to her feet to grab a plate of food and her walkie talkie, which she handed to Isaac. "They basically need to be set to communicate with each other," she told Tommy. "These were a good idea, though. Less conspicuous than cell phones."


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[AviouslyPTX]

Nicolette got up without a word and pulled her headphones out of her ears. She was glad she had calmed down and decided to play it off as if she was over it. Having trouble with hiding emotions through her eyes, she knew she couldn't do that. She laid her iPod down and went over to the window, leaning against it in silence as she listened to the others talking.

 

[DrCompton]

Tommy apologized to Vinaya then looked at the walkie talkies, "I see, okay, that make senses. and its probably better someone who a little know how does it." He smiled to the two, then looked over at Nikki. He looked at the two of them, then nodded toward her and mouthed, "Whats up?"

 

[AviouslyPTX]

Turning slightly, Nicolette looked out the window before looking back. She simply shook her head in a nothing fashion.

 

[yistae]

Xavier looked up from his walkie talkie, frustrated that the only noises he coul get were static and beeps. Standing up from the floor, he held his walkie talkie out to Issac. "Could you fix mine for me or whatever? It's not making any real noise..." He pouted, not understanding the stupid little toy and why it wouldn't work for him.

 

[SirDerpingtonIV]

Issac held the three walky talkys, and walked over to the window by Nikki. He stood next to her, messing around with the walky talkies, opening up the pack, twisting and turning things, and then pressing the call button on each one, adjusting their frequencies. He was still looking down at his work when he asked, "There is obviously something wrong. You can tell me." He said it in a hushed voice, so the others wouldn't hear. He was still working on the walky talkies, he chose a frequency for the first one, Xavier's walkie talkie.

 

[farewell]

Vinaya easily forgave him and after a moment of consideration, she added, "if it's easier, you can call me Vinny or Naya. We'll be living together for a while, after all; might as well get familiar." She raised her voice slightly to address Isaac, who'd joined Nico at the window: "Thank you, Isaac." Returning to her normal, quiet voice, she quietly explained to Tommy, low enough that she couldn't be overheard, "Cassie and I accidentally interrupted an... intimate moment between her and Aspen. Aspen left shortly after."

 

[AviouslyPTX]

Nicolette clenched her fists and turned facing the group, almost losing her cool. "Look, guys, it's nothing! I'm over it okay?!" she lie before turning back to the window. She returned to her silence and her thoughts, hoping it wouldn't be brought up again, but she knew it would.

 

[DrCompton]

Tommy jumped at the outburst and looked at Nikki. "Sorry... We just don't want to see any of us hurt... We are kinda all we've got." He frowned a little. "We just wanna help you feel better."

 

[SirDerpingtonIV]

"Nikki. Just to let you know, we all care for one another. We'd like to know if something's wrong, and help if we can." Issac said evenly, attempting to be supportive for practically the first time in his life. "And it obviously isn't nothing if it's getting you this upset. You are clearly not over it. We can help, Nikki."

 

[farewell]

Vinaya rolled her shoulders and straightened her back to keep from saying anything. Quite frankly, she thought Nico was being childish, and she was making every effort to be patient and forgiving like she wanted to be - like she should be. Uncomfortably, she said, "I agree with them." She wasn't lying, at least. "Maybe you'd feel better after eating something?"