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Post by Erlkings on Jun 5, 2014 10:54:51 GMT -8
It was still pretty early in the morning, Levee had headed to the school in order to get her club activities done. She could see other kids running around the school grounds doing things such as cleaning the pool and other weekend duties. She was tasked with taking care of the planter boxes for the gardening club. She went to the tiny tool shed out by the planters grabbing a watering pail, and proceeded in dousing the plants carefully with just enough water. Getting down on her hands and knees she was happy she was able to wear shorts on the weekends, because there were a lot of weeds that needed pulling. She did this without gloves, something her classmates were envious of, because she never got dirt under her nails or cuts on her hands. She hummed a song to herself as she worked, knowing she had a lot more planters to go, and could hear footsteps behind her getting a little louder as someone approached.
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Post by LittleBlackCat on Jun 5, 2014 20:42:00 GMT -8
Although it was a Sunday, the Akamine's daughter decided to drop by the school and help out her friends with club activities and make-up assignments due to a few requests. While making her way around the campus after helping a few people, she saw a girl kneeling down in front of some flowers. Out of curiosity, she walked towards her and stopped a few feet away. Her orange pigtails dropped to the side as she tilted her head to see what the girl was doing. Seeing her pull out weeds without any gloves, Tsuki stepped closer and cleared her throat. "Ehem! Would you like some help?" she asked in a cheerfully sweet tone.
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Post by Erlkings on Jun 6, 2014 8:27:57 GMT -8
Levee stopped what she was doing looking back at the odd girl. Turning around she flicked her hands much as you would after washing them in water, the dirt came off easily. Using her now clean hands she took the ribbon usually in her hair from her pocket and pulled all of it back into a pony tail, to keep it out of her face as she worked. Levee worded her response carefully, knowing it might sound rude to not just accept outright, “you’re welcome to join me if you like, there are gloves in the little shed over there.” She pointed over the garden shed its door still hanging wide open. Flexing her fingers to stretch them a little she turned around moved to the next planter and started pulling more weeds.
The second planter held a surprise in it though, as Levee reached in to pull the next weed her hand brushed against something and she jerked back in pain crying out, “Ow… W-what? Why is there a nail in this planter.” She looked between her hand and the nail seeing a small burn mark slowly healing. Gritting her teeth she reached in and grabbed the nail, and dropped it out of the planter with a cry of frustration. She looked back to see if the girl had watched her struggle with the nail all while nursing her hand and blowing on the burn gently.
OOC: I like how Malificent handled iron for the Fae ^_^
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Post by LittleBlackCat on Jun 7, 2014 2:58:17 GMT -8
OOC: I know what you mean. I'm glad you talked to me about the whole FAE stuff before I watched Maleficent. I was totally excited that I understand the whole iron-hurts-fairies thing.
When the girl directed her to the shed for some gloves, Tsuki took this as an invitation to join her. She was quite ecstatic to be interacting with a potentially new friend. After getting the gloves, she put them on and knelt beside the other girl. She immediately began to pull at the weeds, even though she was new to it. Curious as to why the other girl was blowing at her hands, she asked, "Did something happen? Are you okay?"
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Post by Erlkings on Jun 7, 2014 10:43:48 GMT -8
Levee kept her eyes down at her hand blowing gently at the markings as they faded away. She didn't dare look up to the other girl knowing her eyes would were not being hidden by her glamour anymore. In response she told the girl, "I'll be fine, I just poked my hand on a nail." The wound finally closed as she could feel her glamour falling back into place she finally looked up to say, "By the way my name is Levea, you can call me Levee for short." Levee flexed her hand feeling it was a little tender where the iron had touched her but she turned around to get back to stripping out the weeds.
OOC: well Dresden files is a bit more crazy. touch of iron causes the touching area to ignite into greenish/bluish flame
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Post by LittleBlackCat on Jun 7, 2014 11:42:52 GMT -8
OOC: I didn't get why you wrote Levea, and then tell Tsuki to call her Levee. I know Levee's real name is too long and complicated for a human to understand, but if you give her such a short name in her introduction, you should've just left it at that. -Shrugs- Oh wells. Onwards Tsuki-chan!
The young girl smiled brightly as she continued pulling the weeds with Levee. "My name's Akamine, Tsuki. You can just call me Tsuki cause all my friends do!" she replied.
With the two of them pulling out weeds, the rest of the planters were cleared within a matter of minutes. As they finished the gardening club work, Tsuki unconsciously rubbed the sweat from her forehead. Unfortunately, dirt from the gloves stuck to her face. She let out a loud sigh as she turned to Levee. "Phew! We're finally done with all of them! That was pretty fun. Wasn't it? It's always fun with someone else here."
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Post by Erlkings on Jun 8, 2014 0:27:25 GMT -8
With a smile Levee nodded to the other girl and replied, "I don't know about fun, but it is a bit quicker." Levee started grabbing some of the gardening supplies and sticking them in their places in the little garden shed commenting on the dirt on Tsuki's forehead, "Tsuki looks like you got a little dirt on your forehead, we should go get cleaned up." Levee gave her a cheerful smile, it had been a while since she could say she actually enjoyed someone being around. She stretched her arms over her head leaning back trying to loosen the muscles in her back tight from being knelt down picking all the weeds. Grabbing a bag they had packed all the weeds into she went over to a pot next to their compost pile pouring them in and running the hose to cover it all sliding the lid back on. Looking back at Tsuki she commented, "We can't put weeds straight into the compost they might just start regrowing there, but this will kill them and then we can put it with the compost in a few days. Lets get to the showers though I have a change of clothes if you need to borrow them."
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Post by LittleBlackCat on Jun 10, 2014 22:29:07 GMT -8
Although she used the gardening gloves, Tsuki still got dirt all over her from the weeding. She looked down shyly at her knees, which had become dirty, and nodded to Levee's suggestion. "I have my gym clothes in my locker, so I can change into that," she replied, smiling back at the girl. They both headed toward the gym locker rooms to clean up after they put away all the tools they used. On their way to the showers, Tsuki stopped by the restroom to get the dirt off her face. She gave a short apology, saying to Levee, "Thanks for waiting. I wanted to at least get rid of the stuff on my face. Would've been embarrassing if someone saw." Since it was Sunday, the halls were not crowded, but Tsuki still felt a bit conscious of her appearance.
During their trip to the shower room, the two girls bumped into a few of Tsuki's classmates. They exchanged small talk before they said their good-byes to Tsuki and Levee. As they walked off, Tsuki stood watching their backs before turning around to Levee and exclaiming cheerfully, "Well! Let's keep going! We're not too far from the gym." Tsuki picked up the pace towards their destination. Even though it was the weekend, the locker rooms were open for the athletic students. The girls went in after telling the supervisor, and they got ready to shower. Tsuki went to her locker and started undressing. She grabbed her towel and headed to one of the shower stalls. Wondering where her new friend was, she called out, "Levee!! Are you in the showers already? I'm about to go in! So I'll see you in there!"
OOC: I didn't know if I should put this before or after my post, but here it is. Erlkings, is Levee and Tsuki in the same class? Or should they be from different classes? Being in different classes can make it more interesting in my opinion, but I'll be okay with them being in the same class too. I only thought about this when I typed out my second paragraph, where the two girls bumped into a few classmates. It can also explain the lack of interaction between Tsuki and Levee during the beginning half of their freshman year.
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Post by Erlkings on Jun 11, 2014 9:14:04 GMT -8
OOC: Being in separate classes works for me, would make sense from their interactions so far. Now that I think about it iron is like everywhere… poor Levee.
Once they got to the locker room, Levee found her locker and very carefully opened it by removing her shirt and using it as a makeshift glove. Other girls in class usually thought she was just afraid of germs. The other girl called out as she was just wrapping her towel around herself. Levee replied with, "I'm on my way." As Levee entered the shower stall area, she carefully walked around the little iron drain cover and took the washcloth to carefully turn on the water without touching the metal handle. She turned the handle until the water was just right — not too hot and not too cold. As she relaxed in the water, she called out to Tsuki and asked, "So, are you part of the student council? I didn't expect anyone to show up wanting to help."
Levee couldn't help but have a small flashback of a couple years ago. One day when she was in her mother's garden watering and feeding the plants, one of her siblings offered to help. She was a bit more naive back then, and upon accepting, her brother had grabbed her and tossed her into the gaping maw of what would resemble a Venus fly trap in the mortal world. Every once in a while, she would have nightmares of those giant toothed jaws closing around her. She had to hand it to her mother and family, for that matter. They were a piece of work. Now here, she was told to live in the mortal realm for no real reason. She finally snapped out of her little daydream once she heard Tsuki respond.
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Post by LittleBlackCat on Jun 23, 2014 22:48:58 GMT -8
Steam started to rise. The sound of running water echoed around the near-empty shower room. Levee's reply was faint, but Tsuki still heard it. She felt content with the response and continued cleaning the sweat and grime from earlier. Lathering her body with the bar of soap she had brought from her locker, she slowly cleaned herself while humming a cheerful tune. As she was about to finish her shower, she heard Levee ask her, "Are you part of the student council?" Tsuki turned the knob and shut off the water. Before exiting, she wrapped her towel around her body. She stepped out, looking towards the direction of the stall that Levee was in. "I get asked that question a lot, actually. I'm not really a part of the student council. I mean, I do help them out, and they let me go in the student council room sometimes, but I'm not part of it," replied the young, orange hair girl. She remained in the shower room with Levee, drying her hair with another towel. After she had responded, there was silence between them again. Tsuki could no longer stand it and was about to speak up again until she heard a loud crash coming from the locker room.
A chill ran over her body, but her curiosity got the best of her. "I'll be right back, Levee. I'm just going to check it out real quick," she said in a soft tone that was loud enough for the other girl to hear. Slowly, Tsuki made her way to the doorway that separated the shower and locker rooms. As she got closer, she could hear mumbling. 'W-Who is that...?' she wondered, holding her tightly closed hands near her chest. It was definitely not a female's voice, but she may have been wrong. Looking around the locker room, she did not see anyone. There was no one talking as well. After taking in a deep breath, she sighed in relief, figuring that whoever was in the locker room had left. Involuntarily, she muttered out loud, "I was probably hearing things..."
Suddenly, a loud clanging sound echoed through the room as if someone had dropped something or bumped into the metal lockers. "W-What?! W-Who's there?!" Tsuki screamed out, looking around frantically. She was too scared to move. Even though she used to fight in the tournament and received proper defensive techniques from the temple, the thought of having to fight off a pervert was unthinkable. There was another crash, which sounded farther from the earlier one. This time, it came with a pained groan. It snapped Tsuki back to reality when she realized that it was a male student. Without thinking it through, she rushed to see if the fallen student was alright. Turning the corner of a set of lockers, her eyes rested on a young boy lying on the floor next to some sports equipment. He sat up, groaning at his predicament. By the time he stood up, Tsuki was by his side, tilting her head and body to get a glimpse of his face. Her sudden, "Are you alright?" scared the young boy as he fell backwards to the floor again. "S-S-Sorry!" he cried out.
OOC: I didn't want to continue any further because any person in their right mind that is nearby would have definitely come to check out the situation. Why wouldn't they? A girl was screaming redrum!
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Post by Erlkings on Jul 10, 2014 18:45:14 GMT -8
Levee was drying her hair as Tsuki had ran out to check out the noise. Folding her hair up in the towel she wasn't to worried until there was a second loud crashing sound. Biting her lower lip she thought to herself, 'what the heck is going on out there? I better see if Tsuki needs help.' Making sure her towel stayed secure she kept her left hand holding it tight against her chest rushing out to see the commotion. Catching up to Tsuki she saw the boy laying on the ground. Looking around she hadn't seen anyone else she said to Tsuki, "What happened? Was he peeking on us?" With the last thought she felt a small shudder run down her spine at the very notion of it.
It wasn't so much the opposite gender bit that unnerved her, but just the thought of anyone spying on her without her knowledge. Back home, not being aware of what was happening around you could be the last thing you did if the wrong thing was stalking you.
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Post by LittleBlackCat on Jul 12, 2014 0:35:36 GMT -8
Before they could get an answer out of the embarrassed boy, a female gym teacher entered the locker rooms to see what the commotion was. "What's going on here? Why are you in here?!" asked the teacher, noticing that a male student had entered the female locker rooms. At that point in time, the boy felt too scared to speak and could barely say anything coherent as he tried to explain himself. He was dragged off, possibly towards the principal's office for discipline, and the two girls were left alone again with their towels wrapped around their bodies.
To Tsuki's relief, the whole situation managed to blow over without much trouble. She sighed, releasing her worries. A smile replaced her terrified and embarrassed expression. Turning towards Levee, she opened her mouth to speak, asking, "Maybe now is a good time to get dressed? Hopefully that was the last of it." She walked towards her locker, which was not too far from where she stood. In a matter of minutes, she had changed into her gym clothes, placing her dirty uniform into a plastic bag. 'I'll just have to remember to bring my gym clothes back for class tomorrow,' she thought to herself, making a memo to return her gym clothes after washing them later on in the day. Once she was finished, she walked over to Levee to see if she was ready to leave. Again, she thought to herself, 'Maybe I should ask if Levee would like to come with me to the classroom.' She would have to wait to ask that though.
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Post by Erlkings on Jul 14, 2014 15:33:51 GMT -8
Levee watched suspiciously as the teacher had removed the child. Nodding an agreement to Tsuki she went back to grab her sundries from the shower. As she walked back she was looking around a still a bit cautiously not wanting to be caught off guard by anyone, or anything. As she changed into her P.E. clothes she put her dirty clothing into a cloth backpack, and pulled the drawstring closed when finished.
Picking up her bag Levee jumped a little when she turned and found Tsuki standing nearby. Mentally scolding herself for what she had done she tried to cover her action by saying, “Oh, ha… Sorry I didn’t hear you come over.” She tried steadying her breaths a bit, not sure why she was so worked up. ‘Perhaps it was that nail,’ She thought to herself. Levee had never liked surprises as a kid, it always seemed bad surprises came more often than good ones, and in fact what was a good surprise for that matter. Sliding her bag over her shoulder she considered going home, but asked, “You helped me get done earlier than I had planned, was there anything I could help you with?” If all was fair she at least owed Tsuki an act of kindness.
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Post by LittleBlackCat on Jul 17, 2014 18:55:02 GMT -8
Tsuki noticed the slight jump from Levee when the girl turned around and saw her. An apology came naturally as she greeted Levee again. “Sorry about surprising you like that.” There was a bit of a pause between them as they just stood there, thinking of what to do next. At Levee’s offer to return the favor, Tsuki let out a surprised, “Oh!” She thought about it a bit and decided that this was the best time to invite her to the classroom. “That’s right! I’m supposed to go to the class today! U-Um, Levee-chan, would you mind coming with me?” she asked, placing her hands together.
Levee agreed to it without questioning her, and the two girls set out from the locker room to their new destination. They walked along the hallway and several students greeted Tsuki as they passed. She returned the gesture and smiled, sometimes turning to Levee to see if she was still there. When she saw Levee look her way, she would give her a friendly smile before looking forward again. These were the best kind of days.
“Ah! Here it is!” the young girl exclaimed, standing in front of the classroom after their short walk. She grabbed ahold of the door and pushed through. As it opened, it drew the attention of the few students that were inside. “Oi! Tsuki-chan! Where have you been? We’ve been waiting for you!” they yelled out. With a bashful expression, she apologized to them, “Sorry! I was helping out a friend! She actually came to help out too!” She walked inside and urged Levee to enter as well so that she could introduce them all. “These are my classmates! They need some help to study for the make-up exam.”
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Post by Erlkings on Jul 18, 2014 13:55:10 GMT -8
Levee kept rather silent as they made their way to the classroom. When they had passed the other students in the hall she gave a false smile, and was happy they hadn’t paused to talk with them. As they made their way to the classroom Levee imagined she just wanted help cleaning. Levee felt her heart rate speed up a bit once she learned what Tsuki wanted. She had hardly passed her own exams how was she going to help these people to pass their own!
She kept her face neutral trying hard not to show her distaste of exams. Thinking furiously to herself, ‘I hate this place, home was practically a paradise compared to all the stupid things in this world.’ Forcing a small smile, she raised up her fist a little in mock enthusiasm, saying in a weak voice, “Yay, studying… I can help with the math.” She picked the subject she at least know she could teach well enough to be useful in this endeavor.
After twenty minutes had passed Levee had become very agitated with the boy she was trying to help. The boy’s self-control was nonexistent as he would constantly look over at her instead of focusing on the math problems. She would give him an annoyed stare that would make him adjust his eyes quickly back on the paper, and audibly make thinking noises. Short of a growl she said to him, “I’m not doing this one for you, do what I showed you!” The boy seemed to flinch as she said it his hand going over the paper shaking slowly putting numbers into place. Looking away from the table Levee caught Tsuki’s eye and tried her best to fake a smile.
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