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 Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:07 pm
It was Jacoba who flouted the house rules of the mall and went over there anyway, without an adult, without friggin' Antony, totally of her own accord: mainly because when she was walking she was alone with her own thoughts, which was a blessed release, considering how damn loud her sister was.
It wasn't as though she was a gamer either: didn't have the time or inclination, really, if you wanted to hit someone just hit them in real life, but she found herself walking past the gaming center in the mall and stopping in. It was probably because, out of the corner of her eye, she caught the hulking dark silhouette that belonged to only one person in the world -- Christian Deakon, sub-captain of the Geek Squad, the very people she was trying to drag away Irelia from. She sauntered in and leant next to the game he was playing, just watching for a while, hands in her pockets: there was no real need to say hello. She was there, he was there. Whatever.
Presently, she said, "Bikes?"
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:13 pm
"Mmhmm," he said, leaning to the right on the miniature bike. In front of him was a screen where the game was being played out. It made it seem like he was in the race, himself. "I'm training."
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:17 pm
"For what, the gay gamer Grand Prix?" Jace guffawed at her own joke. "Then again, I guess you'd squash an actual bike. I had the same problem."
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:30 pm
"I wanna get one," he said. "And I don't break it cuz I've got my earring," he added, still focused on the game. That is, until he ran into a cow. "Darn," he muttered, getting off and looking at her. "Wisp send you after me?"
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 4:53 pm
"Who the hell do you think I am?" Jace's lip curled in a sneer. "I'm not Wisp's messenger girl. She probably doesn't want me talking to you anyway. Whatever; I know she went out with Antony with Rory, so she's stealing the people I know. Nah, I just saw you in here."
She cracked her knuckles. "So," she said. "You grew. Stronger now?"
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:39 pm
"Yep," he said, not going on with that as he looked around. He started for the wack-a-mole booth, reaching up to check that his earring was fully on before popping some coins in. "They went with who?" he asked belatedly.
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:42 pm
"Antony," she said. "M.B.'s love child." (Jace didn't quite know what 'love child' meant, but it seemed appropriate to use at this juncture.) The redheaded girl leant against the game and flexed one metal knee. "You know, tall, prissy, uptight?"
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:44 pm
Chris blinked, having learned what "love child" was from his grandmother when he asked her whether Jesus was one or not. He figured it was a good thing, though, since Jesus HAD been the son of God, and that wasn't that bad, but still...
Antony definitely WASN'T the son of God, so-- "Your mom's married?" he asked blankly.
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:47 pm
"What? No," said Jace, who looked at him with equal orange-eyed blankness. "You know M.B.'s not married; unless you count Uncle Jack. Which I sure don't, it's Uncle Jack -- anyway, let's get off that topic, you're creeping me out."
She cracked her knuckles again, watching him play. "How's that stupid superhero gig going?"
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:51 pm
He grunted. "I ain't a superhero," he muttered as he started to whack the moles. "I ain't ever gonna be a superhero. Your sister's crazy."
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:53 pm
"You don't need to tell me that," she retorted, pulling a coin out of her pocket and flicking it up and catching it all over again. "She's your friend. So you're not doing that, then? That's one hell of a relief, because seriously, Rel was really gonna do it, and I don't know if I ever could've scrubbed the lame off her."
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 6:56 pm
"She's doing it," he said irritably. "But I'm just going to make sure they don't get themselves killed. Which I wouldn't have to do if your sister wasn't a nutcase and Rory wasn't blindly following her. And now they're dragging MORE people into it, who haven't got ANY skills and--"
He groaned as the mole collapsed under the bat.
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:04 pm
Jace's reaction to this was simple: she laughed. Meanly. "Whatever," she said. "It's your fault for hanging out with my nutso little sister. You knew what you were getting into. It's not my problem. I didn't inject her with a crazy injection when she was a spore."
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:05 pm
"You really aren't helping my bad mood," the starmaker boy muttered. Then he paused, pulling his bag off of his back. "I need to buy a cd player," he muttered, pulling out a cd. "Want to see somethin?"
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Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 7:09 pm
"Who uses a CD player any more?" she said, and she peered at the CD. "Get yourself an MP3 player. Yeah, sure. What's that band, anyway?"
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