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Zemblanity Insomnia rolled 2 8-sided dice:
7, 7
Total: 14 (2-16)
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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 Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:19 pm
Alright! That was exactly how it should have been! Two girls as finalist! Maybe Leila would loose on purpose... Keeping a low profile was a good thing sometime... or maybe not! Either way, she was now throwing a tomato at River Park
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LoliKokoro rolled 2 12-sided dice:
11, 3
Total: 14 (2-24)
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:29 pm
Aw! It had backfired! Instead of getting the kid to play with her, she hit him! Stupid kid, not dodging in time! River was disappointed, sure, but soon the next round was announced and she realized -- she was in the final two! When did that happen? She glanced around, and sure enough, it was just her and the attractive pink haired woman! Before she could wish the woman good luck on a good tomato fight, she had thrown a tomato! Time to dodge, River~5/10
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LoliKokoro rolled 2 12-sided dice:
9, 6
Total: 15 (2-24)
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:32 pm
OH that was close! River could feel the air move as the tomato sped by. This girl was good! The blonde smiled to herself. This would be fun! Taking another tomato, she threw it back at Leila. Part of her hoped this would go on for a while. She was starting to really enjoy herself!4/10
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Zemblanity Insomnia rolled 2 12-sided dice:
2, 6
Total: 8 (2-24)
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:39 pm
Awh! She had dodged! She was good! Now, of course, since they were the only two left, River would be throwing a tomato back. Ah! Indeed! Here it come! Time to doge Leila, but, not without looking beautiful~
+1 for being ready and looking pretty!
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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Zemblanity Insomnia Captain
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Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 6:41 pm
Ah, Damn! The tomato had his her shoulder! It was only a scrape, but it sure was there! Hard to look pretty when you had tomato on you. Boo. Leila shrugged at River telling her that she had won. Then, she left the place. Hey, she was supose to be dead, why would she stay in the middle of a tomato stained town square?
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:21 pm
Today was the messiest day of the year: The Tomato festival. Like always, people would gather at the town square to throw tomatoes at each other. Gladice would never be there if she wasn’t the one in charge of running it. At least it was easy, she just had to sit behind a boot and register people as various theme and force those who were alone together. It was like a matchmaking job, which she liked. Like always, Yoakim was helping setting up various things that needed labour work, like moving the huge barrel of tomatoes. He would be joining the theme this year too, while Ellie was probably at him taking care of the children. As to whom he would be joining with if not his lovely family? Well, with his working out buddies of course! Him, Jacob and Xiero would show everyone the benefit of working out at least 4 times a week!
Keith was there too, sitting at a table and not helping by smoking a cigarette. The tomato festival was one of the three festival he actually enjoyed on the island, the other ones being the cooking festival and the Treasure Hunt and, since the latter had been cancelled, he was only too eager to be In this one. He had asked Conor the previous day and his boyfriend had quickly accepted. Hell, they would even make it a family day by making the kids also play as a team! Alright, they really just wanted to see their children being hit by tomatoes and then cry in a corner. They were horrible parents and they knew LOVED it.
Another familiar face at the festival was Lotte. Of course she would come! And like always, she had a bunch of little gadgets to help her win, and this time, she made sure that they were all tomato proof! She still had a couple of adjustment to make but… for now, she was too busy arguing with Sierre AKA Popcorn! Neither girl actually knew why they were arguing with each other, but like hell they would stop first! The other b***h was the one in the wrong there!
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:49 pm
At the edge of the square, two small figures appeared, surrounded by a surprisingly serious atmosphere. River had won three years prior, and while that had been enough for her for a while, she was here to attempt victory once again. Elliot followed her, as usual, looking less than thrilled. The two Park women were dressed up in cheap army uniform costumes that they had found online, per Elliot's request. She had been spending so much time at the circus, she had developed a fondness for costumes, and truly believed that it made a difference. And so the two girls wore camoflauge cargo pants and boots. Of course, it was summer, way too hot for the rest of the costume, so they had abandoned the long sleeved tops in favor of a black short-sleeved shirt (Elliot) and a wife beater (River). Now that they were dressed up, River felt completely in character, and after surveying the growing crowd for a moment, she bounced off to sign up, Elliot firmly in tow.
...Okay, so Natalia and Rory were supposed to have won a festival or two by this point. Sure, it hadn't happened yet, not even close, but Rory HAD lasted pretty long several years ago, much to Natalia's dismay, and so they were relying on this one in order to start the ball rolling. They just needed to win one, and then they'd be good for the rest, right? Anyway, the two friends walked together in silence as they entered the town square. They had gotten in a bit of an argument that morning, as Natalia had wanted Rory to drink a disgusting "protein drink" she had conjured up, and after a while of bickering, she had sicced the dogs on him, and he had been forced to drink it. And he was still annoyed by it.
The Tomato Festival was probably one of the last places a person would expect to find little Yuri Allen, but there she was, hair tied up, wearing a pair of pants, no less. It had been a while since she had last worn pants, and she walked somewhat uncomfortable to the festival. Her legs felt so stiff and warm. But she couldn't show up in a dress to a tomato fight, especially since that sounded messy. Really, the idea of throwing tomatoes and running around wasn't that appealing, but it sounded like a festival that would attract kids, and so here she was, standing anxiously by herself.
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 5:58 pm
 Aleksey arrived first.. well not first first but soon after the first party of people had. He had heard of the Tomato festival from a few passer bys and thought to check it out. It sounded delicious and fun! Plus he could meet more people this way and Aleksey loved doing that. So he headed up to the registration table and was greeted by the sight of a little old lady. OH! wasnt she so cute? With her little bonnet and wrinkled face. Aleksey wanted to be like that when he got older. All wrinkled and tiny! And then he could wear all sorts of odd combinations of clothing color and patterns and no one would look at him funny because he was old! "Pryvet. Im Aleksey. How is signing up for festival working?" Aleksey asked the woman gently. Out of the corner of his eye Aleksey spotted a tiny kid or two. Well one was small and then the other one was even smaller! Like pick it up and put it in your pocket small! So cute! He wondered if the kid could live on borscht and bread while in his pocket. He was tiny enough he probably wouldnt need alot. _______ Integra came with Una to participate in the tomato festival. They had heard of it before, but never actually went. Well why not this year? Good as any right? So Integra and Una came up to the sign up table, standing behind the big ol tall Russian. And now even more people were showing up. sweet!
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 7:29 pm
 
Ah... Now when one thinks summer fun they think the beach, the pool, Frisbee, maybe even some golf or other sports. But today. Today was about battling. Battling using the oh so red vegetable that is used in almost every meal. Now, the mature Reed didn't seem like the type to be so gun-ho to throw tomatoes at his neighbors... But something about the idea of a battle lit a fire in the man's eyes. Plus he hadn't been to a festival in a while, so he figured he throw his hat into the competition. That's why he waited eagerly for the contest to start. Though he needed another member... But, he wasn't going to let that get him done. He was going to win, and there was no one to stop him.
Next to Reed, once again questioning why he was dragged to a festival, was Alt. Now it probably wasn't Reed's best decision to choose Alt as one of his teammates, but he really didn't think the boy could do that bad. However, as you would expect, the boy's mind was hardly focused on the festival. His eyes wandered to the sky. He would have thought that he would be watching Erika today while his cousin came here. But, Erika was at Alt's mothers house for the week. Leaving the two guys to do what they want. And for the boy, being here wasn't very high on the list. Though, he figured that spending time with Reed wasn't to bad. Though he'd rather be staring at the sky then throwing tomatoes.
Two new faces to the festival scene also made there way to the square. On his bike with his brother on back, was June. A festival about throwing stuff at people? There is no way that the boy would not show up. The thoughts of competing bubbled up in his head until he was wearing a wide grin on his face. That was until he spotted a... Familiar face. A girl who had made his fun little adventure into a pain in the a**. He stopped the bike in front of her. Some of his stubbornness from that night kept him from ignoring the girl. "So your here to, huh" June spoke as if he was some teen drama star in an angst-y scene.
The younger King brother was of course in tow of the older. Riding on the back of the bike kept him from fidgeting on any gadgets, which made him keep with in his thoughts. That was until the bike stopped and his brother addressed some girl. Ray scanned her but found her uninteresting. And since his brother had stopped the bike, he plopped off and took out another weird gadget he found and began to play with it. He wasn't interested in the festival, but with his brother so excited to compete, of course Ray would have to be involved.
 
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Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:18 pm
-Blaire Vatonage, Rachel Fate, & Lucia Woods-
This festival, was for Blaire. She never missed it as a child. Actually she had only missed it in the last three years. One for unfortunate events, the other two, she was out of town. Which when you think about three out of nineteen wasn't so bad. After setting her mind at ease with that, she had another thing to worry about that. A team. Her team usually was Lucas... but he was with Alanis, and she was too proper to be in such a barbaric sport like this... Or something like that. All she knew is that when he repeated the message, Lucas was thrown to a couch... but then again, when was that new? Blaire abusing Lucas? She'd manage somehow, and as she scanned the crowd for possible partners, she found a familiar face. Actually two of them, right next to each other. "Aha! You left the house" said the girl, as if almost congratulating him for the effort. She gave the male a friendly smile before speaking. "Hey Reed. You gonna fling some tomatoes? Or are you here just to watch and cheer on?" Soon enough she was giving the other boy a nod. "And you? ...Alastair, right?"
Once again, Rachel had dropped off her son with his father for some father-son bonding time. AND that she wanted to come to this festival, and play. Goddess knows she needed some fun in her life. She really did miss the force. The woman sighed at that, knowing it was the course her life had to take now before reminding herself that today was fun. No sulking. Period. Soon enough, she was signing herself up, and noticing the Russian she had met at Valentine's Day. "Hey Aleksey. Ready for the festival?"
Huzzah! Lucia was here! Surely she would make her mark! The tomato festival! Oh this would be fun~ Lucia grinned as she entered the grounds. Continuously the girl open and closed her fists, flexing for the big event. The circus had set up a group to play, though Lucia had really got in because she persisted enough... and the third original member ate a bad case of the ordered Chinese food last night... Such a loss... Pfft, yeah right. She was in it to win this! With a nod of determination the girl began to walk around, scouting the competition.
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:50 pm
 Aleksey turned when he heard his name. He spotted Rachel soon after he had signed up. " Oh! Rachel! Pryvet!" Aleksey said with a smile. He walked over to her and held up a hand in greeting. " Da. How does festival going? From what i heard it sounding like big snowball fight. We have those in Russia, it makes the seasons not so depressing. Does everyone just go against everyone else? Like big war? Or we making teams? OH! can i being on your team?" Aleksey asked with a smile. "I can throw really good snow balls in Russia. Sometimes they hurting people though.. i have left bruises.. on accident, mostly." Aleksey added. "I getting carried away alot."Meanwhile Integra and Una signed up. They decided to form their own team, Team Boobs. They had a spot for someone else if they wanted to join. Like Nanami.. she could join. If she was here, but Integra hadnt spotted the nice woman.
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:24 pm
-Blaire Vatonage, Rachel Fate, & Lucia Woods-
Rachel smiled at the male. Really how could you not? "That's exactly what it is... Only messier" grinned the blond. That was pretty much the funnest part of the whole thing. Aside from the adrenaline rush of hitting your target, leaving them in the goo was just the cherry on top. "Teams are the tradition here. But I'd be glad to have you on my team. In fact, you have my permission to get carried away!" Hey if they could win, it's be awesome, but that was wishful thinking. After all, anything could happen.
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 11:58 am
"Oh! That sounds fun!" Aleksey laughed. But then a thought occured to him. Tomato's mess. Oh! That would mean his nice long Russian coat that he always wore would get dirty! " Ah! No, that cannot be happening." Aleksey said as he undid his coat and slipped out of it. "If we are to be getting carried away. Then i will have to put coat somewhere safe."Aleksey said, now that he was out of his coat his broad chest and muscles showed through the white Tshirt he had on underneath. "Oh..! and scarf.. that is present from Svetlana." Aleksey added as he removed the scarf from his neck for the first time.. in like forever. He folded up the coat and the scarf all neat like. Now he was just wearing a rather normal pair of kahkhi pants and a white tshirt that showed off his handsome physic. "Where can i put them so they not getting messy?" Aleksey said almost in a panic.
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:02 pm
Reed had been mentally fortifying himself for the competition as he stood out in the open with his cousin. Honestly, the man seemed to be more spaced out then Alt... Actually, probably not. With Alt's eyes fixated at the sky, it was obvious that his was the mind that was farthest away. Though both male's minds came back when they were greeted by a familiar voice. They both had met her at different times, and in different situations. But, all of them were acquainted. Reed smiled as he saw her. It hadn't been long since they met at the beach. And while he didn't think he'd meet her again so soon, it didn't surprise him to see her here. It was a festival after all. Her comment made him laugh a bit, "I had some free time so I decided to venture out." Coming here seemed way better than sitting at home with his cousin all day. Plus, "It seemed like a fun festival this time." Just the idea of it brought a wide smile to the mans face. On the other hand Alt wasn't to enthusiastic, just along for the ride. Though he did wave with his strange smile when addressed by Blaire.
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High-functioning Marshmallow
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:39 pm
Ah~ Catrina loved this festival! It was among her favorite now that the animal festival was an eternal taboo to even speak of in her presence~! Sure, she lost, but she lasted longer than her brothers – who will never be named again after their horrible betrayal so many years ago. Yeah, Catrina had yet to forgive them and it was doubtful that any of her siblings even cared at this point. Robert had left the island and Neil was.. well, he hadn't even noticed she was still running a business out of his basement.. She suspected that it was all Mr. BoJangle's involvement. The mouse wanted her home all to himself! Ah, her greatest nemesis will someday rue the day he ever challenged her..! That Mr. BoJangle was no regular mouse, though – what kind of mouse would live that many years and not drop dead? It was unnatural and her own duty to bring him down! But, later. For now, she would have focus on practicing her own capabilities by throwing and dodging tomatoes~ She looked around for suitable team mates, but.. everyone appeared to either be already paired up or possible dog suspects! She frowned and walked around the crowd – until she saw none other than Natalia! Ah, her secretary may be a potential dog, but that was still better than a stranger dog! She rushed forward to pounce at the girl's arm, purring excitedly as she clung there, “Mjau~! We're team mates now, mau!” ..Because Catrina was still Natalia's boss and employees couldn't say no to her. She was sure there were plenty of people who wanted Natalia's job, after all~ And if she really was a spy, she couldn't afford to lose her position!
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Kade walked into the festival surprisingly alone this year. He had hoped that Theresa, Junior, and Jacob could possibly team up with him (he just needed two!), but Jacob already had a previous group decided with his own friends, Junior had awkwardly said he would rather stay home bathing his chicken, and Theresa was.. well, she was hungover. Apparently she had spent a little too long at Ilya's the night before ranting about Kaleb and drinking wine to be much help today, so Kade was left with his last resort – Mitsuke! He hardly ever went out with his friend and today seemed like a fun thing to do, even if it was a bit messy. But, well, Kade's clothes were kinda generic as of late. He still dressed nice, but his apparel was much easier to replace – function over quality and all that. It sometimes made him sigh at the sight, but he still felt better for it. He had much more to spend on groceries and Junior now, after all. He wore a plain blue shirt and some simple, loose shorts so he could move around better, the man now standing by himself near the entrance of the town square in wait for Mitsuke to show up~ He did glance over the crowd, but his usual fit of either looking sadly at Yoakim or glaring daggers at him was shoved aside in favor of simply passing over him. Even if it really didn't make him feel so much better, it did help when he spotted the man from a distance like that.
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Ah, what was that in the sky~? ...A bird. Yeah, anticlimactic, but it wasn't Finnian's fault if he hadn't figured out the art of flying just yet! He would someday, maybe if he ever found out where a radioactive bird or alien with a powerful piece of jewelry or something to infuse him with magical super powers! Ah~!! He could hardly wait for the day when it happened, but the blue-haired, red caped, dashingly handsome man would simply have to handle it. Yes, today he was actually out in full super hero gear, tights, full-body blue suit, mask, and everything! His hair was even gelled up to make it seem more perfect than it already was while he whooshed his way around the festival ground in search of his team mates. 'Whooshing' here meant, 'run around with one's arms stuck out in front of them while making wind noises by forcing air out through one's teeth'. Yes, it was a rather odd thing to see – even borderline moronic – but, hey, Finnian thought he looked cool while doing it, so who would stop the man in his games? ..Apparently a brunette concession stand worker by the name of Lucia as Finnian ran right into the girl by mistake. Or, well, his fingers jabbed her in the back, bringing him out of his 'flight' and back onto Earth.
“Ah!” He shouted with gusto, smiling broadly at the fellow carnie as he saluted her, “I'm sorry, Miss Lucia! You see, while traveling in super speed, it is rather difficult to keep track of who – or what – I encounter!” Did he honestly think he was going in super speed because he was closing his eyes? Nooo, but it wasn't like Lucia knew otherwise! “In fact, I have several stories I could tell of the mayhem my foolishly clumsy, but still endearing and quite adorable antics have caused! No one was harmed, however, as that would be wrong and negate from my upstanding character!” Cue him bursting into what he would like to call charming laughter~
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Yes! Manly man bonding time to further prove his already crippled masculinity! Of course Jacob wouldn't pass this up! Especially when it was Yoakim who was offering the team – how could he ever say no to his.. ..role model? Uh, he wasn't sure what to call the fascination he had with Yoakim that wouldn't sound gay.. And he really didn't want to believe it was a gay like or something like that. Then he would have to stop talking to Yoakim out of fear that his gay side would take over and he jumped the guy, but – then again.. Yoakim was probably the only male that would be able to push him off if he tried it. Yeah, he was unwilling to ever admit that Xiero was any near as strong as Jacob was. Yoakim was special, so he could be better at anything and Jacob would be alright with it, but Xiero? They were work out buddies, not the really tight best friends that him and Yoakim were! Speaking of which~ He saw the man over near the sign up sheet setting things up for his grandmother! Ah, damn it, how could he not admire the guy?! He shook his head and headed over to him to offer to help out too, since his brother didn't seem to be doing s**t. Lucky b*****d didn't even appreciate the awesome sibling he had! He made sure to give a scowl at the guy before going up to Yoakim.
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Shortly following Jacob and with one John trailing behind, Conor had entered the festival to head straight towards Keith. Because where else was the guy going to go? He didn't know anyone he liked here! Not that he took a look around, but he hardly expected to see someone cool like Riley – yeah, he officially labeled the guy cool. What could he say? He was like a younger Conor and Conor really liked himself a whole ******** load more than most! But who did he like a whole lot more than himself even? Ah, easy! Keith! The smell of smoke had him more than aware of the other's presence by the time he got closer, which was enough to brighten him even more – if that was possible. He was pretty happy to be there that day! In fact, he had even prepared himself for it! His whole pocket? Yeah, full of rocks. Just wait until he saw Bela, the b***h, he would be stuffing his tomatoes full of stones to chuck at her! ..Childish, a little, but did he ever have a chance like this? No, never. ..But.. He looked around the crowd the moment he removed his face from Keith – because shoving their mouths together was always their favorite and sole form of greeting – and frowned. Where the ******** was ice b***h?
Behind him and kinda dragging a small Eet behind him, was a happy John. Because John was always happy! Nothing could bring down his bright mood, even with the general neglect and abuse his current parents gave him, or the orphan thing, or even how he only had one real friend that wasn't related to him but still was – ahh.. Eet's situation was confusing! He just knew that Eet and him were good friends because dad said he could have it and Eet was nice to him! When it wasn't doing whatever Eet did.. He hardly understood the little Eet, but he could say he was happy that the big Eet didn't take his Eet! He dragged it off to where Quentin was waiting at, dropping it's hand to give Eet a pat on the head. Because that's what good cow-owners did. They patted their cows on the head! “You want some grass, Eet? I'll give you grass real good – Quin, Eets eat.. Eet eat..” He stopped and chortled – that was actually fun to say! He tapped the other boy's shoulder repeatedly as he spoke on excitedly, “Quin, Quin, say 'Eet eat'.”
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The Chinese woman entered the festival with a soft frown, her eyes staring down at her clothes in a dissatisfied way. It was cute, yes, but it didn't match River's clothes at all. She had heard from Elliot, of course, that they were going to dress in camouflage to fit the festival and, while Zhi was always for dressing for the situation, she.. she just couldn't wear the ugly camouflage pants she had ordered online! They just looked so gross and it made her look manly in them! She couldn't stand having it be pointed out by anyone – it would just crush her if she was told how much like a boy she looked like! So, she had to snatch up something quick to at least try to fit the girls.. The most she could do was a black skirt and a cheap desert camouflage shirt, if only because green and blue were sold out for whatever strange reason. It kind of matched, but.. It just didn't feel right to show up in it.. Still, those thoughts were tossed away when she saw River standing seriously and looking so cool with Elliot~! It just wasn't fair that Elliot had to stand next to the glory that was River; it totally stunted any possibility the redhead had at looking nearly as cool as River did! She dashed up to her excitedly and went to stand silently next to her, unsure of what to say~
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Romane came to the festival for what she believed to be the first time as something other than a spectator. Why? Well.. Rachel was the simplest answer she could give. Romane wasn't one for games like this as they seemed to be foolish and an utter waste of food, not to mention disrespectful towards the government employees who had to pick up the splattered tomatoes off the pavement! Due to the lack of willing volunteers and available government employees, Romane had had to waste so much of her own precious time cleaning up after this stupid game! But, however much she detested it, when Rachel brought it up, she could hardly say no to her. She had hoped Neil would come to join in, but the man was busy with something or another – probably on some lead that she couldn't distract him from. So, she supposed it was a chance to better her bond with her sole female friend and superior at work. Even if she found it inane, she couldn't help but to – what was Rachel doing? Her thoughtful and reluctant expression melted away to one of pure annoyance as she saw the blond conversing with some man.
Was she already replacing her because she was late?! Romane couldn't help it – it was difficult to find any clothing that wasn't her uniform and uncomfortable! Thankfully, she had some jeans and a silly bright-yellow, polka-dotted, frilled top left over from her Paprika encounter that she didn't care one bit for. It took even longer to convince herself to leave and coming into town square with it was more than a little disheartening, but she forgot entirely about that as she rushed over to stand by Rachel's side with a huff, her eyes going up to scowl at – ah? Aleksey? “..Are you two.. acquainted?” She asked slowly with a soft frown, looking between them.
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