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 Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 2:45 pm
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Ginger Crispin Did love flowers, but damn, she sure loved extra credit too, and lord knew she could probably use it.
She'd missed a class or two, oversleeping after nightly wanderings with her bat, and she couldn't miss too many or her parents would hear about it, and then there would be no patrols and no meet ups with new friends. Right now though there was just a big crowd, an extra credit assignment, and flowers that glowed.
She'd heard about projects to make things luminescent but she didn't remember seeing if that was what they'd done here. She wondered how they had done it though.
Also if it would come out if she tried to take any pictures with her phone.... man though if only there was a way to make a tattoo have that effect, that would have been amazing. Still.
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 2:49 pm
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Mercy Haynes
"Well if you ever need an excuse to duck out, or you know, want to take me as a plus one for your sanity, I'm totally down for that too... Gives me a reason to dress up, you know?" The last part was kind of said with a sigh. Because yeah it'd be fun to dress up but she'd not really be doing it to impress anyone and the one person she wanted to impress well....
He probably didn't care and probably thought she was silly, or clingy... or both and that was the worst.
Still, she pushed the thought from her mind and smiled back up at Delilah. "I hope it's not all vegetarian either, this is the only time of the year you should really be going nuts on all the food."
After all, aside from Thanksgiving, Christmas was second to none for encouraging gluttony in all forms.
"You save me, I save you - it's a mutually beneficial thing."
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 3:06 pm
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Delilah White/Nick Fox
"Do you really need a reason to dress up? You and I both know have the fun is the shopping." Delilah admitted, a smile forming on her face as she finally noticed the man she was looking for.
That was her cue.
"Hey Mercy, would you mind holding our spot in line? I saw the drink line was short and wanted to grab us some hot chocolate before they ran out!" Delilah didn't give the girl a chance to respond before pulling back and disappearing around to the drink area.
Quickly grabbing a pair, almost forgetting to pay for them in the process, she did her best to keep out of Mercy's site. At least until she appeared behind a young man in glasses.
"Was scared you weren't going to show." Delilah admitted, eyeing the young man.
Nick jumped at the voice and even more so as the hot chocolate was thrown into his hands. Looking down at them, he gazed up at the woman he assumed to be the reason he was here. Delilah had not given him a choice. When someone calls your phone until you answer it, you finally give up and answer...
"Um...what's this?" Nick questioned, holding up the drinks, and trying not to spill them on himself as he got bumped from behind.
Rolling her eyes, Delilah pointed to the line of people where Mercy stood. "Figure it out...you are a smart guy. Otherwise you wouldn't have realized you screwed up." Delilah outed before slipping back into the crowd. There was one more red hair she was swearing she saw.
Weaving through the people, Delilah found the woman in question staring in awe at the tree.
"Cookie? I didn't know you liked flowers." Delilah smiled, coming up and poking the woman on the side.
Nick however stood frozen in place as he looked down at the cups then back at the young woman. Things had been...tense...since Halloween. It appeared Mercy's friends had noticed as well. Delilah had not given him a choice, going as far as to send him a ticket so money wasn't a means out. Now, shaking, he walked forward and came up behind her.
"I hope you like...um...marshmallows..." Nick's voice shook as he extended out the cup to her from the right. "Um...Hi?"
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 3:24 pm
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Mercy Haynes
Mercy wished she hadn't nearly jumped out of her skin when she heard Nick's voice. The color was already rising to her cheeks as she slowly turned around having already jumped a good foot in the air. She was torn between being upset at Delilah for ditching her to this fate, and happy that Delilah wasn't here to see her crash and burn.
"Uhm... hi..." Mercy said, a nervous hand moving hair over her ear that didn't need to be moved. "Is that for me?" She asked, staring for a moment before color rose to her cheeks and she took the offered cup with no further questions.
"Uhm, yes, I like marshmallows..." She managed to not sputter completely.
Again, a nervous hand ran through her hair and she looked down, blushing even more heatedly as she began to fidget.
"Uhm, sorry... About Halloween I mean... I didn't mean to get all clingy and stuff, I was just feeling really awful and I tend to get clingy when I feel bad. I didn't mean to uhm... bug you..." She said, before forcing herself silent with a long drink of the hot chocolate.
Which she instantly regretted because she burned her tongue in the process and... this was just going great.
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 3:49 pm
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 4:02 pm
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Kaida Courcel
Okay, so sure she was going to the botanical garden as her Papa's guest because she hadn't accompanied him to anything the whole year. But that didn't mean Kaida couldn't appreciate the soft, lovely atmosphere of the place. Even if it had been...dolled up in a rather childish way. Though really, Destiny City could always use a little smile.
"Ah! Forgive me, sweetie, but I see Donovan over there. I'll have to leave you for a bit." Kaida chuckled and gave her father a wide smile, shaking her head.
"Go on, Papa! I'm sure I'll find someone I know here with the crowd this is drawing." As her father jogged over to a colleague that was also there, the petite woman scanned the crowd for anyone at all that she recognized. And finally spotted someone. He'd been approached by another person, a rather bright young woman. But...well, she wasn't going to be a wallflower. That was part of why she'd picked up burlesque, after all. Get rid of the wallflower-ing. As she approached from an angle, she put a single finger to her smiling lips, winking at the black-and-blue woman. "Hello, mon minou!" The words were accompanied by a quick tap on Albert's shoulder.
Bailey Jameson
Where there was anything related to gardening, Bailey Jameson was there. The newly-teenaged girl trailed ahead of her brother, eyes wide at the strange new plants that were being debuted. "Oh...oh they're so pretty! Everything here is so pretty! Oh I wish Daniel and Owen had interest in gardening stuff!" She would have loved to share such beauty with her boys.
Quote: Bailey is open for interaction!
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 5:59 pm
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Jack Burnett - distracted by Jeremy in his police uniform and caught off-guard by Caelum
Just as Caelum gave him a nod in confirmation, Jack noticed a certain uniform out the corner of his eye and turned his head ever-so-slightly to try to get a better look at its wearer without seeming too conspicuous. Sure enough, it was a cop. A cop was watching them. A young cop, but he didn't look like he could have been easily fooled. To Jack, the mere fact that his attention was directed their way before they'd even started anything was a sign of how experienced the officer must have been in dealing with trouble.
So focused was he on the uniformed police officer that the red-head momentarily forgot that he'd invited his peer to attack him. He'd been expecting Caelum to yell at him or give him a warning shove to start a small skirmish and escalate it from there. Thus, when the pink-haired teen began to run at him, he barely had enough time to register the attack, let alone brace himself for it. As a result, he went flying back into the Christmas-tree-shaped display of Winter Star poinsettias, his impact much greater than he'd intended.
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 6:12 pm
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Jeremy
While Jeremy was off duty, it didn't mean he was going to stand by and let two kids mess up some event just because they were horsing around. He set his plate down on one of the tables near the buffet and moved to the young men quickly.
He didn't manage to make it before Jack went flying into the poinsettias, but thankfully whoever had fastened the tree managed to set it up well enough that it only teetered a bit. The poinsettias seemed to flash a little from the impact but seemed relatively unharmed.
Still, it didn't sit well for Jeremy. He grabbed the back of Caelum's shirt, dragging him with him before he grabbed the back of Jack's and heaved the boy up.
Jeremy kept a firm grip on either of them and forcibly held them a few feet apart. He might not have been the biggest, most intimidating guy, but he'd perfected his stink eye--and the police uniform could only really work in his favor, here.
"Boys," he said sternly, "Really don't think you want to be fooling around in here. If you got a problem, why don't you take it outside, away from all these people? Or do I need to call your parents and have you escorted out of here?"
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Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2016 6:55 pm
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Jack Burnett - focusing on keeping his composure and acting accordingly as he's dragged aside with Caelum to be given a talking to by Jeremy
Jack blinked as he tried to check what the damage was to both him and the display. Neither seemed too badly beat up, so the next step in his plan was to check to see if anything had fallen off the poinsettias. That weird glitter-like substance? Or were the leaves more loose than the glowing stuff? Maybe some had fallen on his jacket and he could -
"Ow," he murmured as he was heaved up by the back of his clothing. Before he could check to see if his true endeavor had been successful, it seemed he would have to endure a lecture. He sighed, but otherwise gave no sign of concern for their situation. When he snuck a glance at Caelum, though, the pink-haired teenager wore less of a poker face.
"Hey, I didn't do anything but get shoved!" Jack cried, suddenly acting outraged as Jeremy threatened to call their parents. Not that his own parents probably would have cared, but it seemed the proper reaction for a kid in his position. Besides, he wondered if he couldn't turn this around for Caelum. "Besides, he doesn't even want to be here. Why should I have to get kicked out when he's the one who wants to leave?"
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