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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:47 pm
Stirring by herself, Nobara pouted deeply and kicked at the ground more, hands clenched together tightly, her knuckles growing whiter. It was then that she'd noticed Rachel walking into the Greenhouse, just seconds before she had actually thought she wanted to talk to her. It was like... a miracle. Quickly swiveling around, Nobara kicked the door open with her foot and stomped in, quickly coming up to Rachel. It was like... a flash flood, she was just there.
"YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS." She said angrily, sitting down against one of the walls, her face clenched in anger. She had even taken her glasses off for the moment. "Some b*****d thought he could take me on, and he DID. IN HERE! AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S WORSE, RACHEL..? THIS GUY BEAT ME. KICKED ME DOWN AND RUBBED ME IN DIRT. LIKE I WAS A PIG." She had begun her rant, taking deep breaths every few seconds, refusing to tear up; that would be so girlish. "He was horrible, I'd never seen a boy like him. And I think... he'll come back again. Ugh. WHAT DO I DO, GIRL!?" She said, flailing her arms about like a chicken trying to fly. "IT MAKES ME SICK, RACHEL! SICK TO MY STOMACH!"
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 4:55 pm
Rachel spun around quickly as Nobara came stomping into the greenhouse, taken aback at the sudden flurry of activity. Once again, she was expecting the greenhouse to be a peaceful and serene place - and once again, she was wrong. Never one to let a friend suffer alone, however, she quickly turned her thoughts to the problem at hand. Almost on reflex, she walked over to Nobara and enveloped her in a hug, patting her on the back.
"Hey, don't worry about it," she said. "Next time we'll double-team him and kick his a**." Pulling back from the hug, she grinned - it was the same sort of grin Nobara usually gave her. Laughing a little to herself, she shrugged her shoulders, shaking her head. "For now, though, I've got something to tell you that I bet will cheer you up."
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:03 pm
"You know, you're so right. I shouldn't give people like that my time of day. They so aren't worth it." Nobara was always one to change her attitude on a whim, and it had certainly happened here. She was like an angry monkey, happy by bananas... what a strange combination. Looking up to the ceiling and pumping her hands up dramatically, she puffed her cheeks up and posed momentarily, then coming back down to Earth.
"Man, when he comes back, I can't wait to kick his a**... UGH. HE'S GOING DOWN IN ROUND TWO." Then quieting down, she looked at a flower, then at Rachel. "Something... to cheer me up? Did something funny happen?" She said, grinning and putting her hands on her hips.
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:10 pm
Rachel smiled. She was glad to see that Nobara was feeling better, and that she was able to contribute to having cheered her up. Who needs more than one friend when your best friend is this energetic? She nodded, still grinning. "Yeah, we'll definitely get him next time," she said. "That's what best friends are for, after all, right?" She clenched her fist, nodding again with an uncharacteristically confident look on her face.
The look soon faded, however, giving way to a blush of embarrassment as Nobara asked about what happened. Rachel shook her head, chuckling pathetically to herself, but still smiling a little at the sheer absurdity of it all. "Heh... yeah," she said slowly. "I still barely believe it myself. Your friend Seiya came to my dorm room the other day." She paused for a moment at this, making sure to leave room for an appropriate reaction before continuing on.
"Anyway... I guess she wanted to join the club I started," she said. "She apologized for that whole fight at the mall and everything, but before I knew it she'd managed to fast-talk me into joining the cheerleading club too." Stopping again here, and expecting a huge laugh out of Nobara, Rachel took off her glasses and squeezed at the bridge of her nose. "I barely knew what was happening before she'd forced me into it. I can see why the two of you made friends so easily," she said in a sort of joking tone, knowing Nobara would take this chance to inflate her own ego, and quite obviously referencing getting pushed into doing the star test with her.
"So... yeah," she said slowly, putting her glasses back on. "Rachel the cheerleader. You may commence with the laughing."
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:15 pm
((is it okay to post here?))
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:34 pm
"SEIYA?" Nobara stopped immediately what she was saying, her mouth gaping open... wait a sec... cheer... CHEERLEADING? WHAT? After a few moments of silence, Nobara looked at her like she was absolutely insane. It was great that she was friends with Seiya now, terrific. They could go on insult sprees, form a clique, everything she had done back home. MAN, IT WAS PERFECT! Excitedly, she gripped her hands and jumped up and down. "YOU'RE A CHEERLEADER! A CHEERLEADER! OH MY GOD, YOU KNOW WHAT? I SHOULD JOIN YOU! And we can wear matching uniforms and cheer and be leaders!" Her eyes sparkled, and she twirled around, her pigtails bouncing up and down.
"Man, I can't wait! We need to see Seiya so I can sign up and then we can cheer together!" She said, grinning ear to ear.
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:38 pm
Rachel jerked forward awkwardly as Nobara grabbed her hands and began jumping up and down. Holding on tight - mostly to steady herself - she bounced in place slightly herself to avoid losing her balance and falling over. After Nobara let go, she stumbled just a little, quickly righting herself and dusting off her shirt.
"Heh... yeah, I thought you'd like that," she said, still looking incredibly embarrassed by the whole thing. "I was actually kind of hoping you'd volunteer too. It'd make me feel less awkward about the whole thing, at the very least." She smiled a little despite herself, shaking her head again.
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:52 pm
"It'll be so much fun! The three of us together, waving our pom-poms... I can't wait, Rachel! I CAN'T WAIT!" Obviously, Nobara was oblivious to Rachel's discomfort, but at the moment, she didn't really care. It was too much for her to handle. Screw that guy that made her feel horrible for the past ten minutes, this was enough to keep her feeling good for HOURS. Standing up, she jumped up and down, her ego quickly inflating once again.
"RACHEL, I'M SO EXCITED I CAN'T STAND IT. I WANNA RUN LIKE TEN MILES." Taking a deep breath, Nobara grabbed Rachel's hand, pulling her along. "This calls for... ICE CREAM! WE MUST GET SOME!" She stated, eyes twinkling brightly. Reaching the door, she opened it, grinning all the while.
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Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 5:55 pm
Rachel was still massively embarrassed about the whole cheerleading team situation - even moreso since Nobara started celebrating - but as nervous and uneasy as she was, there was still a giant smile painted across her face. It really made her happy to see her best friend so excited for her, and for her to volunteer to come along and join the club with her without even being asked was really touching. Nobara was a really nice person when you came right down to it, even if she did have kind of a weird way of showing it.
"Ice cream!" Rachel announced loudly and somewhat awkwardly, pumping her fist in the air a little. She felt like a huge idiot, and like everyone around was staring at her, but for the moment she really didn't care about any of that. The important thing was that Nobara was there to support her again, just like she always said she would. Laughing as her friend dragged her out, she eagerly followed along behind her.
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:00 am
Adam started to hear a small noise inside there, and when he turned to check what it was he just saw Naomi humming. He just smiled as he continued to walk forward giving each plant a piece of his attention, and when he turned his head to check his position, and he noticed that they were almost at the end of the green house. Were they going to go somewhere else after this, or just part ways, Adam guess the second to be true but he really didn't want it to be.
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:15 am
Naomi continued humming almost absently to herself, voice soft and caring as she tended to the plants, yet at the same time strangely upbeat and bubbly. Her wings fluttered against her back once more, discarding a single feather upon the ground, though she didn't seem to realize. She was currently bent over, her face right up to a large blue flower as she smiled at it. She traced a finger along one petal very lightly, and then slowly pulled back again to move down. She glanced up and around herself once, seeing they'd almost come to the end already. But she simply shrugged it off and turned back to the plants. She'd worry about finding somewhere to go after they finished here.
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:38 am
Adam looked forward after brushing past a tree to see the exit was in front of him. He frowned slightly before he turned around and waited for Naomi to catch up with him, as he started to flap his wings lightly to occupy himself as he waited for her to catch up and suggest an idea as of what to do from here. He also continued to finger the pendent that he wore around his neck as he stored some of his access energy inside of it in case of a time of need.
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:43 am
Naomi continued forward, still humming to herself, as she checked on a tree and then slipped past it. She stopped abruptly though, finding she'd almost bumped into Adam. "Oh, sorry," she laughed, rubbing at the back of her head. Then she glanced around a couple times, seeing they'd arrived at the exit, and tilted her head as a look of uncertainty spread over her face. She gazed around at all the plants once more and then looked up at Adam, not sure what to do next. "Um..." she began slowly. "Have you eaten or... would you like to explore somewhere else?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:50 am
Adam let out a little laugh along with her then he considered her question and shook his head side to side, "I'd rather to give you the choice this time." He said with a smile, "I mean, it would only be fair." He said as he watched her waiting for what her answer would be, and he also shifted uneasily, almost for no reason discernible, and in a way tried to hide it with the steady beating of his wings.
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Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:57 am
Naomi blinked a couple times and then slipped a hand into her pocket, pulling out the map. She unfolded it and looked over for a moment. "To the..." she paused, eyes still scanning the page. "...dining hall then?" she asked uncertainly. She didn't want to drag him along if he'd rather not go, but she had flown all the way here and was actually rather tired. Sitting down and getting a bite to eat didn't seem like too bad of an idea to her.
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