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 Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:22 pm
The red headed mage smoothed her skirt as she made her way up drive to Howl's house, wondering how he was feeling today. She'd called earlier, to remind him of their plans today, but nobody had answered. So, she'd decided to just go over. It wasn't as if Howl wouldn't be home. He was a child, after all.
And besides that, he probably hadn't answered because he'd been off choosing an outfit, or doing his hair, or something.
He was such metrosexual. But, she wouldn't point that out. It was too obvious; like his ego, his tendancy to throw fits, his pouting...
Sometimes, she wondered why she was friends with him.
She chuckled and shook her head as she reached up and rapped on the door, rocking back and forth on her heels as she waited for someone to answer.
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:46 pm
A tall, black haired and lanky form opened the door. The teenager had to push his hair out of his blue eyes to study Kali, before he smiled. "Hey Kali," he said. "Come on in." He moved from the door way to allow her inside. "You ready?" he asked.
Howl had sprung up, quite literally, over night. His hair dye had apparently worn off--seeing as no matter what the wizard did, the black coating wouldn't run out. Was it his natural hair color here? He didn't know. "I have something for you," he added, pulling a rose out from his sleeve. "Yellow's the color of friendship, so--" he started to explain, and looked awkward. "So your boyfriend doesn't get the wrong idea or something."
He paused, and looked at her. "You look beautiful," he added for good measure.
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:19 pm
Kali's weapon of choice for fending off the strange boy in the door was the potted plant she found not too far away. Hefting it up, she held it back, ready to heave it at his FACE should he try anything funny. Who was this?! She'd never seen him before; and he couldn't have been related to Vate! He was a human!
"ExCUSE me??" She snapped, teeth clenched. Flowers? Beautiful? "Who do you think you are, you creep?! Where's Howl? And Vate?! Did you do something to them?!" Perhaps she was being irrational. But then, this boy looked as if he was..part spider, or something!
And he was so ******** TALL!
Which didn't win him points with the five foot mage at all.
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:47 pm
Howl backed away for a moment, looking confused. Had Kali really come to attack him? Was she angry with him? Did his new hair color really look that bad? He frowned, silently deciding that whatever Kali's problem was, she was making it quite clear she didn't want to carry out their plans.
Creep? That was a new one, but surely not that much different than what Sophie had thought about him when they first met. "I think I'm Howl," he said, looking bewildered. "Kali, don't you recognize me? I didn't do anything to Dad. He's sleeping on the couch." He looked slightly uncertain. Did she really think he'd gone and done away with himself?
"Please don't throw that at me," he added, pleadingly. "It'd hurt, and my face might be damaged. Sophie would never let me hear the end of it." He sighed sulkily. "Do I really look that bad?"
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:13 pm
Kali was full and ready to launch the flowerpot at this strange boy's head. In fact, she was more than ready. She was eager.
However, something in her made her pause as the boy spoke, his voice taking on the lilt of a sulky whine.
Sulky whine??
She stopped, and lowered the pot, peering up at the boy. Black hair, very tall, lanky, blue eyes...
Wait.
Blue eyes?
Sulky whine??
"Howl?" She asked, astonished, and confused. What the hell was this?! Some kind of trick?
"No. No way. You were, like, TEN the other day. How...what? That doesn't...oh. No way!" This had to be a trick. She frowned. Or...
Or had Howl grown? She knew he wanted his old body back..
Setting down the pot, she turned back to Howl, and reached up one hand to pinch his cheek. There was considerably less 'chub' there than she remembered.
"...This is so weird..."
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Posted: Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:03 pm
"Now you recognize me?" Howl asked, still looking cautious. What if she tried to smash his face? "I was around ten yesterday," he agreed. "I don't know what happened, when you brought me home Kali but--" he grinned. "I'm one step closer to being closer to who I should be."
He smirked at her. "Believe me, I know. I never imagined I'd grow over night. Dad threatened me this morning, until he realized who I was." He rolled his eyes. "Were you really planning on murderering me with a flowerpot?" he whined. "You're worse than Sophie. Or any of the ladies in Ingary," he gave a shudder.
"At least they let me run before coming after me with rolling pins." He offered her his arm. "Now, are you ready? I believe the deal was ice cream and laser tag?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 02, 2011 5:17 pm
"Of course I recognize you. Nobody else pouts like that. Why in the world would I let you run before I hit you? Then you'd get away." She didn't mention that yes, she really had been planning on murdering him with the flowerpot. And if not murder, then at least a good maiming.
Smiling, she looped her arm through Howl's. "That was the deal. It's what I'm here for, anyways. Doesn't change much now that you're older, except that you might stand a chance in laser tag." She teased, laughing lightly. "No, you probably would have stood a chance earlier...I'm a hopeless shot. Suck at aiming. I'd do better if I was aiming for something three feet away from you. THEN I might hit you." Perhaps that was a bit of an exaggeration.
"Come on. if we take any longer, it'll be closed when we get there!"
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:21 pm
Howl rose an eyebrow. "I'm glad you could at least recognize me from my pouting," he said. "Or you might have killed me. My poor face... You could have destroyed it. Then I'd never be able to woo Sophie, out of shame of my hideousness. I'd have to wear a bag over my head for all--" he sulked for a brief moment. Surely he'd start sliming at any moment. "Really?" he asked, beaming.
There was no sign of green slime now. Things were going his way at last. "If I win, you get to go on another practice date with me," he told her. "If you win, we still have to go out for ice cream, but it's my treat."
He paused. "Hey, if you hadn't tried to kill me with a flowerpot, we wouldn't be late."
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Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 1:36 pm
"Pouting is your most distinctive feature." She smiled coyly at him, before shaking her head. He'd better not slime, she thought; and thankfully, he didn't. If he had, she probably would have left.
Or gone back for the flowerpot, hit him, and THEN left.
"Oh, hush! I wasn't trying to kill you, and I didn't know it was you. I thought you were a house invader. You do look so different...where'd your blonde hair go?" She reached up; damn, up. Why was Howl TALLER than her now?! That wasn't fair in the slightest. Anyways, she reached up, and twirled her finger in one of the dark strands.
"We're only going on one practice date, Howl, then you have to do the real thing with Sophie. But I won't say no to going out for ice cream. It just won't be anything like a date." She ignored the fact that he was blaming her for their late ness, and headed for the laser tag shop.
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:44 pm
"Lucky it is," Howl said with a slight smirk. "You might have killed me if I hadn't pouted." He studied Kali for a moment, raising an eyebrow. "Do I really look so unrespectable as to resemble a house invader?" he asked.
He seemed to consider this; that his black hair caused him to resemble some kind of house invader--or worse, it made him resemble Lance. "I promise you, it wasn't my choice in colors," he assured her. "When I woke up this morning, I found it like this--it won't wash out," he added, his voice rising a pitch; the tell tale sign of a whining wizard. "So I'll have to suffer with looking like a house invader until I make the time to dye my hair..."
He stuck out his lower lip, pouting. "But Kali!" he whined. "What if I mess up this one, and there's no possibility that I'd be ready for a real one? We might have to go on multiple practice dates."
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:52 pm
"All the more incentive to not screw up then, isn't it?" She said cheekily, smirking at him.
They managed to get to the laser tag shop before it closed, though Kali had a bit of trouble hooking up the strange outfit she was given when they got there.
True, it was just a vest, but it seemed beyond the red head.
"How many buckles does this thing have?" She asked, twisting around. "Geez. It's certainly not user friendly." She huffed, fumbling with one on her side.
"Howl, can you help me do this up? I feel like a dog chasing it's own tail over here..."
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