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 Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:00 pm
Ajiiel snuck quietly through the library. She never had much need for books-- sure, she'd pick out a couple of books for book reports for school, but she didn't make a habit of this sort of haunt. She was smart enough already!
Snickering, she pulled out the pocket full of cherry bombs she'd been carrying, heading for the bathroom. Unfortunately, she must have looked as guilty as she was, because one of the librarians stood in front of her before she could make it through the door.
"What are you up to, little girl?" he asked, eyes full of suspicion. She hid her hands behind her back,
"Uh...I..uh....have to go potty...?" her attempt at sweet an innocent failed miserably, even she knew that.
"What's in your hands?"
"Uhhh..."
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Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:14 pm
The library was a place that he enjoyed. Gage, who lived more for things with gears that ticked and puffed smoke than anything else, also had a great love for anything (and anyone) who knew more than he did; which was the truth of books. There was so much information in the library; so much that he was unfamiliar with, yet longed to understand and to know.
The pink skinned youth was curled peacefully in a corner with a book about trains opened in his lap when Ajiel tried to sneak by. He had just come from the garage and was, like always, a little dirty, but he was a regular. The librarians seemed to know and to trust him. Or, at the very least, they'd come to accept his presence as a kind of inevitability.
He watched curiously as the unfamiliar girl was interrogated, and tried to peer right through her hands. What was she holding? It couldn't have been a book.
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Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:18 pm
"I hope you're not trying to cause trouble," the librarian seemed to glare right through her. Sighing, she realized must have hit this library before, even if she was fairly certain she hadn't. Someone must have warned him about her.
"I...wouldn't cause trouble," she put the cherry bombs back into her pocket slowly,
"I'll...go to the bathroom at home."
She started to walk away and the librarian watched but said nothing and made no steps towards her. She rolled her eyes. Stupid man. She'd just come back and be more careful next time! She spotted Gage out of the corner of her eye, certain she'd seen him around ICRS,
"Hiyah!"
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Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 2:34 pm
Gage was intent as he watched the exchange between the slightly familiar girl and the librarian. His eyes fluttered back and forth from face to face, but they always, always came back to rest on her hands. A niggling curiosity encouraged him to sneak closer, so that he could get a better look at what was inside, but logic kept him in his corner. Even if he did creep a little closer, it wasn't like he'd be able to see what she was holding. The girl was going through a lot of trouble to keep it a secret.
And, so, he stayed where he was and simply observed. There was a certain level of entertainment here; similar to the way he felt during a good movie. Gage suddenly found himself craving popcorn.
He was so intrigued by this girl and the mischievous sparkle in her eye that it didn't occur to him that he'd been staring until after she greeted him. Taken aback, it was a moment or two before Gage remembered to speak, but when he did, it was with his habitual laid-back charm.
"Hello," he returned with a friendly nod of his head. His eyes flickered to her pocket, where she'd hidden her mysterious trinket, but he didn't say anything other than that.
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Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 10:42 am
Having at least had the recognition of a hello-- and hoping that if she sat down and starting doing 'normal' library stuff the librarian would stop watching her so that she might carry out her mischief, the girl plopped down next to Gage,
"'m Ajiiel," she said, "And that librarian apparently doesn't like me."
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:07 pm
Her boldness pleased him. Gage liked that he didn't have to invite her sit beside him. It was comfortable. It was simple. She gave off the impression of fluidity; he sensed that there wasn't much she let get her down.
"And I'm Gage," he grinned at her and offered his webbed hand. It was for her to shake as a show of at least tentative friendship, but the pink skinned boy would hardly have been offended if she shoved it away. It was an earthling habit he'd picked up from his guardian.
"The librarian?" Gage glanced sideways at the man and readjusted the book in his lap, shrugging as he did so, "Meh. You're probably right. Though, who really cares what he thinks?
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:03 pm
Certainly there was very little that -could- in fact bring Ajiiel down. Primarily, though, this was not due to any sort of optimism, but more due to the fact that she simply had mounds of confidence in herself- particularly now that she had a more functional body than the infancy and toddlerhood she'd previously had to suffer through.
"True. It's not that I particularly care whether he likes me, but more that the fact that he doesn't like me means he watches me more, and so I can get away with less."
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