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 Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:17 pm
Bell was there early, having made sure to leave the arts center once again before anyone could ask her to do anything. There was still a faint glimmer of sunlight in the air, though the sun was no longer viable over the horizon. She had never thought to ask Walure how she would recognize her. After all, they surely weren't going to meet up in a public place in uniform, right?
Bell arrived at the coffee house just as the street lamp came on. There was still life inside the dimly lit cafe, though the mad rush was down to a few lonely would-be authors, and the cafe workers themselves. Bell stood outside, as she had told Regulus she would after peeking inside and not seeing the tell-tale lion. It was chilly out, but not too cold for a clear autumn night.
It would be a full moon tonight. The sky was cloudless, and it would be easy to see. Bell looked up at the already appearing stars. She hadn't taken the time in a long while to look at the celestial bodies. Show she found herself looking for her name sake. Bellatrix - The third brightest star in the Orion constellation. 27th brightest in the night sky... She'd done some research, and probably knew more about it than she did her senshi self.
Sigh.
There was no light in the sky now. Where were those two? Was Walkure inside, and she didn't recognize her? Bell was begining to worry....
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:57 am
((ooc: We should move today so I bow down and beg the forgiveness of all for the time it will take to get the net running in the new house. Please forgive me!! crying ))
Looking around for Bell in something of the same way she was looking for the others, Jaimie had kept to his word on his way around the difficulty in identifying a Senshi who was... well... not "Senshi'ed up", and was wearing a red and white jacket with rampant, stylized lions down one side of the front, with a larger one on the back. He couldn't remember exactly where it had come from, but it had been a Christmas gift from his sister, oh, a year or two now. Fortunately it was also distinctive enough that it made it, if not impossible to make disappear, certainly easier to track down.
Also as though the jacket weren't enough, there were at least three small lion charms on his cell phone, though that was zipped into his pocket as he scanned the area, rocking on his heels and rubbing the back of his neck thoughtfully, perhaps having some second thoughts about the entire thing, or maybe just some uncharacteristic stage fright.
How exactly were they going to introduce themselves anyway? Oh hi, remember me? I blew up a car and a youma with you the other night. Hope you got it all out of your hair....
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:17 am
White was what first caught Bell's eye. In the darkness, it was really the only color she could catch. Trying not to be caught staring she looked closer. Yep, that was definitely a lion on that jacket.
"Hey!" She called out, waving a hand up in the air, and hoping she wasn't mistake. That was, however, the only guy she'd seen wearing anything with a lion on it for the past hour or so...
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:20 pm
Jaimie, to his unending embarrassment, jumped slightly at the sound of the voice, turning his attention sharply toward the young woman. The hair style was similar, but it was funny how you almost did't want, mentaly, to form any further connection between her and the Senshi.
Unless he was totally off base and she really wasn't.
If she wasn't, he was about to look like an idiot. If she was... well, it would be one more mystery to solve about this whole Senshi thing.
He swallowed slightly, summoning his courage and his best acting skills, just in case she became totally confused by his next statement as he wandered toward her.
"Oh hey, it's uh... Bell, right?" He asked, as though he might actually be mistaking her for another person. That had been her Senshi name, right? Bellatrix? "How's your hair?" He added, extending a hand as he approached. The clincher question, followed by it's excuse. "That was some experiment huh?" He asked, as though they might be casually discussing school work. "Sorry about that."
It was an entirely different kind of rush, compared to going out as a Senshi. The Senshi thing was more like his occasional forays with his sister and their 'dress up' game, which he was sure he'd have lost the ability to do by the time they actually saw each other face to face again. It was costumes and drama; and like the 'game', you didn't take off your disguise until you were home and laughing about it.
Only here he was, prepared to unmask in front of a stranger. Almost stranger.
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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 12:35 pm
Whew! Well that was a load off! She did have the right guy!
Bell gave a bright smile and shook his hand. "mm-hn! Yeah, it kinda dried out my hair in a few spots, and there's certainly some heat damage, but it's all good."
Good call asking about the hair, although considering she was from Crystal Academy, his cover up would have sounded pretty odd if she hadn't been the right girl.
"So, wanna go in and get a coffee? Ummm, what should I call you anyway? Bell works for me, cause it's my actual name, but I don't suppose you and your,...erm,..other self share the same name, ne?"
Hopefully Walkure would be able to spot them inside...if she came at all, that is.
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 7:16 am
"Your name is really Bell? Wow..." His eyebrows shot up at this surprising revelation, given how different his own name was from his 'other' name. "Sorry about the hair again, by the way. At least we know next time we'll need a couple umbrellas and raincoats." He joked, flashing her one of his bright smiles as he relaxed slightly. "It's Jaimie, by the way. Jay if you prefer."
His last name probably would have been easier to form association with, given the lion on his scarf...cape... thing. ((There was, he was sure, an technical term for it but he wasn't exactly sure what it was.)) "Coffee sounds great. My treat, to make up for the hair zorching?" He offered.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:33 am
Bell nodded, "Works for me!" She supposed if next time she caused a mess she'd return the favor. There was no reason not to after all.
Heading for the entrance of the cafe, Bell committed the name to memory. Or tried to. In theatre names really didn't mean much, other than seeing your own on the cast roster. Sometimes she found herself not even responding to her own name. The teachers didn't like that, and she'd been told more than once to 'pay attention!' or 'stop daydreaming!' Irritable as it was, she was pretty sure she could remember his name.
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Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:02 am
Jaimie trailed after her toward the cafe, though he attempted to skirt ahead to open the door for her, trying also to collect his thoughts. If he didn't know Bell was... Bell, than he'd never have put two and two together. So weird. It made him wonder if that was common among Senshi, and if it was, you'd think someone would have mentioned it. Did she notice the same thing, or was he just being incredibly unobservant?
I mean she was pretty and all, but he didn't think he'd been THAT distracted by a short skirt. He hadn't been at Hillworth that long had he?
"So uh, hows things?" He asked, trying to think of a good point of conversation to start. "And what would you like?" He added, gesturing faintly toward the menu boards.
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 11:53 am
"Just a Mocha Frappucchino would be great." Bell replied. In the subject of how things were going, well,... "Pretty slow on the, er...business end of things." Business was a good way to discreetly mean Senshi stuff. "School is suffering, and I think I'll have to put Theatre on the back burner for now..." She didn't want to. She really didn't, but what good was being an actress if the world is in chaos?
"What about you?"
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:49 pm
Theatre? Oooh. Had he been as feline as his fashion accessories would have indicated, his ears would have perked up. He loved to act, and hadn't had much chance outside of hiding his 'Business' life.
"Well that sucks... the theater thing I mean." He sighed and rubbed the back of his neck, studying the menu briefly while he made up his own mind, cover for discussing anything to do with school.
"...Yyeaahhh. It's been taking a hit, but I can't afford to let it slip too much, or get caught sneaking out... Hillworth...don't ask." He offered, with a grimace.
Batman, as far as he knew, hadn't done jail time either. Not that Hillworth was jail, but in a lot of eyes it might as well be. He dived directly from that admission into ordering a Mocha Frappucchino and a Caramel Latte, trying to act like it didn't bother him what people thought. If he had thought he could avoid it, he might not have mentioned it, but as hard as it was to get out scott free...
"No theatre for me, but yeah, school works taken a hit, and I haven't been getting around to anything else like writing or just hanging out really."
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Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 1:19 pm
When the order was complete, Bell picked out a table and took a seat. She'd never had much of an opinion on the other schools...or at least she hadn't until meeting Ellie of Meadowview. That girl seemed to prove all the rumors true. And to think that girl was a sailor scout!
"Ah, well, if it's any consolation, the Academy isn't all it's cracked up to be either." Bell was glad she'd be graduating this year. It wasn't like it was as bad as all thing things she'd heard about Hillworth to be, but if you let your grades drop, as she had, they tried tightening the leash and really doing some reputation damage.
Bell remembered when the school called her dad and reported her grades to him, and their suspicions. Of course, her father really hadn't payed the school much mind, just gave them a stern 'I'm paying you, so shut up' talk. He was busy with temporary wife number twelve anyway...
"I guess I wouldn't really know what to do with spare time, even if I had it. Not many friends outside of theatre. Ones from school always want something, or are two faced."
Heh, what a thing for a senshi to say. At least the kids at school didn't have a secret idenity...
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:56 am
"Coming from us..." he chuckled softly at the idea of being two faced. "Well I guess if we were all having enough trouble, we could quiz each other on stuff we were supposed to be studying while we were on patrol." He suggested, as quietly as possible, taking a cautious sip of his Latte as they sat down, and wincing at the temperature.
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Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:18 pm
"They have etiquette class at Hillworth?" Bell joked. Really though, that was her worst class this year. She sighed heavily. "I just have to make it through this year, graduate, and then I'm getting a job. I'll go back to school when this whole senshi mess is over." But would it ever be over?
Bell had been sent to Crystal Academy only because her father had money. It didn't mean she was oh so hardcore in to being a prim and proper lady. Sometimes she felt that she had to act that way though, especially at school. It was expected of her after all! She felt that way even more so around Howl. Mr. Wickham was such a proper boy, more so than she was, but really, sometimes he just gave her the creeps.
"So, they actually teach you stuff at Hillworth, or just have ya run laps all day?" Bell joked, promptly going from morose to cheery. It was only polite after all to be happy in the presence of others. She didn't want to drag anyone down...
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Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:31 am
"No Etiquette class, although it would be kinda funny if they did. "This is the proper way to hold a baseball bat in a brawl. Note the lack of extended pinky." He elaborated, adding a mock British accent to the discourse on brawling. "I do know a but about it though, but thats from home, not Hillworth. But yeah, we do have classes, and no, they don't have as much control over the kids as they'd like you to think. My roommate gets dunked in the toilet enough times I should call Guiness Book of World Records." He added, half joking, though that was one instance where he did feel sort of bad for the mopey Parker.
He paused to consider things, staring at his drink before asking. "Do you think there is an 'over'? I mean what if we do find...what we're supposedly looking for. Do we just go back to being..." He stopped, not sure if he should say 'normal' or 'human'. What happened if they didn't, for that matter? Would he go through his entire life with that secret?
Sailor Regulus, terror of the Old Folks Home.
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Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 7:10 pm
Bell couldn't help but giggle a bit at the mental image of a Hillworth Etiquette class. In the end Bell kind of thought the school rivalries were all silly. Everyone got where they did by random happenstance. She could have just as easily been sent to Meadowview if she hadn't been born to a rich father!
"I don't know,..." Things were somber once again. "I wish we had more answers...I really don't feel like I'm making much of a difference as it is,..how could anyone when we don't know what it is we're working towards? The safety of the world I get but...I thought that's what the police were for. Then these weird creatures show up and everything I ever knew gets turned upside down..." She sighed. Rambling wasn't appealing, even though it was something that they'd both probably thought about one time or another.
"How do you go back to being normal after seeing or doing the things that we're doing?"
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