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 Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 9:26 pm
God, Ellie was hungry. Lately, she'd been REALLY hungry. It was a bit annoying and a bit ridiculous, but the fact remained that the tomboy was hungry. Fortunately, she was not left high and dry.
Sometimes her mom did act like she had at least half a brain.
Sometimes.
With her mom's credit card in her wallet, the teen was wandering around the streets looking for the closest food place that was not a sweets or bakery shop. The smell of sugar made her gag. Fortunately, there was a reprieve. A saving grace that came in the form of a burger.
Normally Ellie wasn't the biggest fan of burgers, but at the same time, she wasn't exactly against them either. Mexican food was usually her top choice. Yet, the way her stomach was grumbling on, she couldn't ignore it any longer.
"Alright, McBurger Hut it is!" she announced aloud to nobody in particular. Wanting to speed up the whole process of getting her food, the tall blonde began to jog towards the dinky little hole-in-the-wall building. She passed through the parking lot, her feet beating across the asphalt in a steady beat, and managed to catch sight of something that made her laugh.
A moped.
Enter the mind of the blonde tomboy, and one would understand that a moped did not count as a vehicle in the tomboy's mind. Ellie's perspective was that the moped was the "wannabe motorcycle." It was for the lame idiots who didn't have the guts to get the REAL DEAL.
"Dude, that's so lame!" With a big grin on her face, Ellie pushed the door open to McBurger Hut and ran in. One of these days, the girl would learn to look where she was going. She had almost opened the door into somebody, and worse, she literally ran into the person.
"Sorry dude, was kinda hungry, y'know?"
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:02 pm
It really wasn't a moped, per say, but a scooter. But judging from the blonde's prejudices of anything that wasn't a motorcycle, then in her mind it was pretty damn close. [But, it didn't really look like most dinky moped].
And of course, the muted hunter green II Bello that she was surely soon to mock him for, belonged to one Sheldon Hobbes who ... actually wasn't the victim of Ellie's rampage into the fastfood joint. He was standing to the side, nearly dropping his drink from the sight that was the whirlwind of Ellie entering the McBurger Hut and nearly taking out a mother and child.
It was her hair that was the first give away, but the voice that confirmed it - he always remembered voices over faces anyway. For when she gave her odd excuse of an apology, he knew it was that girl that always seemed to be able to find him. It was a rarity for Sheldon to run into someone more than once, outside of school. But, she seemed to have some sort of radar on him or something.
"Good one," he called out at Ellie - no use trying to ninja away after all, this place wasn't that big - while she was now getting the lecture of 'you should watch where you are going!' from the miffed mother.
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:51 pm
"F*ck lady, don't get yer panties in a twist!"
Yes, Ellie just cursed as if there was no child there. The woman looked as if she was about to slap Ellie straight across the face, but instead, she simply walked past, dragging her child along. "Well, I've never!" The child's eyes were wide upon the blonde, seeming absolutely curious more than anything about her choice of words. Obviously the child was well protected from the awful language in the world.
Once the lady pushed past, she managed to spot a familiar face. "Oh hey mah man!" With a wide gesture, she signaled that she'd be heading to the counter to order. She mouthed in his direction in an exaggerated manner "I AM F*CKIN' STARVIN'!!!"
She turned away from her green haired acquaintance and proceeded to make an order to some kid with a face more appropriate for a pizza parlor (complete with pizza-face acne). Without any hesitation, she ordered herself 3 of the largest burgers they had on the menu, 2 orders of extra large french fries, and a water cup. The tall girl paid for her order, then went to stand next to Sheldon. She took the small water cup and literally placed it over her mouth, sucking in the air and making a slight vacuum so the cup stayed upon her face.
Ellie didn't say anything. She had a cup stuck to her face, so she really couldn't say anything. Instead, she just seemed to grin.
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:08 pm
Given Sheldon's observations from past encounters with Ellie's, he really wasn't all too surprised with her telling some stranger off in colorful language - one with a child, no less. Yup. The boy just sipped at his soda, with a small tinge of a smile on his lips.
And continued said action, nibbling lightly at his straw between sips, as she made her actions widely known to him and those present around him who cared to look over. Unsure if she wanted any sort of signal that he complied to her actions, Sheldon stood their like the usual log he was and watched the girl make her huge order of food. [Was she ordering for the whole joint?]. And continued his silent watching as she seemed to bounce right over to him ... and waited for him to punch him in the arm or something like she usually did.
No physically painful greeting arrived, which pleased him greatly. Ellie was obviously a lot stronger than the lanky boy, and one day he was expecting some sort of bruising or something. Instead, his gaze stayed on her as she demonstrated an action he himself was amused with when he was like five years old - which would later grew to more fun experiments with cups and vacuums and the sort.
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:31 pm
For a short while, Ellie was unusually quiet. However, it was with good reason. Holding a cup to her mouth with the sheer power of making a vacuum took a lot of concentration. However, the moment Mr. Pizza-face called out "Order 71!" the cup popped off her mouth and was easily caught between her fingers.
"...'bout time!"
Trotting up to the counter, she grabbed her plastic tray, then wandered back to where Sheldon was standing.
"...so... what'cha doin' besides chewin' on plastic?" Her hands were full now, thanks to the tray full of food, so once more, the green-haired boy was spared another "accidental" beating/greeting. She shrugged a bit before using her head to signal that she was going to take a seat at a nearby table. "Ya got anywhere important t'be?" Knowing the blonde, that was an invitation for him to join her at the table.
Regardless of his answer, she went to a table, setting her platter down. Pulling out a chair, she spun it around so it was backwards before actually sitting down. Someone had obviously spilled some chili on the table, for there was a big orange grease spot along the corner of the white surface. The tomboy's gold eyes noted it, but with another loose shrug, it seemed to go ignored as she began to unwrap the first burger.
It was time to chow.
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 8:03 pm
"Not really," Sheldon shrugged in response, watching her carry her hefty load towards a nearby table. He had the inkling to turn to follow, while another told him to just go as he had originally intended - him socialize? bah. But, it was Ellie and she was sure to hit him harder on their next possible encounter to make up for this one and he really didn't intend to get beaten up .... by a girl.
- Wait. How did she get her order before he did; Ellie's order was even ten times larger than his. Sheldon narrowed his eyes slightly as he glanced at the little number on his ticket - clearly being lower than the blonde's - and then at the counter where most of the pick-up orders were being placed. His usual lazy eyes were put to work to spot his food and found a sad little bag shoved to the side, forgotten and alone. That was most likely his, like he was paying attention to the numbers.
He idly grabbed the poor little bag without a problem, even with it being originally for take out, and sat across where Ellie was making quick work of her mounds of food. Sheldon's bag stayed in his hand while he silently pulled out a few fries to nibble on.
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Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:46 pm
By the time Sheldon arrived, 3/4 of the first burger was already gone. She greeted him with her mouth full of food. "Dat dook fobebeh!" (That took forever) There was a small yellow smudge of mustard on her face, but she really didn't seem to notice or care. She still had 2 more burgers and 1.5 containers of french fries to go. That mustard would eventually find its way to her mouth. She swallowed the lump of food down rather harshly.
"So... what'dya get?" Obviously there were fries, since he was eating some at the moment. His eating the fries seemed to remind her to cram a small handful of the potato slices into her own mouth as well.
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:07 am
Given the small amount of time that he had taken his seat, least to say, Sheldon had already zoned out and fallen into a rhythmic motion of: putting hand in bag, pulling hand out of bag, putting fries into mouth, chew, shallow, repeat. It took the simple inflection at the end of her question to snap him out of the short daze.
"Oh," It was like he had forgotten himself as he opened the bag a little wider and reached in to see what could possibly be in there besides the french fries he had been munching on. Out of the bag came two cheeseburgers, dinky in comparison to her large burgers, a half empty carton of medium fries and another fuller carton of large fries. "Nothing special, just cheeseburgers and fries," Sheldon shrugged as he peeled back the wrapper on one of the cheeseburgers.
Sheldon promptly went into his usual ritual of McBurger burgers, he pulled off the top bun of the sandwich, grabbed a heap of fries with his other hand and carefully arranged them on top of the meat patty and then shoved and smashed the top back on until finally taking a bite.
"So, how you been?" He asked between bites; figuring what they hell, might as well indulge in small talk since they were here.
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:36 am
"Eh, not bad," Ellie seemed to muse over her companion's meal. If he had gotten only one burger, she might have teased him for eating like a chick. It wasn't exactly like the tomboy fit into her gender's role either, but that wasn't important. It was always more important to lower a real guy's masculinity a notch when applicable.
It wasn't applicable at the moment.
She noticed his choice of customization for his burger and she laughed a bit. "Dude... I know a few guys who do that..." One of them being Jared. There was a sprinkling here and there of other guys who did the same, but they were more or less one time affairs. Run into enough guys in fast food places and you see all sorts of rituals with how the food was consumed. She had tried it on a few occasions herself, but she had found it only worked on the plainer burgers. Not on the monsters she was attacking at the moment.
"Eh... school and workin' on my vehicle... but otherwise nothin' excitin'..." Since mentioning her recent upgrade to an eternal senshi was not something worth bragging about. Easily, the question was bounced back to him right before she took another large bite of her burger.
"What 'bout you? How's sh*t been goin' down with ya?"
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:27 pm
"It's become a habit," Sheldon explained between chews, "and half the time I can't eat burgers any other way." He didn't really like all those extras on a burger as it was [onion rings, barbecue sauce, pineapple, ect.] so this was the most complex he got... even with food in general.
Sheldon took a few more small bites from his cheeseburger, he was making slow progress on his own meal; more evident that the patty was sliding back a little from all the grease, ketchup, mayo and cheese now working together to move it plain off. A few of the fries made their way off as it was, now covered in delicious cheese and dressings. This was also just normal, Sheldon ate casually and at a slow pace; like he now liked to lead his life.
"Your ride, huh?" He asked, "not just other people's anymore?" He didn't recall her mentioning her having her own car before on their encounters, just that she worked at a garage with someone named Phil.
And, now it seemed they had something in common besides playing video games; though he was sure he did more than her and her ride was a lot cooler than his.
"Nothing much on my end either," Sheldon shrugged, finally make it to the end of his cheeseburger. He took his sweet time before getting to the second one, munching on the fallen fries and wiping his fingers and all that. "Been playing video games mostly, that short few weeks when the city was shut down was kind of nice for that." He sighed, "then school had to go back on... and I realized walking sucked...." Here it came, "so I got a bike."
She was probably going to make fun of it, just like his neighbor, if he told her more about it. He was probably going to have to, she was a wheels fanatic.
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:43 pm
Sometimes people had to wonder if Ellie Spectre was a magician. She had the uncanny ability to make food disappear. She wasn't a fat a** who ate because it was all that brought her happiness. No, the blonde teenager simply just had a large appetite because she was so active. All of those calories easily got burned off.
At the moment, she seemed to perfect the art of making large burgers vanish. She smacked her lips, then glanced to her empty cup. After such a magic trick, she was thirsty.
"I'll be back!" Hopping out of the seat, she jogged to the soda fountain, filled up, then returned with fruit punch in the cup. She didn't put a lid on it and took a big gulp, staining her upper lip slightly red in color.
She hadn't commented before getting her drink, but now that she had a beverage, she sat there grinning. It was a really big grin. "Ya know, I've had a ride fer a while, but that ain't what I've been workin' on." Her fingers were already digging into her backpack, somehow managing to find what she was looking for amidst the mess inside. She slid the worn photograph towards him along the table.
"That's my pride an' joy right there, Hobbes!" The photograph was of a profile of a yellow motorcycle with a small section or rainbow towards the rear.
Two words.
"The Spectrum." Ellie wasn't the sort to brag, but she most certainly seemed to be beaming at the moment. That motorcycle was her most valued possession at the moment. With the way the blonde high schooler seemed to glow, it was growing more painfully obvious that Sheldon was in the presence of someone who actually knew a thing or two about bikes.
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Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:54 pm
Oh yes. She was definitely going to laugh at his little scooter.
Sheldon stared at the picture she had presented him with as he slowly unwrapped the second cheeseburger's wrapper. He didn't need her to say she was proud of her bike, he could see it on her face as he glanced up for a moment before back down, and just hear it when she spoke its name.
There was almost a glow emitting from the image and a holy choir singing praises after she uttered The Spectrum. It was eerie.
"Didn't take you for someone who liked rainbows," Sheldon oddly commented whilst repeating the fry mash-up on his second burger. "though, with the name it kind of makes sense." His science minded brain, though having dwindled through the year, came up with a few more things relating to spectrums though. They were then told to quiet down, by the more dominant lazy part of his brain.
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Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2010 6:34 am
Rainbows were a great conflict for the tomboy. She hated pretty much all things girly. She tried to deny the fact she liked rainbows, as she was just about to do. Yet, when a girl wore a rainbow zigzag headband all the time, it made people wonder. Ellie Spectre was a pastel rainbow fan in denial. It probably didn't help that she was also the Senshi of Rainbows too.
"I didn't do that cuz I like rainbows, kay Hobbes?!" She jabbed her finger against the rear of the bike in the picture. "I wanted t'do somethin' where if I went fast, it'd look kinda neat. I ain't an artist, but I wanted it when I went fast past a person, they'd see somethin' interestin'!"
As if to end the conversation about the rainbows, the blonde then moved onto another topic. "See, what I've been workin' on at home is The Vortex." She sounded equally as proud. "Right now, it ain't much t'look at. Yet, when it's finished, it's gonna be one'a th'baddest a** cars t'haul a** on th'road!" It was time to work on the next burger, and as if she hadn't even eaten the first one, she began working on inhaling the second one.
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 11:23 pm
Sheldon was startled as she 'defended' the detailing on the tail of her bike. Hoping that it wasn't going to award him with a punch, the boy held up his free hand in a surrendering manner, "okay okay..."
And let out a sigh when the subject changed from rainbows to what seemed like the name of a super powerful vacuum cleaner. Where Ellie came up with these names was something that Sheldon dared not to ask or even comment on, for fear of being hit by the tomboy. So, he simply nodded like he was interested and shoved a few fries in his mouth.
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Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 7:03 pm
Sheldon had learned his lessons well. As he retreated to letting the tomboy win the discussion (so to speak), she grinned for a few moments before chomping her teeth into the burger again. There was a lull in the conversation, but it wasn't exactly silent by any means. The sounds of chewing filled the air immediately around the pair, and when the burger was gone, there was a bit of lip smacking too as she cleaned off her fingers.
Her golden eyes eventually looked to her companion's nearly matching eyes. "Ya think that a yellow car would come 'cross too much like Bumblebee?" Obviously she was leaning towards yellow for the car as well. She pinched at least 5 fries between her fingers, then drew them up to her mouth so she could eat them as he answered.
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