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 Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 12:56 pm
It was a fine day really and the chaos of recent events had been forgotten on this lazy warm afternoon.
Rin had just finished tidying her room for the day when she happened upon the two remaining gifts from her first personal off-island adventure. Another gift-bag, fiery red with a holographic flame-effect and a large round box carefully tied shut with a broad orange satin ribbon ending in an expertly tied bow nestled squarely on top. There was a small envelope strung to the ribbon with the name "Jerry" carefully written across it.
She raised a brow at the package, had he forgiven enough to receive it? Or would this just be awkward?... It didn't matter either way really. She grabbed it and set it on the edge of her bed before fishing out her cellphone and firing off a quick text.
bilious Text to Jerry:Hey, meet me at my room 199. Have something for you.
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:49 pm
Byrr Text to Rin: Alright, give me a mo Something for him? With everything going on, his slight angst with Rin was nearly forgotten altogether when the text got to him. Jerry raised his eyebrows. Well... no harm in investigating, right? Hesitantly, he made his way to the room in question, knocking politely, "Er... Hello?" Somehow he hoped this "Something for him" involved Rep's decapitated head, although he somewhat doubted it.
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:01 pm
Rin quickly fell into the door and swung it open to greet the man, "Hi Jerry!"
Well, she was certainly in good spirits today, then again cleaning tended to do that for her. She held the door open and turned out of his way to gesture at the box.
"It's nothing major, just something I grabbed while I was on my vacation," it may not have been major but Rin was just humming with excitement to see what Jerry thought of it.
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:17 pm
"I- oh! Er..." His eyes went compulsively towards the rather obvious gift laying in wait, "It's... it's a long while until my birthday, ahahaha..." He managed weakly, flushing a bit, "This er..." He bit his tongue, tempted to ask if this had anything to do with a certain red-head. He knew she and Rep were friends but... she was just as startled and upset by the situation as he was, he figured. "What's this all about?" He managed warily, stepping into the tidy room.
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:29 pm
"What do you mean? I brought Sasha back a gift too - that shiny blue bag?" she looked uncertain if what she did was wrong then. Do friends only get each other gifts on birthdays? She was pretty sure they got gifts while on trips too... no matter, it's too late now. She'd already spent the earnings and now the results were sitting there, staring at them. Waiting.
She left her door open as she went over to grab and slide a chair over to the edge of the bed and offer it to him, "Here, sit, relax. It's been a long time since i had any guests," like just that one time months ago.
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:15 pm
Jerry flushed, smiling faintly as he moved to sit, fidgeting anxiously, "Sorry, I'm just not used to.. ahah... well, thank you, whatever it is!" It certainly looked exciting- he didn't normally get presents randomly, even from friends. Kind acts and humoring, yes, gifts? Outside of Joy-laden Holidays, not so much, although Sasha had brought back something as well for him, but she was his girlfriend...
Even with his slight bafflement, he beamed excitedly as he gently eased open the card's envelope.
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Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2012 11:28 pm
What he found inside was essentially this card inside was an added, "Almost." and Rin signed her name far at the bottom.
Rin moved to sit on the foot of the bed to get a better vantage of him opening it. Completely clueless to his inner... concerns. All she could think was; open it open it open it over and over again.
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 1:00 am
He snorted at the card, still flushing as he pushed his glasses up his nose and indeed... opened the present.
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 8:49 am
Rin grinned toothily at the goofy little noise Jerry made at the card - her grin grew though as he dug into the gift itself. Carefully placed orange ribbon and box gave way to yellow tissue paper that barely concealed the true treasure.
A top hat.
Though unfortunately his cane seemed to be nowhere to be found these days - surely he held onto it somewhere. Together they would form the perfect combo for any musical she knew of. That or he could simply be a dapper gentleman anytime he felt like it.
Truth was; either way when she saw the hat sitting in that shop window, it called Jerry's name.
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 11:12 am
Jerry blinked turning the thing in his hands, "It's... uh.... ahahaha um... thanks?" He gave a lopsided smile, not quite sure why he was just given a top hat. It's combination with his cane was lost on him, his brain so scattered and locked on non-musical things at the time. "I'm sure I'll figure something out to use it for! What ah... inspired this?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2012 7:49 pm
She looked a little sad. He didn't like it, did he?, "Um... when.. before I left, you still had your cane and what better for a cane in musicals than a top hat to accompany it?"
Her tone shifted; becoming slightly more hysterical, as if she were feeling as though she still had to explain what was really just a silly and fun gift - she'd thought, "I don't know, I guess I had a fond memory of a man dressed in one tapping along to music."
She finally wilted and just... quietly frowned.
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:29 am
He smiled weakly, "No no it's nice! Ahahaha I just... don't know if I'll be doing much dancing anymore..." Sagging a moment, he realized how awkward that must have made the situation and quickly pulled it from it's box to twirl in his hands before placing firmly on his head. "How's it look?" He tried to brighten his smile.
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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2012 9:28 am
Rin offered a weary little smile. Was he just trying to be nice? "You do look handsome, fancy handsome."
She wasn't completely certain but at least that brought an interesting spin on things - how was his leg doing? Maybe promises of dancing and musicals would help? She smiled a bit more certainly, "Call it uh... encouragement to get better? Your leg seems to be recovering in leaps and bounds. You'll be dancing with joy in no time... especially once the school gets sorted..."
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:51 am
"Yeah," He smiled weakly, flushing a bit as he pushed the hat into a jaunty angle, "It has been feeling better. I still feel like the cane helps sometimes but I'd look pretty silly walking around with this on, ahahaha." His smile flickered a moment as she continued, "Oh, the school... I had... almost forgotten, honestly. I'm not... sure if people er... care enough to help. There's so many higher priorities."
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Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:39 am
"Hey now, just because it can't happen right this minute doesn't mean it never can," she flashed a weak little smile, "You just need to be patient Guitar Man."
She slipped to stand and her expression turned a bit... quiet and stern, "And um... I'm... ... I'm sorry about what happened," any emotion seemed sapped from her eyes as she tried to bury it all quickly and quietly.
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