Joy Ann was trying to get as far away from the hustle and bustle of the gaming floor as she could, but unfortunately as far away only managed to be a corner with a few overstuffed couches and annoying waiters that kept offering her alcohol she really didn't want. Alcohol would only impair her thinking, and she was already having trouble enough with staying awake and focused enough to play the casino's games. Not that she was winning by any stretch of the imagination.
The former kindergarten teacher absentmindedly ran her finger over the price tag that had been looped around her neck, marveling at the glowing digits. She'd glanced at some of the other players necklaces and was rather shocked that her value had been so much higher than a lot of theirs. Despite the fact it seemed impossible to make the number of coins listed on the tag, she had to wonder what exactly she was being valued by. She wasn't much to look at, really, so why the high price tag? It shouldn't have been all about the money, because she certainly didn't have any.
[ Casino Coins: 64 / 130 ]
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Feel free to jump in! Joy Ann is pretty conversational, though recently prone to sudden tears.
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Character's name: Joy Ann McKinsley Character's faction: Prison Character's journal link:yum_puddiyum_puddiyum_puddi Character's survival stats: yum_teayum_teayum_tea BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER ++ Hardworking, Compassionate // -- Disorganized, Insecure = Slightly shorter than average at 5'2", a little bit pudgy and known for giving great hugs = 22 years old with not nearly enough life experience = Mousy brown, shoulder-length braided hair = Worn prison uniform, good for getting messy = Large smile that has turned to worried grimace = Usually awkwardly left behind or forgotten about in conversations
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:15 am
Rinko stumbles into the corner, trying to find a place to rest. Her luck has been pretty down lately, losing what earnings she manage to gain from the Slot machines. She slumps into one of the inviting overstuffed couches, sprawl all over it. It took her a moment to notice the lady already occupying the corner. Rinko shifted upright to not seem impolite. "Hey. Um, bad day?"
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Rinko is an introvert. Don't expect her to talk well, or much. That's pretty much me in a nutshell too.
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Name: Rinko Emiya Faction: District 1 - University Journal:Link Survival Stats:View Description:Reference. Pretty much my Avatar with sandy hair.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:16 am
Sorry. Weird s**t happened.
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:25 am
Joy Ann looked up from her 'necklace' when someone else stumbled into the corner and sprawled all over one of the nearby couches. The woman looked young and pretty, and pretty much all the positive things that Joy Ann didn't think applied to herself, especially not in her current downer of a mood. The question was just the icing on the cake.
She looked to either side of her, just to make sure Rinko was speaking to her and not to someone who was probably more deserving of conversation, and then did her best to answer, "U-um, ye-yeah..." Though anyone in this casino had to be having a bad day. "You too? I mean, you are..." She held up her price tag instead of finishing her question. If the other woman wasn't also a player, well, this conversation was probably going to turn nasty for Joy Ann real fast.
[ Casino Coins: 64 / 130 ]
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Character's name: Joy Ann McKinsley Character's faction: Prison Character's journal link:yum_puddiyum_puddiyum_puddi Character's survival stats: yum_teayum_teayum_tea BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER ++ Hardworking, Compassionate // -- Disorganized, Insecure = Slightly shorter than average at 5'2", a little bit pudgy and known for giving great hugs = 22 years old with not nearly enough life experience = Mousy brown, shoulder-length braided hair = Worn prison uniform, good for getting messy = Large smile that has turned to worried grimace = Usually awkwardly left behind or forgotten about in conversations
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Ahaha, it's all good! We'll stumble through it together!
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:36 am
Oops, did she commit social suicide again? "Right, sorry, that was insensitive of me." Rinko twirls some of her hair round her fingers in a nervous manner. Damn her ignorance about social stuff.
She remove her scarf, coiling it around her waist instead, exposing the Collar around her neck. "Yeah, me too."
She hope her conversation companion won't bolt, she looks rather skittish. "Ah, am I disturbing you or something? I can go somewhere else."
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Thanks!
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 5:46 am
"No, no, it's..." Joy Ann protested, as she knew the other woman was only out to make conversation. It wasn't really insensitive, it was just... Well, it was small talk, and the former kindergarten teacher wasn't really used to small talk anymore, much less expecting people to want to make small talk with her. It was perfectly fine though! "Th-thanks for asking," she tacked on belatedly, actually feeling a little glad that someone had actually taken the time to start a conversation with her.
And she was a player. Joy Ann flinched in empathy. "No, you're not disturbing me, I promise! Please stay." She scooted a little bit closer to the edge of her seat. "I just... It's the noise and the lights and everything, you know?" It was more the everything, and all the everything that she didn't want to think about.
"You-- You're not from the prison, are you?" Other than the girl at the junkyard, Joy Ann hadn't talked to anyone outside of her faction for quite some time. "What's it like, where you are?" Was everyone else's world also falling apart, or was it just her? That was all she really wanted to know.
[ Casino Coins: 64 / 130 ]
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Character's name: Joy Ann McKinsley Character's faction: Prison Character's journal link:yum_puddiyum_puddiyum_puddi Character's survival stats: yum_teayum_teayum_tea BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER ++ Hardworking, Compassionate // -- Disorganized, Insecure = Slightly shorter than average at 5'2", a little bit pudgy and known for giving great hugs = 22 years old with not nearly enough life experience = Mousy brown, shoulder-length braided hair = Worn prison uniform, good for getting messy = Large smile that has turned to worried grimace = Usually awkwardly left behind or forgotten about in conversations
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 6:03 am
Rinko smiled in relief at Joy Ann's reply. Good, she didn't mess up yet. "Yeah, I get you. Everything here is so bright & overwhelming after the last month of just..." She waves her hand, trying to put into words the stifling feeling that has been around since Day Zero. "Gray? Out there." She sighed, planting her face into her hands, rubbing her temple. Don't think of them don't think of them...!!!
Rinko look back up, hoping the other woman didn't notice her almost meltdown. At her question, she hums a bit, before replying. "I'm from the Uni district. What it's like there? Well, I'm quite sure most of us would have done something stupid, & probably fatal, if our Leaders didn't rally us together." She chuckles sheepishly, remembering trying to beat down an Infected with a hardcover book.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 6:33 am
Joy Ann nodded in agreement for Rinko's assessment of the world out there. It was indeed very gray, and she would have gone back to the prison's shrink if she had previously said that she would take all that gray over color, but the casino's colors were wrong. So very, very wrong. "I miss it. The gray, I mean. It's... Well, you know what to expect with it." Not like this mess of a glittery trap.
"Uni... Emerston? I graduated from Emerston last year!" Joy Ann gushed, glad to hear that a piece of her past still existed. It must be existing under very different conditions since she had known it, of course, but still... It existed. "Who are your leaders?" she asked, wondering if it was anyone she knew. Probably some bigwigs from the staff or student body, if the leadership at the prison was anything to go on.
"It's nice and... Safe, you know?" She laughed sheepishly for the lack of description. How did anyone ever describe a prison anyhow? "I never thought I'd like it, but I wish I was there right now. It took some getting used to... We practically live in each other's laundry," she tugged on the worn prison uniform she had chosen to wear out and about today, "but it's alright." It had definitely grown on her, in most part because of the people there.
She fiddled with the end of her braid, thinking some more about how to describe her new home. Because it was home now, her faction. Yeah, it was definitely the people that made it home. "Some people are prickly, but the warden's really a good guy, once you see past how intimidating he is. He also keeps us organized, and safe. Without him, well... And the cook! I'm friends with the cook, her name is Autumn, and one of the other kitchen boys, Shaun. He was in for stealing, but he's really nice. Everyone's nice."
She wasn't quite sure why she was babbling on so much about things Rinko probably didn't care about, but it was nice to have a listening ear. As long as she didn't have to talk about things that mattered, it was easy to forget about the horrors around her for the moment. What a relief. "Do you have any friends at the university?"
[ Casino Coins: 64 / 130 ]
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Character's name: Joy Ann McKinsley Character's faction: Prison Character's journal link:yum_puddiyum_puddiyum_puddi Character's survival stats: yum_teayum_teayum_tea BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER ++ Hardworking, Compassionate // -- Disorganized, Insecure = Slightly shorter than average at 5'2", a little bit pudgy and known for giving great hugs = 22 years old with not nearly enough life experience = Mousy brown, shoulder-length braided hair = Worn prison uniform, good for getting messy = Large smile that has turned to worried grimace = Usually awkwardly left behind or forgotten about in conversations
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:10 am
"True. The glare was starting to hurt before. This corner is actually pretty nice if one ignores everything out there." Rinko gave her only exposed eye a rub, before she waves a hand backwards at the Casino main area. The corner they found was tucked in a corner that muffles the loud sounds & glaring lights from the machines & deco.
"Ah, so you are my senior then? Well meet." Rinko gave Joy Ann a short bow from where she is sitting. "Our leaders? Well, there's Corey. She's our poor overworked President. Charlie's the Uni Mascot. I really like his hoody~ Oh, & there's Caroline? I'm not sure what she's actually suppose to do..." She raised 3 fingers, tagging them down at each name. After the last name, she tilt her head to look at the ceiling, puzzling about newly 'promoted' Head of Engineering.
"Nice? Er, not really. With winter coming, lots of holes in the buildings, & no heaters?" Rinko hugs herself & shivers, before sighing & releasing herself. "I'm not... friendly enough to join the sleepovers the others tend to create to counter the chills..." Rinko wishes her friend was still around. At least Zi won't have mind cuddles from her.
"Safe? For a given value of safe, yeah." Rinko hand waves the question away, not willing to go into the deaths before all the current security measures were taken. Joy Ann's chatter of her side of life helps sooth the loss of people she once know. Huh, her outfit does look comfy. Rinko grins as Joy Ann continues to talk. She seems to be coming out of her shell a bit, going on & on about this & that, her gestures flowing more freely now.
At her question, Rinko stiffens, grin dropping. "Ah... There was Zi. & well..." She sighs, hugging herself again. "She never came back that day." Rinko really don't want to talk about this, but Joy Ann did spill a lot, might as well try to return the favor. "She's like a sister to me. A bratty, messy one. Our mothers were best friends. We were suppose to keep an eye out for each other. Well, I ain't very good at even that, huh?" Chuckling depressingly, Rinko flops backwards onto the couch, 1 arm over her eyes. s**t, don't cry. Don't cry!
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Name: Rinko Emiya Faction: District 1 - University Journal:Link Survival Stats:View Description:Reference. Pretty much my Avatar with sandy hair.
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Do you need a link to the Leaders?
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:24 am
"Oh, no, it's..." Well, she supposed she was one of Rinko's seniors, though she didn't know what department the other woman was in. "I hope you can finish your studies, after this." Joy Ann had actually been thinking that Rinko might be older than her, solely based on appearance, but perhaps the dusty blonde wasn't as tough or old as she looked. It was interesting what eye patches did to general appearances. It reminded her subconsciously of Warden Fury, in a way.
Eh, the university sounded like it was physically falling apart, and while Joy Ann was pretty sure she had heard of Charlie before, Corey and Caroline were completely knew names to her. "The three C's," she mumbled, mulling over the names. Yeah, they weren't really ringing any bells.
And then she asked the wrong question. Joy Ann covered her mouth with both hands, horrified by Rinko's use of past tense to describe her friend. "I-I'm so sorry. Really, I am," she finally replied, standing up to awkwardly move to offer Rinko a hug before realizing that she really ought not to just up and hug the woman, being strangers. "You- You don't have to tell me about her if you don't want to. I mean, it's, really, it's okay. If you want to, well, I mean, I can listen, but..." Why was she always making things so awkward?
"But... I sorta... You know, I have to pee," she blurted out the first excuse she could think of to possibly leave Rinko alone without making life even more uncomfortable for the both of them. Tact was definitely not one of Joy Ann's strong points, but she tried. Boy, did she try.
[ Casino Coins: 74 / 130 ]
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Character's name: Joy Ann McKinsley Character's faction: Prison Character's journal link:yum_puddiyum_puddiyum_puddi Character's survival stats: yum_teayum_teayum_tea BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER ++ Hardworking, Compassionate // -- Disorganized, Insecure = Slightly shorter than average at 5'2", a little bit pudgy and known for giving great hugs = 22 years old with not nearly enough life experience = Mousy brown, shoulder-length braided hair = Worn prison uniform, good for getting messy = Large smile that has turned to worried grimace = Usually awkwardly left behind or forgotten about in conversations
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Nah, I'm good! Thank you though! I have to head off for now. Are you okay with me exiting in my next post?
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 7:43 am
Rinko doesn't really have much hope of finishing her Degree, but.. "I guess? I did only had 1 more semester before graduation, though if society is fixed up any time soon the profession I was studying for really isn't that useful." She sheepishly grins at Joy Ann.
The 3 Cs? That's actually a pretty good nickname for those 3. Rinko told Joy Ann as much.
When Rinko settles back upright from her slump, she notice the other woman looking horrified. Dammit. Talking about Rinko's probably dead friend made her emotional & rude. Joy Ann stood up & approach, before halting. Rinko stood up too, emotions calming down, & gave Joy Ann a confused look. Oh dear, Joy Ann looks about ready to bolt. What to do what to do... "Ah, it's fine. You didn't know. Please, calm down?" Ah, now Rinko is panicking too. Great.
"Ah, I'll be seeing you around then. Good luck?" Rinko was sad at pushing away another possible friend, but Joy Ann looks really uncomfortable in her presence now.
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Name: Rinko Emiya Faction: District 1 - University Journal:Link Survival Stats:View Description:Reference. Pretty much my Avatar with sandy hair.
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Sure, go ahead! I had fun, thanks for going along with my weird multi-flow dialogue!
Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:11 am
Well, there was always the hope that life could go back to normal. Joy Ann kind of wanted to ask what the other woman was studying, but she didn't want to pry too much. They had just met, after all.
And Rinko didn't seem to hate her, even though she'd just put her foot in it. Joy Ann wrung her hands together, and then held out her arms to offer the taller woman a hug. She didn't have to accept it, of course, but it made Joy Ann feel better to offer at the very least. "I hope she's not actually gone, and that you find her." Joy Ann might as well hope for ice cream parties and unicorns for everyone while she was at it, but there it was.
"I hope so..." she trailed off, leaving the 'if we survive this' unsaid. "Same to you. We'll definitely all need luck to get out of this." If only Lady Luck would smile on them all... And now, she had to go find the bathroom, if only to save face. "Good luck," she echoed and then fled.
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Character's name: Joy Ann McKinsley Character's faction: Prison Character's journal link:yum_puddiyum_puddiyum_puddi Character's survival stats: yum_teayum_teayum_tea BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF MY CHARACTER ++ Hardworking, Compassionate // -- Disorganized, Insecure = Slightly shorter than average at 5'2", a little bit pudgy and known for giving great hugs = 22 years old with not nearly enough life experience = Mousy brown, shoulder-length braided hair = Worn prison uniform, good for getting messy = Large smile that has turned to worried grimace = Usually awkwardly left behind or forgotten about in conversations
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Thanks for the fun topic! Sorry Joy Ann's such an oddball. Hope we can meet again in the next Zone.
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Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2015 8:21 am
Ah, a hug. Rinko accepts, stepping forward to initiate the hug. "Thanks..." After they separate, Rinko mention "You give really great hugs." It does help too. She feels calmer, even with the deadline looming over them. "Ah, I can hope. She's a resourceful one." Rinko tries to give Joy Ann a smile to show how much that helps.
"Goodbye, & may we meet again." Rinko replied, watching her (dare she think?) new friend walk off. Well, back to gambling for her life. Ugh, that sounds so wrong.
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Rinko is pretty weird herself. 3nodding See you around!
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