In the Park by the Pond

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

Becky walked through the park, her eyes searching the bushes, her gun clasped tightly in her hand inside her jacket.

She had heard about the dead girl.

Damn it.

She paused by the pond, thinking.

And also eating a cookie that Miho had given her.



[ooc: Becky's not going to stay, but feel free to feed the ducks or whatever in this post if you want.]

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[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

There is a loud noise from underneath a bench near where Becky is standing.

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

Becky shrieks, and points her gun towards the bench.

She breathes a sigh of relief upon realizing it's just a duck.

"Hey there, you," she murmurs, crouching beside the bench, setting down the gun and tossing a few bits of the cookie in the duck's direction.

After she's content that the duck's had enough to eat, she rises and starts walking back to the Apple, feeling the comforting presence of her switchblade in her pocket.

It's not until later that night that she remembers she left her gun behind.

[mycanonhatesme]

Walking back to the dorms from the Perkolator, Chloe decides to take a shortcut through the park. It's getting late, and the last thing she wants to do is break the new curfew on its first night in effect.

As she gets near the pond, she glances over at the benches, smiling when she spots Rory feeding something under the bench. She seems to be a little happier than she looked at the newspaper meeting, something Chloe's very glad to see. She starts walking over to say hello just as Rory walks away; when she calls to Rory, the other girl simply continues on her way, and Chloe and ends up stopping right where Rory was standing. She's about to turn and keep walking back to the dorm when she spots the gun left on the bench.

Chloe blinks for a few moments, looking back and forth between the gun, and the space Rory just occupied. Rory's got a gun? It seems a little odd, but it occurs to Chloe that she might have gotten it from Logan. With Kitty's disappearance, safety around town had certainly become questionable, and it wouldn't surprise her if Logan wanted give Rory something to ensure that she stayed safe.

Chloe reaches into her backpack, pulling out her extra sweatshirt, and wraps it around the gun, tucking it safely into her bag. Whatever Rory's reasoning for having such a thing, it certainly wouldn't do to have her be without it.

[bugofjustice.livejournal.com]

[OOC: *loves* Sorry about that incident with your fowl brothers on Sunday.]

[fh-anonymous.livejournal.com]

[OOC: *quack*]

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

After the Newspaper Meeting, Callisto wanders down to the park. Sighing she sits on the grass near the pond.

She's more than a little irritated at the new curfew.

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Walking across the park on her way to Deb's, Tara spies a familiar blonde head. "Callisto?" she calls.

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Upon hearing her name called Callisto looks up. "Hey, teach."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Tara grins. "Mind if I join you? If I promise not to lecture?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Be my guest." Callisto nods "It's a free country, at least until ten o'clock."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara shakes her head, gathering up her skirts to sit on the grass. "What's with that? It's not like people haven't gone missing before. Was Kitty a celebrity, or something?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Not as far as I know, but she was a mutant, maybe they figure that if they don't do something major there'll be a big fuss about the non-human aspect." Callisto shrugs and starts throwing pebbles into the water. "Because, of course, going into lock-down mode is going to make everyone feel safe and secure."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara winces, grabbing a leaf and shredding it as she talks. "I just feel sorry for Spike, and Deb. Half their business comes in after 10pm."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"And even if there is someone out there planning on going after more students, the curfew's not going to do that much good. Half of the people who've tried to kill me, gods, half of the people I've killed, it happened in broad daylight."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Nodding, Tara adds, "I could understand more if it was a sunset thing. I guess they're just figuring everyone's safe in the dorms. At least we know it's not something from the school."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Yes, because there's nothing in the dorms that could affect a student, like, for instance, gremlins with hallucinogenic saliva." Callisto snorts. "And what makes you so sure of that? Just becuase it happened in the town, doesn't mean whoever did it came from there."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara blinks in surprise. "Well, everyone up at the school is so nice. Even the people who used to be a little bad are taking the fresh start Fandom gives. I can't imagine why anyone would want to jeopardise that."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

Callisto shakes her head. "For some people there are more important things than a fresh start."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"Like what?" Tara queries, cocking her head. "I mean, hardly anyone here knows anyone else - I mean, from back home - so it wouldn't be revenge."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Love, for starters, or hate. Either one those two things will make a person do things that you wouldn't expect. As for revenge, you don't have to be the focus of it to get killed for it."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"But Kitty was only 14," Tara protests. "She wasn't old enough for that sort of romantic angst."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"I never said she was, but you can't ever really know the reasons for these kind of things."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara shrugs. "Bad stuff happens, even to good people. I'm really sorry Kitty got hurt, but... I met her twice, you know? I guess it's not really real to me. Where I come from, people die every day. We had, like, the highest body count in the US. These things happen."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Hey, you're preaching to the choir here. I've been dealing with violent death since I was a child." Callisto shrugs back "Kitty was a nice girl, and it sucks that she's dead, but in the overall scheme of things, that new curfew's probably going to end up affecting me more.""

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"I met your guardian at Parent's Weekend. I didn't know you were an orphan." Tara shrugs one shoulder. "I'm sorry."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, well, I've had a while to get used to it." Callisto rubs the back of her neck "Thanks, anyway."

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara nods. "She seemed nice, though. Mrs. Twanky? She cares about you very much."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Yes, because the three weeks we spent together between her dragging me out of my camp, and packing me off here, were filled with such deep bonding." Callisto laughs bitterly.

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara turns to look at Callisto. "You need a hug," she says quietly. "Do you want one?"

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Uh...what makes think I need a hug? Eek! Emotional intimacy of any description is scary! "

[brambless.livejournal.com]

Tara shrugs again, looking back at the leaf she's shredding. "The bitterness. The loneliness. Just thought I'd offer."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Well, thanks for the offer, teach, but I really should be, uh, heading back to the dorms soon." Callisto doesn't look the least bit nervous as she speaks, no, not at all.

[brambless.livejournal.com]

"Good night, Callisto," Tara says quietly. "The offer stands, if you ever need it."

[psycho-barbie.livejournal.com]

"Good night, teach." Callisto replies "I'll, uh, remember that."