Our Lady of Fandom; Wednesday [ 09/27 ]

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Autumn was definately on its way, if not technically already here; Rosette didn't really pay much attention to things like that except based on how the weather was changing, but she knew that days like this should be spent outside, not cooped up inside a church, so she came outside with a few books and her soccer ball, and hung out on the church steps. The books were mostly forgotten; the soccer ball and bouncing and dribbling it between her feet was much more interesting. And there was a rather fun game to be had in trying to kick it over the graveyard fense and hit certain headstone targets.

If anyone needed anything, though, she'd be happy to oblige, although she might require a display of skills before doing so.


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[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy randomly felt like going for a walk in the cemetary. But the sight of a nun with a soccer ball was a mite distracting.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

But probably not half as distracting as the soccer ball itself heading right for Billy's head. Rosette had meant to kick it much more to the left, really...

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy dodged with spectacular jet li like acrobatics quickly, the ball just barely missing. "Missed." he smirked.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"Eep!" Rosette squeaked, hands clasping over her mouth. They wrung a bit as she moved them down after a moment. "I'm sorrrrry! I didn't see you there."

And then she thought about the fact that he was walking around a graveyard. That was suspicious. "Well, I'm sorry I almost hit you under the condition that you're not an evil zombie. Because, if you are, and that's what you're doing in the graveyard, I'm just sorry that I did miss."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy blinked for a moment at that. "Fair enough." he decided, retrieving the ball. He then tossed it over the fence before doing a ninja jump and vaulting over himself.

"I'm not an evil zombie. Not even a good zombie."

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Rosette's mouth formed a little 'o' at the jump as she caught the ball.

"Well, that's good, then." She didn't have the energy to deal with zombies today.

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Are you having a problem with Zombies?"

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"No. Yes. Maybe?"

"I have suspicsions about a certain dead cat, but I have no conclusive evidence."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy didn't really know much about Zombies. "Uh, has it's grave been disturbed?"

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"Noooo," Rosette said with a long, drawing emphasis that suggested that maybe, just maybe, she was lying. "Don't be silly."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Well, uhm, what makes you think a cat er, came back to life? Sort of."

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"A dream," Rosette said with a nod. "Nothing else. And it's been quiet since, so I think the threat has passed, but, damn, that was a scary dream. Can't take any chances."

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"I had a dream about zombies once. It's no fun."

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Rosette's eyes got wide and she nodded with vigor. "So you understand entirely where I'm coming from!"

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Well, Billy didn't remember thinking that Zombies really were going to come to life and run rampant.

"It's worth mentioning that, no zombies showed up after I had that dream. Though, I did keep the shades drawn in my room for a week afterwards, just in case."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John approached the church with a Mason Jar again.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"Oi! John! Head's up!" Rosette grinned when she noticed him approaching and kicked the ball toward what she hoped would be just left of his head. But one could never tell where'd her kicks would end up after they left the end of her boot.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John jerked his head up, right into the ball. Which when sailing in the general area of soccer!nun.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it should have, but that made Rosette laugh, and she quickly hitched up her skirt a bit so that she possition herself under the ball, bounce it a few times off the top of her head, before letting it fall further and started to bounce it expertly with her knee. "Didn't hurt ya, did I?"

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John does not totally sneak a peek. "Nope. Looks like you've got skills. You play?"

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"Kind of," she said, keeping up the steady bouncing, head bobbing as she kept her eyes on the ball. "A lot when I was kid, not so much when I got to the convent. Apparantly," she kicked the ball up extra high this time, then caught it, tucking it against her hip as she turned to him with a grin, "they don't consider soccer very holy at all."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"But the ball's alternating patches of 5 and 6 figures, which is sorta holy, and it's black and white, like the Commandments. 'cept when it's been played a bit, then it's black and white and green and brown, like the Commandmenst in real life."

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Rosette bit her lip, but it couldn't keep the huge grin that spread on her face. She snorted a giggle, trying to hold it back a bit, but she couldn't, and let herself laugh. "I like the way you think. Why couldn't you have been a novice with me at the convent? You know, besides the whole fact that I don't think a habit would flatter you at all."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

John looked down. "With these hips? Not flattering. Plus, the whole peeing while standing thing might not go over well. That's more of a monk thing, y'know? Either way, it's me not wearing pants. Which has plusses and minues." Straight face.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Rosette was definately trying not to blush and to not think of John not wearing pants, because, yeah, a nun shouldn't be thinking such things. But it was a good thing she stopped with the soccer ball, because it would have definately have dropped.

She did chuckle, though. "Monks don't wear pants, either, though. They've got robes."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Well, being pants optional is always fun." he pauses a beat. "LIke shorts. And kilts. Robes? NOt so much. Makes me feel like I've just got out of the shower all day and I'm waiting for my clothes to dry."

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"Maybe that's why monks wear robes? Because they have some monk-penance thing that means they must do laundry for all of their mortal lives to save their souls."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"That's gotta suck, being stuck in perpetual laundry day. I just hope there's no jackass snapping a wet towel."

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"Oh, but you know there is. There always is."

Rosette covered her mouth as she chuckled a little; for some reason, she could only imagine that John himself would have been that jackass. And it amused her greatly.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"So," John said, changing the subject from nopants, "I brought you a sample." He held up hte Mason jar.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"A...samp--" Rosette started with a confused tilt of her head, and then her eyes drifted toward the Mason jar, she blinked, and then they lit up like Fourth of July sparklers.

There was a bit of a squeal. "Eee! Thank you!"

First soccer, then pant-less talk, and now vodka. This was the best day ever.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

JOhn moved the jar around, watching her eyes zoom in like lasers.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Which indeed they did, darting around to keep up with the moment until finally, she broke off with a laugh. "Stop that!" she giggled and reached out the snatch the jar from him. "You shouldn't tease nuns. It's a sin, you know."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

Johm let her take it. "And tempting a nun with distilled liquids is kosher?" he snickered/

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Rosette now had a soccer ball against one hip and a jar of vodka against the other.

This was the best feeling ever.

"It's important to tempt another's will. If anything, you are truly an agent of God, weeding out for Him the good ones."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Hrm. First time I've been called an agent of God for being temptful. LEmme know whenever you wanna be tempted," he said, smiling wickedly. The way the sun sat in the sky? TOtally not making a halo appear.

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Rare was the situation where Rosette Christopher struggled to find any words for something, but this, finding her cheeks a little warm from a flush and an awkward little smile on her face, was one of them.

"First time for everything, I guess," she finally said after a moment, with a light chuckle, kind of nervous.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Oh, and don't let anyone know my name is Tempt-o-Tron, sent from the future to tempt Brides of Christ."

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Rosette nodded gravely. "It will be our little secret," she said, slightly whispered with wink.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Great! So, Ms Soccer-Nun, what's new? Besides clear liquid refreshments? and getting a good peek when you handle a ball like that?"

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

She gave him a dead look. "I live in the basement of a church, John. How exciting do you think it is?"

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"I dunno. Is it a cursed basement? are there torture devices? comfy chairs?"

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

Rosette heaved a heavy sigh. She tossed the soccer ball in the grass, shifting the Mason jar so she was cradling it in her arms. "No such luck, unfortunately."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Oh. That's a shame. What about Iron Maidens? Or stuff for carnivals? Coul dhave a wicked Haunted House there."

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"Well, there are still a lot of unexplored space down there...."

Uh-oh. Rosette was tapping her chin thoughtfully.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Sounds good. Havne't been exploring in a long time. Never know what you'll find unless you grab a flashlight and getall up in there."

[nun-better.livejournal.com]

"You wanna go church basement exploring with me, then?" She beamed.

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

"Sure! You wanna go now or later? I'll have to get my kit."

[apocalypsesoon.livejournal.com]

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