Drifting Away
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Post by eclipse on Sept 7, 2010 0:33:18 GMT -6
Those who can laugh without causehave either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving Mad[/i][/center][/color] ___________________________________________________________ Normally Hiroko was the type of person who liked to sleep in whenever possible, but on this particular Saturday she was up and about well before the sun was ready to rise. Not spending more than half an hour after waking up before she was out of the house. On her right shoulder rested a fishing pole, while her left hand swung an empty bucket. Clothed in khaki shorts, a loose light weight T-shirt, and a straw hat; she looked every bit the part of a fisherman.
Grinning, and whistling a happy; albeit somewhat of-tune, song she marched towards the park. Upon arriving she snapped her head from side to side, scanning the area for any signs of life. She found none. Letting out a breath of relief, she, literally, hopped over to the lake. Setting down the bucket, then plopping down on her rear end. Her grin widened, as she flicked her arm backwards, then flung it forward at the same time that she released the button on the fishing pole. The line was sent flying, and landed close to the middle of the lake.
While early mornings were ideal for fishing, that wasn't the reason she had sacrificed her sleep time. The thing was, she wasn't exactly sure if what she was doing was completely legal or not. Seeing as how the lake was public property, and she didn't have a fishing license of any kind. So, she figured it might just be best to came while no one else was around. Of course she wasn't merely fishing for fun, no, not at all. She was doing it to see the expressions on her adoptive family members faces when she came home with a bucket full of tasty fish. Imagining that her brothers would be so overcome with admiration that they would beg for a fight. Naturally they would then lose horribly. It was the perfect plan. Well, almost.
A few minutes passed, before Hiro's face fell and she reeled the empty line back in. No fish. It probably had something to do with the fact that she had no bait. Giving a small shrug, she decided to give it another go and repeated her earlier actions; thrusting her arm back, then swinging it forward. She let out a small yelp of pain as she felt a sting on her scalp. Squinting one eye shut, she reached up and rubbed the sore spot, ruffling her hair. Wait a second, hair? Her eyes widened and she felt around the top of her head some more. Gone, gone, it was gone! She quickly reeled the line back in, but the hook held nothing. Hurriedly she tossed the fishing pole aside and crawled over to the lake. Letting out a sigh of relief as she spotted her straw hat floating on the water's surface.
"Geez, don't scare me like that." She said to the hat, shaking her head in a scolding like manner. She moved to the very edge of the lake, leaning over as far as she could without falling in as she reached an arm out to grab it. "Eh?" She mumbled to herself, blinking as her fully extended arm remained a few feet away from the hat. Switching tactics, she placed her hands behind her, using them for support as she instead reached out a leg. Her toes opening and closing as they stretched closer to the desired object.
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Post by kyou on Sept 7, 2010 22:33:20 GMT -6
suddєnlч, thєrє's вєαutч ín thє wαч mч hєαrt ís cαvíng ín. αnd єvєrч scαr rєmínds mє hσw í cαn't dєnч. fυנιвαуαѕнι куσυ suddєnlч, thєrє's cσmfσrt ín thє wαч thє wσrld cσmєs crαshíng ín. αnd єvєrч tєαr rєmínds mє í'm αlívє tσníght. I'm in the business of misery, let's take it from the top. She's got a body like an hourglass that's ticking like a clock. It's a matter of time before we all run out. When I thought he was mine, she caught him by the mouth. I waited eight long months, she finally set him free. I told him I can't lie; he was the only one for me. Two weeks, and we had caught on fire. She's got it out for me, but I wear the biggest smile. It was a quiet morning, and rather early at that, but despite how early it was... Kyou seemed to be unable to sleep in. She attributed it to the fact that she was up early nearly every morning, mostly to tame her long, deep lavender locks, as having long hair did have its ups and downs; while it was nice and gave you lots of ways to style it, it was also a hassle to deal with, especially in the mornings when you wanted to look at least, well, decent for school. Washing it was also a hassle; Kyou herself, because her hair was so thick, probably used three to four times the amount of shampoo her sister would, meaning at their house, they went through lots and lots of good shampoo.
This particular morning, however, Kyou had decided on nothing more than brushing through her hair so it was at least decent, tying the lace-like hair accesory on the left side of her face like she always did, and dressing herself casual, going out into the cool, dewy morning. It had rained a bit the night before, which caused the grass to become a bit dewy overnight, but the cool air had also preserved the smell of the rain. Kyou may have been a rather tomboyish and slightly volatile girl, but she was still female, and still liked many things that were either "cute" or "beautiful", even feminine at that.
Of course, according to her slightly tomboyish tendencies, Kyou had dressed much more loosely, trading in the more curve-showing sort of clothing for a plain grey bunnyhug. Her hair pooled around her neck slightly, having been left under her bunnyhug but pulled out slightly so it wouldn't bother her. It zipped up in the front, thankfully, so it was much easier to get on and off, but nonetheless, it was comfortable, and that was what mattered. Her legs were clad in loose, comfortable light grey yoga pants, again worn more for comfort than anything. Her feet bore regular, black-and-white sneakers, nothing out of the ordinary for a girl like her to be wearing considering her outfit.
Nonetheless, Kyou looked a lot more... Quiet than she usually was. In her arms she held the pet boar that both her and her sister took care of; Botan was her girl, after all, even if she was a considerably odd pet. She was curled up in Kyou's arms, in a half-sleepy state, having been content to go for a morning stroll with the elder Fujibayashi twin. Perhaps she was a bit focused on her thoughts, though she was not surprised that it was such a quiet morning. It was early, after all, so Kyou hadn't expected to see anyone else around.
Seemingly interested by something, Botan leaped out of Kyou's arms of her own accord, running towards the lake-like pond to investigate whatever it was that she'd heard. A bit taken aback by her pet's actions, Kyou faltered for a moment, which allowed Botan to get a rather good head start on her. For such a small, short-legged animal, Botan covered distance rather fast, and clearly had a mind of her own when doing so. As a result, Kyou was left chasing after her as Botan ran closer and closer towards the lake.
"Botan, come back here!" She cried, though her voice wasn't quite as commanding as it might have been if she were truly ordering someone around, something which wasn't uncommon for her. As she came upon the lake, following the sound of Botan's "puhi, puhi!" noise, she notice that there was... A very tomboyishly-dressed girl sitting on one of the rocks... And fishing. Either the girl was simply silly or just plain naive; there woudn't be any fish in a public, well, pond. The pond was large enough to confuse some city-goers as to it being a lake rather than a pond - as the typical thought of a pond is one in a person's backyard, hardly large enough to host anything but plants and rocks - but Kyou had seen real lakes, and knew all too well that it was certainly not a lake. Some ponds that large, however, could host fish for catching... But this particular one, however, did not.
"What are you doing?" the teen stated rather bluntly, the question directed more as, "are you stupid / lacking intelligence" rather than "are you doing something illegal". It technically wasn't illegal to fish in this particular pond... As there was nothing to catch in the first place. Even if someone put a single fish in there, there wouldn't be much for a food supply anyway, leaving the fish to simply become a dead carcass, of which no one really wanted to witness.
Second chances, they don't ever matter; people never change. Once a whore, you're nothing more, I'm sorry; that'll never change. And about forgiveness we're both supposed to have exchanged I'm sorry honey, but I'm passing up, now look this way! Well, there's a million other girls who do it just like you Looking as innocent as possible to get to who they want And what they like; it's easy if you do it right! Well, I refuse, I refuse, I REFUSE!
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Post by eclipse on Sept 9, 2010 18:35:36 GMT -6
Those who can laugh without causehave either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving Mad[/i][/center][/color] ___________________________________________________________ As Hiroko managed to reach out her leg far enough to curl her toes around the edge of her hat's brim, she was suddenly very glad that she had chosen not to wear any shoes that day. It would have been such a hassle to get them off and then back on again after retrieving her hat. Not to mention that one of her feet was now wet, so even if she had worn any she probably wouldn't have actually put them back on in the first place. Which would have made them completely useless.
Grinning at the accomplishment of finally reaching her hat, Hiro backed away from the small lake, crawling backwards in a spider or crab like manner as she was currently situated with her body facing up while her hands and one leg were on the ground. The other leg being suspended in air, gripping the hat and slowly pulling it with it towards land. Once all of her limbs were on dry ground, she let out a laugh. Whistling a short victorious tune that sounded like it had come straight from a video game (which it probably had). she placed her wet straw hat on her head and stood up. Not caring that her hair was now damp and there were droplets of water sliding down her face. Though she did shiver a little as the breeze blew by, it wasn't exactly warm enough to be getting wet, in fact it was rather nippy outside, though not enough that she had felt the need for a jacket. Even if one would have come in handy right about now.
Shrugging off the cool temperature, Hiroko happily walked over and grabbed her fishing pole before plopping down on a rock and resuming her fishing escapade. Her smile dropped, and she started wiggling about impatiently as several minutes passed by without a single tug on the line. Had it occurred to her yet that there might not be any fish in the pond? Not at all. Instead she was beginning to become convinced that she needed some bait, and was pondering setting aside her pole for a moment to start digging around for some worms when she heard a strange noise.
"Puhi..?" She mimicked, tilting her head in confusion as she tried to place the animal that made such a sound. Cats went 'nyaa', and dogs went 'wan', so what in the world went 'puhi'? Giraffes? No, that was ridicules, there wouldn't be any giraffes in the park. Probably. Placing her free hand on the rock, Hiroko turned her head from side to side, twisting her torso as she looked around her for the source of the mysterious noise. Upon locating the small animal running towards her direction, she blinked in surprise then stared at it in bewilderment. 'What... What is it?' She wondered, before moving her hand off the rock and unconsciously reaching out a little to the what-ever-it-was. It was kinda... Cute. She stiffened, quickly withdrawing her hand, as she caught sight of a long haired girl coming. Most likely there to collect the small animal.
"Good morning!" Hiroko greeted cheerily, trying to act as casual as possible. Though her cheeks had a hint of pink to them, as she a bit embarrassed that she had almost fallen prey to the cuteness factor of an animal that she didn't even know what was. At the girl's question, she let out a somewhat nervous laugh, avoiding eye contact.
"Doing?" She echoed, with feigned innocence. As she wasn't that good at reading voice tones and facial expressions beyond a limited point, Hiroko was sure that this girl was suspicious of her. "N-nothing really... Just, uh..." She trailed off for a moment, trying to think of something to say. She had never been the best at coming up with lies. "Fishing." She finally admitted with a sheepish grin, absently rubbing the back of her neck. Worst comes to worst she would find out that it was illegal to fish in the lake, maybe have to talk to a police officer who would inform her uncle of her actions. No big deal, she couldn't get into too much trouble if she ran quick enough and found a nice hiding spot.
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Post by kyou on Sept 27, 2010 12:54:26 GMT -6
suddєnlч, thєrє's вєαutч ín thє wαч mч hєαrt ís cαvíng ín. αnd єvєrч scαr rєmínds mє hσw í cαn't dєnч. fυנιвαуαѕнι куσυ suddєnlч, thєrє's cσmfσrt ín thє wαч thє wσrld cσmєs crαshíng ín. αnd єvєrч tєαr rєmínds mє í'm αlívє tσníght. I'm in the business of misery, let's take it from the top. She's got a body like an hourglass that's ticking like a clock. It's a matter of time before we all run out. When I thought he was mine, she caught him by the mouth. I waited eight long months, she finally set him free. I told him I can't lie; he was the only one for me. Two weeks, and we had caught on fire. She's got it out for me, but I wear the biggest smile. [[omg! sorry it's taken me so long to reply. been super busy over the past week or so. D:]]
The girl had seemed a bit flustered when Kyou asked what she was doing... There wasn't much that the Fujibayashi could do other than sit there and raise an eyebrow questioningly, of which she was already doing. The girl looked pretty, well... Strange, to be fishing in a public pond that had no fish whatsoever. For Kyou, it was more a question of the girl's sanity rather than what she was actually doing. The girl did reply that she was fishing, however, which only caused Kyou's look to become more... Questioning.
"Fishing..? In a public pond?" Her face was screwed up in genuine confusion... Clearly the girl was unaware that there were no fish in the pond. Okay, so maybe Kyou shouldn't be, well, essentially laughing at the girl for her foolishness, but she couldn't help it, really. It was kind of funny to see some random girl just fishing in a pond, entirely unaware that there were no fish in the pond in the first place.
"Uhm... You do know there's no fish in there, right?" she stated bluntly, her tone carrying a dead-serious ring to it. Her eyebrow was still raised at the girl's antics, seriously questioning whether she was right in the head or not. Perhaps it was a bit rude of her to make such drastic conclusions without actually knowing the girl, but seriously, who wouldn't think a person was a little wacked in the head to be fishing in a fish-less public pond? It was a water feature in the middle of a community park, after all... So why would there be fish in there? Just so they could freeze in the winter and die? Definitely made no sense to Kyou, that was for sure...
It was then, however, that Kyou realized she'd completely forgotten her manners. Trying to seem at least somewhat kind to the girl, Kyou walked up and smiled slightly at the girl. "I'm Fujibayashi Kyou, from Hikarizaka High's 3-E class. And you are?" Perhaps the girl went to the same school as Kyou did, though she did rather doubt she'd ever seen the girl before. Even in the girls' uniform - which was in itself somewhat feminine, yet not; even Kyou hated the skirt at times - people looked different, sometimes to the point of hardly being recognizable. There was a good chance that this was the same in this particular girl's case... Which would explain why Kyou didn't recognize her, as well.
Second chances, they don't ever matter; people never change. Once a whore, you're nothing more, I'm sorry; that'll never change. And about forgiveness we're both supposed to have exchanged I'm sorry honey, but I'm passing up, now look this way! Well, there's a million other girls who do it just like you Looking as innocent as possible to get to who they want And what they like; it's easy if you do it right! Well, I refuse, I refuse, I REFUSE!
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Post by eclipse on Oct 2, 2010 12:33:58 GMT -6
((OOC: That's fine. I've been really busy lately too, so the later reply actually worked out well for me.))Those who can laugh without causehave either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving Mad[/i][/center][/color] ___________________________________________________________ Hiroko nodded slowly, crouching slightly into herself as she readied for take off should the purple haired girl continue by saying something like- 'don't you know that's illegal'. However she said no such thing, and what she did say left Hiro staring blankly at her as her mind worked to process the new information. There were no fish in the pond? No fish in a pond? The thought hadn't occurred to her that she had just spent the past few minutes releasing a baitless hook into empty water. Blinking, Hiroko reeled the line in and set the fishing pole down on the ground beside her feet. Looking to the sky for a second as though it had opened up and was sending rays of light to engulf her in wisdom and insight. Then her face blanked and she pounded a fist into her wide open palm.
"That explains so much." She said with all seriousness. The reason why she wasn't catching anything, the odd look the girl had been giving her, everything was so clear now. In fact, now that she knew this Hiroko felt a little silly, and a bit embarrassed. But, embarrassment was easy enough to deal with when turning one's focus on the more humorous aspect of the situation. Shaking her head a bit, Hiro grinned. "What a waste of time that was!" She said with a laugh, jumping off the rock and onto her feet.
Once the girl; Fujibayashi Kyou as she called herself, had finished her short introduction Hiroko nodded and tipped her hat slightly; like she had seen one of the men in a western movie her brothers watched once before do. "Pleased to met'cha. I'm Ishibashi Hiro of the same high school, class 3-B." She replied, happily. Naturally giving her nickname in place of her full given name. Her grin slipped a bit as a thought came to her mind.
"Wait... Fujibayashi Kyou?" Her brows knit together in concentration as she tried to place where she had heard that name before. She mouthed the name silently to herself a couple times before it suddenly struck her. "Oh! Are you the one with the good throwing arm?!" Hiroko asked, her eyes widening a bit with barely concealed excitement. If this was the Kyou she was thinking of, then Hiroko had heard some of the boys in her class mumbling about her every so often. And, if she remembered correctly, she had seen her once out in the hallway throwing some book at a guys head (with a great amount of strength!).
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Post by kyou on Oct 9, 2010 22:15:44 GMT -6
suddєnlч, thєrє's вєαutч ín thє wαч mч hєαrt ís cαvíng ín. αnd єvєrч scαr rєmínds mє hσw í cαn't dєnч. fυנιвαуαѕнι куσυ suddєnlч, thєrє's cσmfσrt ín thє wαч thє wσrld cσmєs crαshíng ín. αnd єvєrч tєαr rєmínds mє í'm αlívє tσníght. I'm in the business of misery, let's take it from the top. She's got a body like an hourglass that's ticking like a clock. It's a matter of time before we all run out. When I thought he was mine, she caught him by the mouth. I waited eight long months, she finally set him free. I told him I can't lie; he was the only one for me. Two weeks, and we had caught on fire. She's got it out for me, but I wear the biggest smile. This girl clearly had to be lacking in the common sense department for some reason to have failed to realize that there were no fish in a pond. For one, if there HAD been fish, there might have been a "No Fishing" sign, or perhaps even a sign that said you were allowed to fish... Perhaps to fish with a licence, and at that point you would think they'd have some sort of kiosk to buy licences. Besides, you'd also have to log your catches... Or, well, at least, the ones you kept. If it were catch and release it would be no big deal, as it was more leisurely...
"I would think that would explain a lot," Kyou muttered to no one in particular, hoping the girl didn't hear her sarcastic mumbling. After Kyou had introduced herself, Hiro also presented her name; she was also a senior, but in a different class. Kyou didn't know anyone from that class, but no matter; now she did, and she was kind of glad she did. Knowing other people always came in handy in situations, after all.
Hiro was quick to ask about Kyou's throwing arm, to which the long-haired teen flinched. Her face turned into a flat frown, staring at the girl through almost demonic-seeming eyes. "Depends in what context you mean," she replied sharply, trying to sort out what was meant. It was probably in reference to her throwing dictionaries at people... Those "people" in particular being Sunohara Yohei and Okazaki Tomoya. She wondered if being able to chuck dictionaries the way she did meant she could throw a baseball with uncanny accuracy... She would have to try that out sometime.
"Anyway... What's got you up this early in the morning?" Kyou queried slightly. "Other than fishing, of course. Nobody gets up this early to just go fishing... right?" She hoped she wasn't wrong in regards to that... She'd never been the fisherman type herself, so who was she to know? Kyou herself simply hadn't been able to sleep any longer. She'd tried, but a good early morning walk was always good for the psyche. It at least helped her to clear her thoughts...
Second chances, they don't ever matter; people never change. Once a whore, you're nothing more, I'm sorry; that'll never change. And about forgiveness we're both supposed to have exchanged I'm sorry honey, but I'm passing up, now look this way! Well, there's a million other girls who do it just like you Looking as innocent as possible to get to who they want And what they like; it's easy if you do it right! Well, I refuse, I refuse, I REFUSE!
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