Scurry Along

Freefall Academy

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:02:51 -0400

Oliver finished the discussion with her dad, a wide grin on her face as elation bubbled up inside her. Tucking away her cellphone she followed the boy through the fence and bushes. Arriving on the other side, a street, Oliver glanced around her self, double checking the boy’s claim.

After affirming it was indeed clear, she looked at the boy with her signature smile- a sharp boyish grin. She stuck her hand out to the boy, looking at him expectantly.

“M’name’s Oliver by the way. S’pleaure to make yer official acquaintance.”

He grinned back at her and shook her hand, “mine’s Carlos, Carlos Altsoba and yeah, it’s really is nice to meet you.”

With a laugh he raced down the streets with her. He had a new friend and things were finally going good for his family. It really was nice.

Freefall Academy

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:41:18 -0400

olive-zombies:

“I faked an appointment.” She said with a grin. After adjusting her hat she held up a hand, motioning for him to take the lead.

“Lead the way. I’ma text someone real quick.” She said.

Pulling out her cellphone she slid the qwerty pad out and began rapidly texting a discussion with her dad.

He led the way through the trees to the back of the park. He knew of a hole near the lock-down building that would let them right through the fence. Amelia had brought him here during the night a few days before he was officially registered into the system to check out the layout. They found ways for him to get in or out and even places to hide in case of emergencies.

He could hear the girl clicking away at her cell and wished he had one. But mom was still mad at him for taking apart the last cell she had and banned him from owning one. “Hey. We’re here,” he pulled up more of the fencing from the ground to make room for them and their school supplies. He slipped under the fence and wiggled through the bushes and out to the other side where street was. He peeked his head around the bush to check to make sure everything was clear.

“We’re good. Lets explore!”

Freefall Academy

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 22:18:29 -0400

olive-zombies:

“hm… Not any in particular.” She said looking up to the boy. Having finished eating herself, she looked down and began packing away her things, deactivating her powers unnoticed. Woot woot, judging by the thread and his tone, he was either with some neutrals- who really weren’t as neutral as they said they were, not in this city- or he was getting aid from the city heroes. She could work with this.

“Just wonderin’ if it was safe to reveal anotha Meta-child.” She added innocently. Zipping her bag up she stood and patted down her pants.

“What!? You know another kid meta? Swiper, that’s great! Can I meet them? I never really met another meta kid before, they keep so hidden from everyone.” His excitement died as he said the last bit, yeah they did keep hidden. He’d probably wouldn’t get to meet them then. He nudged his the toe of his shoes into the ground in slight disappointment.

“Anyway, yeah it should be safe.” He glanced down at his watch and blinked at what time it was, “Um….we missed third period and fourth is already starting. I think it be safe if I just skip the rest of the day. What about you?”

Freefall Academy

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:53:18 -0400

olive-zombies:

Glancing over to the boy, she took in his new features with a lazy face, grinning slightly.

“Go ahead and turn it back on. Still a bit close to bein’ out in the public here.” She said.

Stretching her arms over her head, hand still clasping the invisible thread, she sighed and relaxed again. Picking up the rest of her lunch she began finishing off her meal.

“Look, are they at least like, not super villains or somethin’?”

He coughed up the water he was drinking and sputter out, “O-of course not! Mom absolutely hates being involved with bad guys, especially if they’re metas. Says they give bad names and examples to the younger ones like me”. He flicked at the button on his watch and sighed when he saw his scales disappear with a loud beep.

He gave his scraps to Scabbers the Rat as he stood up and patted all the dirt off his pants. He figure it be a good idea to try to switch to conversation to her now. “Why you so worried anyway?” His grin grew as his now hidden tail poked her in the side, “don’t got some super buddies I should be worried about right?”

Freefall Academy

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:18:00 -0400

olive-zombies:

Oliver shook her head and rubbed her face, pinching the bridge of her nose thoughtfully with her eyes squeezed shut. Yeah, she could just let it go. No one would know but the two of them. And it wasn’t like she was particularly righteous anyways. She met the boy by stealing his watch right off his wrist for petes sake. She really wasn’t any kind of good Samaritan.

The whole situation still bugged her though. Frankly speaking, meta-children were always at risk of not only being exposed, but of being stolen away too. There were always people out there that wanted a piece of that power. He had said something about strong people helping him and his mom out? Were they really good guys? Even if they were actually bad people, the blonde would probably defend them if she asked.

But she needed to know.

Eyes still shut she activated her power, idly noting how she lucked out with such a subtle ability. Dropping the hand from her face she grasped an invisible thread connecting her and the boy, letting her hand fall to rest on her lap. Leaning back she sighed, eyes now dilated under closed lids.

“Answer me truthfully. Those guys that helped you and yer ma. What kind of folks are they?”

Her dad was already punishing her with extra work. She wasn’t going to suffer it for nothing. Not if she could help it.

Carlos scratched nervously at the scales appearing at his arms. This stress was causing his body to shift into a more defensive body-type. Why did she have to bring up those people? He didn’t want to give away much about them, since they did help them out so much already. He figured they were good, mom had talked highly of them even if she did complain about long night shifts often. She was even able to be around others like them, though she still held back a lot when it came to socializing. He was pretty sure most of them didn’t even have a clue that he was her son.

“They’re good people,they help a lot of people in need. Like mom got caught between a rock and a hard place when someone find out about me.” That was a lie no one knew about him except close family, ” and they got mom out of it. They found out about the homeless situation and me and set us up with some connections. Got me in school and got mom some steady job, and then mom did the rest. She was able to get me this watch by contacting some old acquaintance of hers and getting an slightly older model for a deal. Even got her a second job to get us moving along more”.

He fiddle with his watch again, debating if he should turn it back on to hide his slightly newer form or not, as he waited for her. He hoped that his answer would be good enough, he didn’t want more trouble add on to his family. He was starting to wish he just had run when he had the chance.

Freefall Academy

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:48:51 -0400

olive-zombies:

“Ah’ve seen weirder.” And scarier.

Oliver frowned. She was definitely feeling bad now. Eating sedately she tried to think up a possible solution. Dora and his mom here, finally had something going right for them. It sucked that it got all messed up like this.

“What if I hand you hard cash? Would’ya be able to sneak it to yer mom without her noticin’?” There had to a be a solution here. One that didn’t require her getting involved, because inevitable, if she was involved, so was her dad.

She suppressed a grimace. Definitely did not want to involve her dad.

She could always just not give him any money. But if the dude was on hard times, it just wasn’t right not to give it to him. Especially since she kind of ‘robbed’ him. A hi-tech watch capable of holographic camouflage for everyday use was expensive ok.

Carlos’ tilted his head and stared at the pale girls comment. She had seen metas weirder than him? Not all that surprising, considering he visited the MetaRing a few times in the past with his mom. He was tempted to ask if she ever been, but decided to keep quiet about it till he knew more about her. His tail twitched at the idea of her suggestion of giving him money, her idea wouldn’t work.

“Can’t. It’s near impossible to sneak money past mom. She keeps track of all of it to make sure we don’t lose any. It’s cause she is dead set on finishing the renovations soon, so we don’t have to live so far downtown.” He grabbed his tail and patted the dirt off of it as he tried to think of a solution.

“We could just keep quiet about it and that be that. Mom be to hard to sneak by, heck she probably doesn’t believe the lie I told her about the watch. But we should be good, she hasn’t talked about leaving and she would pass it by me first.” He took a deep breath and smiled meekly at Swiper his voice sounding a bit hopeful, “so lets not worry about it. I shouldn’t be dragged out of here any time soon by mom, so no biggie”.

Freefall Academy

Thu, 31 May 2012 20:51:06 -0400

olive-zombies:

She hummed thoughtfully as she release his wrist. Splitting some of her meal onto one of the lids of the Tupperware she handed it over to the boy, forcing it into his lap. She also gave him an extra fork she packed.

“Hm… I guess she would be mad you got teethed.” Oliver guessed. She really couldn’t relate to the boy. Here he was trying to straighten up his path, where as she was being exposed to more and more less moral things. Not that her dad was teaching her to grow up and be a conman. He just wanted to give her the skills to have options.

“But look, I get that you dun want to be stealin’ from folks, but this is different.” Shoving some pasta into her mouth she continued.

“See, I broke yer watch, so I’m payin’ fer the replacement. You break it you buy it type deal.” Taking a sip from her bottle of tea she handed her company an unopened bottle of water.

“I got to make up fer it.”

With a frown she looked at the boy beside her.

“Or is this about you bein’ exposed too?”

He placed the bottle beside and fed some of his food to his rat. She was right, it was mostly about him being exposed. If his mom found out, she would pack up everything and have them leave. He didn’t want that to happen not when they finally had so much.

“Yeah…Mom would have us leave the city and everything. She might not mind if it was another meta, but your normal. She’s going to flip” He fiddle with his watch again and it beeped at him, his disguise falling away. “Can’t blame her. You are probably the first to not freak out. I mean, most scream when they see a boy with a rat tail or got scales covering him.” He cracked a lopsided grin, “kinda wish I had better control sometimes. It really is funny watching how some people react”.

His tail swished in the air as he leaned forward a bit, “So what’s up with not freaking out anyway, Swiper?” His grin grew a bit at her and he leaned back and began eating his food.

rat-it-to-me: I love my Squirt.<3

Thu, 31 May 2012 01:58:41 -0400

rat-it-to-me:

I love my Squirt.<3

Freefall Academy

Thu, 31 May 2012 01:19:38 -0400

olive-zombies:

Blinking in surprise she grabbed his arm before he could run off, dragging him back to the ground.

“Wow hey, what- don’t make me sit on you.” She threatened. Hand still firmly grasping his wrist she frowned.

“Sit down, eat something, and talk to me.” She said firmly.

“Now why can’t you take it?”

His instinct to strike out with his tail was strong and he had to bite his lip to resist it. He didn’t want to hurt her and certainly not when she tried to be nice to him. His still hidden tail thumped on to the ground hard as he tried to figure out a way to explain without to much information given.

With a sigh he began telling her a little about him and his mom. “Mom raised the both of us on the streets since it was all we could really have. It wasn’t safe to take me to any place that was public cause my powers were too unstable and my form changed too much to be safe. I use to wonder why she took me in when I made it difficult for her. But yeah, she’d con people out of food and money, and when I was older she taught me the how-to too.” He looked away at that and picked at some of the food she had handed him. He wasn’t ashamed of stealing, he even liked causing the trouble, but it was uncomfortable talking to people about it. “Skip to recently, we got helped out by some really strong people who helped us get settled here. When mom got a job, we promised each other we wouldn’t take money and only work for it. She might meant stealing, but I rather not take any at all.”

His claws on his free hand had dug into the ground and his tail had worn the ground where it had been swishing about. He could still feel the grip from the other kid around his wrist. “Swiper. I need that hand.” He poked her side and tried to smile, but his worry showed through.

Freefall Academy

Thu, 31 May 2012 00:35:12 -0400

olive-zombies:

Oliver frowned as she leaned downed to grab her bottle of tea. Picking it up she looked at the boy contemplatively, wondering how much she should share about herself. Just because she knew his secret, didn’t mean she had to go spilling her own.

She only recently started wearing ink on her, rather then having it sealed up in various pens and bottles on her person. She was skilled enough to prevent the ink from bleeding and dying things, but obviously not enough to hide the feint scent from smart noses. She wondered if her dad had the same problem. Probably not. He likely had some cheat she had to figure out before he taught her it.

“I live near an ink factory.” she answered, tone lacking in sincerity as she smiled flippantly at the blonde boy. Waving her bottle around vaguely she turned back to the tree.

“Want some food?” she asked over her shoulder. “Y’know, to make up fer stealin’ yer watch. And breaking it.”

Sitting down under the tree she smiled mischievously. Pulling out a small white envelope from her pocket, previously with sticky seals on it, she waved it at him between her fingers. In a teasing voice she added,

“I’ve also got somethin’ good to give ya bro.”

Carlos blinked at that. There was an ink factory in this city, well he was never going there for sure. There was no way he make it out of there with a nose intact. His stomach grumbled at the mention of food and sat down near her. He fiddle with his watch out of habit as Scabbers climbed back down from wherever he was to join in.

“Thanks. My mom was angry about that. I mean the watch, not you. She doesn’t even know about you- well you stealing it or the well yeah…” He gestured with his hands and gave up trying to explain. His eye lite up at the envelope and he stared at it with pure curiosity. He took the envelope and opened it up. There was a coupons for lasertag and paintball, whatever those were, and place them back inside. There was another paper and when he saw what it was he stuffed in back in the envelope and tossed it back to the girl.

“I really can’t take that. I got to go.” He moved to stand up and head back to the school building.

Freefall Academy

Wed, 30 May 2012 21:15:00 -0400

olive-zombies:

Oliver yelped when something land on her. Squirming around, she almost resorted to her training to knock the boy off. The blonde was quick to scurry away though, so at least she didn’t have to do anything extreme. None the less she gave him a fierce scowl, replacing her cap after it was knocked off her head.

“You’re the one who fell on me y’hear!” Adjusting her hat she glanced down at her lunch. Everything looked safe, albeit knocked around everywhere. Her tea bottled had rolled away though, resting closer to the blonde boys foot.

“Oi, pass me my bottle.” she said waving at it. Pausing she frowned. “Never mind, you’d just kick or somethin’.”

Standing up she walked over to retrieve her bottle.

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Carlos smiled a bit sheepishly at what she said. Maybe he had jumped the gun a little bit, but she did rob him and he couldn’t help be a bit jumpy. When she got closer to him he couldn’t resist the urge to lean forward bit and sniff. Ugg, she smelled like that horrible ink. He covered his nose and mouth as he shook his head. When his head finally cleared up from the scent he tilted his head.

“Why do you smell like ink?” He had wanted to ask about why she wasn’t hating him for being a mutant, but his voice asked about ink instead. He was afraid to find out and he kinda wanted a friend who wouldn’t hate him.

Freefall Academy

Mon, 28 May 2012 23:50:32 -0400

olive-zombies:

Once the bell for lunch rang, Oliver politely declined invitations to lunch. Handing her teacher a signed slip that claimed a doctors appointment for the afternoon, she left the class.

Putting on her baseball cap, a new one, she swung her bag over her shoulder, lunch packed inside as she walked through the halls. Exiting the building to a less populated area, she gave a cursory glance around her before activating her powers, eyes shaded by her hood.

Her pupils dilated as her vision darkened, threads, chains and ribbons shimmering into her vision. She disregarded the wisp of spirits as there didn’t seem to be any actual hauntings going on. Following a particular thread to the Highschool she meandered her way to the back, approaching the trees there.

Spotting her target she deactivated her powers, contemplating on what to do. With a grin she plopped down under his tree and pulled out her thermally packed lunch. Yum, Sheppard’s Pie with cold pasta salad. Also couldn’t forget the awesome fruits on the side and tea.

Carlos twitched in his sleep and sniffed the air unconsciously for food. His brain registered something good and sweet and just right for him. He rolled over to get a better whiff and his eyes shot open when he felt nothing beneath him. Stupid stomach. He couldn’t catch himself in time to prevent his fall and squeezed his eyes shut for impact. He landed with a loud yelp, but it hadn’t hurt as badly as he thought it would. The grass was actually really soft…wait. He wonder why the grass was wiggling and was yelling at him.

He opened his eyes and promptly yelled. Swiper was back and she looked really, really mad. He scrambled off her and stood pointing at her in fear. “How did you find me! You’re not having my new watch!” He was really starting to hate today with all the weird things happening. Kids staring at him, teachers being strict, and now Swiper was stalking him. He back stepped away from her to put distance between him and the angry fox.

Freefall Academy

Mon, 28 May 2012 22:51:00 -0400

Carlos had been able to make it home and now 4 days later there he was standing up in front of a classroom filled with other high school freshman and introducing himself. His mom was able to pull some strings and get him admitted just in time for the new semester. It was some school known as Freefal Academy and had some kind of amazing reputation with the local universities. All the grades combined into a big campus with the sections dedicated to the grade groups of a normal school. They all shared a huge library, a gym and an area for outdoor sports, and a small park in the back for the school where the kids could spend free period. There was a building in the very back of the park that was lock-down and it was against the rules to go in. It had a fence surrounding it and then that connected to the one wrapped around the rest of the campus to keep the campus safe.

He would have been here at the start of the semester but they had to go put in a new order for a watch and that had delayed them a good bit. It had even made him late on his first day of school too. The introductions to the class had gone well and he was sent to sit in the back beside the window where the only free seat was. He noticed a few kids on the other side of the classroom giving him some funny looks as he sat which caused him to fiddle with his watch. His disguise was still up so what was their deal. Carlos turned away from them and their looks to stare out the window.

When he came back to the bell had rung for lunch and he was up and following behind everyone else. While they all went to the cafeteria he sneaked off in the opposite direction to head outside to the back of the school where the biggest set of trees where. In the center of the park was a tall stone block and he decided that be the best place to climb and chill for the remainder of the day. He had no idea what it was for and couldn’t care about the rumors of aliens, or whatever people came up with, he was going to sleep. He climbed to the top and wiggled his hood to wake up his rat buddy as he laid down. He fell asleep soon after curled up with his rat and didn’t hear any kids coming toward him.

Olive.Zombies: Swiper no Swiping!

Mon, 28 May 2012 21:41:00 -0400

Olive.Zombies: Swiper no Swiping!:

olive-zombies:

Oliver hummed thoughtfully but didn’t say anything in reply. She felt kind of bad about his watch, but really, it should have stood up to more man handling then that. What if he got into a fight with another kid at school or something? Better for it to be broken here then later in the future, in a very public area. Still, she doubted the blonde saw it her way.

Glancing around she spotted her hat in the river, caught on a rock. She blinked in confusion when she spotted a rodent sitting on it.

“huh.” Shaking her head she disregarded the scene, opting to to wring out some of the water in her shirt. She began pulling it off as she answered the boy’s question.

“Wait for our clothes to dry first.”

“Yeah. Wait for the clothes, sounds like a plan.” Carlos stood up to shake his body free of any water and when he stopped he begun freaking out. “Ah! No! Keep your shirt on!” He flailed his arms a bit and then covered his eyes and spun away. What was this girls problems? No way she was normal or even sane for that matter. He was getting out of here. He looked at the river and saw Scabbers squeaking on top of someones hat.

“Scabbers! Buddy! I’m coming for you!” Yes, perfect excuse to get away from here. Carlos ran into the river and swam quickly over to his new friend, who happily jumped on his head and her grabbed the hat. He swum easily to the other side of river and rung his hair out again. Forget wet clothing, it was getting to crazy here Stuffing the hat into his hoodie pouch, Carlos kicked off into a fast run through the forest. He quickly reached the fence and ducked past some people and shot off into the alleyway across the street. He hoped to make it home safely and avoid people if he used the back streets and rooftops. He kept his pace steady and stayed close to objects to stay hidden from sight of passerby’s.

Olive.Zombies: Swiper no Swiping!

Mon, 28 May 2012 18:39:00 -0400

Olive.Zombies: Swiper no Swiping!:

olive-zombies:

Oliver resisted the urge to squeal like a fangirl. This was so awesome! Dude had a tail. A tail man!

Her eyes flickered away from the tail to the boy when he spoke. He was kind of hunched in agitated defeat. Ah, generally meta-folks wanted to keep on the DL. Well, she was assuming he was a meta-kid.

She let go of her right hand, the left one still firmly grasping his shirt. Running her free hand through her sopping wet hair, she slicked it back. Squinting just a bit, her blue eyes glittered in excitement as she gave him a wide boyish grin, teeth and all.

“Bro are you kidding? That’s awesome. Just- bro, dude.” Shaking her head she sorted out her thoughts. She laughed a bit as she realized something.

“Oh man, no wonder you caught up to me! I should have stuck to mah board!”

After her short laugh she canted her head curiously, expression now curious rather then grinning. Tucking her chin close to her body as she eyed his features, paying no mind to his tail for the moment. Taking note of his blue eyes and blonde hair, she blinked and leaned in, probably a bit too close for comfort. Looking at his tan skin, she blinked again.

“Hey,” leaning back she smiled happily, “You have freckles.” She stated with a nod.

She beamed at the boy with slightly squinted eyes and laughed lightly again. Giving his shoulder a friendly thump she finally moved to stand, fingers running through her hair once more as she finally looked away.

Glancing around for her hat she spotted the watch instead. taking hopping steps over she picked it up and turned it over in her hand curiously before looking back at the blonde.

Giving the boy a relaxed grin she tossed the wrist watch over to him.

“Here, catch.”

Carlos just stared at the girl in shock at her simple, almost happy, reaction to his meta status. He flinched back and turned red when she pointed out his freckles. When she got off him and wonder off a bit he rung out his hair and looked around for Scabbers the rat. Carlos looked up when he heard the girl say catch and got smacked in the face by his watch. He rubbed his forehead, mumbling about annoying Swiper, and fiddle with his watch. Great, the thing was beat up to much and had cracked from all the wrestling and that was water damage inside the crack.

“Great my watch is broke and I can’t find Scabbers.” He looked up at her from where he still sat as his tail thumped the ground a few times in aggravation. He had no way home that would be safe. Would be stuck in his wet school hoodie and shorts for who knows how long. Plus, there was no way he be able to go to school without his watch. Yep, messed up big time. “What are we going to do now, Swiper?”

Olive.Zombies: Swiper no Swiping!

Mon, 28 May 2012 03:40:00 -0400

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olive-zombies:

Oliver mentally cussed the boy out. How did he mange to catch up to her? Scrambling to her feet she yelped at being knocked down again. Twisting her body around she froze up at the boys extra appendage. There was a tail waving around agitatedly. She did not recall a tail in the pet shop.

“Bro, bro! You’ve got a tail!”

Tackling the blonde boy before he retrieved his watch, she partially plopped her self down on his lap so he couldn’t run off. Gripping his shirt she leaned over to the side to look at his waving tail with wide eyes.

Carlos froze at the yell and promptly met the ground with a loud yelp. Darn it, he was so close to the watch and getting away from Swiper. His mom was going to kill him when she found out that he got found out. He looked at the girl sitting on him and his tail twitched in an open show of aggravation. Carlos wouldn’t admit he was afraid of how the girl was going to react to him and his tail, but the look on his face told all. He twitched when she leaned over to get a closer look at it.

“Yeah, freaks got a tail. Now get off!”

Carlos tried wiggle out from under her and get to his watch, but she wasn’t moving and the watch was to far away. His tail thumped down on the ground hard in defeat. Great, now he has to think of a way to get away and have her not tell the cops. Mom was so going to have his tail for this, literally.

Olive.Zombies: Swiper no Swiping!

Mon, 28 May 2012 01:29:00 -0400

Olive.Zombies: Swiper no Swiping!:

olive-zombies:

Oliver ran through the trees, heading towards the bit of river past the park. The park was actually separated from the nearby woods to prevent people from wandering into the thick.

Arriving at a short wall with black gates sitting atop it, Oliver jumped and grasped the gates to pull her self up. Climbing up she grabbing the top of the gate and heaved her self over. Hopping down the other side she bent her knees for the landing.

“Hey!” Jerking her head up her eyes widened at the boy who managed to catch up.

Bolting through the woods, she took note of the thud behind her, indicating his landing in the woods.

Breathing heavily, she caught sight of the river ahead. Urging her legs to run faster, she quickly approached the shore before having the wind knocked out of her from behind.

Carlos had caught sight of the girl as she landed and yelled out toward her. He saw her run off again and picked up speed himself. When he got close enough he put all his power into the legs and pushed off the ground to tackle her. Carlos hadn’t noticed the river ahead of him an they both landed head first into it, well he was glad he had rat instincts. He kicked his feet and popped his head back above water and looked around. Where was that girl? She was going to come up soon right? He tossed his head around when he heard a splash and saw the girl trying to swim away. Carlos grabbed onto her and tried to drag her to shore. Why did she have to kick him so hard? Carlos at one point lost his grip on her when she elbowed him the side. With some difficult he caught her again and got them both on land and for all his trouble got shoved to the ground. Carlos tripped her up with his tail as she tried to run and he jumped on her. He thumped his tail against her as he went to have grab for his watch that had fallen out of her pocket during the struggle. He wanted to just get his watch and go before she got take it again.

Olive.Zombies: Swiper no Swiping!

Sun, 27 May 2012 04:55:17 -0400

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Oliver peered into the window of the pet shop before sliding her gaze to the boy next to her. His lips were moving, just barely murmuring at the lizard on the other side of the glass. She couldn’t hear a word of what he was saying of course, the sounds of the city washing over everything. It…

Carlos was nodding his head along to the faint whisper of the lizard that was speaking to him through the glass. The poor thing had been harassed by some little kids tapping on the class earlier.

“Yeah. I know how you feel buddy. Humans just don’t know when to stop tapping the glass. Bright side though. You didn’t have to go home with them”

He kept his voice low and focused on keeping up with the lizard fast-paced rambling about crickets or something. He was startled by a boyish sounding voice, and he totally didn’t jump like cricket no matter what the damn laughing lizard said. Carlos looked over at the other kid and listened to him repeat the words again.

“O-Oh. Sure, I guess. I like to check out the rodents any way.”

“heh, awesome!” Giving a toothy grin she grabbed his left wrist and dragged him along into the pet shop. The bell of the store over head rang as they entered. Still holding onto his wrist, she pulled the other boy over to the lizard before letting go. Shoving her hands into the back of her hood she grinned and leaned forward to peer at the lizard curiously.

“Reptiles are wicked eh.” His wrist watch was half way undone.

“Yeah. They are awesome and really useful. This one though is really rude”

Carlos gave the lizard a dirty look when it started mouthing off about being ignored and demanded more food. He didn’t notice the weird looks he got from the other customers about the rude comment and continued to quietly whisper back to the lizard to watch it’s language.Finally getting fed up with the hissing remarks, Carlos headed over toward the rodents who started squeaking for attention and toys. He began whispering to them and zoned out from the rest of the store and it’s other occupants.

Oliver gave the boy an odd look as he walked away. Looking back at the lizard she grinned.

“Rude or not, yer still pretty kickin’.”

Heading over to the pet rats, Oliver grinned. Along with her target, there were a bunch of kids crowding the rats, excited to see the rodents awake and running around. They were getting a bit rowdy, voices rising and shoving all around. It would be perfectly reasonable for her to squeeze in and bump into folks.

She nudged her way around, shoulder bumping into the other boy again. Quick hands unfastened the rest of the wrist watch, and as one of the other kids yelled and shoved her over into the other boy, she pulled the watch free. She tensed when she heard the watch beep, muffled by the all the voices and movement. She relaxed when the boy merely glanced at the other kids with a slightly irritated face.

She quickly pocketed the watch and stepped back. Putting on her own annoyed face she glanced at the kids and slid out of the crowd.

“Augh, forget it, hate crowds like this. I’m out.”

Turning on her heel she marched over to the door and left, the bell ringing unnoticed to the people in the store. Stepping out on to the street she shouldered off her bag and quickly freed her skateboard. Dropping it to the ground she leisurely rolled down the pavement, bag on her back once again as she hummed a tune.

Pulling out the watch from her pocket she examined it in interest. She had every intention of returning it of course, after she was done looking at it.

Turning his head he watch the boy who dragged him in here leave and shrugged at being left. He twitched as another little kid jab an elbow into his waist where his tail was wrapped and swore from all the hits. The little rat he was holding squeaked out something about matching tails when he heard a girl gasp beside him. Looking down at her he saw her staring wide eyed right at him. As he held up his hand to wave at her he froze and stared at his wrist. The wrist where his watch was meant to be. His watch was gone. Where was his watch!?

Jerking back and pushing his way through the crowd, he heard the little girl yell for her mom. He brought his wrist to his face and tried to get the scent of the watch or who ever took it. All he smelt was an unfamiliar smell of a girl. Wait a second, he knew that smell it was that boy, no girl, who dragged him in here. That girl stole his watch! He tore out the door ignoring the scream of who ever had seen his tail free and swinging. The rat on his shoulder squeaked in excitement and clung on as Carlos knocked through people to follow the weak scent of the girl.

Oliver glanced over her shoulder at the sound of disgruntled calls. Her eyes widened when she noticed the boy she was just with shoving his way through the crowd. He did not look very pleased.

“Whoops, time to book it.” Kicking off the ground she sped down the pavement, swerving in between pedestrians with a laugh. Turning a corner her grin widened at the road dipping downwards. With another kick she was air born for a few second before hitting the paved hill down.

She whooped in delight.

Carlos tensed up and put more force into his push offs to give more power to his jump that let him land on the road railing and get past the crowd. He ran across it till the hill and kicked off one more time to land at the top. Carlos stopped and saw the girl speeding down toward the park. His tail twitched in agitation as he resumed running after her, but lagging behind due to being on foot.

“Get back here Swiper!”, he yelled after her as he passed through the gates into the park. “Give me back my watch!”

Turning her head back Oliver couldn’t help but gape.

“Holy bajeeberz-!” That was friggin Ninja, running on the railing.

Speeding right through the park gates, Oliver swerved down another path. She couldn’t help but laugh when she heard his shout. Childishly, she called back to him,

“Swiper no swiping, swiper no swiping!”

Swerving down a path and out of sight behind a wall, Oliver jumped off her board and slapped her palms against the wall. As the board rolled noisily away, ink and seals poured down her hand to attach her to the wall. The momentum spun her on the wall, but she held true and quickly scaled up to the level above.

Reaching the top she ran through the tree’s further into the park. She could find her board later.

Carlos couldn’t help but laugh at the taunt he got in return for his Dora reference. He skidded to a stop as she disappeared down the path and into wherever she went. It didn’t matter though if he could catch her scent he would be good to go. He sniffed the air to try catch anything, no good, the wind was behind him and ruined that chance. Carlos shrugged his shoulders and walk down the path keeping low to the ground to catch a scent. He looked up when he came to a wall and peeked around the side of it, sniffed and then promptly sneezed all over the place. He covered his nose and started the whine about his poor nose, the smell of ink was everywhere and it wasn’t even a nice scented kind.

Carlos stumbled away from the wall into the forest and shook his head clear of the smell. He got an angry squeak in return causing him to remember his passenger. He scratched the little rat on the head and returned to sniffing the air. Ha! There she was, he caught her scent and the nasty ink smell that was trailing after her strongly. He took off after her scent, keeping to the ground and his little rat buddy watched the trees from his shoulders.

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Sun, 27 May 2012 03:59:40 -0400

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Oliver peered into the window of the pet shop before sliding her gaze to the boy next to her. His lips were moving, just barely murmuring at the lizard on the other side of the glass. She couldn’t hear a word of what he was saying of course, the sounds of the city washing over everything. It…

Carlos was nodding his head along to the faint whisper of the lizard that was speaking to him through the glass. The poor thing had been harassed by some little kids tapping on the class earlier.

“Yeah. I know how you feel buddy. Humans just don’t know when to stop tapping the glass. Bright side though. You didn’t have to go home with them”

He kept his voice low and focused on keeping up with the lizard fast-paced rambling about crickets or something. He was startled by a boyish sounding voice, and he totally didn’t jump like cricket no matter what the damn laughing lizard said. Carlos looked over at the other kid and listened to him repeat the words again.

“O-Oh. Sure, I guess. I like to check out the rodents any way.”

“heh, awesome!” Giving a toothy grin she grabbed his left wrist and dragged him along into the pet shop. The bell of the store over head rang as they entered. Still holding onto his wrist, she pulled the other boy over to the lizard before letting go. Shoving her hands into the back of her hood she grinned and leaned forward to peer at the lizard curiously.

“Reptiles are wicked eh.” His wrist watch was half way undone.

“Yeah. They are awesome and really useful. This one though is really rude”

Carlos gave the lizard a dirty look when it started mouthing off about being ignored and demanded more food. He didn’t notice the weird looks he got from the other customers about the rude comment and continued to quietly whisper back to the lizard to watch it’s language.Finally getting fed up with the hissing remarks, Carlos headed over toward the rodents who started squeaking for attention and toys. He began whispering to them and zoned out from the rest of the store and it’s other occupants.

Oliver gave the boy an odd look as he walked away. Looking back at the lizard she grinned.

“Rude or not, yer still pretty kickin’.”

Heading over to the pet rats, Oliver grinned. Along with her target, there were a bunch of kids crowding the rats, excited to see the rodents awake and running around. They were getting a bit rowdy, voices rising and shoving all around. It would be perfectly reasonable for her to squeeze in and bump into folks.

She nudged her way around, shoulder bumping into the other boy again. Quick hands unfastened the rest of the wrist watch, and as one of the other kids yelled and shoved her over into the other boy, she pulled the watch free. She tensed when she heard the watch beep, muffled by the all the voices and movement. She relaxed when the boy merely glanced at the other kids with a slightly irritated face.

She quickly pocketed the watch and stepped back. Putting on her own annoyed face she glanced at the kids and slid out of the crowd.

“Augh, forget it, hate crowds like this. I’m out.”

Turning on her heel she marched over to the door and left, the bell ringing unnoticed to the people in the store. Stepping out on to the street she shouldered off her bag and quickly freed her skateboard. Dropping it to the ground she leisurely rolled down the pavement, bag on her back once again as she hummed a tune.

Pulling out the watch from her pocket she examined it in interest. She had every intention of returning it of course, after she was done looking at it.

Turning his head he watch the boy who dragged him in here leave and shrugged at being left. He twitched as another little kid jab an elbow into his waist where his tail was wrapped and swore from all the hits. The little rat he was holding squeaked out something about matching tails when he heard a girl gasp beside him. Looking down at her he saw her staring wide eyed right at him. As he held up his hand to wave at her he froze and stared at his wrist. The wrist where his watch was meant to be. His watch was gone. Where was his watch!?

Jerking back and pushing his way through the crowd, he heard the little girl yell for her mom. He brought his wrist to his face and tried to get the scent of the watch or who ever took it. All he smelt was an unfamiliar smell of a girl. Wait a second, he knew that smell it was that boy, no girl, who dragged him in here. That girl stole his watch! He tore out the door ignoring the scream of who ever had seen his tail free and swinging. The rat on his shoulder squeaked in excitement and clung on as Carlos knocked through people to follow the weak scent of the girl.

Oliver glanced over her shoulder at the sound of disgruntled calls. Her eyes widened when she noticed the boy she was just with shoving his way through the crowd. He did not look very pleased.

“Whoops, time to book it.” Kicking off the ground she sped down the pavement, swerving in between pedestrians with a laugh. Turning a corner her grin widened at the road dipping downwards. With another kick she was air born for a few second before hitting the paved hill down.

She whooped in delight.

Carlos tensed up and put more force into his push offs to give more power to his jump that let him land on the road railing and get past the crowd. He ran across it till the hill and kicked off one more time to land at the top. Carlos stopped and saw the girl speeding down toward the park. His tail twitched in agitation as he resumed running after her, but lagging behind due to being on foot.

“Get back here Swiper!”, he yelled after her as he passed through the gates into the park. “Give me back my watch!”

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Sun, 27 May 2012 03:11:30 -0400

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Oliver peered into the window of the pet shop before sliding her gaze to the boy next to her. His lips were moving, just barely murmuring at the lizard on the other side of the glass. She couldn’t hear a word of what he was saying of course, the sounds of the city washing over everything. It…

Carlos was nodding his head along to the faint whisper of the lizard that was speaking to him through the glass. The poor thing had been harassed by some little kids tapping on the class earlier.

“Yeah. I know how you feel buddy. Humans just don’t know when to stop tapping the glass. Bright side though. You didn’t have to go home with them”

He kept his voice low and focused on keeping up with the lizard fast-paced rambling about crickets or something. He was startled by a boyish sounding voice, and he totally didn’t jump like cricket no matter what the damn laughing lizard said. Carlos looked over at the other kid and listened to him repeat the words again.

“O-Oh. Sure, I guess. I like to check out the rodents any way.”

“heh, awesome!” Giving a toothy grin she grabbed his left wrist and dragged him along into the pet shop. The bell of the store over head rang as they entered. Still holding onto his wrist, she pulled the other boy over to the lizard before letting go. Shoving her hands into the back of her hood she grinned and leaned forward to peer at the lizard curiously.

“Reptiles are wicked eh.” His wrist watch was half way undone.

“Yeah. They are awesome and really useful. This one though is really rude”

Carlos gave the lizard a dirty look when it started mouthing off about being ignored and demanded more food. He didn’t notice the weird looks he got from the other customers about the rude comment and continued to quietly whisper back to the lizard to watch it’s language.Finally getting fed up with the hissing remarks, Carlos headed over toward the rodents who started squeaking for attention and toys. He began whispering to them and zoned out from the rest of the store and it’s other occupants.

Oliver gave the boy an odd look as he walked away. Looking back at the lizard she grinned.

“Rude or not, yer still pretty kickin’.”

Heading over to the pet rats, Oliver grinned. Along with her target, there were a bunch of kids crowding the rats, excited to see the rodents awake and running around. They were getting a bit rowdy, voices rising and shoving all around. It would be perfectly reasonable for her to squeeze in and bump into folks.

She nudged her way around, shoulder bumping into the other boy again. Quick hands unfastened the rest of the wrist watch, and as one of the other kids yelled and shoved her over into the other boy, she pulled the watch free. She tensed when she heard the watch beep, muffled by the all the voices and movement. She relaxed when the boy merely glanced at the other kids with a slightly irritated face.

She quickly pocketed the watch and stepped back. Putting on her own annoyed face she glanced at the kids and slid out of the crowd.

“Augh, forget it, hate crowds like this. I’m out.”

Turning on her heel she marched over to the door and left, the bell ringing unnoticed to the people in the store. Stepping out on to the street she shouldered off her bag and quickly freed her skateboard. Dropping it to the ground she leisurely rolled down the pavement, bag on her back once again as she hummed a tune.

Pulling out the watch from her pocket she examined it in interest. She had every intention of returning it of course, after she was done looking at it.

Turning his head he watch the boy who dragged him in here leave and shrugged at being left. He twitched as another little kid jab an elbow into his waist where his tail was wrapped and swore from all the hits. The little rat he was holding squeaked out something about matching tails when he heard a girl gasp beside him. Looking down at her he saw her staring wide eyed right at him. As he held up his hand to wave at her he froze and stared at his wrist. The wrist where his watch was meant to be. His watch was gone. Where was his watch!?

Jerking back and pushing his way through the crowd, he heard the little girl yell for her mom. He brought his wrist to his face and tried to get the scent of the watch or who ever took it. All he smelt was an unfamiliar smell of a girl. Wait a second, he knew that smell it was that boy, no girl, who dragged him in here. That girl stole his watch! He tore out the door ignoring the scream of who ever had seen his tail free and swinging. The rat on his shoulder squeaked in excitement and clung on as Carlos knocked through people to follow the weak scent of the girl.