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| Trials of a Broken PLEASED; Dessy | |
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| Topic Started: Jun 2 2011, 11:06 PM (158 Views) | |
| Mirror Paw | Jun 2 2011, 11:06 PM Post #1 |
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The note was given to Annika by another student in class. The hand writing was familiar, and the name on the envelope said it all. It was from one of the most strictest, harshest grading teachers in the school, Ms. Takahashi. Annika was a favorite of Ms. Takahashi and the entire teaching staff and student body knew it as well, however, the one person who knew this fact the deepest was Annika herself. Ms. Takahashi took a lot of pride and joy in Annika being of her homeroom class. It meant that during Teacher Evaluations, that Annika’s grades would count towards her over all scoring as a teacher. Higher school, higher salary. Higher salary meant more money, and that meant more summers in the Florida Keys, but that was beside the point. Right now Annika was scheduled to help a boy out with studying. It wasn’t a difficult trip to Nathan’s apartment, but the trip was very rocky and somewhat long. The walk was up hill, and the apartments all looked the same. It was a bit of a maze to get around once Annika found the right apartment complex. As Annika walked passed the laundry room, the door swung open and slammed right into the side of her head. If it wasn’t for her PLEASED getting in the way and softening the blow, Annika could have gotten extremely hurt. Lucky for her, she was wearing her PLEASED. Unlucky for her, she was wearing a now cracked, and slightly bent PLEASED. With Nathan’s door a few feet away, she was almost there. Hehehe…Oh my gosh… Oh… Hehehehe… Uh? Mm hello? Oh, hold on!” Nathan was all alone in his dorm room when someone knocked on the door. At first he didn’t hear the knock as clearly since his TV’s volume was on pretty high. What was playing was one of his new favorite shows from America: Tosh.O. It was just hard not to laugh as some of these internet videos. When the first know sounded, he quickly turned off the tele and listened to see if he heard right. Sometimes his neighbor would get someone visiting and the knocking of their door sometimes sounded like someone knocked on his door. It was sometimes confusing. However, the knocking was indeed for him. He sat up from the floor right away, seeing as he didn’t have any furniture except for a bar stool, and a television. He jogged towards the door and took a moment to get his long hair out of the way of his eyes, and check the side mirror if he had anything on his face from the Cheetos he was eating. The person must be his tutor Ms. Takahashi told him about. Geez that teacher was strict. He wasn’t sure if he liked this teacher. Hopefully she wouldn’t send an equally strict, and harsh tutor. Like some old man with old man smell. Ew. When he opened the door, he would see Annika. Hello. Oh. Hey! It’s you! We’re in the same class together. Ms…uh. Takahashi must have sent you. I’m new to school and this is actually my first week, so she ask somebody to come around and help me with history class, and the test this week. Yeah, I’m still required to take the test apparently. Come in! Uh, sorry about the mess. Uh, Just kind of… push all the you know, luggage, and boxes, and blankets to the side. Uh. I have my book right here, but I’m not even sure what chapter we’re suppose to be on… Uh, are you alright? It was clear that Annika’s PLEASED was damaged, and heavily. At least to Annika. As Nathan spoke, she would hear a loud humming sound as well as momentary screeches and beeps. Nathan, however, didn’t hear any of it. Even with the light hum and the subtle electronic buzz of his voice as if his voice came from a speaker, Annika could tell if it was her PLEASED, or what she actually heard. By the look of her expression, Nathan wondered if maybe, she was a bit freaked out about the mess… or maybe his auto-mail legs, arm, and eye. Edited by Mirror Paw, Jun 2 2011, 11:07 PM.
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Avalon: Issac Laurent Ducate * Mahogany Leaf * Nathan Thanasukolwit * Shaundra Coleman Azura: Cammy Lombardi * Demi Joanna Hashiba * Stacy Hayes Belle Teachers: Mrs. Mami Obuchi * M.O.M. of SaCai | |
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| DesolateBeloved | Jun 16 2011, 05:39 PM Post #2 |
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She had fallen behind in her studies and while she understood the reasons for this (the bags under her eyes and the sunken look of her features, at times may have explained a bit of it to others as well) she knew that her grades would not fix themselves. Therefore, when the opportunity to fix them was brought to her, Annika could hardly say no. She was very, very serious about her grades. She intended to graduate with highest marks, so as to go on to college with good standing. Thus she was given the assignment of catching a new student up. Though she was unsure as hell about this, she agreed, knowing what a boon it was to her grades. Therefore, on the morning of her meeting, she had gotten up and dressed in a black miniskirt with four chains hanging from the belt loops. Two from the front left dangled down together, crossed behind her back, and were clipped to the back right side. Similarly, the two from the front right crossed behind her, over the first two chains, and clipped to the back left side. Over her chest, she wore a zip up vest that was blood red with zippers randomly placed throughout. Her feet were clad in her typical knee high leather, steel-toed boots. Covering her thighs, a pair of thigh high fishnet stalkings. Her hands were covered in a pair of leather gloves. She brushed through her hip length hair, then slid some red lip-balm over her lips, and eyeliner around her eyes. Moments later, she was off. She arrived at the boys place a couple dozen minutes later. The primary sense of being stunned was by the boy opening the door. She could only stare. Now, see, K had been a nice, young, Japanese boy too. But he was...rough, hard, angular in all the ways that this boy was not. This guy was soft, eyes like melting pools of chocolate to match her own. Where K had possessed hair the color of fallen snow, in vivid contrast, this male had hair like coals long gone cold. She felt her heart skip a beat, and chided herself for this girlish reaction. The simple fact of the matter was that he was a very, very pretty young man. She wanted to touch him. Ashamed of such a silly thought, she hung her head. That was when the second shock came through. What. In heavens name. She arched a brow and looked back up at him. Brows furrowed together, she watched him absently as he apparently made a speech. She caught a few words here and there, those that were in English, Egyptian, Finnish, or German. Beyond that, though, the languages flickering around hurt her brain. She blinked rapidly and shook her head, staring at him in awe and uncomprehending. “What.” That was all she could manage, unsure as could be what he was going on about. She frowned slightly and stared at him. She took off the PLEASED and shook it in her hands. The scratches and pops that had interrupted the latter half of his speech had been grating. She stared at it for a long time, before groaning and looking back to the male. How was this ever going to get done? She pulled out a pen and scribbled on the back of her hand. ~I think my PLEASED is broke. Can't hear you.~ |
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| Mirror Paw | Jun 21 2011, 12:12 PM Post #3 |
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Was there something on his face? Nathan stared back at Annika with a nervous smile, but a smile none the less. He wanted to be polite to the girl who was taking time out of her schedule to come help him after all. He just didn’t expect for her to just stare at him… or maybe she wasn’t staring at him but his robotic eye. Feeling a bit more self conscious, he scratched the back of his head as he allowed Annika to come in and look around. He had to admit, his dorm WAS messy. He didn’t have a chance to really unpack everything yet. It was a long week of paper work, finding classes, helping other students with their heat stroke, and to top it off, he needed tutoring for his class. And this was all in the first week! Nathan had a feeling this school was a lot harder than he first thought it would be. It was only when Annika started to write something down on the back of her hand did he realize something was wrong. However, as he leaned into read what she was writing on her hand, there was another knock on the door. Nathan looked up before reading the writing and looked at Annika with a smile. Oi! Pizza ma lao. Haha. Heu mai? Pom sung pepperoni ra het. Pom shaup pizza mak mak. Lau bap deo. Pom ja jai gon. He spoke happily to Annika as he rushed over to his backpack on the floor next to the door, and pulled out his wallet. His voice was cheerful and almost excited. Even the electronic hum in his voice seemed happy. As he opened the dorm‘s entrance, in it’s door way both of them would find a pizza delivery boy. With a few exchanges of cash, pizza, and tip, the pizza boy waved good bye, and Nathan closed the door. A mi me gusta comida mucho, pero no soy gordo. Hahaha. Te gusta pizza? Something was definitely wrong with Annika’s PLEASED. As Nathan placed the pizza boxes down, he opened one to allow the smell of freshly cooked pizza to flow into the air. Nathan walked over to the kitchen and pulled out two plates. He hadn’t really had a chance to go grocery shopping for anything besides pop tarts, so he knew if guests were coming over he should at least have food for them. Sadly, he didn’t get any sodas or drinks, so tap water was all he had to offer her. When he handed her the plate he laughed nervously. Omachidoosama. Onaka suiteru? Edited by Mirror Paw, Jun 21 2011, 12:12 PM.
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Avalon: Issac Laurent Ducate * Mahogany Leaf * Nathan Thanasukolwit * Shaundra Coleman Azura: Cammy Lombardi * Demi Joanna Hashiba * Stacy Hayes Belle Teachers: Mrs. Mami Obuchi * M.O.M. of SaCai | |
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| DesolateBeloved | Jul 14 2011, 04:01 AM Post #4 |
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Her poor little note was left unattended as he ran off to do something that didn't make a whole lot of sense. Her ears burned from the strange scratchy screetchy noises that blasted from her headphones. Grunting, she tried to work out what was going on. This she did by pulling the damn thing off, looking around, sighing, and grabbing the bag she'd brought with her. Finding the item she wanted, she began to unscrew bits and pieces of the PLEASED in an attempt to figure out what was wrong with it. When the male returned with the pizza, she had already taken off the casings and had begun to toy with wires within. Upon his return, though, she carefully set the items down on the nearest flat object and stared at him wide eyed. Praying he couldn't understand her when she spoke in Arabic, she simply uttered a small sentence. “Ana uħibbuk...” She took the plate he soon offered happily and stared at him. Laughing, she spread her arms out, shoulders lifting, showing her dismay and inability to understand him. She shook her head and grinned, then, without further ado, she unceremoniously lifted up two pieces of pizza and plopped them down onto her plate. Then one was seperated and the tip of it was quickly inserted into her mouth. Her eyes rolled up into her head and her eyelids fluttered with delight. Oh lord, food. She had a love affair with food that was second only to her love affair with music. Making a little moaning sound, she opened her eyes again and looked to the boy she was here to tutor. Nervously, she wiped her lips and chewed, trying to look delicate though that was a feat for the girl. He was SO pretty. |
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| Mirror Paw | Aug 16 2011, 01:06 PM Post #5 |
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Nathan must haven’t been paying that much attention because he didn’t hear what Annika said. He didn’t understand Egyptian, but it didn’t really matter. Even if she spoke Egyptian, his PLEASED would have translated for him into English or Thai depending on which language his mind set was on at the moment. People who only speak one language sometimes didn’t understand that it takes a second or two to really switch languages in your brain and speak in the correct sentence structure. But with the PLEASED, it did all that mental power for you. It was amazing and at the same time a bit uncomfortable to think that something was thinking for you. It was also a bit uncomfortable to know that people who were bilingual or trilingual would be outdone by a home maker with a PLEASED. Nathan didn’t really have a strong opinion of the situation on language, but he did feel as if all that time learning languages was a bit of a waste. Hopefully, he wasn’t wasting his time getting tutored by this girl.. Who was very odd. She didn’t say much and she kept looking around as if she didn’t know what to do. When she shrugged and just stayed quiet while eating Nathan started to suspect she wasn’t able to talk somehow. It was then that he noticed the pieces of the girl’s PLEASED on the table and then looked to her note. Then everything made sense. Why was he so dense?!?! Bah. Placed down his plate of pizza and wiped his mouth on a paper towel before tilting his head to her. They would have to share one PLEASED. He walked over to her, took his PLEASED out of his ear and wiped it on his shirt first. He then stuck it into Annika’s ear for her since her hands were greasy from the pizza. Once he was sure it was in, he spoke in Thai which the PLEASED translated for her. Oooh. You were having trouble speaking because your PLEASED was broken right? Sorry I didn’t notice. This entire school is new to me, and it takes time to get use to so much magic, tech and evos around here. I speak Thai and English. Do you happen to speak English? If so, we can remove the PLEASED completely and do this the natural way and speak English to each other. When he was done speaking he removed the device from her ear and placed it back into his own to listen to her reply. |
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Avalon: Issac Laurent Ducate * Mahogany Leaf * Nathan Thanasukolwit * Shaundra Coleman Azura: Cammy Lombardi * Demi Joanna Hashiba * Stacy Hayes Belle Teachers: Mrs. Mami Obuchi * M.O.M. of SaCai | |
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| DesolateBeloved | Aug 28 2011, 12:33 AM Post #6 |
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She munched the pizza happily, because lets be honest it was -food- and Annika loved that. She grinned slightly at him, but otherwise tried to think so she could figure out how to teach history to a guy who couldn't understand her. If it had been math, perhaps she'd have been able to accomplish this task without much issue, but when it came to a subject that had to be spoken about to understand, it would never work. She bit her lip now and then as she thought, but was otherwise expressionless. When he reached forward and touched her, she gasped and realized that a series of events had taken place the last few moments that she had, for the most part, been unaware of. Namely, he had read her note and now he was fixing the issue. He stuck the ear piece in her ear and she blinked, then listened, realizing that was probably a necessary thing to do. She tried her best to push back her girlish giggles at the sound of his accent actually making sense to her. She laughed. What a simple solution. They both spoke English, which meant that she could easily speak with him regardless of their PLEASED issues. She nodded a firm approval of this and spoke in her softer, lilting tones that were a strangely accented version of English. “I speak English. Thank the gods. We should be able to continue our session without much issue, then yeah? Can you tell me what you know about the Three Kingdoms Period while we eat? Just so I can get a sense of where you are and what help you need?” After that she cleared her throat and offered him a warm smile before taking another, politely sized bite and watching him. Her dark eyes sparkled as she thought over what -she- knew of the period. She smiled, enjoying this evening now a lot more than she had thought she would. |
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