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{DEAD!!!}Midsummer Festival: Day One
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I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart - I am, I am, I am. |
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Post by Seren on Jul 4, 2008 20:42:33 GMT -5
Jared nodded at what she was saying, then laughed while pinching her cheeks playfully "I doubt it, you're an amazing dancer," he said to her intentionally showering her with compliments. At her question he paused for a moment and swallowed, his adam's apple bouncing up and down. The question itself was very wide, and the first few things that flashed through his head were definetly something they would not being doing. It was firstly inappropriate, and secondly... he blushed- if he was going to do anything it would have to be at the right moment. Moments were mandatory, and he prided himself on being a nice guy. "Do you wanna just walk around?" he asked her while pulling out a small bottle with a red rose in it "I got this for you by the way," he suddenly said seeming sort of embarrased. "One of the petals are supposed to grant a wish, but people usually end up wishing on the wrong petal," he looked down at his feet awkwardly then back at Clara. "I thought you might like it," he said while his face turned a deep shade of red.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2008 21:04:42 GMT -5
"Not as good as him."
Seeing his first few thoughts made her face turn a dark shade of red and she looked away from him. Well. They were... Detailed. At least now she knew what he wanted to do. "Oh,"was all she managed. The rose made her smile, and she reached up to kiss the corner of his mouth. "Thank you a lot, Jared. It's beautiful."
Jared was always so thoughtful, thinking of her. He always wanted to see her happy. He seemed to be one of few.
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Post by Tempest on Jul 4, 2008 22:26:47 GMT -5
Emilio smiled hopefully. Was she referring to herself? If so, he was signing up without a second thought. His handwriting was like chicken scratch, so he had to take his time to make sure it was somewhat legible.
When he was done, he turned to their three companions, wondering the same thing as Amy- whether they'd signed up for anything. Without looking at Amy, he bumped her right back.
Caroline shook her head. "I didn't, but Hector did." Hector nodded. "I'm not above knocking other people into vats of pudding with nerf-material baton things."
He gave them all a lighthearted grin and turned to Nikolai. "You signed up for a couple of strange ones. You sure you want to go through with them?"
"It is of little conseq- I mean, it matters not." Nikolai shrugged. In any case, he wasn't going to show that he cared enough to check to see what he'd signed up for.
He didn't need to. Caroline checked and laughed. "A costume contest? Hot dog eating?" At the second one, she glanced at him. He was kind of skinny- not the type one would think could stand a chance against the... hem larger people who were bound to participate. She continued, "Aaaaand... storytelling. Interesting choices, Nikolai."
Emilio smirked. "Debes... you should... enter the storytelling... Eres una profesora de Ingles. Conoces mucho!" He had slipped back into Spanish and Caroline gave him a hard look.
"Practica" was her answer- not really an answer, but it was kind of clear she was attempting to flake out on it. "Si, si. Yo voy a practicar. Enter the contest!" He was insistant.
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I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart - I am, I am, I am. |
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Post by Seren on Jul 4, 2008 23:29:57 GMT -5
Jared watched Clara, admiring her blue eyes. He then blushed as she kissed him, lightly touching his lips as if they had just touched expensive gold. "You're welcome," he said grinning at her. Looking around for a moment he finally decided what to do, taking Clara's hand he tucked it under his arm "Do you wanna go for a walk?" he asked her looking a little pleading.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2008 23:36:08 GMT -5
Hmm. Well, this was a pickle. She wasn't good enough for a dance contest, but she knew Clara was. Maybe she would just have Clara help her more, and she would shove Clara in with some random kid from school. Amorina remembered Clara saying something about some old friend she had found; maybe she could dance with him. Oh well; it was going to be hard as hell though.
Feeling him bump her, she gave him a small shocked face. Was he actually flirting with her? Amorina decided to try something else; slowly, she trailed her fingers between his, still holding onto his hand. Her eyes averted themselves from him, too afraid of more rejection.
Listening to everyone else, she giggled at a few. "A costume contest? Is there a theme?" Maybe she'd join that. No, no. She would not be sucked in to it like everyone else. Amorina had a limit to how outgoing she was in front of strangers, especially after the recent events.
Amy smiled at Caroline's chastising tone to Emilio, but she had to agree with Emilio. "I think you should do it too, Caroline. You'll be great at it."
Clara smiled at Jared. "Sure." She was glad to have finally found him again. He was her buddy, who loved her and possibly wanted to take it further. She wondered if they would... "Where do you want to go?"
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Post by Tempest on Jul 5, 2008 0:05:58 GMT -5
Emilio purposely kept his features in tune to the conversation rather than Amy's behavior. Naturally, he gave her hand a slight squeeze in response to the finger-twining. He'd have to talk to her later, though, just to make sure this wasn't going to become an issue of rebounding. Emilio didn't want to be the rebound guy. He wanted to be The Guy.
For now, he could let himself enjoy the day and the company. Well... most of the company.
Caroline looked at the costume contest because Nikolai had gotten rather reticent in the last few minutes. "Characters from myths, fairy tales, and legends. Interesting. It's held on the last day to give people enough time to get their costumes together."
She turned to them and feigned annoyance. "You give me too much credit-" she started, but she stopped at a smile from Hector.
"I bet you'll do fine. At least you won't have to worry about pudding." "Or making a pig of yourself," Nikolai added, trying to be helpful.
In the face of so much peer pressure, Caroline grudgingly caved in and wrote her name down in her pristine script.
She placed her hands on her hips when she was done, and tried to look more confident than she felt. "What now?"
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I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart - I am, I am, I am. |
Thunder Goddess
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Post by Seren on Jul 5, 2008 0:15:34 GMT -5
"I don't know," he said kind of awkwardly. "Anywhere," Jared then started to walk at a slow leisurely pace while kind of tugging Clara along. He was still slightly conscious the huge paint strip on his back but decided to ignore it. He had other clothes anyways and it wasn't as if what he was wearing now was special. The person on his arm though, that was another story. Looking over at her for a moment he smiled boyishly "It's almost like we're on a date," he said while grinning at her.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2008 0:32:24 GMT -5
Amorina gave a small "Hmmm." She wanted to join in the costume contest, but did not think she had the time nor the outfit. She could always wrap a sheet around her and be Helen of Troy. Or a small red cape and be Little Red Riding Hood. She could try to pull off Rapunzel.
Her mind was pulled from it's train of thought when she felt the small pressure of a squeeze and gave a small smile at Emilio, glancing at him. Perhaps things were changing for the best after all. Still, Amy wanted to know what had made him hold her hand after he had let it go. Was it jealousy? Had he not realized it? Was it just an honest mistake?
She gave a small shrug to Caroline. "Umm... We could always just look around or sit and talk or look around and talk." She shrugged again. "I have nothing."
Clara gave him a small push, smiling up at him. "Noooo, really?" Letting her head rest against his arm, she squeezed his arm in a hug. "Have you dated anyone since I've been away?" An awkward question, but one she had to know. Clara usually wasn't a jealous one, but when somebody tells you they love you, you start to care about them more.
Jared was a sweet-heart, there was no doubt about it. He was handsome too. And he loved her. Her best friend loved her. She just wanted to make sure she would never hurt him. So far, nothing had broken or even came close to it.
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Post by Tempest on Jul 5, 2008 17:38:34 GMT -5
Emilio caught the smile in the corner of his eye, but tried to keep his own face in a calm expression. Still, a corner of his mouth twiched, as though he was holding back a grin.
Caroline smiled. "Let's look around some more. There's bound to be performers and stuff somewhere."
Nikolai had picked up on something in Amy's "hmmm" and decided to act on it. He gave a hint in his many-accented voice, saying, "I do believe that I may back out of the costume contest if nobody else joins. I do not wish to arrive on the third day as the only one in garb."
Caroline followed his eyes to Amy. She caught his drift and said conspiratorially, "I'll join if you do... We can help each other out!"
Hector caught on and chuckled, "Same. If there are others going to go ahead with this... it certainly sounds interesting."
Emilio raised his eyebrows. Good grief. Caroline and Nikolai had turned the tables... if they had their way, they were going to make sure everybody was involved in something. He said quietly to Amy, "If you no want to do it, you not having to, yes? I tell Caroline to... leave you out of her schemes."
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I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart - I am, I am, I am. |
Thunder Goddess
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Post by Seren on Jul 5, 2008 17:40:52 GMT -5
"No," he said (well almost yelled) immediately at her question without hesitation. He then laughed a few seconds later, a sudden thought came to him and before he had a moment to think twice about it he was saying it- "Would you go out with me?" it wasn't the best way of asking, and it was pretty random. Jared suddenly stopped and frowned, looking a little embarrased. "Sorry, I have a bad habit of doing that...," he mumbled afraid to look at her.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2008 21:11:34 GMT -5
It was like ana ttack had formed out of nowhere from a simple "Hmmm." Amy put her hands up and laughed. "Okay, okay, I give in, I'll join up!" Giving a "It's-no-big-deal" smile to Emilio, she signed her name under the column and shrugged. "Now I just have to think of something to do." Damn. She had given in.
Placing her hand back in his was easy enough, and she gave him a small nudge again. "It's no problem, really. Are you going to join up with us?" Maybe it could be a couples thing as well. If she needed help, she coulf always ask the others in the group, or Clara. Amy was never good at making costumes; she'd have to buy some tomorrow.
His sudden random asking made her stop walking. Clara gave a soft sigh. "Jared, I'm honestly scared. I don't have a lot of ccontrol on my power and I don't want to end up hurting you." Stepping on her tip-toes, she kissed him softly and smiled. "But yes, I will." She wrapped her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. "Happy?"
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Post by Tempest on Jul 5, 2008 21:35:10 GMT -5
Emilio thought about it for a moment. This was definitely not his area of expertise and he didn't want to get dressed up in anything that would hinder dancing... but her smile hd convinced him even before she had asked. He shrugged and said a sort of noncommittal, "I guess."
Caroline put his name under hers. Hector signed up next. And that was that. His half-sister gave a smile to everyone in general. "I used to be pretty good at this kind of thing... and I know plenty of stories. If you need help or anything." This was said mostly for Amy's, Nikolai's, and Hector's benefit- she already knew she'd probably see Emilio tomorrow morning about this.
Hector gave her a grateful look, but shook his head, "Only if I pull an absolute blank. In any case, I'll be the one people are looking for to get a quick laugh."
And Nikolai shrugged. "I already have... an inkling of what I might come as."
Emilio looked down at his shoes. He didn't like getting up in front of people unless it was to do something like dance. Just standing there waiting for judgement... At least Amy would be there. He smiled at that. The next two days were going to be absolutely amazing.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2008 21:48:36 GMT -5
His answer made her smile fade. "I don't want you to do something you don't want to." Soemthing made her regret asking him. He didn't seem like he wanted to do it, so she didn't know if she wanted to do it anymore or not.
She let a small smile fall on her lips at Caroline's suggestion. "I'll probably talk to you about that tomorrow." She honestly didn't know who she was going to dress up as, or who she could pull off. Nothing that great, she knew that for a fact right now
[gahhh short]
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Post by Tempest on Jul 5, 2008 22:07:45 GMT -5
Emilio shook his head, perhaps too adamantly. The others decided that it was probably best if they took themselves out of this part of the conversation. Let the two work it out amongst themselves.
"It... will be fun," he enthused halfheartedly. Then he sighed, "I... solamente... worried about costume, yes? I am not good at... this thing. Is nothing to worry about... Caroline me ayudara.... Help me out too."
He shrugged and let the matter fall from his mind. Nothing was going to bother him today. Nothing. Immediately, he looked much more confident.
What made it all better- Amy's concern for his comfort.
Emilio gave her a beautiful smile and said, "Let us... go look at the other places."
Nikolai, Caroline, and Hector had already drifted off, heading to where a man was fencing with another, but holding a comedy thing at the same time. It was a bunch of lewd jokes and clearly rehearsed slapstick gags, but it was fairly well-done from the looks of things. At least the crowd around the low wooden platform seemed to think so.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2008 22:20:46 GMT -5
That smile of his sent shivers down her spine. "I'm not good at it either,"she admitted. "I only signed up because of them but..." She shrugged."It'll be fun." Amorina gave a small giggle. "We'll look amazing anyway."
Giving him a small smile, she looked to where the others had went, spotting them immediately. "Do you want to go back with them or walk around on our own?" A little bold maybe but it would be worht it.
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