speaking in tongues || ben & aoife
[Ben had a certain appreciation for college students and how their constant overworked state made them negligent to the world outside of their lecture halls. In what other place but a university campus would Ben be able to live inside a public building for three days straight without anyone catching on? The library is the ideal place to camp out - when the time comes for her to sleep, she’ll just lay her head on one of the several books open in front of her (she has decided to play a political science major - the books were thick and if there was one thing people never brought up casually, it was politics). To any passerby, she looks like just another stressed out student with looming deadlines and no one pays her a second glance.]
[It’s a good plan, but it’s not ideal. Ben has a way to make it even more believable. The student two tables down from her had left half an hour ago, accidentally leaving behind a generic HGU hoodie, and Ben has already mentally claimed it for herself. Once she has determined that enough time has passed, Ben quietly gets up and retrieves the hoodie, slipping it on as she slips back into her chair. A quick, casual glance around the library leaves her satisfied that no one has seen her act of theft, and Ben smirks to herself.]
[Aoife has been sitting at her little cubicle for the past four hours, trying to catch up on her readings. The library is almost empty now, and Aoife sits up straight to stretch a little, her head poking out of the top of the cubicle walls. Her eyes wander a little, observing her fellow overtired students. Suddenly, one of the students sitting at a table gets up & takes a hoodie from another table. Aoife is expecting her to hand it over to the front desk for the lost and found, but the girl puts it on and goes back to where she was sitting.
It's been four hours and Aoife is tired. She furrows her brow a little and the thought accidentally slips.]
Are you actually stealing a hoodie from a college student who's probably eyeballs-deep in tuition debt? What are you doing?
