concrete &amp; clay

#c:keaghan #keaghan #//what if i'm still giggling

He smiles. “Bye.”

"No, I don’t like the way you make me feel."

"Oh, my mistake. I'm glad those two are so different." She unzips her hoodie and tosses it onto the ground beside her. "Well then, how about I make everything more pleasant for you?" With this she turns and, despite her still aching head, starts to run a lap.

"This isn’t being conceited. This is an observation. And I don’t know, but the way you talk to me makes me uncomfortable."

"So, what you're saying basically, is that you don't like the way I talk?"

"Are you flirting with me?"

#//uhm #//where did the sass come from #//bee what are you #c:keaghan #keaghan

Bee inhales a piece of hair when he says this and starts to cough. "Oh my--" Once she clears her throat, she looks at him again. "Well, if the shoe fits..." She glances down at her feet for dramatic effect, mock contemplating it. "Yeah, no. No, it doesn't. I'm not that desperate, and, you're joking, because you can't be that conceited."

[he moves to the side so the next person in line can order.] Ouch, Bee, that hurt. [he pauses for effect before he delivers the punch line, tapping a drum roll on the counter.] Because they don’t know the words!

#c:alec #alec #//super late #//bye

She can't help but laugh as she hears the punch line. "Oh my god. That is terrible."

"Okay, then. That counts." He’s silent for a moment. "I really hope I don’t have any weird side effects too. I don’t want to start shitting my pants every hour or something."

#//except her smile is a little bigger??#//but she's still trying not to???#c:keaghan #keaghan

"I wouldn't object to you getting some shitty side effect. You know what they say about misery loving company." She laughs and then winces, bringing a hand to her forehead again. "Damn. Don't do that again."

estelle-sandoval

"I’m not familiar with side affects lingering after the power manifests, but the serum does affect everyone differently." She pauses for a moment to think. "What exactly is happening?"

"Uh, after that other guy injected me with the serum and I left, nothing really happened. Then, I was going to work the next day, and I got a killer headache. Like, I mean full on stabbing pain from here--" She taps one temple. "--to here." She taps the other side and then pauses to recall what went on as accurately as possible. "It went away after the windows shattered in the shop. Until now."

#c:estelle #estelle

He steps quickly away from the cracks as they grow toward him. Then he looks up at her. “Uh, that’s definitely not good. Have you tried pain meds?”

"Pain meds? For a headache? Wow, Shadow Boy. You really are some kind of genius." A half smile tugs at the corner of her lips and she glances at the ground with a slight shrug of her shoulders. "Yeah, though. I had some Tylenol, if that counts."

estelle-sandoval

"Is something wrong?"

#//[eye twitches] this gif...quality...no..#c:estelle #estelle

"Wha-- No." Bee looks up and brushes a few strands of hair from her face. "I mean, yeah, actually. A little." She points to her head. "How long are the settling in side effects going to last?" After a brief pause, she adds, "They are just settling in side effects, right?"

He jogs over to Blythe and looks her over. “Are you all right?”

Still grimacing, she looks up and says nothing. The ground beneath her trembles faintly, a few cracks spread out along the floor toward Keaghan and then-- it all stops. "Yeah. Just one of the fun side effects they thought to mention after injecting me with black goo."

brookemoorfields

Brooke sits at a table in the park with a large textbook and her laptop open. She has her glasses on and seems to be reading something intently from her screen when she feels someone’s eyes on her. “What?” She says without looking away from the laptop.

#extraordinarystarter #starter #open #keaghan #c:keaghan #estelle #c:estelle

Blythe is walking through the park with a cup of iced coffee held carefully in her hands. She slows down to a crawl when passing Brooke as she recognizes her face from the warehouse meetings. "Uh-- Sorry. Nothing."

#c:brooke #brooke

Blythe is in the warehouse, taking the time to stretch before doing anything too major. Or, at least, that is what she has been trying to do up until now. Overwhelmed by a sharp pain piercing through her right temple, she lifts a hand to her head. "Ow, shit! Not again."

Yeah, alright. [he stands up straighter, still watching her.] Hey, Blythey, why do bees hum?

"To tune out your awful jokes?" She laughs as she walks backward to the drink making counter, allowing a different worker to take over the cash desk. "I don't know. Why do bees hum?"

#c:alec #alec

[He laughs, still leaning over the counter.] No, I’d get sick and make you pay for my hospital bills.

She gives him the best exasperated look that she can muster with the people in line all staring. "Look, I'll just remake it. You don't need to cause such a fuss."

#c:alec #alec

[Alec leans forward over the counter, almost knocking over the drink beside him while he argues with the cashier.]No, no– it needs to be vegan. If I drink this I’ll die.