The Post Where Everyone Gets Dirty
John Casey got into a fight with a flying beast, which escaped into the sky. It left Casey tripping into the fountain. When he pulled himself out of the water, some man made the mistake of commenting on how hot Casey's 'jugs' looked in that wet shirt. Now Casey has his foot shoved in the man's back and his arm twisted back behind him. It's broken
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Yep, Lily's followed. The smile drops off his face and he checks his watch quickly -- okay, so they have plenty of time before class starts, even if he did want to spend some time getting everything set up properly. There's even plenty of time for that. "Well, if we can get to your car and back to the building in time..." he says to Lily. "You could technically skip, but I can't walk out on a class I'm teaching." Not that he would let her skip out on class, especially not this one, but that's beside the point.
Then he turns back to Elizabeth, the grin back in place. "Right! This is my sister, Jessi," he says. The name still sounds foreign on his tongue, but...best behaviour. Best behaviour. "This is the girl I'm tutoring later," he adds to Jessi. Hey, it's Thursday, he didn't forget. Some of the stuff in that messenger bag is actually for said tutoring session.
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No, she skipped class sometimes with him. But that was back in high school. Well, no, she's skipped at the U of C as well. But the work is so easy. She doubts Kaden's going to let her get away with easy. Which means she needs to go to class.
"I'm sure we'll have time," Jessi assures him, still looking quite weirded out at the idea of skipping class. "Just like there's always room for Jello, there is always time to get someone out of clothes that disgusting."
Her car's still on campus. It's kind of sad. It's been parked for a couple of days now. She hasn't had a chance to get away from Kaden. Not yet. "Come on," she says, giving Elizabeth a smile. She can't imagine Kaden taking an interest in this girl is a good thing. Especially not real interest like that. "I'm not sure half of what's on you either, but I can tell you it's disgusting. I think I'm good without the handshake. We can be properly introduced and all that jazz some other time."
Perhaps while Kaden's tutoring her. Right. She should probably figure out when and where that's happening so she can figure out when she'll best be able to pick up Justin.
"So where are you two going to be meeting for the tutoring?"
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She does not understand people being weirded out by the idea of skipping class. But she's skipped so many classes in her time, especially over the last couple of years.
"I promise to make enough time. We'll walk quickly. I'm fast. We're all fast, being angelic and all," Elizabeth says, still smiling as she starts out of the alleyway. She does stop at the edge of it and looks both ways to be sure the fire elemental hasn't backtracked. "Being properly introduced later sounds like a good idea! I wouldn't want to get disgusting on you, kinda a bad first impression!"
Elizabeth hasn't forgotten about the tutoring either. She has her electronic planner now, after all! It's come in very useful. Luckily, the man isn't dying for another couple of days. She didn't mean to stalk him so soon... it just happens. Sometimes she likes to know as much as she can about the person that she's going to help die, hoping that it makes her better at what she does.
"We're meeting at the library," she says, tapping her forehead. She has not forgotten! "It's nice to meet the sister of the BAMF. He saved me from handcuffs... a little while ago. It's kind of a long story on my end, but. I would have been out in the cold, if he hadn't helped me out."
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But then he's focusing on Elizabeth again, walking out of the alley as well as giving her an eyebrow raise. "You'll have to tell me that sometime," he says with another small laugh. "It sounds like I may not be the only BAMF here, after all. Perhaps you're just a BAMF in training. Apparently the universe doesn't always alert you to that fact, seeing as I went all the way through training without even knowing I was doing it."
And, because he knows where the car is as well -- they're parked in the same ramp, how could he not? -- he starts down the street at a rather brisk pace. He knows Lily can keep up, and figures that Elizabeth can as well, her being a teenager. "Yeah, 6:00," he says, turning around to walk backwards for a second so he can talk to his sister for a second. "Sorry, I completely spaced telling you about that. I also have to pick something up at work after this class. Still getting used to the whole Guardian thing," he adds to Elizabeth, as if she already knew about that, and then turns back around to continue on down the sidewalk.
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"Oh yes, Kaden knows plenty about handcuffs," she says after a moment. Her tone is completely genial, but she knows that Kaden will know what she's talking about. Not that he used handcuffs often. He had to stop, considering. Jessi herself got quite good at getting out of them. She lets out a soft laugh, making it go over that much smoother.
Normalcy for the sake of normalcy. Beyond research, it's what Fuchizakis are best at.
Jessi keeps up with his pace as she follows behind him, finding it rather easy to fall in with his clip. "The library..." she murmurs, thinking to herself. "I'm sure I'll find something I can do while he's tutoring you."
She pulls her car keys out of her pocket, fumbling with them as she thinks. They're not quite near the car yet, but it's giving her something to with her hands.
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"Oh, I don't think that my ridiculous stories count as me being in BAMF levels. They kinda show how I get myself into crazy, stupid situations that no one else ever does. I'm just a klutzy person that... like gets all muddled up with stuff that she shouldn't or that no one should, and bam. Somehow make it out of it again, usually with help," she explains, rambling away, completely oblivious.
The statement about Kaden knowing about handcuffs makes her pause, in confusion for a moment. She doesn't rest on it long though. It's not like she hasn't had her own personal, in depth experience with handcuffs. Twice before. She wouldn't want anyone to think any differently about her because of it.
She follows Kaden, perfectly capable of keeping up. The teenager thing helps. The angel of death calling has her following people around often, which helps, too.
Elizabeth does pause when he mentions the guardian thing. It did seem weird that these two siblings are so close that they have to tell each other where they're going and when at all times, but then he says guardian. She knows that he's an angel of knowledge. Elizabeth is not that forgetful, which must mean... "Woah! She's your sister and your guardian angel?"
She looks between the two of them and then a bright grin pulls across her face. "I bet that must be kind of useful. Already knowing your ward, I mean, so you don't have to worry about weather or not you like them or can get along when it's necessary, right?"
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Now, though, he's slowing down a bit so he can fall into step with his sister and Elizabeth. He's already established that he's leading them, so there's no need to be unable to talk while they walk to the cars. "Yeah, it's kind of crazy," he agrees. "Though we don't have quite the familiarity you might expect." Comes from not having seen each other for five years.
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Well, she'd planned to fill it up eventually.
She pops open the back and pulls out two plastic tubs, popping the tops off. "Have at," she says. "Not sure if much in there will fit you, but I'm sure it'll be better than what you've got on now."
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She smiles gratefully at Jessi when she opens the back of her car with the two plastic tubs.
"Thank you!"
It takes some serious searching. Elizabeth is tiny in comparison to most, but she's not nearly as short as Jessi it is. Eventually, she pulls out a shirt and pants that will work from the tubs. She scrambles back out of the car.
"Seriously. You don't know how much this means to me. Thank you. I'll... go find a bathroom so I can put these on. I should let you two get to your class... anyway. I don't want to make you late. I'd feel bad. Oh, and I can get these cleaned and back to your brother at a tutoring... session!"
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