Talking to Jude this morning had made Isabel realize that she hadn't see Rikku in quite a while. Looking for a distraction, she grabbed her bag of Dove chocolates and wandered down to the third floor.
Rikku grinned. "Nope. Just hyper." She twirled for effect. "This is why we couldn't give Bayla sugar, yeah? She would've been even worse. I'd be even worse. I'd be totally worse."
"Really?! Thanks!" Rikku popped one of the chocolates in her mouth. "Ooooh! These are awesome! Here, you have some, too, yeah?!"
And then laughed. "Hey, I can totally be both, right? I mean. If you were, you know, all ... feeling stupid about being happy. Or whatever. Not that I am. Okay, I am. Totally obvious. Good week. No, bad week, then it got way better, and, uh, how are you?"
She took some chocolate and unwrapped it, popping it into her mouth. "I'm fine. I saw Jude this morning and realized I hadn't talked to you in a while. So here I am."
Rikku got a little bouncy when Isabel mentioned Jude, and then blushed again. "Uh. Yeah. Just, uh, it kinda sucked and then Mel and I blew things up and then Jude and I had kinda been fighting but huge misunderstanding and we're good again and now the only thing that sucks is that that principal lady seems like she's all mean and stuff. But she's just here for a couple weeks, right?"
She munched on another piece of chocolate. "I'll go easy, honest! You should have seen me on Jolt. Ohhhhh, that stuff is so good but then I couldn't sleep you know!?"
"Nothing like therapuetic explosions," Isabel grinned. "Charlie burned stuff for me yesterday. So I understand exactly how you feel." She wondered about the bouncing and the blushing, remembering when thoughts of Greg would make her react in a slightly more low-key, but still fairly similar fashion.
"As far as I know. I'm looking to avoid her if at all possible," she said, making a face.
Isabel's eyes got wide at the thought of Rikku on Jolt. "Oh my god, Jolt?"
"Ooooooh, she did? She was there when we had Jolt! Someone got me a case of it, for my birthday? And we had candy and bad movies and I was up allllllllll night." She bounced a little. "Sorry. I, uh, I'm ... yeah."
She hopped onto her bed, sitting cross-legged, and attempted to be more sane. "What is her deal, anyway? Hermione totally freaked about her being here but all she's done so far is be all 'no coed people in rooms blah' and grump about Aly in class. Which is so unfair. Aly rules."
"Bad clothing?" Rikku asked, scratching her head. "Ohhhhhh. I can see that, yeah. Did it help? Burning it, I mean."
She shuddered. "She was all, This isn't Appropriate for Youngsters and acting like Aly was a bad teacher and who does she think she is? And then Zuko torched her notes and she was, like, crazy-mad. Just for a second but you could see it, yeah?"
"What did she think she was getting into coming here? This isn't exactly a normal school." Isabel frowned, "That doesn't sound good. The last thing in the world we need is a nutcase in charge of this place."
"I'll have to remember that. Burning things. I usually just blow 'em up. Ooooh, and I got arrested! I totally have a mugshot now."
She bit her lip. "Yeah, I don't know, and ... maybe it's just me. I kinda don't like authority anyway, you know? She just seems really ... Yevonite. And I kinda say that sometimes about people 'cause I don't like them? But she ... she seems like them. I'm not just meaning that like an insult."
"Me and Mel ripped an ATM-thing out of the wall," she shrugged. "They put black gunk on my fingers and were all 'no, really, where are you from, young lady.'"
She bit her lip, trying to find the words to explain. "The Yevonites ... they were ... everything had to be Good. And Proper. And Right. And organized just the way they wanted it. And if you thought maybe they were too hard on some people, or doing things they shouldn't do, or even just questioned them, or anything, then you were against them, and they'd take you down. And some of them ... some of the ones higher up, they knew it was all a lie. That there was nothing to believe in, that we were all doomed, and ... and that it was all for nothing, and yet ... they were even more strict about it. The lie mattered to them. It was the only thing that did."
"Knock, knock!"
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Hyper: On.
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She blushed. "I'm, uh, I'm like, rambling, huh?"
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"There's nothing wrong with rambling. Rambling is fun. Rambling either means you're happy or embarrassed. I'm willing to bet on happy."
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And then laughed. "Hey, I can totally be both, right? I mean. If you were, you know, all ... feeling stupid about being happy. Or whatever. Not that I am. Okay, I am. Totally obvious. Good week. No, bad week, then it got way better, and, uh, how are you?"
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"Good week? I'm glad for you."
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She munched on another piece of chocolate. "I'll go easy, honest! You should have seen me on Jolt. Ohhhhh, that stuff is so good but then I couldn't sleep you know!?"
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"As far as I know. I'm looking to avoid her if at all possible," she said, making a face.
Isabel's eyes got wide at the thought of Rikku on Jolt. "Oh my god, Jolt?"
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She hopped onto her bed, sitting cross-legged, and attempted to be more sane. "What is her deal, anyway? Hermione totally freaked about her being here but all she's done so far is be all 'no coed people in rooms blah' and grump about Aly in class. Which is so unfair. Aly rules."
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"I don't know. But anyone that giggles like that? Something is just not right," she said. "She grumped at Aly?"
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She shuddered. "She was all, This isn't Appropriate for Youngsters and acting like Aly was a bad teacher and who does she think she is? And then Zuko torched her notes and she was, like, crazy-mad. Just for a second but you could see it, yeah?"
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"What did she think she was getting into coming here? This isn't exactly a normal school." Isabel frowned, "That doesn't sound good. The last thing in the world we need is a nutcase in charge of this place."
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She bit her lip. "Yeah, I don't know, and ... maybe it's just me. I kinda don't like authority anyway, you know? She just seems really ... Yevonite. And I kinda say that sometimes about people 'cause I don't like them? But she ... she seems like them. I'm not just meaning that like an insult."
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"What does that mean exactly? Not that I'm doubting you or anything, just looking to understand more."
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She bit her lip, trying to find the words to explain. "The Yevonites ... they were ... everything had to be Good. And Proper. And Right. And organized just the way they wanted it. And if you thought maybe they were too hard on some people, or doing things they shouldn't do, or even just questioned them, or anything, then you were against them, and they'd take you down. And some of them ... some of the ones higher up, they knew it was all a lie. That there was nothing to believe in, that we were all doomed, and ... and that it was all for nothing, and yet ... they were even more strict about it. The lie mattered to them. It was the only thing that did."
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