10/21/2012

[bythewall]

WHO: 2012 persona users!
WHERE: Outside the dorms, then to the zoo!
WHEN: October 21st, starting sometime around 8pm
WHY: When Principal Ivors tells you to do something, YOU DO IT.

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[cemetaryeyes]

Ezra wasn't quite sure what to make of Oscar's response either. Sure, Oscar wasn't the villain here but he wasn't helping things, either. And what did "people like yourselves" mean? It all rubbed him the wrong way. Still, if Oscar was determined not to give it much more thought, Ezra didn't want to spend much more of the evening wondering what he'd meant. He wasn't going to drop his grudge against the principal, but right now Lawrence's frustrated look in his direction was more interesting. Ezra'd caught the frustration in it and felt it mirrored in his own deep frown, but was already thinking back to the other times Lawrence had looked in his direction with unreadable, downright odd expressions. Stared, even. What exactly was he expecting? Everything about the blond confused him.

Seeing that they were about to head out, he moved closer to Oscar, Heather and the box passing between them. In the process he approached Lawrence, and couldn't help but throw a careful glance back at Lillian. She'd seemed content enough to watch earlier, but Ezra didn't want her to think he was going in for round two of antagonizing her boyfriend. He nodded to Heather as he neared and finally settled near Lawrence's side, simply quirking a brow at the blond though it doubled as a deadpan reaction to Oscar's snide remark. "It'll be safe with us," he assured the principal with mock solemnity, raising a hand to rest over his chest.

[isolatedscholar]

Lawrence noticed Ezra walk towards him and stand at his side and glanced at him with a confused expression. He furrowed his brow as if thinking of something to say, but simply settled with staring awkwardly.

After a few seconds though, he could no longer simply stare awkwardly at the other boy. "What are you doing, Ezra." He muttered quietly so that only he and Ezra could hear.

what i should have done a long time agooo /shank

[cemetaryeyes]

Ezra pretended not to notice the staring, at least not until Lawrence spoke. He was ready to talk again? Ezra supposed he was... he no longer seemed overwhelmed over the incident from earlier and there wasn't that warning, strained quality in his voice like before.

"We're leaving aren't we?" he returned in a similarly low tone. "But, uh. You keep looking over, and I keep thinking you wanna talk? So what is it?" Fully prepared to have been told he was reading the blond's alien body language the wrong way, he finally turned his gaze towards Lawrence with an inquiring expression.

Re: what i should have done a long time agooo /shank

[isolatedscholar]

Lawrence stared at Ezra with the same confused expression. Had he not realized the way he looked at him just now?

He had thought he was just staring absently in thought, but was he actually looking at Ezra? Did some part of him secretly hope that Ezra might jump in and help him with the confrontation?

No... that was silly. Why would he hope that? Lawrence thought for a moment.

Had... I really hoped that...? But why would... he asked himself.

"It... ah..." he stammered. He wanted to say it was nothing, but just the thought of it made him cringe.

Because that was a lie. And Lawrence couldn't lie.

He began timidly.

"Did... you understand any of what Principal Ivors said...?" he asked, in a mutter.

sob pay no mind to our derailing

[cemetaryeyes]

Oblivious to the thoughts running through Lawrence's mind, Ezra continued to gaze at him patiently, even when he stammered at first. After hearing the question, though, Ezra glanced over at Oscar and bit back an amused smile. They were awfully close to be having this conversation, and the principal had keen ears. Still, he didn't particularly care if he overheard this conversation, and being able to speak civilly with the blond would more than make up for any derision they'd receive.

"He always thinks we're inviting it," he whispered when he figured the principal wasn't looking or listening. "We did blow up school property during an attack... that was during the summer though." After a pause, he finally gave in and grinned. "So he's had more than enough time to make us pay. He's always like this. I don't think we're gonna get a clear answer."

Re: sob pay no mind to our derailing

[isolatedscholar]

...Blow up school property? Now, that was interesting. Lawrence's curiosity was piqued.

"You blew something up during an attack?" he asked. "What was it?"

It seemed like a mundane detail, but Lawrence was looking for anything that could give him more insight into this mystery. He also took into account Ezra mentioning that Principal Ivors always thought they invited the attacks.

...Ah...! And then it hit him! That was something Oscar had said just now! A thought began to form in his mind... one he wasn't entirely sure about. Could it be possible that something this group did in the past ended up causing demons to flood into their world?

It was something to ponder at the very least. Lawrence placed his index finger under his chin in thought.

[cemetaryeyes]

And now Lawrence was playing detective once more, gathering information to draw his conclusions. At least he wasn't the object this time, Ezra thought with some relief. "Bathroom," he muttered back simply, keeping an eye out for the principal again. "We got chased in there... but since then he's gotten us into bad situations on more than one occasion." Ezra glanced over at Lawrence and raised an eyebrow, as if to say, 'I'll explain later'. They wouldn't be able to talk for much longer without attracting attention from either Oscar or their teammates, anyway.

[isolatedscholar]

Lawrence had his suspicions, and Ezra confirmed them correct. So it was them who blew up the bathroom... he glanced in Lynne's direction but quickly turned back to Ezra and nodded.

He was right. Their conversation would have to wait. They'd been muttering for too long and someone was bound to get suspicious. Not to mention, Lawrence was quite sure that Oscar had heard everything.

But he didn't care. Weighing far more on his mind was the reason why he stared at Ezra earlier. What exactly was he hoping for?

[andsheletsgo]

Heather wasn't sure what the whole conversation had been about when she first arrived and everyone else was talking, but she decided for the best it was probably for the best to not mix in the middle of it for now. Especially not since it was mostly Lawrence and Oscar talking, and both of them were rather.. intimidating to the shy girl.

When the box was held out to her though, she took it (carefully, oh so very carefully) with a slight nod, making sure to hold on to it well so it wouldn't fall to the ground. The last thing she wanted was for the principal to get mad at her for not carrying the thing well, even though he entrusted such an important thing to her of all the people in this group. "H.. hmm, I'll make sure nobody opens it.." She nodded again, even more timidly this time.

Then her gaze wandered off to Ezra and Lawrence for a moment, who seemed to be talking about something quietly amongst themselves, even though she wasn't sure what it was about. Her expression turned even more awkward, but she figured someone had to ask, so..

"Um.. A-are the two of you ready to go too..?"

[turnofthewheel]

Lester had noticed Ezra and Lawrence talking to each other. See, if they could play nice, he could play nice. His thoughts confirmed, he turned back to focus on what really had his attention at the moment. He walked up to Heather and stared at the box that was now in her hands. Good box or bad box? Shrodinger's box? Did that even make sense? He didn't know. But that was okay. At least now he knew it would be opened eventually.

[azuranthine]

Lillian suppressed a smile at the principal's hasty retreat. She'd managed to learn something new, at least, and it might even be valuable for future dealings with Mr. Ivors. She, too, noticed the slight change in atmosphere between Lawrence and Ezra; at that, she did smile ever so slightly.

"We should get going," she announced quietly, pulling her phone out of her purse to send one last text to Emi while she walked.

we're leaving. please bring 6 headsets from 401.

Then she closed her phone again and tucked it back into her purse.

[isolatedscholar]

Lawrence was roused from his thoughts by Heather and his serious expression returned to him. He nodded once.

"We're ready. I apologize for holding everything up." He announced in response, speaking for both he and Ezra.

He couldn't help but stare at Oscar out of the corner of his eye, though. It was true their tete-a-tete for the evening was over, but somehow he felt that, as a whole, it wasn't over at all. It didn't go anywhere, but simply abandoning it made him feel uneasy.

[azuranthine]

"It's fine," Lillian said, pausing to smile softly at Lawrence, before continuing on her way, leaving the others to follow suit or further linger as they preferred. She was leaving for the zoo.

[OOC: I was thinking we could skip ahead to the zoo soon and any stragglers could meet up there, if that's okay with you, Cara? :D]

[inthatwild]

There was some whispering. And then a timid response from Heather. As entertained as he was with the scenario, Oscar took that as his que to nod a goodbye to them and slip back in the building to carry on with his own nightly routine. He was sure they could handle it from there. Well, mostly sure. There was never any certainty in what they would get up to.

Emi, however, was running late. As usual. She could never be sure how late of an evening it was going to be wondering around with that certain group of people, but she prepared herself earlier that day with good pizza and Starducks coffee. There was always time for Starducks coffee. While she had arrived back to the dormitory before they actually had to meet, she had at least spent half an hour changing into more appropriate clothing for a trek across town. And to a zoo no less. This had better be worth it.

She had been taking her sweet time when she received Lillian's text, making an unamused face at her cellphone screen. She had made sure to reply with a firm 'I'm not your maid, remember to bring them yourself from now on.', but did put on her shoes and hurry out the door. With the six headsets obtained from the room, she finally hurried down the steps to meet up with them.

And they were all there for the most part. She waved an uninvested greeting and immediately held out the headsets to Lillian. "I'm not carrying these. Are we going?"

(ooc: Skipping ahead is fine if you guys want to!)