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[anewwaive]

Gideon was restless. For as much as he was never a person that did the whole 'enjoy the outdoors' shit, having the option slashed severely because of the weather was quickly getting to him. It didn't help his usual haunts were crowded as fuck, too, so he either had to stick around his hut (which got boring quickly) or deal with people (who tended

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[gonewiththereap]

Daisy's been trying to shop out short little scripts that she can turn into a production, a cast of five or less, but everything she's read so far is just so boring that she'd like to claw her pretty little eyes out. Today's not going as well because they're just more of the same. "Gideon," she sighs, her attention still forward, but she knows he's right behind her, scribbling away himself. "Remind me why I don't more often bemoan the cultural scene of this wretched place?"

[anewwaive]

Gideon's gaze flicked from the page to the back of Daisy's head. He wasn't sure when she sat down - he always did get into a weird fucking zone when he started getting into something. A smirk hitched up at the question, and he tapped his pen idly against his notebook.

"I don't know. I do all the fucking time," he replied with a snort of derision. "You know you're always welcome to join me."

[gonewiththereap]

Daisy grins to herself and subdued it before adjusting and hauling her whole body until she turns and leans her chin on her palms, studying Gideon from over the couch. "I could do that, but where's the mystery? The noir? The fun?" she challenges, even as she's picking up all her books and heading to his side, tucking one leg under the other as she joins him. "Well? What's the progress?"

[anewwaive]

"The progress?" he asked, momentarily confused until he glanced down at the journal he'd been writing in. "A bunch of ideas that would never fucking work here. This place needs to send more equipment for me to work with. That'd be too fucking easy, though."

Not that he was actually planning on doing more than just fucking around, but that wasn't the point.

[backward]

Although she prefers the rain to the warm, sunny weather of island's past, even Effy can admit that it isn't so enjoyable when her clothes are soaked through and loose clumps of hair cling to her neck and face. It's even too humid out to smoke, moisture mixing with the smoke in her lungs so that she feels increasingly suffocated with each breath. The Compound is too crowded for her liking, but at this point, Effy isn't sure which is worse - staying alone in her hut while the sound of raindrops crashing against her roof threaten to drive her mad, or hanging out at the Compound where the sheer amount of people alone threatens the same

[anewwaive]

Gideon had a great ability to tune out most noise around him. It'd come from years of ignoring really fucking annoying people, and it served him well on the island, too. Still, he wasn't completely out of it enough to not notice someone staring at him after a while. He glanced over in her direction, catching her gaze and lifting an eyebrow.

"Like what you see?" he asked, sounding more amused than anything else.

[backward]

Most people are guilty of people gazing at one time or another, they just aren't very quick to admit it. When caught, their first instinct is to look away, to pretend they were never staring at all. Or maybe they try to play it off as nothing, as if it's something behind the person that's caught their attention, and said person was only in the way. Effy just keeps staring.

She smiles at the question, then counters with one of her own. "Any particular reason I shouldn't?"

[anewwaive]

"Well, I am pretty fucking handsome, so no," he replied, letting out a snort of amusement. Honestly, he was to the point of feeling stir crazy even with the writing, so he could deal with talking. "Just wondering if there was more to it than just that."

[practicallyaguy]

Zoe yawned. A bit melodramatic maybe, but she was well beyond caring at this point. People have been crushed in here like canned goods and bitching almost constantly in some form because of it.

Sliding onto the floor with her back against the arm of a sofa she flipped her book open in her lap. "People suck, you know that?" Barely turning her head to look at Gideon she nodded. "But I guess I suck too for mentioning it."

[anewwaive]

Gideon glanced up from his notebook when Zoe plopped down. It was almost a fucking relief to know he wasn't the only one who felt that way. The rain really needed to end soon.

"You're only saying shit everyone is thinking," he shrugged, then nodded toward the book she had "What'd you find? Bookshelf gave me fucking nothing, as usual."

[practicallyaguy]

"Which is a sign of my wisdom. No need to pussy out when it comes to the truth."

Honesty was always the best policy. It just might not be the nicest one. Holding up the cover for Gideon to look at, she shrugged. "Zombies, Jane Austen-style. It's...eh."

[anewwaive]

"Damn right," he nodded in agreement. He'd been saying it outloud himself since all this shit started. It probably didn't win him any friends, but what else was new?

He took a look at the cover, an eyebrow shooting up. "They running out of ideas so quick they're redoing the older shit? Guess it was only a fucking matter of time."

[wishesandsmoke]

Eden wasn't about to interrupt if he was writing - it was nice to see him at work, though she knew him enough to guess it was for lack of other things to do now - but that wasn't going to stop her from pulling up a chair near him. Mouthing hey, she gave a little wave, settling her book on her lap, prepared to read if he was too busy to hang out now. She wouldn't mind, she thought, though it was only a matter of time before curiosity overcame her. At least he was writing.

[anewwaive]

Finally, someone fucking worth talking to. Gideon was only dicking around, really, so putting aside what he was writing, he focused his attention on Eden.

"The rain really needs to fucking stop," he complained, not caring who overheard him. "Do you know how impossible it is to find anything to do when everyone is hanging around in here?"

[wishesandsmoke]

"I know," Eden said wryly, "I've been looking all afternoon. I'm going crazy over here." She'd tried the children's office, but with so many people not going about their usual business, there hadn't been many kids and they just hadn't needed the help. "All the games, all the movies. The books are shit right now."

[anewwaive]

"Tell me about it," he replied, rolling his eyes as he glanced at the bookshelf. "I just gave up and took one of the blank books I found. Could probably fucking write something that's more interesting than anything the bookshelf was offering anyway."