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May 10, 2017 20:58:13 GMT
Post by pieceofmind on May 10, 2017 20:58:13 GMT
Choi "Jay" Jeong-Suk & Davor "Son" Layton | V & M | idk | Davor Halfway through the second year of college and yet it still seemed to take forever, perhaps it was because it was Monday and it was only the second hour of a long day of college. No one really looked happy in class, it was early and they had to do some boring assignment, not that it was different from any other day. At least not for Son or Jay. Jay had pushed the far too annoying Monday onto Davor, who sat grumpily at his little desk, working away on the computer in front of him. His face stood cold, his fingers gliding over the keyboard at a heavy speed. The quicker he was done, the better. But unfortunately, it would take a while to create an essay, make a powerpoint with that and then some marketing plan. Financials wasn't his most beloved subject at this place, but he knew exactly what he had to do. Both did, but today she felt like messing with Davor and shoving all work on him. He took a sip from his big cup of coffee, though you weren't allowed to drink near the computers, pretty much everyone did and he certainly wouldn't be an exception. They were a bunch of pre-adults, they needed their caffeine too. He especially, without coffee he'd go mad, that or alcohol but it seemed a bit too early for that. He had his earphones in, playing music as loudly as possible which was to be heard from outside too, which annoyed other students but none really interfered with him, no one really did. Son and Jay were the lone wolves of the class, always had been and it was perfectly fine like that because no one kept them of work. Not that they would dare anyway, they always had an intimidating aura around them, Son more than Jay. He sighed out deeply and grabbed his backpack, opening it up to reveal four cans of energy drinks, which would all be gone by the end of the day. He took out a notebook and a pen and then dropped it on the floor again, opening the book up and writing some things down. The both of them were very precise in their work and researched a lot, both on the computer but mostly in books, so he wrote down a few topics he wanted to read about more, not that it would end up in such a silly essay. He didn't put that much work into this all. They always got good grades, nothing lower than a 7.5\10, so he didn't bother to strive for something perfect to pick their grades up. The teacher had stood up by now, making him look up with his eyes for a slight moment to see if his attention was worth being drawn to the middle-aged man with round glasses, a balding head and a far too awful outfit. Which, it turned out to be so, so he took out his earphones and stopped his music. Something about a new student coming to their class, he just had read about it, should be arriving anywhere between now and the upcoming few hours. That would be interesting, a new face to figure out and scare off was always a good thing to keep him especially busy. If other students didn't get to that person first. His gaze moved sideways, to another student, a girl, blonde hair just over her shoulders, muddy green eyes, a soft slightly upturned nose and small lips. She was busty, but dressed it off well, though it could go less colourful for both Son's and Jay's liking. That was the only girl who sometimes spoke to the two of them, often times it being during breaks in the cafeteria since she otherwise would sit alone. Son would turn his back to her and walk away, but Jay was always kind enough to stay with her and chat a little. Nothing too much, but the girl was always grateful for it and therefore didn't seem to mind the days Son would walk away. If she did, she'd follow him outside where he'd smoke and she'd just stand and watch, being in each other's company seemed to be enough. As long as she wasn't the outcast during those times. That being said, she really did choose the outcast of the entire school as her company in the breaks, it was quite something. Such a bright figure next to someone as dark as them. Her muddy green eyes seemed to light up when word came up about the new student, someone new for her to try and befriend, he guessed. His gaze moved away before she could even slightly notice he was looking at her, but instead she leaned over not much later and whispered to him. "Jay, what do you think? The new student, I think it's actually exciting!" A smile appeared on her face, pushing puffy cheeks with either a blush or natural redness up. "Hm.." He shrugged half in response whilst humming that soft note. "Not really bothered," he answered slightly more social than his hum. But she wouldn't get more out of him, not before his coffee was finished and he was only halfway. He wasn't too keen on talking either, not unless it interested him and this new student, at the moment, didn't interest him at all.
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May 12, 2017 18:46:50 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on May 12, 2017 18:46:50 GMT
Hisakawa Sakuya 'Skyler/Sky'| M Skyler His first day in a new school. Many would be scared, or at least nervous, but he only felt excitement throughout his whole body. He was excited to meet new people, making new friends, being in a totally different environment. It’s not that he hated his previous school, he had loved it there had made some good friends, but well, his parents had decided to move for their work. He didn’t complain, he was kind of sad that he had to leave from where he went, but that was all fine if he would just think about the new opportunities that he got now on the new school he was going to. It’s been around 4 years since he moved from Japan with his parents because they wanted to make a career outside Japan, and he was actually thankful towards them from taking him with them. Japanese schools were no joke, his grades always had to be high because otherwise it wouldn’t be good enough. Now that they moved here it was a bit more laid back, he could enjoy his life more instead of studying till he was exhausted to the point he thought he would die. His English improved over the years, becoming more fluent once he got into his first school. Hearing people talk, and people trying to make conversations to him really helped him a lot to the point where he could understand pretty much everything. Sure, there were still a few flaws when he couldn’t come up with a word and he’d just throw some Japanese word in an English sentence, but he tried to avoid that as good as he could. Just explaining what he meant in English was good enough anyway. His dad drove him to school, talking about how he had selected to school, what he should do when he first steps foot in the school, but he already knew most of it all, so he didn’t pay much attention. Once they arrived he thanked his father for bringing him, saying he would take the bus to go back home and saw him off till he was out of his vision. Sky then turned towards the building, taking a deep breath and with a small smile walked towards it, full of confidence as he knew it would be a good day, whatever might happen. Once he was inside it took a bit before he knew where he had to go and then get a small tour around the school, the principal eventually walking with him towards the class he was assigned to. They talked a little, about the school, how everything went in here and he got his schedule completely for the rest of the day while the rest of the week would be sent to him by this evening. Once they got to the class the principal knocked on the door and stepped into the classroom, Sky still standing in the hallway for a moment until the principal got the attention of his new classmates. When he motioned towards him to come he calmly set foot into the classroom and looked at the teacher first, slightly bowing towards him before turning towards the class and heard the principal say to introduce himself. He nodded and bowed respectfully to the class, even though it wasn’t common here, he still did it since it was that bit of Japanese that still was part of his life and he wasn’t planning on letting it go just because he was in another country. “I’m Skyler Hisakawa, please take care of me,” he spoke before straightening his back again and looking towards his classmates again, scanning the room slightly before putting his attention on an asian girl, immediately picking his interest from the start. When the principal spoke to him he looked up again and nodded calmly to what he said, bowing slightly when he left again and then looked over to the teacher when he said to just sit down somewhere. He calmly walked further into the classroom and didn’t have to think twice about where he should sit, that had been decided once he had picked an interest.
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May 12, 2017 19:11:17 GMT
Post by pieceofmind on May 12, 2017 19:11:17 GMT
Davor/Jeong-Suk
His eyes landed on the door the second he heard people in front of it, that meant the arrival of the new student and he didn't feel anything for it. It became even more of a disinterest when he noticed what type of person came into the classroom. Whilst the rest of the class looked curiously or even swooned over the boy, his eyes moved away to his screen. The slightest smirk appeared for the slightest second, he figured the boy would fit better with Jay, rather than his caucasian background. Which was why he made her switch back, since it wasn't his body to begin with. She cursed silently, as she wanted to relax today and not work on the essay, but he played it out well since she was taken aback by seeing an asian lad. Her eyes moved towards the lad who now introduced himself, Japanese, a bit of an accent and not entirely adjusted to the culture. She figured he wasn't here for long, they took English classes in Japan too, so he could've learned most of it there, but her guess was that he was here for at least a year. Skyler Hisakawa, he used an English name as well to make it easier for their non-Asian classmates. Their eyes met, her gaze being cold as always but the girl next to her poking her leg roughly which made her turn her head with a snap. "The hell was that good for?" She hissed under her breath to not disturb the silence too much, but the girl's look was enough. She alerady had found an interest in the new student before he had even arrived and now she had seen what he looked like, she had even more of an interest. Jay rolled her eyes before looking back at the boy who walked over to them. Was he actually serious? It had Son laughing at her, whilst her grip around her pen tensed for a moment. This was going to be quite something. She figured she'd stay kind, but with little words. It most likely was best for her to do so, she'd just shove it onto her blonde friend, since she did want to meet him. Which was to be noticed by another stab in her leg which made her clench her jaw and inhale deeply, closing her eyes for a moment so that she could calm herself down. "You are such a child," she hissed again, accentuating every word to make sure Ellie knew she wasn't doing something that would end well for her. It made her quickly apologize whilst Jay shifted in her seat to make pull her legs upon the chair she sat on and pulled herself closer to the desk. If she'd just work on the essay, since it was such a big part of their grade, maybe he'd choose to ignore her too. By now he had arrived at the empty spot next to her, but her gaze didn't falter. It stayed on the screen, then on the notebook, making sure to continue with the notes that Son had started. Their handwriting was different, funnily enough, he used her body as if it were his own and he had gotten so used to it that the things he did looked like it really was him, but if she was the one walking around, you'd notice well enough it was her. If they wanted to show the difference, most didn't even pay attention to it so it really didn't matter. Once again she got stabbed in her thigh, which made her grasp the leaking fountain pen that was used for it and toss it away, though the bloke stood right in front of her aim, which made her look up to him in slight shock. "Look what you did!" Ellie exclaimed in shock which made heads turn their way. "You gotta be kidding me.." Jay mumbled as she looked at her hand that was covered in ink. "You really gotta stop using those things if you gonna keep stabbing me, I barely have been able to wash off the ink from last time," Jay mumbled to Ellie before she looked back at the new student. ".. Sorry, by the way," she hesitantly brought out.
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May 12, 2017 21:29:53 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on May 12, 2017 21:29:53 GMT
Skyler
Everyone seemed to be pretty nice for what he could see and notice from how the reactions were to his arrival. He knew it could always change after a while, but he didn’t mind about being bullied at all, he didn’t pay attention and never felt bad about what they all would say to him. It was very hard to bring him down to a bad mood, or make him feel hurt, so he didn’t worry about any of that. It wasn’t impossible to make him pissed though, but he sure did hope that that would not happen in the near future. He calmly sat down once he reached the seat and heard some rustling and mumbling coming from the girl and the girl right next to her, peaking his interest slightly more before he got his stuff and listened to the explanation the teacher gave him. He got more time to do this essay, as he hadn’t followed it from the beginning, and he didn’t have as much time as the others, so it seemed pretty logical to him. Once the teacher was done with his explanation he calmly grabbed his stuff out of his backpack, meanwhile thinking how he would be able to start a conversation without being too pushy or too random. Not that he minded it if it was random, but maybe he should try to approach her a bit different, as she gave a strange vibe off of her. He had noticed that her presence had shifted slightly since he got into the classroom, but he didn’t put much effort in understanding as it could just be that she got lifted out of her concentration on the essay. When he was ready to start he got startled when a leaking fountainpen was just thrown at him from beside, making the paper he had in front of him stained with ink, and his clothes also had caught some ink drops. He looked with a slightly surprised look to his side to see the girls next to him bicker of some sort, tilting his head ever so slightly. When the girl next to him turned her head towards him to apologize. He shrugged and just smiled afterwards. “It’s no problem, I can get it out of my clothes easily and have spare clothes with me so.” He said with a smile as he looked back at the paper. “Ah, that sure is unfortunate,” He said as he now neatly folded the paper and got a new one and then reached out to the leaking fountainpen. He used a tissue to clean it up a bit and then looked at the damage on it before handing it back to the girl with a small smile. “I do recommend these fountainpens, they don’t leak as quickly, even when.. crushed.” He said while his smile grew a bit wider as he held up a fountainpen out of his pencase. He put it back shortly after and now looked towards Jay’s hand. “Need some wipes to get the ink of your hand now it’s still wet?” he then asked kindly. This was one way to start a conversation. It wasn’t what he had in mind, but it worked out somehow, so he wasn’t complaining, even if it was somewhat of an unpleasant surprise to be attacked by a pen..
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May 12, 2017 21:52:28 GMT
Post by pieceofmind on May 12, 2017 21:52:28 GMT
Jay
She looked at how he reacted to the incident, how he calmly cleaned the mess up. It was a different reaction from what you'd normally get, as people would mostly just burst out in anger over their destroyed clothing, not that it wasn't something that'd leave a permanent stain. She looked up to his eyes with her own when he turned to her and spoke, nodding slightly as she raised an eyebrow. He had a fountain pen too? What was it with those things that were so great, you couldn't exactly use them for caligraphy, unless you put a lot of effort into it. But Jay rather worked smart. You could write in cursive with those things rather nicely, but other than that she really didn't find a use in them. Neither her or Son wrote that fancy. They both had a handwriting that had some cursive letters because they attached to other letters, but other than that it was just quick writing. She looked up with her eyes again, since her gaze had gone to the pen in his hand and then looked at her hand. Even when.. Crushed. It sounded humorous, but to her it had been a moment where she put a bit too much strength into such a tiny action and she really needed to control that more, before her hand was dripping with ink again. The teacher had looked at the scene but had decided to let it be, not that she expected the lazy man to send her out of class, he was far too scared of her for that. "Hm.. I'll just wash it off in the rest room," she answered, coming up with an excuse to get out of the conversation. She stood up and grabbed held her hand up slightly so it wouldn't touch anything or anyone. Her going to the restroom was an escape for her, but the lad would probably be bombared with questions from Ellie. She slipped out of the classroom and walked over to the toilets, washing her hand under the sink as thoroughly as possible. Even after it was long clean she kept scrubbing, blowing her hair out of her face and eventually turning the tap off and drying her hands off. Son had been smirking and laughing the whole way through, it was hilarious to him that this had happened and he always found it funny how she so thoroughly washed her hands. It wasn't some OCD thing, she didn't have any other repetative actions or any strange behaviour for that matter, she just was learned to clean them real good, she always would say to him if he'd ask. A sigh left her lips as she looked back in the mirror, fixing her make-up slightly since Son had rubbed her eye a bit too much, eventhough he knew it'd mess her make-up up. After that she ran a hand through her hair and walked back to class, it had taken quite a few minutes for her to do everything, with that said, they only had fifteen minutes of class left which wasn't exactly what she had hoped for. She walked back at her spot and looked at Ellie who had occupied it, so she could talk to Skyler, which made her clench her jaw. Yet, she sneaked up on her, which wasn't exactly a hard thing to do and slowly brought her lips close to her ear. "Are you allowed to sit here?" She whispered in her ear, making her jump. Jay calmly stood up straight again and watched Ellie move back to her spot, sitting down again as she pulled Ellie's chair to her and then behind her so she could talk to Skyler that way, suggesting that she wasn't exactly in the mood to talk. Everyone already started packing up their stuff and she followed too, slowly. She saved everything first, made sure to write down her sources in her notebook and after that put everything in her backpack. She got her phone out and unplugged her earbuds from the computer, putting her legs up on the table and looking at the never-ending list of messages and notifications that she had. It wasn't like she was popular or famous on social media, but she knew people and sometimes those people were impatient and they would spam multiple messages at once. Not that she cared for it. "..Jay here is pretty much your neighbour! You're Japanese, right? She's Korean!" She suddenly heard from Ellie which made her look up slightly. "Did you move from there to here? Or did you just switch schools here? I think it's wonderful to have you here! We don't have many foreigners at this school, mostly black people but they are born here too so I barely see them as a foreigner. Not that it's a bad thing! I'm just interested in other nationalities, Americans are quite boring, get me? I think there's only like five Asian people here? I believe they're pretty much all from China, so this is something new again!" Ellie kept on chirping and rambling and it made Jay want to apologize to Skyler since she had actually set him up with her, but on the other hand, it was bound to happen sooner or later so it was better if he was bombared with questions now, rather than later.
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May 13, 2017 13:22:03 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on May 13, 2017 13:22:03 GMT
Skyler
He calmly waited for a response to grab some tissues for her or not, but she declined, saying she’d just wash up in the restroom, making him nod kindly and understanding. He watched her leave for a small moment before his attention turned to the girl that had been sitting next to the one that just left. Instead of being attacked by a pen now, he got attacked by question regarding pretty much everything about his life. Not that he minded it, he loved conversating with people even if it was all a bit pushy and not that well behaved. If he would’ve done this in Japan it sure would be a big issue because you had to study and focus once you were in the classroom. That was one thing he liked about being in America, it was more laid back and he had the feeling he could breathe normally. He did keep somewhat quiet though, to not disturb their classmates who were still working on their essay after being distracted by what had happened. The last thing he wanted was for everyone to get bad grades because of what happened a moment ago. He looked up slightly when he saw the door open again and saw the girl from before, walking towards her seat that had been occupied by Ellie as the girl had introduced herself. He chuckled slightly at the sight in front of him and looked at the other girl for a moment before his attention got dragged to Ellie once again when she began conversating towards him once more. It was a bit strange for him to meet a girl that excited to have a newcomer in the class, as he used to start a conversation with someone in his previous school because no one tried to talk to him in the first place, but it was a pleasant surprise. When Ellie talked about Jay and him being neighbors he tilted his head slightly and looked towards Jay once he noticed she had looked up hearing her name being called. So, Jay was her name. Well, he figured if she was Korean she also used an English name just to make it easier for classmates and school purposes. Once he began rambling about foreigners he smiled and chuckled slightly. “I moved to America about 4 years ago, my parents wanted to make a career here. I lived in California for those past years and now we moved to a place around here. I wouldn’t say Americans are boring, not in my case anyway, as it still fascinates me in some way how everything goes around here.” He said with a smile to her. It was actually pretty funny to see her get excited about having foreigners in her class, most of the people from what he had experienced tried to keep everything normal instead of wanting change.
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May 13, 2017 14:39:12 GMT
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Post by pieceofmind on May 13, 2017 14:39:12 GMT
Jay
Ellie had pulled her into the conversation but just as easily thrown her out of it again too, to her relief. Whilst Ellie kept on rambling and asking, she listened, that way she came to know more about the newcomer without having to conversate with him. Besides that, she could always do some research on him if she wanted to. A scan, to see if he wasn't a threat but if she had to go by gutfeeling, he was just an excited boy ready to tackle a new school life once again. She was born in a different country as well, Korea was her home but her parents too had come here to start a career, she just had been a lot younger. Her accent wasn't to be noticed at all, her English was basically flawless and so was her Korean, since they did speak that at home. The sound of people standing up and the bell eventually ringing pulled her out of her thoughts, realising it was the first break, she stood up and grabbed her bag, throwing it over her shoulder and walking off. "Jay! Are you going to be in the cafeteria?" Ellie quickly asked before she was out of sight. "Go with new boy," Jay simple put without looking around. She walked to the cafeteria first indeed, slipping past people to move quicker and avoid having Ellie drag Skyler to her. She grabbed a muffin in the cafeteria and went outside, taking a bite every now and then and sitting down on the large bench, her back against the pillar so she could sit comfortably. But just as she had finished the muffin and was about to light a cigarette, she got a text from Ellie which made her groan. "Can't get a single break, huh." She mumbled to herself as she texted Ellie, telling her she was outside on her usual spot. There went another break alone, knowing Ellie she'd walk around until she could find her anyway, so it was no use to say no.
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May 13, 2017 16:52:36 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on May 13, 2017 16:52:36 GMT
Skyler
He kept answering question, got around some questions as she was talking so fast and asking so fast she seemed to forget certain questions she asked first, so it was easy for him at some point to dodge some of them. Not that it was his intention, but he couldn’t possibly answer everything in delay as it would confuse even him at some point. His English had flaws, he did have a little accent to his speech but it was a lot better since the first 2 years he had been in America, he made big improvements since that time because he got a lot of help from friends he had made. While Ellie was still talking to him he began to pack his stuff calmly because he sensed that the bell would ring soon enough, if he could get a hunch about everyone being already packed and eager to dash out of the classroom when the sound would be heard for their temporary freedom. Skyler looked up when he had just finished packing when the bell rang, making him stand up and look at Ellie asking a question towards Jay. He chuckled slightly at the response Ellie got but he was sure she wouldn’t leave it at that. She asked if he wanted to come with her and he kindly accepted her offer of taking him to the cafeteria, even though he didn’t need anything, she seemed to want something so he just let her be before she send a text to someone, which he could expect to be Jay and he was right once Ellie said to where they were going and to who they were going. He didn’t mind following her, he could look around a bit like that and he would feel more at ease once he knew everything in the building and around it. He followed her calmly when she moved outside and seemed to be used to going where she went, which should mean Jay had a spot she usually went to. He looked around a bit while walking until he noticed someone sitting on a bench, leaning against the pillar next to it, and it didn’t take long for him to see that it was Jay, if the reaction of Ellie was an indication. Once they were close enough Ellie began talking excitedly to Jay while pulling him onto the bench, making him look up slightly surprised but smiled afterwards, pulling up one leg on the bench to rest his arm on it and then his head, looking at Jay and Ellie, the blonde one trying to pull him and Jay into a conversation. It wasn’t hard to get him to talk, but it seemed like Jay was a bit harder to start a conversation with that would last longer than earlier, for what he had noticed. She looked like she wanted to get out of a conversation the moment it started, and that only made it more interesting for him to try it out.
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May 13, 2017 17:11:27 GMT
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Post by pieceofmind on May 13, 2017 17:11:27 GMT
Jay
It took them a while to arrive, which had made her start her second cigarette, as if she was catching up lost time from all classes. Ellie sat on one end and pulled Skyler in the middle, but she did that roughly enough that she had to pull her legs away as quick as possible before they got crushed. They'd at least be even then. She sighed out quietly and sat up a bit more, throwing her legs over the back of the bench and taking a drag from the cigarette between her slender fingers. Ellie tried to pull her into a conversation too, wasn't her letting them come to her enough? She really wasn't one to give up easily, which was why she had been able to stick by her side for that long. "Ahh.. Jay you really stop smoking, it stinks." Ellie complained, making Jay tilt her head a bit whilst taking another drag. She stood up, bent over Skyler to miss him and blew the smoke right next to Ellie's face. "Don't tell me what to do," she sounded calm as she sat down on the back of the bench. "You not taking meds for that hyper attitude is more dangerous than my cigarette will burn my lungs black," she mumbled quietly before taking her phone out and looking at the time. Fifteen minutes left, what a pain. She could try to conversate, but wasn't that the easy way out? She'd act differently from normal and that would make Ellie want to see more of it. A horn sounded from a car, making her look up slightly. Windows darkened but it drove by slow and once it passed the three of them, it sped up again, making her pull the corner of her mouth up. Someone she knew, not the good kind. "Who was that?" Ellie asked confused, making Jay shrug a bit and turn around again to face them. "That was weird.. Say, Skyler, how old are you actually?" Ellie then asked, curious to find out how much older he was than her, or perhaps younger. Jay looked at the two and ran her ring finger nail over her lip, raising an eyebrow slightly. Jay was eight-teen, not long before she'd turn nineteen. And Davor was nineteen, but he was gonna turn twenty by the end of the year. Even though Jay was from Korean descend, she didn't use any formalities. As if she was gonna call Ellie her unni, the thought alone made her want to throw up. She had adjusted far too much to the American culture outside of her home to be comfortable doing such things. Bowing, like Skyler did, it wasn't something she quickly did anymore unless she met elders from Korean descend as well. She could choose to bow to him, but why the effort? This was school, it was almost as if she could sit back and relax here since things were easy for her.
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May 13, 2017 19:31:51 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on May 13, 2017 19:31:51 GMT
Skyler
“Gomennasai,” He apologized softly for almost crushing Jay’s legs, as he didn’t have much say in being dragged down as he had been by Ellie, but well it still wasn’t a good way of trying to get all friendly with her. It wasn’t weird for him to throw out some Japanese here and there, as he had lived there for most of his life. He could guess that Jay was more familiar here in America than him, probably because she lived here longer than he did, for what he could notice out of her voice and not having a clear accent in her English. It should mean she lived here since she was younger. He didn’t mind her smoking, even if Ellie came up with it, telling her she should stop. His parents both smoked and a lot of his friends did too, so he wasn’t bothered in the slightest. When Jay stood up and bend over him to blow the smoke towards Ellie, he chuckled slightly and a sly smile came up on his lips once more for the action. The mumbling of Jay right after that made it even wider, making his eyes slightly smaller at it, but that was inevitable.. He looked up and the smile faded in surprise when a car drove by after honking, and he noticed the sly change of Jay’s face as it passed by, making him curious if she knew the people in the car, but the answer came quickly when Ellie asked who they were, and Jay just shrugged. Or she didn’t want to say who it was, that was also a possibility and he was eager to find out the truth, but decided to keep it for himself for now, he didn’t want to butt into other people’s business right off the bat. He turned back to Ellie when she asked him how old he was and had to think for a small moment before answering. It was just that he had to find the English words for the number. “I’m seventeen, turning eighteen in about half a year,” he said honestly. He wasn’t going to lie about his age, even if he might be younger than people took him for, he didn’t mind being younger than others, he always had been the youngest of every class he had been in since he got to America, even in Japan he eventually was the youngest. He was bad at guessing other people’s ages though, and he didn’t bother asking everyone for their age as age didn’t matter to him at all. The personality of people spoke to him more than to know how much older or younger someone was or how the situation at home might be, if someone was rich or poor, he didn’t care about that. Unless it was a harmful situation, if someone got abused or was having a bad time, he would always try and do the best he could to cheer them up or help them in any way possible. He looked Ellie in the eyes again after his answer and smiled at her. “You?” He shot the question back as he had been answering the questions for a while now and it would be useful for him to know things about her too. Meanwhile he was debating on asking the question towards Jay too. He had to start somewhere and he had to keep a conversation going as she would quickly cut it off before it was actually called a full conversation.
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May 13, 2017 20:25:07 GMT
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Post by pieceofmind on May 13, 2017 20:25:07 GMT
Jay
"Daijobudayo," she mumbled quietly back when he apologised. It was that she knew Japanese, she was sure others would falter and ask what on earth he said. Once she heard his age, she raised her eyebrow ever so slightly to break the pokerface for a slight moment. He was younger than all three of them but he looked older. Not too much, but the muscle and his face deceived. "I'm twenty-two!" Ellie laughed quietly, being the eldest of the group. She looked like she was a teenager, having such a youthful face did the trick. She looked at the time again, keeping an eye on it so she could escape quick and luckily there were five minutes left of the break, which made her stand up. "Already?" Ellie whined, which made Jay nod slightly and grab her bag. She threw her cigarette on the ground and pushed it out with the heel of her ankle boot. Ellie sighed and stood up too, stretching out and grabbing her stuff too. "At least it's Math," Ellie sarcastically spoke, whilst Jay really didn't have a problem with it. She put a chewing gum in her mouth to freshen her breath and walked straight to class. Even with her heels she took the stairs, going up to the seventh and with that the highest floor of the building, rather quick. She sat down midway through the classroom, by the window. She got her stuff on the table and pulled her leg up so she could sit on it. Her phone went off, and since class hadn't started just yet, she picked up quietly. Listening to the voice on the other side before answering in Russian, this time around.
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May 14, 2017 6:04:43 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on May 14, 2017 6:04:43 GMT
Skyler
He looked up at Jay when she responded back in Japanese, and it had surprised him for a short moment before he just smiled at her. He knew some Korean too, though he wasn’t fluent in talking, he understood most of the language. Sure there were enough people that new some words in Japanese and tried to make a sentence out of it that made sense, but Americans didn’t really manage to do that as it was all broken, and google translate wasn’t always the best option, but it was nice of them to try. He looked back at Ellie when she revealed her age and his eyes widened. “You look much younger,” he said in a slightly surprised tone, but smiled at the same time. He hadn’t expected her to be so old, well 22 wasn’t that old, but it was 5 years older than what he was right now, and yet she managed to look like a teenager, that was awesome. He looked back up at Jay when she stood up and looked at the time himself before noting that break was almost over, making him stand up after Ellie did so too. He watched Jay walking away already and then just looked back at Ellie. “Math can’t be that hard, I can help you with it if you want to,” He said with a kind smile. He was great in math, and he actually genuinely enjoyed it if he had to be honest. Depending on what kind of exercises they had to make, but he was good in almost everything regarding math. He walked with Ellie once she began to walk after Jay on a slightly calmer pace than Jay had been dashing off. He didn’t feel the need to rush either, as he thought that five minute was more than enough to go to the classroom and still be on time before it would start. He walked up the stairs, looking around again at the same time to sketch a map of the school in his mind so he would find everything easily in the time he would be on this school. He walked inside the classroom, followed by some other students that now moved inside and Ellie pretty much pulled him towards the place she sat and just assumed he would sit next to her, and who was he to decline? He sat down next to her, in the seat in front of Jay, but he didn’t bother disturbing her as she was on the phone. He didn’t know what she was saying, as it sounded like a foreign language to him, but he didn’t put more effort in thinking about what language it might be and what she might be saying on the phone. He got everything ready for math, waiting for the teacher to arrive now as he last few students streamed into the classroom
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Halo
May 14, 2017 12:03:05 GMT
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Post by pieceofmind on May 14, 2017 12:03:05 GMT
Jay
When it came to languages, Jay and Davor knew far too many and fluently too. It helped in situations like these, being in public and having someone call. It helped her in many situations, if she were to be honest. But it annoyed her too since she sometimes mixed up words and spoke a different language to get someone to understand what she said, whilst they only knew English. The two arrived and sat in front of her, luckily. Ellie seemed to have claimed the youngster to herself by now and that meant Jay and Davor would actually get a break. The teacher now arrived as well so she hung up and put her phone away, getting her notebook ready and her books too. Maths, not her favourite subject, but an easy one. Logical thinking, problem solving. She was an expert in that. Davor hated it, all the numbers and riddles, though he wasn't that bad at it. Financials was one thing but Maths with that? No, can't do. The teacher set everything up as well, addressed the new student as would every other new teacher and then moved on to giving the class the work they had to do. Three pages worth on assignments during class and another four as homework, easy. She went to the right page and started working immediately, showing how she thought of it, giving the answer and it was all very neatly written down and origanized. It was boring, she had to admit, this was something she easily knew when she was a minor. But unfortunately the government had decided that the students of today didn't knew enough about Maths and actually failed most of the easy classes. It was quite pathetic. Her parents had always been hammering on her good grades, but she herself did too. Though she had given herself the freedom to get less than a 10/10. Which helped to take stress away, especially now in college, now that she didn't live at home anymore. By the time she came back from her thoughts, she was on the second page. A good tempo, that way she could sit back soon.
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Halo
May 14, 2017 17:10:18 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on May 14, 2017 17:10:18 GMT
Skyler
He listened calmly to the assignment that were given by the teacher, getting the right page in his newly bought book. He had some catching up to do to know what exactly he had missed as it wasn’t the beginning of a new year unfortunately when he moved, but he was sure he would be able to catch it up, he always did. He began making all the exercises that had to be done, he’d let the homework stay homework as he didn’t want to start it right now, so he would be able to do something when he was home. He didn’t mind homework as he was used to it from back when he was in Japan, the assignment there were a lot more than this and harder, so this was a piece of cake. He finished the three pages fairly quickly, making him look around slightly and pouting as everyone seemed busy. Even Ellie was quiet for a bit now, to his surprise and he couldn’t say he wasn’t happy with it for a bit. He had imagined that talking to new people would be a little bit harder, but Ellie had proved him wrong in that. He thought it would be a good thing to start a conversation with Jay now, even though she still seemed busy with the assignment, from what he could see she was able to do it easily as she was on the second page, so he turned around and rested his arms on the back of his chair. “So.. When did you start living here?” He asked to get into a conversation, and this time he wouldn’t back down easily and would just try to keep a conversation going. It shouldn’t be that hard, he was very persistent out of himself so he thought it would be just fine. And if he didn’t manage to do it today, he would try again, and again, until he managed to do so.
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Halo
May 14, 2017 18:12:55 GMT
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Post by pieceofmind on May 14, 2017 18:12:55 GMT
Jay
By the time he had turned around and asked her a question she was on the fourth page and almost through. She was gonna be busy after school so she did everything she could during, that way she didn't have to think twice about it. Whilst he asked something, she kept on working, not looking up to him since she did want to get this done and she rather wouldn't be talking. "Hmm.. Since I was eight," she whispered, not disturbing the other students around her. It had been a while, almost eleven years and still she wouldn't mind going back to Korea. That was her home, though here she could make it big in whatever career she chose to go for. She wasn't clear on that path, that showed through her choice of college. She thought about things day by day. After graduating here, she'd see where she'd go further on. It was just that her parents wanted her in school for as long as possible, otherwise she would've been working full time a long time ago. Not that her side job wasn't full time, the constant messages and phone calls proved enough. It made her afford her own house without her parents' help and that was exactly what she wanted. That it was not a legal thing to do, was a different story. She tucked her hair behind her ear and fixed a few of her ear piercings, moving on to the fifth page with her free hand.
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