Picnic in the Park

[Adelene >> Allan, Eph, and Emman]

Adelene had also looked at the guy's direction. She, however, didn't shrug him off easily, and was staring for quite a while, even as Allan and Eph moved on to another topic. She did agree with Eph that a scene like that would make someone want to hug the guy. Or join him, so he didn't have to look so lonely while getting drunk.

She remembers so much of the past looking at him. She wasn't the one getting drunk though, but the guys around her in pubs.

"Sir!!!" she called out all of a sudden. She was sure enough that he was a faculty member, since his features were easy to remember and she was sure she's seen him in hallways before. "Isn't it too hot over there?? Come join us!"

She was probably going to make Eph uncomfortable, and Allan more so, but she felt like he'd really use some drinking buddies. And she and Allan don't get drunk easily so why not?

When Evelyn was informed of the free for all picnic she was excited. But, once she was there it was clear that the young woman was very uncomfortable. Eve hadn't so many people her age or young in one place setting, her comrades were all but the same age as she was. In times such as these Evelyn would play with Anubis's grip.. But.. Her mind flashed to when she gave Anubis to Morris and she mentally grimaced. She still had her knife in her military grade boots, it brought little comfort. Her body language betrayed her as she stood stiffly upon the outskirts of the gathering, one could almost mistake her for being a chaperone. Her body was ridged, feet slightly apart, her arms crossed tightly under her bosom. She screamed outsider.

Eve wore her military boots, white socks that were visible under the top, dark wash denim shorts, and a black tank-top under her dark green military jacket. The insignia's were in Russian much akin to the yellow stitched lettering. Around her neck hung two dog tags and her rose-gold cross. Her silver hair slightly messy but out of her eyes.

In a half hearted attempt to be out of the way but still in a sociable range Evelyn strode over to the shaded giving trees, where she leaned against one. Her body still containing the rigidity that screamed military.. Or tight ass. Choosing to lean back against the tree she allowed a small sigh to escape her lips. 'Perhaps it would be easier for me to go to the library' She thought solemnly. Eve's mind humored the thought for a few moments. The peace. The quiet. Another gentle sigh escaped her lips. 'Being social is good for me.'

[ Dyshelle ]

The Witch watched with equal amounts of curiosity as the small monster creature gripped the cookie in its feet talons and bit into it. Looking again at the size of LemonSqueeze versus the size of the cookie, she supposed the cookie would almost constitute a meal for the little fluffball. She wondered who the little guy's mother was. She wracked her brain and couldn't think of anyone in school who would pass down those kind of genes.

She decided not to worry too much about it the creature and Cabel both looked healthy enough and in the end that was what was most important, was it not?

Dyshelle gave a proud smile. "Of course! Every one of my sweets has a dash or three of magic in them. My normal stock is enchanted to give you buffs if you consume them, but these are inactive magic sweets. Still got the hint of magic, but no effects."

But that brought up something interesting.

"You little one--he likes the taste of magic, does he?"

"I'd like to say I didn't, but my sister got them for me before I even knew things like that were real. She got me another one, too, about jailbait zombies...but that might have been a different author now that I'm thinking about it. Some of them blend together, too."

Haha... She knew the one he was talking about. Zombie Seduction under the Sakura Blossoms. It was written like a bad fanfiction, but part of her had to admit to liking it a little more than some of the others.

"Oh yes, definitely." She nodded slowly, reaching into her bag and offering Cabel a bottle of water. "There's only so many times that you can see bare abs on the cover of a book before you start filling in the plot like a mad-lib."

Eph & Emman - Adelene & Allan

"Sir? Is - is that right? He's a teacher or something? Oh, okay, I am way too uninformed about stuff. Okay, it might be a day off for him, but still... an instructor just drinking in the middle of the day is, uh... hang on, there's a word for it. Be right back with you guys." Eph snapped and snapped her claws, thinking over her thoughts and attempting to call to mind the missing word.

Her absentminded snapping froze a few more leaves falling down, and a few of them hit her scales with audible thunks like the sound of 150000 books. The missing word distracted her so much that she barely noticed Emman scoop up his now half - empty bottle, his bag, and his glass, and then sprint over to them, closing the gap in less than six seconds.

A sudden, stiff "Tengene, bat may butiki! It's miracle!" and a burst of raucous laughter sent Eph's mind out of her reverie and back to the real world, where Emman's small but bulky frame sat and with great haste began to pour out a bit of liquor into the glass he held. "You're - you're all students right? I know Addy from self - defense already, but - naknamputa ang hirap talaga pag for - rain - jer - the everyone else I know because I look at records. Anyway."

Emman raised the glass up with an airy, loud call of "Drinking once!" before he downed it, refilled it, and downed it again with a loud follow up of "Drinking twice!" Then he seemed to remember that he was with other people, and that made him calm down a bit.

"I'd give you drinks but are you all old enough to drink? I can't be in - dem - ni - fied - shet gagong salita yan ah - or held responsable for you breaking the law."

Leon Eph & Emman & Adelene & Allan (late start ho!)

Once again he was late. Leon had been out in the middle of his morning jog when he got a text asking if he was going to show up at the giant picnic from one of his sparring partners. At first he drew a blank then suddenly summoned his wind sword and used the air current to propel himself down the street towards the picnic. Crap! He knew he was forgetting about something that morning! A certain someone had asked him to drop by and he completely forgot!

Leon got close to the picnic and let his sword disappear....Forgetting completely about the laws of physics and what happens when someone goes from being really fast to losing that speed....Well Leon went airborn is what happened. As luck would have it Leon hit the ground sliding almost face first and landed in front of exactly who he came here to find and meet.

"Owww.....Hi Adelene."

Leon hopped to his feet and started to rub his cheek. For once he could say that hurt and he was an idiot for doing it. But know what it was fun. And he found Adelene without much of a problem.

"Oh wait let me try that again. Hehe."

Leon walked up to Adelene and gave her a quick hug before stepping back and giving her room with the people around her. One looked like they were enjoying a few drinks, the others...Well they looked nice enough.

"Sorry I took so long to get here Adelene. I kinda....Well I was jogging and forgot to about it. Looks like you're enjoying yourself though."

[Adelene >> Allan, Eph, Emman, and Leon]

When Emman approached, Adelene was a little bit dumbfounded hearing him speak a foreign language mixed with English. "Huh?" She stared at him, confused.

And then she remembered. Right. He was the instructor for self-defense, Mr. Trinidad. She didn't realize it immediately, but she remembered now, he always does that. And she always couldn't understand him when he does that.

"Sir, you know I don't understand that... Filipino, right?" she said. And then she turned to Allan abruptly, gasping slightly. "Hey Allan, aren't you--"

But then she was interrupted when someone fell right in front of her from who knows where. It was... Leon. Right. She remembered inviting him for the event, because she really wanted to join and she'd be alone without him. Fortunately she found Allan and Eph, and now Mr. Trinidad was joining them.

"Leon, you okay?" she asked, before being pulled to a hug. She did NOT expect that. Leon always did it but... she was caught off guard this time, and what made it more embarrassing, he did it right in front of others. She hugged him back, but quickly let go.

"That's okay, it's not like I was forcing you to come here. I'm glad you did though," she replied before turning to everyone else. "Uh... Where were we..? You don't mind if Leon joins in, right? Ah."

She pulled him by a wrist, so he'd join them seated under the tree. "Everyone, this is Leon. Leon, this is Eph," she gestured towards Eph, "Allan," towards Allan, "aaand Mr. Trinidad. I called him here since... um... Eph help me."

==> Allan > Adelene, Eph, Emman, Leon

Allan had his back turned on the instructor when Adelene called to him. He was partly a bit uncomfortable that Adelene would invite someone into the circle just when he'd just met Eph. He was never good with having to meet a lot of people at the same time but he couldn't stop her. This was Adelene we were talking about.

Either way, it was easy for him to get his mind off the thought for a moment just watching Eph literally freezing the leaves around her. It was both fascinating and really just weird. Fascinating nonetheless. The sight itself distracted him enough to not hear Emman approaching until his coarse greeting caught his ear. Coarse didn't even feel enough. While Allan had been surrounded by a lot of people, having to hear someone throw expletives in one of his native tongues was... off-putting.

Allan nodded a greeting in respect but he said nothing about his tirade of cusses. "I think we're all old enough to drink here, sir. No laws broken," he said, laughing a little awkwardly. Although, he'd recognized the drink Emman had and he'd admitted he hasn't tasted lambanog since he got here. Although, he just wanted to pretend he had no idea what he was saying but he found himself cornered the moment Adelene looked at him expectantly.

But Leon dropped by just in time to save his arse. And by drop by, it was the painful type. "Whoa- are you alright--" came his reaction but he was cut off as soon as the guy hugged Adelene. Okay, so he was another friend of hers. No worries.

"Nah, it's fine. A friend of yours is welcome, Adelene," he said with a small, albeit forced smile. He nodded at Leon when Adelene introduced him but just as soon after that, he lowered his head down. Maybe talking to Mr. Trinidad would actually make him feel less out of place., after all.

Eph & Emman - Adelene, Allan, Leon

Emman flung himself into the air as Leon crashed onto the ground, dragging himself through it in straight lines, rising up, moving to the left, and coming back down as though he were a ragdoll being pulled around by something invisible. "Ay, Mister Leon - such landing! I give you ten points! To Leon!" Emman raised a glass, though in all likelihood he just wanted to take another drink.

Eph noticed Adelene's reference to her and ignored it. "Huh? Nah, you're on your own for this Adelene - you called him, not me." Eph chuckled a bit, careful not to let her cancerous laugh out. She had no idea how to respond to what Emman said, as a large part of it was incomprehensible. Honesty was something nice for Eph, though there was a difference between honesty and manners. "Are you sure you're a teacher though? Cause you seem more like one of those dudes that used to throw me stuff from the streets."

Emman huffed and turned his face up in mock disdain. His hands were grabbing and collecting grass for some reason as he responded with false injury, "Ay wow ha. I am good teacher. Bad at English but good teacher. Okay, all legal - Eph, you can freeze -"

"I don't freeze things, I stop motion cold -"

"Is good enough! Bilis - react quick!" Emman tossed over leaves of grass bunched up in four haphazard bowl bundles with a boisterous laugh. Eph grinned and slowed down each bundle to freezing, with a "Too slow!" in response.

The purpose of the challenge eluded Eph and most likely everyone else watching, but Emman snatched the frozen grass back and put them on the ground. Now that they were frozen, they formed ice bowls with the grass as the skeleton, into which Emman poured generous amounts of liquor.

"Am I genius or what? Ill - lit - potang ina di ako magaling sa Ingles basta yung salitang yun - ay English, fuck it, anyone who wants to drink, get a bowl!"

==> Tamara & Tucker > Evelyn @"Evelyn Pierce"


Tucker and Tamara were now just sitting under the shade, enjoying the afternoon sun with the snacks Tamara had made for the both of them (but Tucker would say that it might have looked a little too much for two.) Of course, Tucker had almost no say in anything when it came to Tamara's obsession for any kind of food. Tamara insisted in catching up after years of not meeting and Tucker, having nothing else to do, had to oblige.

In the middle of their conversation, Tamara stopped and rested her tablet on her lap. It caught Tucker's attention immediately. He found her looking behind him, towards the other tree nearby where a lone silver-haired girl stood. The girl admittedly looked a bit out of place; clearly he could see she was alone. Or perhaps she was waiting for someone? When Tucker looked back to Tamara, she was holding up her tablet with the text saying "Just a moment, Father. I'll be right back."

Tamara stood up, dusting her skirt of non-existent dirt, and made her way to Evelyn, typing on her tablet as she did--she didn't really need to mind her way completely. Tamara had noted the girl's outfit: it was surely a Russian military uniform. She thought, maybe she could get to her good side if she approached her right, and changed the text input on her gadget to Russian.

She stopped right in front of Evelyn, holding up her gadget to face the screen towards Evelyn. On the screen was written "I couldn't help but notice you standing alone here. Are you waiting for someone?" in Cyrillic alphabet.