[Monday, August 30, 2004.] [It's fifth period lunch! How we love fifth period lunch. At least the GM does, because you all have lunch at the same freaking time.] [The passing bell is just ringing, signifying that passing period is over. You're all... doing whatever it is you do during lunch period. Jeremy's late for class *again*, but that's what he gets for hanging out with Ivy. She has no regard for the rules.] [Also, the GM is eating pizza. Ha ha. Uh, where was she? Oh yes. So, there's this lunch period, and that's where you are.] [Session Start!] * Luke, done with Veronica, heads for his office. * Ivy's in the lunch line! Look! She can do it all by herself now! She can even have people come over to say "Afternoon!" at her from there! [Ivy also has money. OOOH.] (Oooh.) * Veronica sighs and winds up gathering her stuff. Probably all the good stuff will be gone by the time she fights through the line. Oh well. (Veronica would literally fight through that line.) ( I'm refraining from saying anything stupid until I have more of a handle of what's going on :P ) (People are getting or gotten food and eating. It's a very boring assemblyline process!) [Charlotte stopped at her locker or didn't. Probably didn't, given her usual method of doing things. She's in the cafeteria! There's a lot of people in the cafeteria! Ivy's at the end of the a la carte line, which has better food but also costs more. This is because she's addicted to french fries or... well, maybe because she doesn't want to know whatever the Chef's Surprise is. Surprises are rarely good around here.] (In Soviet Second String, Chef Surprise eats YOU!) * Charlotte meets Ivy at the end of the line, then, seeing as how she brought her lunch and doesn't actually have to stand in line like the rest of you. Nyah. "Hi!" * Ivy looks over to Charlotte and her body instantly goes stiff. She shakes her head (though it's unclear whether it's at her or not) and begins moving swiftly away from her. Guess Ivy's not getting any french fries after all. * Charlotte falters, then smiles again. "Sorr, I didn't realize... Guess you don't want to be around me right now. Sorry." She turns and walks away swiftly. * Veronica makes her way into the cafeteria line and watches the people idly shifting forward monotonously in it for a little while and then sighs. She makes her way towards the end of the line, resigned. [They were CHEEZY FRIES, too.] (A la carte, Rica?) (Is there any hope of getting anything from the a la carte line?) * Ivy turns to eye Charlotte walking away for a moment, but then continues on toward the exit. She passes Veronica on the way, I'm sure! (I mean, she's already 10 minutes later than everyone else.) (I've been reading too many smut books. A la carte means something very different to those French/English people.) * Charlotte finds an empty or relatively empty table and eats lunch alone. (There's always hope!) [Charlotte sits at the table she usually sits at, most likely. The Freshman next to it are already trying to beat each other at Magic.] * Veronica goes for the a la carte line then. She then spots Ivy and almost steps back in surprise. "Uh...oh, hey Ivy." * Ivy pauses for a moment to eye Veronica a little apprehensively. She gives her a short baby nod and then continues walking toward the cafe exit. * Veronica blinks as she watches her leave the line of scrumptious food. "Huh? Wait, you're not hungry?" [Really, Ivy. It's the GOOD line.] * Ivy stops once again and turns to look at the food. She's not salivating, but it's pretty obvious little chicken nuggets are dancing around her head... or that she's hungry, you know, whatever. (This is a Buffy game. Nuggets can dance!) (Good point!) * Veronica puts her hands on her hips and looks Ivy over. "Come on. I know it's all the rage for you model types to be starving yourselves silly, but me? I like to eat. And Jeremy'd probably kill us if we let you starve yourself." She waves Ivy over to her spot in line. "Come on." [Five or so people have gotten in line after Veronica.] * Veronica eyes them out of the corner of her eye. She'll beat them up later. * Ivy studies Veronica a moment. You can almost see the thought bubble of 'why are you being nice to me?' over her head. But then her head turns to look at the food once again, and she slowly makes her way to stand next to Veronica... with plenty of bubble space. * Veronica sighs and turns back towards the front of the line, not looking directly at Ivy. "Besides, Jeremy's already pissed off at me enough already." * Ivy glances to Veronica out of the corner of her eye and nods. She won't argue that! * Veronica moves forward in line. Hot queuing action. * Ivy moves with her. These two are filled with excitement. * Charlotte eats an orange. Woo. [Ivy cuts in line! The guy behind her frowns. "Hey."] (*Charlotte is immune to scurvy!) * Ivy turns around and blinks at him in confusion. (Can't you see my breasts? They're my 'cut in line' pass.) * Veronica looks behind her and eyes him up carefully, giving him her best tough-girl look. "Yeah?" (Damn right!) [He glares right back at Veronica. The guy has dark hair and equally dark eyes, and he's a good head taller than Veronica, and though he isn't buff, he's not unfit. He's wearing a backwards Chicago Bulls baseball cap, a black T-shirt, and blue jeans. There's a chain dangling into his pocket. A red bandanna is tied around his upper right arm. "Yeah. If you wanna talk to your friend in line, why don't you move to the end."] (Was that directed at Veronica or Ivy?) (... He just walked out of West Side Story casting?) (He sure did!) (And he's talking to Veronica.) * Ivy glances over to Veronica, still unsure of what to do. * Veronica looks at him. "Look, we're moving. 5 people just cut in front of me and you didn't say anything *then*." (Set him on fire!) (Actually, they were behind you. ;P) [He eyes Veronica. "They got behind you, idiot."] Well then, we don't have a problem. * Veronica takes Ivy by the hand and starts moving forward in line with her. * Charlotte gets up and gets over there. "Hey Todd," she says, sliding up next to him. "What's up?" * Ivy blinks once again, but she lets Veronica drag her around. * Veronica glances back and eyes Charlotte for a second before moving on. [Todd turns to Charlotte and blinks, then smiles. "Hey, Charlotte! How've ya been?"] * Charlotte smiles back. "Good." ["Cool. I haven't seen ya in a while. You wanna hang out this weekend?" He seems to have completely forgotten about Veronica and Ivy.] [The line moves forward.] Sure. That'd be cool. * Veronica lets out a little breath. "Good. That could have gotten ugly." * Ivy turns to glance at Charlotte and Todd for a moment and then back over to the food again. Mmm, greasy. [Todd walks with the line. Charlotte probably walks, too. "Great. I got some cool stuff that you gotta see. I know you're busy with workin' and all."] * Veronica looks over at Ivy. "So what do you want? My treat." (Are they near the food? As in, can Ivy grab?) * Charlotte sure does. "Yeah. Things have been so hectic recently, you know?" [They're getting cloooooser.] [THE FOOD MOCKS YOUR ATTEMPTS TO REACH IT.] [Todd makes a face. "The bitch still in charge?"] * Ivy eyes Veronica a little untrusting, but then finally gives her a tiny smile. She then sets her sights on the food and what she plans to choose when she gets within reach. Apparently, Ivy *can* be bribed. * Charlotte nods. "Yeah." She sighs. [He pats Charlotte on the back. "Sorry. Look, if you need me to drop by anytime while you're working... sneak me back and I can help wash the grease pit or something..."] * Veronica shakes her head. "I wouldn't be worried. I... honestly, I think I misheard you or something. And, well, I got a bit of a temper, yeah?" * Charlotte laughs. "Thanks. I think I'll manage, though." She grins. * Veronica lets out her breath. "What I'm trying to say is, I screwed up. Sorry. And I don't say that much." [Todd grins back. "Just remember." He wriggles his eyebrows. "No knowing when things'll get *really* bad. Where're you sittin'?"] * Charlotte points. "Over there, next to the card freaks." [Veronica and Ivy reach THE FOOD. There are chicken nuggets, hamburgers, french fries, hot dogs, and slices of not so great pizza. Also, bags of chips, some fruit cups, milk cartons, and so on.] [He looks over at the card freaks. "Gotcha."] * Ivy moves her gaze back on Veronica. She cocks her head slightly as if she's not sure what she's talking about. After the last bit, she gives Veronica a medium, slightly unsure smile, and moves her hand slowly over to Veronica's arm. If Veronica allows it, she squeezes her arm slightly and then lets go. * Ivy 's attention then darts over to FOOD. She begins grabbing random food stuffs. Chicken nuggets, chips, and some choc milk. Mmm, healthy. * Charlotte grins. "See you in a bit, then." She heads back over to her meal. [He gives Charlotte a half wave. "See ya."] * Veronica smirks. "I guess that means "you're forgiven?" That or you just gave me some kind of Anurian mark of death. Either way..." [Also, Ivy is freaking hungry.] * Ivy isn't really paying attention to Veronica at this point. She does grab a few french fries in her hands and eats them while they're still in the food line. Hope she washed her hands! ( What do you want to eat? YOU! ...kay.) Geez, don't grab so fast! You know how much grease they cook those things in? It'll probably still fry ya. (That's what REALLY caused the fire.) * Ivy pauses mid-french fry eating, the end still sticking out of her mouth. She slowly pops the rest of it in her mouth and then continues on in the line with no further insane grabbings. (Then why didn't Hot Dog Guy go up?) * Veronica takes a modest selection of hamburger, cheesy fries, and ice tea though, so she can't really talk. However, if it's "make your own burger" style, she's the kind that makes it look more like a salad. (Because he didn't eat the fries.) [Veronica proceeds to make her burger look like salad onna... burger bun, as opposed to a hot dog bun.] [The cafeteria lady looks at what Ivy has and totals it up, probably including the french fries. "Five dollars."] * Ivy waits for Veronica to pay for her spoils. * Veronica sighs and digs out her wallet. "You know, you're really taking advantage of this, y'know.." She puts her stuff forward. "Total them together." ( $5 for a cafeteria meal o.o ) ( Veronica got p0wnd ) (You SEE what Ivy grabbed?) (I bet she got a lot of nuggets, too.) [The lady totals them together, then! She's so helpful. "Eight seventy-five."] * Ivy lowers her head a little and then picks up the chips and gestures that she could put them back. * Veronica waves her off. "Nah. A deal's a deal." She pays the cafeteria lady what she needs. * Ivy gives her a warmer smile and puts the chips back down on her tray. [The lady takes the eight seventy-five. Cha-ching!] * Veronica puts her money away and then takes her tray. "Let's go find a spot." * Ivy nods and follows her. [There aren't any spots, really. Well, outside of at the usual empty table. That Charlotte's at, so not THAT empty. But there's a lot of space at the table!] (Good luck with that!) * Veronica walks about and scowls slightly. "Nothing. Do you see anything?" * Charlotte eats Chex mix. * Ivy glances over to Charlotte's table very briefly and then shakes her head. [Todd seems to have gotten his food - a burger (no salad) and chips - and walks right by the girls to the other side of the cafeteria, where Charlotte's sitting.] * Charlotte waves to Todd. [Todd would wave back, but his hands are full. He plunks down in front of her with the food. "So you didn't get the sticker, huh?" he asks as he starts putting ketchup and mustard on his burger with those little packets.] * Charlotte raises an eyebrow. "Sticker? * Veronica sighs. "If they let you go out of the lunch room with these things, I'd suggest a picnic. Geez, I wonder if the other lunch hours are this busy." ["To go out." He shrugs. "Not that you need one. It's not hard."] Oh.... Yeah, I don't have one. * Ivy shrugs and walks over to the wall of the lesser busy part of the cafeteria and sits on the floor. * Veronica eyes Ivy and shrugs, following her. She's not particularly in the mood to sit with Charlotte and Todd either. * Ivy sticks a nugget in her mouth and begins chewing it slowly. Yes, she stuck the whole nugget in her mouth. She then unzips her bookbag and puts her chips in the smaller pocket. Unzipping another pocket, she begins stuffing half of her nuggets in it. * Veronica watches Ivy, but doesn't comment on it, instead saying, "So what was bothering you earlier?" She takes a fry to munch. Mmm, dangerously cheesy. [He nods and puts his burger back together. "I can sneak ya out sometime." He grins. "If ya want. Staying in the cafeteria every lunch kinda sucks."] * Ivy zips up her bag and looks over to Veronica in confusion. She also grabs another chicken nugget, though she eats it in bites this time. * Veronica swallows her fry and grabs another. "I mean why were you heading out of the cafeteria if you're obviously that hungry?" * Charlotte nods. "Maybe." She stops to sip her drink, then asks, "How's everyone been? I'm sorry I haven't been around recently." * Ivy 's eyes move over to Charlotte and then away once she catches herself looking. She shakes her head and eats another nugget. * Veronica follows her eyes. "Yeah? What's wrong with her?" [He shrugs. "Okay. Vinnie's still antsy from the split." He has a big bite of his burger and chews, then keeps talking with his mouth halfway full. "I keep tellin' 'im not ta worry about it, but y'know."] * Ivy scrunches her body in a bit and shakes her head again. * Charlotte frowns. "Yeah..." * Veronica watches Ivy carefully. "You can write it down if you want. Just make sure to use a napkin first." [He swallows and continues, "I mean, it's not like they got us yet." Chomp and chew!] * Charlotte nods. "I just hope it doesn't get any worse." * Ivy looks over to Veronica for a moment, looking unsure. She moves her eyes to her bag, uses that napkin mentioned on her hands, and then grabs her bag, pulling out a notebook. She opens it up to a fresh page, glances to Veronica once more, and then writes, 'She', she begins, and then stops for a moment. 'She lies.' [He mrphs something, then chews a little more and says, "We can take 'em."] * Veronica eyes Ivy and says dryly. "Really now." * Charlotte glances aside. "Rather not have to." [Todd shrugs. He swallows and then grins at Charlotte. "Yeah, but we can."] * Veronica eats a fry, as if nothing happened. "So what'd she tell ya?" * Ivy glances at Veronica in response, notes her tone, and then shakes her head once again as she closes the notebook. She begins putting the notebook back in her bag. * Veronica frowns and stops her hand. "Hey wait up. I'm serious." She lowers her tone a little and then shakes her head. "I don't know. She's in with a bad crowd, I know that much. But how much of that's her..." * Charlotte rubs her neck uncomfortably. She changes the subject. "I didn't know you had this lunch period, Todd. You'd think we'd have seen each other." ["I usually go out." He opens the bag of chips.] Oh. Yeah, that makes sense. * Ivy's hand freezes as Veronica grabs it. After a couple beats (and Veronica letting go), she pulls it slowly back out and opens it once more. She pauses in thought of what to write. 'She told Jeremy I hurt that girl.' ["You can come with if you want," Todd offers.] * Veronica blinks, then stares at her for a moment, keeping her voice low. "Did you?" * Charlotte shakes her head. "Thanks, but I... I shouldn't." ["Aw." Yes, he actually says 'aw'. And then eats more BURGER.] Well, I always bring a lunch anyhow, so... * Ivy blinks back at her, a frown forming on her face. She then taps the pencil at the first line she wrote. * Veronica sighs and closes her eyes, shrugging slightly. "I didn't think so. But she might have been trying to make a point. I mean, she said that I might have done it too." * Ivy shakes her head and then writes, 'Not might. Did. She told him I did.' * Veronica blinks. "Wait. What?" * Ivy crinkles a brow in confusion at her. ["Yeah, but at least you wouldn't be stuck here."] * Charlotte nods. "Yeah..." she brushes some hair out of her eyes. "Maybe I will." But it makes no sense. Why would you do something like that? Did you even know her? * Ivy shakes her head. [He grins. "Cool." And he proceeds to munch on the chips.] * Veronica looks at her evenly for a moment. "Do you think you know who did?" * Ivy averts her gaze to the notebook and begins idly fidgeting with her pen. * Veronica watches her for a moment, then keeps her gaze on her. "You think you do, don't you?" * Ivy fidgets a bit longer and then writes, 'He told the boy fire.' Who did? * Ivy pauses. 'Mr. Mendel.' * Veronica stops for a second. "...wait, you think Mr. Mendel did it?" * Ivy fidgets another few seconds. 'Jeremy does not think so.' * Veronica sighs and rubs her forehead. "This is getting us nowhere. Jesus Christ, the whole fucking school's paranoid." * Ivy begins fidgeting again, not meeting Veronica's eyes if she looks her way. (I WONDER WHY VERONICA.) (Maybe it's because SOME PEOPLE resort to PHYSICAL FORCE all the time! Oh, and exploding students.) * Veronica keeps watching Ivy, and then picks up her burger and takes a bite of it, chewing, then holding it out to Ivy. "Wanna bite?" ( Eww! Shared food! XP ) (People can't do that anymore without me thinking of the Japanese Anime/Manga concept of the 'indirect kiss'.) * Ivy eyes it for a moment and then takes a medium sized bit out of the side nearest to herself. Chomp chomp. ( I can. I just think of germs and other people's saliva instead. ) * Veronica watches Ivy eat. Because talking right now's kinda awkward. [And they ATE. In SILENCE. Well, Ivy did for sure.] [Session End!]