[Thursday, September 2, 2004.] [Somewhere, Arwen devours Tokyo. But since this is Chicago and in the past, nobody notices. Instead, we open at a Wendy's! Because late night's all right, or something like that.] (Hopefully not that late!) (I didn't read the 'a' there at first, and pictured Ivy in Wendy's living room...) (I wouldn't trust her. >_> <_<) [Yes, it is that late; maybe about eight o' clock, and the sun is well on its way to setting. At least it's not raining anymore. Instead, everything's all wet.] [Except Krista. Apparently she wasn't running around in the rain. She enters right about now, by the way.] [Session Start.] * Krista walks in! She's wearing a very pretty dress for a school day. Red with white flowers, and matching white shoes. She adjusts her glasses, probably thankful she's not wet. (I hope it's not after Labor Day! Bad Christians who wear white after that go to HELL.) (It is after Labor Day, and you can go away. I like white flowers. ;_;) (Oh, sorry, I forgot to type the shoes part. White SHOES. The white flowers are fine!) [It looks like a Wendy's, in all its yellow and beige glory! There's an old couple seated at a corner table and a father trying to take care of two pre- schoolers (they're twins) at a booth. It's a messy business.] (Hey!) * Krista smiles a little to herself and then walks up to the counter/line for food! Glorious food. (Wait, what's wrong with white shoes? Besides them getting all scuffy) (It's a cliche thing.) (Ever see the movie Serial Mom? Best Labor Day/White Shoes part done EVER.) (No, I haven't ^^;) (It's a messed up movie. About a mom who kills people. It's good times.) [There is no line! Though Krista can't see who's behind the counter yet, because whoever it is seems to have run off. One thirty-something business sort of guy is standing at the delivery area with a bag, waiting impatiently.] * Krista waits patiently, then. She can do that. She adjusts her glasses while she waits and brushes her hair back. Coulda been windy. (It is Chicago. Everyone knows it's windy.) * Charlotte is behind the counter! She emerges in a Wendytastic uniform, complete with dark red shirt and visor, and hands the man some barbeque sauce, apologizing to him for the wait. [He hmphs and takes his bag. "Just make sure you have more ready next time." And he turns, walking quickly for the door. Doesn't even stop to grab napkins.] * Krista blinks, unable to hide a bit of surprise at the random contact... but then takes the time for the guy responding to swallow and look down, smoothing out her dress. * Charlotte nods. "Yes, sir. Sorry, sir." It's like she's in the army. But not. [He doesn't pay any attention to the nobody behind the counter. And then he's out the door.] * Charlotte turns to attend to the next customer, and falters a little when she sees who it is. "Um... Hi, Krista. Welcome to Wendy's." (You forgot "May I take your order?"!! So fired.) (OMG Krista's a mystery shopper!) * Krista looks back up to meet Charlotte's eyes and smiles slightly. "Ah... good evening, Charlotte." She remembered her name! Wow. "I..." she pauses, as if having to re-decide what she wants, then, "I'd like a mandarin chicken salad?" Beat, then less questioningly, "And a small frosty." ( Bah, I remembered YOUR name. That should be more impressive. :P ) (I was actually referring to you, yes. ^_~) * Ivy walks in! With a Jeremy! Mmm, now the player wants a Frosty. * Charlotte smiles. "Sure." She punches it to the register and smiles. "Anything else?" * Krista pauses, then shakes her head. "No thank you." * Charlotte nods. "Alright." * Ivy walks closer so she can glance at the menu, her eyes all for the yummy pictures. Doesn't look like she's noticed Charlotte... or Krista! [Jeremy's with Ivy. He stops when she does, but instead of looking at the menu, he looks around... and then frowns a little when he spots Charlotte.] * Krista finds money for her food while she waits for price, and then gives it to Charlotte! Woo! Goods and services. * Ivy pulls on his hand that she's holding to get his attention. If/when he looks, she points at a large picture of golden chicken nuggets! * Charlotte disappears, returning shortly with a tray containing Krista's order, and exchanges it for money. Economics! (Wow!) [Jeremy blinks and looks at Ivy, then up at the picture. "Nuggets, right?"] * Krista smiles a little, taking her tray. "Thank you." She takes her food around, managing to miss Ivy and Jeremy in her view as she heads around to sit at a table. Oblivious much? * Ivy nods emphatically. Girl likes her chicken. * Charlotte smiles at Krista. "Enjoy." She turns her attention to her next customers and her smile falters. Just for a moment though. "Hi Ivy, Jeremy. Welcome to Wendy's. May I take your order?" * Ivy glances over to Charlotte... and her enthusiasm dies. That is, she frowns. She glances up to Jeremy and then back over to Charlotte. She then backs up a step. ["Uh, yeah, Charlotte. One sec." He turns back to Ivy. "One or two?"] * Krista pops open her salad and sighs slightly to herself as she looks at it. * Ivy stops after the one step, focusing back on Jeremy. She holds up one finger, though she doesn't seem as into the idea as five seconds ago. [He nods and walks up to the counter. "Three chicken nuggets, a medium frosty, and a Mr. Pibb."] * Charlotte nods. She hurries off, returning shortly with said order. "Will that be all?" * Krista starts eating her salad. Slowly, looking at the crazy kids and managing a faint smile at their antics. So cute. And evil. ["Yeah," Jeremy says, a little stiffly.] [The kids *are* evil. One is trying to fingerpaint with ketchup while the dad (probably dad, anyway) is telling the other to take his toy out of his mouth.] * Charlotte nods. "Alright." She hesitates a bit, then asks, "Hey, can I talk to the two of you later?" * Ivy glances over to Jeremy. [Jeremy looks like he wants to give a flat 'no', but then he stops himself and says, "Sure. We'll be eating right over there..." And he spots Krista! "With Krista."] * Charlotte nods. "Thanks." * Ivy turns away from Charlotte to glance over to Krista. She eyes her over a sec and then heads over her way. [Jeremy takes their food and walks bravely across the restaurant, past the kids and the dad, who's trying to get them to clean up, and to Krista. "Hey, Krista."] * Krista looks up with a face full of greens, wide-eyes, then swallows. "Je--" she begins, before coughing slightly. ( Jesus? ) (No. >_>) ( Krista was about to use the Lord's name in vain! ) (Was not!) ( Was too! ) (Jeremy! It was supposed to be Jeremy!) ( Suuuuuure. ) * Ivy gives Krista a little wave and a small smile. * Ivy then sits down. Without asking. She's so polite. [Jeremy doesn't sit yet! He waits for Krista to finish with the coughing. "Hi?"] * Krista puts her hand to her chest and nods in response, coughing a few more times before getting out a, "Hi." She looks to Ivy and says, "Hello to both of you... " * Ivy grabs the nuggets off the tray and opens it up, instantly popping a nugget in her mouth. She does chew it though! * Krista looks up to Jeremy and says, "You should have a seat." [He nods. "Thanks." And he does sit down. "Thanks again for driving us," he says as he distributes food. Ivy get nuggets and a frosty!] * Krista shakes her head. "It wasn't a problem..." she spoons up a small bit of frosty. "Was there still trouble yesterday? You didn't make it to school." She regards both Ivy and Jeremy with that, Ivy's not-speaking be damned! * Ivy already stole her nuggets, but she does grab a bite of that frosty! After a bite of that, she grabs a nugget and stuffs it in the pocket of her jeans. [He shakes his head. "Not really. Ivy got sick." He might be lying, because she looks fine now.] * Krista nods slightly, looking to Ivy as she withdraws the spoon from her own mouth. "How do you feel now?' Beat as she looks at the disappeaing nuggets. "Besides hungry?" [Jeremy has a sip of his pop and starts eating, himself.] * Ivy smiles a little brighter at Krista in answer. And then she eats another nugget! This time, in more than one bite. (Fly! Fly little brackets! Fly! Run freeeee!) * Krista quirks her head slightly, then forks up some salad. "I... guess that meaans yes." A pause, then, "If I may ask, why were you over here?" ["She wanted nuggets," Jeremy says, like it's the most obvious thing in the world.] [And perhaps it is.] * Ivy bites off another piece of nugget, emphasizing Jeremy's answer. * Krista aahs slowly before replying, "I... see." She looks down to the salad and even eats some. * Ivy finishes her nugget, grabs the Mr. Pibb and sips quite a bit from the straw. (I hate you, Ivy. You never initiate conversation.) (It's like talking to a hotter Roch. ;_;) [Jeremy's drink is stolen! Oh no! But he just eats his own chicken nuggets. He reaches in the bag for something, frowns, and then goes about eating nuggets again.] * Ivy gives the soda back! There's even some left! * Krista looks between the two of them, then smiles, old-lady like. "It's nice you two are so close." * Ivy glances over to Jeremy, gives him a warm smile, and then eats another nugget. (She really is Ms. Talky, isn't she?) (She's trying to be nice!) (I know. ^_^) (You should be in the other channel with MacDEATH.) (;_;) * Krista adjusts her glasses on her face again and eats more chicken. Well, mandarin chicken salad thing. Half rabbit food. * Ivy grabs another nugget and puts it in her other pocket. It's a bitch when the nuggets are uneven, after all. * Krista blinks, opens her mouth, closes it, then opens it again to say, "Ivy, why do you... put them in your pocket?" ["I think she's trying to save the food," Jeremy answers for her, picking out another nugget. He doesn't eat it right away, instead eyeing the fried chicken in the Wendy's light.] * Ivy stiffens at the question and then looks down to her lap. * Krista replies, "I realize, but I didn't think that you were lacking for food..." she trails off, perhaps realizing how insensitive that might be if she WERE. * Ivy snatches the last nugget from her container and starts nibbling on it, still looking down. (Don't you know you never talk to people about their hibernation? Geesh, so rude!) (>_>) (Chicken doesn't keep.) (Mmm, food poisoning.) * Krista chews her lip a moment, then offers cautiously, "... are you lacking for food?" * Ivy timidly glances over to Krista and slowly shakes her head. * Krista lets out a sigh of relief. "Well, that's good..." (. o O (It just makes you weird.)) * Krista sighs to herself, with less relief, and chews a forkful of salad somewhat less than cheerily. (Yay, Charlotte's back! She talks! Krista won't have to fork herself in the eye now!) ( 'cept Charlotte's not free to talk :P ) (She could get off work! Or, hey, break!) * Krista finally says, "Are the both of you going to the showing of Hamlet?" ["I think so." He glances at Ivy.] * Ivy nods. * Krista smiles a little. "That's good." A weak chuckle, then she says a bit idly, "It seems more half of the people going are more concerned about who they are going with than going at all..." * Ivy smiles and grabs hold of Jeremy's arm. Yeah, I don't think she caught the implied there. * Krista sits quietly a few moments after that, espys the arm-grabbing, then shakes her head slightly as if to clear it. "I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me." She looks down towards her food. "I should leave you two be." * Ivy drops her hand from Jeremy and cocks her head curiously at Krista. * Krista takes some quiet bites, not looking towards the two of them. (Meanwhile, Jeremy sips his soda. There, I'll help, Ard! ^_~) * Ivy starts eating her Frosty! * Charlotte takes care of customers. * Krista just continues playing silent, and eats some of her own Frosty as well. [A guy comes out from back; he's older than Charlotte, probably college aged. "Sophie says you can go on break now," he tells her while he walks over. "I'm gonna take over for you."] * Charlotte nods. "Okay, thanks." [He grins and gives a thumbs up. He always gives thumbs ups.] * Charlotte heads back, only to emerge out front again shortly. She heads over to the table. "Hey." * Ivy glances over to Charlotte and gives a slight wave. * Charlotte smiles. * Krista adjusts her glasses again before looking up at the two of them and saying, "Ah... now I really think I should leave." She gets a weak smile as she starts with the gathering of half-finished things. You don't have to. * Ivy puts a hand over Krista's to stop her. She shakes her head if Krista glances her way. ["No, it's okay, you can stay." That's from Jeremy, who's been zoning out for some time. He eyes Charlotte.] * Krista opens her mouth to respond... and then stops as Ivy reaches over to her. She looks between the three of them and then says, "Really?" * Charlotte nods. "Sure." ["Su-" He stops himself before he says the exact same thing Charlotte does.] * Ivy gives Krista a small smile and nods. She then moves her hand away. * Krista stops gathering her stuff and nods slightly. "Thank you..." Then after a moment she begins eating her frosty again. * Charlotte smiles. So, how is everyone? * Ivy takes another sip of that soda. Guess that means she's okay. (Not your soda!) (THIEEEEF.) ["Okay." Jeremy pauses, then adds, "Full."] * Krista swallows and replies, "I'm feeling fine, thanks." * Charlotte "Good, good..." She searches for a topic. "So, I've never seen you here before. Just in the area?" * Ivy 's eyes flick over to Jeremy. [Jeremy twists his mouth a little, but he goes with the presented topic. "We've been here before, but... not when you were here. Not a lot, though."] Oh. ["Yeah."] * Krista nods a little in response, soon after Jeremy's response. "I'm returning from singing at a mass at Saint James." Oh. * Charlotte takes a deep breath. * Charlotte turns to Jeremy and Ivy. "I'm sorry about before." * Ivy looks over to Charlotte and studies her silently. * Krista looks slightly lost for a moment, spoon stuck in her mouth like a cute little girl. [Jeremy nods, like he was expecting that. "Now you're gonna tell us you didn't mean it."] * Charlotte shakes her head. "I never thought Ivy did it on purpose. I thought it was an accident." She sighs. "I was trying to help!" * Ivy studies her a good ten seconds and then moves a hand to Jeremy's arm and squeezes it lightly. * Krista looks taken aback at being spectator to half a conversation, and just keeps her spoon in her mouth. Can't talk with a spoon in your mouth. (Ain't nothin' you can do about Spoons in your Mouth.) ["But... you said she did it. How'd she do it by accident?"] I don't know. ["I mean, if she did. Which she didn't," Jeremy quickly clarifies.] * Charlotte nods. "Because Ivy would never hurt anyone, even by accident. Like you said." * Ivy 's hand stiffens on Jeremy's arm. She moves it away as she darts her eyes to the nearby wall. Ooh, Wendy prizes. * Krista 's face begins to soften in understanding... but she doesn't speak up! So... I was wrong, and I'm sorry. I hope you can forgive me for that. [Jeremy looks totally confused. "Then why'd you think she did?"] ["I don't get it."] I panicked. I didn't know what was going on. [He nods.] * Ivy is still looking at that wall. Maybe something's sparkly over there. * Charlotte checks the clock. "I guess I should be getting back to work." * Krista looks confused a little, finally taking the spoon out of her mouth. "How do you accidentally..." she starts, then trails off. [Jeremy looks to Krista. *He* seems interested in what she has to say.] * Ivy slowly moves her face over to look at Krista, but she looks incredibly guilty about something. Set someone on fire? How do you do that on PURPOSE? ( Emphasis, not shouting :P ) * Krista locks eyes with Jeremy for a second, then says, "I... not much about Friday seems like--" she stops dead, her eyes widening. * Charlotte nods. "It didn't make any sense. I panicked." [Jeremy looks concerned. "Krista? You okay?"] * Ivy eyes Krista questioningly. Bugged out eyes. That's not normal. * Krista looks to Jeremy and nods a little. "Y-yeah, just... thinking of Mr. Mendel's crazy theories." A weak laugh, then a babbling, "He was looking into witches and such vile things in the library that day. I guess everyone looks for an explanation some way, huh?" She looks up to Charlotte. * Charlotte nods slowly. * Ivy considers what Krista said and then takes a sip of the soda. * Krista swallows and says, "Thank you all for letting me stay, but my mother and father are probably wondering where I am, so..." she stands a bit too suddenly, knocking over the chair behind her. "Aah... darn." * Charlotte nods. "And I gotta get back to work." * Ivy gives Krista a wave bye, a small smile crossing her lips exchanging the guilt. * Charlotte smiles. "It was nice to see you all though. Come back again." * Ivy gives Charlotte a wave too, but it's a bit tentative. * Krista steps around carefully, saying, "Well, ah, we will see each other at school." Beat. "Were you going to Hamlet as well?" Me? I wasn't planning to... * Charlotte glances at Jeremy and Ivy * Krista picks up the chair and sets it back upright. [Jeremy gets up to pick up the chair, but Krista does that, so he just sort of stands there for a moment before looking back at Charlotte. "What?"] * Ivy looks over to Jeremy and then back to Charlotte. After a second of hesitation, she gestures with a 'come with' motion. (Actually, she's saying 'grab my breasts' in ASL. See what happens when you don't learn the language?) * Charlotte blinks a few times at Ivy." (That too!) * Ivy looks back over to Jeremy. [Jeremy looks at Charlotte, to complete the triangle. And then he looks at Ivy. And then he looks back and shrugs. "I think she wants you to go."] Oh. * Charlotte smiles. "Okay." * Ivy nods and then makes sliding motions as if she's ready to get up. Hard to do with Jeremy there and all, but she's trying! * Krista inserts, "So you are going, then?" She picks up her tray. * Charlotte nods. "I'll go." * Krista nods and smiles a little, then, "I'll see you all tomorrow." Beat. "Good night." * Ivy waves! Again! * Charlotte grins. "Good night, Krista." [Jeremy's already standing, but he makes sure he gets out of Ivy's way. "Bye Krista," he calls, waving. "See you tomorrow."] * Ivy stands up! And then she heads to the door behind Krista! [Jeremy picks up all sorts of garbage-y things and goes to toss them in the trash!] * Krista does too, and then walks out, dress and WHITE EVIL SHOES and all. (Krista's going to HELL.) * Charlotte smiles at Jeremy and Ivy. In conjunction! "Well, I've got to get back. Thanks for listening to me.." * Ivy waves bye to Charlotte! Again! No big smile, but she's not all out frowning at her either. (Improvement!) (Yup!) * Charlotte goes back to work! [Jeremy nods at Charlotte. "Sure. See you tomorrow."] [He tugs Ivy out the door! Out!] * Ivy is tugged! It's not hard to get her to leave though. [Session End and Just In Time!]