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Post by Andrew on Apr 6, 2007 18:03:02 GMT -5
Angelica was listening to the mp3 player Steve had let her borrow when Rick turned up again. She frowned when she spotted the morbidly obese clerk waddling after him. God, he didn't invite that freak along for the ride, did he? What a loser!
Fortunately, Fatty was just there to give Rick some receipts he'd left behind. He's not seriously worried about getting all of that crap he bought reimbursed? Man - cheap AND a loser.
With the music playing, she barely listened as Josh regaled the others with his findings. Angelica was more concerned with the old pervert - he was finally driving off, and getting the hell away from her. Good riddance!
"That old guy was such a perv," she chimed even, after realizing that Josh was basically just badmouthing the creep, "He was so gross! I hope his f*cking birds crap all over him!"
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Post by Brainstem on Apr 6, 2007 18:50:14 GMT -5
Wow, what a bitch. Not even a 'thank you.' Steve thinks to himself as Angelica listens to his music. There's just no courtesy left in the world.
"I'm going to go ahead and agree with Josh. Let's just head on out and not stop until the sun rises." Steve made sure not to comment on Josh's observations; people pointing out the obvious always kind of bugged him. Especially the type that are obviously just trying to flaunt as though they know something so special. The comment of the birds being trained did intrigue Steve, however.
"So what exactly is our final destination?"
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Post by andyman on Apr 6, 2007 23:26:24 GMT -5
After checking the receipts for accuracy, Rick says, "Erik, can you please pop the trunk? This talk of birds and prostitutes is all good stuff for the blog. I want to get it saved on my laptop."
Turning to the others, Rick says, "The old guy was Mal. He's the caretaker at an old insane asylum, which is that spooky building in the distance. Mal sells corn for a living and if you tell him you're a devil worshipper, he should leave you alone. That's what the attendant in there does. He claims that despite the little altercation Angelica and I witnessed, those two are really pals. The gas station guy even has his sights on some buried treasure in the madhouse, so he frequently visits Mal over there."
Rick now turns to Erik again, "C'mon... please pop the trunk, I want to get this down before I forget." He then says to Andrew, "I also want to see those bird photos you got on your digital camera. The stuff from the Multimedia department so we can upload the pictures from your camera is with the laptop."
Rick then passes the bag of junk food to Josh, "For letting me use the can, first dibs on Red Vines goes to you my friend."
The RA then has to make a double-take when he sees his past resident without his headphones on. "Hey Steve, I don't think I've ever seen you without a pair of earphones before." With that said, Rick hopefully gets in the trunk to fetch his laptop and then hops in the car so they can get going.
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Action 1: 1 stone to Business Skills to check his reciept to ensure that it is correct.
Action 2: 3 stones to Social Skills to work the car and convince them, mainly Erik, to let him get his laptop from the trunk before they go.
Health: 2/2 Energy: 4i/4i
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Post by dorkknight23 on Apr 6, 2007 23:36:16 GMT -5
"Oh, um, sure," Andrew fumbles for his camera, "Just don't erase them or anything. They were weird birds. Not scared of people at all. Wonder if the old man could make them do stuff." As to what 'stuff' meant, Andrew was vague.
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Post by GhostKnight on Apr 6, 2007 23:42:36 GMT -5
Erik was amazed of the fact the birds were trained in a unearthly way. They posed and everything more like if they had a mind of their own. About the girl, he didn't give a damn, everyone knows what to do with their own ass. The old man was the most annoying and the other old one made him skip a beat.
"Man, that bum had a smell comparable with those new expensive perfumes, just only better. Our next stop is where we can get some sleep, but until then I want all of you to rest just in case I get too tired to keep on the wheel"
Erik's curiosity then takes the best of him - "Hey Rick. Did that guy rejected your marriage proposal? or what were you talking about? You two took your time back there"
After hearing Rick's request he goes and open the trunk. - "OK, just don't make a novel out of it."
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Post by talismanhex on Apr 7, 2007 19:18:27 GMT -5
Erik and Rick go outside to the trunk. The others remain in the car. The night is quiet, but otherwise there is nothing new to report.
OOC: Just keep playing it out until you leave and make a "final" destination.
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Post by andyman on Apr 7, 2007 19:46:31 GMT -5
"I was doing my civic duty, letting the guy know about blood-like graffitti in the bathroom and that window-wiper's squeegie." Rick says in answer to Erik's question. "I was also curious why this gas station sold corn on the cobb."
The RA then fetches the laptop bag and shuffles back into the car. After seating himself back into the front center seat, he passes the computer back to Andrew. "Can you please download those photos from your camera now? I get sick reading in a car, but I can still look at pictures." Rick then asks the rest of the group, "Are any of you aspiring writers by any chance?"
Action 1: 2 stones to Speed to be quick about what he's doing. Action 2: 1 stones to Agility to get the laptop out of the trunk, into the car and over to Andrew without damaging it or whacking anyone in the head with the thing accidentally.
Health: 2/2 Energy: 5i/8i
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Post by Andrew on Apr 7, 2007 19:58:31 GMT -5
Angelica wasn't surprised to hear that the old pervert - Mal - had an appropriately creepy job. Caretaker of some rundown old nuthouse? Wow - at least it keeps him away from normal people all day, I guess?
Still listening to Steve's happy-clappy music, she decided to keep her head down when Rick started looking for volunteer guest-writers on her blog. So far, this whole road-trip had been even lamer than her friends had predicted. There was no way she was going to give any of those bitches on her squad the chance to say 'I told you so!' when she got back, by actually writing about how God-awful the whole thing was!
"Seriously - can we go? I mean, if you guys want to spend the rest of your lives in some crappy gas station, don't let me stop you. I just thought we might want to get a little further along on our trip before Erik's piss-poor car finally dies on us?"
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Post by Scriptus on Apr 7, 2007 21:01:32 GMT -5
"I'm not much of a writer," said Josh. "But I bet we could get some pretty sweet pictures inside that old guy's place. Besides maybe we can drop Angelica off and lighten our load a bit. She might make some new friends."
Josh didn't really want to go to that place but he was getting tired of Angelica and wanted to give her a hard time.
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Post by GhostKnight on Apr 7, 2007 22:54:03 GMT -5
Erik frowned and talked to Angelica without facing her. - "I think some princess is going to stay in this station as a backpacker, without a backpack, if she doesn't shut her... " - Erik stops talking and walks out to the trunk and unloads Angelica's stuff and puts it next to where Angelica can see it. - "Do you see this? If you keep talking and not only we will stay here, I don't mind sleeping here by the way, but you won't get back in the car again. Now do this fellowship a favor and take some pills or, even better, get some sleep"
Erik cracks his knuckles and grabs her bag again, and loads it again in the trunk.
"Even better photos Josh. She sleeping with the guy of the store in the sidewalk and waving us goodbye as we happily continue without her"
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Post by Brainstem on Apr 8, 2007 0:09:04 GMT -5
"Ha, not what one could call an aspiring writer, but I can bullshit like a beast. That's really all we need anyway, right? Just some lameass blog that we're keeping so the school's going to fund our road trip. I can whip up something nice, long, and with enough big words that will make people think I'm a fuckin' genious."
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Post by andyman on Apr 8, 2007 9:20:50 GMT -5
"Thank you Steve," Rick says. "You are correct. We don't need The Scarlet Letter of the internet, just something interesting and informative. I appreciate you volunteering to help with the writing. I still plan to handle the brunt of the work... but not while riding in the car."
Rick isn't pleased with all the animosity against Angelica. Being the only girl with a group of guys must be really hard on her. As an RA, Rick learned that there are four strategies for overcoming conflict: Confrontation, Compromise, Smoothing and Collaboration. He feels that this is a time to employ 'Smoothing'.
"Alright everyone," Rick says with a chipper voice. "If you remember our agenda, the plan is to make it to Buffalo, New York before midnight so we can feast on authentic Buffalo wings tonight and go see Niagra Falls in the morning." Rick hopes that his little pep talk got everyone back on track toward the same goal. He just hopes that he hasn't just given anyone the idea to push a certain cheerleader over the falls in a barrel.
"Since we have some time until we get there, please help yourself to some Sun Chips, Fruitopia and Red Vines."
Action 1: 2 stones to Speed to be quick about what he's doing. Action 2: 1 stones to Agility to get the laptop out of the trunk, into the car and over to Andrew without damaging it or whacking anyone in the head with the thing accidentally.
Action 1: 3 stones to Social Skills to smooth things over with the group by refocussing them on the trip and thoughts of delicious Buffalo wings.
Health: 2/2 Energy: 5i/8i
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Post by talismanhex on Apr 9, 2007 16:58:54 GMT -5
Erik as you put go through the bags and stuff you notice there are a lot of bags and you also notice something is missing... your spare tire.
Everyone regenerate.
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Post by Scriptus on Apr 10, 2007 15:38:01 GMT -5
OOC: I'll be out of town until monday. I probably won't be able to post until then. Until then feel free to play as Josh Talismanhex. If I'm dead when I get back no big deal although I would like to keep playing.
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Post by Andrew on Apr 10, 2007 19:53:35 GMT -5
"You know what?", Angelica was about to let loose against all of these jerks that were hassling her, but then decided against it, "Whatever!"
Ordinarily, she wouldn't have put too much stock in their threats. Being dumped at a gas station, only an hour away from the school, with my cell-phone full of hot-guys-with-cars' numbers? Gosh, however will I possibly get out of this one?
But this wasn't like any gas station she had ever seen before. This place was downright creepy, and there was no way she wanted to be left here on her own, even for a second! So, swallowing a little pride, she decided that it would be smart to let Erik have the last word. Just this once.
"I think I'll try to get a little shut-eye," she said softly, while cozying up to Rick and laying her head on his shoulder, "Wake me up if we get anywhere interesting, won't you?"
With that said, she snuggled into him as much as she could, considering their seat-belts, and pretended to go to sleep. At least this way, she wouldn't have to fake being interested in any of the inane crap these losers were bound to start talking about.
============================================= Health 2/2. Energy 6/6.
Social Skills 2: *Pretend to go to sleep, while leaning up against Rick's shoulder.
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