Three days seems long. The uncomfortable "truce" I'm sharing with Nadja... the awkward situation with Mark and teetering around the edge of being actually involved in the game. Lucas... and whatever that was. Not to mention Corporal Rys, who continu…
Speedball terms:
Locks, strikers
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If you can communicate with the Hawks and give them direction, you can give them a +1 Ongoing with Lock Down plays. If they take advantage of your help, they roll, and you choose options if you want.
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Team …
But... I wanted...
Suddenly I'm alone in the hall again, left with that 'encouraging' smile Mark gave me. Does he really have no clue?
I sigh a loud, exasperated sigh, hoping to catch Team Power at practice.
I have to pull my eyes away from Mi Sun. And yeah, Nadja is a mess and I can guess why... but where the hell did they go to Drokk? Wait wait... who cares...
"I uh..." I look at Mi Sun again, I want to say a thousand things but I can't... not with M…
"What?" She probably thinks I'm reacting to the news about Jace, and I wonder if she thinks I may not believe her. But no, I believe her, we have another psycho-reactive in the pod? Maybe two? Pretty sure they're low-level from what she described, b…
I realize that I missed the whole thing while I was out in the halls with the Corporal. Nadja told me about it, but it didn't seem real, didn't seem like it hurts, or that it really matters. And well... with Priscilla... leaving...
"I'm... uh..." I…
"Rys, huh?" his name is becoming kind of amusing to me. I just can't take him seriously any more... probably I should. Just can't.
I start to move on but Mi Sun keeps talking. I slow and turn, without quite stopping to answer, "talking speedball. W…
What? Wow, I wonder if they found the open vent and busted Nadja and Mark? That would be kind of delicious, wouldn't it? Nadja spending ten days in iso or something?
Don't celebrate, Ashlee, it could be anything.
I wait for the footsteps to fade …
I nod as he goes on, and follow his look at Nadja's bed, looks we agree on that.
He actually thinks so? That people shouldn't be calling me out? That brightens my mood and to my own surprise I find when he gets up to go I sort of don't want him to.…
I stand closer to get the data transfer, "thanks," and then sit on the edge of my bed when it looks like he's going to stick around to finish the food bars. I check the file and quickly make sure it's got what I need before screen-locking my own and…
I watch with eyes slightly narrow, standing behind him I'm glad he can't see the face I make when he mentions Mark. Blech.
"Let's say I want to go to another pod's practice or whatever... that kind of stuff."
He takes a food bar, I just relax my…
I stand in the door with the food bars in hand, I hadn't expected him to come to the door, let alone want to actually come in. I glance inside by reflex, usually Nadja is here being annoying and hogging the room with her friends so It's not like I o…
I'm just to that point where frustration makes me begin to think dark thoughts. I hadn't thought Aiden had a problem with me, lockdown's over and there's no way that tech-head would be without his Navi. Seriously wondering what I did to piss him off…
Fine.
I need to see team power at practice, figure out when they have the court logged and ... what, just hang out? I'm not on the team, maybe they won't care.
Ok.... that's the plan. I send a message to Aiden. He knows everything, right?
To: Aid…
I nibble the corner of my lip and think, pull a leg up to sit a little higher.
Team Power, they're formidable, their bench players might be starters in a weaker pod... Maybe even ours. They have a system of turnover that keeps the team strong and …
I bring up the brief list. You know, I didn't actually expect him to add me to the team, especially after... well after Nadja. Cressida? Oh... right. Pax.
I tap-tap on my screen and look at the list with annoyance. I'm not an athlete by any stretch…
I glance at Aiden, one of the few people left in the pod that I actually don't have a problem with. Yeah, I am hungry... although those food bars should be waiting in my room some actual food would feel way better.
Mi Sun was never a friend of mine…
He slips away. Just like that. I want to say something but that feeling of his hand on mine, pressing me towards... I shiver and watch him sadly go. Why, Lucas?
I'm kind of in a state of disbelief. What happened doesn't seem real, or possible... W…
The kiss is nice. He touches me gently at first, his lips feel nice and it's good for that first moment. I'm definitely awkward at this, not sure if he would notice. Hope he doesn't.
But then he presses in with the tongue, and starts moving my had …
"I did!" I turn my head and look him in the eye and squeeze his hand. I'm really not good at this. I stare at our hands as I search for something to say. I feel my shoulders slump a little, "I want to be here with you... but I just... I didn't know …
Wow, I hold my breath and sit still as Lucas leans around to kiss me. I don't avoid it, I let myself be kissed. My heart races and I'm totally aware of how my lips are a bit too dry, my hair a bit of a mess, and how I'm totally unprepared for this.
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I've been leaning against Lucas, just touching shoulders as we watch the feed. I pump a fist a time or two as we see a couple of sweet goals. I glance at him as well as he looks at me. His demeanor has changed a little, I can sense it even though I …
I lean forward and swipe the wet rag across my feet as Lucas gets up, "your mom? Really?" That sounds really weird but I guess maybe it isn't so much. "Seriously, who gives a tic about being cool? Right? Who wants to be like those narcs and drokkhea…
Uh yeah... totally weird.
I start to reach for the navi, then as he crouches thee and starts to reach for my foot I look at him with this twisty little look on my face. I lean forward and playfully snatch the towel, "what the heck are you doing?"
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Makes me smile when he kicks off his shoes, which makes my cheek sting again. Funny, in all my meandering I'd nearly forgotten about that, how Rys backhanded me just a few hours ago. It must look worse than it feels, or maybe the way it happened jus…
By the time he answers I've calmed down a little. I look at his face as he answers, not quite in the eye, but close.
"Pffft..." I scoff, "none of us cool kids wear shoes..."
Don't really answer the other part right away and I slip inside past hi…
Ouch. I cringe, not knowing whether to run or hide, or what. Hopefully there's no recordings in this part of the hall... I stare at the fallen vent cover for a moment and consider putting it back in place, but decide no. I just leave it there so ob…
I wait a bit before sneaking over to the hole, come up to one side and listen before creeping over to take a look at the grate cover. Careful not to touch anything I look carefully at it... are they all like this? Can we just pop through these thing…