Jaebi Lyckander
Keme
Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
This secret side of me, hid under lock and key; I keep it caged but I can't control it.
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Sept 20, 2009 23:42:19 GMT -5
Jaebi, his chin once again supported by his fist, raised his eyebrows in an of course you can expression. He held out his own pencil, eraser first, to her.
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Ariel Hawk
Ireth
Academy Freshman: Mortal
Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild, with a fairy hand-in-hand...
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Sept 21, 2009 9:39:01 GMT -5
"Thanks," Ariel smiled at him, reaching out and taking the pencil from him. Her fingertips brushed softly against his hand as she did so. She turned her gaze back to the paper in front of her and resumed writing, the only sound that of the pencil scratching across the page.
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Jaebi Lyckander
Keme
Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
This secret side of me, hid under lock and key; I keep it caged but I can't control it.
Posts: 200
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Sept 21, 2009 18:59:57 GMT -5
At the contact, Jaebi flushed a violent shade of pink. He crossed his arms on the desktop and rested his cheek atop them, facing away from Ariel and hoping she wouldn't notice the heat he was sure radiated from his ears.
Calm down, clam down Jae, he chided himself. It was just a touch. Purely accidental. Calm the hell down or you'll never hear the end of it-- He peeked over his shoulder at Kemekin, who thankfully had returned to his own work.
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Ariel Hawk
Ireth
Academy Freshman: Mortal
Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild, with a fairy hand-in-hand...
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Sept 21, 2009 19:14:14 GMT -5
Ariel paused as she was writing and turned her head to look at Jaebi. "Hmm, do you think I spelled 'labyrinth' right? It has a y, ri--"
She stopped and blinked at Jaebi's violently-pink cheeks. "What's up, Jae? You look like one of Professor Harrows' roses."
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Jaebi Lyckander
Keme
Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
This secret side of me, hid under lock and key; I keep it caged but I can't control it.
Posts: 200
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Sept 21, 2009 19:20:23 GMT -5
Jaebi looked at her over the top of his arm, eyebrows raised. "Wah?" He straightened, ignoring the flush in his face that was only getting warmer. "Oh, yeah I'm fine. It's just..." His voice trailed off and her leaned over Ariel's desk, resting his hand on the opposite corner and tracing the lines of writing with a finger. He looked at her and felt himself smiling. "You spelled it right, Ariel."
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Ariel Hawk
Ireth
Academy Freshman: Mortal
Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild, with a fairy hand-in-hand...
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Sept 21, 2009 19:42:52 GMT -5
Ariel couldn't help but smile at the way Jaebi's voice sounded when he said her name. She kept writing, watching his finger tracing the thin lines of graphite along the white page.
"We should make another version of this story once we hand this one in," she said quietly, still smiling. "We can give the monster and the angel a happy ending."
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Jaebi Lyckander
Keme
Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
This secret side of me, hid under lock and key; I keep it caged but I can't control it.
Posts: 200
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Sept 21, 2009 19:54:14 GMT -5
Jaebi's skin slowly returned to its normal color. He was becoming steadily more comfortable, it seemed. This thought relieved him greatly.
"I'd like that," he told her. "Maybe it--"
He was cut off when a paper ball bounced off the top of Ariel's head. Jaebi straightened and caught it, uncrumpling the paper. On it was doodled a strange creature with a cat's tail and a tomato for a head. Beneath this, in Kemekin's handwriting: Could you blush any harder? You put stopsigns to shame.
Jaebi was torn between annoyance and aggravation. "For real, Kem," he said. "Cut it out or I'm going to tell Haneul that you made Nina cry."
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Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr.
Keme
Academy Freshman: Were-Korean
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
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Post by Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr. on Sept 21, 2009 19:56:53 GMT -5
Kemekin bit his lip. "Sorry, Ariel," he called in a stage whisper just after his projectile had hit her.
With Jaebi's response, he raised his eyebrows. "Really, man? I've never done anything like th--"
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Jaebi Lyckander
Keme
Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
This secret side of me, hid under lock and key; I keep it caged but I can't control it.
Posts: 200
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Sept 21, 2009 19:59:57 GMT -5
"Who's he going to believe?" Jaebi cut him off, a smirk belying his show of irritation. Now he thought about it, though... Haneul was a cool-headed person. He would check with Nina, at least, before handling Kemekin.
Then something truly vindictive struck him. "If you prefer," he teased, suddenly sly, "I could pay a visit to Dubhiarr, instead of Haneul..."
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Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr.
Keme
Academy Freshman: Were-Korean
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
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Post by Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr. on Sept 21, 2009 20:03:51 GMT -5
At the mention of Nina's roommate, Kemekin paled a few shades. He sat back in his chair and frowned. "I'm beginning to think I've become a bad influence on you, Jae," he confessed. "That was sly, dude." He tapped the fingers of one hand against the palm of the other in a silent clap.
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Ariel Hawk
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Academy Freshman: Mortal
Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild, with a fairy hand-in-hand...
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Sept 21, 2009 20:20:57 GMT -5
Ariel picked up the paper Kemekin had thrown, re-crumpling it and tossing it back at him. "Is there something in the Y chromosome that turns sweet-natured boys into total scoundrels when girls are around?"
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Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr.
Keme
Academy Freshman: Were-Korean
No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.
Posts: 229
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Post by Kemekin Evans-Barros, Jr. on Sept 21, 2009 20:36:56 GMT -5
Kemekin took this as his cue to extricate himself from the conversation. He turned back to his own work, though one ear was perked to listen to the goings-on a few yards away.
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Jaebi Lyckander
Keme
Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
This secret side of me, hid under lock and key; I keep it caged but I can't control it.
Posts: 200
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Sept 21, 2009 20:39:37 GMT -5
Jaebi sat slowly back down into his chair, feeling scolded. "Sorry," he whispered to Ariel, his dark eyes tentative once again. "It did hit you, though."
Never mind that it was just a ball of paper.
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Ariel Hawk
Ireth
Academy Freshman: Mortal
Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild, with a fairy hand-in-hand...
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Sept 21, 2009 20:45:07 GMT -5
Ariel settled back into her chair, feeling rather satisfied with herself as she returned to her writing. "Now, where was I...?"
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Jaebi Lyckander
Keme
Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
This secret side of me, hid under lock and key; I keep it caged but I can't control it.
Posts: 200
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Sept 21, 2009 20:48:05 GMT -5
"Giving the monster and the angel a happy ending," Jaebi said, watching her write. He smiled again, brushing away a stray hair that had fallen in Ariel's face with her movement.
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Ariel Hawk
Ireth
Academy Freshman: Mortal
Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild, with a fairy hand-in-hand...
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Sept 21, 2009 21:02:09 GMT -5
Ariel raised her eyes to look up at Jaebi when she felt his hand touch her face. The movement reminded her a little of a cat batting at a piece of string, except that Jaebi wasn't currently trying to eat her hair. The thought made her wrinkle her nose and giggle.
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Jaebi Lyckander
Keme
Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
This secret side of me, hid under lock and key; I keep it caged but I can't control it.
Posts: 200
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Sept 21, 2009 21:19:03 GMT -5
Jaebi froze at the sound of Ariel's laughter, his fingertips millimeters away from her cheek. He wondered immediately if what he had done was stupid or if she was just ticklish. The sound was so pleasing to his ears that it might have been music. He himself chuckled nervously under his breath, pulling away from her and scratching the side of his head. "What'd I do, Ari?"
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Ariel Hawk
Ireth
Academy Freshman: Mortal
Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild, with a fairy hand-in-hand...
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Sept 21, 2009 21:24:39 GMT -5
Ariel blushed a little as she lifted her head, grinning. "Hee... sorry... you reminded me of a cat just now when you pushed my hair back. Except that you weren't clawing at my hair and trying to eat it, which would be gross."
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Jaebi Lyckander
Keme
Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
This secret side of me, hid under lock and key; I keep it caged but I can't control it.
Posts: 200
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Sept 22, 2009 13:57:32 GMT -5
Jaebi half-grinned. Sure, he had some definite feline tendencies. Throw something shiny and he would chase it-- if only with his eyes. Kemekin had found out early that it was quite easy to distract Jaebi with something as simple as a piece of string.
It got quite annoying at times, really.
Regardless, Jaebi chuckled again. "I can honestly say I've never in my life suffered the inclination to eat hair."
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Ariel Hawk
Ireth
Academy Freshman: Mortal
Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild, with a fairy hand-in-hand...
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Sept 22, 2009 14:17:54 GMT -5
Ariel grinned. "Well, that's a good thing."
She kept one eye on him, keeping on with writing their story down. When she finished several minutes later, she handed it over to him. "Could you check that for typos? Or just anything you might want to change."
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Jaebi Lyckander
Keme
Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
This secret side of me, hid under lock and key; I keep it caged but I can't control it.
Posts: 200
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Sept 22, 2009 14:25:33 GMT -5
Jaebi took it obediently and chewed on his lower lip as he looked over it, once again tracing one finger along the lines of the paper. In the end, he only had to correct one mistake (angel had once been written as angle) and could find nothing needing a change content-wise. He held the paper at arm's length, tilting his head slightly to the side.
"It's written well," he commented. "So... what should we title it?"
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Ariel Hawk
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Sept 22, 2009 14:40:00 GMT -5
"Hmm..." Ariel frowned a little as she thought. "I dunno... 'Beauty and the Beast' seems a little cliché. How about 'Thralls of Darkness'?"
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Jaebi Lyckander
Keme
Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
This secret side of me, hid under lock and key; I keep it caged but I can't control it.
Posts: 200
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Sept 22, 2009 14:49:55 GMT -5
"Hmm..." Jaebi considered this for a moment. He liked the word thralls. "Thralls of Darkness... The... Labyrinth... erm..." Something sounded off about Thralls of Darkness. Maybe it was the beat.
"Shades of... " he snapped his fingers. "Ah! What say you to The Song of Thralldom?"
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Ariel Hawk
Ireth
Academy Freshman: Mortal
Come away, O human child, to the waters and the wild, with a fairy hand-in-hand...
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Post by Ariel Hawk on Sept 22, 2009 14:56:12 GMT -5
Ariel perked up a little. "Oooo, I like that. It's catchy." She wrote it across the top of the page in her neat, flowing writing. "There." She stood up, taking the paper into her hand and heading up to Professor Harrows' desk to hand it in, looking over her shoulder at Jaebi.
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Jaebi Lyckander
Keme
Academy Freshman: Cheetah Shapeshifter
This secret side of me, hid under lock and key; I keep it caged but I can't control it.
Posts: 200
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Post by Jaebi Lyckander on Sept 22, 2009 15:08:06 GMT -5
Jaebi was once again resting his cheek against one fist, in the other hand twirling the pencil deftly between his fingers. Every so often his gaze would slip to Ariel, and at that one instant when she look back at him their eyes met and he blushed, fumbling the pencil. It dropped to the floor and he stooped to pick it up with an embarrassed grin.
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