[d20 Modern / 4CtF] Windy City Mutants: Genesis [PG-17]

[Krizzel]

Monday, 5:45pm
Lincoln High gymnasium, Oak Grove

"Hey lets do some skating during half-time," Lana suggested to Kate even if her friend seemed to be completely engrossed in player #57. " Or we could hit the mall with Mike after hours...doesn't he work there now? Think he can sneak us in?"

Kate frowned, twirling a stray lock of strawberry-blond hair in her fingers - a nervous habit she hated, but didn't seem able to break. "Yeah, he does, but do you think your dad would take us to the mall after nine-thirty? And then come pick us up later?" she wondered further, with half-lidded skeptical eyes.

"We could try skating the cafeteria - it's got rails and tables, and I doubt anybody'd be there. But don't you want to stick around for half-time and uh...mingle?"

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"Well, uh, Lana never said she wanted a boyfriend Chris. I just thought that if she found someone as great as you she would be as happy with him as I am with you. But didn't you hear he hit a girl last week?" she says giving him a kiss.

"Yeah," Chris answered with a shrug. "He said she through a drink or something at him, so he slapped her. It didn't sound like a big deal. Lots of girls like him - isn't that what you wanted?"

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Lorenzo will then work to Vincent and have a seat next to him. “Vin, buddy, what’s up? You looking through the court into the basement again? Seriously, anything I can help with, bud?”

"Huh?" Vincent's long frame started with suprise, and then he leaned back after blinking at Lorenzo. "Oh...no, 's'ok man. Just wishing this headache would go away."

 

[KitanaVorr]

Monday, 5:45pm
Lincoln High gymnasium, Oak Grove

Lana made a face, scrunching up her nose. "Not really, Kate. Basketball just ain't my thing. Would you mind if I went and skated the cafeteria for a bit? All this sitting around is making my butt fall asleep." And it would be nice to get Lorenzo off my mind.

"Mingle? Are any of the guys coming? You're right though, my dad isn't going to let me go anywhere on a school night. At least we have boarding this weekend...I'm psyched for that."

 

[Keia]

Monday, 5:45pm
Lincoln High gymnasium, Oak Grove

Lorenzo looks at Vin in sympathy, "I feel for ya, man. A Monday and a headache - that's gotta suck. You take some aspirin for it. If you don't have any, I've heard if you load up on caffeine it can help.

"How'd this headache show up?" Lorenzo asks with interest. Well . . . can't really help with a headache. Need to be polite though and hang for a few.

OCC: If there's nothing to help Vin with, Lorenzo will chat a while, then move around and mingle. He'll be back down to the front row a few minutes before half-time to hang out with Becca.

 

[Shalimar]

Monday, 5:45pm
Lincoln High gymnasium, Oak Grove

"Yeah," Chris answered with a shrug. "He said she through a drink or something at him, so he slapped her. It didn't sound like a big deal. Lots of girls like him - isn't that what you wanted?"

Stacy looks at Chris shocked, her mouth hangnig open slightly. "You knew he hits girls and you thought it was okay for him to go out wth Lana?" she asks shaking her head softly and sliding out of his lap, where she had sat after the last play.

"You know how I feel about that type of thing," she says softly looking him in the eye seriously. "How could you do that to her, what if he had hit her, what would you have done? Laugh?" she asks her lip quivering.

 

[Krizzel]

Monday, 5:45pm
Lincoln High gymnasium, Oak Grove

"Not with the guys, doofus," Kate corrected, thumping Lana's shoulder lightly. "With blondie over there." She nodded her head towards Lorenzo.

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"Dunno," Vincent answered. "Just started this afternoon." He paused to rub his temple before resuming his previous posture with his chin resting on his hands. He told Lorenzo he'd take something when he got home.

As Lorenzo got up to move on he noticed Kate Figaro nodding towards him as she talked with Lana. He could also see Stacy giving Chris a look that certainly spelled trouble. Luke was still up to the same tricks.

He also saw Jonathon Windsor walk in, look around for a moment, and then turn around to leave. Finally Becca waved at him from the gym floor below before turning back for the next cheer.

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"Stace!" Chris hissed, looking around to see if anyone heard her, cheeks reddening slightly. "Of course not, but he didn't hit her, he just slapped her. 'Cause she threw her drink on him. Guys - and girls - slap people all the time." Azure eyes blinked as he reached a hand out to her. "He wouldn't hurt Lana."

 

[KitanaVorr]

Monday, 5:45pm
Lincoln High gymnasium, Oak Grove

Despite herself, Lana felt her cheeks pinken. Still she persevered with a shake of her head. "That blonde over there probably doesn't even know my name, much less I exist other than being Stacy's twin sister. He hangs out with the preppy people, not the skaters. And why would I want to talk to him anyway?"

"If you want to sit around talk to the preps, go right ahead. But I'd rather skate. And if you dare walk up to him and say anything, I'm going to scream for #57 right now, right here." She arched a dark brow at her friend while gathering her things together.

 

[Shalimar]

Monday, 5:45pm
Lincoln High gymnasium, Oak Grove

"Stace!" Chris hissed, looking around to see if anyone heard her, cheeks reddening slightly. "Of course not, but he didn't hit her, he just slapped her. 'Cause she threw her drink on him. Guys - and girls - slap people all the time." Azure eyes blinked as he reached a hand out to her. "He wouldn't hurt Lana."

Stacy lets chris put his arm around her again, but she does continue to be upset as she tucks a strand of her that had come out of the pony tail behind her ear.

"Is that how you really feel? Would you slap me?" she asks a little nervously wanting him to reassure her that he would do no such thing.

"Slapping is still hitting Chris, and it shouldn't happen, definitely not by a guy. Your stronger then we are, you could really hurt us. And girls don't slap without a reason, the good ones anyway. Did you find out why Luke slapped her? I know you said it was because of the Drink, but why would she throw a drink on him, what did heh do to her to make her do it?" she asks him in a whisper mindful of his embaressment and not wanting to make him feel anyworse.

 

[Keia]

Monday, 5:45pm
Lincoln High gymnasium, Oak Grove

As Lorenzo got up to move on he noticed Kate Figaro nodding towards him as she talked with Lana. He could also see Stacy giving Chris a look that certainly spelled trouble. Luke was still up to the same tricks.

He also saw Jonathon Windsor walk in, look around for a moment, and then turn around to leave. Finally Becca waved at him from the gym floor below before turning back for the next cheer.

Lorenzo rose from talking with Vin and stretched looking for somewhere else to go. He smiled and waved to Kate when he saw her nod. Kate, I think, and Lana, I should go see whats up withthe boarder crowd this week. I have boarded in years, wonder what's changed, Lorenzo thought as he started to make his way over to them. A heavy guffaw from Luke and his friends changed his mind.

I better have a talk with Luke, he seems to be the type to carry a grudge. Lorenzo made his way across the stands. arms out balancing on a few occasions, to Luke and his friends.

"Hey, Freddy . . .Sam . . . Luke, how's it going?" Lorenzo will have a seat next to Luke to talk privately with him. "Hey, man, I heard what happened at lunch today," Lorenzo said to give Luke the opportunity to explain what happened.

After he explains, Zo continues, "Yeah, looks like you got over, Luke. Word is, you're smelling like a rose from the talk I heard after lunch. But . . . I wouldn't rub it in, I'd drop it. Take the high road, man, other girls will respect that about you." [OCC: Fast-talking and Bluffing as necessary]

Lorenzo will chat football for a while with them and then make his way back to his seat for the end of the half. Lorenzo looks to Lana and Kate on his way back to his seat and will try and listen for any further comments from Luke and his friends.

I hope I diffused that. Now for a little me time. Lorenzo thinks on his way to his seat.

 

[Krizzel]

Monday, ?:??pm
Museum of Natural History, downtown

Linh will give a shout for "HEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLPPPPPPP!!!" as loud as she can given her injured ribs. She attempted to wiggle out from beneath the rubble on her legs.

There's no answer to Linh's shout, aside from a weird echo. Struggling, she at first fails to make any headway, and then, pushing a little harder, she manages to move forward a good foot until a sharp pain halts her. It feels like her right side is on fire, and there's a distinct throbbing ache from her left leg (3 points of STR damage - particularly bad though because she rolled a 1 on her FORT save ... 7 STR => -2 to physical actions).

After a few moments when she can think clearly again, Linh can feel that the hand she found before is covered with rubble just beyond the wrist.

 

[Krizzel]

Monday, 3:45pm
Ching's Laundry, South Side

Joshua, impressed by this girl's courage, kindly grabs her wrists to make her look in his eyes.
"Listen to me. If I go away now, they'll send someone else, someone even I wouldn't like to meet."
He shivers thinking about what Rodney, or someone like him, could do to the girl.
"Let me speak with your father, and we'll solve this situation in the better way, will'ya?"

She screamed wildly when Joshua grabbed her, swinging her free arm around until her small fist connected with his shoulder in a blow that Joshua hardly even noticed (3 points non-lethal ... essentially no effect). "Let go! <more unintelligible words>"

A few tears dripped down her cheeks as she writhed and squirmed, long black hair flying all over the place. A creaking and thumping from overhead and then in the back of the shop told Joshua that someone was running down from upstairs.