83,20 - Raise your hand if high school was lame

[ichoosefight]

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[ There's a quiet sound in the background of pencil scratching on paper, the tell-tale sign that Steph is doodling again. Her voice is bland, conversational. The breach was actually pretty okay for her, on the whole. ]

That was... something different. High school, not really one of my best experiences. Maybe next time we could have super cool magic powers without the school life? [ There's a brief pause in which she shrugs before remembering that video isn't on. She makes a noncommittal sound. ] Not that it matters much at this point.

Though I do hope those nipples didn't belong to anyone... or if they did, that they got them back.

[ Action for Wanda or Anyone Really ]

[ The morning after the breach ends Steph manages to get up unusually early (which is actually a fairly reasonable time, for any normal non-teenager person) and heads down to the dining hall for breakfast. Coffee and pancakes are all she needs this morning.

Once she's eaten, she heads back to her own room to prepare waffles for Wanda as usual before heading out to knock on her inmate's door. It's earlier than usual, but there's just never any telling with Wanda how she'll react to these sorts of things, and Steph figures she's better safe than sorry. ]

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[scarlet_discord]

[Wanda has been up for hours already, taking Fozzie out, going to the gym, studying obsessively. Chromie offered to get her some books on magic but hasn't had time to deliver yet, leaving Wanda even more restless with impatience. She is buried in a book on anatomy when Fozzie perks up and heads for the door. Sighing, she goes over and opens it up. Her eyes are sunken, she's wearing little makeup and she's dressed entirely in black.]

Morning.

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[ichoosefight]

Morning! [ Steph always makes that extra effort to seem awake when she visits. Especially when she's not really. ]

I made waffles. [ She holds them out like an offering. ]

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[scarlet_discord]

[Wanda forces a smile.] Hey. Thanks. Come on in. [She steps aside to let her Warden in--

[--but a large doggie gets in the way. O hai, are those for me?]

Fozzie, why do you do this every time? Scoot back and stop begging. [She grabs his collar and hauls him aside.]

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[ichoosefight]

[ She holds the waffles up on one hand while she reaches down to rub Fozzie's head. ]

It's not like I ever give him scraps, but a dog can dream.

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[scarlet_discord]

He's just bein' a dog I guess. At least he's no longer a snake who thinks he's a dog. [She pulls out her desk chair for her Warden and sits on the edge of her crash mat.]

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[ichoosefight]

[ She sidesteps into the room, keeping the plate out of the dog's reach. ]

Breach?

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[scarlet_discord]

Yeah.

Only bad thing about that Breach--except having to come back afterward.

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[ichoosefight]

You don't like snakes? [ Steph probably wouldn't mind, but she doesn't keep pets. ]

I heard there's somebody death tolling, so it wasn't all rainbows and sunshine.

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[scarlet_discord]

I'm fine with snakes, but I need something warm to hug now and again.

[A disinterested shrug.] Too bad for them.

I got another reminder of how much better I would be doing if Daddy Dearest had died when I was small and never got his hands on me. It was nice to not be seven fucking years behind everyone else my age in socialization, education and practical knowledge. Not to mention finally having enough magical lore to study, not having the nightmares and not living in a hellish prison.

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[buildindreemz]

You too? The magic was kind of neat, but yeah. Didn't care much for high school.

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[ichoosefight]

The nipples, or the sub-par school experience?

Education's great and all, but it still sucks.

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[buildindreemz]

I just hope the nipples got returned to their rightful owner.

The school part didn't really bother me much. It was the other kids. [Ah, teenagers. Such assholes.]

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[ichoosefight]

It was a combo for me. I hated math. [ And people. And boys. Andcoughpregnancy. ]

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[buildindreemz]

I was okay with math. Science kind of left me cold, though.

And PE. What sadist decided that having a bunch of hormonal teenagers in locker rooms was a good idea?

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[ichoosefight]

Someone with no understanding of the teenaged social structure, that's for sure. They're just asking for trouble.

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[buildindreemz]

That, or they were at the top of said social structure. And thought it was funny. [Ariadne clearly does not. Oh, the high school horrors!]

And then giving magic to a bunch of said hormonal teenagers? That's like a time bomb.

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[ichoosefight]

At least nobody got hurt.

[ Except Ladd. ]

Well, almost nobody.

Faith would be here, but they already have a thread, soo....

[unweeping_willow]

Kinda liked it. [But, then, Willow would simply be a high school senior herself; if she hadn't been made a vampire.]

[ichoosefight]

Did you ever go through high school yourself? I think once was plenty for me.

[unweeping_willow]

Never finished... [She kind of got bit and turned.]

[ichoosefight]

Maybe when you're done with this place, you can go back and finish.

[unweeping_willow]

"Can't..." She whispers it, and perhaps there's a look of regret... but she can't go back to the innocent days, when school work seemed like the most important thing there was.

"I'm dead."

[ichoosefight]

So? I was "dead" once. As long as you've got your papers in order the schools don't care.

[unweeping_willow]

Sorta dead that burns up in sunlight. [It would make school difficult. She didn't exactly attend Forks, here.]

[ichoosefight]

That could be a problem.

You thought any about what you'll do when you graduate? [ She has to say it that way, "when" not "if". ]