04 | Accidental Video & Action

[imaginationswoes]

Accidental Video

I’m not crazy I’m just a little unwell, I know, right now you can’t tell…

[As the video starts the screen is black. a song can be heard playing off of very poorly ridged speakers and with it a sweet voice singing along. Something scrapes against the floor and the phone falls on its side the screen now looking up at Airy who’s clearly enjoying herself.

There is a 3” paint brush in her hand as she frames the white wall with a light purple hue. Her voice and the song ring clearer as she moves along and finishes the frame. With the edges painted she picks up the roller and begins rolling the walls while swaying to the song. Her hips move in a figure ‘8’ as she dances along and paints at the same time.

Other details are visible from the phones location, the floor is covered by a white cloth and there is a blanket draped over the furniture. Behind her is a Samsung Galaxy 8 which is hooked into a small set of speakers with a thin black cord running to the wall where it plugs in.

If you are mean and decide to continue to watch another song will follow, this one getting even more energy out of the unaware girl.]

Action; Library

[After painting Airy moves to the library. She isn’t comfortable along the rows of books but without the internet she needs resources. She takes a table in plain sight, watching as people come and go from the front doors. There is a notebook in front of her and a watermelon pen pinched between her fingers. She lightly taps the end of the pen against the paper while organizing her thoughts.

There are several books positioned in front of her, each one opened to a page.

The tip of her boot taps against the floor as her thoughts hit a very sizable wall. She’s written for school but writing a full length play feels like a large task to ask of herself. She wants to prove that she can do something and she’s at least stubborn enough to keep trying.

Her pen touches the paper and she starts scribbling.]

Sugar Highs… [Closed to Cas]

[What’s better than Pop Rock’s and Pixy Sticks?

The answer is sharing them with a friend who has little to no knowledge of candy. Airy has a backpack filled with different types of candy that she’s brought specifically for Cas’s education. She has gone to at least 5 different stores in Genessia picking up candy she knew and some she didn’t. Anything that looks like it had coconut or chocolate in it was skipped over in favor of pure sugary teeth coating goodness.

When she arrives at Cas’s place she knocks and then wonders if she has the right apartment. This neighborhood doesn’t seem… safe.]

Comments

[jerks22]

'Mean' is an understatement, but he'll cut her attention-seeking short anyway.

"Nah, you're crazy."

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy hasn't noticed the camera on her phone running, so when she hears the voice of the boy echo through the camera she hastily turns, dropping the paint roller on her knee.]

Darn it.

[Dropping the roller in the paint she moves over towards the screen trying to register what he had said.]

It's a song.

[video]

[offwithhishat]

[ Well, watching someone paint their wall wasn't something you usually got a premium front seat view to.

His first instinct was to turn it off, but the longer she didn't notice the more he wanted to see how long it would take her. And the song was pretty good.

He had a feeling she would end up awful embarrassed if he let it keep going, though, so he loudly cleared his throat to catch her attention. ]

Airy.

[ He looked like he was trying very hard not to find the situation amusing but was failing quite miserably. ]

[video]

[imaginationswoes]

Ah!

[The familiar voice surprised her and she quickly turned to find it's source. Of course her phone would have started playing now of all times.

She'd been singing...

Airy's cheeks blush a bright rosy hue as she attempts to grab her phone. Her feet stumble over each over and she falls, her elbow landing in the tray of purple paint. The roller drops to her side and she looks dismayed at her elbow and then at the camera.]

You heard that?

[Please say no.]

[video]

[offwithhishat]

[ Come on. Keep a straight face. ]

Only the end.

[ His facade was cracking. ]

... and the middle. Maybe part of the beginning.

[video]

[imaginationswoes]

[Each word turns Airy's cheeks a brighter shade of red. She's feels like a cherry or some other equally red fruit.]

All of it?!

[That means everyone saw it.]

Ah, I can't sing.

[At least she doesn't think she can.]

( action; library)

[alittlebitofhell]

[As a rule, Clay doesn't frequent libraries. In fact, he's only ever done so when looking for information about jobs, and that hadn't happened in, well, for a long time and he's rather not think about it. Now, though, he had another goal: learn as much about this place as possible. The problem was, libraries had sort of starting going out of style, and all his training was in cyber research.

He'd manage, though. He'd never been in the presence of the Creator before, at least not when Talia wasn't fucking with her head. It made her thoughts feel different, so he didn't immediately recognize the presence at the research table. He did when he looked over though, doing his damnedest to keep the surprise from his face. Maybe she didn't notice.

Her and her brother favored one another, he decided. He may not have a firm memory of the Creator, but he'll never forget the terrified face of her little brother.

He went about leafing through the book he'd selected. Maybe she was too distracted to notice him.]

( action; library)

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy is trying to write something across the blank page but her block continues. She glances around at those passing by; this being a main thorofare is both good and bad. Good because she feels safe, bad because she can’t help but watch people as they pass.

She notices Clay; he’s really hard not to notice considering he towers over everyone around him and has two bright blue eyes that look like they can pierce a person’s soul. He’s handsome but he gives Airy the willies.]

You okay?

[The words of concern are out of her mouth before she can stop them. Her jaw snaps shut and she sort of expects Clay to just walk away with an annoyed look on his face. His focus is on the book in his hand which is usually a polite way of saying ‘I don’t want to talk to you’.]

( action; library)

[alittlebitofhell]

[Clay's eyes dart in Airy's direction at her attention shifts to him. He keeps his expression even and cool. He doesn't know anything about the Creator's friendly nature, or her curiosity, or her kindness. He's a lot more familiar with her screams, and how attractive she was as a pet to someone he'd rather forget.

He nods. His deep voice carried across the table toward her, though he spoke quietly. It is a library, after all.]

New around here. Just trying to catch up.

( action; library)

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy's lips crack into a light smile. Okay, she realizes that you're supposed to be quiet in a library but she's bad at that. She does, however, try to lower her voice and is sort of successful.]

Miss the internet huh? [So does she.]

Do you need help looking for anything? I come here a lot.

[For reasons that might be obvious to anyone but her.]

Also they have books from all over. Even other worlds. [It's freaky.]

action; library

[namemeansbeauty]

[Even though she now had two places in which she worked in her sub archway she still found time to work at this library. So she walked over quietly, leaning over with a smile.]

You are reading a lot of books at once. They must all be very interesting.

action; library

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy looks up at Belle, heat rising to her cheeks.]

Ah! No, I mean yes, they are but I was just looking some stuff up so I thought I'd leave the pages open.

[She stammers nervously.]

Is that okay?

action; library

[namemeansbeauty]

It's fine, but might I ask what are you looking up?

[She paused for a moment.]

You don't need to tell me, I am just a tiny bit curious

Action; Closed

[justalittlerunaway]

[Between working on the bike, getting used to having a steady job, and dealing with the confusing male living on her sofa, Cas has been busy, and she's actually looking forward to the evening.

This will, after all, mark the first time she's just hung out with a friend in like...well, ever.

She opens the door...possibly quicker than Airy anticipated. She'd cleaned the apartment, sorted things, and piled Toby's clothes from the back of the sofa to the corner at least. Ass.]

Hey! Come in! Your bag smells like a candy store.

Action; Closed

[imaginationswoes]

It should.

[Airy steps inside quickly before slipping off her shoes. It's just polite and she doesn't want to make a mess.]

I bought a lot of candy. I even had help. [Not that she needs help picking out candy.]

So you're roommate isn't here right?

[She sounds nervous. Airy has so many questions she wants to ask Cas.]

Action; Closed

[justalittlerunaway]

[Cas shakes her head.]

Nope. I told him you were coming over and we were having a girl day, and he ghosted.

[She shrugs.]

He's been hanging out with this other were he's never mentioned, so I don't even know what he's up to.

[Action]

[schrodingersghost]

[Danny usually stayed far, far away from the library. He'd never been much of a reader, even before he'd lost all his free time and then some to superpowered vigilantism.

He blamed Jazz. Nothing made you want to read less than an overbearing big sister insisting that he'd love reading if he just tried one more book.

But sometimes here in Genessia, even Danny got bored enough to visit the library. Today he was just checking out what it had in the way of supernatural history.

It didn't have much. He was just moving to put the books away and leave when he spots a familiar face. He hastily backs up to leave without being spotted.... when in his distraction he lets his arms go intangible and drops the entire stack of books on his feet.]

Ow!

[Action]

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy looks up from her work, spotting the pile of books and then the boy standing over them. He looks upset and it doesn't seem like anyone else is planning to lend him a hand. She places her pen on her blank notebook and slips out of her seat to go help.

She bends over to pick up one of the fallen books, glancing momentarily at the tilt.]

Let me help.

[She smiles at him.]

You okay?

[Action]

[schrodingersghost]

[Danny spares a moment to really, really hope that she didn't recognize him. The whole not currently a ghost thing had always worked on everyone back home. It had to work here too. Right? ]

Um, yeah. Fine. [He hastily bends down and picks the books up, shifting them to keep the obviously supernatural titles difficult to see. ]

Just had a klutz moment. It happens.

video;

[stairsbro]

[ he's mean and he waited for the next song to start. he didn't exactly watch more than a moment of the first one with an amused sort of look before going off and gathering up his laptop. by the time the next song starts playing someone, being this guy, is adding another beat to it and turning it into an improvised remix while it goes. it's not bad. BETTER FOR DANCING, AIRY. ]

video;

[imaginationswoes]

[Airy turns at the sudden music and while she admits that it sounds good she has no idea where it's coming from. It takes her a moment to realize her phone is recording a video and that it's Dave.

Her cheeks flush a bright red and she almost falls as she moves towards the camera.]

Dave! How long have you been watching!?

[She really hopes he hadn't heard her sing... She's such a loser.]

video;

[stairsbro]

[ he jumps at his name being yelled. the music cuts off. Insert record scratch sound here ]

Shit. Six minutes and twenty-eight seconds. I mean, I wasn't watching so much as just fucking jamming with you because you're literally painting a wall and what kind of creep watches that and uh. Sorry.

[ he heard ]

video;

[eternalwaltz]

[oohh ludger isn't mean really, but he does like to tease sometimes. he was about to tell her that the video was on, but he decided against it. it wasn't until the second song started to play did he finally say something.

....actually the song was extremely catchy, so ludger was tapping his foot to the rhythm, while seated.]

I didn't know you could move like that.

video;

[imaginationswoes]

AH!

[It isn't just the voice but what Ludger says that throws Airy off balance. She stumbles back, dropping the paint roller and then crashing against the ground. There are splatters of paint along the tarp but luckily Airy thought to cover her floor.

She turns towards the camera, her face turning bright red.]

You saw? I mean... I can dance but... not... ah...

[It's getting increasingly harder for Airy to form sentences.]

video;

[eternalwaltz]

[...okay, now he definitely feels bad, since she fell and all. ludger let out a sigh, which was more directed at himself. good going ludger!]

Sorry- that was pretty rude of me. I really was just watching you have a lot of fun.