Edit: He slides her sandwich and coffee gently onto the table. "There you are lassie."
Aiden slides easily into his chair and takes a bit of his sandwich, swallows, then says to Adina whilst looking at Floyd.
"Who's our new friend?"
The bell on the front door rings once again, and Reginald hustles in. His face is nearly red as his bright hair, and his large cheeks are shining in a rage. He storms over to the bookstore section of the cafe and sits down, hastily taking a book out of his bag and opening it. However, he gets only a few seconds into reading before he stops and squints his eyes shut hard in anger. He closes the book and knocks it against his skull a few times, making quite the scene but disregarding pretty much all those around him. He mutters to himself, "God, I hate Mike so much! That guy makes me just wanna..." His knuckles turn white as he clenches down hard onto the book and grits his teeth. After agonizing in this fashion a few seconds, he relaxes his grip and sits back, allowing his rage to flow out of him. He tries to remember the instructions the counselor gave him. Just calm down, take deep breaths... He takes a minute to calm himself, his crimson face slowly turning to a peachy pink. He finally opens his eyes, and looks around the store.
Reginald is embarrassed to note that a pretty girl nearby is staring at him and laughing under her breath, and gets up to move to the cafe section. He sits at a table, drinking in the smell of coffee and exhaling deeply. He waits a moment, then opens the book still in his hands, turning to the page he was at in The Crystal Shard. He starts to read, his brow furrowing and his face taking on a look of intense concentration. He enters the world of Drizzt Do'Urden once again, reading about the elf's struggles against a group of giants. After his mind gets into the rhythm of reading, he forgets all about Mike, and his countenance is much lighter.
Aiden shakes Floyd's hand in return. "Its nice to meet you too."
He gestures to the airplane. "You do that, we have sandwiches to eat anyhow."
Aiden smiles down at his sandwich and takes a bite.
"Hmm, thank you for the panini." Adina says as she breathes in the aroma. "At least they didn't start butting heads like a pair of rams." She thinks as she takes a bite of her sandwich and watches the creation of the paper plane intently.
Reginald's stomach growls once, and his attention is drawn away from his book. He looks down at his belly, puts a hand over it pensively, then looks to the cafe's menu for food. He decides on an order and, holding his page with one finger, walks over to the counter. He is about to place his order, but sees the young woman working behind the counter and hesitates. He recognizes her as one of the cheerleaders, though he doesn't know her name and knows that she certainly couldn't know him. He stutters, "Uhh... Can I get a... uh... a salami ciabatta... please?" His face starts to go red, and he can't help but stare at her.
"Parlez-vous français monsieur Tanner? Je me souviens seulement un petit peu parce que sa fait tellement longtemps que j'ai été en France."
"The old optimist/pessimist quiz?" Adina says as she carefully takes the plane and draws an insignia on the left wing. "I used to have an answer that confused people, telling them the cup was half-finished, but I eventually just settled for telling everyone it was half-full."
Finished with the decal, Adina looks around for a good flight path and throws the plane, watching as it flies above the heads of the people in the cafe and eventually lands in the bookstore.
"Isn't it strange, that a person who makes paper airplanes is one of the few people who like to throw their work away?"
Okay, this is where it seems to get tricky. I do have enough of you to do two groups and have already picked the eight players I want. The problem is player allocation. There are two players of whom I cannot decide which group they should join.
Here are the teams so far:
Team 1:
Aiden - Fire
Floyd - Water
Adina - Air
I love the dynamic that is building between these three
Team 2:
Ashley - Fire
Terry - Air
Reginald - Earth
I haven't seen a lot of RP from you guys but I do see a lot of potential with this particular team.
The two others I am having difficulty placing are:
Jen - Earth and Water
Trenton - Earth and Water
Team 1 needs an Earth
Team 2 needs a Water
I having trouble determining who would go best with which group. Any input from any of you on the set up? I would love a second opinion.
I would like you all to continue to roleplay. I want to see if any further dynamics roll out. I am fixed on the Aiden, Floyd and Adina group for sure.
I also see a lot of promise with the Terry, Ashley, and Reginald group. I'm going to go over some of the personalities a bit more and I will decide by tonight.
I am not going to randomly put Jen or Trenton into either. Group, I want their placement to be meaningful for sure. I'll read through the roleplay some more to get a better feel.
Aiden will wait until Adina has had a chance to answer Floyd. Then,
"That was about the extent of my french right there to be honest. I knew more when I was staying there for a summer, but that was a long time ago. I speak Gaelic, ironic as that may seem." Aiden winks at Adina playfully. "I'll teach you some if you could teach me some Korean?"
"Now, I think I will answer your question with another question mister Tanner. How do we know that milkshake even exists at all?"
He smiles. Let's see if either of them are Troll bait.
Jen notices the paper airplane drifting lazily past, and excusing herself from the table, picks it up from the floor. The front point is a bit dented, but she quickly smoothes it out.
She traces the path back to the origin of the plane and sees a group by the bar, speaking intently and maintaining eye contact. Seeing her chance, Jen walks casually by, slipping the paper airplane back onto the counter near one of their sandwiches.
I've been getting the same vibe as well. Besides. Trenton seemed to get along well with Terry early on to. Terry is just out of town for the time being.
Showing their new employee the cash register system Ashley looks up as another boy from her school comes in and heads up to order something. She couldn't recall his name but she remembered that he always seemed to be angry for some reason. He stutters as he makes his order but she was used to that, most boys were nervous around her. Putting on her #2 generic smile she says "One salami ciabatta coming right up. Would you like a drink or anything else with that?"
As she spoke, she found her eyes kept on drifting over to the table where Trenton, Moose and that other girl sat. Why were they spending so much time talking to her?? Not that she was jealous of course! I mean, after all, she was much prettier than that other girl.
My head hurts. Too much thinking is bad for the brain.
You know, Moose has only made one post. I have not heard anything further.
Mr. Camden perks up, hoping to please on his first day. I'll prepare that! He moves over to the microwave to warm one of the ciabatta and fumbles with the buttons. Hmm...okay. Let's try this, wait no, that's not right. My years as a scout never prepared me for this.
He finally seems to get it working and the machine started up, whirling its contents inside. The countdown began: 2:00, 1:59... Mr. Camden sighs with relief and heads off to watch Ashley "work."
Except after two minutes, the counter was only at 1:57, as if Mr. Camden had set the microwave for two hours. The sounds of the microwave was common enough that no one noticed, even Mr. Camden, who was supposed to be keeping track, until the Ciabetta heated up too far and exploded, covering the inside of the microwave with sauce and bits of salami.
"You, Floyd, are someone who doesn't always pay attention." Adina says mischievously, holding up the returned airplane. "Or is it that neither of you noticed that the return flight is back?"
"Hello! Thank you for returning the plane. Would you like to join us?" Adina asks Jen, motion to any one of the (quickly disappearing) empty seats.
To Jen:
"Hey there. you know its bad luck to return evidence to the scene of the crime, right?" He laughs. "I know you want to give it a go. throw it. I want to see how far it flies."
Aiden will watch the plane's trajectory with the others, then.
"We'll we're not exactly playing spades, but I think one should keep as many options open as possible. Want to sit down?"
A second time at being invited to a group? This must be one unusual day, she thinks to herself, before taking a seat.
I'm sure that if you threw this from the roof of the school, you could get it to fly much farther. I'm sure that Terry knows how to get up there.
"I'm sure the view from the roof would be great too... Oh, I'm sorry, we've not introduced ourselves. The boys, Aiden and Floyd, have the excuse of being boys." She says with a teasing gleam in her eyes, shooting a glance at both of them, her gaze lingering on one of them just a second longer than the other. "My name is Adina. Perhaps you could introduce us to this Terry sometime?"
You know, Moose has only made one post. I have not heard anything further.
Sorry buddy. Thanks for applying though.
Hi, I'm Jen, she says rather timidly, but less so than when she greeted Ashley. Of course I can introduce you, he's a very interesting person. Actually Floyd, I will take you up on your offer, she says, looking at Aidan, but believing that she was looking at Floyd.
Jen scrawls a small note on a napkin, Hey, some people want to meet you. -Jen, before tucking it in one of the folds of the paper airplane and sending it off in Terry's direction. It lands nicely in front of him.
I was wondering if it would be possible to modify the Dervish Dance feat so it applies to other one-handed weapons as well (with a refluff)? Having it only applying to Scimitars makes it pretty limiting.
And if she takes Boon Companion as a feat early on, would it allow her to get an animal companion earlier or will she have to wait until 4th level like normal?
"That throw was nicely done! But just to be clear Jenny, I'm Aiden. Floyd is the other y chromosome at the table."
"So, this is cozy, eh? What does everyone do for fun?"
Reginald shyly asks for a Brisk Tea, then takes his seat. He tries to read the book some more, but can't help but look at the girl at the counter in between sentences. It takes him a long time finding his spot again, and he ends up getting nowhere in the book. When he gets his food, he puts the book away in his bag and wolfs down, obviously not applying any moderation when gulping down his meal. He stops halfway through the sandwich and sits back, closing his eyes for a second and smiling inwardly. This is a nice place. It's calm, and smells good, and has good food. I should come here more often. He pensively views his half-of-a-sandwich before continuing to wolf it down.
Reginald is happily drinking his tea after eating the ciabatta when Mike, one of the basketball jocks, walks into the store. Reggy looks surprised for a moment, then tries to get up and quickly move to the back of the bookstore. However, his foot gets caught in the chair, and he stumbles down, taking the chair with him. Reginald gets up hastily, his face bright red, and puts the chair back in place, but the damage has been done. Many of the kids around him are laughing, and Mike says to Reginald, "Smooth move, lardass!" which summons up a host of laughter. Reginald looks Mike straight in the eye, and his face flushes crimson. "You take that back." Reginald says, his teeth and fists clenched tightly.
Aiden jumps to his feet as the altercation between mike and Reggy begins. "Excuse me please ladies. Floyd."
Aiden bounds across the cafe and stands with Reggy, looking at Mike.
"Is there a problem here fellas?"
No worries boss. I was just saying what class I would choose if/when I got to.
Adina frowns as she looks toward Aiden's destinations, and she rips a clean sheet of paper from her sketch pad. Folding quickly, she makes a much pointier version of the Floyd's plane and throws it toward Mike, striking him squarely in his forehead.
Her face is emotionless and her eyes piercing as she glares at him from across the room. The change is actually rather disturbing for those who were with her just a few seconds ago when she was making jokes.