In The Next Life (Me, Wormy and Were!)

[Wormgod]

((WB.))

[miraphoenix]

((Do you want us to keep posting?))

[Wormgod]

((I don't care.))

[miraphoenix]

"I see..." Chimere murmured, looking off to the side. In some strange way, Alex's talents had reminded her of her own lack of talents; positive talents, anyway. "Lucky you... Probably saved your family a bunch of time and money that way..." Sighing deeply, she drew her fingernail across the floor, disturbing the dust there to create strange patterns on the floor. "You're so lucky..."

Glaring up at this new boy, Inle hated the curious nature in his eyes, hated the way it made her feel like she was under a microscope. "Stop staring, boy, if you want to keep your eyes," she snarled, brown eyes flashing a true blood red for an instant. "Haven't you ever seen a short person before? Or are you too far up on your high horse to see the rest of us?" Looking up at him again, she sighed, realizing that she had been a bit harsh. "Sorry for the rough greeting. I'm Inle. I'm new here, too. And you are...?"

[Moonlit Dream]

Alex blinked, his usual flirtatious attitude dropping instantly, feeling rather guilty about that for Chimere's seeming so rather unsettled. "I'll bet..." he agreed softly to her statement. "Maybe to some I'm lucky, but sometimes for some weird reason, I can't help but think that, like... I'd much rather be someone else... Y'know the feeling?" Alex sighed a little, watching Chimere tracing patterns in the dust, and feeling slightly woozy as though he was remembering looking upon the page only for his eyes to start bleeding. He looked away a little, up at Chimere, and then embraced his knees in his arms, removing his sunglasses from his eyes and putting them in his pocket.

Lance gave a draconian grin. "I didn't think the school rules would permit removing other students' eyes... How queer!" he said with exaggeration, twiddling his double-jointed thumbs and watching her seriously now. He placed his hands on his hips after a few seconds, raising an eyebrow at her statement. "Indeed. It would appear that you rather greeted me like some kind of angry dovah. I'm Lance Knight."

[Wormgod]

((Ah, the wonderful feeling of words in your head again...For a long time, all I had was emptiness. Now I have words and pictues again. Kinda like Steven King's Insomnia, but with fewer little bald doctors.))

All while Inle snapped at the new boy (who she had to admit was very attractive) Annika bowed her head, feeling left out. She had no idea if this boy understood sign language, or if he could read lips, or any other fashion of communication. She simply listened as the conversation directed from the boy's annoying attitude to ripping out eyeballs and an introduction. She seized the moment to see just how much he knew, and looked up, mouthing and signing at the same time, "Hello. I'm Annika."

[miraphoenix]

((XD Wormy, you amuse me....))

Wiping away the swirling patterns with her hand, Chimere sighed again, drawing on her skin with the tip of a fingernail, leaving scratches in its wake. "Yes, I do. It doesn't help that there's more than one Chimere up here, either. One says that I'm fine the way I am, the other.... Well. The other side is the side that's not afraid of that hideous squid-beast out there..." she whispered, voice soft as rabbit fur.

Looking over at Annika to see if she was doing okay, Inle saw her signing and read her lips easily. "Hello, Lance. It seems that my friend Annika would also like to say hello. Lance, Annika. Annika, Lance." Pausing for a moment, she looked up at the new boy again, wondering what on earth the word 'dovah' meant. "You wouldn't happen to understand sign language, would you, Lance? Or am I going to have to translate between you two?"

[Moonlit Dream]

Wincing as Chimere began to scratch marks in her own hand, Alex looked up, and then reached out a hand to gently lift away the one that was making the scratches. "Well, I think you're fine the way you are," he said, grinning resolutely at her. "I'm sure that, like, everyone's got sides like that, it's just that, like, it's more obvious in some people than in like, other people! You know what I'm sayin'?" he grinned encouragingly.

Lance blinked at Annika and nodded a greeting. "Hello, Annika," he said with authority, and a draconian smile in her direction. "I understand some sign language, but not enough to be helpful when speaking to someone who uses it. To an extent though, I can lip-read." He shrugged slightly, absentmindedly scratching the flame-like patterns on his arms, his hooked claws gleaming black in the light of the classroom. "But nontheless, it is a pleasure to meet you."

((I'm currently trying to draw a 'class photo' picture of all the cast of this RP. Any particular details you want me to know, like 'so-and-so is camera shy' or 'someone else would punch Alex if he tried to flirt with them on camera'? XD))

[Wormgod]

((You read that book too? Don't ruin anything! I'm not done yet.))

((Annika's camera-shy, but you probably knew that. Umm...Javed would probably punch Alex in the gonads if he flirted with Chimere. XD Barbas would go up to the camera and lick it, just for the he** of it. Are you including my poor dead characters?))

Annika blushed just from Lance looking at her. She looked down at her lap and quickly expelled all the bad thoughts, looking up again when she wasn't blushing. She held up her hands and signed/mouthed again, "Pleasure to meet you too. If I may ask...What is a dovah?"

[miraphoenix]

((Part of it. I didn't finish, either.)(I honestly don't think that my characters would be too terribly odd in terms of photographs, but I feel like Inle wouldn't like being next to a tall person. XD))

Not resisting as Alex lifted away the hand that was scratching the strange glyphs and markings into her hand, Chimere sighed, wiping away the blood on her torn and burned shirt. "I'm fairly sure not everyone's dark side plots ways to take over the world while in the shower, Alex, but I appreciate the thought," she said with a faint smile, getting to her feet as she heard the bell ring. "Hmm... Here's to hoping that my schedule didn't get incinerated in that scrap...." she muttered, digging around in her pockets.

"I second that, Annika," Itami murmured, reading Annika's hands quickly. "Lance, what is a dovah? It's not a word I'm familiar with, and it sounds like nothing I've ever heard before."