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Room 981; Time to meet the new roomie(s)
Topic Started: Oct 30 2011, 03:42 AM (892 Views)
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The numbers glared down from the door at Anya as if questioning what the girl was doing in the presence of its imposing frame. Behind her wheeled a small trolly supporting several large sealed boxes, in them which contained all of her possessions that she had managed to scavenge from her old room.

Her old room, was now being fumed from every inch and corner for a number of rampant insects, the result of a sour prank from a telepath who could communicate with the creepy crawlers. Anya didn't like dealing with telepaths, mostly because they would often be so discrete with their powers that they would be difficult to pick out from a crowd.

In the end, not only was she unable to find the perpetrator, but was assigned to the new room in front of her as well until further notice.

Taking a deep breath, the redhead finally mustered the courage to knock on the large door ahead. It was time to meet her new roommate.
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OOC: Hi there! Just a little nitpick, please warn me when you want to thread. I uh, have a lot of things on atm so posting may be slow.
Just giving you fair warning.
(And if you did mention it, I'm terribly sorry, there's a lot on my mind atm.)

Her head was pounding.
Resa rolled over and pulled the duvet over her ears, trying to ignore the muffled Thunk thunk thunk of her pulse. What the hell had she been doing last night anyway?
She shifted and let out a startled yelp as the movement tugged on the shiny healing burns on her arms from an unfortunate run-in with a fireball last week. That's when she realised that the thudding had been coming from her door.

"Mmmmr... gimme a minute....mmmcoming..." She rolled out of bed, taking the duvet with her, and dragged herself over to the door.

"Who is it?" She opened the door to greet her unexpected visitor, having a double take at the sight of the shorter redhead with a small wheely trolley.
Oh.
Oh right. Roommate. Hadn't there been something about that?


Resa realised, rather belatedly, that she was in no fit state to entertain guests. Her hair sticking up all over the place, clothes rumpled and slept in, and she was conscious of a few unmentionables lying around the room behind her.

"Ah... hi there. You must be... Anya?" She said the name carefully, as if trying out the sounds for the first time. "My roommate. Come on in."
She opened the door wide to admit her, and hoped she wasn't a neat freak... the room was clean, but there were clothes strewn everywhere...

"Make yourself at home, what's mine is yours... would you like some tea?"
There was a battered kettle on the table, and she plugged that in, rummaging loudly in the cupboards for some stray teabags and a packet of biscuits that hadn't been opened yet.
Spilling a few onto a clean plate, she set it down on the low coffee table and sat down.

"Sorry, no chairs, tough budget yanno?" Or rather she hadn't managed to swipe any off the street just yet. "Have to rough it Japanese-style until they move your bed in, I guess I can help with that?"
She trailed off, embarrassingly conscious of her rough appearance, hopefully this one wasn't the shy type... not that she looked it. Resa eyed her empty scabbard warily, it paid to make a good impression.
Edited by Shio, Oct 30 2011, 09:34 PM.
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In response to her name, Anya gave small nod, followed by a slight bow. "Ms. Jones, it is a pleasure to meet you."

Her head rose to follow the silver-haired girl, trolley squeaking behind as it was pulled along into the room.

The redhead looked around at her new quarters, musing over the state of disarray that seemed to flow from both the room itself to its original tenant.

"If I may, I would like to begin unpacking," she said. Then without waiting for a response, the redhead began to unload the large boxes from her wagon one by one.

Her monotonous selection of uniforms went into the nearby closet, under which a large box holding her collection of red scabbards was forcibly crammed. At the same time, as Anya went back and forth from her items to the closet, she would also casually pick up stray pieces of Resa's own clothing, dropping them into a laundry bin not too far away.

Unpacking relatively finished and the floor now more visible, Anya then shuffled through the room's cupboards until she found two sets of cups, before brewing the tea that had been brought out and carefully bringing the hot beverages over to join where Resa was sitting.

"Thank you for having me on such short notice," she said, sitting down onto her knees as if oblivious to everything she had just done.
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Resa reached over and tapped Anya's wrist lightly, stopping her in the action of picking up some clothing.
"You don't have to do that, I'll clean it up later today. Clear some space in the wardrobe too..."
She waited, wondering how she would react to even that small touch. It'd be tough going if she was one of the jumpy ones.

Her eyes traveled up to her roommate's face, then flicked back down the crimson armband pinned to her uniform. Her heart leapt into her throat, and she swallowed.
Shit.
That was all she needed.

Faking a cough, Resa made an effort to school her expression and smiled.
"Not at all. If anything, I'm lucky to have someone so talented here with me. Maybe you could give me some pointers?"
Sweeten it up, don't make her suspicious...

Unfortunately, she wasn't sure acting was her strong point. The last thing she needed was some Elite wannabe tailing her to Headquarters.
Pity, she seemed kind of nice.
Resa | Mai | Dorian | Anthea

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"Some pointers?"

Anya raised an eyebrow, finding it odd to be the one being asked for advice.

"It is nothing too difficult," she said, folding a stray shirt she had pulled into her lap. "All that is required is to develop a regular habit of placing your possessions within a proper frame of order."

"But please," the redhead paused, proceeding to pour a cup of hot tea before carefully handing it to her roommate. "Do not concern yourself too much. During my stay, I will be more than glad to assist you in the caring of our room."

Her green eyes then looked up, burning with the message that there was no way that she would take no for an answer.
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Resa bristled a little at the 'our,' but knew she had a right to the room as well. Still, to just say it like that. She shrugged it off with a laugh. "I meant in being with the Elite miss. You must be quite talented." And have a taste for murder. Resa pushed the plate of biscuits across the table, nibbling on one herself in an effort to break the ice. "You can call me Resa by the way, and you can drop the formalities. I don't bite." Unless you do.

"There's some clean sheets and towels in the bottom of the cupboard, so you'll be set for tonight, and I can lend you anything you don't have." She eyed the other girl thoughtfully, "Might be a bit big though, and most of them have holes in the back." Resa blew a stray feather out of her face as she spoke, and realised her hair must be full of them, night terrors again?

She picked a few out of her locks. "And I'll get cleaned up in a sec, sorry you had to see me like this."

OOC: Sorry for the wait!
Edited by Shio, Nov 6 2011, 01:33 AM.
Resa | Mai | Dorian | Anthea

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Feathers?

Without warning, the redhead's head vigorously shot from side to side, looking for any sign that her roommate would own any kind of bird. But after a thorough scan, her eyes dropped to the floor, an aura of defeat lingering around them.

"Ms. Jo-, ah my apologies, Ms. Resa," she said, deciding to take the direct approach. "Would you by chance own a bird of some sort?"
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"Bird?" Resa grinned, watching Anya's scan of the room with some amusement. "Nope, no birds here."

She let that linger for a moment, then smiled and extended the shortest part of her wings - the very tips, and flicked them up and down a few times behind her head like they were rabbit ears. Resa gave them a thorough shake, the feathers standing almost on end, and then let them rest by her side.
"Yeah. Bird-girl, that's me."

Resa sneezed, there were feathers everywhere now, but at least she felt a lot less stiff. "Haha, sorry, you probably have feathers in your hair too now. So you can see why I don't bother cleaning up much huh?"
She wriggled, sitting back on her haunches and tried to be casual. "So, you breathe fire or something? Anything me and my feathers should be wary of?"
Elites are all powered right...?
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Anya stared forward, a voiceless gasp hanging from her open mouth.

"Amazing..." she whispered, snapping herself back to reality with a brief shake of her head.

"No, nothing like that," she said, answering Resa's question as green eyes shifted uneasily to the side. "I can simply move... very well."

Her focus then fell back upon the wings sitting at the sides of her roommate, obviously distracted from the topic of conversation.

"May... may I touch them?"
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Resa blinked, brush in hand, at Anya's request. But she smiled - she was used to it after all - and offered her the brush.
"Sure. You can untangle them if you want."
Shifting where she sat, she turned her back on Anya so the other girl could reach her plumage.
"Feel free, you can't hurt me unless you grab a handful of feathers."


Resa secretly loved getting her hair and feathers played with, it tickled, and made her feel like a little girl again. She was a little nervous though, this girl was an Elite... what if... what if she tried to pull them off? Her wings gave a sudden flap at the thought.
It had happened before after all...


She squeezed her eyes shut, waiting. Anya would probably notice she was a little stiff and her feathers wouldn't stop twitching - a sure sign of her nerves.
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Anya's hand slowly reached out to take the brush, eyes still fixated upon the pale feathers standing before her.

"Can... Can I really?" she asked, hesitantly moving her hand towards a wing, slightly pulling back when it suddenly moved. Then taking a deep breath, she closed the distance, at last making contact.

Although she had an idea of what to expect, Anya still found herself caught off guard by the rush of awareness that seemed to shoot up the length of her arm; The soft pillow-like feel embracing around every one of her fingers, mixed along perfectly with the warmth of every individual feather resonating with the pulse of her hand.

It was... incredible.

As if caught in a trance, the redhead began to brush the wing in a steady rhythm, completely lost in a repetition of gentle strokes. At the core of her stray thoughts, she was in a blissful environment.
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Resa found herself relaxing pretty quickly, finding Anya was just as shy as she was. She could sense the other girl's pleasure even without looking at her, and smiled to herself, maybe this wouldn't be so hard after all.
It was okay to be friends with an Elite right...? Maybe Anya was there by mistake... she just didn't seem like the same kind of people who murdered her parents.


"Move well?" She twisted over her shoulder, "Sounds useful. What's it feel like?"
Just then Anya's fingers hit a particularly sensitive spot and she snorted, "Not just there please, I'm very ticklish.
So what kinds of things do you like Anya?"
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The questions from her roommate managed to momentarily snap Anya out of her daze, blinking as her senses returned to the current world.

"What's it feel like?"

The brush in her hand stopped for a brief second before resuming its pace as the redhead recalled the feeling of wind rushing beneath her feet and through her hair as she leapt from tree to tree within the more unattended areas of the slums.

"It is... nice." she concluded, unable to find a better word to describe the experience. "As for what I enjoy..."

She froze mid-sentence as she noticed Resa reacting to an apparently sensitive spot on her wing.

Ooh? Anya silently mused, more fascinated than she should have been at the other girl's reaction.

But it was just so... interesting, the feeling ever so similar to watching a puppy trying to run in its sleep.

Thus ignoring the request of her roommate, Anya began to focus her brushing on that specific spot alone, her fascination having consumed the entirety of her better judgement.
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OOC: Sorry it took so long!

"H-hey! S-stoppit!" Resa rolled backwards, laughing uncontrollably "T-that's n-n-not f-f-fair! Hey!" She tried to snatch the brush from Anya's hands to no avail, and eventually lay breathless on the ground, glaring up at her only half-seriously.
"I... I hate you..." She gasped, quite clearly not meaning it.

Eventually she sat up to catch her breath. "Jesus." She put a hand over her chest, finally managing to get her heart rate back to normal. "And you had me thinkin' you were a shy little thing, but you're quite cunning aren't ya?"

A gleam came to her eyes as she seemed to be reassessing her roommate. "Now then, how about some payback hmm?"
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Anya had been laughing heartily along with Resa, enjoying the scene of the silver-haired girl dancing on the floor.

Her amusement was cut-short however, as she caught the strange spark in Resa's grey eyes. A shaking chill snaked down the length of her back, mentally waving the flag to retreat as soon as possible.

She had to get out, fast.

"Ms... Ms. Resa?" Anya said, putting on a cracked smile as she slowly crawled backwards from the table. Perhaps she had gone a bit too far. "I- I just remembered! That I have a matter that requires my attention elsewhere!"

The redhead bolted to her feet, turning to run. But in her haste her feet somehow managed to tangle together, sending her pivoting back to the ground with a small yelp of surprise.
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