05:09 < TA> In between classes, TA sticks to her uniform. It's just easier to manage lunch that way. This makes her attire less black than usual, though she is wearing a black blouse instead of the regulation white one under her jacket. Since dieting doesn't seem to have an impact, she's back to her much preferred meal of bacon, bacon and eggs, spam and bacon, bacon, spam, eggs and spam, bacon with spam and eggs, and all those other greasy delights.
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05:20 * Nicole Plops down on the seat next to her with a meal that, while not quite as greasy, more than makes up for it with quantity.
05:21 < Nicole> "that can't be healthy."
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05:27 * TA responds gruffly, "I get by." She does look just a little more fit, with near a month of heavy training under her belt.
05:27 -!- Pinball is now known as Van
05:28 * Van strolls on in, uniformed and uninformed.
05:30 * Nicole Grunts. She might be fit under the padding, it's hard to tell.
05:30 * TA leans back in her chair and sighs, casually checking if Nicole still has a tail. "So what makes you a health expert?"
05:35 * Van steps up behind them, placing a hand on the shoulder of each. "Hey babes, what's up?" He looks quite tired, sleepy even.
05:36 < Nicole> "i could show you my triathalon trophy."
05:38 < TA> "There's monkey Olympics? Cool." She doesn't sound impressed. "Heya Van."
05:39 < Van> "I'll be right back, yeah? Save a spot," he laughs, heading off to the food line.
05:40 * Newton looks up at van. "He doesn't look too good."
05:41 < TA> "Huh." She turns to look. "Looks good to me."
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05:42 * Nicole Elbows ta in the ribs.
05:43 * TA mumbles about malodorous monkeys and rubs her ribs. "Just saying."
05:46 < Nicole> "not what i meant."
05:50 < TA> "Eh." She slides her glasses up her nose, and peers at Van some more.
05:50 * Newton doesn't. She has lunch to eat.
05:55 * TA gives up. His backside looks fine, anyway. More bacon it is.
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05:56 * Van looks pretty good from behind, indeed. He gets to piling up his tray, humming.
06:02 * Nicole Doesn't check out that ass, mainly because she still holds hope that whatever it is she has going on with atama will work out, and doesn't need the distraction.
06:02 < Van> (and also cause she's not into guys>.>)
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06:05 < TA> "Have you tried eating less? That's a whole lot of food..."
06:06 * Van heads back over, oblivious to their cross polination of body image issues.
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06:14 < Nicole> "if i eat less i get hungry."
06:15 * Van has quite the pile of breakfast but it is pretty clear where it all goes on him.
06:15 * TA pokes Newton's chest. "Yeah, you don't look like you're ever hungry."
06:20 * Van glances to see whether slipping in between them is feasable, then sidles around to the other side to set his tray down instead. "Should I have brought the camera?"
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06:31 * Nicole Slaps away ta's hand, then just gives van a /look/
06:32 * TA gives Van an entirely different kind of look. Like she's sizing him up for a speedo.
06:33 < Nicole> "ta, you have no room to talk."
06:34 < TA> "You're the one giving me food advice." Poke poke.
06:36 * Nicole Ignores further poking. "so van, what's up with you?"
06:37 * Van blinks, eyeing the two of them grabbing at each other. He squirms a bit. "Same old, yeah?"
06:38 * Nicole Is not doing any grabbing.
06:39 < TA> "See, the monkey here thought you were sick or something."
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06:44 * Van blinks again, popping open his drink. "Well, she'd be the one to ask. She's spent more time sitting on my head than anyone, yeah?"
06:45 < TA> Van has no room to complain about a little boob poking if he has girls sitting on his face. So TA gives him a glare.
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06:50 * Van rolls his eyes, digging in. "Seems like everyone wants to know what's up with me, but I'm pretty boring, you know?" He grins.
06:50 < TA> "No foxes putting death traps in your bed?"
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06:52 * Nicole Shrugs. "you seemed out of it."
06:53 * Van makes a noise. "Think she's gone to visit the sinister parent types," he shrugs. "Haven't heard from her, but it looks like she's not gonna do anything..." Several options flash through his mind, "...wrong." Blinks again, at Newton this time. "Tired, I guess. Good thing for weekends, huh?"
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06:59 < Newt> "Heven't been sleeping well?"
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06:59 * TA undoes her uniform jacket to give her stomach some room. "Up all night?"
07:06 * Van glances between the two of them. "What's this, an inquisition?" He laughs halfheartedly. "Just had a lot of homework."
07:10 * TA thumbs Newton. "Her fault." Then she slurps down a bacon strip, not bothering to chew.
07:12 < Van> "Just don't choke," he snorts. Takes a drink.
07:16 * Van has no idea, it seems, why he is getting such looks.
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07:25 < Newt> "I'm worried, okay?"
07:27 * TA shakes her head. "Once a monkey notion gets in her head, not much you can do."
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07:31 * Van sighs a bit nervously. "Hey, everything's fine, nīele mākinikā. I don't mind though, better than nobody caring, huh?"
07:40 < TA> "That's good. Not that I care or something." more bacon disappears with a slurp.
07:45 * Van gives a slightly hurt look across the table to her. "So, haven't seen you around, lately," he says.
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07:56 * TA shrugs. "No." She hasn't seen Van, either. Would have noticed, definitely.
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08:02 < Van> "You okay, then?" Waggles eyebrows.
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08:08 < TA> "Can't complain." Mmm, the bacon's sooo interesting. Gotta stare at it instead of lookin' at Van.
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08:22 * Van munches waffle. "So... Guessing I was interrupting something?" Eyes the two of them.
08:23 < TA> "Monkey was just sayin' how the heap o' food diet's better than the bacon diet." She glares aside. "Which is wrong."
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08:31 * Van snickers. "I'm tempted to eat four dozen eggs every morning to help me get large," he says with a bit of a grin, running a hand through his bristly hair with a bristly sound.
08:33 < TA> "Maybe you do need some sleep.'
08:34 * Van almost pouts.
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08:36 < TA> "Come on, I bet I can lift you up, carry you in my arms... take you to a place noone will find us..."
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08:36 * Van is a gnarled and twisty tree.
08:38 * TA averts her eyes. Not at all curious if he's a nut tree. Not at all.
08:44 * Van appears to be a macadamia integrifolia.
08:45 < TA> "Ew, you're a nut tree." So maybe she peeked. A little.
08:45 * Newton twitches, resisting the urge to climb him
08:45 < Newton> barely
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08:49 * Van is indeed a tree that produced nuts that are highly toxic to canids. Oh, wait, no, he's a teenage guy again. "...No I'm not," he retorts.
08:49 < Newton> "Aww.... you were a nice tree."
08:49 * Van thinks there better be no nut collecting in such a public place.
08:49 < TA> "I can see your nuts."
08:50 * Van so doesn't comment, just gives her a very hard to define look.
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08:53 < TA> "You turn into a tree, I'll treat you like a tree. Like if you turned into a monkey."
08:55 < Newton> "Nothing wrong with that."
08:56 * Van snorts. "Room for everyone, babes."
08:57 < TA> "Yeah, I hear they've got a nice cage at the Boston Zoo."
08:58 < Van> "If she showed up naked in a cage, you'd be lucky to get through the crowds, Thanna," he laughs.
09:03 < TA> "As if. So not interested."
09:04 * Van snickers, finishes his own bacon. Spinderpig is presumably unamused.
09:04 * Newton glares
09:05 < Van> "Besides, she's taken now, yeah?"
09:06 * TA shakes her head. "Guess some people just have low standards."
09:06 < Newton> "Well, sorta. I dunno.."
09:09 < Newton> "It's not really going anywhere."
09:14 * Van wishes Newt knew how to keep her mouth shut. "Jeeze, Thanny, what's gotten into you, huh?"
09:16 < TA> "Nothing's gotten into me... I'm just me." She rolls her eyes.
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09:22 < Van> "Didn't know you and Nicci were all over each other," he shrugs.
09:23 < TA> "Can't help it that I'm better looking and she's jealous."
09:23 < Newt> "dream on."
09:31 < Van> "Yeah, but... wait, what happened to Atama then?"
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09:34 < Newt> "as i said, it's not really going anywhere."
09:34 * TA has much better things to dream of, like Van covered in honey.
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09:43 < Van> "Huh." Hr frowns slightly. Nudges TA under the table with his foot. Or maybe Newton, depending on how tangled up the legs-under-table situation is. "So, you decided what you're doing for spring break?"
09:45 < TA> "Gonna abduct Alex's sister, move her across the country. It'll be fun."
09:45 * Newt Shrugs "still undecided."
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09:52 < Newt> "how's the climbing in hawaii?"
09:55 * Van EYES TA. "It's... great," he says slowly.
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09:56 < TA> "Well, I would if I could. Sucks for her."
09:58 * Newt Tail-pokes van in the leg.
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10:00 < Newt> "yeah, that doesn't strike me as being a good idea."
10:06 < Newt> "even by my standards."
10:07 < TA> "Gotta become an outlaw somehow, may as well make someone happy."
10:09 * Newt Face palms
10:12 * Van does too. I'm actually a bit weirded out going home," he says, attempting to change the subject, "But at least I can catch some nice weather."
10:14 < TA> "Oh? Parents not on board with the mutant thing?" TA perks up curiously.
10:16 < Newt> "i'm still not sure if i want to go home, to be honest."
10:23 * Van shrugs. "It's complicated. And you know, I look pretty different, too. All my friends won't recognise me."
10:25 * TA taps the lip ring. "I'm safe from that, I think. Even if I did manage to shed all the weight."
10:26 < Newt> "no you didn't"
10:27 * TA rolls her eyes. "So I'm not playboy material. At least I can punch through terrorists."
10:29 < Van> "There's always the internet."
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10:45 < Newt> "you'd be surprised how often you don't have to punch terrorists."
10:45 * Van has the sudden thought of Rachel and family.
10:46 * TA thumps her fist into her palm. "You'd be surprised how often they stop being terrorists shortly after meeting me."
10:49 < Newt> "unless you go looking for terrorists to punch, in which case, no, TA, you are the terrorists."
10:52 * TA straightens out of her chair. "I've had about enough of your abuse, monkey." She grabs her tray hastily.
10:52 * Van snickers. "So yeah, if you two are gonna make out, give me enough time to go get that ca...whoa, hey, leaving?"
10:54 < Newt> "this close proximity to my raw charm too much to handle?"
10:54 * Van could have said that.
10:56 * TA retches. "Yeah. Your animal magnetism."
10:57 < Van> "Do you two need a hug?" He starts to stand himself. "Cause I'd watch."
10:58 * Newt Wraps her tail around Ta, spiralling upwards. "you know you love it."
10:59 * Van does watch.
11:00 < TA> "Just... just leave me alone, okay?" TA goes as dense as she can and walks away, looking very distressed.
11:02 * Newt Waves her fingers at ta as she leaves.
11:04 * Van frowns. "...fuck," he mutters, abandoning his tray for once. "Talk to you later," he says quietly to Newt as he passes, hustling after TA.
11:05 * Newt Tails him as well as he passes, but lets him go.
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11:08 -!- Van is now known as Starcrash
11:09 * TA thumps down on a bench in the quad, head in her hands, and tries to slow down her panicked breathing.
11:11 < Starcrash> Van hustles out, reaching the bench a bit after TA. Taking a breath, he reaches a hand out to her shoulder. "...hey."
11:12 * TA gulps. "Go away."
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11:13 < Starcrash> "Thanna," he says softly, squeezing a little- and literally a very little, if she is still hyperdense. "Do I need a blanket?"
11:16 * TA shakes her head. She just needs to collect her thoughts, settle her stomach. Move on.
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11:21 < Starcrash> "Hey, can I sit?"
11:23 * TA shrugs. It's not her bench, people can sit on it if they want.
11:24 < Starcrash> Van sits beside her. "Wanna talk?"
11:26 * TA rubs her cheek, thinking about the question for a bit. "No."
11:27 < Starcrash> He slips his arms from her shoulder to her other shoulder, halfway into a hug. "I got nowhere to be," he says.
11:29 * TA squirms away from his arm. "Great."
11:33 < Starcrash> He thinks, frowning. "Hey, uh... Don't make me drop nuts on you."
11:34 * TA shudders. "Are you that curious about what I ate for lunch? It's bacon, by the way."
11:35 < Starcrash> "I noticed."
11:40 * TA straightens up, blood returning to her cheeks in the shape of her palms. "I'm okay, okay?"
11:46 < Starcrash> He just watches. "Okay. I'm here, that's all."
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11:49 * TA pulls the uniform jacket around her shoulders and does it back up. "I gotta get to class."
11:52 < Starcrash> He blinks. Doesn't call her on it though. "Call me, yeah?"
11:53 < TA> "Sure. When I'm less busy."
11:58 < Starcrash> He nods.
12:01 * TA pushes herself to her feet and strides away, glancing over her shoulder to make sure he doesn't follow.
12:06 < Starcrash> Van is a tree.