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Post by Sharkbait on Jun 25, 2008 17:22:19 GMT -5
"See? I told you," Autumn said, leaning back into the couch and crossing her arms in front of her chest. "Doesn't mean I trust you, Lucy."
"Okay, I'm really confused," Jasper said. "All these Peanuts references are throwing me off..."
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Post by starcrossed on Jun 25, 2008 17:26:22 GMT -5
Carrie shrugs and says, "I never even read Peanuts, so I am waaay lost."
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Post by Sharkbait on Jun 25, 2008 17:58:30 GMT -5
"Okay, we really only use the nicknames for Logan, Derek, and me," Autumn said. "It's based after the Van Pelts: Lucy, Linus, and Rerun. Lucy is the bitchy older sister that acts as a 'psychiatrist' to the other characters... for 5 cents. Linus is her younger brother who carries around his blanket all the time and refuses to let it go. He's really smart though I'm not sure how that applies to Logan." She automatically ducked for the pillow that she knew was aimed at her head. She grinned up at Logan after the object had flown over her head. Then she turned back to the others. "The only reason Derek gets the name Rerun is because he's Logan's brother. Rerun is the baby of the family and he spent most of his career on the back of his mother's bicycle. I threatened to call him Pigpen once, but so far he hasn't deserved it."
Jasper nodded, getting the references. "I'll just stay out of your way if you've got a football in your hand to avoid becoming Charlie Brown." Autumn smiled at him, glad someone understood what she was getting at.
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Post by starcrossed on Jun 25, 2008 18:16:12 GMT -5
Carrie still looked a bit puzzled, but thought she was starting to understand a bit.
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Post by Sharkbait on Jun 25, 2008 18:38:54 GMT -5
Autumn sensed Carrie's confusion and chuckled. "I'll explain it in better detail at some point. I promise. It's kinda hard to get if you haven't read the comics or seen the specials..."
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Post by starcrossed on Jun 25, 2008 19:54:40 GMT -5
Carrie grinned and said, "The only comics I ever read as a kid were Calvin and Hobbes and Garfield, whenever they were in the newspaper."
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Post by Sharkbait on Jun 25, 2008 19:58:07 GMT -5
"Yeah, I only remember getting hold of a few Peanuts ones when i was with my parents," Autumn said absently. "I think I stole a book of them from one kid at the orphanage though."
Logan laughed for the first time since he'd come in the room. "I remember that! It was the first time you dressed like you'd hit puberty and the guy was too stunned to do anything. He just let you walk right past him and take it."
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Post by starcrossed on Jun 25, 2008 20:44:58 GMT -5
Chaosti raises an eyebrow and says, "I assume he was subsequently stabbed and buried where nobody would think to look."
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Post by Sharkbait on Jun 25, 2008 20:51:21 GMT -5
Logan smiled in a way that showed all his teeth and almost looked like a snarl. "He was dealt with." He burst out laughing when he saw the deer-in-the-headlights look Jasper had on.
Autumn quickly thought to Chaosti. The guy was one of the casualties that got us kicked out. Of course, that was after Logan had broken his nose. "Sorry guys," she said. "Should probably explain some stuff." She went on to give them certain details about her and Logan's past. ((Can you tell I don't feel like typing it out?)) "So basically, neither of us are orphans, but that's not the reason we got kicked out. It's 'cause we're freaks." Logan glared at her. Speak for yourself, Lucy. Linus was always the normal one of the bunch.
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Post by starcrossed on Jun 25, 2008 21:10:43 GMT -5
"Wow - that's intense," is all Carrie can think to say. "I mean, the worst thing that's ever happened to me is just that I was mugged once."
"But here, nobody's a freak," Elena says cheerfully, having heard and absorbed the story before. "That's what's fantastic about this place."
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Post by Sharkbait on Jun 26, 2008 7:59:31 GMT -5
Autumn shrugged in response to Carrie. "I'm over it. The shitty parts of life make it interesting. Without the dark, we'd never see the stars." She glanced at Chaosti and smiled. ((No I did not steal that quote from Twilight.... I would never do that...))
Logan sighed. "Yeah, Elena. That's because we're all freaks. Of course, that's depending on what you consider normal."
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Post by starcrossed on Jun 26, 2008 13:10:45 GMT -5
Chaosti smiled back and leaned down to kiss her lightly, and briefly, as they had an audience.
"But the very essence of freakdom is being abnormal, one of a kind. Since we're all freaks, that negates the freakdom!" Elena counters.
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Post by Sharkbait on Jun 26, 2008 16:16:27 GMT -5
Autumn continued to smile and leaned her head on his shoulder. We never seem to get any alone time lately, she thought to him. Someone always has to come in and ruin it.
Logan considered that for a minute and shrugged. "Whatever. I never got your logic anyway." He flopped into one of the chairs facing away from the window so he could pull his hood back a little. "Autumn, stop making out with Chaosti. I don't want to have to put restrictions on you seeing him." She answered him by flipping him off. "Oh that's nice."
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Post by starcrossed on Jun 27, 2008 0:18:35 GMT -5
Chaosti sighed and thought back wistfully, *I know. We'll have to find some time away from them all.*
"Get a roooom," Elena added teasingly to the pair.
Carrie smiled and said, "I think it's sweet." To Logan she said with a raised eyebrow, sounding bemused, "You can put restrictions on a telepath?"
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Post by Sharkbait on Jun 27, 2008 9:31:46 GMT -5
Autumn glared at Elena. "We weren't even saying anything out loud. It shouldn't count." We can always sneak off after hours, she thought to Chaosti.
Logan chuckled. "The only one I can threaten to put restrictions on is Autumn. She's like my little sister and I've been treating her as such since we've been friends. She seems to resent it at times like this."
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Post by starcrossed on Jun 27, 2008 20:46:05 GMT -5
"By now I can sense when you two are thinking dirty thoughts to each other," Elena insists.
Chaosti rolls his eyes at Elena and says, "Clearly you can't, because we're not." *Yet. And that we could.*
Carrie laughs at that and says, "Wow, that's a whole new level to dating - dirty thought instead of dirty talk."
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Post by Sharkbait on Jun 27, 2008 21:31:16 GMT -5
Autumn managed to let her smile only appear in thought. She'd been working on keeping her poker face in check. Of course not yet, she thought. But we could start. Take bets on who holds out the longest before we need to leave.... or which of them figures it out first. "Yeah, it comes in handy unless you come across a telepathic teacher," she said. "Then they start to ask questions and that's just awkward."
"But you can keep them out, right?" Jasper asked. "You said that I was blocked from you, so can't you just block your thoughts?"
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Post by starcrossed on Jun 27, 2008 21:55:48 GMT -5
Chaosti managed to laugh only in his head and replied, *I can tell you right now that I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face for very long.*
"It pretty much all depends on how much power and experience you have," Elena explains. "Right?" This question she directs at Autumn.
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Post by Sharkbait on Jun 27, 2008 22:01:07 GMT -5
I'd try not to be too bad. Like I wouldn't tell you that I'm currently wearing a matching black lace bra and panty set, she thought nonchalantly. ((Sorry..... I've been reading too much fanfiction.... It's getting to me....)) "More like training with someone who knows what they're doing," Autumn said. "I can teach you how to do it once you have more control over your powers."
"Thanks," Jasper said. "I don't like the idea of teacher's snooping through my head."
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Post by starcrossed on Jun 27, 2008 23:32:39 GMT -5
[Lol, I know, fanfiction does that]
Chaosti bit the inside of his cheek and thought back, *You are evil. Evil, I tell you!*
"It's not pleasant," Elena informs Jasper. "Especially when they want to know whose firewhiskey is that Elena, why does your Potions paper read exactly like Chaosti's Elena, who ordered the male stripper Elena.."
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