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We are currently in week 4 of DECEMBER, 2012. (18/12 - 24/12) School is finally out for the Winter Holidays and Christmas is finally so near. Happy Christmas Eve!
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"Good to know your ultimate goal then." Daniel chuckled. She never ceased to surprise him with her utter hate for human life. His ears perked up at the Matt comment. Matt was deathly afraid of Sharlene and Lauren for good reason. "Trust me, he knows. Just another member of the St. Anselm's swim team on the blacklist." Except Daniel, of course. He narrowly escaped damage every time.
When she yanked her hand away, Daniel wasn't surprised. Disappointed, yes but definitely no surprised. She wasn't scared anymore, there was techinally no reason to hold on. That didn't mean that it wasn't nice. Maybe that was just the teenage hormones talking. He knew probably looked pathetic sprawled out on the floor with a scorned puppy expression but who was there to actually care?
"That's a matter of opinion." Daniel mumbled. He watched her from where he sat. Her stature again seemed imposing as she stood even though she hadn't changed at all except for her facial expression. Instead of wide eyes and a worried expression, Sharlene looked completely in control as usual.
He raised an eyebrow when she suggested to break into lockers. What exactly was fun about that? Not to mention that it was illegal. Her face looked so bright and excited. That's the part that scared him the most. Sharlene always found pleasure in the weirdest thing.
As she got closer to the lockers, Daniel got up quickly and sandwiched himself between her and the lockers. If the lights and cameras came on at that moment, they'd be fucked. "Maybe we should leave the lockers alone and do something else." Daniel had on a helpless expression as he attempted to ignore the fact that he ruined all the personal space Sharlene had created. He really didn't want to be apart of breaking and entering, even if it was in a nearly deserted school. "Aha! We could talk. Talking is nice and legal. Most of the time, at least."
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we ain't ever gonna grow up
and i when i say explode i don't mean that we using bombs. we doing stuff that we don't ever have to tell our moms. love the stuff we got it, we got it all up in the room. paper chasing, yeah we got it everything we want. somehow, some way, we're gonna have it our way. we don't give a what, what you say. no we don't.
"but the security cameras won't be on to see us do it. it'll be quick. come on, danny, this is a golden opportunity," sharlene said, her voice a half whine. it was true, though. if sharlene wanted to, she could break into a locker as easily as she could open a door. she'd tried it on her own before, she no one would accuse her of thievery, and it worked. who's the say it won't work on the other stupid and shoddy lockers at this school? danny definitely didn't understand her position. if lauren were here, she'd have agreed to it.
but danny wasn't lauren, so sharlene just sighed angrily, giving danny a face, and then turned back to the window. the rain wasn't as strong as it was earlier, but it was still there. the moonlight was diluted but still there. everything wasn't working--the lights, the cameras--but it was still there. kinda weird, if sharlene thought about it.
"fine, we talk, but only because you're a wimp who's too much of a wuss to break laws. psh." sharlene said, facing him again, crossing her arms over her chest and then leaning her shoulder against one of the lockers. her shadow stretched across the hallway.
shar rolled her eyes, and then said, "what the fuck do we talk about, anyway? "nice weather we're having"?" she mocked, licking her lips and lifting a hand up to examine her nails in the miniscule light, "or we could plan a couple of murders. no security cameras to catch that, either. we could stop talking once the lights turn back on. piece of cake." she didn't even look danny in the eye as she said this, just at her hands. she wasn't serious, of course, but riling danny up was always fun. riling anyone up was fun, actually. fun for sharlene but not fun for anyone else. (which really, was the best part.)
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"Golden how? There's really no one's locker that I'm dying to get into anyway." Daniel again rejected the proposition even though he inwardly smiled because her little whine was a bit cute. However he wasn't going to budge on the locker issue. Too much crazy stuff had already happened. With their luck, someone would come out of the blue right when Sharlene was prying one of the metal doors open.
An angered face was sent his way and he sighed, attempting to ignore it. Sure, Sharlene had an attitude problem but Daniel was getting better everyday at dealing with it. Call him crazy, but he thought she looked quite beautiful pouting while the moon cast a gentle glow against her features. He didn't know why that kept coming to mind but then again, she was the only other person there.
"I'm not a wuss. I'm just cautious." Dan bit his tongue to refrain from retorting harshly. It would've been rude to call out Sharlene for being scared of the dark because they had already made it out of that hell hole. Plus, he wasn't very sure if he could(or wanted to) deal with the backlash later.
Daniel laughed heartily, "Of course not. How about just asking each other questions? Talking about normal stuff like normal people?" He forgot to stick the word appropriate in there as well. Oh well. Then she mentioned murders. Daniel started sputtering and couldn't form coherent sentences.
He knew she intentionally pushed his buttons but that didn't make it any better. Even so, he couldn't stop himself from sounding like a premature fetus. "Murder planning. You act like you've done this before. Have you? Nevermind don't answer that."
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we ain't ever gonna grow up
and i when i say explode i don't mean that we using bombs. we doing stuff that we don't ever have to tell our moms. love the stuff we got it, we got it all up in the room. paper chasing, yeah we got it everything we want. somehow, some way, we're gonna have it our way. we don't give a what, what you say. no we don't.
sharelene wanted to argue some more, to convince him of the possible wonders their schoolmates could be hiding in the tiny metal boxes designated for their school books, but this was danny. he was indeed a wuss, so it seemed futile to try and get him to agree to her after he'd already said no. so sharlene just shrugged and figured she'd wait for another black out. only this time she'd bring lauren with her.
"cautious. right." sharlene snorted, tempted to add something along the lines of "which means a wuss" at the end of the statement, but she refrained. something stopped her, she wasn't sure what. maybe she felt a little bit of (gasp) sympathy for him. or maybe she was just a bit too tuckered out from the darkness to fight about it further.
sharlene rolled her eyes again, and then leaned backwards, her palms flat on the floor and her arms stretched out, "normal? who wants to be normal? i will honest to god judge the fuck out of you if you say you do." anyone who so much as looked at sharlene would be able to figure out that normal was the last word you'd want to use when describing her. at least, if you didn't want a face full of her manicure.
a smirk curled onto her lips when he asked her if she had done it before, and then immediately retracted the question. just to mess with him, she answered him anyway, shrugging and then saying it like it was the most obvious thing in the world, "what do you think me and lauren do in our spare time? bake cookies?" they'd only done that once. ended in disaster, "but fine, as long as we're trying to be nice and decent members of society, i'll ask the first question." she pursed her lips, thinking for a second, and then said, "number one, how's swimming coming along? and number two, would you murder dane for me if i asked you nicely?"
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Daniel glared when she snorted. Just because he accepted her attitude didn't mean that he had to like it. He looked around but didn't see a clock anywhere. Most likely it was after 8pm and they wouldn't be leaving for awhile. Daniel didn't want to fight with Sharlene because there wasn't enough patience in the world. Especially right then. The only word to describe him atthe moment was tired. All Daniel Crawford wanted was a burger and his bed, whichever came first.
"But you already judge the fuck out of me and everyone else!" Dan retorted with a face of mock disbelief. He rubbed his eyes and forehead before setting the record straight so Sharlene wouldn't flip out more than usual. After this blackout was over, he was going to need one hell of a sleep. "By normal, I didn't mean mindless drone attempting to conform to society. I meant normal as not having urges to break into lockers or planning bodily harm to others."
He laughed as soon as she asked what he thought her and Lauren did. The St. Anselm's swim team always had conspiracy theories about what those two were up to and whether or not it was safe to enter the swimming pool. "Trust me, no one thinks you two are baking cookies." He snickered again when she called herself trying to be a nice and decent member of society. Sharlene Puckett was a crass individual who might as well wear a big ass sign saying "I spit in the face of society".
Daniel raised an eyebrow at the first question. She actually cared about his swimming? Sharlene scared most of his teammates but she seemed genuinely interested in how the sport was treating him. That was nice but a bit scary. The second made him roll his eyes. Of course she'd ask that. What exactly had Matt done to make her want to light him on fire? "Good, I guess. I've been practicing a lot and getting better. And no, I will not kill Matt under any circumstances. The whole point of having friends is for them to stick around."
Rubbing his chin he thought of something to ask. Questions like "Why do you hate people? " or "What do you have against swimmers?" would probably go unanswered or get him slapped so he stayed away from those topics. After a few seconds he thought of the perfect question. "Am I attractive to you? Or anyone?" Daniel asked shyly. Matt kept telling him that he was a chick magnet deep down but he still didn't see it. Girls were like a completely different language so it was perfectly fine to get an inside opinion from one he trusted. At least most of the time.
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we ain't ever gonna grow up
and i when i say explode i don't mean that we using bombs. we doing stuff that we don't ever have to tell our moms. love the stuff we got it, we got it all up in the room. paper chasing, yeah we got it everything we want. somehow, some way, we're gonna have it our way. we don't give a what, what you say. no we don't.
sharlene shrugged, looking as if judging everyone was part of her daily routine or even worse, something like her job. (which, to be fair, is what she saw it as. plus it was fun. was sharlene really a girl to deny herself some fun?) she replied, "who says i can't judge them more? can't have too much around her." and then she laughed at his definition of normal. oh, poor little naive danny, "i'm not normal in either sense, dan, so don't even try." which was true. she'd always wanted to know the deep dark secrets ofher classmates. now she had the chance. unfortunately, her companion wouldn't allow it.
"we could probably bake pretty good cookies if we tried, though." sharlene joked, snorting and leaning her chin on her palm, "if we could find the right ingredients for poison, that is. christmas gift for the swim team, much?" she chuckled to herself. the murder of the entire swim team sort of came as an inside joke to her and lauren, but maybe dan was gonna take her seriously, so she added, "but not you, of course. i couldn't kill you. it tiring carrying all that fabric around by myself."
"as long as you down drown. if anyone on the team's gonna drown, i'd rather it'd be because of me and not because of insufficient swimming skill. which be stupid, considering you're the fucking swim team. shame you won't kill him, though. i thought you were more useful than that." she rambled, her voice the same snarky and bitchiness as it was early. she didn't even look at him as she spoke, just stared at her nails, trying to make it look like she didn't care. which of course, she didn't.
when the question left danny's lips, however, sharlene was forced to look upand raise an eyebrow at him, "are you seriously asking me this, aquaman?" she said, without even knowing herself what her setence meant. she's never really thought of him as anything other than a peasant, and she wasn't going to start now, but she had to tell him something.
so she reached over and pinched his cheek. maybe a little harder than necessary, "i think you're the cute kind of guy, but no where near as hot as some of the other guys around here." she gave his cheek a pat, and then added, "but don't think this means i'll go on a date with you. i have standards." she said, sticking her tongue out at him and then flipping some hair behind her shoulder. yep. never saw him that way. never will.
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"Alright, captain." Daniel didn't know why he called her that at times. Maybe because she acted like a tough army leader who always got back on their feet. She always did bounce back, shown best after the left the dark drama room and her feisty demeanor returned. Sharlene was right when she said she defied all definitions of normal. If she didn't, she couldn't be Sharlene. Daniel knew it was crazy, but he liked the girl better when she was crazy, that was her normal.
Daniel choked out a laugh. "I'm sure you could, just keep a fire extinguisher close by." Usually Daniel would maintain that Sharlene could do a lot of things but baking was not on the list. Especially not with Lauren. Those two would burn down Manhattan. He raised an eyebrow apprehensively when the swim team was threatened with poison but Daniel's face quickly softed when his life was spared. "Well Ms. Puckett, I'll carry fabric swatches to the ends of the Earth for you since you've allowed my life to continue." Dan laughed sarcastically shortly but smiled sincerly at Sharlene. He understood what she was trying to say.
It took everything in him to keep from screaming "Bullshit". Sharlene's nonchalant act was impressive and would've fooled him if he didn't know what to look for. Instead of commenting on her lack of contact, Daniel opted to respond to her statement in the nicest way possible. "Ok don't die so you can kill us. If we drown we're incompetent. Plus, I'm useless without threatening bodily harm to my friends. Sounds legit."
He smoothed down apart of his hair that stuck up when it wasn't supposed to. No one could say his hair wasn't great. "Of course I'm asking you. Who else can I ask? Now or any other time." It was true. Asking Valerie would be awkward since she was with Matt now and Daniel really lacked more friends of the opposite sex. Why wouldn't he ask Sharlene?
When she pinched and patted his cheek, Dan gave her a mock serious look but grinned anyway. At least he wasn't mindblowingly ugly. "Standards? Conversation for another time, I bet. But since you've flattered me today, you're quite beautiful yourself." He really careful with his words but wouldn't realize the depth of them until he had to replay this scene over in his head repeatedly. Daniel tapped his fingers against his knee to try and come up with another question. Then, it hit him like Eureka. "Tell me something I don't know about you."
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we ain't ever gonna grow up
and i when i say explode i don't mean that we using bombs. we doing stuff that we don't ever have to tell our moms. love the stuff we got it, we got it all up in the room. paper chasing, yeah we got it everything we want. somehow, some way, we're gonna have it our way. we don't give a what, what you say. no we don't.
"i resent that. i could learn to cook if wanted to." sharlene said, pouting at him. it always seemed to be the assumption that all sharlene could do was destory (more specifically burn down things, like some sort of arsonist) but that wasn't true. sharlene created a lot of things, mainly things that were related to clothing and props for the play. and sometimes sets, if she felt like it and if she thought the people assigned were incompetent. which was often.
sharlene smirked at him, liking the way he was reacting. dan was always a good guy, and his only defining flaw being that he was on the swim team. sharlene just really didn't like those big headed bigots, and thankfully danny hadn't been brainwashed by them. yet, "i'll let you live as long as you promise not to grow up into someone like dane." she shrugged, "because if you did i'd have to make you died just as he will."
sharlene wasn't into love and all that. it just really wasn't her style, pining over a guy who was probably five times stupider than you are. she'd dated a couple of times but she'd always either scared the guy off or they turned out to be completely horrible. (exhibit a for option 2: eddy monroe.) so, yeah, the last thing she did when talking to thinking about a guy was assess their physical attractiveness.
"of course i have standards. who do you think i am?" sharlene mocked, making it sound like the most obvious thing in the world. she wasn't looking forward to the conversation. she didn't want to have to explain herself to danny.
when he complimented her, sharlene couldn't stop the tiny blush that appeared on her cheeks. nobody's called her "beautiful" before. hot, yeah, pretty, yeah, weird, yeah, but never that. she figured it was an adjective reserved for those who were really attractive, and sharlene was definitely not that.
"thanks, i guess? though you're probably just saying that to get on my good side. flattery won't get you anywhere, hun." she said, trying to deflect and not looking him in the eye. instead, she examined her nails again. when he asked, though, she was forced to look up and then raise an eyebrow at him, "something you don't know? darling, you don't know a fuckton of things about me. be a bit more specific."
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"You do that then. As long as I'm at least 100 yards away when this culinary list takes place." Daniel joked. In all actuality, he'd love to see Sharlene attempt such a "normal" task as cooking. Knowing her, she'd become good at it quickly and suck the joy out of seeing her squirm a bit. In fact, it would be her exact course of action just to prove naysayers wrong.
Dan wasn't sure if he was being paranoid but he really felt like he looked stupid. A smile had been planted on his face for the last few minutes and he couldn't quite place his finger on why. All he knew was that his feelings from the conversation in progress made him feel like a dopey 7 year old. Maybe was the fact that he was having a semi-normal conversation with Sharlene and she was actually relaxed for once. Or it could've been relief from being out of that safety hazard of room. Dan would've liked to think it was the latter.
"Ok, I promise? Good to see you value my life span." Daniel pulled his knees to his chest and propped his chin on his folded arms. One of these days he was going to ask Sharlene why exactly she wanted their captain's head on a platter. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to tell Matt to vacation out of country this Christmas, just to be safe.
Daniel pondered over the question longer than he was probably supposed to. Who did he think Sharlene was? Everyone knew things about her and the crazy antics with Lauren. However, random traits don't always properly depict a person. How did you describe a person like Sharlene anyway? She was completely original, never seen before and never to be seen again. "You're just Sharlene to me. Crazy, talented, and secret membership card holder of the Daniel Crawford fan club Sharlene. An average Joe couldn't possibly handle you." It didn't sound as sarcastic as it was intended, more like dry humored fact.
It was weird to see Shar turning rose colored over something he said. Daniel was pretty sure she'd get complements on her appearance all the time. "Technically, I'm already on your good side or at least halfway there for getting us out of there. I meant it, you are beautiful, I thought you got that all the time." He shrugged his shoulders nonchalntly like everything he said was no big deal and regular conversation. Daniel hummed quietly to himself until he thought of a more specific question to ask her. "Okay then, what do you do in your alone time that no one knows about? Answer then you can ask me something."
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