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Gloriae
Sept 19, 2014 14:14:51 GMT -6
Post by macxcheese on Sept 19, 2014 14:14:51 GMT -6
Jane inhaled sharply, choking on a peanut. She'd known this girl for about two seconds and her cover was already blown! How could she- faint music wafted over, and she saw Skylar's headphones. The voice coming from them was unmistakably hers. Well damn. She decided to at least take the stupid bandana off while she tried to think of an escape route. She reached behind her head and untied it, then skillfully retied it as a headband. Finishing that, she looked between the door and Skylar. There was no way she could run that fast at the moment. Holding up her hands, she sighed. "You got me, I guess." She drew her right leg up in a defensive position, just in case the other girl was a hugger.
She tried to push herself farther into the couch when a large man suddenly appeared with a bat. Her heart was beating a thousand miles an hour and she wasn't super sure what to do at this point. She couldn't leave with her ankle in such bad shape, and whoa this guy was way too close to her. "Yes, hello," she squeaked out.
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Gloriae
Sept 19, 2014 14:31:13 GMT -6
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Post by ashestoApples on Sept 19, 2014 14:31:13 GMT -6
Lorna shoved Rick away with her shoulder and held up a hand to Skylar.
"I don't know who the hell June Rhodes is, but Jane is very obviously uncomfortable with all this attention and is in no shape to deal with not one, but TWO fanGIRLS who don't know what personal space is. So, Conrad, since you and I appear to be the only sane ones, show Jane to her room upstairs. Any of the unoccupied ones is fine."
Conrad slunk closer to Jane and knelt down to help her get on his back in a piggyback hold like before.
"Sorry about them," he said as they approached the stairs. "They're nice enough, but Lorna was right. They don't really have a huge concept of boundaries when they're excited about something."
A million questions went through his mind about why she lied about where she was from or didn't say who she was and had covered half her face, why she was in a mall alone, etc., but he could only guess she'd been hiding. He ignored the questions for now. Everyone had a reason to lie nowadays.
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Gloriae
Sept 19, 2014 16:42:35 GMT -6
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Post by kryss on Sept 19, 2014 16:42:35 GMT -6
Skylar: she didn't quite understand June - Jane's reaction. Was she that scary? She knew she got excited about things, but still. Rick obviously wasn't making it any better. Then Lorna basically called her crazy and implied she had been up in June's - Jane! - face when she hadnt even moved. Okay maybe she had been a little loud.... Maybe she had been very loud. But she was just excited about meeting one of her idols!
She went into the kitchen, frowning and thinking. She most definitely hadnt meant to make J- Jane uncomfortable and should probably do something to make it up to her. But later, since she guessed she was being quarantined for now.
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Gloriae
Sept 19, 2014 18:10:56 GMT -6
Post by Andy on Sept 19, 2014 18:10:56 GMT -6
Disgruntled at having being shoved away, Rick followed his banishment buddy into the kitchen for lack of anything else to do. Or rather, he strode inside and then stood with one shoulder propped against the wall with his arms crossed as he watched Skylar fuss about instead.
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Gloriae
Sept 19, 2014 22:20:59 GMT -6
Post by macxcheese on Sept 19, 2014 22:20:59 GMT -6
Her appreciation for Lorna grew ten times as she climbed on to Conrad's back. Her brow relaxed as they slowly retreated from the two mentioned. "It's alright," she told both him and herself. She kept quiet the rest of the way, grateful for an absence of questions. Arriving at her new room, she dropped down onto her good foot. It was small compared to what she was used to, but she liked small nowadays. And she was small, making it an even better fit. She hopped on one foot to the bed and sat down. Untying her shoelaces, she glanced up at Conrad. "Um, thanks. For helping me and stuff." She looked back down to her shoe, twisting it off.
She was a bit lost at what to do now, and she looked thoughtfully at the ground. A sudden thought returned to her and she pointed at Conrad. "You smelled like soap." Her face turned red as she realized how dumb that sounded. "I-I mean, do you guys have, um, soap?" These people were going to be really disappointed in her social skills, especially the two downstairs.
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Gloriae
Sept 19, 2014 22:35:13 GMT -6
Post by ashestoApples on Sept 19, 2014 22:35:13 GMT -6
Conrad laughed a bit. "Yeah! Lemme go talk to the F-- Lorna and see if we can turn on the generator and such. I'll be right back!"
He trotted down the stairs and talked to Lorna, who agreed, and he ran outside to turn on the generator. The lights flickered on inside. It was much easier to turn it on now that Skylar had gotten to it, thank goodness. He double-checked the water pump in the well house before trotting back inside, grabbing a big, fluffy towel out of the linen closet, and going back to Jane's room.
"Here you go! Mei-- Lorna is looking through the closet to see if she can find you any clothes. The suite is at the end of the hall in Lorna's room. She'll probably find you something to wear- she has basically everything here. Said she'd put them on the bed in there if she found any- don't worry, the door will be locked from the inside when she leaves. Need anything else?" he asked cheerfully. Life was easy when he was just doing errands!
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Gloriae
Sept 20, 2014 18:42:26 GMT -6
Post by macxcheese on Sept 20, 2014 18:42:26 GMT -6
A generator? That meant... she gasped as a bedside lamp turned on. Electricity! God, she hadn't seen working lights in months! She was still staring at the lamp when Conrad camp back and barely managed to close her gaping mouth before looking like an idiot. She grabbed her backpack and limped over to the boy while he talked, a slow smile cracking across her face. Jesus christ she was actually going to take a shower! She patiently waited for Conrad to finish, then snatched the towel away with a "no!", flying out the door. She was so excited that she could barely feel the pain in her ankle. Jane found what she assumed was the room and pulled the door shut, throwing her stuff on the ground. She started the water, setting it to burning hot. After flinging her clothes in a pile, she stepped in, keeping her wrapped ankle out. She sat down and let the water flow while happy tears and humming escaped her.
When she was done, she wrapped herself in the soft towel and opted to leave the steamy room so she could see about clean clothes. Conrad hadn't lied, and there on the bed was a stack of options. The first thing she was able to find was an old North Dakota Football sweatshirt. It would probably be too big for her, nevertheless, it would work. The next item was an also too big bra, which could fit okay once she tied the ends together. The outfit was complete after finding a pair of children's underwear and jeans. Quickly slipping into them, she retrieved her backpack and drew out her hairbrush. She skillfully worked through her hair, re-braiding it and tying her lucky bandana back into a headband. One more thing was left- makeup. Her trained hand smeared, brushed, and drew the cosmetics on. By the time she was finished she was thoroughly relaxed. Jane swung on her bag and hopped into the hallway, feeling as if she was back in Hollywood.
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Gloriae
Sept 21, 2014 23:26:55 GMT -6
Post by kryss on Sept 21, 2014 23:26:55 GMT -6
Skylar: She hung around in the kitchen for a while, exchanging frustrated noises with Rick. She glanced at the clock on the wall and hoped that half an hour was long enough banishment. Lorna wasn't the boss of her anyway! She left and headed up into her room, hearing Lorna give Conrad instructions on putting clothes she'd gathered into a room for Jane. Clothes that Lorna had gathered? The girl was tiny! And if this selection was anything like she'd provided Skylar when she first got here, they would fall off of her like a tent.
She gathered a few of her own clothes instead, picking a couple pairs of shorts, figuring that while the other girl may be slimmer and Skylar may be taller, their waists were almost the same size and shorts solved the length issue, and a few shirts. They may not be perfect, but again, hopefully they would be close enough.
She headed to the room, checking around often and, she hoped, sneakily for the popos. Fortunately avoiding Lorna, she reached the room she could hear Jane in and knocked softly on the door before coming in.
"Hey. I know Mein Fuhrer can be bad at guessing sizes, so... oh." she stopped when she saw the ensemble Jane had managed to find. She was actually surprised at the sudden change there seemed to be. Was she wearing... she was wearing makeup! Where did she get that?? "Never mind, I guess. You look great!" She set her clothes down awkwardly and said haltingly,
"Listen I'm, um... sorry, I guess. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable!! And I didn't mean to yell, I was just so, well.... surprised! I guess the circumstances kind of negate it, but this is amazing for me! I'm your biggest fan! Actually we met before, I was one of the June in June sweepstakes winners, we met backstage after your Los Angelos concert, and oh... uh, you probably don't remember, but anyway... You're incredible. Your song Flying Higher? That has helped me so many times, through some really awful... um, and when you did that set of duets with Everest Hollow? The best! That was one of my favorite albums, I have the whole thing! And ugh, that animated feature you guys were going to be in, about the sisters? I was so pumped for that but.... but, uh, ah I guess... that's not going to happen anymore. And I just... I don't know I'm probably making you uncomfortable again. Crap. Sorry, um... I just wanted you to know that I didn't mean it? And that... um... well I'm trying specifically to make you not mind me being around, but I'm probably making that crash and burn horribly, so I guess if you don't want me to hang around you that's ok, but also please don't let me being here affect how you see the others, because they're actually pretty nice people except Lorna's really tough but she's the one most likely to probably never die, she's freaking Mad Eye Moody over there, and Conrad is a rabbit who would never hurt anything that was alive, so... um... yeah. They're good people, and it's a good place, and I"m so, so, so sorry if I messed everything up? And you can still keep the clothes if you want them."
She finally managed to cut off her tirade, biting her lip hard and waiting for the response. Oh crap oh crap oh crap had she just made things even worse?
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Gloriae
Sept 22, 2014 17:29:30 GMT -6
Post by macxcheese on Sept 22, 2014 17:29:30 GMT -6
When a figure appeared, she froze. She let out a sigh of relief seeing that it wasn't the big guy, though her heart still beat a little faster at the surprise. She began to thank her for the compliment, yet was cut off when Skylar started her small speech. Her eyes grew bigger and bigger as she spoke. Maybe it was just because she said so, but the girl's face started to seem familiar to Jane. And god, that song wasn't even one of her top hits! There was a pang in her heart when she remembered Eve. She hoped she was okay right now. Her attention snapped back as Skylar started apologizing. She threw her hands up, waving them back and forth. She seemed so upset, and Jane was the intruder here! "N-no, please! I'm just..." she stared at the other girl for a minute, searching for a word. Anti-social? Terrified? Maybe crazy? Probably d: all of the above. Instead of saying any of those, she just threw her hands down and hoped that would explain it. "You seem really nice, everyone does!" Well, almost everyone. "And you were here first and-" Looking at the clothing pile, she asked, "Are you sure about those?" Her guilt for using their supplies was starting to creep up on her. A sudden idea popped into her head. She didn't know if Skylar was the type to care about such things, nevertheless... "Do you like makeovers?"
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Gloriae
Sept 22, 2014 19:12:22 GMT -6
Post by kryss on Sept 22, 2014 19:12:22 GMT -6
Skylar: She felt bad for cutting her off a few times, but it was hard to stop her word vomit once it started. Afterwards there was an awkward moment of silence before Jane set out a peace offering.
"Yes!!" Skylar said enthusiastically and started forward before stopping suddenly. "Wait! I know something even better, wait right there." She ran to her room and threw open the closet, digging through her actually decent selection. She had around two months of supply runs to gather any clothes she could find. Almost all of them were in some state of disrepair, and most of them were just plain t-shirts or other low quality Walmart knockoffs, but she grabbed the cutest ones she could find, which were three sundresses and two very frilly tops that she had pilfered. A deep rose daisy print halter top from Forever 21, a blue gradient empire waisted square neckline from Cato, and a yellow sweetheart neckline that was shorter than the rest of them, from a particularly zombie infested Sears. The shirts were a ruffly blue top with sequins and a lacy red one, both from a Walmart. She hurried with them back to the room and sat on the bed next to Jane.
"Here, we can pick any of these! If you like high heels, I only have one pair, but I can grab them from my room. We can do total makeovers!" she said with a grin. "Which one do you like?" she asked, spreading them all out for better viewing.
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Gloriae
Sept 22, 2014 20:02:29 GMT -6
Post by macxcheese on Sept 22, 2014 20:02:29 GMT -6
While Skylar disappeared to find something, Jane drew her backpack over to the bed. She took out the makeup carefully, making sure not get any on Lorna's blankets. She had just finished setting everything out when the other girl came back. Jane gasped at what she'd brought. Dresses. She stared at the three options, finally pointing at the blue one. It was the most modest (and she thought she looked good in blue). Remembering her ankle, she commented, "Better not try heels." While Skylar choose her outfit, she pulled out mosturizer. She pulled her legs onto the bed and turned towards the teen, motioning for her to look over her way. It was a little uncomfortable being that close, but she tried to shake it off.
Looking over at the borrowed dress, a sudden determination overtook Jane. She decided that this girl was going to have the best during-the-zombie-apocalypse-makeover ever! Scratch that, just the best makeover ever! Her determination faltered as she realized she didn't have all the supplies for that, so she fell back on plan A. Expertly, she began putting the cosmestics on. Primer, foundation, blush, finishing powder. Not all of it matched Skylar's skin tone, but it was close enough. She held out an eye shadow palette, choosing a gold color. After wiping that on, she pulled out eyeliner and mascara. "I don't know if you want either of these, but you can have them. I have extras." It was true, she had more makeup than food in her bag.
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Gloriae
Sept 22, 2014 21:28:28 GMT -6
Post by kryss on Sept 22, 2014 21:28:28 GMT -6
Skylar: "Blue it is then!" she said, setting the dress aside. She leaned in and closed her eyes as the makeup was applied, holding very still. The gentle massaging of the small hands was very soothing, and she couldn't help but keep thinking, I'm getting a makeover from June Rhodes!!! When it was all done, she opened her eyes and smiled, then raised her eyebrows at the offer of makeup.
"Really?" she said, almost awed. She'd only been to one proper department store in the two months she'd been there, and she hadn't had time to raid the cosmetics department. The only makeup she owned was the tube of lip gloss from the same store her daisy sundress had come from. "Thank you!" she picked up the yellow sundress and carried it into the bathroom, leaving Jane to change in the room, as her makeup was already done. When she came back out, feeling better than she had in months, she offered, "Would you like me to do your hair?"
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Gloriae
Sept 22, 2014 21:55:38 GMT -6
Post by macxcheese on Sept 22, 2014 21:55:38 GMT -6
Jane anxiously waited for the other girl to leave, then threw off her shirt. Goodbye children's pants, hello blue dress. Balancing on one leg, she pulled the dress on and found to her chagrin it was a bit to big. She supposed that the chances of Skylar and her being the exact same size was pretty small. Either way, being in a dress was enough for her. She cursed her foot for not letting her be able to twirl and sat back down, only to see Skylar return in her dress. Her makeup and dress suited her really well, and Jane was about to say so when Skylar gave her offer. Jane's head almost nodded off her shoulders until she recalled the ability of speech. "Yes! Please!" She looked at Skylar again and added, "You look great!"
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Gloriae
Sept 23, 2014 11:45:45 GMT -6
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Post by kryss on Sept 23, 2014 11:45:45 GMT -6
Skylar: She grinned.
"Thank you! Okay, turn around." After the other girl had obeyed, she gently undid the braids in her hair and grabbed the nearby hairbrush, working through the few tangles. She pulled it together in the back and brushed it over to one side. She began deftly French braiding it, starting near Jane's ear and working across her hairline all the way to the nape of her neck. She quickly braided the rest down and tied it off, admiring her work. Her hair was beautiful, even after months of disrepair. Skylar had tried going blonde once, but it didn't really work for her. She had red highlights for quite a while, though.
She looked at the bagginess of the dress around the other girl's waist. It wasn't bad, but it was noticeable. Skylar hurried to her room and dug a single thin black belt and dashed back, not realizing she had picked up a shadow. She came in the room and buckled it around Jane's waist. It wasn't perfect, but it helped a lot. Suddenly she felt a very soft something brush by her leg. She looked down and saw mr whiskers vying for her attention.
"Hello!!" She said in a high pitched voice. She scooped up the moving gray cloud and nuzzled her face into his fur. "Did you come to see our new guest? Did you? Did you? Mr whiskers, this is Jane!!! Say hi!!" She waved his little paw for him as he looked curiously at the new person in his domain, purring louder than a car motor.
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Gloriae
Sept 23, 2014 19:23:26 GMT -6
Post by macxcheese on Sept 23, 2014 19:23:26 GMT -6
She stayed very tense for the first few minutes of hair braiding. It felt really weird having someone else doing her hair, much less having someone touch her at all. She relaxed a little, reminding herself that she'd agreed to it and that Skylar wasn't going to hurt her. Closing her eyes, she recalled how she used to love people pampering her. The feel of hands through her hair had been the most comforting feeling. Now, well... now she had to reassure herself that it wasn't just a trap to hurt her. She vaguely wondered how the other girl was so friendly still.
She'd been so lost in thought that she hadn't noticed Skylar's absence until she felt something around her waist. Panic shot through her heart and she scooted away before finally noticing the belt. And the cat. Her eyes got wide and she felt the cutsie-pootsie voice coming on. She swallowed it and instead held out her hand for the kitty. Her heart melted when she heard his name. Scratching behind his ear, she asked, "Is he yours?"
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