005. text. action. (backdated twice for maximum chronological realism)

[strikeraid]

[ backdated to Sunday (12/08) around noon ]

did anyone have an answer to the eye color changing problem or am i gonna have to order some contacts?

[ action ]

We'll go during the day if you're so worried, so what's the big deal? C'mon, we haven't seen you in forever.

[ One minute, you think these kids, who have been a common sight together over the past three years, hanging out in threes and fours and causing trouble, are just talking about nothing against the lockers, albeit with Skyler with his back against the wall and looking mildly annoyed. The next, Skyler's shoving one away, walking off as they yell at his back. ]

Shit - Skyler, what the hell?

C'mon, asshole, you know we can't do it without you!

[ Skyler can't help but turn around to retort. ] You only asked me because you know I'd do it!

Uh, no shit! That's what friends do. What is your problem, Veracruz? [ His friends (??) trail after him, but don't seem all that willing to follow him wherever he's going. ]

I don't have a problem, I just don't give a shit about you guys anymore! [ Skyler throws up his arms and shrugs, giving a sarcastic halfbow at the end of the gesture. ] Do what you want, I'm out.

You don't even care if we-

No, I don't! [ Skyler taps his head with his knuckles and shakes his head, his words caustic and condescending. Duh. ] Kind of goes with the territory. Go fuck yourselves, I'm done. [ He shoves his hands back into his pockets and spins into a walk down the hall. ]

I don't believe it.

He's a wuss, what the fuck was that?

Hey, Veracruz! You're a loser and everyone knows it. You're nothing without us, remember?

[ Skyler jabs his middle finger into the air and waves it as he moseys away. Clearly, he's done with that particular conversation. ]

[[ ooc: the second part wasn't necessarily meant to be responded to, but feel free to catch him sometime after school! we can establish a new context if your character wasn't available to see the above (or if you just want to do something different :D) ]]

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[mood2wiingiing]

contact2 ARE the answer two the problem. there2 no other way ive heard of.
kinda blows.

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[strikeraid]

damn it i was hoping i wouldn't have to spend money on this shit
fuck

whats with the twos
are you like aria

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[mood2wiingiing]

get someone two do it for you?
ii had someone else buy mine lol.

and i guess that would be the answer there yeah.
2ame pulsechoes + shes my gf.

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[strikeraid]

nah it's cool i'll just use the huge piles of money i have lying around for this

are we calling them pulsechoes i never got the memo
anyway
does that mean you two see each other in those memories

[ he didn't know aria was dating anyone. good on you, bro, she always seemed like a keeper. ]

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[mood2wiingiing]

idk if thats what everyone call2 them but thats what people told me they were called and it kiind of stuck with me i guess??
idk.
and yeah we do sometimes. ive got her in two of mine and i think its the 2ame ones for her?

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[selfassured]

Contacts are your best bet. Unless you want to come up with a decent explanation for the color change.

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[strikeraid]

see i would but i can't think of a reason why a filipino guy would suddenly have bright blue white dude eyes
so
contacts

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[selfassured]

I'm not going to touch that sentence.

If you're set on contacts then keep one thing in mind, don't go for the cheapest set.

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[strikeraid]

thanks

yeah makes sense
damn it
i want to get a car not some tryhard halloween costume bullshit

[ Text ]

[selfassured]

You're acting as though a minor cash set-back is the end of the world.

Owning a car isn't all it's cracked up to be anyway.

[unimpressive]

at least it's not your hair AND your eyes!

......since his eyes changed, contacts are what my friend uses too.

[strikeraid]

yeah, at least it's not my hair
you know the one thing I could actually explain

[ not havin' any of that positivity >(!!! ]

three and the motion passes
god damn it

[unimpressive]

[HUH, that is a good way to look at it, isn't it... WELL, WHATEVER, positivity stays!!!]

i guess so! but contacts are probably easier to explain than dying your hair all the time.

just buy some or tell people you're wearing them anyway!

[strikeraid]

[ skyler may not be the sharpest crayon in the box but he does have his moments ]

i'm a tool but not that much of a tool ok i don't need contacts and my mom might notice my eyes if they're bright electric blue and if she looks too hard im boned

i'll just buy them

[unimpressive]

[Aww, it sounded totally reasonable to Vaughn here. Sort of. Maybe.]

you really think she'd look really carefully if you just told her you're wearing blue contacts?? really???

[Well, not everyone's parents have written them off as incorrigible, that probably has to do with it...]

then, yeah, i guess you better buy them! and keep an eye out for if anything else changes.

hey look at me failing to notice the backdating like a loser

[earnedmystripes]

could you pretend they *are* contacts?

i mean, whatever color your eyes are now

more like a WINNER FOR GETTING HERE

[strikeraid]

nah
like i'm a huge fucking tool but not THAT kind of tool if you know what i mean
this would be weird for me
the last thing i need is someone on my shit for this

but a loser for being five days late tagging back

[earnedmystripes]

[There's. A pause before the next text.]

...well

if you need contacts and cant afford them

i could get them for you i guess?? Unless someone had a better non-contacts idea

whoa now, you're talking to the MASTER BACKTAGGER!!!!

[strikeraid]

[ ... whoa. that's. nice. of him. Skyler thinks about ways that Kotetsu could profit about this. Of course, he very quickly deduces that there's absolutely no reason he WOULD be making some kind of profit off of this seeing as how Skyler basically has nothing anyone else would want, but that's what this pause here is. ]

nah that's just me bitching
i've got money
i was just saving it for something else.

i have much to learn senpai

[earnedmystripes]

[Another. Pause. Well...he is doing the whole Christmas shopping thing about now anyway....]

yeah but youre a kid

moneys hard to come by, especially at your age

consider it a christmas present, huh? save your money for the stuff you really want

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[summit]

[ Travis isn't really certain what he just witnessed. He'd only wheeled into the hall at the tail end of that, catching half of the argument and unsure if he should be more focused with a potential situation or the backpack on his lap... the pack wins out, it's full of things he kind of needs and a lot of things he really doesn't.

So rather than beating a hasty retreat, he waits. Figuring they'll probably head the other way. Except they don't - or at least, Skyler doesn't. And the next thing he knows he's Ohing awkwardly, like he's got something to say instead of just reflexively making a noise like an idiot.

Shit.

Travis Martin, you were never meant for public speaking. ] Uh.. I mean...

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[strikeraid]

[ Skyler stops abruptly when he sees an obstruction in his path, both fists jammed into his pockets. Oh. Wheels. Another, uh. Victim, as it were. And another annoying fucking kid who ended up on the network instead of someone tolerable, if he's not mistaken. Jesus Christ.

He huffs a sigh to himself, looking back at the pack of boys shuffling off together, who are already laughing about something else. Or something related? He won't ever figure it out NOW, will he? ]

What? Did you want something? [ he spits out the word "want" like a particularly venomous swear word. ]

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[summit]

[ He adjusts the backpack on his lap, glancing off to the side and then back. God damn it. ]

I, uh.. [ Caving to bullying isn't smart or something he's ever proud of doing. Being intimidated isn't, either - he's pretty strong, he works out, he does what he can to keep well in shape. He's just not particularly fast with comebacks and is well aware of his disadvantages. ] That looked pretty rough.

[ You are sincerely smooth, Martin. The best with words, there has never been a wordsmith more inept than you. ]

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[strikeraid]

[ Skyler huffs another sigh, but this time there's a muscle working in his jaw as he clenches it. For someone who insists on being a heartless bastard, he's getting pretty bad at hiding his emotions. He scratches behind his ear at his hair, which is spiked and fluffy, probably a significant change from the last time Travis ran into him. He's not exactly thrilled to be talking to Martin, at all, but he's not all that willing to run circles around him either. ]

Ok. Sure. Look. Did you need something? [ He looks around at all available halls. They seem to be alone. ] If it's about the network, make it quick. Otherwise... [ He's not sure he's interested. ]

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[summit]

[ The little changes are the ones that really stand out the most, somehow. It's just looking at someone you've seen every day for years and abruptly realizing there's something off about them. ]

No, it's not that. I was just... [ uh. ] That looked, pretty harsh. Uh. [ Fuck. ] I was going to go to Starbucks, and uh, I have a spare drink coupon?