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Summer Victoria Stone (summerwantsit) wrote in halcyon_halls,
@ 2008-06-28 10:40:00

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aramil, summer

Week Twelve: Friday
Who: Summer and Ari
When: Friday Afternoon
Where: In a clearing in some woods far, far away from all the noisy emotions of the people at the school

The school had been tolerable throughout the break just because there weren't all that many people around. But now that everyone was starting to arrive back, Summer was starting to feel the impact of just how many people there were at Halcyon, and just how intense the emotions here could be. She couldn't handle it. It was worse than being in the freshman dorms right before final exams, worse than taking the SAT's which she had bombed for the simple reason that she couldn't get her head on straight because everyone else was in it. This place was so much worse than that, and she wasn't sure exactly how long she was going to be able to handle it. Solitude was definitely going to be a necessity.

And that is why she was here, in the middle of the woods, in a clearing that she had found while walking, laying on a blanket she had spread out on the grass. Her I-Pod was beside of her, in the little docking station with the built in speakers, Led Zeppelin's Over the Hills and Far Away playing. Summer hummed along as she lay on her stomach, stripped down to bare feet, incredibly short denim shorts, and a bikini top. Hair was pulled up in a loose bun so as not to get in the way of the sun, and her nose was buried in a book, Twilight. It was supposed to be for young adults, but it was a good book regardless, a love story, and it seemed very fitting considering where she was in life right now.

A page was turned, a few more lines read, and the chapter she was on was finished. She bookmarked it and then put the book aside, rolling onto her back to peer up at the sky. Summer stretched a bit, and then settled onto the blanket, eyes closed. She started to doze off. She had such a hard time sleeping when she was around people.

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woodlandfury
2008-06-29 08:35 pm UTC (link)

There wasn’t much time left before school started. And, as such, the elf was out and about a little more often than not lately. It would be a stretch to assume that he had been in his room twice that week. But then, that was the lifestyle he was used to. He knew his schedule was going to be quite heavy the next week, and as a result, found himself enjoying every moment of freedom he could.

It was also one of the few times he had actually hunted on the island. With food so plentiful most of the time, there was no need for him to do so, but living out in the wilds like this, as he had grown up, he had returned to all of his old ways. Not that he had captured much, but those two rabbits, and the hawk, would never again disturb the island with their vile, evil ways. Well, at least that was a term he had heard the humans use to justify various actions, though he was quite certain they were only saying such things in jest.

That was when he came across the clearing. And of course, when he spotted her. While he was used to coming across the others from the school, he was not used to it being so far out. Especially since the person he saw, if he remembered right, was not one of the nature types who tended to wander far from the school. And so, curiousity peaked for the elf and he began to make his way closer toward her. Least to find out what might’ve brought them out this far.

He also made certain that his footsteps would be audible. The people of the school seemed to get so annoyed when you walked up on them quietly. One day they would understand he didn’t always do it on purpose. He was just naturally that quiet.

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summerwantsit
2008-06-29 08:48 pm UTC (link)

Strangely enough, it was the footsteps that Summer heard first and not the pressure of someone else's emotions creeping in on her own. Usually when she was alone, she felt someone who approached long before she ever heard them. Either this one was skilled in the ways of blocking that out, or this one had nothing much going on, emotionally speaking.

Of course, considering that, the first thought she had was that Kris had tracked her down, but opening opening her eyes and glancing in the direction of the footsteps, she saw someone she didn't know.

Summer sat up slowly, a hand moving to run fingers back through her hair to get it out of her face. "Can I help you with something?" She asked, a brow arching thinly over one lovely, teal eye. She reached a hand over to turn the music down a little, so that she could hear him when he spoke.