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susan bones (sneakoscoped) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2016-12-30 19:37:00

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! log, penelope vargas, zz drop: anuhea alapai 2

WHO: Anuhea Alapai and Penelope Vargas
WHEN: Friday, December 30th 2013
WHERE: An's dorm!
WHAT: Despite the fact that An and Penny historically were not friends, the two lonely girls who stayed over at Gooseberry for the holiday decide to get together and do *girl things* like paint nails and listen to music. Which An let Penny pick #sorrynotsorry. BONUS: Playlist here

While still feeling particularly perturbed over the events this month (shitty birthday, the zoey/ryan thing, Park in general), Penny was ready to just get out and do something. Part of her wanted to do something stupid - but there were very few opportunities to really do something reckless while still at school and though she didn't regret deciding not to go home, she was a little frustrated at being alone with her thoughts this whole time. So the invitation from An to actually do something, while a little girly and not something Penelope would usually be in to, still sounded fun. Even if she had, historically, not been An's friend. Maybe they could be friends now.

Besides, who needed their old friends, anyway? It was about to be a brand new year, Penelope was ready for it. She was ready to do... something different. Maybe that meant apologizing to people like Isaiah who deserved an apology, and being friends with someone like An who was just genuinely nice even though Penelope had never been friendly to her a day in her life. Not that Penny had insulted or actively been rude to her either, but really she'd paid her no mind the whole time they'd been at Gooseberry. Things were changing, though. Even Penny could feel that, could feel herself becoming different.

She was still a bitch, though. It wasn't like her deeply rooted trust issues were going to suddenly go away. But maybe it was time to stop making other people try so hard. Or maybe she just needed to try a little in return, too. She'd waited too long with Ryan. She'd lost out on two opportunities to date someone - not that dating was important to her, but the closeness of a significant other is sort of what she craved. Someone she could really trust and rely on. Waiting to long left her losing both, and she really needed to work on this whole... person-to-person thing. An seemed like a good choice to do that with.

Prepared with snacks (popcorn, chocolate, chips) and a bottle of vodka stashed away in her bag because she wasn't sure if An wanted to drink or not, she made her way to the other girls cabin as quickly as possible. It was cold outside, after all, and though she was dressed in a million layers she really didn't feel like being outside for that long, so she practically ran there and was knocking to be let in in a pretty reasonable amount of time after the initial invite. "An? It's me, Penny."

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An smiled and nodded, happy to be able to do something she enjoyed and have company at the same time. The day was really boring, and she liked thinking about dressing up. It gave her something to look forward to. Practicing the little charms was one way to keep her busy. An hadn't really been applying herself in her actual Charms class, and she knew that might come back to bite her. Despite working for a few days on how to make the nail art move, she hadn't done any of the work she owed Calderon-Boot. Damn. Well, she would worry about that later.

"You got it. Interesting but not crazy is my specialty," she said giggling. An was already a little buzzed, probably because it had been a bit since she'd drank much at all. She kinda learned SOME of her lesson last year, but she figured, what was the harm with just Penny? She beamed at the compliment to her skill. "Why thank you. And yours will probably look a bit better since it's always harder to do it on yourself," she said, shrugging. "One hand always ends up turning out better than the other."

She listened to Penny's project idea and nodded, actually understanding a bit better. "Yeah...I find some things from the muggle world are easier to marry with magic than others. My culture has always had a mix of both. So our practices do not fight the muggle world, we enfold one another. It seems like magic and electricity are in a battle. But that's very interesting that you're trying to get them to work together. I take it you game then? I don't know much about it honestly, but my little brother likes Nintendo."

An made a sympathetic face and took the vodka from Penny and took another long sip. "I know all about making an ass of yourself," she said, sighing and thinking back to Tabitha and how they were finally making a tiny bit of progress after everything that happened last year. "Drama is definitely...not fun." She wasn't sure precisely what drama Penny was having to deal with, but she didn't really want to pry too hard. She knew no matter what it was, it sucked. But she also wondered whether the other girl wanted to vent. She figured she'd leave an opening, and if Penny wanted an ear, she could have it. She started on the charms, and looked at the other girl, casually saying. "Well, if you want someone to bounce ideas or vent to, we have nothing but time. It'll take 20 minutes at least for the polish and charm to set correctly without blurring. Which sometimes looks cool, but isn't really what you're going for here."

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