Light of May ::: an original roleplay

Who: Charlotte and an NPC!Ransom
When: Late morning
Where: U of M Hospital

For a few moments after he said it, she felt something like a… fluttering. It was like when you somehow missed a step while descending, and your brain rebelled at this knowledge. No, it knew perfectly well how to descend a staircase, there was no reason at all to feel like you were falling. But you were falling. Your heart and your stomach recognized it even if your brain didn’t, and they fluttered or perhaps jolted as the world seemed to jolt above you.

“I’m going to go back to Salem with them.”

( Charlotte had zoned out, but the memory of those words brought her back. )

Who: Eilidh and Layla
When: Closing time
Where: L'Attique

( if you seek then you shall find. )

Who: Mason and Robert (NPC).
Where: The Normandin house.
When: Early morning.

( Even now, Mason felt no shame for the way he had chosen to take command. )

Who: Mason and Kiley.
Where: Kiley's house.
When: Morning.

( Without even taking the time to duck inside his apartment to shower and change clothes, Mason was turning the car around and heading out again. Kiley wouldn't care if he was wearing fresh clothes or that he might carry scents of last night's run with him. In all honestly it didn't even cross to his mind to do either thing. He just wanted to see her.  )

Who: Edie & Livia
Where: Heme
When: Night

( let me put you through to someone else. )

Who: Alanna and Bella
When: Afternoon
Where: Starbucks
What: Both of these girls are so beyond overdue for a scene that doesn't have the potential to traumatize them. YES, UNDERAGE BLOND DEMONICS OF S.O. I'M LOOKING AT YOU.

It had been a horrible couple of weeks, but when it was all said and done, Bella felt at this moment that she could find her way back to optimism if the universe would just cooperate and stop going into heat-wave mode on her shopping days. Her feet were still healing so her dad had been kind enough to loan her his truck, but the air conditioner was a little shotty. Finally Bella had needed to give up on it all together and just put the windows down. The air was so thick she felt as if she would drown in it. She'd skipped the farmer's market in favor of a closer grocery store (a rarity for Bella during the summer), a decision based mostly on the weather, and slightly on the fact that she could swallow her pride and use an amigo. Yes, she felt stupid. Yes, she got weird looks. But she still had stitches all over the bottoms of her feet and walking was, at this current juncture, highly overrated.

Halfway home, Bella decided she just needed to treat herself. Just a little treat, in a nice air-conditioned place, and maybe she could avoid having a nervous breakdown today after all. Realizing she was only a block away from a Starbucks, that's where she headed. An iced passion tea lemonade and a cake pop were just what the doctor ordered. Unfortunately, that Starbucks didn't have a drive-thru. Okay, she'd make do. She waddled slowly inside, and found that many others had been of a similar mind. She placed her order, and looked around for a seat. She didn't see any free, but there was a table with a free chair. She started to head over to see if she could borrow it, but paused. The girl looked really familiar. "Do I know you?"