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Psyche (allyourwonders) wrote in nevermore_logs,
@ 2022-05-17 20:15:00

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lee stone, psyche

WHO ~~Psyche~~ Enid Swinhoe & Lee Stone
WHEN Monday morning
WHERE The unnamed school of their work
WHAT How do you do, fellow education adult?
WARNINGS unlikely

The morning before her first day at the new school, Psyche changed her outfit three times before she was happy with it. She wanted to look respectable, well dressed but not in a way that would draw more attention than she already drew by just existing.

She eventually settled on a pale blue and pink floral dress with a beige cardigan, and pulled her hair into a tidy low ponytail. Yes. She looked perfectly suitable for a school, Psyche thought. How nice it would be to meet new people.

(In truth, it was actually a little daunting to meet new people. She could never quite tell if people would react completely genuinely to her and be interested in truly getting to know her. But telling herself that it was only the excitement of new friends making her belly upset meant that soon enough she could make herself believe it. She hoped.)

She arrived too early at the school (better than too late!) and ended up walking through the corridors, no students yet around. What Psyche was really hoping for was- Ah! There! An adult (and potential new friend) passing across the corridor in front of her.

“Excuse me!” Psyche called out, her voice polite and with a slight sing-song edge to it. She smiled when the man turned to look at her.

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vaultkeeper
2022-05-24 11:43 am UTC (link)

"Oof, that's a deep cut," Lee said with a chuckle. "Well I am lucky, because my mother knows nothing about internet culture. Being around kids all the time probably keeps me fresh. Ish. You just have to keep your ears open. Hey, if you get any good gossip, you'll tell me, right?" He indicated with a nod of his head that he meant if she happened to overhear something in the cafeteria.

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allyourwonders
2022-05-24 11:48 am UTC (link)

"Which students are snuggling up to each other, and who is copying whose look?" Psyche asked with amusement. "I'm not sure they'll let the lunch lady overhear those sorts of scandalous things." Psyche might have suggested that, as an adult, she would be so uninteresting to them that they'd forget she was even there, but Psyche had never in her life known what it was like to be uninteresting. Not because she was actually an interesting person - she didn't think that she was, not at all - but because of the curse that her story had placed upon her. Psyche was noticed and remembered, even when she wished to fade into the background.

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	vaultkeeper 2022-05-25 01:43 am UTC (link)
	"I'm sure you see and hear all sorts in the lunch room," Lee replied. "You know teachers gossip about their students, right? It's how we get through the day. Look, the cafeteria is just through here." He had his bag back in order now. bagel tucked away for later, so he took his coffee back and held the door open for Enid to pass through. "After you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

allyourwonders
2022-05-26 10:52 am UTC (link)

"Oh, I remember the gossip about the students from my last place of work," Psyche assured him, the little dramas of kids always a conversation piece. "But that had been a primary school, so the dramas were less fueled by hormones."

As Psyche slipped through the door to the cafeteria she smiled brightly, stepping unconsciously into a beam of sunlight that lit her warmly. Psyche had a habit of finding the perfect lighting, although often didn't notice it herself.

"This is lovely," Psyche said with complete sincerity. "The yellow walls are so cheerful!"

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