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Tweak says, "Bad Wolf"

Michael Brenton Corner (corneredartist) wrote in ultrarpg,
@ 2008-08-27 20:36:00

Current mood:	chipper
Current music:	The Cure - Just Like Heaven

Who: Michael and Orla
What: a first date of sorts
Where: a muggle park in London
When: Wednesday, early evening
Rating: Um, dunno PG 13?
Status: Closed/In Progress

Michael had been looking forward to this since they'd decided to get together. Orla was just cool as hell and he hoped this went well. He showered, shaved and got dressed. He stayed casual since they were going to the park, but made sure he was still fairly neat. He put on a vintage t-shirt and some jeans with a courderoy blazer and his chucks. He attempted to fix his hair, which he liked to think was artfully messy and apparated to London.

He wasn't too far from where they'd agreed to meet and on the way he stopped in a small flower shop. He didn't want to get roses or something that seemed cheesy or overdone. Michael spotted a container of loose sunflowers. He picked what he thought looked like the brightest one and bought it. With a happy smile and a little hum he headed to Orla's flat. Finding the door, he knocked on it and leaned against the frame waiting for her to answer. He sniffed at the sunflower and smiled.

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qisforquirky
2008-08-31 12:00 pm UTC (link)

"It was, but it explained a lot. I sometimes would do things really strange and not know why, but now I do." Orla shrugged as she looked back over at Orla as he talked about his mum. "I am sure if I was friends with people my mum saw more she would expect a full update. Most of my childhood friends I don't talk to cause I went away to school and all."

"Yes spider swing things, two people facing each other on a swing it makes it look like more legs." Orla nodded her head. As he let go of her hand and said race ya Orla laughed at him. "You are going down." She said as she ran for the swings.

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corneredartist
2008-09-01 01:28 am UTC (link)

Yeah, she meant what he thought she did. You can handle this Michael. Michael took off after her and headed for the swings. He grabbed one of the chains and laughed as she barely beat him by a mere second. "Alright, you won, but barely," he grinned.

He picked a swing and stood up on the seat. Michael smiled down at her as he slowly got the swing to start moving. "So tell me, Orla Quirke, what did you want to be when you were little? Before all this magic nonsense." It was strange, but nice how easy he found it to talk to her

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qisforquirky
2008-09-01 01:36 am UTC (link)

Orla held her arms up in victory as she won. "Yeah but I still won." She beamed as she sat down on the swing and started to pump her legs looking up at Michael as he pushed himself on the swing. As he asked the question she twisted her lips as she thought. "I wanted to be a princess by day and Batgirl by night. No seriously I wanted to be an astronaut." Orla laughed at how ridiculous that sounded now. She would never have made a goo astronaut. "Oh and I wanted to be an Olympic swimmer, but that failed when I never learnt to swim." She laughed as she looked down at her feet before looking back up at Michael again. "What did you want to be?"

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corneredartist
2008-09-01 09:20 pm UTC (link)

"An astronaut? Really? Trip to the moon and all?" Michael nodded and smiled as he tried to make himself go a bit higher. "I wanted to be a rockstar," he grinned. "You know. Play my guitar, screaming fans, though since I was only about five or six, groupies hadn't worked into that equation." Michael laughed and shook his head. "After that it was just art. I wanted to be an artist, either comics or actually hang in a museum stuff."

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qisforquirky
2008-09-01 09:34 pm UTC (link)

"Yes an astronaut with a trip to the moon and all, silly huh," Orla shrugged as she continued to swing making herself go higher and a tad faster. She wanted to go high enough to get the bumps. Orla turned her head to watch him her hair swinging back and forth with the swing cover her face when she when back and flowing behind her when she went forward. "A rock star?" Orla had to laugh at that she just couldn't help it. "Well from what I have seen you make a great artist, I don't know about your musical talent though.

you have no idea how much thought was involved to figure out her hair, and I hope I got it right.

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corneredartist
2008-09-01 09:44 pm UTC (link)

I sat here a few minutes trying to picture it. lol I think you got it right :D

"I taught myself how to play guitar. I can't read music for anything, but if I listen long enough I can pluck it out," he smiled. Michael watched her as she swung back and forth. The way she looked with her hair flying out behind her and how she smiled, he wanted to memorize it, draw it. The picture was already forming in his mind. She was really something.

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qisforquirky
2008-09-01 09:51 pm UTC (link)

"Well it is better than what I can do with guitar and that would be nothing." Orla laughed sweetly as she tilted her head and body back and just went with the swing. She loved the feeling of the swings and the rush of the air. The gliding was stopped by a bump which signified she was going rather high, so since she reached her goal she just let her legs hang and let the swing slow on its own. "What is your favourite song?"

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corneredartist
2008-09-01 10:07 pm UTC (link)

Michael got himself ready and jumped off. He hadn't been going that high so landed easily in a crouch. He turned around and sat on the ground just watching her with a smile. "Well my favorite to play is Whole Lotta Love by Zeppelin, but to just listen? Hmm...," he trailed off looking thoughtful a moment. "Probably Social Distortion's cover of Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire." He paused a moment then nodded. "Yeah. I just love the amped up guitars and the way Mike Ness just growls it out." He smiled. "So how about you?"

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qisforquirky
2008-09-01 10:15 pm UTC (link)

Orla looked at him and didn't feel nervous like she expected to with him just watching her. Orla grinned as she listened to his explanation and just nodded her head. "Oh well I don't have as great of an answer as yours but I really like I've Just Seen a Face by the Beatles. I think it is because it gets stuck in my head a lot." Orla grinned as her feet hit the ground and dragged across. She got off she swing and held out her hand, she had a bit of a devious look on her face. "Come on get on the swing. I can't leave the swings without doing the spider swing thing, ritual." She wasn't actually serious but she really wanted to do it.

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corneredartist
2008-09-01 10:57 pm UTC (link)

"Ahh a Beatles fan," he smiled and shook his head. Michael didn't dislike them completely. They had some merits, but he was definitely more of a Rolling Stones kind of guy. He took her hand and stood up using the other hand to swipe the dirt off his pants. Michael looked at her with raised brows. Was she serious? You can handle this. Just think of McGonagall in a bikini or something. "Alright then. Can't break the ritual," he said with a little smile. Michael sat down in one of the swings, made sure he was well seated before holding out his arms to her.

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qisforquirky
2008-09-01 11:05 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah I like them, my mum loved 'em." She shrugged her shoulders as she looked at him dust of his pants before sitting down on the swing. She was curious to see how this would turn out and if Michael would get all nervous and awkward? He watched as he sat down and she moved onto his lap awkwardly putting her legs through the opening in the swing. Finally when she was settled she was staring forward at him. "Thanks for not breaking my ritual." She grinned at him and couldn't help giving him a short kiss.

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