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Tweak says, "hello world"

Bridget Vreeland (b_vreeland) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-08-13 14:01:00

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bridget vreeland, sam wallace

Who: Bridget Vreeland and Sam Wallace.
When: About noonish.
Where: A cafe down the street from Bee's place of employment.
What: Talking, catching up a bit.
Warnings: None.

Bee sat down at a a table outside as she waited for Sam to arrive. Slouching down in the chair, she stretched her legs out and tugged on the bottom hem of her t-shirt. Her eyes scanned the stream of people for Sam from behind a pair of large sunglasses. She never really liked the big glasses trend, but she'd fallen in love with the pair she'd bought.

It'd been a few weeks since she'd arrived, and she'd started to finally get a little used to it. The small condo she lived in didn't seem so foreign and different to her. She'd adjusted to working the long hours her job at a department store required her to. The only thing missing was friends, but she figured that'd come soon enough. And getting to go back to her soccer camp in Baja whenever she got the chance made things a bit better too.

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_proton
2008-08-13 09:25 pm UTC (link)

She would be able to pick him out quite easily. He was the only one dressed in a long coat. It was a duster, a heavy cloth duster that he kept buttoned up. Underneath was a heavy t-shirt, more like something you’d wear in the late stages of fall, not the heat of summer. He kept his head down and moved easily through the people on the sidewalk. He seemed to spot her just as easily, and instead of going in the front door, simply hopped the little fence, approached her table, and spun the chair, plopping down into it and resting his arms atop the back. “Y’know,” he told her, and wagged a finger at her playfully, “I almost didn’t recognize you with the smile on your face.” He grinned and let his hand fall to the table, his fingers idly wrapping a beat that sounded halfway like the Super Mario Bros. theme. “Think I like this one better.”

He wasn’t sure how he was going to handle the fact that he couldn’t eat or drink anything, but he’d deal with it. If vampires could get around that fact, he could too. Although he didn't want her to think he was a vampire. That could lead to a very unfortunate misunderstanding.

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b_vreeland
2008-08-14 06:58 am UTC (link)

He caught her eye as approached the cafe. She laughed as he jumped the fence and came over towards the table. She had to wonder why he was dressed so heavily. Man, I'm in a t-shirt and jeans, and I'm like, almost dying, she thought to herself as he sat down. Head tilted to the side, she watched him curiously. Hmmm... Maybe he's just like, one of those people who lived in a hotter place for a long time.

"Really?" She pulled off her sunglasses and sat up straight, a wide grin and a small blush crossing her face. "I think I like smiling better, too, honestly." Bee leaned forwards, resting her forearms on the table top and clasping her hands in front of her. "So how are you?"

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_proton
2008-08-14 04:39 pm UTC (link)

"Really," he grinned, easily retrieving a menu with two fingers to glance over it while they talked. He didn't want to let on that he was anything other than completely normal. "The smile makes a pretty face even prettier," he added, with a playful wink. That was pretty much his plan. He was hoping the playful attitude would keep her from noticing his lack of eating or drinking anything.

"I've been good." Okay, so it was a total lie, but he told it like an expert con. "Just hanging out, y'know. How 'bout you?"

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b_vreeland
2008-08-14 06:48 pm UTC (link)

"You flatter me, Sam," Bee joked. She had to smile at his comments. His playful and happy mood seemed contagious, and she felt herself feeling a bit.. well, flirty.

"That's good to hear," she said with a nod. She glanced at the back of the menu in his hands, reading some of the items lazily. She shrugged, looking back up at him. "I'm pretty good. Things are starting to kind of come together."

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_proton
2008-08-14 07:37 pm UTC (link)

"I never flatter," he grinned, deciding on a simple burger and coke and handing the menu over to her. "I just call it like it is."

He nodded, lifting his head and letting it plop into his hands. "That's great! I'm glad you're adjusting well." He smiled and glanced around at their surroundings. It was a nice little place. Not for the first time, he wished he was normal again. He'd have enjoyed this place so much more if he could actually partake of it's services.

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	b_vreeland 2008-08-15 06:25 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah..." Bee sighed, as she fiddled with a ring on her right hand. "You know, I couldn't have done it without you, though." She knew he had something to do with putting the soccer camp there in Baja; it had to be him! And really, being able to go back to a familiar place -- even though it was empty -- was what helped her to not completely lose her sanity. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_proton 2008-08-15 09:28 am UTC (link)
	Sam reached across the table and touched her arm lightly. "Sure you could've. You're a strong woman, Bee." He gave her arm a little squeeze before pulling his hand back. "You would've done fine with or without me. I just helped things along." He smiled and crossed his arms at the elbows, leaning against the table. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	b_vreeland 2008-08-15 04:56 pm UTC (link)
	She smiled and tipped her head to the side. "Well, that little push was all I needed. That," she added, "and how you brought back my camp. I know it was you, Sam, it had to have been!" She reached out and touched his hand with hers. "Being able to touch base with something from my old life is definitely helping me along." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_proton
2008-08-19 11:38 am UTC (link)

He smiled a little at that. "Well, I'm glad it helps." He took her hand for a second, an intense look drifting across his eyes for a brief moment. "Everyone should have a little piece of somewhere special to hold on to. It can keep you sane in a world full of madness." The look passed, and he released her hand, chuckling a little. "Y'know, kinda like this entire universe. I'm half waiting for those green guys from Dragon Ball Z to show up." If that happened, he would laugh for eternity.

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	b_vreeland 2008-08-19 02:19 pm UTC (link)
	Bee noticed the look in his eyes, which made her wonder even more about him. She had so many questions about his past, but she didn't want to be pushy and lose the only friend she had here. She chose not to mention anything and laughed instead. "That would be pretty insane. Or like, if the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles showed up downtown." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_proton
2008-08-20 01:48 pm UTC (link)

Sam chuckled at that. "Well, we've got one Saturday morning cartoon represented." He gestured at himself, grinning. "We'll probably get one eventually." He wondered idly if there was an abandoned subway station in the city like there was in the second movie. As a kid, he'd always thought that had been the coolest hideout ever. "Although I don't know if we'd know it if we saw one. I think - and I could be wrong, this is just sort of a theory I had - that people that look obviously nonhuman end up looking more or less normal when they come here."

He supposed his reactor didn't count, since he still had a human shape. Universal semantics apparently sucked about as much as normal semantics did.

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	b_vreeland 2008-08-20 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	She laughed again and nodded. "Yeah, I guess you're right there." She slid forward on her seat a bit. "Really? So like, let's say..." Bee thought for a moment. "Let's say that Donatello shows up. He wouldn't be a turtle, he would look like, say, Brad Pitt?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_proton
2008-08-20 09:07 pm UTC (link)

He snorted and quirked one eyebrow. "Am I sensing a crush, Bee?" He chuckled and drummed his hands on the table. It was pretty clearly the TMNT theme song from the old cartoon. "I mean really, making him Brad Pitt? Could've been a little less obvious there," he added playfully. "But yeah, he could look like that. Or he could look like some other guy." Sam shrugged a little at that.

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	b_vreeland 2008-08-21 06:27 am UTC (link)
	"Noooo!" Bee said quickly, eyes getting a bit wide. "It was just an example!" She smiled and shook her head. "That's sweet, though. I think it'd be cool to see all the characters of my favorite TV cartoons.. from my childhood, that is," she added last second, in case it soundedlike she still watched them. Which she did, but he didn't need to know that, did he? (Reply to this) (Parent)