Sept 22: Whittling the Time Away

by **Graham Jaeger** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:16 pm

Graham sat with his back to a tree, carefully carving up a piece of wood with a sharpened rock.

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:18 pm

Jennifer seems to be on her way out towards the woods when she spots Graham. "I believe they invented a thing for that. Knife or something. It's pretty new."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:23 pm

"And this country has pansy ass weapons laws that make buying one that's worth a damn a problem."

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:43 pm

"Yeah, that's why nobody drinks or smokes under 18 in this country." she nods and pulls a funky-looking cigarette from a plastic bag. "I know a guy who might get you a knife, you know."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 7:57 pm

"Yeah, sure you," he began before spying the bag's contents.

"Holy shit," he laughed, "That what I think it is?"

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:08 pm

"I swear, if you're going to narc on me..."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:24 pm

He snorted a laugh. "Maybe if you don't share," he smirked.

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:37 pm

"Are you serious?" she raises her eyebrows.

by **Graham Jaeger** » Fri Mar 27, 2015 8:45 pm

"Dude, my dad grows the stuff."

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 11:42 am

"Are you kidding me?"

by **Graham Jaeger** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 1:56 pm

"Why is it you think I'm some boy scout?"

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:52 pm

"Because you kinda are." she just says and lights the joint before tossing her backpack on the ground and sitting down with her back against a tree.

by **Graham Jaeger** » Sat Mar 28, 2015 9:00 pm

"Because I would have a ton of merit badges for all the wilderness shit?"

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:18 pm

"Yeah. Plus you get up way early to run and you're all 'Always prepared!' about stuff. You and Haley are like the two people who actually enjoy PC class."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Sun Mar 29, 2015 7:04 pm

"Okay fine," he surrendered with a small laugh, "Maybe I am."

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:17 am

"Nothing wrong with that, I guess..." she adds, mumbling awkwardly.

by **Graham Jaeger** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:56 pm

"Well... I... might hate PC too if I was a telepath. Shifter mental stuff is scary enough."

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:05 pm

"Why's that?" she asks and holds the joint out to Graham after taking a puff herself.

by **Graham Jaeger** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:32 pm

He thought as he took a puff, handing it back afterwards.

"This whole other self comes forward. It's you, but full of these animal urges... which in my case involves a lot of primal fear."

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:58 pm

She looks like she was about to say something snippy or smart-assy but instead she just goes "Hrm..."

"Like losing control over yourself."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:11 pm

"Exactly. I'm learning to accept it, which really does make it less of a fight... but it still feels like losing."

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 3:23 pm

"Doing shit you don't want to do sucks." she agrees.

by **Graham Jaeger** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:00 pm

"'Quit yer damn whinin' boy. Bein' a man means doin' what you have to, not what you want to,'" he quoted mockingly in a gruff voice.

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:27 pm

"Your dad?" she takes a not-so-wild guess.

by **Graham Jaeger** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:41 pm

"Got it in one."

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:00 pm

"Lame-o."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:19 pm

"He was a good dad... once..." he said with a sigh.

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:36 pm

"Whaddaya mean once?"

by **Graham Jaeger** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:36 am

"Before my mom died and he ran away from the world."

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 11:22 am

"Eesh, that's rough, man."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:01 pm

He shrugged it off, though a telepath like Jenn could easily see it as an act.

"I barely remember it anyway."

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:24 pm

"What happened?" she asks after a bit of awkward silence.

by **Graham Jaeger** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:49 pm

"Cancer."

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 5:26 pm

"Fuck."

"I'm sorry."

by **Graham Jaeger** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:55 pm

"Thanks."

He was silent for a long moment.

"Can we... talk about something else?"

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 7:38 pm

"God, yes. Please." she says out of the sheer awkwardness of the topic before she has a chance to realize how it might sound.

by **Graham Jaeger** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 8:12 pm

"So..." he said, awkwardly searching for a topic.

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:42 pm

"Hey, you see that YouTube video of the guy with the illusion power punking people in LA?"

by **Graham Jaeger** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 9:19 am

"Yeah," he grinned, "It's hilarious."

by **Jennifer Newgate** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 10:17 am

"I heard he got arrested for... something. Disturbing the peace or some shit, but mostly for being a mutant, really. And when the cop car pulled into the station, boom, he disappears. They grabbed one of his illusions." she laughs.

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