Cafeteria - Go Sit In The Corner

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 3:31 pm

Theresa set her tray on a table in the corner, sliding into a chair with her back to a wall. She opened a paperback book and started reading, munching on her meal with her free hand.

((Open))

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:22 pm

Brigid makes her way in and loads up her tray. She's a growing girl, after all.

She stops in her tracks when she spots Theresa. After a deep breath, she gives a nervous wave.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:26 pm

Theresa catches the wave and her body posture reflects the desire to bolt for just a moment. She covers it up pretty quickly and nods to Brigid, but doesn't look her in the eye.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:31 pm

Brigid makes her way over, trying not to seem confrontational.

"Hey. Things are still... weird, aren't they?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:35 pm

"What gave you that impression?" There was maybe a little bit of acid in her tone. Theresa's body language might give the impression of a wolf trespassing in another's territory.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:36 pm

"Murphy and I have been talking. We're... trying to fix it."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:37 pm

"That's nice for you," Theresa said, looking somewhere slightly to the left of Brigid's face.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:38 pm

"Look, I'm... I'm sorry, Theresa. Things got really out of hand."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:42 pm

"Well, we've certainly learned that learned that words don't necessarily fix things, haven't we?"

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:44 pm

"I know," she sighs. "I want to make it up to you. Working with Murphy is part of that."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:48 pm

"There's nothing to make up," Theresa said. "Shit happened, it cascaded into more shit and it all propagated from a mistake I made. I learned my lesson."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:50 pm

"Well this... hurts from both ends, I think."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:53 pm

"Well, I can cauterize the wound for you a bit," Theresa said. "I'm not your concern anymore. I won't be that sore spot in your pack."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 5:56 pm

"I just... want to be your friend again."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:01 pm

That seemed to sting Theresa a bit. "I don't know if the wolves will cooperate. Mine's certainly been a bitch since all this started."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:04 pm

"That night I just... felt backed against a wall. By everyone. And I didn't know how to back down."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:06 pm

"And I don't know that you'd ever really know how. I'm not looking to change you, Brigid." Her wolf was trying really hard to be civil and seemed to be on the edge of panic.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:07 pm

"So maybe we find something that... they don't enter into."

"When do you think you'll be back online?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:17 pm

"Still waiting on a ship date for my new laptop," Theresa said. "I'm kind of SOL there. Expedited shipping was just a bridge to far to ask my parents."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:18 pm

"Well... let me know, okay? Maybe something less... physical... is better."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:23 pm

"You're serious?" She looked at Brigid incredulously.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:24 pm

"It's better than 'This is my friend Theresa who I can't talk to without freaking her out,' isn't it?"

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:27 pm

"I'm not sure that's going to change," Theresa cautioned.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:29 pm

"We wouldn't have to deal with eye contact."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:33 pm

"We're not dealing with it now," Theresa pointed out, turning her eyes back to her meal.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 6:41 pm

"You can still hear me and... smell me."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:02 pm

Theresa nods and seems to be wrestling with herself, "You... you can sit down if you want."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:04 pm

"...only if you're okay with it," she says cautiously.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:11 pm

"Would you just sit? You deferring to me is sending so many mixed signals right now, it's a wonder I'm not having power issues."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:13 pm

She shakes her head, sitting down.

"Would you rather I bossed you around?"

It doesn't seem to be a serious suggestion.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:17 pm

"No. Maybe. I... shit." She sighed, covering it up by drinking some water from a glass on her tray.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:19 pm

"Wait, seriously?" She asks as she unwraps a burger.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:22 pm

It sounded like she was muttering "not my pack" a couple of times before she set the glass back down. "Mixed signals," she responded to Brigid.

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:29 pm

"I mean, I wasn't... being serious about that."

"I just thought I was being as nice as I could, considering I was a total bitch when we last talked."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:34 pm

"I can't quite explain it," Theresa said. "It's... wolf shit."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:39 pm

"I won't lie and say it didn't feel... better... when all those challenges were over. I just can't get the human shit and the wolf shit to match up to the point that I can still have friends."

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:45 pm

"It felt like shit to... lose I guess? Turned my world upside down," Theresa said. "Murphy's the only reason I'm still here."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:47 pm

"...damn," she sighs, deciding to fill her mouth before she makes things worse.

by **Theresa McMasters** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:53 pm

"I let shit get as much out of hand as you did, so I'm not blameless in this."

by **Brigid Plunder** » Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:02 pm

"Yeah, but... if I'm really..."

She sighs.

"It seems like I'm the one who needs to fix this shit."

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