summer blues - open

[Catori Louise]

She'd been on the phone with her parents for about an hour when the question finally came up. "So, uh, when am I coming home...?" Catori asked her mom and dad eagerly, looking at her packed up dorm room. She was ready to see her family again; it had been a long time since they last time she had.

The silence stretched out for minutes. "Well, honey..." That was her mom, trailing off nervously. Catori could see, in her mind's eye, her mom turning to her dad and gesturing vaguely at the phone. She had a sneaking suspicion that that was what was going on in the seconds that followed until her dad spoke, voice sharp and abrupt. "You're not."

Shocked and upset, Catori had pretty much stayed silent in the moments that followed. "It's just that you're bad publicity, honey. You always end up wiping your makeup off, and then our customers start asking questions about your Mark. It's not anything bad, but we're just starting to get famous. I'm sorry honey, but we just can't risk it. You know how other people are about vampyres. Maybe next year, okay?" Her father had apologized too, they both had apologized. But Catori had just hung up the phone in the middle of the conversation and ignored it when it rang again and again.

That had been at the beginning of the summer. Some time had passed since then, of course, and Catori was over it. It wasn't a big deal. She figured she'd have more time at The House of Night than working all summer. Though having some fun with a cute human boy or two would've been nice. She and her parents were back on speaking terms, but Catori couldn't really call them whenever she got bored. And trust me, Catori was completely and utterly bored. She'd noticed within the first week that a large chunk of the school left for the summer (other than the weirdos, it seemed), leaving Catori flailing.

There was no one to talk to around here and Catori was starting to go a little bit crazy. Texting and calling all of her friends didn't quite make up for the complete and utter silence in the area, and it was really starting to bug her. So, on a whim, Catori left her dorm room (which always had music playing now) and headed for the Rec Hall. Hey, if there were still people around in the summer, they'd head for the Rec Hall, right?

It made sense to Catori. So she pulled on some jeans and a tank top and headed out into the night/day. The stars were dull and distant, almost completely overpowered by the city lights, but Catori spared them little thought. She wasn't one for stargazing. Instead, Catori made a beeline for the Rec Hall, tuning out the noises of the night. They were boring, unlike the vampyres that she would hopefully run into at the Rec Hall.

The thought had cheered Catori up significantly, and she was practically skipping when she wandered into the Rec Hall and headed over to the work out area. She examined the equipment absently, one hand on her hip as she looked over everything. Should she work out? Well, she was wearing jeans. And she'd just look dumb... But she was pretty bored.

[Caledon Tesirah]

]the movie had cause him to fall asleep. for some reason he had chosen a movie rather pale in comparison to his usual bruce lee flicks, the lack of action must have allowed his brain to falter and therefore, sleep. it wasn't that falling asleep was unusual for the fledging, simply that sleeping during movies was rather odd. cale did, after all, love watching the actors flit across the screen. though nothing compared to the advancement of bruce lee's high kicks and stunning motions, perhaps that had bored the teen into unconsciousness.

he awoke sometime later, the movie's beginning sequence of the main menu playing over and over again while his rather sensitive ears were trying to pick up no sound at all. he groaned with the pains of his aching limbs, stretching to release them from the prolonged fetal position. his muscles tweaked and stretched, beginning to cramp slightly until he allowed for relaxation. when he stood, there was a sudden rush of vertigo, gravity trying desperately to force him to ground level. but having none of it the golden marked boy stood tall, scratching his head and then staring at the wall for a moment.

he shuddered, the sudden need for movement driving him from the dorm room and into the hall where he began a nice stroll around the CHON building. it was at times like these that cale remembered his two doting fathers, the men who had groomed him for much of his life. when was the last time he had seen them? or received one of those random calls in the middle of his mid-day sleep? a slight smile rose to his lips during the thought, perhaps he would have to interrupt their sleep one of these nights.

during his thoughts of his family, well, his fathers, the fledgling had managed to lose complete track of where he had been traveling, instead stumbling upon the recreation room. while he was often a lazy brute and fancied movies more than the application of moving his body too much, cale had an abundance of energy to spare towards just about any activity. and perhaps that was why he had ended up here.

looking around, the male noticed a person in the work out area. walking towards the mechanisms, he looked to see who it was. female.... face.... eh, he didn't know her. and even if he did there was no telling, cale had an unhealthy memory, faces and names were things that his brain refused to keep in custody. he waved to her anyway, trying to seem friendly, which was no hard task, and then turned back around to view the other extracurricular options. a tub of various items seemed to hold promise, and that was where he began the search. "hmm, basketball, soccer, football, random ball here...." he poked at the small round thing in the tub. what was that anyway, he shrugged.

STATUS # fini-shed
FEATURING # the lion
WORD COUNT # idfk
NOTES # geh, not amazing..
CREDIT # IRONICALLIZE_IT @ CAUTION 2.0

[Catori Louise]

Catori was pretty disappointed by the emptiness of this place. Sure, she knew lots of people left, but everyone? Really? Everyone came to the Rec Hall when they were bored and it was completely empty. Catori was irritated, to say the least. Someone had to show up and entertain her, Catori thought irritably.

And almost the second that she thought that, the door swung open. Catori perked up immediately, grinning to herself as she took a moment to tug absently on her shirt, more out of habit than for any other reason and turned to glance towards the entrance. To be quite honest, she would have been happy with the weirdest red vampyre that they could have procured in that moment. But instead, it was a guy. He looked to be about her age as well, Catori thought absently. And of course, Catori knew what that meant. Her brain was going into overdrive, processing what it was going to say as she waved back.

It had been long enough that nothing cute came up immediately, so Catori shrugged and just wandered over. Hey, she'd come up with something on the go. She was generally pretty good at that. And Catori was lonely enough that she just shrugged the thought off and waltzed right up to him. Shyness? Please. There was nothing shy about her. "What are you looking for?" Catori asked curiously, leaning over the container of balls. Hrm. Nothing seemed interesting; maybe she could convince him to leave it alone in favor of entertaining her.

Of course to do that, she'd have to actually get in the game. And Catori wasn't doing very well at the whole flirting thing at the moment. She was off her game today. The thought made her snort softly and shake her head slightly. Hrm. Time to get moving. It looked like they were pretty much alone, which meant Catori could cause a lot of trouble if she wanted to. And she certainly did. She was going to make up for having spent so long completely and utterly bored if it was the last thing she did, and Catori doubted that it was going to be the last thing she'd do. Well, hopefully not anyways.

Anyways. Time to get moving. "Oh, crap! I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Catori, and who are you?" Catori asked perkily, glancing at the guy. Hmm. This could be fun. Actually, it almost certainly would be fun. The only thing that could make this better would be if more people showed up, though Catori wasn't keeping her fingers crossed, considering how long it had taken even one other person to show up in the Rec Hall.

[Caledon Tesirah]

so how often did he really play sports? who could know the answer, with an athleticly large build, the blond could have been thought to play many sports year round. but that figure was probably only due to the nature of his kind and the activeness he had to endure as one the of the few were-lions at the CHON. he was strength, just as leopards were stealth, and tigers speed. but then again, perhaps the the lessons had begun to take a toll on his laziness, he could no longer pinch a thick roll of skin unless he was laying down or scrunched up. he frowned, weird thoughts.

he wasn't paying much attention when the girl came over, the sound of her voice reminding him that he needed to stay on his toes even within the House of Night. not everyone was safe companionship. "something to do, play around with," he said it in a way that was slightly muffed. had he really said play? he had meant something more along the lines of working his body and sweating out the extra energy. oh well, maybe she would get what he had said anyway. cale poked at another ball, cringing when the fabric was easily pushed back... flat. the stupid ball was flat.

he sighed easily, grasping the basketball since it seemed to be his only logical choice. faking out the wind and air would be no easy task, it would make him move. he stood up just as the girl introduced herself, looking slightly flustered, overly happy. the perkiness of her voice calmed his irritation, bringing the easy, lazy smile to his lips. "don't worry about it. even if i had been introduced to you before..." he shrugged, "i probably wouldn't have remembered your face. no big deal. my memory sucks." catori, eh, the name didn't sound the least bit familiar, even though he tried squeezing his brain for something more than a duuuuhh. had anyone asked, the were-lion would have admitted he found the name oddly inspiring, it sounded greek. greeks had always been especially interesting to the mutant cat even though history had never been a favorite subject.

he extended a hand towards her, cradling the ball between his hip and arm, "cale." he responded to her, palm wide to greet her, "nice to meet you..." he let the sentence hang for a moment, sure that if she remembered him suddenly he would need to add an 'again' onto the end of the words. perhaps he needed to start writing down who he met and taking their picture. it would certainly help with his lack of face - to - face familiarity.

STATUS # fini-shed
FEATURING # the lion
WORD COUNT # idfk
NOTES # ....
CREDIT # IRONICALLIZE_IT @ CAUTION 2.0