One Knitted Sweater

[grimmdark]

A. Phone. Early Morning. Unfiltered.

[It's not that Rose is an early bird. She's a rather regular bird, if the metaphor lends itself for such uses, but she wasn't supposed to be sleeping. Dave was supposed to be sleeping and waking up later, as per the effect she expected to cause after that yarn ball throw. Still, she was the one waking up in a place that was most definitely not Derse, unless they had suddenly populated the place with a completely outdated series of identical suburban houses.]

I seem to find myself in quite the predicament. On one hand, I have the imperative necessity to return to my duties, as they played a rather critical role yet to be defined. In the other hand, though, I am called by the Great Outdoors, as this new locale pleads to be explored.

But before I devote myself to that enterprise I would like to ask for further instructions regarding the nature of this place.

[For the record, Rose sounds as if someone had done something of the magnitude of using all the sugar in the kitchen, not displacing her through time and space. She's really playing it cool here.]

B. Streets of Mayfield, Afternoon.

[And so Rose traverses the streets, sometimes silent, sometimes barely humming a tune, but always keeping an eye on everything. She doesn't even bother with the drones, leave alone the adult ones, but rather focus on those that have a certain shine in their eyes the canon fodder lacks. To them she gives more examination time, although she won't really engage in a conversation by her own initiative. Not until she has managed to get the upper hand in this place. Or in its default, to have lost her patience, whatever happens first.

But yeah she's wandering around, go bother her.]

C. Mayfield High. Fashionably Late.

[Like the coolest teenager, Rose arrives late to school...and goes directly to the yard, where she sits somewhere calm and with shade. The day has been too exciting -or rather, mildly exciting- to enter the classrooms; she'll have time to do that later. But it's a good time to have a chat with her fellow classmates, perhaps?]

Comments

Phone

[princeofjunes]

You're... taking this really well. You sure you're alright?

Phone

[grimmdark]

An understandable reaction, I suppose.

Would it make more sense to you that I flail and shriek in the face of the unknown? Because I truly don't know of other way to proceed.

B

[chastesaw]

*Rose isn't the only one wandering through the streets of Mayfield in exploration, either. There's another girl doing the same, though she seems to be looking at practically everything in either surprise, befuddlement or wonder (or some combination thereof), since it's all a bit unfamiliar.

But that's nothing compared to the look of disbelief that a certain blonde human girl gets when she catches Kanaya's eye.

Since while Kanaya looks just like a tall and willowy girl with dark hair, Rose looks exactly like she is supposed to. And Kanaya has no idea what to think about that.

Sorry, Rose. She's staring.*

[grimmdark]

[Well, considering Rose didn't have anything to look back like, she's lucky enough to be stuck with her own looks.

Truth to be told, though, she hadn't been stared up as much as she is up until now. That black haired girl is shamelessly poking her at the distance.]

You seem to have spotted someone you were not expecting to. Are we acquainted?

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[cueballer.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're asking for help. I can be of assistance, Seer.

phone;

[grimmdark]

[He said what?]

That is a very bold way to make introduce yourself...Scratch? The surprises just keep pilling up. If this is your doing, then I am forced to let you know such boldness has only been detrimental to our agreement, unless you had a so called change of heart. Then I wonder if your Daddy Complex is finally wearing off.

[Also hi Doc.]

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[notlikethemovie.livejournal.com]

[Someone sounds particularly bleary-eyed when she groggily answers the phone. There's a low canine grumble as Mika tries to wake up enough to answer.]

Sure, fire away. I was planning on waking up soon anyway.

[grimmdark]

Could I have been the one to somehow manage to wake you up? If that's the case, I apologize. I'm sure I can collect the required information from other sources, if you feel like returning to your early morning slumber.

[She's being totally polite and stuff! But it's certainly amusing to hear Mika and that strange canine sound.]

C

[pants-yourmove.livejournal.com]

[[He's going to stop by the yard between classes. Skipping study hall, planning to scribble in his little note pad.

Noticing someone else sitting out. He offers a friendly smile and wave, hoping it's not a drone girl ready to report him.]]

Hello, nice day and... uh... stuff like that.

[grimmdark]

[Rose looks up, a thin smile on her lips.]

Well the day has been nice so far, although it seems that this is more of a preset weather forecast of perpetual conditions, so every day, weather-wise, would be a nice day.

[But that's not what he was talking about.]

But today, perhaps despite the ideal weather, has been rather nice, too. I know nothing of that stuff like that you speak of though, but surely it would only work to compliment the current levels of niceness.

I'm Rose by the way.

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[erectorset.livejournal.com]

You know, I agree about that great outdoors part, you might want try getting out of the house more often. Or maybe reading something that isn't the dictionary.

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[grimmdark]

Believe me when I say that as of late I haven't really managed to stay inside of my house. And if you think about it, this isn't my house.

Was that your weak attempt at sarcasm? Sad as it is, you might have even scored lower than a friend of mine who usually puts me through his clever antics. Maybe that's why I'm not pinged by this.

Phone

[bridesearching.livejournal.com]

Huh? Does that mean you want to know what to do outside??

Phone

[grimmdark]

Among other things, yes, but I think that's not a current priority. I would know to know about this place though.

C

[cullscuttlefish]

[As luck would have it, the only seat Feferi could find in the cafeteria? Right across from Rose.]

Hi! Would you like some company?

[grimmdark]

[Rose looks up and nope, she doesn't know who this is. But she seems nice enough to ask before sitting, so...]

Sure. Unless you are one of the denominated drones, then I would need to ask you go with your communism propaganda somewhere else.

[wizardoftheweek.livejournal.com]

How can it be a critical role if it is not defined?

[grimmdark]

[A sigh.]

Sometimes I would like to know that myself.

c

[foretastes.livejournal.com]

[Terezi is perched in the tree above her. after a moment she swings down, hanging onto a branch with her legs. she dangles upside down in Rose's face.

along with this bizarre greeting, she does not say 'hi' or even 'I'm upside-down!'.

she says:]

Lavender!

[as if this is supposed to make sense to Rose.

Terezi is, by the way, in her troll body again.]

[grimmdark]

[Oh it makes perfect sense to Rose.

Her world just turned red and someone said "Lavender!" right to her face. Makes perfect sense.

Eyes a little wide, Rose inches back from Terezi, and that's when she see recognizes the traits described to her. The skin. The Horns. The...eyes?]

If you are to troll somebody, you should at least have the decency of remembering their names.

[...no, not really.]

A. >3>

[ironicjournal.livejournal.com]

[ He can totally do advice like a day after turning up. ]

Embrace your new best friend the picket fence, be bored shitless. Rinse and repeat.

>3> indeed

[grimmdark]

I prefer to find my way beyond the impassiveness of that fence stance. It serves me no purpose, considering a sickly little cat with a missing leg could hop over it with more than enough ease.

There should be at least something to see that's not made to look utterly dull, I bet.

phone

[unexculpable]

[Ed's a little put off by how calm she is.]

What d'you want to know?

phone

[grimmdark]

What happens when you die?

[Never ever expect such a direct question, Ed.]

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[hotfrombehind.livejournal.com]

Jesus fucking Christ, you got quite a mouth on you. You decide to read through a thesaurus - or maybe a dictionary, whatever - one night when you couldn't sleep?

phone;

[grimmdark]

I feel slightly prickled at even the idea of considering that one's vocabulary can be exponentially enriched just by reading a massive text book overnight.

Can I be truly blamed for my wordiness, though?

C

[miraculls.livejournal.com]

[As it so happens, Gamzee's also sought out a calm area with shade, although for a rather different reason. Hope you don't mind being interrupted from your thoughts by a loud, honking snore from the clown boy asleep nearby.]

[grimmdark]

[Well that's...new.]

Honk...?

Can you roll over? I really didn't come here to prove the acoustics.

C

[echidna]

[ Jade managed to miss Rose's phonecall this morning, so seeing her just chillin like it ain't no thang comes as a quite a surprise-- which explains the particularly loud gasp Jade is currently...gasping. ]

Rose!

[grimmdark]

[Now that's a familiar face. Rose stands slowly and heads towards her friend.]

Jade. I was wondering where were you.

[Funny how Rose found out before her huh? Happens when a creepy Guardian tells you stuff.]