Erin turned to glance at the american as he approached. "Hello, Steve." She said, nodding in greeting. Her scowl wass still in place, although that could mostly be due to the increasingly loud wispers whe could hear from behind her. "We seem to have picked up a bloody audience." She said, jerking her head to indicate the caffeteria at large.
She turned back to Nika. "There's probably a few tables out in the courtyard." She suggested.
"You're own fault, talking to a bloody janitor," Keith said walking up to the group, "Bloody hell. I assumed you were supposed to keep it under wraps or something. 'Sides if you weren't constantly glaring around and looking for people looking at you, you wouldn't get half the attention you do. It's just suspicious."
He shrugged, "Either way, I suppose I can cover you."
edited 30th May '11 7:14:55 PM by Fauxlosophe
"I do not think covering is needed, Keith, but thank you anyway!" Nika beamed at him for a moment, then tugged on her fellow Children's arm. "Come on, Erin, let's go!"
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.Erin grit her teeth at Keith's words, covering up her embarrasment with her usual annoyed demeanor. Goddamn it, he... he's got a point... "You don't have to do that." She said eventually. If she hadn't been hodingher tray she'd have crosed her arms.
She nodded at Nika and followed the other pilot. After a few steps, a nagging thought made her tsop and turn around. "... thanks for the offer, though." She told keith begridgingly, before turning on her heel and going ater Nika again.
Steve sighed as he heard Keith, eying the other students as they listened in/ eyed back. "Ehh... Yeah, I'll be busy for work. Do me a favor and get me something though, alright? Seeing the food in the trash kinda turns you against it..." He winced slightly as he began to move away, keeping his eyes on some of the other students, and decided that he was a soldier, damnit.
It was time to re-enact an old movie he saw. He brought in his chest, straightened his back, looped his hands behind his back, and very slowly with exagerrated steps began walking over towards the small group of kids. And nearly tripped over the trash can he was supposed to take out. Hunchind his shoulders and sighing at such a wonderful portrayal of the armed forces, he gathered the trash and began taking it out of the cafeteria.
Like a good soldier janitor.
Pokedy Poke-pokeA short while later, the two pilots sat eating lunch at a bench in the school courtyard, partially-shaded by a nearby tree. "How has your day been, Erin?" Nika asked earnestly, nomming on his sandwich. She was rather anxious, though she was trying not to let it show.
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.Erin sat with her lunch tray ballanced on her knees, eating her pasta bake without much entheusiasm. "My day, huh?" She took a contemplative sip from a box of juice. "Apart from the gawk brigade this morning, things have been... well, pretty normal." She said. She frowned a little. And the nightmares, but... something tells me they're going to be a regular thing now... She shook her head, pushing that line of thought away. "Its hard to believe that this time yesterday we were, well..."
She turned to look at Nika. "What about you, Nika? How're you settling in?" She asked sternly. The russian school system is probably different from ours. No-one had better be picking on her...
"Oh!" he started, blinking, "I have been well, I think. I have not been talking to anyone, really. Just sitting in a little corner of my own, hehe." She looked down for a moment, not sure how exactly to bring up the topic she wanted to get at. "You talked with Jade this morning, yes? How was she?"
edited 11th Jun '11 9:42:18 PM by darksidevoid
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.Thats no good... Erin frowned. She should be making friends outside, well, us UNACO kids...
She was about to say so when Nika asked her a question. "Jade? Yeah, we talked." Erin thought back to that morning. "She seemed OK - pretty tired, but I think that goes with her job." She answered, wondering what was up. Nika looke dlike she had something on her chest.
"Was she telling anything- Had she-," the Russian pilot paused, taking a breath, "Did she say anything about casualties?" Immediately, he regretted his words, averting his eyes back down to the table
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.For Nika, the rest of the school day had been boring and uneventful. And, though she would never admit it, she had also been feeling depressed after her lunchtime conversation with Erin had faded into an awkward silence. He would have liked to speak to Jade about the unfortunate death toll, but knowing Gangut, there would probably be important business to take care of back in their apartment. So, opening her apartment door, she stuck her head in with a cheerful, "I'm home!"
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.Erin had finished her meal in silence, giving her fellow pilot a quite goodbye as the bell rang to signal the end of lunch. She spent the rest of the day apparently taking Keith's advice, sitting in silence with a stormy, brooding expression as she largely ignored the rest of the class.
Back home again, Erin pushed the appartment door open and stepped inside, dumping her bag and shoes in a heap by the sofa.
"We're back." She said loudly, not sure if Jade would be home from work. The british girl flopped down on the sofa, resting her head on one arm. Great... another afternoon feeling like shit... welcome to life as a Eva pilot, sign up now!
"Hello," Jade replied with a smile, "I managed to pull some strings and I've gotten the Evas put aside for some training tomorrow"
The little otter clapped.
"Also there'll be a new pilot. I don't really know any more than that but I hope she'll be easy to get along with."
edited 18th Jun '11 10:07:30 PM by Fauxlosophe
Erin nodded at Jade's announcement, actually looking somewhat relieved at the prospect of training time in the Eva. If I train hard, maybe next time... the angel won't get as far.
"Thanks, Jade." She replied, looking a bit less stormy. "If I'm going to pilot that thing, I want to be able to pilot it well..." She gave the otter a sidelong glance You don't have any right to look that cute.
She raised one eyebrow at the mention of a new pilot. "Huh. Well, I guess thats good too." She said, jumping to her feet and heading for the kitchen. I need some tea... "Wait..." She poked her head out again. "She's not living here, is she?"
edited 21st Jun '11 9:31:10 PM by Gaunt88
"Well, thats something, I guess." Erin said, rummaging around for teabags and sugar. "If we had to make space for another person I think I'd probably snap."
A few moments later the pilot emerged again, gripping a steaming mug like a lifeline. "If we keep having takeout we won't fit in our entry plugs..." She replied drly, glancing back at the kitchen. We realy need to stock up...
Steve was inside his appartment, listening to the earful he was getting over the phone as he otherwise stood there and took it. "Yes ma... No Ma... I understand Ma... But... No, listen... But... It was an an... It was an... an angel, Ma..." He continued trying to plead through the lines, only to find everything shouted down and out of his range before he could figure anything out. It really was irritating, but he was used to it on a smaller scale. It's just...
"Ma, listen. Listen. LI-STEN. It was an angel. An A-N-G-E-L. The U.S. doesn't have the tech to deal with them. They try, god knows, But the world is turning upside-down... Look, I know what I did... Yes, yes, I killed other American soldiers, it was kill them or kill my own... The ones in my squad ARE my own, Ma... You know what, I'm done. I'm done... I'm done. Goodbye." He finished as he hung up the phone, and otherwise collapsed into the chair. It gave a soft creaking sound as he began rocking back and forth inside of it, but otherwise he just closed his eyes. The mess was beginning to spill.
Pokedy Poke-poke

"Sure!" The Russian pilot nodded happily at his friend's suggestion, then blinked in surprise as he noticed Steve. "Hi Steve!" She grinned. "Erin and I are going to be finding another place to eat, I think. I would be inviting you too, but you probably have work to be doing, yes?"
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.