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Raziya Sparrow

"Hope is so much more than false confidence..."

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a character in “The Dirt”, originally authored by Ruth Soul <3, as played by RolePlayGateway

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Raz, Razzie, Iya, Aziya, Az,
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The Hope

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Chloe Kagamigawa

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ImageImageImage As you probably know, Raziya's power is based around hope. In fact, just being around her instills some sense of... well, hope. And not only can she cause those around her to feel rather confident, she can 'enchant' items with hopeful qualities. She never necessarily means to, but if the thoughts she has as she gives away the item are happy ones, the item has a high chance of being enchanted. So, whenever someone were to gaze at said item, it would give them a sense of promise. It works on basically everyone except Raziya. Even though Raziya can instill hope in everyone else, she cannot give herself confidence.

But, she can do more than just grant hope. When you're confident, when you're hopeful, you tend to be more powerful. In Raziya's case, when she grants a certain person hope, they will be both physically and mentally stronger. Their punches will do much more damage, they'll have faster reflexes, their speed will be increased, and so will their resistance to attacks. But in order to "buff" someone else up, Raziya will lose half of what she gives. Her reflexes will be a bit slower, she won't be as fast, and her kicks won't do as much, and she'll be more vulnerable, though her thought process will stay the same. This 'buff' will last as long as she wants it to, but it can only be given to one person at a time.

If someone were to be injured, she could also... "steal" the wound, by transferring it from the victim to herself. In other words, the originally injured would be completely healed, but instead Raziya would be wounded. She can either take it in one instant, or she can take it over time. If she takes the injury over time, she'll take the exact amount of damage the victim originally did, while keeping all of her energy. Only, it will be more painful in a sense, for it'll keep getting worse and worse until she fully absorbs the wound. But if she takes all the damage from the victim in an instant, she will take additional damage and a fair amount of energy will be drained. But, the person she took the injury from will be instantly and completely healed. And to absorb an injury, she must come in contact with the targeted person. It has to be direct contract--- skin to skin. It can't be clothing or it won't work, and if she's taking it over time, then they have to stay in contact. It cannot be done from afar. In other words, if Raziya cannot reach/come in contact with the victim, she can't take the wound.

And of course, she has more than just the power to heal. She also has some offensive moves. Her main arm is a bow, she can summon at any time. This bow of hers cannot be broken, but if she drops it and it's at least within fifty feet of her, she can't just re-summon it. But if it is, she can summon it whenever she wishes, and she can also de-summon her bow when she's done using it. It'll be nothing but dust until she decides to summon it again.

She also has a special move related to her bow. She can only muster up enough energy to use it once every few hours; the move takes a lot out of her, though some would agree it's worth it. She can launch an enchanted arrow that's nearly impossible to dodge. The light it glows with is blinding, and while she's charging the arrow, all of her allies are immune to any kind of damage. Not only that, but everyone gets a boost not only to their confidence, but their abilities as a whole. It's like the 'buff' she can give one person at a time, though instead it's only for a minute or two, and it affects the whole party (yet again, despite her). The enchanted arrow itself hurts like a ***** and whoever it hits, it takes away hope. It decreases their confidence, their strength, their speed, and how fast they process things. But when she uses this move, as mentioned before, it takes a hell lot of energy out of her.

And she has one more offensive trick up her sleeve. It doesn't have anything to do with magical powers, but surprisingly, she packs quite the punch. About two or three years ago she started to take grappling classes, and she's gotten quite good. In fact, she's one of the best in her class... and yet, over the years, she's still managed to remain clumsy. (People suspect half of the reason she's so good at it is because of her temper. It's a way for her to get her anger out on people...)



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Raziya is an overall beautiful girl. With blonde hair that cascades down to her chest level, along with twinkling green eyes and a warm smile, she's always been a welcoming person. Her skin is lightly colored, but not to the point that it's pale, and it goes well with her soft, blonde hair-- which she usually keeps in pigtails, pushed to the front. The pigtails are always held together by large, colorful bows. The color of the bow really just depends on the outfit she's wearing. Speaking of outfits, Raziya enjoys wearing a number of outfits, whether it be a fancy dress or what someone would wear just on a casual trip to the supermarket.




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Raziya is a combination of many things. At first glance, she may seem a little quiet, perhaps shy and even oblivious. But in reality, she is none of those things. Actually, Raziya has quite a temper; though very few people know. And she may have a attitude, but over the years, she's learned how to control it. Even though she may get mad often, she does her best to hide it, whether the solution be excusing herself and punching a wall or simply holding it in, she manages.

But despite what one may refer to as a bad temper, Raziya can be quite the nice person. In fact, one of her most apparent traits is how caring she is. She thinks in a broad way; she thinks about how everyone has a life, a family, and something they care about. And to help everyone with this life of theirs, as fruitful as it may be, she tries to influence as many people as she possibly can; whether it be through helping with some kind of emotional problem or just some homework. And not only does she try to care about other people, but she's quite good at it. It's something about her; whenever she talks she just sparks something in you, she sparks a sense of... hope.

And caring about people takes some degree of selflessness as well, and selflessness is something Raziya will never lack. She wouldn't hesitate to put her life in danger for the sake of another--- especially when it comes to her friend's lives. It isn't exactly a negotiable subject, either. Not after what happened... But that's for later.

You might ask what makes a person so selfless, and that answer is loyalty. To her friends and anyone she views as close, she believes that to deserve such friends, one must stay loyal and selfless. Betrayal is never, or is it ever going to be an option. In her mind, she has no right to betray her friends, or they shouldn't be her friends at all. And yet, even if one of her friends betrayed her, she would easily forgive them. In fact, she strongly believes in second chances, though in her mind, she's already on her second chance. That's why it's so important for her to be so loyal and selfless. She doesn't want to mess up a second time; there are no third chances.

Speaking of loyalty, that also means keeping everyone upbeat. In fact, she's very charismatic when it comes to these types of things. At least, everyone thinks she is, when really all she says is a few words to perk someone up. Since she's so used to her pep talks working, she doesn't really put that much effort into it--- she's so used to it working all the time. And yet, when Raziya is in need of some form of hope, she can't get it that easily.

Believe it or not, Raziya is terrible when under pressure. She might as well be a crumbled up cookie. Of course, for everyone's sake, she tries to hide it, but there is no hiding panic. She'll be overwhelmed by pure stress, and at times she'll hate herself for being so panicked. But as long as the burden isn't completely on her, she won't absolutely melt-- but that doesn't mean she won't panic at all, because she will. But if the burden is on her, and it's a large burden (like, oh, you know-- being one of the six aspects) she's going to have a break down. She can probably hold in her feelings until she's alone, but she's gong to have to melt eventually.

And one of her other flaws happen to be how clumsy she is. In other words, never ask Raziya to hold something fragile for you. She has a long list of items she has broken, and you'd be doing that list a favor if you carried it yourself. She has what some people refer to as "butterfingers", where items frequently slip right out of her hands, even though she has no intent of dropping it in the first place.

But even though she's clumsy, and not the best under pressure, she has one thing that redeems her: and that's book smarts. She's a very clever person. In fact, she always was, ever since she was born. It's not exactly something she 'learned', but her mind simply processes things much more quickly than others, which also gives her a superb memory. Plus, not only that, but she's very keen. Even the littlest details, Raziya tends to notice. She's much more observant than most, which makes her a great investigator. Though, she may end up dropping whatever she happens to be looking at...









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Image Image This girl's past starts a long time ago. Eighteen years, in fact. It started with a death--- her Mother's death. As rare as the occasion may seem, her Mother --Azalea-- died while Raziya was being born. So, Raziya lived all of her life with only one parent.

And she was a horrible kid. She threw the most violent tantrums, her rage hot and hurtful. In many cases, she would hit people, and even find bats and things alike to hit them with. In fact, three babysitters quit and she was expelled from two daycare centers. Raziya has strong punches, and she did back then too. She gave the other kids bruises, and sometimes caused long-lasting damage. She never bullied anyone, but she wasn't able to control her temper back then, so whenever she got mad, she took it out on other people. Most of the kids that knew her were afraid to fight back when she'd go into this rage modes, but there was one kid she came across one day, that was... different.

By this time, she was around six or seven. She was used to getting her way. But the moment she began lashing out, on this one particular student-- things didn't go as planned. This girl was a new kid. She seemed timid and someone who wouldn't really know the first thing about fighting, but it was the exact opposite. There were a few rumors going around about Raziya and her foul temper. This kid's Mom was anxious, since her child --Arabella-- was going to the same school as Raziya. So, she enrolled Arabella in a martial arts class.

At first Raziya took Arabella by surprise. She seemed to be winning what wasn't even supposed to be a fight, though things quickly deteriorated for Raziya. Arabella used the most advanced moves she could muster, and ended up beating Raziya to a pulp. After that day, she had a bitter rage toward Arabella, though she knew her place. Never again had she tried to lash out on anyone. She'd punch the table a few times, but never people. And this was all because of Arabella, who actually felt sorry for Raziya. She could only imagine how embarrassing it must have felt to be taken down in so few moves, and by a timid and seemingly weak girl. And it was bad enough that Raziya had to think about it everyday; it was impossible to avoid, they did walk side by side on their way home. They lived right next to each other.

Raziya was always picked on after that. Even with all the threats Raziya threw out, with all the punches she managed, it was relentless. The teasing, the laughing-- she couldn't stand it. But most of all, they caused her to develop a bitter rage toward Arabella. In fact, Raziya was furious. In her eyes, she'd done nothing wrong. She was simply handling her anger; she never realized people were actually afraid of her. And as this bitter rage started to build up... as did the urge for revenge.

She was still in middle school, around sixth grade before she decided to confront Arabella. It was a cold approach, with absolutely no affection. But there wasn't any fighting, any threat in her voice--- just a hell lot of anger. But as they talked, Arabella started to explain how Raziya was hurting people, and she was simply acting in defense. In fact, her Mother actually warned her about Raziya. At first, Raziya wasn't sure what to think of this. She wanted to believe that Arabella was lying to her; to guilt trip her, to make her feel bad. But as days went on... she thought about the topic more and more, and Arabella's defense seemed more valid. But there was still a lot of that bitter rage left inside. But there was always one thing that stuck out to Raziya about that once conversation. While Arabella was talking about how many people Raziya had hurt, she said that even though Raziya had done some unforgivable things... she believes in second chances.

It was only until the end of seventh grade that Raziya truly saw the horrific results of her angry-induced decisions. Arabella and Raziya were walking home, still side by side, as their houses were still right next to each other. Arabella, as always, was oblivious to her surroundings. She had stuffed head buds into her ears, and the music was so loud, Raziya could hear when they were in Arabella's ears. And, as usual, Arabella was walking a bit faster than Raziya was, her eyes closed, and her attention focused on the song she happened to be humming.

And it was this moment that it happened. Time seemed to slow down when Raziya spotted a gigantic truck, speeding along the road, heading right toward Arabella. She never saw it, and Raziya knew this full well. At this moment, she had to make a decision.

Should I save her?

Raziya was thinking so fast, that she had enough time to comprehend what was happening, and that she could easily save a life. Arabella's life. And there was still that bitter rage, dwelling deep down inside of her. Panic and hatred got the best of her as time returned to its normal speed. Raziya ran as fast as she possibly could toward the sidewalk, her eyes streaked with memories of all the crude jokes, of all the snotty remarks ever thrown Raziya's way. Why should she save someone who caused her so much pain? She made it to the end of the crosswalk in no time, but Arabella remained oblivious to the truck speeding toward her.

Should I call out? Should I push her out of the way?

Rayzia's heart raced. She didn't know what to do. She hated this person. This person ruined her life. Was she really going to let that continue? But---

At that moment, it was too late. There was a blood curdling scream and a gust of wind. Guilt clutched Raziya's heart as she watched the truck smash into Arabella. In an instant, she was gone. Time was moving forward, There was no turning back from the horrible decision that Raziya had made. She killed Arabella. Not--- not physically, but she could've easily shouted Arabella's name. She could've pushed her out of the way, just in time. But she didn't.

Raziya went into a depression for weeks. She couldn't stand herself; in fact, at dark times, she even considered suicide... Though something inside kept her going. But after a while, for the most part, the depression wore off. After a good two and a half years, she began to reevaluate life. And the first thing she thought of is that one line Arabella had said to her one day in sixth grade. "I believe in second chances."

And Raziya started to evaluate her years in High School as... a second chance. She knew she had to control her temper, which she had in check. And never would she betray anyone... not like she betrayed Arabella, after she spoke her true feelings to Raziya, which Raziya actually thought of as a gift. And... never... never again would she be so selfish. No. If it ever came to another situation, where someone's life is in danger, and Raziya had to choose whether to save them or not-- even if it means sacrificing her own life, she would save that person. Regardless of who they are, or used to be.

And never, would she let someone get as depressed as she was. Never would she allow someone to think the things she did. At all costs, it was now her primary goal to spark hope in every lost soul. After that, Raziya was never the same.








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  • Spare set of car keys (The keys are to her Dad's car, though she has permission to use it whenever she pleases, as long as he knows she's leaving.)
  • Arabella's ear buds (Raziya always has these in her pockets to remind her to be selfless and kind.)
  • A watch, to tell the time







So begins...

Raziya Sparrow's Story

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Daniel awoke with a start to the sudden realization he had been asleep in class. He wiped a bit of drool from his lip and glanced around the classroom, hoping no one had seen him. He sighed in relief to see that he had snuck in a whopping half hour nap while the class watched a recorded lecture. He slouched back in his desk, his eyelids heavy. He looked at all the disinterested faces. Jack, Raziya, Risuki, and Alexander were all feigning interest for the substitute teacher, but they were buried in their books or cell phones or their own la-la land. Arden, however, was furiously scrabbling down notes as if her life depended on it. Daniel shook his head and looked at the clock. Only 5 minutes until school got out and the gang could hang out. Daniel wondered which house they were actually gonna go to... They were still kids, however, and were inherently bad at planning. He sighed heavily and plopped his head on his desk, embracing his 5-minute torture.


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Risuki yawned as she watched the clock tick, and tick, causing her to scowl at how slow the clock was going.She frowned and looked over at her friend, Daniel, who just woke up from his slumber.She took out her phone, and started to feel the emotions bubbling up in her chest.Risuki swore she heard the bell rang, when she stood up and almost walked out the door until her teacher spoke."Risuki, class is not over, may you please sit down." Her teacher said, in the most disappointing tone ever.Risuki blushed and sat down, sad, mad, confused, and embarrassed.She always did that, and her class mates were not so approving of her 'habit'.She sighed and looked out the window.

She soon got bored of all the trees outside, and looked around at her friends, all except one, who was listening to the teacher.Risuki felt horrible, as she kept getting stares from other kids in her class.All of them stared as if she was an alien, with purple colored skin.She looked at her hand, which was surprisingly what everyone was staring at.It had a huge blue dot on it."My hand.." She whispered, and looked around, to her friends."I c-colored it..Oops I forgot about that.." She lied, blushing.

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Arden, valiantly ignoring the cramping pain in her wrist (despite being battle-hardened by hours of nighttime studying), kept writing in her half-neat half-messy shorthand-and-symbol-riddled notetaking style.. Still, the on-screen lecturer was speaking fast! And he kept jumping from topic A to topic B and back again to A, so there were plenty of color-coded arrows looping back to the original point. She mused for a second that her friends would probably need notes to understand her notes.

Distantly, she heard the teacher say something about Risuki and sitting down. She probably thought the bell rang again, and Arden made a mental note to research recurring auditory hallucinations, though the speed of her pencil never stopped. There was so much to do, and midterms weren't all that far away! And that wasn't even counting the history project, or individual class tests, or anything!

She sighed through her nose, refocusing as she copied down text from the screen. The school year was always really busy for her, juggling grades and extracurriculars and friends▬not that she minded, of course! But it would be nice if they took their own notes once in a while. They might catch something that she missed!

The video finally began to roll the credits, and Arden wrote the title down, so she could look it up again and fix up some of of the more fragmented parts of the notes. She blinked as the teacher flipped the lights back on, and pulled out her planner to write down tonight's homework assignment. She made a note in the corner to come to school early tomorrow, so she could borrow the printer and make copies of her fixed notes. But the bell was ringing, and now it was time to play with her friends.

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Alexander Robb

Alex looked over at Daniel as he stirred, before shaking his head after he put it back on his desk. "You could at the very least try to be subtle about it." Alexander mutters under his breath as he looked around the classroom, trying to act as if paying attention to the recorded lecture. His attention immediately went to Risuki as she did her usual routine of thinking the bell is earlier then it is, and smiled and gave her a little wave to try comforting her from his desk. Drawing his attention back to his phone, he finished the last few cards of his new MtG deck and ordered a new controller for his Xbox before he realized the credits were rolling "Bout damn time, blasted lectures take an eternity and a half." He mutters again, putting his phone away and pretending to finish writing notes.

Shielding his eyes from the lights, he packs his things and walks over to Daniel, giving him a little nudge on the shoulder. "Danny, come on. Class is over, let's get out of here." He says with a smile before walking over to the others with a grin on his face "Man, that took forever, I say we go do something that won't make us think for awhile, eh?" He says with his traditional smile, ready to have a relaxing weekend of doing either fun stuff or nothing at all.

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Something told Raziya that class was never going to end. With each ticking sound the clock made, it seemed to have no difference. Instead of actually paying attention to the lecture, like the teacher expected her to, she was really just staring at her watch. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick. The watch's clicks were mocking her. She swore these were the longest five minutes in her life.

She pursed her lips; at this point she wasn't even trying to hide her impatience. Tick. Half way through the watch's next rotation, the teacher spoke out. Raziya, barely paying attention, nearly flinched-- a part of her thought that the teacher was calling her out. And, not surprisingly, she was just telling Risuki to sit down. Surely, Risuki must've thought she heard the bell again. Raziya flashed a small smile for support, before turning back to her watch.

Her smile grew as the second hand inched closer to the twelve. Unintentionally, she began to count down under her breath. Those sitting besides her could hear her murmur the numbers 3, 2 and 1, and as if on queue, the bell rang. Raziya, unable to help herself, shot out of her seat with a grin. The school day was over, and now it was time to hang out with her friends. She made her way on over to Daniel and Alex, as it seemed to be where her friends were starting to gather.

"Hello!" She had chimed, her smile never fading.

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'The time for our meeting is coming soon. The details are blind to me, but I feel myself closer to you...'

Jack found himself in an empty black space that seemed to go on forever at the sound of a voice. He couldn't recognize it as anyone specific, but it was familiar to him. He knew it the way an infant would know their mother. It was just instinct, perhaps something more. "Who are you?" Jack questioned into the darkness. He seemed relatively calm for someone in such a place. In response, the darkness began spinning around him. It was hard to tell, but it was definitely moving. Or was it moving him? He could not understand it completely. But before he knew it, he was in front of a strange figure. It was shaped like a human, but it could hardly be identified as such. The being's frame was outlined in a white light just barely visible enough to see, and the inside of the figure was as black as the rest of this realm. Only... it was dotted with little white lights. Looking at it reminded Jack of the night sky.

'You will know... very shortly. Until then... Act with caution. We will meet soon.' And as the being finished speaking, it seemed to be sucked into itself, vanishing completely into the darkness. Somehow still calm, Jack felt himself drop. He had been standing on a sturdy surface not too long ago, but suddenly the world fell out from under him and slowly let him fall...


Jack's body jumped up at the sound of the bell. A single bead of sweat dropped down his face as he inspected the area around him. He was back in class, which was just ending. The students were gathering into little groups with their friends as the substitute began gathering their things together as well. Jack was really the only one still in a desk by the time he snapped back into reality. 'Was that a dream? As bizarre as it was, it felt... real...' With a soft sight, he rubbed the sleep out of his eyes and caught the sight of Raziya going over to Danny and Alex. He thanked whatever higher powers that may be that Raziya hadn't caught him sleeping in class. He avoided getting into any fights the whole day and he hadn't smoked at all. He was really trying to behave to avoid giving her a reason to scold him today. Breathing a sigh of relief, he calmly packed up his half-written notes and slung his bag over his shoulder, making a mental note to ask Arden for her notes later.

Standing up, he approached his gathering friends and wrapped an arm around Raziya's waist. Giving her a quick peck on the cheek and giving Alex a nod of acknowledgment, he looks down at Sleeping Beauty there and smirks. "Hey, guys. Still not up, eh? Maybe you should give him a little kiss, Alex. It works in the movies." He teased his best friend with a slightly-larger smirk upon his face now. "We have plans for today yet?"

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"Oh shove it Jack, and get a room you two." Alex retorts jokingly, constantly and always giving Jack shit about doing PDA's with Raziya. He turns his attention back to Danny, nudging him harder "Hey Rip Van Wrinkle, get your ass up or we're leaving you here." He shakes his head, and begins to put Danny's things into his bag .

"As for what to do today, honestly I have no clue. We could go play video games at someone's house if nobody has any better ideas." Alex shrugs "Honestly, I dont care so long as it doesnt take as much thinking as that lecture." He sighs, glad to have it out of the way. "Hey Risuki, Arden! Come over here!" He calls out amongst the din to the other two as he finishes throwing Danny's things into his bag, which he promptly closes.

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Risuki strided over to her friends, who all looked very happy.Just a pain of sadness hit her in the heart, when this reminded her of her mother."H-hey guys..." She mumbled out, starting to cry.She cried at the most random moments.But at least her friends understand her feelings."I vote we go to Jack's place.." She mumbled once again, sniffling.She felt like laying down on a bed, and crying until her eyes were dry, but for now she stuck with silent sniffling with her friends.First she looked over her friends, and forced a small smile, only to making it look like a cry for help.Risuki sighed."Can w-we just g-go?" She asked, in between sniffles.

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Smiling at her friend’s antics, Arden packed her bag and walked over. Everything seemed to be OK, with everyone generally smiling, except for Risuka, who had tears running down her face. Arden awkwardly patted her hand on Risuka's arm (on the side with the cute blue dot) when she had reached her side, as a sort-of attempt at comfort. Emotions were complex, and she wished that she had some sort of way of seeing levels of serotonin and dopamine and melatonin, so she could inject them with the right mixture of hormones to make them feel better. She made another mental note to look up comfort method theories at home. If she couldn’t fix their exact hormonal makeups, then she could at least try to do something physically or verbally or however people did comforting.

"Is Danny still asleep?" she asked, tilting her head to try and get a peek at her friend's sleeping face. Now this was a kid in need of a good shot of adrenaline. Still, she wanted to take this opportunity to study what kind of face he made. People made so many different expressions, and she thought it was fascinating.

Her mission failed, however, so she opted for a sigh instead. "Just kick him until he wakes up or falls over," she told Alex. Despite her harsh words, she took Daniel's bag from Alex and slung it on her shoulder along with her own bag. “Jack’s place sounds pretty good, if he’s OK with that,” she said, agreeing with Risuki.

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The sight of Risuki's tears were pretty much a deal-sealer for Jack. He would have been perfectly fine with everyone coming over to his house anyway, just because there was a lot of space and it was nice and quiet with his father at work. With a sigh, Jack relinquished his arm from Raziya and nodded at Arden. "Yeah, that's a good idea. I'll give him a good kick." Of the group, Danny was the person he was least close with and he felt no qualms whatsoever giving him a little bit of a rough awakening. Though she was talking to Alex, Jack decided to listen to Arden and lift his leg up and pressed it against Danny's arm. He gave it a couple of taps before kicking him with enough force to easily knock him out of his chair.

Turning around and not bothering to watch the sleepy boy's reaction, he stepped away. It was to avoid both Danny's potential reflex hits and to not have to look Raziya in the eye after doing that. With a soft breath, he shrugged. "We can all go to my house, sure. Plenty of space and dad loves you guys like his own. He won't care. It doesn't make much difference to me as long as we do something. I'm getting bored of sitting around at home alone all day. Hell, if it weren't for Razi, I'd go stir crazy..." Not that he expected the others to care about his little exposition. It was to be expected of the infamous "Tiny Titan" and "Monster Brute" to be a bit cold when inviting his friends over. It was nothing new and by this point, his friends should probably have understood that was just him trying to be nice. "Oh, Arden. Could I ask you for today's notes? I accidentally fell asleep and got immersed in some strange dream. I only made it through half of the notes. Sorry to be a burden." He was surprisingly studious for one with his reputation, though he only maintained average grades in everything...

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"Oh, c'mon, just one more..." Daniel said to the monstrously large pizzaman that had been feeding him pieces of his cheesy flesh for what seemed like hours. All of a sudden, the pizzaman struck him, sending him hurdling back into his cruel, cheeseless reality. He felt himself tumble backwards and had a miniature heart attack, his pulse exploding as he scrambled to regain enough consciousness to catch himself.

He failed miserably.

He lay strewn on the floor, staring at the ceiling matter-of-factly. Daniel sighed and sat up to a comfortable position, looking up at all his buddies grouped around him. "Jack? That felt like a Jack kick." He wasn't very close with Jack. Sometimes he felt that he had some hostility towards him for some reason and disguised it as friendly rough-housing. Maybe he was looking too much into it. He scratched the back of his head and chuckled a bit, wiping his sleepy face. "I wasn't asleep, I swear..." He didn't have to make eye contact to know they weren't buying it. He stood with support from the wall and stretched his shoulders greedily, groaning loudly from exertion. He smacked his lips a couple times and glanced around everyone's faces. "Jack's house this time? I can smoke you guys at guitar hero again? Or maybe Alex and I can teach you how to play MtG?" Daniel slyly looked to Alex "I'm not gonna let you sneak in any more of your token bullshit, Trostani is a bitch!" He'd jab Alex's ribs playfully, taking enjoyment from the obvious confusion regarding terminology the rest of the group had.

He met Risuki's puffy eyes, and his heart dropped a bit. Daniel tended to not be super emotional, but something about her vulnerability had taken a cozy reservation for two in his heart. He put his hand on the small of her back and quietly took her a step away from the circle. "Hey, you okay?" He said. Daniel was accustomed to her emotions, but he figured she could still use support.



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Risuki looked up at all of her friends who were trying to comfort her.She sighed, and somehow stopped crying."I just looked at you guys, and it reminded me of my mom.." Risuki said, this time smiling with her heart."I just miss my mom.." Risuki sighed, looking up again, and rubbing her arm that Arden had been holding."Can we go to Jack's now?I'm so tired~!" She said, and her mood changed to being happy.

"How about lets go get some food?I just want a salad." She said, trying to cover up the fact that she was starving.She hadn't ate all day, only because of one thing, anorexia.It hit her back when she was 16, and people started to call her 'fat'.Since then she still hasn't stopped dieting, and is smaller than a stick."I'm not that hungry.." She lied, and rubbed the back of her neck.

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By the time everyone was awake and happy, as was Raziya. She was ready to leave this school and head on home as much as the next guy. In fact, she was quite pleased at how she had no reason to get on Jack's case today. No fights... no smoking... "Oh, Arden. Could I ask you for today's notes? I accidentally fell asleep and got immersed in some strange dream. I only made it through half of the notes. Sorry to be a burden."

"Well, that's a new one... You feel asleep in class?" Raziya found herself murmuring. Though halfway through her thought process, she realized today that she wasn't any better. All she did this class was stare at her watch and beg for it to go faster. Sleeping would've been a nice touch to her day. In fact, halfway through she was tempted to... Maybe she shouldn't get on his case. Not today. "Mpmh... never mind."

"Anyway, let's go! The faster the better. I vote Jack's house; I'm sure his Dad wouldn't mind us getting some food there. If not, we can always get seafood or something. I love clams... but it's whatever you guys want. I couldn't care less," She bellowed, smiling. "Also, Risuki... Eat something, okay? I don't want you starving on me!"

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Arden smiled at Jack.

“Sure! I’ll give you and everyone else copies of my notes tomorrow once I watch the lecture again and finish them, and copy them in the morning. Can I look at your notes tomorrow, too?” She paused then. He had apologized for being a burden, and normally she would agree (it was extra work to make sure her notes were legible and to copy them in the morning, although she was used to it and didn’t mind much at all, since it was for her friends) but last night she had started reading a book on etiquette and it had informed her that when people apologized for silly things like that, she should reassure them and say that they weren't burdens. But it also stressed the importance of being truthful to friends. So...truth? Politeness? Which one was correct in this situation?

After too long of a pause (pauses between questions and answers should be from 1/2 a second to 3 seconds long, from what she had observed), she decided to try to reassure Jack. "I-It's fine," she said a bit too quickly. "Y-You're not a burden to me a-at all!”



I’M SUCH A TERRIBLE LIAR! she thought, making another mental note to look up the theory of lying. If it’s like this, if it’s like this, then-!

Shifting Danny’s bag to get to her own, she pulled out her smartphone and started to frantically write down what she had to look up when she got home, ignoring Danny’s reentrance into the world of the living, as well as Risuki’s and Raziya’s remarks about food with a dark gloomy air around her. Study! I need to study people in order to keep my friends!

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"I agree, lets get outta here." Alex says as he playfully smacks Danny in the arm "Ah quit your belly-aching Mr. Esper Control, if anyone here has a bullshit deck its you!" He jokes as he looks over at Risuki "Come on Risuki, Ill cook us all up a nice meal when we get to Jack's, alright?" He says with his infectve smile as he throws his bag over his shoulder.

Alex has always had a major crush on Risuki, and out of dumb luck and Jack keeping his mouth shut (shocking), he's somehow kept it quiet since the day they met. However, that was going to change today. Alright Alex, today's the big day. There's no chickening out this time, this time you finally admit yourself to Risuki and ask her out! He thought to himself as the others got their things.

"Alright, enough screwing around guys, the longer we stay here the less time we have to have fun." Alex says, as he heads for the door.

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Jack nodded at Raziya, almost apologetically. "Yeah, I did. I wasn't even feeling tired, either. That's the strange part..." He seemed rather confused by it, maybe a bit more confused than he should have been. He scolded himself mentally for being so childish about it, but he couldn't shake the dream. It was so strange, so vivid. Was something going to happen, or was Jack just allowing a dream to get to him? "It, uh, won't happen again, Razi. Sorry." She didn't scold him, which was absolutely bizarre to him, but he wasn't about to ask for a scolding either.

Turning to address Arden now, he smiled in thanks. "You're the best, Arden. I'll be sure to give you what I have some other time. I doubt you missed anything with how studious you are, but better safe than sorry." It was rare that Jack every got anything down that Arden didn't. In fact, even with how much attention Jack paid to his studies, Arden always seemed to one-up him. It wasn't surprising with how she always had her nose in a book, but Jack considered her an intellectual rival of sorts. An unattainable goal. That was just one of a few reasons why he liked having her around.

Now addressing everyone, he shrugs. "I don't mind if you want to come to my house today. There's room for sure." He wrapped his arm around Raziya's waist again, no longer needing to kick or prod anyone, and started walking out the room. "I'm done with school for the day anyway. Forget this... And if you're making food, Alex, you better be sharing with the rest of the class." Turning to face Raziya, he shook his head. "No clams, though. Not after the last incident. Never again after that..." He shivered in recollection of the great seafood date of 2014. An incident he never wanted to relive. So many clams... so... many... clams...

"A-Anyway, I'm going home now. Come with me now or forever wait outside my door with your puppy eyes begging to get in." And with that said, he left without the main group. They could catch up with him and Raziya if they wanted to hang out. It wasn't to be mean that he did this, but to actually get them moving.


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Risuki nodded at everyone telling her to eat, though she really didn't want to. Risuki put on her coat, scarf, and mittens, and started to catch up with Jack and Raziya."I promise i'll eat something.." She said, taking off her right mitten and putting up her pinkie, resembling a pinkie promise.Risuki slipped back on her mitten, and watched as the other part of the group got smaller as Jack, Raziya, and her, walked away."hey but Jack, seafood is plan B." Risuki chuckled as she made a 'B' with her two hands.

Risuki felt much better now that school was over, and she wasn't sad and embarrassed any more. When Jack and the guys joked around it made her feel happy, and bubbly, like she had nothing to worry about.

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"No clams, though. Not after the last incident. Never again after that..." Jack had shivered, most likely recalling that one date they had not too long ago... While Jack shivered, Raziya couldn't help but grin. "What do you mean, no clams? We need more clams! There weren't even enough last time."

With a chuckle, Raziya began walking toward the door with Jack. As Risuki caught up with Jack and herself, her smile grew. These were the best times; when she was with her friends. She always wanted to savor moments like these, because you never know when things are going to change. At least, that's what she believed. "Hey but Jack, seafood is plan B."

At this point, Raziya didn't think her grin could get any bigger, but when Risuki spoke, it did. "You know..." Raziya began. "Maybe we should make seafood plan A, eh guys? Who doesn't like seafood? I mean, c'mon!" She let out yet another chuckle as the three of them reached the door, Alex already there. She looked back at Arden and Daniel, teasing, "Hey! You guys coming, or are you two falling asleep?" She opened the door as if she were about to leave, still smiling.

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“Yeah!” Arden grinned, relieved that Jack didn’t seem to be upset about her several blunders. She actually looked up to him, how well he was able to operate in the social realm that he didn’t have to count the seconds in conversational pauses or debate what next to say. It seemed to come so naturally to him, especially with his super-mature personality. She looked up to all of her friends, actually. They were all really comfortable with each other, with their families, and even with strangers. She often depended on them for help when it came to things like that, which she was really thankful for! So helping them out with their academics was nothing.

She giggled at Jack’s horrified expression (and secretly took a picture to print out later), as well as Risuki and Raziya’s reactions. The clam incident...like many of the incidents that one or more of the members of the little friendship circle had declared to be unmentionable forever, it had started off innocuously but exploded. With so many exuberant people in a group, she supposed incidents like these were unavoidable...maybe? She’d have to figure it out later by carefully documenting them and figuring out if they really were ‘avoidable’ or not.

“Yeah, we’re coming! And if we’re having seafood, we have to have some sort of crab meat, too!” she told Raziya, before turning back to Daniel and giving him another light kick in the shin. Not because she disliked him or wasn’t close to him, but just because it seemed like an effective way of getting him to move. “C’mon, let’s go before they really do leave us behind.” She waited for a bit, and seeing that the effectiveness of the kick had gone down, opted for grabbing one of his sleeves and pulling. “Daniieeeel! Hurry up before I-I-I start reading your most embarrassing notebook out loud! I have your backpack, so don’t think I’m lying! And I’ll use the school’s intercom, you know, and everyone who hasn’t gone home yet is gonna hear all of the weird things you've written down!”