Issue 1 Downtime

Posted: **Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:22 pm**

Sunday Afternoon

After spending forced time away from XI Belle had returned to the familiar campus with a 'fresh' outlook on life. She had forcibly stayed at a convent for a while until her father felt she learned her lesson. With the money turned back she had reapplied but spent a bit of time laying low.

Today was different. Today she wandered around the campus gardens with a hot tea as she admired the roses.

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Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:15 am**

And she'd hopefully be paying attention where she was going, because somewhere among the roses Teri was lieing on her back in the grass, eyes closed.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:20 am**

Naturally Belle was in her own world, as usual, as she almost stepped on a young lady with her heal.

"Opps!" she exclaimed as she took a step back as hot tea splashed out of her cup.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:24 am**

Teri's eyes snap open at the sound just in time to have tea splashed on her. In her surprise she suddenly bursts into a giant cloud of locust.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:36 am**

The giant cloud of locust startled Belle enough that she stumbled back and fell on the ground. Belle turned her skin into ash and covered her eyes with a shriek.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:44 am**

Teri quickly caught herself and the swarm collapses in on itself until she looks normal again, standing in front of Belle.

"Oh jeez... We're so sorry!" she says, holding out a hand to help her up.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:58 am**

Belle returned to normal and accepted the hand up.

"We?" she asked with a raised eyebrow.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:07 pm**

"Yes. You just saw us, didn't you?"

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:14 pm**

"You are locusts or the locusts are you?"

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:27 pm**

"Yes?" she says carefully. "We don't see a difference..."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:03 pm**

"Very interesting...," Belle truly was fascinated.

"Well you all are forgiven," she sighed as she pickled up her trash off the dirt.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:05 pm**

"Oh good. You just startled us."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:06 pm**

"It was my wrong doing. I was miles away..."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:09 pm**

"We're Teri." she smiles, introducing herself.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:17 pm**

Once again Belle raised an eyebrow in curiosity, "Nice to meet all of you...?"

"I'm Itzcoatl Abelinda. Belle for short. I haven't seen you around. At all."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:22 pm**

"We're new here. And we spend a lot of time out here while the weather is still kinda nice."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:32 pm**

"I'm new here as well, sorta."

Belle studied her conversation partner, "You are fascinating."

She stepped closer to Teri with her eyes focused onto Teri's.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:37 pm**

"Thank you?" she says, sounding surprised or at least a little confused, staring back at Belle without blinking her compound eyes, head tilted slightly.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:48 pm**

"You're very welcome," she replied. "Tell me more."

Belle kept her gaze.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 2:49 pm**

"About what?" she says, sounding just a tad intimidated.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:04 pm**

Belle picked up the intimidation in her voice, "I'm sorry do I make you...uncomfortable? I can change the subject."

She took a step back and smiled, "What's interesting around here to do? I've been away."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:06 pm**

"We're not sure. We like the country-side and the gardens. There's a couple horses in the stables! Though they always seem kind of nervous around us."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:20 pm**

"I don't know how to ride those things and I'm nervous around them myself. Ever since that one time back home..."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:28 pm**

"Well there's pubs and a library and coffee shops and things in town."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:34 pm**

"Care to show me around town sometime? I mean you sort of owe me another tea. She who lays in the grass," she joked.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:36 pm**

"Sure... We don't really know our way around too much though."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:46 pm**

Belle smiled and winked, "Well even with my out of date knowledge I'm sure[i we[/i] can find something. We might even step on someone else!"

Her voice was half playful and half mocking.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 3:53 pm**

Teri tilts her head again.

"Are you mocking us?"

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:05 pm**

"I would never!"

"That's not true. I would and I was."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:07 pm**

"Oh. Hmm. That's not a very nice thing to do."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:15 pm**

"I'm the nicest person I know!" she snapped back.

Realizing her mistake she paused.

"You're right though... I'm... I'm sorry." She said sincerely even if it looked liked it hurt to say.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:20 pm**

"Well you need to meet some nicer people then!" she smiles.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:23 pm**

"I think I just did," she winked.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:28 pm**

"Oh we didn't mean that. He opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:38 pm**

"He? He who? Jesus?"

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:47 pm**

"Yes. Well, God but... yes." she says, opting to not explain the holy trinity right there.

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:52 pm**

Belle just stood there silently playing with her hair. Biting her tongue not to bite off the head of this locust woman she had just met.

"I'm a little lost my buggy acquaintance."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:09 pm**

"Well Jesus is not the same as the Lord, but the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are the Holy Trinity, so in a way the things Jesus taught are the word of God."

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:16 pm**

Belle waved away the information with her hand, "Yes yes I know. I was unsure if you meant The Lord or some other bugged religion."

"You are a religious person or just like the many nuns in my life telling me how to act?"

Posted: **Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:20 pm**

"We'd never tell you how to act."

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