♥ [Action/Quad/Open] my depth perception must be off again

[rebellingheart]

(ooc: I meant to post this ages ago and for one reason or another just haven't gotten around to it yet. This is backdated forever and ever and ever ago to after this post)

[Rinoa sits curled around Angelo in a shady, tree filled corner of the Quad, her face buried in the dog's furry ruff as she just sits and well pouts? Mopes? Sulks? Cries? There were any number of words that could be used to describe her current behavior and most of them fit. However, if someone were to look for it they'd see the tell-tale sign of tear tracks on the cadets face as well as the dampened portions of Angelo's fur but thankfully not enough to trigger much of a damp dog scent.

Her face still buried against the dog her voice was muffled as she voiced her complaint, thinking that only Angelo could hear her.]

Why's he such a jerk?

[Maybe she had taken some things for granted and just assumed they were true, but he didn't have to be so cold about it. It was becoming painfully clear that what meant the world to her was more or less nothing to him. The more she thought about it the more it hurt and the more upset she became. ]

[Anyone's more than welcome to stop by and bother girl and dog new and old CR alike.]

Comments

[lastesper.livejournal.com]

[ Oh dear, we can't have a sad Carbunny! Tina was on her way to the training center when she saw the upset brunette. Puzzled, she made her way over to Rinoa. ]

"Rinoa...? Is something wrong?"

[rebellingheart]

[The voice of her fellow carbunny was practically music to her ears. Looking up, she manages a small, lopsided smile before ruining the effect with a sniffle.]

Guys can be so mean sometimes! You think you understand them and then you realize that you don't get it at all. You know what I mean?

[lastesper.livejournal.com]

[ Um. Um. Terra fumbled, until she pulled a kerchief out of her pocket and moved to sit by Rinoa, though she offered a distracted pat to Angelo's head in greeting. Concerned, she offered the kerchief to her friend and listened with total non-comprehension. ]

"I'm... not sure. Did something happen?"

[lilyofthedrills.livejournal.com]

[Is it too much for a little girl with a weird hat to be concerned about you? She certainly does notice, having cried like this plenty of times herself, though for different reasons. She approached trepidatiously.]

Miss? Are you OK?

[rebellingheart]

[That hat was super weird and it was rather distracting when Rinoa bothered to look up. Still, she's not the intentionally rude sort, so she doesn't make the girl wait.]

I'll be okay, just some guy problems, that's all.

[It was a little more than that, but that's all she could really tell people who didn't know about the whole sorceress thing.]

[lilyofthedrills.livejournal.com]

Oh. I'm sorry. [She really is. She thinks for a few moments about what the right thing to say to her is. Her experience of romance is confined to shoujo manga.] Ah, you're really pretty. I can't understand why any guy would want to make you cry.

[dragon-savior.livejournal.com]

[For better or worse, Ryu isn't one to ignore anyone in need of a helping hand. He makes his way over to Rinoa, plopping himself down in front of her.]

What's the matter?

[rebellingheart]

[Looking up at a rather, and shockingly so, unfamiliar head of blue hair, Rinoa sits up and wipes her face carefully with an arm warmer.]

Just a little guy trouble, that's all.

[It's not like she could just load some random stranger down with the details after all.]

[dragon-savior.livejournal.com]

[Oh boy, is he glad Nina isn't around for this. She might just make him do the whole matchmaking thing all over again.]

It must not be that little if he made you cry.

[willnotsubmit.livejournal.com]

[Mitsuru was intent on minding her own business. Just a trip across the Quad to enjoy a fresh breeze, and see if they'd made landfall yet, before resuming her studies. That was all she intended to do, without any interaction between people required.

And then she sees a familiar lump of fur, and a more familiar person in blue. And against her better judgement, finds herself moving closer. If nothing else, maybe she can convince her roommate to take this to a place less public.]

"Who is such a jerk, Heartilly?"

[Instead, Mitsuru finds herself saying that after hearing the last bit of what Rinoa said.]

yay for typoing while tired

[rebellingheart]

[She doesn't even bother to look up first, answering on reflex.]

Squall.

[Then she parts from Angelo enough to see Mitsuru looking down at her.]

I guess you probably know him better as the commander.

[It was a valid conclusion after all the other girl still insisted on calling her by her last time!]

yay!

[willnotsubmit.livejournal.com]

"...Should I inquire on why our commander is being a 'jerk?'"

[More to the point, would Miss-Personal-Relations-Are-Still-Overrated even understand why? Mitsuru doesn't move from her spot when she asks that, still looking down with a half critical, half curious expression.

She still can't say she approves of this sulking in the middle of the Quad, but will hold off on saying that out loud.]

[gunite.livejournal.com]

[ It should be obvious that Irvine likes hanging around the Quad, now that he no longer lounges around in the classrooms. Shady or not, it's not hard for him to notice the blue and brown in the corner with a noticeably dejected form. He doesn't stop to think about it -- he walks over to where she is.

But Irvine doesn't sit down or anything just yet. He won't make himself welcome that quickly. ]

Hey, Angelo. [ He has to acknowledge the dog's presence, right? Next, ]

Rinoa?

[rebellingheart]

[Looking up, Rinoa's face probably looked about as dejected as she felt.]

Irvine.

[What to say after that? It was a pretty good question.]

I guess it's never a good thing when someone says that you need to talk, huh.

[It was a feeble attempt, but she tried. Had to at least keep up appearances and all.]

[gunite.livejournal.com]

[ Now, he crouches down for a good measure. ]

That depends on the what and how and why.

[ He has a good idea whom the "who" is so he'll leave it out. But he's going to be flexible about it in case he's wrong. ]

[fierybluebird]

[Crouches down and pets Angelo.] Hello there.

[rebellingheart]

[If she wasn't too busy fussing about other things she'd wonder if maybe he liked her dog better than he liked her.]

[Angelo looks up at the pat, liquid brown eyes looking very sad and tragic as she whines up at Marco. See? Her human was sad! Maybe even hurt and there was nothing she could do about it!

Rinoa looks up at the voice, surprised for some reason to see Marco. She's been having a pretty good cry so her eyes are starting to look rather red-rimmed by now.]

Marco.

[Only one word but somehow it conveyed exactly how sadly, miserable Rinoa felt just now. The tiny little waver to her voice probably helped though.]

[fierybluebird]

[Swiftly sits down next to her, since crying alone is never fun and tugs her close in a one-armed hug as he kicks one heel over a knee like he's done this a dozen times.]

Rinoa.

[Equally one-word back, but every bit filled with warm comforting compassion and big-brother protectiveness as her word was filled with sadness.]

[zeroth-card.livejournal.com]

[Minato normally would have let the poor distraught person be, but he recognizes the classmate and the dog currently comforting her. Making his way to where they are, he reasons he should, at least, be an attentive ear.]

"..is something wrong, Rinoa?"

[rebellingheart]

[Minato, they weren't super close but they'd talked before and they'd had several classes together by now.

Looking up, she sighs and let's out at least a little of what's bothering her. Minato just has this sort of aura about him apparently that gets people to open up or something.]

Why are guys so mean sometimes? I don't get it.

[zeroth-card.livejournal.com]

[Minato is aware that he hasn't been making a lot of effort lately in getting closer to the others in Garden. It's something he should really work on.]

"There are a lot of reasons. Most of them aren't very good, mind you, since it has to do with us not knowing we're hurting someone's feelings."

[shops-a-lot.livejournal.com]

[Bulla had intended on stopping into the quad with a light snack to make some notes for the upcoming fashion club (she just needed to meet with the Headmaster to make things official after all!). Then she caught sight of Rinoa. She couldn't tell if her friend was crying or just hugging her dog, but the body language was unmistakably depressed]

Rinoa?

[She approaches, taking a seat nearby and giving Angelo a gentle pat]

Is there somebody I should be punching, or...telling off or something?

[rebellingheart]

[Somehow that voice is super comforting right now.]

Bulla! [Rinoa looks up from Angelo's fur at the approach of her friend.]

Something like that. [It was easy to switch gears from sadness to irate.]

I can't believe him! He kisses me and after everything I thought there was something more to it, and then he turns around and makes out with her after getting drunk? Then when I finally get him to tell me about it he doesn't even think to apologize? Just who does he think he is?

[You know, apart from being the commander of one of the most powerful military organizations as well as being one of the big damn heroes who helped save the world.]

[eggplantallergy]

[Gakupo was thinking of sitting on the stage to study, since it seemed like the more comfortable place to be. As he's walking, it appears as if his mind is elsewhere, thinking of that weird...dream? It seemed more than a dream to him, but the memory of it was plaguing him.

He hadn't thought that one of the students here had encountered a Sorceress before. If that was what one was like, then they all needed more training. Especially if the Commander could do little.

And at that moment...Gakupo trips over a rock and falls to his hands and knees. There is a groan of pain at the tumble before looking up to see a dog...and that girl. Blue eyes widen in shock and he's gaping a bit, pointing a finger her way.]

...you're...her...

[rebellingheart]

[It takes a moment for his words to really sink in because really the entire situation was a little ludicrous. Rubbing one eye, she straightens from Angelo and turns to face him curiously.]

I'm.. her who?