☆7 [action] starting at House 10, ending up all over Luceti

[skaterbrain]

[Since people are out and about, Beat's been skateboarding a lot more, but... Well, he does feel a little bad that he basically skipped town on Shiki's lesson and then had Roy wheelbarrow him out of there. To make up for it today, he's sitting in his room and reading. Or trying to. The journal just might pick him up as he tries his best.]

..."My hat is"...goh-neh? What? Uh...Goon?

...

"Gone. My hat is gone. I want it back."

...The hell?

...Uh. Aight.

"Have you..." ...uh...

...Dammit.

[OOC: Beat is going to be chased around Luceti looking for a place to read in peace. Feel free to have him show up anywhere including in your kitchen for who knows what reason. o/]

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[fleurdesel]

I do not know. I have no idea why he wanted to take it apart either. [She shrugs and turns back to face him, brow quirked.]

Anything. You weren't reading anything. And I think you were, but. If you do not wish to discuss it, we will not discuss it.

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[skaterbrain]

S'what I said, but I wasn't readin' nothin' so we don't gotta diss nothin' 'bout it.

Uh....

...

[Right, because the word 'discuss' is way over his head. Time to go back to normal topics.]

So who broke into yo' house to jack yo' coffeemaker, huh?

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[fleurdesel]

As you will.

[To her left the coffee pot starts to gurgle in a familiar and comforting manner, far different than the odd clicks and creaks it had made the night that...man. Had attempted to take it apart.]

Honestly? I do not know. I was coming down to fix myself a pot and he was just...standing at the counter, talking to it. Trying to pry the plastic case off to see how it worked, I suppose.

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[skaterbrain]

...Huh. Guess there all kindsa people...

[He shrugs and then gets up from the table, adjusting the book hidden under his shirt.]

Uh...so yeah...sorry 'bout bargin' in an' all...

[She looks kinda tired and he feels sort of bad for just plopping down at her table like that without realizing.]

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[fleurdesel]

Mm? [She blinks over at Beat then shakes her head.] It is fine Beat. I do not mind it and you are welcome to stay if you wish to continue re-...not reading.

[Whatever the reason for his embarrassment, Adele wouldn't call him out on it. She will, however, start pulling out a mug for herself before looking over to him.] Would you care for something to drink? If I am to be an impromptu hostess, I may as well do so properly.

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[skaterbrain]

Naw, I don' like coffee. Even Coffee Man's coffee ain't fo' me.

[But uh....awkward. He starts sidling toward the door. Not that he knows where that is. How the hell did he get in here anyway? He just thought he'd get inside to read since everyone was bothering him outside and now he keeps running into people.]

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[fleurdesel]

We have tea and juice as well, if you like. But if you want to be on your way the front door is just beyond the hall. Or, you may continue not reading in the study. At this time of day no one in the house is in need of it.

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[skaterbrain]

...Jus' feel kinda weird walkin' into people's houses... Uh, didn' mean ta. Jus' got dismacted or whateva'.

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[fleurdesel]

Distracted, I think is the word you mean to use. And it's fine Beat. When I am focused I tend to ignore most of my surroundings in favor of what it is I am doing.

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[skaterbrain]

[........Yeah, but he should be getting better at that. It's how she got--]

Nngh......... Dis-torac-ted, yeah, that thing.

....

Blondie, you drink coffee at this hour, you ain't never gonna sleep.

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[fleurdesel]

Dis-trac-ted. [Calm and without much thought, she'd helped the children of her siblings learn their English, it was somewhat habitual.]

I slept enough earlier, and there is some paperwork from the clinic I need to go over before tomorrow's shift.

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[skaterbrain]

....You know work ain't all there is to life, yeah?

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[fleurdesel]

I took yesterday for myself Beat. I take one such day every week to sleep, rest, and relax. I just...do not care to feel idle.

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[skaterbrain]

That ain't a weekend. You gotta take a weekend! How else you gonna get stuff done?

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[fleurdesel]

...So I should take two days to myself at the end of the week, rather than one whenever the work is not quite so heavy? A consistent period of time off?

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[skaterbrain]

Ch'yeah, then you got two whole days to do whateva'. Skatin' or hangin' out wit' people. It's pretty chill, yo.

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[fleurdesel]

It must be a sad commentary on my life that I have never taken such time for myself regularly, if at all.

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[skaterbrain]

Naw, just mean you gotta start now. You n' me are gonna go chill out on a weekend. Do nothin' special, jus' chill. Got it?

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[fleurdesel]

[Adele has to turn away to pour herself a mug of the finished coffee, cradling the ceramic between her hands once it's full. A faint tilt of her head before she takes a sip and turns back to Beat. Mulling this over.]

I suppose it would not hurt. I am not accustomed to it but...I could try.

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[skaterbrain]

Man, Blondie, you really gotta learn to unwind, yo. If you ain't used to fun, then you ain't livin' life.

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[fleurdesel]

There has always been work, or something to study, or something to research. I developed the habit...

[Shortly after her father died. Strange. She's never considered that before.] When I was young and never thought to do otherwise.

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[skaterbrain]

If that yo' hobby, aight, but if it ain't, Blondie, you gotta find somethin' else to do or you gonna burn out.

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[fleurdesel]

I take time for my hobbies.

[Less and less as of late. If she performs at Cloud Nine, it's because Ginia would want her to were she present. She stretches and only runs through her barre exercises if she has time after the fencing and jitte drills. It's not all clinic work, but it is, without a doubt, work.]

...not enough as of late, though. [She was weary the past few days. But she takes one for herself a week. Perhaps two, soon. That was enough. It had to be.]

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[skaterbrain]

....What you pushin' yo'self for, Blondie? You got somethin' chasin' you?

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[fleurdesel]

[Her initial response is to brush him off. Ignore the question. Say it isn't any of his concern. But of those she knows, he is the first to ask so directly.]

I do not care to be helpless, Beat.

[It was the simplest way to explain this disquiet.]