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 Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 6:59 am
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 7:01 am
OOC: I jumped into this a little quickly. ^-^ If you wanted to do the whole invitation thing first, we could always backtrack and do that. And we're in red and green, for your Christmas amusement!
IC:
AriyaLauna was getting depressed. It was holiday-time, and Megan was beginning to mope around and cry about not having her traditions. AriyaLauna, too, was feeling the same way. And neither of them had really made close enough friends in their new surroundings to really be able to help that.
So, after much debating with herself, AriyaLauna decided to step out on a limb. She was sure that Ruriska and Raleigh were in the exact same boat as she was in. While she didn't like them very much, she figured she'd take a chance and invite them over. Why not? Would could possibly go wrong?
They'd set the dinner a little early, December 23rd. Christmas Eve and Day somehow seemed to be like asking for trouble to AriyaLauna, and anytime after would be silly. Ruriska had said she'd bring a side or two, which had taken some stress off of AriyaLauna. Still, she'd made enough food for the entire army. She'd found that Megan actually liked cooking, and they'd gotten quite carried away. It had been one of the better times she'd had with the little girl.
AriyaLauna was amused to find Megan fussing about with decorations. Everything had to be JUST SO. The table had to be perfect, and the house decorations had to be perfect. Nothing could go without matching. Megan had even put on a dress that matched the dining room. AriyaLauna was relieved to find that the girl had put on a play-dress as opposed to something fancy. That, too, would have been begging disaster. The one thing AriyaLauna was worried about, and had probably reminded Megan about too many times, was the fact that Megan seemed to have the whole night planned and scripted. She just hoped she wouldn't be too disappointed when things didn't turn out the way she wanted them to.
Megan was currently going between bouncing around excitedly and playing Mario Cart on her play station. AriyaLauna was stretched out on the floor reading a book, just keeping an eye out to make sure Megan didn't try jumping on top of her or anything. She hoped Ruriska and Raleigh would be at least semi-ontime, or little Megan would spontaneously combust. Or something.
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Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 2:32 pm
"Don't give me that look Raleigh, and if you mention you hate Christmas one more time... you're not getting your presents."
Considering Raleigh's life hadn't been the best, Christmas had always been a sore spot for him and he had no desire to celebrate it with anyone. Ruriska had other plans. The way she saw it, a good Christmas was just what Raleigh needed. Ariya had given her a great chance to prove to Raleigh that Christmas could be a great time. Of course Ariya inviting her to a Christmas party had been extremely surprising. Raleigh aquaintance with Megan had only been a passing once and Ruri was pretty show everything she did made Ariya want to faint.
"Right, you're all done." Raleigh's long hair had been parted done the middle and smoothed down. His clothes consisted of a stylish blue and black number that was apparently itchy. Ruriska had gone for jeans and t-shirt look, but expensive jeans and t-shirt and a pretty fake fur coat over the top.
"We're already late."
"Whatever. Just carry this." Stuffing a plate of a special vegetable mix her mother had taught her to make into Raleigh's hands she pushed him out the door, her own plate of food placed securely under her arm.
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After stepping out of the limo, they walkd up to Ariya's door and Ruriska rapped sharply on it, shuffling a little where she stood. Raleigh looked less than happy. "Did we have to leave Yasuo at home?" Giving the boy a sideways look Ruri frowned. "Yes." The dog wasn't really a bother, but it was big and it's eyes were just... really creepy.
Ooc: The Christmas goodness. xP
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Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:33 am
AriyaLauna got up to answer the door, but Megan had bounded up in a second in happy squeals, "I gots it! I GOT IT!" she slam opened the door, "Hi, Raleigh! Hi, Ms. Rahrisk! Wanna play a game, Raleigh? I got Mario Cart and Super Smash Brothers..."
AriyaLauna grinned at Megan's antics, coming behind them. Her eyes swept over her two guests' clothing, and her heart dropped a bit. They looked like they were coming for something fancy. She only hoped the boy could play in those clothes. She had gone completely the opposite with the credit card Charles had given her, for the very reason that she had an unlimited amount of money, she was afraid to use much of it. Her house was simple, though oddly country-style in a big city. Would Ruriska expect some grand ritzy thing? She certain hoped not.
"Come in, let me take that for you, Raleigh. We'll get the food set up. It won't take but a minute, Megan, I don't know if you'll have time to play anything before..."
"Can we play just ONE game? It'll be REALLY quick... PLEASE?"
AriyaLauna shook her head, though it wasn't really a no. Megan was beginning to understand her gaurdian more and more, and so bounced from foot to foot again, "Wanna play just ONE game, Raleigh?"
"Maybe we should let them in the house," AriyaLauna laughed, having already stepped back, and pulled Megan back too. She looked at Ruriska, uncertain, "You two hungry now, or would you rather wait a bit?"
"I'm STARVING! It smells so good....What?"
"Nothing, Meggie," AriyaLauna winked at Ruriska, waiting to see what she and Raleigh had to say.
"It's MEGAN. Ech." Megan huffed. AriyaLauna didn't bother correcting herself.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:19 am
"Hi-" Ruriska started to say, but was of course cut of by a very enthusiastic Megan. It was so far removed from what she'd seen of the young girl so far that she stood in the doorway and just stared. Raleigh wasn't doing any better. Not good with loud people to start with, Megan's over enthusiasm almost made him cringe. Though game suddenly sounded very good and he moved out of Ruriska's shadow a little.
After gaining a limitless credit card Ruriska had gone all out, as could be seen by the finery of her clothing. Of course if Airya's place was a little less lavish she really didn't give a damn, as her roots had been from the poor area of town. As soon as Ariya' mentioned coming in, Raleigh handed the plate of food to her and darted inside. "I'm not hungry, let's go play." He grabbed Megan's arm and began tugging her away, tugging her to where he wasn't sure, but away from the parents was a good idea.
Ruri followed him inside, chuckling a little. "Let 'em play a bit, let's go get the food ready. And don't worry, he's starving." Shrugging off her coat she put it over her arm, still cradling her pit of food carefully. "How ya been Ariya?" She asked, closing the behind her with a quick shove of her foot.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:33 am
"I've been great. With the idea of Santa coming, Megan's turned into a little angel. Such a nice change! How are you and Raleigh?"
AriyaLauna relaxed considerably as she watched Ruriska. No, she wasn't in here sneaking around looking at everything all stiff-nosed. That was nice. She wasn't sure she could take the attitude of the woman AND criticism all at the same time. She didn't have a place to suggest Ruriska put the coat, as she was from the south and had no idea about the necessity of coat hangers in the first place. It didn't even occur to her to try to find a place for the coat, actually. Her writer just felt like babbling about it.
There's not much to prepare," AriyaLauna said, leading the way to the kitchen, "Unless you need to warm something up. Megan surprised me by being excited about all this. We'll have to be on our BEST manners just for her," her voice took on an edge of teasing as she mocked the girl.
Megan had laughed outright at Raleigh when he started going in the wrong direction, "THIS way, 'less you wanna play outside. We can do that, I guess. It'd be fun too. I hope it snows. Did you know that Miss Ariya never ever EVER saw snow before? And she's OLD! I wish we had a puppy to play with, I want one, but SHE says no. What d'you wanna play? Outside or in?" Megan usually wouldn't care to ask, but she was playing hostess now, and so decided to be nice and give her guest the decision, even so, she bounced from foot to foot, ready to get going in whatever it was they were going to do.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:47 am
"Huh wah... Santa? Oh right, yeah, that... Santa." Ruriska hadn't actually told Raleigh about 'Santa'. She'd found it was easier to just keep the jolly out fat man out of their relationship. "We're good, getting along same as usual. Oh..." Checking to see Megan was gone, Ruri dug awkwardly around in her coat pocket until she found a small package. "I bought a present for Megan. Me and Raleigh will give it to her after dinner. It's only a small bracelet but yeah... thought she'd like it."
After tucking away the present Ruriska walked further inside, dumping her coat on the first chair she came across. "Everything should be fine... it's still pretty warm. Kitchen?" Ruri looked around. The place was similar to her own. "Right..." Walking straight towards the kitchen she placed her pot on the counter, smiling, as she smelt the smell of food.
"Let's just go play the game." Raleigh said with a small frown. He'd seen snow. It was cold, and it was wet and he'd had to sleep in it before. "I hate snow. I wanna play super smash brothers."
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:57 am
AriyaLauna grinned, "That was nice of you. I'm sure she'll love it." she decided to keep the fact that she'd gotten something quiet, surprises were always nice, "I actually swore that I'd never have my kids believe in Santa, but Megan's family did it and she's so excited. She's had enough trauma for one year without taking him out of the picture," AriyaLauna rolled her eyes, "But next year no Christmas. We'll celebrate all this...." she waved her hand around, indicating the Christmasy things, "for New Years." she didn't bother explaining herself, "Do you have any plans?"
"Ok!" Megan bounded off to the television, threw out her game of Mario Cart, and stuffed in the Super Smash Brothers game. She liked this one too, "You can choose your character first. Do you wanna play against each other or teams against the computer? What're you gonna get for Christmas?"
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:07 am
"Raleigh's parents, the bastards, didn't even bother with the whole Santa thing." Ruri shrugged. "I'm sort of glad. I already buy him everything without bloody 'Santa' adding strain to 'what the heck am I going to get him'." She gave a dramatic sigh as she shoved her pot in the microwave (I'm assuming Ariya has a microwave). "Just a little heating up might do it." While she waited Ruri leant against the tabletop. "New Years? No plans. I was thinking of taking him out to see the fire works. Rent a boat on the river or a skyscraper room to see them better. How about you?"
Raleigh grinned as he sat down. The clothes he was wearing were a little uncomfortable, but as long as he had something to take his attention everything was fine. "Against each other... we can do co-op later." Taking up the controller he moved the cursor to Pikachu. His favourite console was the Playsation 2, but after that it was Gamecube. X-Box came a huge last as most of the games bored him. "Right. You can choose the level."
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:18 am
"Oh, I couldn't do the whole fireworks thing, I couldn't stand being around---" she paused. Ruriska had just said she was going to get a private place for her and Raleigh. That would certainly take care of the crowd problem, "Actually, that's a pretty good idea. Charles doesn't have fits when you take so much off the card?"
Megan was slightly disappointed when Raleigh chose pikachu. That was the fastest character, and had that long-range ability. And kirby wasn't so good against him. She picked Link then, and set the scene on random. Random was so much better. The magma level flashed up, "Oh no! I can't still this level." but she didn't take it off, "I'll beat you anyway!"
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:28 am
"Sure is a good idea." Ruri chuckled. "I'm sure Charles is having a fit right now but I've got him wrapped around my little finger. He's a big softy you know." Ruriska looked around. "Since you don't go out and buy anything overly expensive, I'm sure he'll overlook the price of renting a boat or something. And if he does kick up a stink just threaten to turn Megan into a villain. That'll shut him up." There was a soft 'beep' from the microwave so Ruri turned around and opened it up. "Is the table set?"
"You wont beat me." Raleigh assured her. He hated this level as well. It was so darn annoying. When the level started he immediately set Pikachu into a crouch, ready to use his thunder attack if Link came to close.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:43 am
"Oh, I'm sure whatever plans that needed to be made have already been made though. Maybe next year. Megan helped me set the table." AriyaLauna shook her head, "She was amazed that I knew how to make it look nice. I think she thought only highly-trained uppity servers could do that sort of thing." AriyaLauna grinned, "To have heard her speak, one would think we're putting on the best dinner anyone's ever seen."
Megan had the advantage, Pikachu had fallen on the middle part, and her on the bottom. She pressed her R button and jumped up to snag pikachu, though she really wasn't very good with Link. Raleigh would probably get the upper hand pretty quickly.
((OOC: ^-^ We don't need to play out the game in words, lol... Whenever you're ready to call for dinner, go ahead.))
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:50 am
Ruriska chuckled. "Well, shall we call them over then?" She asked, putting her pot on the table and taking a seat. "Looks nice."
"s**t." Raleigh quickly tapped the jumped button, jumping up high and onto a nearby platform. Jumping up once more he pressed down and B towards Link. The Pikachu did an electric drill attack at Link, though there was a good chance he would miss.
Ooc: Sorry it's so small. >.<
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 1:58 am
Megan was caught by the bolt. When she jumped to get out of the way, she ended up hitting the magma, "Nnooo!" She jumped out, and came back force with a R-swirl toward pikachu.
AriyaLauna nodded, getting up to call them, and then shrugging it off. Ruriska wouldn't care, "Megan! Raleigh! Food!" she hollered for them.
"In a MOMENT!" Megan yelled back, "I'll die so we can go eat." she offered.
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Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:07 am
"Just a moment!" Raleigh called back, getting caught by Megan's attack. He grabbed a nearby baseball bat and began swinging it wildly, not wanting to end the game just yet.
"Now Raleigh!" Ruri yelled back, giving Raleigh no choice but to suddenly pause the game and trudge towards the dining room. "We'll just pause it for a bit." He said to Megan as he walked out the door. His stomach gave a little grumble, and he licked his lips. Darn he was hungry.
Sliding into a chair he looked at Ruriska and then reached for some food. "Just wait Raleigh." Ruri said. "I know you don't have any manners but you could have some patience."
Ooc: Ok, should we skip the eating part.
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