Case 38: Turnabout Grounding
Oct. 8th, 2010 04:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
little_thief[It's Friday afternoon, and Kay's already planning out what she's going to do this wekeend. Maybe some softball practice at the park, going out for burgers and a movie with her boyfriend, just generally hanging around town... typical teenager type stuff. She comes happily bouncing on home, only to run into Tlachtga's drone waiting for her at the door. Arms folded, foot tapping impatiently on the floor, and looking none too pleased with her oldest daughter.]
"Oh, h... hi. Um... mom. What's up?"
"What's up? What's up? This is 'what's up,' young lady!" [And the drone holds up the box of condoms Kay had gotten from Ema for her big night with Yamamoto up on Makeout Point. Kay immediately shrinks back, knowing exactly what kind of talk she's about to get.] "I found these in your sock drawer while I was cleaning! Where did you get them?"
"I... I'm just holding onto them for a friend! They're not mine, I swear!"
"Uh-huh." [DRONESTAAAAAAAARE.]
"O-okay... so, uh... yeah. They are mine. But shouldn't you be happy that I'm using protection and being safe about it?"
"Happy? Happy? My daughter is going around doing... indecent things! - with strange boys, and I should be happy? Who's this guy anyway, Kay? I've never even met him! You won't even introduce him to me, and I'm supposed to be happy for you?"
"Well... maybe this is why I haven't introduced him! Maybe I knew you'd just freak out like this!"
"Kay Elizabeth Crawford!" [Yeah, her middle name isn't even Elizabeth at all, but the drone mom seems to be saying it with such conviction...] "Don't you dare speak to me that way! Go to your room."
"...What?"
"You heard me, young lady. Go to your room. You're grounded. I'm very disappointed in you, Kay."
"You're grounding me? You can't do that!"
"I can, and I am. Now march."
[The drone points to the stairs. Kay just storms up them in a huff.]
[Phone; standard non-drone, non-Grady, non-Mayor filter]
"This sucks! My drone mom just grounded me! Can you believe it? I'm practically an adult myself, and she tells me to go to my room! I'm not even allowed out of the house until the weekend's over!"
[Action - after the phone conversations]
[Anyone passing by 337 Brady will see a certain Thief of Truth attempting to stealth her way out of her room through the window. She's trying to climb into the tree growing in the front yard just next to her window, hoping she can jump, make it into the branches, and then climb her way down and to freedom. It's a couple of feet from the window to the tree, though, and it looks a little risky. Feel free to ask her what the heck she's doing or try to help her get out of the house in a less immediately dangerous way.]
((OOC: Just make it clear in your first comment whether you're replying to the phone or the action stuff.))
"Oh, h... hi. Um... mom. What's up?"
"What's up? What's up? This is 'what's up,' young lady!" [And the drone holds up the box of condoms Kay had gotten from Ema for her big night with Yamamoto up on Makeout Point. Kay immediately shrinks back, knowing exactly what kind of talk she's about to get.] "I found these in your sock drawer while I was cleaning! Where did you get them?"
"I... I'm just holding onto them for a friend! They're not mine, I swear!"
"Uh-huh." [DRONESTAAAAAAAARE.]
"O-okay... so, uh... yeah. They are mine. But shouldn't you be happy that I'm using protection and being safe about it?"
"Happy? Happy? My daughter is going around doing... indecent things! - with strange boys, and I should be happy? Who's this guy anyway, Kay? I've never even met him! You won't even introduce him to me, and I'm supposed to be happy for you?"
"Well... maybe this is why I haven't introduced him! Maybe I knew you'd just freak out like this!"
"Kay Elizabeth Crawford!" [Yeah, her middle name isn't even Elizabeth at all, but the drone mom seems to be saying it with such conviction...] "Don't you dare speak to me that way! Go to your room."
"...What?"
"You heard me, young lady. Go to your room. You're grounded. I'm very disappointed in you, Kay."
"You're grounding me? You can't do that!"
"I can, and I am. Now march."
[The drone points to the stairs. Kay just storms up them in a huff.]
[Phone; standard non-drone, non-Grady, non-Mayor filter]
"This sucks! My drone mom just grounded me! Can you believe it? I'm practically an adult myself, and she tells me to go to my room! I'm not even allowed out of the house until the weekend's over!"
[Action - after the phone conversations]
[Anyone passing by 337 Brady will see a certain Thief of Truth attempting to stealth her way out of her room through the window. She's trying to climb into the tree growing in the front yard just next to her window, hoping she can jump, make it into the branches, and then climb her way down and to freedom. It's a couple of feet from the window to the tree, though, and it looks a little risky. Feel free to ask her what the heck she's doing or try to help her get out of the house in a less immediately dangerous way.]
((OOC: Just make it clear in your first comment whether you're replying to the phone or the action stuff.))
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Date: 2010-10-09 08:30 pm (UTC)[Kay vaults out of the window, curling into herself as much as she can to blunt the impact of the landing as she goes hurtling toward the table.]
"Catch!"
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Date: 2010-10-09 08:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-09 08:48 pm (UTC)"That was pretty cool!"
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Date: 2010-10-09 08:52 pm (UTC)Eheh. It was, wasn't it? Where would you like to go?
[Now that they are closer to each other, Kay may notice that absent the mask, there is a patch of skin around Lucas's eye that is distorted and discolored. He looks a little like a panda.]
We should run before your mom comes out to see why she heard horse sounds.
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Date: 2010-10-09 08:53 pm (UTC)"...Lucas, what happened to your eye?"
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Date: 2010-10-09 08:59 pm (UTC)[Well, no, he couldn't really deny it. Underneath his cowboy hat, his hair had been shaved off. The burn scarring, he knew, was still prominent and would continue to be so until he died, or at least until he was brave enough to debride closer to his eye. He was pleased with the job he'd done on the rest of his face, anyway.]
The party happened.
It's nothing. Where do you want to go, Kay?
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Date: 2010-10-09 09:10 pm (UTC)[Frowns. She honestly feels bad for asking now - it must have been hard for him to have to remember. So instead she gives him a hug.]
"Sorry. I shouldn't have said anything. Um... how about the park?"
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Date: 2010-10-09 10:18 pm (UTC)Yee-haw, Table. You heard the nice lady.
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Date: 2010-10-09 10:23 pm (UTC)"This thing is pretty cool! Where'd you find it, anyway?"
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Date: 2010-10-09 10:29 pm (UTC)It was a gift from the Mr. Saturns for helping them. Oh, um. Have I ever told you about them?
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Date: 2010-10-09 10:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-09 11:54 pm (UTC)[Lucas pulls out a notebook and pencil and proceeds to draw the following (http://files.fobby.net/0000/564d/mr_saturn010.png).]
They talk a little strange and they say 'boing' a lot.
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