Case 38: Turnabout Grounding
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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: 2010-10-10 05:24 am (UTC)[Points at the tree next to her window.]
"I'm gonna jump into the tree and then climb down. She grounded me, but I'm sneaking out!"
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Date: 2010-10-10 05:29 am (UTC)[Phantasma wanders under the tree, looking up. Derp derp derp. Sort of a long way, but...
Kay is her big sis! Kay is cool! She can totally do this!! She steels herself, in quiet (for her) support - which, of course, means sort of bouncing up and down and making excited squealing noises.]
Yes!! Do it! I bet you totally can!
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Date: 2010-10-10 05:32 am (UTC)[Glances down at Phanty. She seems so convinced it'll work!]
"...But maybe I really can!"
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Date: 2010-10-10 05:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-10 05:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-10 05:37 am (UTC)[Phantasma squints for a moment, and holds up her hands, measuring the distance. Due to her being on the ground level, it's horribly, horribly off - two feet becomes something more like eight inches.
She holds up her distance proudly, anyway.]
... this far!
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Date: 2010-10-10 05:39 am (UTC)[And Kay leaps from the window toward the tree. She doesn't exactly make it into the branches so much as she ends up hanging there perilously from one of the larger ones, though.]
"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!"
[Kicks her legs, trying to find some sort of purchase against the trunk, which is a little too far out of reach.]
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Date: 2010-10-10 05:45 am (UTC)HOW COULD PHANTY'S INCREDIBLY SCIENTIFIC METHODS BE OFF]
Um! Keep kicking! I'll be right back, okay?
[And Phantasma rushes off to the garage, to return with a step ladder, far too short to reach Kay. How could her brilliant plan possibly fail?!]
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Date: 2010-10-10 05:56 am (UTC)"I can't reach that!"
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Date: 2010-10-10 05:59 am (UTC)Holding the step ladder up, as far as her little arms will go, right under your feet.
SHUT UP THIS WILL WORK.]
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Date: 2010-10-10 06:01 am (UTC)[Starts to slowly move her hands one in front of the other up on the branch.]
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Date: 2010-10-10 06:08 am (UTC)Phantasma begins to walk along behind Kay, unsteadily, giggling like an idiot the entire while.]
Come on, Kay! You can, like, aaa ha ha hee hee-- totally do it!!
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Date: 2010-10-10 06:13 am (UTC)"Whew... made it..."
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Date: 2010-10-10 06:17 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-10-10 06:19 am (UTC)What'd she find? I can keep a secret! For real!!
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Date: 2010-10-10 01:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-11 01:50 am (UTC)You're embarrassed! I bet you are! Did you do somethin' dumb?
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Date: 2010-10-11 02:15 am (UTC)no subject
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