Session Start: Mon Dec 13 20:25:04 2010 <@Ked> (this is the mini where nothing happens for half an hour) <@Ked> (just kidding) <@Ked> [Tuesday afternoon, after classes but well before dinner] <@Ked> [Tasiya's dorm room.] <@Ked> [mini startu!] * Carter is standing with her back to the windows as Tasiya walks in, looking around at the interior decoration. And looking, and looking... * Carter has her school uniform on, but her EI is not in evidence. * Tasiya blinks. * Tasiya blinks at Dakdak. Then looks up at Carter. And blinks again. * Carter notices her. "What?" * Tasiya has also finally made a dent in her pile-of-delivered-furnishings, so the decor is even more decor'ed than before. Uh. Nothing, just had a moment of wondering if this was my room or not. * Tasiya was clearly making a hyperbolic statement, considering not only the door dec still hanging on her door, but the contents of the room, which include pictures of her, both alone and not, put up sporadically (but not ridiculously so) around the room. Oh, well, there are plenty of ways. And I needed somewhere to be at least somewhat unfindable for a while. What, still? * Carter sits down, leaning on the window. Wouldn't you want to be? At this point? I mean, like, obviously you can stay here as long as you want, I can pull out the inflatable air-poster for you... Oh! Well, yeah, of course. I thought you meant, like...nevermind. Sorry, it was just kind of startling. Um, do you want something to, like, eat? Or maybe drink? Only if it's warm. Or maybe alcoholic. * Carter sighs. "Of course they can find me here - they'd just have an EI run a search on the dorm surveillance and they'd have me pinned down. But random students won't be able to. * Tasiya nods. That part, I totally get. * Tasiya goes into the kitchenette area. "Uh, I have some hot dark cocoa? It's a tiny bit spicy-hot too, though..." That would be great. Magicsdammit, Tasi, it's not fair that I'd end up here. * Tasiya tilts her head a bit as she gets out a tiny pot and some milk to start warming. "Didn't you want to?" I don't know what string mom and dad pulled, but it's just cruel. And there's no WAY I could just leave after this. ....yeah. I can see that one. I thought it was cool, sure. But I didn't think about what it would MEAN. You mean, like, the rules and everything? Obviously there's no way any of us could've anticipated the RAs being as...yeah. As they are. * Tasiya spills a little bit of the cocoa mix bag she's opening on the counter at that thought. It's one thing to be the crazy, mischievous, hyperactive girl who always challenges authority when all she's working against are her parents and a couple of teachers who know she's just playing. But here it's not just some teacher, it's the fuckin' avatars of the Earth, and their direct representatives. Yeah, but--I mean, it's not like you've done anything *really* really wrong. ....right? I mean, in the Hierarchy's eyes, not the RA's. I chall... uh. * Tasiya spares a squirrelly eye for Carter as she stirs up the cocoa + hot milk mixture, waiting for it to thicken. * Carter stops looking sorry for herself for a moment. "That's an interesting thought. I'm not sure it really holds up, but you could be right." The hell of it is I kinda admire the RA's - they're the sort of dorm leadership that I'd want to be a part of. * Tasiya tilts her head. "They're certainly, uh, nontraditional." * Carter grins. "They're lunatics! Just like me!" * Tasiya giggles. Besides, with what you *have* managed to do so far, hiding out for so long, and everything, and I know you're smart--how DID you get in here, anyway? Like did someone help you, or did you do it yourself? And I've never played against nutsos before. It does give it a little extra spice... it's just that they have too many advantages, and apparently no limits. Mmm. Let's just say that my dad knows the only PI in Escalator. Maybe on the planet. And HE used to work with Lady Ballistics. Oooh. See, that's what I was actually going for, that like being in the eye of the Hierarchy might not be such a bad thing, and maybe you'll get tapped for something awesome because of it! * Tasiya reaches for mugs. I learned everything I know about opening doors from him. And about half of what I know about evading surveillance. That is SO neat. * Carter grabs her mug and sips. Here's the thing, Tasi. Why are the RA's insane? I can think of three possibilities, and I don't really like any of them. Um, 'cause they were....oh. The first one is that the Ladies don't give a shit. * Tasiya blows on her cocoa while stirring, brow furrowed. Second one is that they did it on purpose, to like test us or something. Or something. Yes. The third one, the one that creeps me out the most, is that the RA's have insight into the Hierarchy and the way the Ladies' minds work. And they're modeling themselves after that. * Tasiya wrinkles her nose a little as she sips. "You think?" I think that might be assuming a little much about them. I mean, unless--uh. Oh. Some of the Ladies are... strange. You don't have any classes with Lady Unicorn, do you? Utterly self-centered, and I'm pretty sure she's setting up at least three of the boys to try to "seduce" her by the end of the semester. Yeah, but...not *all* of the Ladies are weird. She apparently got the job at the last second when Lady Pi skipped off to build the Malletfall docks complex. Without telling anyone, even Spoon. Like, nobody ever talks about Lady Composocrete back home... * Tasiya blinks. "Wait, really? I thought that'd be something you'd *have* to tell people about in order to even do it. I mean, are you sure that's not just a rumor?" The mayors tend to be responsible types that everyone looks up to. ...heh. Or wait, maybe I shouldn't be asking the journalist's daughter if she's got her facts straight... Well... I heard it as a rumor. But mom does say she's spending her days at the project site. The mayors seem to be more... respectable. And Escalator is sort of the thriving heart of the colony these days, you know? * Tasiya grins a little smugly. "Yeah." But seriously. Lady Corset? I mean, what the fuck? * Tasiya lets the grin fade. "But yeah, I get what you mean." Hey, she probably couldn't help her power! Or like, her titled name! And Lady Spoon... who the hell is Lady Spoon? Why didn't we get one of the mayors? Or one of the really senior ones? Or the abstract sciencey ones, even? Um, I guess, probably because then they wouldn't have anyone else to put in those positions? * LadySpoon pops up in profile on a desk projector. "Hey, Sss.... ah, Tasiya. Um. Is this a bad moment?" I mean...at the root of it all there are what, five Snowflakes? I'm not sure if the main purpose of this school is to teach them to live with us, or teach us to--YEEEEEEEEP! * Tasiya hyperventilates a bit, then says, "I'M SORRY I'M SORRY I'LL SEND IN THAT PAPER TONIGHT I SWEAR!!!!" * Carter eyes the holo, then looks back at Tasi a bit wildly. What? Like, I kept getting distracted, and then there was that thing on the soccer fields, and and and please don't fail me and send me back home! My parents will KILL me! * Tasiya flails a little. Well, a little more than a little. ...ah, uh. Maybe I'd better just head out and find a different room to crash in. You think the stuco meeting will run long? * Carter gets up and sets down her mug. * Tasiya glances quickly at the holo, then at Carter, then puts her out-of-holo- pickup hand out, holds up two fingers, points left from her door, and waves Carter on. Uh, later. * Tasiya looks like she's going to cry. * Carter glances back at the holo on the way out the door. "And be glad I'm not going to sue!" What? * Carter closes the door behind her. * Tasiya waits for the electronic lock to buzz, then mostly relaxes. "Sorry about that, Lady Spoon." * LadySpoon shakes her head sheepishly. "My fault. I'm so used to just jumping in on people." Sorry...yeah, I have people over every now and then and stuff, and...yeah. Suddenly there are, like, secrets, and I don't always think about that. * Tasiya grins sheepishly and scratches her head. "Just trying to follow the rules..." I'm surprised there haven't been any major leaks this far. Heh, and the one leak that did kinda-sorta happen, got fixed when Farah Became Lady Crystal. It's just been a long time since all of us were in school. Acne was mortified afterwards. Well, I guess it all turned out OK in the end. Heh, maybe the magic was looking out for us! * Tasiya giggles because that's clearly a joke, how ridiculous, ha ha. Anyway, there was something you wanted yesterday, and I had to scurry off to brief Her Bedriddenness. Oh! Yeah, that actually has--oh. So Her Grace is still shaken up after the whole silverdart thing? That was one of her good days, I'm afraid. You didn't hear this from me, but it's probably months, not years. ...and she's spitting mad that she can't be on site to see this stuff happening herself. * Tasiya pales to almost-sickly. "....oh, yikes. That's...I can't even..." She looks really sad. * LadySpoon sighs. "Princesses are like that, though. Fighters until the end. Look, I do need to go back to the conference in a bit - what's happening?" Oh! Yes, actually, that's what Carter was saying to you before she left. Look, um, I hate to sound like I'm whining just because I'm a kid and everything, but it really actually isn't to do with me...it's about the, uh, kind of weird ways the RAs are enforcing the rules. ...she's... suing you? Oh. Oh! Hmm. No, er, you. Unless you mean us like the Hierarchy... I mean, I totally have no problem with rules being enforced and being punished for breaking the rules and stuff! But...it kind of, I don't necessarily want to say they've been going too far, but the punishments seem really arbitrary and don't really always fit the crime...In Carter's case... * LadySpoon looks abstracted and her eyes focus somewhere else as Tasi explains. * Tasiya tells the whole story, managing to leave the huge gap where she and Carter were both in the tunnel-exploration expeditions covered up with something that sounds almost more plausible than what actually happened. Carter... Deegan. Hmm. Heh. I will say... hmm. I can see where you have some legitimate concerns, I guess. Like, I'm not asking to get rid of them or anything, I just...I just wanted to make sure someone knew, I guess. I don't want the same thing happening to me, and I know a lot of the other girls are also pretty worked up about it. * Tasiya shudders just thinking about it. But we really do need some counterweight to the cultural mix in the dorms, and there were some fairly deliberate choices made in that regard. I will give you two reassurances. The RA's do have a broad hunting license, but it is not - quite - so far reaching as they've represented. And... while I heartily approve of the use of creative humiliation, I will pass down the chain that this particular one should not be repeated. * Tasiya looks a little doubtful, but nods dutifully at that one. "Thank you, Lady Spoon. I just wanted to let you know. Besides, you'll probably hear about it again soon some other way, people are pretty worked up about it over here." Don't pass along that first one. But go ahead and feed the second one into the rumor mill. * Tasiya nods. "OK, I'll try. Thank you for getting back to me so quickly! I mean, especially since you say things are so busy up there right now." * LadySpoon grimaces. "It's not busy, it's just that I'm not planning my own schedule." Oh...I can see that, I guess. Well, I'm sorry to have bothered you...hope we see you again soon? I'll be back at the school by Thursday, though. I hope. I still need to invite the gang up for a formal dinner at the Headmistress's Mansion. Maybe Friday night? Barring further monster mayhem. Um, I guess so. Or any other kind of mayhem, hopefully! Right, right. Okay, I need to run down some tea before the session starts, so see you later. * Tasiya smiles a little and bobs a little curtsey at the holo-image. "I'll pass on the message about maybe Friday...have a good day, Lady Spoon!" * LadySpoon waves politely and rezzes out. * Tasiya texts Carter, explaining that the call was due to a paper that apparently one of her teachers had turned her in for being almost a week and a half late on. * Tasiya then looks around, sighs, and flops down on one of the kitchen nook chairs. She downs the rest of her cocoa, eyes the remains of Carter's, then downs that too. <@Ked> [end mini]