[01 Σ Action]

[pivotpoint]

Who: Kaname Chidori + Anyone
Where: Any Sports Center
When: Early Afternoon
Warnings: None, but you may want to check her permissions post? She can get "violent" during foul moods.

The loud crack of the bat filled the air as Kaname hit what would have been a home run if she were not hitting in a batting cage. Her proficiency in softball clearly showed. Time and time again she hit the ball nearly perfectly. However after hours of solo practice she began to falter. Kaname had come to blow off steam. Her questions and frustrations had been bothering her, and she still had to figure out how she was going to "contribute" to the ship. The most obvious answer was to enter their schooling system, but the descriptions of it were so different than what she was used to that she was wary. To take her mind off everything she practiced in the batting cage. This plan, however, backfired. With every hit of the ball she stewed over one point of irritation. Eventually the stress and some amount of dehydration got to her. Kaname hit a ball, with the tip of the bat, and the ball flew off to what would be a grievous foul. Pissed at her own failure she tosses the bat forward at the machine, cursing at it, because she wasn't going to blame herself for the screw up. Not in this mood. Automated systems began to scold her for improper treatment of the equipment, but she ignored the artificial voice and stomped out towards some vending machines.

She took off the helmet she wore in the cage, and stared at the selection of beverages. Sweat soaked her body, and she obviously looked worn. Kaname's eyes glazed over while trying to choose her drink. Mostly she was just tired physically, mentally, and emotionally. However to an onlooker she might just look like a complete jerk holding up the line at the vending machine. If no one called her out on it she eventually came to, and asked if anyone they have change because she didn't bring anything with her.

(Open to both prose and bracket style. Also feel free to catch her before she starts spacing out at the vending machine if your character may have been watching the batting practice.)

Comments

[pivotpoint]

A low groan escaped Kaname. Her forehead hit the plastic window on the machine. Her free hand reached for the buttons on the machine, but because she didn't enter any sort of payment the vending machine refused to give her any product. Because Jinto didn't make his presence known, she didn't make any effort to be quick about her visit.

Not like she had the energy to care anyway.

[weeabhoo]

Alright. Enough of this. If he didn't get a drink soon he'd keel over from dehydration. Anyway she looked pretty depressed. It was strange watching someone be this open with their emotions after being around Lafiel for so long, who bottled away negative emotions, aside from anger. He cleared his throat.

"If you're out of money for the machine I can lend you some..."

[pivotpoint]

Kaname peeled herself off of the machine to look at him. Honestly doing that much was taxing, but in all honesty she was exaggerating because she could sometimes be quiet the drama queen.

"Yeah?" she asked, and held out her hand. If he was offering she would definitely be taking. Kaname watched him with lazy, half-lidded eyes while waiting for him to give her the money.

[weeabhoo]

So this is where a lifetime of kindof going with the flow had gotten Jinto: paying a stranger to get out of the way of the vending machine. Great job. Way to stick up for yourself.

He fished around in his pocket and dropped two credit markers in her palm.

"The one at the top's usually the best. Don't drink the one at the bottom. It's for species with very different metabolisms."

As in it was so sweet you could feel your teeth rotting and burned your palate like you'd just swallowed a ball of wasabi.

[pivotpoint]

Kaname shrugged, dismissing his advice before slipping the credit into the machine. The girl hadn't intended on trying anything that wasn't water anyway. With all these freaky 'species,' and- Well, hell! Just the odd circumstances of being here was enough to make her cling desperately to anything familiar. Her fingers slowly pressed the buttons, and when she finished entering the code it started to vend. Finally she sighed before speaking again.

"Thanks."

[weeabhoo]

"You're welcome."

He dug in his pocket for more credits and slowly raised his hand to about the level of the slot, hoping the gesture would get her to realize that he wanted to use the machine too. If this didn't work he might have to resort to (gasp!) asking her to move.

[pivotpoint]

Kaname refused to move out of the way before her beverage dispensed. All seemed like it would go well until the water bottle got stuck mid vending. Quickly her blood began to boil, and she trembled with rage. Her hands clenched into fists, and Kaname's knuckles became white. She is unable to hold back her anger, and like and erupting volcano the girl unleashed her fury out on the machine. Kaname threw a hard kick to it, and it began to malfunction.

"Don't you dare, you piece of shit!" She hollered, kicking it again. The vending machine glitched, and after another blow it actually began to vend about three different beverages.

finally get to use this icon

[weeabhoo]

Jinto instinctively threw his arms up over his head, with a cry, as if expecting to be the recipient of the kick instead of the machine. Slowly he peeked over his own hands.

"...How did you do that?"