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Cheer Up Grumpy Gills! Aug 13, 2017 2:34:03 GMT

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Post by Shelby on Aug 13, 2017 2:34:03 GMT

Athena's Outfit

Aphrodite was too busy at her "special school" to come home for the weekend, and her dad was too busy grading papers for college students to pay any attention to her, leaving Athena out on her own to fend for herself for the day. Luckily it was a nice Saturday afternoon, but after sticking around the house, kicking the futball around in the backyard by herself, she had quickly grown bored.

There was nothing for her to do here, and it wasn't as if she had made any real friends since going to Salem High, her sights set on playing futball and trying to get in with the in crowd. While she felt as if her attempts were beginning to show progress in her line for getting int he group, it still wasn't enough. She still barely talked to them, only ever in passing in the halls before class. Hell, she didn't even talk t them when at lunch, mostly because she didn't have the same lunch schedule, but also because it wasn't as if she could just waltz over there and sit with them. That would be a death sentence to her reputation. The team would no doubt laugh at her. And thinking of them, none of them were around, either. Not to go hang out, not to even practice.

She sighed. It was probably best to go jogging somewhere to clear her head, or at the very least get in her exercise for the day. A couple hours of that was surly to make the day go by faster, and less... Boring.

The sun was high in the clear sky when she made her way to the park, having jogged there as a pre-warm up. A light sweat was already beginning to pepper across her forehead. She wiped the skin with her gray, loose shirt and walked over to a tree. Placing one hand on it, she reached down and started doing toe touches, and then brought her body back up to grab onto one of her legs and bring it back, stretching the muscle as families and other kids on their weekend off meandered about the trail and occupied the playscape, a few glances in her direction. Athena already had her earbuds in her ears, rocking out to some Carry Underwood.

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Cheer Up Grumpy Gills! Aug 13, 2017 2:49:50 GMT

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Post by Kat on Aug 13, 2017 2:49:50 GMT

||Vinny's Duds||

It being the weekend, there was very little to do. Izzy seemed to have his plans role-playing, Justice had something going on with her dad, and his newfound jam buddy Clare was busy with her band. He was very bored. Playing his violin was a great stress reliever, but it was hardly a good way to pass the time.

At first when he had thought of going to the park, he considered maybe skating around. But for some reason at the last minute he grabbed his camera bag. He was glad he had, too! Already he had gotten quite the entourage of photos. They spanned form the nature surrounding him to families interacting, dogs and owners playing, and children running around. He enjoyed candid photography. There was a genuineness that you could never get in a staged photo.

Swinging the lens around, he blinked and adjusted the focus. There was a girl stretching nearby. She looked as if she was getting ready to go jogging. He lowered the camera for a moment, staring at her as his hands quickened the shutter speed. Lifting the camera once more, he made sure the composition was good and took several shots, smiling a little.

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Cheer Up Grumpy Gills! Aug 13, 2017 3:02:39 GMT

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Post by Shelby on Aug 13, 2017 3:02:39 GMT

The song changed, and Athena noticed nothing of the boy standing on the other side of the sidewalk with a camera pointed in her direction, snapping pictures of her oh so easily, without even asking any permission from her. Instead, she focused on stretching her muscles out, letting the insides of her body stretch until they could stretch no more, letting that stringing, pulling feeling rev her up. She smiled to herself, and her head bobbed to the beat of Paramore's Monster.

So maybe this would be a good day for her. Just a nice jog around the park. Maybe she'd even take a nice little stroll around town, get herself a bite to eat, and then head back home in time for her dad to get there and hear her talk about all that she had done for the day.

When the last of her back muscles were stretched, Athena shook her shoulders and opened her eyes up. Just when she was about to take off and head onto the trail, something caught her eyes; not a flash, but a glint of something in the opposite direction. Furrowing her brows, she turned, and noticed a boy holding a camera up in her direction and--was he smiling? Pervert! That was what her mind instantly reverted to. She pulled her ear buds out of her ears, paused the song on her phone, and stormed over to him, not at all trying to hide herself from him.

"Excuse me?" She started, looking directly into the camera lens instead of looking at him. "What are you doing? Don't you know it's illegal to photograph or video anyone without there permission here in California?"

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Cheer Up Grumpy Gills! Aug 13, 2017 3:26:09 GMT

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Post by Kat on Aug 13, 2017 3:26:09 GMT

Honestly, the thought to get her permission--like he had with all his other subjects-- crossed his mind. He was just drawn to get her in his focus. He wasn't sure how many pictures he got of her already. Vinny didn't even realize how creepy his photographing her could be taken as. But he was so intent on getting the various twitches and expressions in her face. It was very expressive, even when she wasn't trying.

When she started moving, he assumed she was just on her way to jog and that would be the end of the impromptu photo session. But no, she came closer and her mouth was moving. She was looking directly into the camera. Oh great googley-moogley! He froze for a moment then lowered his camera, looking up at her with an embarrassed smile.

His mouth stumbled to find proper words. "Oh, I'm.. I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me I just saw you there and for some reason I just couldn't help but feel like the picture was calling to be taken and I guess I got a little carried away. I should have asked you for permission, you are right. I am sorry."

He felt as though he was rambling, staring up at her with wide eyes. Vinny suddenly was very aware of just how awkward he was in social situations. Unfortunately for him the presence of this unknown girl seemed to make matters worse. But angry as she was--and she had a right to be-- Vinny could not leave her that way! But how to brighten things up? "Uhmm... I'll make it up to you somehow?"

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Cheer Up Grumpy Gills! Aug 13, 2017 13:41:20 GMT

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Post by Shelby on Aug 13, 2017 13:41:20 GMT

She felt violated in a way, like she couldn't go for a little jog in a public park without having eyes watching her, or without creepy pervs like this guy trying to take pictures for her. And for what?! Because of the way she looked? Because of the way she dressed? It wasn't fair! She should be able to wear what ever the hell she wanted without some guy trying to sneak a peak at her, to try to get some elicit photo of her. This was a free country, and guys had just as much of a brain as she did, as well as self control. They should be able to control themselves, no matter their age, or the way they grew up.

Ugh, so irritating. And here her day had just begun to get better. Now Athena could quickly see it spiraling down the lens of the camera that was still pointed at her face.

With her hands placed on her hips, she rose her brows as the boy's face was revealed, as was his entire height. What surprised her most was that she was so much taller than her, but if anything that gave her more confidence. If she had to chase or beat him down for the pictures, she was confident that she'd be able to do so. But that seemed like it was going to be the case--not with the way the boy stuttered and apologized to her.

Oh yeah right! She didn't believe a word that he was saying! Athena breathed out a heavy huff and rolled her eyes. "Oh please! What are you going to tell me? That I look like I can be a model, that you want to recruit me to some fancy modeling agency to take all my money on giving me false hope? Well you know what!" Her cheeks puffed out, almost childishly, and as her voice pitched her southern drawl became more apparent. "I'm not gonna fall for that mess! I don't need to use my body to get what I want. I'm smart! Kind of, anyway, but that doesn't matter! Go find some of those metric people to pull you're little scheme on." She huffed again. "Aren't you a little young to be a recruiter, anyway?"

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Cheer Up Grumpy Gills! Aug 14, 2017 2:39:33 GMT

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Post by Kat on Aug 14, 2017 2:39:33 GMT

She was.. well she was exploding in his face. Vinny just stared at her silently with wide unblinking eyes. He started feeling a little flustered, unsure of how he was supposed to respond. [bb]"N-No.. I mean yes! I mean.."[/b] His thoughts were jumbled and he wasn't even sure what he even was thinking. Somehow her outburst seemed hardly called for. He had apologized, hadn't he?

He shifted on his feet, fingers tight around his camera. "I.. I could give you the negatives.. I could.. I could get you ice cream,? Do you like ice cream? If not maybe frozen yogurt? Or do you not like any frozen treats? A soda? Cookie dough? Or.." He was aware that he was rambling, trying to fill the air.

Taking in a deep breath, he let it out slowly. "Look, I said I was sorry. I just.. I want to make it up to you, you were right. Er.. Are right.." He chose to not respond to her accusation of him only thinking of her body. He did not want to get in an argument. That was a sure-fire way to not have anyone smiling.

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Cheer Up Grumpy Gills! Aug 15, 2017 2:03:03 GMT

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Post by Shelby on Aug 15, 2017 2:03:03 GMT

His stuttering was becoming an annoyance, but Athena stood her ground with her hands still on her hips and her eyes still glaring down at the shorter boy. "You are so not good in stressful situations, obviously," she observed, making a tsking noise as she shook her head. "You shouldn't have put yourself in this situation, then! All I was doing was minding my business, about to go for a nice, relaxing jog, but here you were, taking sneak photos so that you could jack off to them later on." The though made her shudder, made her feel violated once again. The feeling only surged her anger and contempt for the boy, though. His offerings and apologizes weren't going to cut it for her.

"Ugh, that's so gross! I mean, come on! You act like you've never seen a girl before, and you just had to take a picture of her. What about anyone else here? Have you been hiding behind bushes and benches, taking pictures of women on their jogs, or even with their family?!" She was starting to ramble now, just letting her mouth shoot off and go on with it's own accord. It was like her mind couldn't control it, like she just had to keep going, and going, and going... "I should call the police on you! File a report on you, send you to jail so that you can learn your lesson and find out that you can't do things like this! It's wrong! And you do need to learn a lesson!"

She huffed, her cheeks puffed out once again. Then she held her and out to him, folding the other one under her chest. "Give me the camera."

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Cheer Up Grumpy Gills! Aug 17, 2017 1:21:55 GMT

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Post by Kat on Aug 17, 2017 1:21:55 GMT

He blinked, a wave of confusion hitting him. Tilting his head, Vinny couldn't hide how baffled he was at her words. Jack off? What on earth was that? He had heard it thrown around campus but he actually had no idea what it was. He did know that the term got mixed reactions. Sometimes other kids used it in a joking fashion while others-- like this girl here-- seemed to find the idea of whatever it was to be nasty.

Clearing his throat, he lifted a finger as if to interject. Politely, of course. "Uhm, may I interrupt here? But.. What.. uhm.. I don't know what.. 'Jack off' even means.." His voice was practically a mumble and he looked down at the camera in his hands. All he had taken pictures of was maybe from her shoulders up. It wasn't as if he had taken anything that could be construed as provocative.

When she reached out for his camera he took a step back, holding it tightly to his chest. She was going to smash it, he just knew it! And then he'd have to hear another one of Edmund's angry rants. Vinny shook his head fervently. "No, don't touch my camera! I won't let you smash it!" Almost clumsily he reached for the small button that released the film. Unfortunately the pictures of her weren't the only ones on the roll. There were several others of various flowers and butterflies. But if he had to lose them for the sake of making her happy, so be it.

It pained him as he shakily held out the film canister.

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Cheer Up Grumpy Gills! Aug 17, 2017 2:01:18 GMT

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Post by Shelby on Aug 17, 2017 2:01:18 GMT

Athena didn't expect this to go easy, at all. Who would willingly give their camera to a complete stranger and not expect them to destroy it? Most people, but with his demeanor and childish antics, she figured that he would be foolish enough to give the camera to her--not that she would have broken the camera anyway.

So when the boy refused to hand it up, clutching onto the camera as if it was a prized, blue ribbon winning chicken, Athena wasn't surprised, but she didn't back down from her stance. Her hand still stuck out towards him, completely expecting the camera, and she didn't take the film that he tried to hand to her. Instead, her frown deepened, and she couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Bless you heart," she said, and not in the nice way, "you really are nothing but a child! Shaking like you're about to get trampled, afraid that I'm going to break your precious camera. And you don't even know what jacking off means! What are you? Catholic?" She huffed again, and motioned her fingers in that "give it to me" motion that she remember Aphrodite doing to her when they were both younger.

"So just give me the camera, with the film in it, since that'll do nothing for me by itself. I want to see the pictures that you actually took of me. And don't worry, I may be pissed, but I at least have the decency to not destroy something of someone's; or at the very least ask their permission. Unlike you."

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Cheer Up Grumpy Gills! Aug 23, 2017 2:15:58 GMT

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Post by Kat on Aug 23, 2017 2:15:58 GMT

Okay, so maybe he was a little protective of his camera. But it had nothing to do with Edmund giving it to him. Screw that guy. No, it was because the type of camera he had was just so expensive and it would be his neck if anything ever happened to it.

The way she 'blessed his heart' held a tone that was anything but blessing. It was much like when Edmund scolded him or just spoke to him in general. He did, however, furrow his brows when she asked if he was Catholic. "Yes, actually. I am." He didn't see anything wrong with that, though. Why should him being Catholic even matter? He didn't judge others based on their religions--or lack thereof.

Swallowing hard, he put the film back in his camera. He made sure it was working then turned the camera on and handed it to her, hesitantly still. He hoped she was sincere in saying she would not break his camera. "I said I am sorry. And I mean it.." His voice squeaked a little, embarrassingly!

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Cheer Up Grumpy Gills! Aug 27, 2017 14:41:01 GMT

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Post by Shelby on Aug 27, 2017 14:41:01 GMT

"That explains a lot," Athena huffed after his admission to being Catholic. She herself was an atheist, feeling like people of other religions based their judgement upon other people too harshly and not wanting to be a part of that. Her views also had a lot to do with her learning of mythology; nothing of that was real, no matter how much she loved the stories. But that was all that they were: stories that people used to believe and worship, so that they could make sense of the world, and that was exactly what she saw the bible as. It just didn't make any sense to her why it wasn't out of style yet.

He started fiddling with his camera, and with her and still sticking out towards him, she waited impatiently for him to make his move. If he decided to run, she'd chase after him. If he fell on the ground, begging her to not take the camera she'd just laugh in his face, delete the photos, and then leave to get back to her jog--or start it, rather. Surprisingly, though, he hesitantly handed it over to her. His hands shook as they stretched out towards her, the camera balancing tightly in the hold of his fingers. Oh jeez, his voice even squeaked as he apologized to her again. Now that made her want to laugh. Her lips twitched, but she kept them tilted down into a frown, and grabbed the camera from his hold.

To say that she was lost when looking at it would be an understatement; it took her a minute of fiddling to figure out how to change to different pictures on the little screen on the camera. Presented to her were the photos that he had taken of her, all general face shots, where she looked like she was concentrating, with her eyes closed as she stretched. So... Maybe the photos were good, but that didn't mean she would admit it, nor did she like it. It was still creepy, stalkish even, to Athena, and she wasn't about to let him off the hook that easily.

With a raised brow she looked up at the boy and moved the camera closer to her chest. "You know what? Since you've made me suffer, I'm going to make you suffer." She took a step back. "If you want your camera back," she lifted it in the air, waved it side to side. "Then you have to catch me." Suddenly she jogged backwards a few steps, and then turned around and took off. When a few paces away from him, she turned around, bouncing on her feet and teasingly waving the camera again.

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Cheer Up Grumpy Gills! Aug 28, 2017 23:43:07 GMT

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Post by Kat on Aug 28, 2017 23:43:07 GMT

He lowered his gaze. Just her tone alone denoted exactly what she thought of him being Catholic. To be honest, he encountered it a lot. It seemed these days no one wanted anything to do with religion. Of course, he himself found great comfort in his. Granted there were some aspects he personally did not believe-- his views were a little more lax than most of the older Catholics in his congregation-- but it still added a structure to his life, added accountability.

Vinny watched her as she tried to operate his camera. He would occasionally open his mouth and go to point to the controls but she seemed to have everything under control. Nervously he watched her face for reactions but she seemed to be rather good at masking those. He blinked when she started talking and then moving backwards.

Where was she going with his camera? No, no this wasn't good! He took a step forward as she took off and he whined slightly. "Please, don't my step-father will kill me if anything happens to it!" That was the last thing he needed, more ammunition for his step-father to hate him.

But she seemed steadfast to her word and he looked down at his feet. He wasn't good at running. It was amazing his mom even let him go skateboarding--which he didn't have his board on him today. His mom was always concerned he would fall, scrape his knee, and bleed to death. But if he was going to get the camera back.. Vinny wet his lips and pushed himself to run after her. "Please, stop!"

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