Not an Average Day. (Mint)

[Roy Atenwood]

Roy walked through the City of Babylos, taking his time, and taking in the sights. He had never really walked around just to walk around before, but after he gained the "Second Sight", things looked...different.

Very different. He was having visions as he touched certain things.

After an hour or so, he learned how to stop the visions from happening unless he wanted them to, but it was still....odd.

He turned a corner, and BAM.

He ran right into a girl!

"Holy crap! I'm sorry abou that, miss. I wasn't watching where I was going....."

Roy, you're a SEER now. Why diddn't you SEE HER!

"I'm so sorry....damnit. I diddn't mean to run into you, are you ok? I'm such an idiot."

[Mint]

Mint is strolling along through the city streets. It's a beautiful day to be out and about; sitting around in that grand but dusty old Academy just hadn't seemed right somehow.

A street vendor trying desperately to sell her some weird-looking fruit makes Mint laugh a little, and she examines it politely before shaking her head at the man and continuing onwards. What a weird place!

As she turns her attention back to the way she is going and reaches the corner...BOOM! She collides with a young man who had just rounded the bend!

"Ahh!" She shouts, and stumbles back a little, but manages to upright herself by catching ahold of a lamppost. "Phew..." she says, and dusts herself off.

The man she had collided with is apologizing profusely. Mint feels bad immediately; it was kind of her fault too. In all honesty, this was not a new experience for her, but in the other cases it's usually her fault.

"Don't worry about it, I'm all right. Are you ok?" She gives him a winning smile, hopefully erasing doubt about whether she was angry or not.

[Roy Atenwood]

"Yeah, I'm alright. I really should have seen that coming."

Whoah......

Roy brushed his blue jacket off, and made sure he haddn't dropped anything. He haddn't, and that was a good thing.

She was attractive, to say the least. Roy's cheecks suddenly turned red. He was suddenly VERY nervous.

"L-like I s-said be...before, I'm.....I'm really s-sorry about th-that."

Oh Jesus, now I'm stuttering.Why do I always stutter around girls? DAMNIT!

[Mint]

Stuttering? How old is this guy, anyway? Mint chuckles a little at the thought. "Seriously, it's ok, don't worry about it!" She says to him, waving down further apologies.

Her eyes flash from blue to red-violet momentarilty as she glares at some staring passersby, who immediately go about their business. Really, how rude of them; people collide every day!

Mint turns her attention back to Roy, with a smile and blue eyes back in place, the others forgotten. "Got a name, compadre? No need for jitters; I haven't killed anyone for sleepwalking...yet!" With that last bit she grins slyly, clearly kidding around.

[Roy Atenwood]

Roy noticed someone behind him, trying to life his wallet. He slammed his left elbow backward, taking the man in the face, and continued te conversation without missing a beat.

"Sorry....I just get a little...jittery around people."

I'm such a goddamn LIAR! Why can't I tell the truth about it? Why can't I say "Incredibly attractive girls make me nervous because I'm an ugly little creepy FUCK!

Yes, Roy's inner monolouge was conflicting with his outer monolouge. That happened almost every time he talked to a girl. Go figure.

"I'm Roy." He said, the redness fading from his cheecks, as familliar self-hatred began to fester.

[Mint]

Mint was about to speak up about the thief when Roy calmly drives the man's nose about an inch back through his face with an elbow. This action made the stutter seem incongruous. Maybe only some types of people make him stutter? Scary people, perhaps? Mint certainly never thought of erself as scary-looking, and she isn't even carrying her axe today, so that can't be it. I wonder why then? What an interesting fella... she thinks.

"Roy, nice to meet ya! I'm Mint." She says, and extends a hand for a handshake, and her eyes flash the color of her name for a split second.

[Roy Atenwood]

I knew it! I know I saw it this time. Her eyes keep changing color.

He shook her hand, and said "It's nice to meet you, Mint."

Well, he was starting to feel a litle less jumpy, considering she haddn't called him a freak yet, like every girl that he'd met in human cities.

Let's just say his self esteem is dead, and move on, shall we?

"So...uhh....if you're not really busy, could you help me out? I'm a bit lost."

[Mint]

Mint laughs and replies. " Sure, I was just out wandering about anyway. Where do you need to get to?"

As the thought occurs to her, Mint adds, "Are you in a rush at all? If not, we shoud go grab some drinks first; I'm kinda thirsty anyway. My treat?" Something cold really would go down nicely, after all, and it might even be fun to get to know this Roy a little; Mint loves meeting interesting people!

Mint looks about, surveying the milling crowds with a cool gray stare before turning a turquoise-eyed grin on Roy. "Regardless, we should talk as we walk; wouldn't want to hold up traffic now, would we?" She beckons for him to walk besides her as she moves at a lesiurely pace.

[Roy Atenwood]

"Umm...sure, but you don't.....you don't think I'm a freak?"

Roy had to ask, plain and simple. Every person outside of Babylos, save for Inoans and Elves, thought he was a freak. The way his ears stood at points, and the way he wore his hair made him seem strange. He reached back and adjusted the iron band holding his ponytail in place.

Everyone thinks I'm a freak. Does she? Does she just pity me?

He walked beside her, staring at his boots, waiting for an answer he thought would come...........

[Mint]

"A...freak?" Mint's eyes go lime green as she bursts out laughing. What an odd thing to think, and an odder thing to ask! She had noticed the ears, but it's not like he's the only pointy-eared fellow in this crazy city.

She forces down the laughter and manages to explain. "Of course not! Where did you get that idea? Are you feeling all right?"

She places a hand on Roy's forhead, and an expression of mock concern crosses her face. "Oh, my, you're burning up! You must be delusional!"

Mint laughs again, and tugs him by the arm. "We'd better get you a cold one, then. C'mon!"

[Roy Atenwood]

"Whoah! H-hey!"

Well, now Roy was being tugged along! This was unusual for the young half-elf, since most people outside of the Academy just tried to stay away from him.

Ok....she's starting to scare me...but I kinda like it.

Roy began to laugh himself, as she tugged him down the sidewalk (Or whatever the caled it, here in Babylos). For the first time since he was a child, a genuine smile was on his face.

[Mint]

So Mint leads the way at a lesiurely pace as as they head for one of her favorite places to grab something refreshing. It's a few blocks away, so not terribly far, but a few minutes' walk. As they start off, they pass by that fruit vendor from Post 1 again. He's relentless! Mint tosses him a coin and grabs the weird fruit with a vexed sigh, and passes the thing off to a surprised old businessman who had looked down in the dumps. It's not every day that a young woman in a red dress passes you a fruit while you're on your way to the cubicle or whatever.

Mint speaks to Roy now as they walk. "So have you been here long? Isn't it weird being up in the sky all the time?" As they walk, Mint absentmindedly walks along the sidewalk's edge, balaning on the curb like a child might. "Whoa!" she says with a little laugh as she loses balance a little, but keeps walking.

[Roy Atenwood]

"I've only been here a month. Being in the sky is no wierder than my hometown, though, considering where it is. It's not even on the map, and the weirdest animals run around everywhere."

Roy follwed behind her, alarmed when she nearly felf off the curb, but laughed when she did.

This is the most fun I've had in ages. Someone actually doesn't think I'm a freak.

Roy smiled to himself slightly. A pretty young woman was dragging him around town, to buy him something to drink.

Maybe I'm not a freak.......

[Mint]

"Really? Sounds like you hail from quite a place then. What was - oh wait, here we are!" As they round the corner into a plaza, Mint spots their destination: a slushie vendor! Because of the day's comparative warmth, business is brisk, so they hop in line without delay.

"Have you had a slushie before?" Mint asks. "Cold and icy and fruity and sweet about sums it up, if you haven't." She tosses her head to get a few locks of hair out of her face, but they just fall back where they were again. An impossible battle.

Suddenly, a strange pain flares up and reverbates inside Mint's head, and she reverts to that near-fainting-tunnel-vision mode for a short second before recovering. Damn chip...what did they do to me? Four days at D-13... Four days of her life she could not account for what had happened.

Her momentary dull-grey eyes and somber expression melt away into bright blue and a smile though, as her thoughts revert back to the present. "What flavor are you getting? Don't even think of trying to pay for these; I said it was my treat. "

[Roy Atenwood]

Roy hastily put his wallet away, and said "Yeah, all right. I've had one before, I used to live in New York. You have no idea how hard it is to hide these."

Roy pointed at his ears, with an emphasis on the word "These".

In reality, his eyes were watering slightly. Mint had felt pain for a moment, and his Second Sight, combined with the close proximity of the girl, resulted in him feeling the pain as well. He decided to try and talk about how weird his hometown was.

"I think I'll get a strawberry one...those were a big comfort thing back in New York. You wouldn't believe some of the things we have in Inoa, though."

Roy let out a small laugh, and said, "Have you ever heard of Grags?"