"Yeah," Wayne said, then halfheartedly parroted something she'd said earlier. "Not living up to expectations all around." So they were going back to talking about Sadies. Some sort of common ground. Raina was making it obvious she wasn't enjoying herself, but what was he to do bu...

Wayne simply shrugged. He wasn't certain of what he expected to come next. He'd been thinking in short term plans. Getting Raina and Darius apart. Calming down the party a bit. Doing something instead of nothing of worth. Done, done, and done, though his contribution on all three counts had been med...

Wayne had been getting mixed signals - were they ignoring Darius or shoving hot dogs into his various orifices? But it was soon clear enough that the answer was neither, and that the situation had gotten far more out of hand than he'd expected. He didn't have to do anything about that. He really did...

Wayne furrowed his brow. "Space, right?" Further thoughts about the theme of the dance were interrupted by him almost snorting at what Raina said next. As it was, he allowed himself a chuckle and refrained from accidentally burning his hot dog with an overenthusiastic response. "Nah. ...

"Sure," he said, handing Raina one of the hot dog skewers. "Thanks. Could go get more, if you actually wanted to cook some for the jokesters." "I think they've probably got it covered by now, though." Wayne took a glance over his shoulder at the host. He still couldn't ...

"You two act like kids, you know that?" Christ. At least the godawful puns were taking his mind off of things. Wayne shook his head, and glanced over at the two additional juniors who had popped out of the woodwork. "Wayne. As you've heard." Having spotted the skewers from anothe...

Wayne wasn't really thinking about alcohol too much. He was aware of the food in front of him. He was aware of the booze that Junko had hinted at. He was also aware that if he had an addiction, a more acceptable guilty pleasure, it was video games, not booze. There weren't any here, though, which wa...

Wayne idly scratched at his arm. The answer to his question had mostly resolved itself before the girl answered, in the form of Darius arriving. As far as he knew, all three of them didn't know each other that well. Meant that the party was catching a pretty wide net of people. Her answer only serve...

((Wayne Cox continued from Hypotenuse Murder Mystery Case )) Wayne was lazy. So he surprised even himself when he showed up early to the party, his hands in his pockets and his hair still mostly a mess. He'd heard about the party from a friend of a friend. He wasn't typically in the know, and he did...

The corners of her lips moved upwards, but she didn't finish the smile. Seemed polite, to end on a smile, but she had never been much good at smiling, or faking anything, really. "See you," Lauren said. Hesitated for a fraction of a second. "Around." It didn't seem exactly like t...

Lauren opened her mouth slightly to answer, then just nodded instead. There would be people killing soon enough, if they hadn't started already. No point going on about it. There wasn't much else to say, so she fell back on the old routine. Nod, don't talk too much, walk away - except she couldn't, ...

"Besides telling us to kill each other?" Lauren was faintly aware that wasn't exactly tactful. She could have cared less. All the same, she didn't want to make any more enemies. Who knew what Carmina had planned for her after she'd realized she'd been abandoned? Or that Aurora girl, after ...

There was movement there, in the corner of her eye, and she turned, the energy bar stuffed into a shallow capri pocket, the newly freed hand sliding onto the weight bar, hefting it, and- really? Lauren's frown mirrored the one on the other girl's shirt. Ten, twenty more steps and she'd have tripped ...

((Lauren Rowe continued from Assumptions )) Lauren had realized that she'd been neglecting the necessities a little while after she'd left the school. On one hand, it was all well and good that she had one goal and one goal only. She'd put thoughts of escape behind; at this time, and with her priori...

She was surprised at first, but then the corners of her lips turned upwards, just a little bit. "I'll try." It was hope that she saw on the paper, even if it was futile. Four years that the terrorists spent grouping back up, plotting, waiting to grab another batch of kids, and this girl st...