"Hi, you've reached Diana Hansen. If this is official business, why are you calling me? I'm already on my way. If this is Claire, I didn't do it. Same to you, Mom. Everyone else, leave a message."
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After coming back from watching brainless action in the common room, Diana had been mostly planning to go to sleep. But then she remembered that she promised the Apothecry that she'd stop by the other day (or possibly the other month - she lost track) and then one thing led to another and she ended up stepping out of the closet two hours later.
The baseball bat she was clutching was covered with green goo, as was the music stand. There was no music on the music stand. There were however some bird feathers that had possibly come from a European swallow. Flicking a piece of string cheese off of her ear, Diana glanced around the room.
For a heartbeat, everything in room 509 was still. The next second though, the closet door swung open and a red carpet rolled out from the closet door all the way across the room. Diana sprinted out the door, wearing a life vest and carrying Samuel under her arm. In her other hand, she was armed with a squirt bottle. Samuel was soaked through.
In one smooth motion, Diana dropped Samuel on her bed and aimed the squirt bottle back at the closet. Before she had a chance to do anything, her backpack, a random romance novel, and a coconut went flying at her. Quickly twitching the possibilities around her, Diana made sure that all three missed her. Before anything else had a chance to go flying at her, she squirted in the general direction of of the door and slammed it shut. The red carpet faded away.
"Da-amp grocery clerks." She scowled and plopped down next to Samuel. "At least it's been only a couple of hours."
Samuel snorted and began to try to get dry as Diana rolled over to grab her digital calendar. "OH FUDGE!" A handful of fudge bars rained down on Samuel.
Diana and Samuel had to sneak back into the dorms when Diana had realized that she needed a few more things from her room. They were almost out the door when suddenly, every single clock (including the ones that were turned off and the ones in the laptops) began to chime twelves times. On the twelfth ring, her closet door swung open and a red carpet rolled out, stopping right at her feet. A golden card fluttered down into her hand.
Diana quickly read the card, glanced down at Samuel by her feet and shrugged. "Why not?"
"What was that anyway?" Samuel asked, already jumping into her dufle.
"An adventure." Diana said, grabbing said dufle and heading into the closet. The red carpet rolled up behind her and the door closed.
[ooc: NFI, Broadcast okay, I'm joining the hordes of people going on vacation/comic-con. Don't blow up the school!]
Diana had been sleeping the sleep of a teenager at six in the morning when her cell phone started ringing angrily. She pulled her pillow over her head and ignored it pointedly. The dart hit the nightstand an inch from her phone. It buzzed once and then began to ring angrily again. On the sixth ring, Diana's hand came out from under the covers and she grabbed the phone.
"What?" She asked politely.
The voice on the other end of the line was tiny and angry. Very angry. "Do you know where I spent the night?"
"Did Mum and Dad bail you out?" Diana asked, sticking head and phone under the pillow to muffle the sound.
"DIANA!" Claire's voice carried through the wires and into Diana's ear. Diana winced.
"Do you know what time it is?" She said into the phone, trying to go back to sleep while still talking.
"I spent the night, stuck to the pavement. In front of a bank. The police thought I was planning on robbing it four different times!" Claire hissed.
Diana blinked sleepily. "Wazzat have to do with me?"
"Why else would I be stuck to the pavement for 16 hours?" Claire asked, rather irrationally Diana thought.
"I don't kno-" Diana paused as her conversation with Tybalt yesterday came back to her. "-w. Claire, not everything is my fault." Technically true. The rise of the Jonas Brothers was in no way Diana's fault.
"Diana?" Claire's voice was dangerously low. "I just had a very bad day and night. Why was I stuck to the pavement?"
"Was it something you said?" Diana asked, trying for innocent.
The line went dead as Claire slammed the phone shut.
"Someone didn't get laid last night." Diana muttered and her hand shot out from under the covers to deposit the phone back on her night table. The arrow fell harmlessly to the floor.
[ooc: Open if the roomie wants to react or if anyone has some reason to bother a girl in bed at 6:30 in the morning.]
At exactly midnight, one (1) taxi stopped at the causeway. The door opened, and emerged one (1) girl - slightly covered in soot - with one (1) cat - also slightly covered in soot - in her arms. The girl also pulled out two (2) duffel bags out of the back seat of the car. Those were also lightly covered in soot. The taxi sped off before the door was properly closed.
"It only rang twice." Samuel commented, watching the taxi disappear in a cloud of exhaust.
"Most people find it weird when their radio's ring for other people." Diana commented and began the walk back to school.
"Did you really need to make it explode there at the end?" Samuel checked.
"Yes." Diana remarked smugly.
[ooc: I'm back, and so is Diana. NFB since I wanna sleeeep.]
This time around, Diana had actually managed to answer her cell phone before it rang 25 times. It helped that the phone sounded extremely displeased with life and Diana and wanted to be picked up immediately. It also helped that Samuel had been lying on the phone and jumped up about five feet when it rang.
"Hello?"
"And you actually decided to call me?"
"That wasn't my fault!"
"Look, they fixed the bridge and there was no lasting damage to the boat."
"A little bit of physical therapy and he was fine!"
"No, no no no no no, I want to come!"
"Okay, I'll be there as soon as I can."
After hanging up, Diana began to toss clothes, cat items, and other random items into her bag.
"Where to this time?" Samuel asked, jumping into the bag after everything was inside.
"New York." Diana replied. "Remember Roger?"
Samuel snorted his yes.
"He needs help."
"Did he actually say that?" Samuel checked.
"No." Diana admitted. "But it's what he meant."
At the causeway, a taxi was already waiting, the driver lost and trying to find his way back to the airport. Diana smiled. Inside her pocket was exact change for a ride to the state boarder.
[ooc: I'm gone for a few days, and so's Diana. Broadcastable, but not open for interaction since I'm not even packed yet.]
At exactly noon, trumpets sounded inside room 509. The closet doors burst open, and Diana walked out.
She had sashes proclaiming her Miss Arkansas, Miss Florida, Miss Santa Fe, and Miss Too Annoying to Allow In or Out. She also had some red bows stuck in her hair and was beaming from ear to ear.
"That was fun!" Diana said, looking a bit scary.
Samuel, who had turned slighly green, disagreed. "I think i'm going to throw up."
Diana had been awaken by a very annoying buzzing. By the time she found her cell phone, it was her landline that was buzzing. By the time she answered the land line, her cell phone was buzzing. Samuel was watching the entire event, amused.
Aggravated, Diana finally grabbed her phone to answer.
"You could give me some time to answer!"
"Oh? Me? He actually said that?"
"That sounds more like him, yeah."
"Where again?"
"Is that near Australia?"
"Oh! That one. That's easy."
"It was only once and no one was hurt and they fixed his arm later."
"Okay, by Mom. Yes, yes, I know!"
After hanging up, Diana nearly jumped with joy as she tossed some random items into her backpack.
"Where are we off to?" Samuel asked, standing up and stretching.
"Dealing with trouble" Diana said cheerfully, grabbed the cat, and walked into the closet.
Diana left the picnic before it fully finished, intent on setting up her room before her roommate had a chance to do so. After placing Samuel on the other bed, she proceeded to take out her laptop, bedding, a few piles of books, a box of odds and ends, a filing cabinet, an old bean-bag chair, a desk lamp, a floor lamp, cat food, kitty litter, and a bed for Samuel out of her bag.
Walking over to the closet, she tweaked the Possibilities. The inside of the closet now looked exactly the same as her closet at home - dirty pile of laundry included.
"Show off." Samuel commented from where he was cleaning his paw.
Diana snorted. "Saving time and energy is not showing off. And the back pack weighed a ton."
"You didn't need to bring the filing cabinet." Samuel pointed out.
"It felt appropriate." Diana shot back and ducked. The shot landed harmlessly on her unmade bed. Diana decided that the argument was over and opened the door to her room before beginning to actually put things into place.
!!!READ THIS!!! Whats a Bystander? A Bystander is someone who is not a Keeper or a Cousin or has never had any contact with the supernatural world. For a variety of reasons, at Fandom High most students will not be considered Bystanders. If you want your character to be a Bystander, leave a comment in this post. Bystanders cannot have powers of their own or have regular interaction with the supernatural. A good example of someone who could be a Bystander is Claudia Kishi. A bad example is Dean Winchester.
I am going with the assumption that NO Fandom High characters are Bystanders since there is just so much magic and weird stuff around that everyone realizes that it's real. However, there are a lot of new kids who might take a while to believe in magic, etc. Like I said, if you want your character to be a Bystander, leave a comment.
Bystanders can not lie to Keepers. (Keepers can not lie at all. ETA: But they can mislead.) Diana will also have no problem Jedi mind-tricking Bystanders. I, as a player, will NEVER do this without the explicit permission of the player. She can not read minds. She can just make people forget they saw something weird, or get people to do things for her. Diana can not do anything evil, though. If you have a problem with this, leave a comment in the other thread and I will very carefully avoid any situations where Diana might mind-wammy.
