011 Resolutions

[kinship]

[A: Action; Locked to Housemates]

[Cain is in the front room, carefully taking down the Christmas decorations. He's got a wide smile on his face, even if there's a slightly wistful look in his eyes as he winds up tinsel and packs away baubles.]

[B: Around Town (Open)]

[On the way to the store this morning, Cain was enjoying the crisp weather now that the town was no longer in the grips of a deep freeze. He's kicking a stone idly as he walks, making a game out of trying to land it on a certain spot each time, when he accidentally kicks it a bit too hard.

--SMASH--!!

It's gone right through the window of a nearby building. Maybe that was your house? The shop you work in? Or maybe you just happened to see the incident and want to laugh at the horrified expression on Cain's face?]

[C: Phone (Open)]

New Year is a time for resolutions in a lot of places and, though I've never made them before, I thought I would this time. So... here we go. I resolve to greet everyone I meet here and make new friends, as well as grow closer to the friends I already have. I resolve to help everyone make it through anything this town throws at us, as well as do my part in finding a way home. I resolve to dye my brother's hair pink at least once this year, and I resolve... to have resolve, to keep looking forward and not let anything break me down.

Do any of you have resolutions? Big or small?

Comments

[kinship]

I was kicking a stone along, and it just... I must have hit it wrong, and it flew up and smashed the window.

[He looks SO GUILTY! He is really not a rule breaker.]

[jumpsuited-rat.livejournal.com]

[Chell looks a little closer and there is indeed a rock among the broken glass.]

I see.

[She thinks for a minute.]

Do you know who owns the place?

[kinship]

No.

[Should he stay? Go? It looks like whoever owned it wasn't home, or surely they would have come running at the sound of broken glass.]

What should I do?

[jumpsuited-rat.livejournal.com]

[Chell thinks for several moments, she's not sure what the right thing to do is either.]

Wait to talk to them? Or leave a note?

[Those seem like fairly reasonable options.]

[kinship]

Good idea, I'll leave a note... I can't wait, the school will be wondering where I am.

[Fishing in his bag for a pen and paper is a go!]

[jumpsuited-rat.livejournal.com]

[Chell nods, this seems like the best idea, especially if he has to be at school.

She hasn't seen the school yet in her wanderings, it might be worth a look.]

Where is the school?

[kinship]

I go to the Elementary School, it's just a little further along this road... I can show you, if you like?

[jumpsuited-rat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I'm new here and still learning the town.

[kinship]

Don't worry about it, let me just leave this note.

[Scribble scribble. If she can read it, it might just lay the blame on one 'Abel Nightroad'.]

[jumpsuited-rat.livejournal.com]

[She waits patiently as he writes the letter. Chell doesn't pry and instead is looking at something else as he does so. It's not really any of her business what he writes, she's assuming that it's taken care of now and the problem is solved.]

[kinship]

[All taken care of now that his brother is blamed for this innocent accident. Heh.]

All done, let's get going before I'm written up for being tardy.

[jumpsuited-rat.livejournal.com]

Lead the way.

[She had heard that if you caused too much trouble here, you'd be brainwashed. Being late probably wasn't bad enough to cause that, but better to be safe than sorry.]

[kinship]

[And so he leads her off towards the school. It's not as big as the high school, but the playground is already full of a mix of drone and resident children.]

The high school is just that way for a few blocks.

[Point point.]

[jumpsuited-rat.livejournal.com]

[Chell takes it all in, she can't remember having been to school, but she knows that she probably did in her past.

She nods, once they part ways, she'll take a look there next. Chell doubts that they'll give her information on how to escape, but it's worth checking out anyways.]

Thanks.

[kinship]

No problem!

[He smiles at her, holding out his hand politely.]

I'm Cain, by the way... sorry about how we met, I don't usually vandalise property like that.

[jumpsuited-rat.livejournal.com]

[Chell smiles back, taking his hand in hers and giving it a firm but not too hard shake.]

Chell.

[She nods.]

Accidents happen. I've caused a few, too.

[She then grins.]

They were worse than one window.

[kinship]

I guess that's quite comforting.

[He laughs, before stepping back slightly.]

I should get into school.

[jumpsuited-rat.livejournal.com]

[She chuckles and then nods.]

Right. Good luck.

[She hoped that he had arrived on time and wouldn't be late to his class. She didn't want him to get in trouble, he seemed like a good kid.]