[OPEN LOG]

[de_evilise]

who: Marinette and OPEN
what: Marinette's getting out and going around the city -- probably sooner than she's supposed to. Ah well.
when: 9/30
where: All around the city
warnings: None I can think of.
Format: Prose or Action, take your pick!


Morning : Shopping

[ Well she lost her stuff in the battle that she...er.. LADYBUG had been involved in, so she was out to see if she could get some more. The very observant may notice she's moving a little slower than she normally does. She's not unaware of her surroundings either - in fact, she's ramped up her perception by a hundred, keeping especially aware of the area. Although if she encounters someone, particularly someone she knows, she is quick to perk up and act as cheerfully as she normally does, even if it does feel a little forced. Otherwise she's just trotting along with her bag - though at one point her spool of ribbons falls from her bag and starts to roll away to freedom, leaving her to stare after it in disappointment. ]

... oh COME ON..! [ Welp, time to hunt down her ribbon. ]

Afternoon : Gym
Bruises or no bruises, letting her training slack was not something she wanted to do - besides, she needed to stay in shape and keep limber. So at some point in the afternoon she's wandered off to the gym, poking her head in in the hopes that there wouldn't be anyone presently there. If there was someone present - well, she'd just have to deal with it. She trotted inside and where she normally would change into her exercise outfit, she doesn't this time, keeping on the long sleeved shirt and pants as she picked out a spot and started limbering up, wincing from time to time. Uh.. it's because she's getting old, yeah. Anyone who enters gets a curious glance and a pleasant smile of greeting. ]


Evening : Cafe
[ Crazy how being out all day can be totally draining, right? Right. At least that's what Marinette's thought - normally she'd head straight 'home' after exercising, but today she wanted to linger outside a little longer. It was mildly troubling she hadn't been able to go Ladybug lately, but as much as she taxed the Miraculous during that fight, she couldn't be surprised. She just had to be plain old Marinette for a few days, that was all. So she decided she'd enjoy the night air a little, stopping at an outdoor cafe to rest up, have a snack and a drink before heading back home. She has a drawing pad on the table near her, but her attention is more focused on other things. Feel free to pay a visit, she'd love the company from people she does and doesn't know alike! ]

Comments

Evening: (If you're okay with it)

[idolpire]

[He was out for a stroll himself, the night time the perfect time for vampire shenanigans. He'd had a rough go of it lately, but apparently not nearly so rough as some, and he was feeling somewhat lucky in that regard. Maybe being out of the city proper was helpful in that, so he hadn't made any steps towards finding an inner-city residence yet, happy to keep being a creepy creeper living out in the cemetery.

But as he was sipping from a bottle and strolling down along the streets, looking for something to do that evening, he saw a familiar face. And this time, he saw her first. Smiling, he moved to sneak up behind her, slowly moving so he was almost peeking over her shoulder at what she was drawing -- a little too close for convention, but what did he care?]

Don't you have a curfew? Or a bed time?

Totally am! :D

[de_evilise]

[ Taptaptap goes her pencil on the pad, her chin propped against her hand. Though with Spike sneaking up like a Super Creeper, he..might see one or two bruises on her face. Though she was hoping it was too dark for that - then again, vampire eyes... hrrm.

Either way when she hears his voice so suddenly and so CLOSE she lets out a surprised YELP, flinging her pencil in the air. ]

GAAH!!!

[ HEART. RACING. TOO. FAST. Calm down, calm down - ]

Oh Spike, it's you..! Haha, you startled me. Sheesh. [ Also learn you the definition of personal space, buddy! ]

I think you ask me that everytime we see each other.

[idolpire]

[Personal space was for losers. He laughed, straightening before moving over to pull out a chair near her, dropping into it and immediately falling into a ridiculous looking slouch.]

There's a scream I like. And maybe it's because you should be getting the gist of the fact that you're too little to be running around at night when there's big bads around.

[And yes, Marinette, he'd noticed the bruising, a fact he pointed out before he dug into his pocket for a smoke.]

Seems you've already found that out. S'it worse than it looks?

[de_evilise]

[ Dangit. She makes a face at him because that's the most mature response to him saying she was too 'little' to go around at night. HMPH. Though she's caught off guard by him noticing - whoops. ]

Ah, that? Yeah, it's nothing. It's just a bruise, and bruises always look worse before they're better. [ She bumped into enough things to know personally. ]

That happened during the morning though, not while I was out here. [ Besides, she has a pet vampire who won't let anything happen to her~! *bricked* ]

[idolpire]

[He was a vampire. He noticed things like blood being closer to the surface of the skin.]

Right. So you look like you had what I'd call a good time because of... what, exactly? Get a case of the clumsies, did we? Or are you biting off more than you can chew, Nibblet?

[de_evilise]

[ It's weird, but she's gotten used to him calling her Niblet. Even if it still felt like he was talking to his food. Which she wasn't. ]

Uh, actually it was more of a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. [ And also biting off more than she could chew. ]

I was out shopping and there was some guy - I think he was mind controlled or something - he was trying to round up people for "enlightenment" whatever that means. I kind of got mixed up in that trying to get away.

[idolpire]

Some creepy cultist was trying to nab you and you got a bit knocked up, eh?

[Well, that was something to keep an eye out for. Both because crazy people were always worth keeping an eye on, and if there was some religious crap going on, they usually fixated on demons rather quickly.]

You sure you're not putting on a brave face so I don't find a weak spot to take a nip from?

[de_evilise]

[ Close enough. ]

Yeah, a couple of them even managed to grab some people before one of those crimefighter's popped up. [ GASP, that accusation. ]

I beg your pardon, but no. Besides you wouldn't want to try to nip me, I... uh.. I ate garlic this afternoon.

[idolpire]

Myth. It does about the same as silver does.

[He lifted a hand to flash the silver rings on his fingers before he took a drag off his cigarette.]

Besides, you're lying. No mind, pet. I've got others that don't mind a nibble. I'm hardly going to attack you.

Unless you want me to.

[Smirk.]

[de_evilise]

Darnit. [ Stupid myths. Still he called her on her fib, and she grinned sheepishly, holding up both hands. ]

Ahahaha, no. Noooooooooooo. I'll pass, thanks.

[ She grins. ]

So what have YOU been up to?

[idolpire]

Nothing that I can share with wee little nibblets. Not without someone pinching me for something naughty.

[One quirked brow, insinuating that Spike had been a naughty boy the last while. True, but he'd also been a bored boy. And a mopey boy. And a brooding alone in his crypt boy.]

[de_evilise]

[ Wee little... Marinette flushed briefly, coughing into her hand. ]

No nononono, I wasn't asking about ..anything like that. I mean, that's not any of MY business. But, I mean. What do vampires even do when they're not... vampiring about.

[ Is a vampiring a word? It is now! ]

[idolpire]

Depends on the vampire. I'm a healthy male specimen. I'm sure young or not, that blush lets me know you can figure out exactly what I might be up to. Still can't spell it out, Poppet. Never know who's listening.

[Something he only seemed to care about when it suited him. He happily ignored it when he was doing something like... hitting a woman who hit him first.]

[de_evilise]

W.. Well that's .. not actually what I was hoping to hear anyway. Let's just keep it PG. [ Also if he keeps making up nicknames for her, she's going to start using nicknames on HIM. SEE How he likes it! ... not that she actually minds. ]

I meant more like.. well, reading for starters. [ ... ... ... And something dawns on her and she waves her hands quickly. ]

WAIT WAIT - [ SORRY SPIKE, SHe forgot there were dirty magazines and stuff! ]

I mean.. REGULAR reading material. Library reading material.

[idolpire]

[Wouldn't be the first time...]

Not really the library type, Pet. I like my telly, but it gets crap reception here and it doesn't have Passions.

[Yes, Marinette. Spike liked his stories.]

[de_evilise]

[ And it won't be the last!~ ]

Passions?

[ It .. kind of sounds like a seedy romance drama but ... that can't be it... ]

What's that about?

[idolpire]

It's a show about stories.

[Minor squirming, but not really. He was open about his enjoyment of the cheesy daytime show.]

[de_evilise]

[ That... wasn't very helpful. ]

Judging from the title of the show I'm guessing it's like.. soap opera stories? [ Which blows her mind really. Who knew someone like him would be into that stuff? ]

[idolpire]

Something like that. Only better. Not like it's Days of our Lives.

[Psh, Marinette. He had taste.]

[de_evilise]

[ She giggled. ]

I'll take your word for it. I actually haven't seen that one - although I've... heard tales.

None of them good.

[idolpire]

You're a bit young for them yet. Give it time, Poppet. You'll find yourself bored and stuck at home and get sucked into them.

[de_evilise]

Hopefully good ones. [ She paused. ]

Is that how you got into them? Sitting around the house all day? [ Do vampires have houses? ]

[idolpire]

Something like that. Got stuck in some old biddy's bunker for a few months. Slayers are persistent, and it was a good place to lay low. She got me into Passions. Loved it.

[de_evilise]

[ Marinette mulled that over - she hadn't thought much about soap operas back home, honestly, because she didn't watch television all that much. She was always busy, hanging out with friends or working on new designs, keeping an eye on the news and suchlike. ]

Well, when I go back home I'll have to look into what kind of soap operas they have on -- though I doubt it'll be the same kind of thing as your Passions.

Shopping!!

[bruceno]

[ Bruce is quick to chase after the bright spool that rolls past him across the aisle. It doesn't take a blind man to find who it belongs to. There's only one shopper with her jaw almost down to the floor when he looks around. ]

Is this yours?

Re: Shopping!!

[de_evilise]

[ Her hero! She's all set to go scampering off down the aisle when someone else scoops it up. ]

Ah! Yeah it is! Thanks so much, I thought it was going to end up being gone forever. Or at least until I found it again.

[bruceno]

Glad I stopped it then. [ With a polite smile he hands it back to her for safe keeping. ] Do you sew?

[de_evilise]

[ She grinned. ]

You and me both. [ She accepted it, tucking it into her shopping bag before glancing back to Bruce with another nod and grin. ]

Yeah, actually. Sewing and design. I've been working part time after school doing just that. Clothes and dolls, I mean. And accessories. [ And whatever she happens to get a whim to make. ]

[bruceno]

I see. [ His face lightens up considerably after listening to her. We met on the network. ] I am Bruce Wayne.

[ He offers his hand to shake. ]

I was placed in Riverview High school, as well.

[de_evilise]

[ Her face brightens similarly, and she reached over to shake his hand in turn. ]

Right! I'm glad to meet you in person, Bruce. Ah, and I'm Marinette. But you knew that already. [ Of course, she had played hookey from school a few days last week, but.. *koff* reasons. ]