[test] THIS WEATHER IS RIDICULOUS

[espigeonage]

Random scenario test drive meme. Some prompts:
> Ah god it's so hot and muggy how awful!
> The worst thing about summer cold snaps: you don't usually have your windbreaker handy because it's been so damn hot.
> The wind is perverse and trying to steal your things and/or crash stuff into you.
> It's raining wet vermy-things, as if the hail and possible storm wasn't bad enough. Now you have rain-echoes to deal with, at best.
> A nice day? I guess those exist?

So where are you?
> Caught way out in the open! At the beach, in the steet, at a fair, anywhere.
> Taking shelter! Bus stop, club you wouldn't normally frequent, bridge underpass, any port in a storm, any shade from the deathsun.
> In the mall or somewhere comfortably out of the elements, you lucky sunuvanek.
> Somewhere... else? idk, do what you want!

Have at thee!

Comments

[schild]

That's nice. If I was the book type, I'd probably come here...

[ Which is to say he... really isn't. Guess he'll just go look at shelves in the meantime... ]

[waifutier]

[ She laughs. Nervously. Very nervously. Haha..ha. ha. ]

Not the book type, huh...

[ Christine figures. He looks like the type who was popular at school and actually had.. friends. ]

Maybe, you should try reading some time. I-I like to believe there's a book out there for everyone. People just don't seem to take the time to read.

[schild]

[ Tons of friends! Ryan shrugs. He's not trying to be a douchebag, honest. ]

I would if I had time. My job keeps me pretty busy. Between working out and everything else, I can never find the time for that sort of thing.

[ Right, because his job mostly involves waiting around; that's no time to read a book. ]

[waifutier]

Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know- I-I shouldn't have said that, I don't know you after all. S-sorry.

[ Wow, ha ha ha who's awkward? Not her. ]

[schild]

[ O-oh no he didn't mean to upset her, either-- ]

It's fine, don't worry about it! Books are great, I just suck at finishing 'em, that's all.

[waifutier]

A-ah, I see. That's too bad.

[ .. And there she goes, running out of things to talk about. Nice weather? ]

[schild]

Yeah, well. That's just how it is, I guess.

[ Conversation, hmm... ]

Do you have any recommendations? Any quick reads or anything? I'd feel bad just standing here by the door if I don't buy something.

[waifutier]

Oh, uhm. It depends on what you like... There's books for learning, fictional books, magazines...

[ She looks down twiddles her thumbs a bit. ]

[schild]

I could do with some fiction. Do you have anything that's kind of heroic? Not like, superheroes or anything, but...

[ A detective novel might be a little complex for something he'll probably forget to finish... ]

[waifutier]

H-how about... Uhm...

[ Christine stops up, thinking for a bit. She looks around, seemingly pulling out a book, before shaking her head, mumbling to herself and placing it back. This repeats for a while, and if one listens closely, her mumbling can be made out as: "Too long", "too dark" and "too childish".

This might take some time. ]

[schild]

[ Ryan can wait... it's not like he's going anywhere. Of course, in the meantime he's going to observe Christine and... she's really kinda cute, isn't she? Uh. ]

[ He clears his throat. ] It's fine if you don't have anything in particular, I was just, y'know, curious.

[waifutier]

[ She tiptoes to reach a book, pulling it out with the tips of her fingers. ]

W-well.. I'd like to get you a book you'd want to finish reading. It wouldn't... be any use to get you a book you won't read all the way to the end.

[ Looking at the book a bit, she changes her mind and reaches to place it back.

... It's really hard to do so though, since she barely got it down in the first place. Damn it. ]

[schild]

Right. Here, lemme help...

[ He's only over a foot taller than her. Nudging that book back in place isn't even a stretch for Ryan. Of course, he steps back as soon as he's put the book back. Don't want to spook her. ]

Want me to grab the next one?