[COLOR=GRAY][INDENT][INDENT][i] [/i] [/INDENT][/INDENT][hr][CENTER][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1070792705547980842/1079957264212971520/image.png[/img][/CENTER][indent][sub][COLOR=SILVER][B]Location:[/B][/COLOR] [I]Pacific Royal Collegiate & University - Dundas Islands, Pacific Ocean[/I][/sub][sup][right][COLOR=SILVER][b]The Homecoming Trials: # 1.44[/b][/COLOR] [I]Biology 101 - Introduction to Flirting[/I][/right][/sup][/indent][sub][hr][/sub][INDENT][sub][color=SILVER][B]Interaction(s):[/B][/COLOR] Calliope - [@PatientBean][/sub][SUP][RIGHT][COLOR=SILVER][b]Previously:[/b][/COLOR] [I]How to Stall Assembling a Self-Assembling Tent Because of Hotness[/I][/right][/SUP] [INDENT] Calliope really was stunning. Distractingly so. But Banjo continued to play it cool as best he could. If she had any interest in him at all, and he suspected she did. After all, she approached him - man, that really came out of nowhere though, didn't it - and there were a few moments he suspected he'd almost caught her checking him out. Particularly checking out his rear end, when he'd put the tent down and turned back quickly to offer his name. At first he thought maybe he was picking up on something he was hoping for, rather than something that was actually happening, but then too many things seemed to fall into place to make it seem just a coincedence. Still, play it cool. Hell, after all, if there was anything that drew him to her in the first place it was probably that, yeah? Confidence bordering on cockiness. Banjo bein' Banjo. [color=F796A9]"This school is...interesting to say the least. I've never been to a school like it with such stringent rules and dress codes. Granted, it wasn't like I didn't have my own set of rules governed by my father. Looking a certain way, acting a certain way. Everything had to be cookie-cutter perfect otherwise we didn't hear the end of it. Hell, the whole thing at the town center was because..."[/color] Hup, there it was again. Family. And more to the point, the father. Guess that made some kind of sense. Daddy issues. If you could bio-engineer "Daddy wouldn't approve" in a laboratory, Banjo was pretty sure he'd be looking at a clone of himself. He'd have to thank the old man later, because if Calliope [b]WASN'T[/b] perfection, then he'd damn sure come up with a close enough approximation of it, far as he could tell... Then she quickly pulled up on her comments, and it left him feeling self-conscious and guilty for his own lewd thoughts. [color=F796A9]"Never mind. Suffice to say, I think we all have our pasts and reasons for being here. As nutty as it might seem, I think you have it right. At least being a Hyperhuman here won't get you kicked out or shunned by society."[/color] He got a sense she was trying to open up to him, and that it wasn't easy. But maybe that she would with time. It told him he'd played it right before. Don't probe, don't poke. Just listen. [color=F796A9]"Yeah, looks like prime weather for me then. And I agree, our powers seem to complement each other. Or, at the very least, won't hinder the other. Provided you don't give off intense heat and I am nearby. Though not all heat is bad."[/color] There it was. Boom. Jackpot. Clarification. Pieces all fell into place, and it wasn't just hopes or wishes. Shit. Oh shit. A comeback. Hit a comeback, before the timing's misse-- [color=darkgoldenrod]"Couldn't imagine myself giving off intensity or heat if you weren't."[/color] he fired back with a smirking grin. What the fuck was--? Was that good? Did that work? I mean it was something. Fuck it. Sell it. Confidence and keep moving. Good ol' Banjo bein' Banjo. Say that shit and keep moving. Nothing to see here. Don't linger at the scene. And why the fuck do you give a shit? You never give a shit. He dropped the smirk, but kept the grin on his face as he circled the yurt ensuring it was properly self anchored and in tact. [color=darkgoldenrod]"Well, whilst I would [b]more than happily[/b] keep chattering away to you all night, I s'pose we should probably make the most of what little time we have getting to know the rest of these jokers. Looks like we got our tent done first anyway. Probably give a decent 'in' with some of the others who might be struggling. Worst comes to worst, at least 'this' feels pretty good and solid. Least I know one person's got their head screwed on right."[/color] Stop giving a shit. Does she know that you're into her? She knows that you're appropriately into her. Stop this. She flirted, you flirted back. She was letting you know she's into you, you let her know you're into her. I mean she didn't seem to cringe terribly. She didn't hurl herself off the cliffs. Knock it off. You did fine. Did it seem like you ran away? No, she knows we have to speak to the other people. Goddamn it. You have to speak to the other people. The people where it probably won't go as well because they didn't necessarily like you going in. "Well, shit..." 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