Norie Okana has come out to the park today. She is alone... she doesn't want to be bothered, so she passes into a wooded thicket on her way to the park, with her white plastic conbenie bag. She lets her hair elongate-- turn that deep purple. The purple overtakes her pupils-- she looks like Lacrima in a Seiyou school uniform.
She comes out the other end, unrecognizeable to most people as Norie in this form, but otherwise just looks like a pale skinned young teen with odd hair coloring.
It was better this way. She wouldn't burn percious energy with a disguise up for no reason.
She sits herself down on a bench and places that white bag down.
Candy Bars. Lots of them. She removes one and unwraps it, and begins to eat-- she doesn't need to eat, persay. But she /can/ and she's going to because it makes her feel good and normal.
And she needs that desperatly after last night.
She scans the grounds, eyes looking back, and forth- as she eats. She was people watching. But parts her mind couldn't stop thinking about best ways to approach someone to drain them as she did. She tried to throw these thoughts out of her head.
The spots on either side of her were empty, it seems too!
Technically Shiniko is supposed to be the disguise, but for some reason she's out in bright daylight--well, not so bright in her immediate vicinity, a cloud of shadow hanging around her like an aura of magic. She's at least got her hair at a reasonable length and is walking on her feet instead of her habit to let all physical actions be unnecessary and locomote through pure magic.
"Lacrima-chan~" The greeting is followed by a high-pitched, childlike giggle; fitting for a girl half her age perhaps, if it wasn't for the hint of cruelty within. "How have you been~?"
School is out and into the park she goes! Sierra is happily walking along with Kit hovering just over her right shoulder. She smirks a little as she goes.
"Comeon! We need ice cream Pronto!" Kit demands. "School is totally boring and I ain't joking about how hungry I am." That thick southern US accent is undeniable and always a reminder of where Sierra is from."
Sierra smirks as she looks up to her chara, "I think you might be right. I'm pretty hungry too. Lets go find the ice cream!" She heads out into the park and begins hunting for the ice cream stand.
The chara stops and then quickly floats out front of her bearer. "Sierra-chan stop!! There is something wrong. I feel it and I ain't got a clue what it is. It feels really nasty. Maybe we should go somewhere else?"
Norie Okana is about halfway through the candy bar, which appears to have caramel and some sort of nut in it, when Shiniko approaches. In daylight? Well. She's here. But she can pass for just a different student right now. If she keeps her teeth largely hidden. Pointy canines.
"Hello, Shiniko-chan." she says softly. She frowns a bit, at the giggle, but she doesn't react to it beyond that. Her expression was neutral before that.
"I'm enjoying some chocolate." she says softly. "Would you like one?" she asks.
She looks off, not too far away. A girl, and a tiny pilot chara. She purses her lip a moment and taps her bottom lip.
Is she looking for something? Why is her chara stopping her?
"Hello?" she calls off that way.
Shiniko stops and stares at Kit, "Oh my, aren't you a tasty little omelette to be~" She calls out with another giggle, taking the opportunity to take out some frustrations on a suitable substitute. "You look delicious, what's your name?" She is kind of proving Kit's point, isn't she?
"I don't eat and hex, but thanks for offering, Lacrima-chan~" She responds to the offer of chocolate; red eyes closing briefly. "Aren't you supposed to be draining people?
Kit panics and quickly moves behind Sierra. She peeks out and shakes her head. "Its coming from one of them! I AM NOT FOOD!"
Sierra quickly steps between Kit and Shiniko, "She is not for anyone to devour. I'm Sierra, she is Kit. She is my Guardian Chara and I would be a fool to let any harm come to her." She hasn't Character changed but inside she is freaking out.
She turns to look at Norie curiously. "Hello. Nice to meet you. How are you today?" She asks politely.
Norie Okana purses her lips again and frowns even more after. "...I got myself down from two or three people every other day down to two a week." she says softly. "I had to make some not pleasent decisions about myself to reach that point." she says.
"Fine, suit yourself." she says softly as she begins eating that chocolate again--- the wrapper gets desposited back into the bag, and she removes another one.
She goes back to eating. Is she going to eat all that chocolate? Probably. It's not like she /has/ a blood sugar to destroy anymore.
"I joined Riventon-san's company." she says softly to Shiniko. "He's going to help me learn to control my powers better." she says softly.
She blinks and looks to Sierra. "Oh..." she says softly. She frowns. "It 'senses' me. Great." she sighs. "Hello. My name is Lacrima." she says softly. "Your little friends senses me. I don't think my friend here, uses the same 'power'." she says. "I'm not sure. I've never asked."
"I'm merely eating my chocolate, trying to feel normal. Would you both like one?" she asks curiously.
She looks to Shiniko. "Your power just 'looks' 'dark' doesn't it?" she asks softly, curiously.
"Well that's good. Sounds like you might be able to restrict yourself to people who deserve it after all~" Shiniko giggles, but her eyes aren't laughing; in fact they very much seem to imply the previous threat has not yet been rescinded.
"I haven't joined Riventon-san's company, but I agree to take up some freelance jobs he's got occassionally. Just like how I work for Miss White's company from time to time~" Shiniko answers Norie cheerfully, "Do be careful though, Riventon-san is in it only for himself; and he might be getting more out of helping you than he lets on~"
As for the eating of Guardian Charas, Shiniko shrugs it off, "It was a joke~ I'd never do such a thing, but it felt good to say it!" She giggles, the same kind of unnerving giggle. "There's a guy who has one just like it who keeps bugging me to be a better person; he's a pain."
Sierra Earhart looks at Norie with a smile and nods, "Oh sure! Thank you! I would love one." The little chara pokes her head out and nods excitedly. Sierra just smiles a little and stretches a little.
She turns to look over at Shiniko and gives her a smile. "Its okay, I doubt I could have done much anyway."
The little Chara comes and flicks her in the head! "Will you quit saying stuff like that! You can do more then you think! Character change!" She smirks and quickly her scrunchie turns into a pair of goggles. "Now be brave silly!"
Norie Okana hands two of the chocolate bars over. One to Kit, one to Sierra. They are common, not evil chocolate bars. They taste like you expect commerical chocolate to taste like. That is- they're not secretly energy draining bars of chocolate.
She purses her lips. "You have one of those little fairys like Sky Jack. You should be able to transform with them. Isn't that how it works?" she asks softly.
She looks over to Shiniko and nods. "I know he's getting something from me. That's okay. I want him to figure me out. If what he finds it useful to him. Good." she says gently.
She blinks at the character change and suddenly grows concerned, sort of sinking back into the bench with a cautious frown.
This better not be an attack form of some sort.
She'll be unhappy.
"What just happened?" she asks.
"I wouldn't mind him figuring me out, I don't trust this damn book." Shiniko waves the book she holds around in the air, "But he's going to have to earn the nuggets of info he gets. If he wants to study my magic, he's not getting it for free. You should stand up for yourself more~"
And then the Chara transform happens, and Shiniko's clouds of shadow grow darker and wider; making the entire area feel like a cloud just passed in front of the sun, except... nothing changed up in the sky. "We're just talking and joking around, don't do anything hasty~" She giggles, but of course the undertone is not friendly at all.
The sudden change causes Sierra to be a bit more brave and less skittish. "Ain't nuthin to worried about. She was just kickin the tires and light some fires." She definitely has picked up a lot of the southern US accent from Kit like this.
Kit laughs a little, "I just helped not be so scared and doubtful. That hurts me when she does that but its a rough habit for her to break." She opens the candy bar and digs in getting chocolate all over her face. "Oooo This is yummy! Thank you!" She states with her mouth full. Then she looks at Sierra, "You can do somethin like this ya know? Even changed you can tap into the power of your dreams! Ya just gotta try but, not right now. Shouldn't waste your ammo." She states playfully.
Norie Okana continues to frown as she looks to Shiniko. "Shiniko-chan." she says softly as she places her hands down to her lap. "I have no choice but to live with my powers. If I do not drain people. I will die. I know now this power dampens my emotions. It's why I haven't felt 'happy' in a long while." she says.
"What I am saying is, I do not 'trust' my power either, but I do not have a choice. It's going to do what it's going to do to me."
"Shiniko-chan, if you have a choice, you...." she bites her teeth. "Why am I even bothering..." she mutters as she trails off...
She looks to Sierra and purses her lips. "You're welcome." she says curtly. She purses her lips as she listens.
"You're new to this, aren't you...?" she asks Sierra.
"You're bothering because you care about what other people think." Shiniko answers quite frankly, and then adds onto that, "Which means that you haven't gone off the deep end yet. Good~" She seems to mean it. Her shadows withdraw back to usual levels when Shiniko is satisfied no fight is about to start.
"You're a good kid, Sierra-chan~ I recommend avoiding good for nothing types like me~" A self-deprecating joke emphasized by her writing her own name in the air in shadows. Shiniko, read appropriately in a possible viable ways, including 'Damned Child' and 'Useless Child'
Sierra Earhart smiles a little and then, poof. Her goggles turn back into a scrunchie and suddenly, RAGE!!!! Sierra turns and looks at her Chara. She's on fire. "Don't DO THAT!! That freaks me out!" She exclaims sounding panicked.
Kit laughs playfully laughs at her, "Its okay Sierra, You'll get the hang of it!" The chara floats out in front of the Shiniko and Norie, "She just needs to learn how things work! She's still a rookie."
Sierra duckfaces, "Everyone doesn't need to know that." She look at Norie and nods, "Kit hatched earlier this week. I'm still adjusting a little bit. Okay a lot." She laughs a little. "I am very new to this life. I know I can Character transform but I don't know how to do it. One of the Guardians was explaining it to me but didn't go into that."
Norie Okana purses her lips as she leans forward. "I don't think she's getting it, Shiniko-chan." she says as she mutters. "Your chara warned you earlier. Typically. You'll want to listen to that." she says.
"I am a Vampire. I prey on humans." she says curtly at Sierra. "And quite frankly, you only caught me trying to enjoy something because I do not like being a vampire and I like things that remind me when I was a human." she says softly.
"If it was another time and you sensed me, I'd probably had been draining someone of thier energy." she says curtly.
She starts on another chocolate bar.
"Consider this a lesson for the future, yes?" she asks. "Just because someone looks harmless doesn't mean they are." she says.
Shiniko adds cheerfully, "And if I catch her preying on innocent people one more time I'm gonna kill her~" Her dark, long hair grows longer, lifting her off the ground with the sheer mass of shadows below keeping her up; and two shadowy hands extend from her hair next to her face. "But I'm not going out of my way to hunt, and unlike you, I don't have any way to find out when people are doing dark magics." She then answers Norie's earlier question, finally, "Mine are just spooky, not dark~"
The little Chara comes out and gives Norie a stern look, "I know its coming from you. I can feel it! If you were going to cause trouble, I bet Sierra would step up and be a hero like she can be."
Sierra's hand quickly blocks off Kit and she quickly speaks up, "Umm right. Lesson learned. I got it. Not going to cause any trouble." SHe looks at her Chara and shakes her head, "She's a VAMPIRE, I'd really rather not be drained. Just stop!"
Norie Okana looks at Shiniko. "I dunno if I called who I drain now... 'innocent' considering how I choose who I drain now." she says softly. "I'd rather not go into it." she says softly. She looks back to Sierra and frowns.
"Please understand that I'd rather not hurt people, but I need to. Sometimes people try to stop that. It comes with what I need to do." she says.
"But some people act like I am a horrible nightmare creature because of it, regardless." she says tersely.
"I didn't make the choice to be what I am, I just need to deal with it."
She gently places the empty wrapper of her chocolate bar into the bag with the others as she closes her eyes hrmphs.
"Do you feel like that?" she asks at Sierra. "Did you ask for her?" she asks, motioning to Kit.
"I trust your judgment that they're not innocent." Shiniko answers, and it sounds like she's actually relieved. "Good, I rather like you. Didn't want to have to kill you~" She giggles, like it's all in good fun, but the underlying part remains: She would have tried if she felt it warranted. "Anyway, I have to go. See you around~"
Sierra Earhart shakes her head, "No. I don't sense things. My senses are completely normal! I think its because of what Kit is that allows her to sense things? Charas are the embodiment of a persons strongest dream. So they are sorta magical in nature.
She blushes a little, "I'm talking about things I barely know." She gives a nervous laugh as kit rolls her eyes.
Norie Okana purses her lips. "Not what I was asking." she says softly. "Do you feel as if you've ended up with something you don't want?" she asks. "Such as that little person." she motions back to Kit. "Not feel. As in sense." she says softly. "Feel. As in. Feelings." she says.
She sighs and shakes her head. "Forget it." she says softly as she stands up.
"I need to go home, before my parents panic or somethingg." she says. "And I have the cops looking for me again because they think I'm going to do something bad." she says glumly.
"Bye." she says, as she begins off too--- heading for another thicket in the park to turn back into Norie in.
Sierra Earhart takes a deep breath and nods, "She is a part of me. Its why I couldn't hurt her, even if she makes me want to sometimes with those character changes. It freaks me out a ltitle bit but without her I couldn't have done some of things I got to do this week." She laughs a little and smiles, "Be well. I need to go find ice cream."
Kit giggles, "Its about time!!"