Mysteries of Myron County High School [RP]

Kikori · **Posted:** December 12th, 2010, 12:36 am

Shane looked up as Tabitha made the exclamation about the news, eyes going wide at the sudden change from a blaze to a frozen building. "What...?" 'What could cause this?' The building glistened with ice, smoke vanishing swiftly to reveal the building before the signal cut out. Even with the tempo of the song, Shane couldn't catch anything on the television. The sirens caught his attention immediately, moving toward and past Tabitha's house. "Whatever's going on, it isn't natural."

Shane decided this was worth a risk. He took out his music player and stopped the song, swapping to a new folder labeled "Speed" before cranking the player up to the maximum. He also freed one ear from the music, wanting to keep an ear open for Tabitha and Shane as he popped open the window to lean out and try to look at the scene. It was a panic; the people who seemed to be in charge knew nothing about what happened, the fire crews were wondering how to deal with ice, and the rescue teams were at a loss of an approach. Mayhem seemed to be an understatement; Shane didn't need to look out for long to see there was nothing productive happening until someone came in who knew about that kind of phenomenon. Probably nobody.

Shane muted his music and closed the window behind him as he tilted back in. "It's a panic over there; nobody's got a clue about anything going on. Only thing we can do is speculate, and just hope it doesn't happen to anything except burning buildings." Shane took off his headset entirely and set it with the player in his backpack, staring blankly at the screen where Tabitha left it. Suicide and buildings icing over made him think for once that he may actually be dreaming during a day, or potentially losing it. This was too real, though, and he was still thinking too rationally to have lost his head.

Saten Ruiko · **Posted:** December 12th, 2010, 9:41 pm

Quinn was still skeptic, despite the now-lack of smoke. "Just hope that what doesn't happen to anything except burning buildings, though? Ice doesn't just appear out of nowhere. Fire trucks spew water."

Znath · **Posted:** December 13th, 2010, 1:24 am

"Well, I hope neither of you live out that direction.. I wonder how far it is blocked out to." Tabitha says taking another look outside. After a while the sound of gunshots is heard in the distance and minutes later, somebody in full SWAT gear approaches the roadblock. After the SWAT officer leaves, the police officers start to pack up and pull out. "It was just a house fire.. and now they are shooting?" After leaving the window she sits on her bed. "Crazy.. Nothing happens here and now it seems everything is just.. "

"Here I was hoping to relax a bit too...now I am as wound up as before.. though it was like magic. But that is just impossible right? How can magic even exist?" She lays back on the bed and sighs.

Kikori · **Posted:** December 13th, 2010, 1:53 am

"If you've got a better explanation, let's hear it. A flash freeze in that local of an area on something burning, nothing else, isn't coincidence. And we're in range to see it happen." The only reason he didn't do a double take and snap a picture on his phone was that the SWAT team was adding to the madness. Cops running around without a clue was one thing, but trained professionals with big guns was another deal altogether.

"My house is kind of the other way down the road from the school, far enough to want a bus but close enough to walk to. Eric lives near me, so I could call him for a ride. Question is, how long now 'til we can even get out? Those people are serious." Shane pondered those thoughts aloud as he turned back to his drawing, absently stroking a few lines where he knew he couldn't mess up, reordering his thoughts a bit more with each slow stroke over the paper.

Tanksandguns · **Posted:** December 13th, 2010, 6:31 am

Name: Nick Anderson
Age: 18 (Senior)
Appearance: 6'2", 160lbs, dark hair with a chin-strap beard. Wears his Letter Jacket open with a Myron County Basketball Team T-shirt underneath and blue jeans.
Bio: Starting Point Guard on the Basketball Team, and is also on the track team. He's the fastest kid in the state holding all kinds of track records for Sprinting events. He has numerous offers from Division 1 colleges to play both Basketball and Track. His reflexes on the court make him tough to guard and his movements are hard for the defense to anticipate.

****

Nick was in math class when he heard the announcement over the intercom about the lockdown. Like instructed, his teacher kept on teaching. Nick was the opposite of most of the other Jocks. He did exceedingly well in school, and was a member of the National Honors Society. He had a hard time paying attention today for whatever reason, mainly because of the lockdown. No info was given, about what happened, but texts were vibrating his leg every 3 seconds. He resisted the urge to check them until it felt like his leg was going to fall off.

22 new messages...great. He kept the phone concealed under his desk as he started checking them one by one.

"Nick, did u hear what happened 2 Kent?"
"OMG NICK, u heard abot Kent, right?"

There were 20 other messages the exact same. He started texting back one by one.

"No, what happened?!"

The first one came back almost immediately.

"He stabbed himself bcuz Tabitha rejected him. Hes dead!"

...And they kept coming. He never really liked Kent. Kent was always a jerk to people that weren't popular, but he didn't hate him either. His hands started to shake, and a chill ran up his spine. Then the announcement came over the intercom about classes being cancelled for the day. He was sort of in a daze, and didn't really know what to do. He grabbed his things from his locker, and started walking towards the parking lot where his crappy Jeep was parked. He had a sick feeling in his stomach, but hadn't eaten all day. He decided to drive to the local Subway and get something to eat.

****

He had difficulty eating, and just stared at most of his food. He decided it might be a good time to try and get some info on what had happened to Kent. He decided to text Tabitha, if anyone knew the real story, it would be her.

"Hey Tabitha, want to talk about what happened?"

He and Tabitha were fairly good friends. They had known each other for awhile, and had hung out a few times. Nick's girlfriend didn't really approve of him talking to her, she always thought there was something else going on when in fact there wasn't.

He thought about what his Girlfriend would say about him texting her. Oh well, she'll get over it. It's not like anything would happen between us, anyway. He sat at the table nibbling on his sandwich, waiting for a reply.

Znath · **Posted:** December 13th, 2010, 1:51 pm

"Well, I would hope the path is clear in other directions. But anything out that way looks like it is completely blocked for a few streets." Tabitha said recalling what she saw. "It looked like they were pulling it back tho..." She was interrupted by her phone going off still in her backpack. She pulls the phone which looks like a little round disk out reading the message from Nick. The keyboard flips out on its own and she replies back.

"I am at my place.
Quinn and Shane are here too." and a second message "Careful about the roadblocks if you come here" And closes the keyboard.

"Mm, I guess Nick might be showing up? Not sure if you know him. I guess if you want to leave you can, but my parents would not be back for a few more hours either way."

Saten Ruiko · **Posted:** December 13th, 2010, 11:36 pm

Despite all the tension hanging in the air, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to leave at the moment with all of the hubbub that happened outside, Quinn figured.

"Nick...Anderson?" Quinn knew who he was, even being two years younger as far as school went. Few people didn't know him, really; Nick was one of those people that was popular due to his athleticism, and yet came off as really intelligent and NOT a complete jerk all at the same time. There were quite a few sophomores that viewed him as something of a role model, Quinn knew.

"No, I don't have a better explanation, except that this is the real world, not a game like Final Fantasy," Quinn said, taking a page from Mewt's book whilst addressing Shane. "Houses don't just freeze, and magic doesn't exist. There's always some sort of explanation, like I dunno, liquid nitrogen like in Goldeneye or something. A bunch of science fiction television shows have some off-the-wall ways to smother house fires, which are years ahead of their time, but based on real technology nonetheless. But if someone or something could just freeze a house at will, I'm pretty sure it'd be all over the news." It wasn't like Quinn was deeply-rooted in science or anything; he was actually fairly religious. But magic in real life? "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is."

Kikori · **Posted:** December 14th, 2010, 1:25 am

'So, in other words, you have nothing.' Shane was equally as lost, but technology to put out a fire in the form of ice wouldn't leave a widespread panic. He refrained from bringing it up with Quinn, though; speculation just led to guesses, faulty reasoning, and pointless arguments. However... "If it's Nick Anderson, I've been curious about him." Supposedly athletic, intelligent, and fairly respectful, Nick was kind of the one person who on paper seemed to be one of the most potential to dispel a lot of Shane's old views about peoples' negativity. Regardless, Shane and Quinn were company, but probably not much help to Tabitha. If Nick is able to contact her by phone, he's sure to be a little closer and more of assistance.

Tanksandguns · **Posted:** December 14th, 2010, 5:44 am

Nick finished his sandwich with a little effort. He made his way to his car, and started driving towards Tabitha's house. He saw smoke in the distance, but then it abruptly stopped.

That's odd...why did it just cut off like that?

As he came closer and closer to her house, he noticed the increase in emergency vehicles and sirens. He shrugged it off attributing them to the fire. When he was about 3 blocks away, a cop flagged him down and told him if he wanted to get any closer, he'd have to park and walk. Nick got out of his car, and didn't even bother locking it.

Nothing in there to steal, anyway.

He walked the next few blocks fairly quickly, and came up to her front door and knocked.

Znath · **Posted:** December 14th, 2010, 3:22 pm

"Yea that is him alright. I suppose he should be here soon." Tabitha said sliding the phone together and putting it on her night stand.

Tabitha eagerly jumped up "That must be him at the door." She says and heads down the hall to open the door. She made sure on the way to stop at a mirror brushing back stray hairs. After opening the door she greeted him "Nick, I am so glad you decided to come. Quinn and Shane are both upstairs in my room. We can go up if you want, I have refreshments upstairs anyway... um so.. anyway thank you. You are always so good to me. After all that has happened today, a little rest has been nice.. " She nervously brushed back her hair continuing. "I heard you were seeing someone now. Though after today, I may avoid it myself."

Tanksandguns · **Posted:** December 14th, 2010, 5:41 pm

Nick stepped in, and started walking upstairs. As he did, he continued talking to Tabitha.

"It's not a problem. Yeah, we've been going out for 6 months now."

When he got up to her room, he opened the door and found two boys sitting in there. He slightly recognized one from a local band, but the other looked relatively young. He hadn't seen him before.

"Hey, guys," he said.

Kikori · **Posted:** December 14th, 2010, 9:48 pm

Shane turned his head back and lifted a hand, extending his fingers in a greeting before looking back at his drawing. As buzzing as his mind was with ideas of suicide, magic, new people, a ride home, and the genuinely weirdest day of his life, homework still prevailed as an annoying factor to being a student. He'd been working on this piece for a few weeks, knowing it would be the soon-to-come display's contribution from him.Eventually he'd have to add colors to the stars. But for now, lighting was most important. He kept an ear trained on Tabitha, curious about her mood in all this, since she was the one under the most stress.

Saten Ruiko · **Posted:** December 14th, 2010, 10:02 pm

Quinn returned Nick's greeting, getting up for a second and extending his hand as he walked in the room, since surely Nick would have no idea whatsoever as to who he was. "...Hey there, I'm Quinn," he said, trying to keep the nervousness out of his voice. He didn't chat with Seniors very much, since a lot of them typically just made rude quips in reply.

Znath · **Posted:** December 14th, 2010, 11:28 pm

"Oh, just before you got here, Nick. We were watching TV and there was a house on fire. That is why all the roadblocks were up. Only the roadblocks only went up after we saw on the tv the house instantly froze solid." Tabitha says leading Nick in. She takes a seat on the bed and continues. "Only it all happened in a flash, literally. Then the TV signal goes blank on the local station, and we heard gunshots!.. I went home to relax and now things seem crazier than ever."

"Even with all this I still have that image of Kent. I wish I could just forget what happened." She says leaning forward. "I am certainly not looking forward to school tomorrow... maybe I should just not go."

Tanksandguns · **Posted:** December 18th, 2010, 6:35 am

OOC: Sorry that I haven't responded, I've been extremely busy with finals and a Madrigal Dinner my Choir is putting on. Apologies.

BIC:

Nick walked over to Quinn and shook his hand.

"It's nice to meet you."

He then turned back to Tabitha, "What do you mean it 'froze solid?' Houses can't just turn into a giant sheet of ice. And also, if I were you, I don't think I would go to school for a few days, and I doubt anyone would blame you for staying home."

He sat down on the floor near the door and thought for a moment.

How the hell can something just freeze solid? Let alone something that is burning to the ground. Something weird is going on in this town.

Saten Ruiko · **Posted:** December 18th, 2010, 9:52 pm

"Yeah, that's what I said too!" Quinn said, with his curiousity of the entire event pushing away his nervousness of speaking candidly. "It would take a lot of ice to put out a fire--I wouldn't believe a word of this myself if I weren't practically seeing it with my own eyes, since the smoke stopped at that point and all."

"Except...the gunshots...don't make any sense either. Myron County doesn't have a big history of crime, does it?" Quinn suppressed a shiver as he thought about how much more creepy this day was continuing to get, and started to fear eventually having to walk home.

Znath · **Posted:** December 19th, 2010, 2:20 am

"Um.. no. As far as I know, this area has an incredibly low crime rate. Especially this area, the houses that direction are a little cheaper but they are still quite nice." Tabitha responds. "Even the low rent area northeast near the industrial road barely ever get this kind of action."

Shortly after a car rolls in it's a well cared for Volkswagen Phaeton. "Oh, great.. father is here.. I honestly did not expect him for several hours, but I suppose they notified him already from the school." She sighs and runs her hands through her hair. "He should be fine with guests over.. though I imagine the visit will be cut shorter than I thought. Sorry but this will just take a minute or so."

She clears her thoughts and jogs downstairs, she can be heard from the room.
"Father, you are back early. I suppose it is because of what happened correct. I can take your coat."
[Tabitha's Father]
Name: Hanze Schablone
6' Blond hair blue eyes, tall and thin German works for the local university as a professor in engineering speaks with a fairly thick German accent.

"Mmmhm.. It vas a slow day anyhow. You can explain later at dinner."

"I should mention.. Some friends came home with me as well. It has been helpful for them to be here for me" She says taking his coat and hanging it up.

Hanze takes off his glasses and wipes them down with a cloth. He clears his throat saying only "Tabitha, please now."

"Oh yes, sorry." She responds hurrying off to fetch a cold glass of water for him. "Is that all?" He nods and she walks back upstairs.

"Sorry it took so long. Father has.. a routine when he gets home." She says slightly embarrassed. "I ... well it may be best to just head home. I have a lot of explaining to do. I can give you my number if you do not have it already. If anything happens tomorrow let me know." She finishes giving Quinn and Shane her cell number.

Tanksandguns · **Posted:** December 19th, 2010, 3:39 am

Nick said goodbye to everyone and decided to head home. It was a long day, and he needed some dinner and some sleep. He got to his car, and began the drive home.

When he arrived, he made himself a sandwich and worked on what little homework he had for the night. When that was finished, he watched some TV, but didn't see anything on the news about the fire. He shrugged it off, and went to bed. He wondered if there would be school tomorrow.

Kikori · **Posted:** December 19th, 2010, 10:30 am

Shane remained silent most of the way through the conversation, unable to think of anything that had anything concrete behind it. The idea of houses freezing over was absurd, after all, but assuredly what he saw. There was no point pressing the issue anymore was all. The odd feeling was broken as Tabitha's father pulled in, and a new one kind of started as she walked out to apparently follow a ritual for when he arrives. Upon saying it's best if everyone leaves, though, Shane had to wonder what her dad was like. He shrugged it off and took out his phone, flipping it open to add her number before taking advantage of the silence to call Eric, giving him the intersection in front of Tabitha's house to pick him up at. As he closed his phone, Shane looked over at Quinn. "Are you able to walk home, or does Eric need to take you?"

Saten Ruiko · **Posted:** December 19th, 2010, 2:07 pm

Quinn took out his own cell phone, adding Tabitha's number to his contact list. "Here," he said, sending her a text message that merely said "Quinn" so that she would have his number already stored on her phone in return. He looked up in response to Shane's question. "Oh, um, I think I can manage; no need to trouble him. Thanks, though." Quinn headed for the door and turned to address Tabitha before leaving. "Thanks for...the drinks, and whatnot. I'll see you at school sometime." Knowing she'd watched a man die today, he kind of wanted to add something like "Stay strong" or "Things'll get better soon", but both of those seemed rather insensitive, and he couldn't come up with any alternatives in such a short time.

Walking down the street, Quinn tried to steer clear of the roads where all the "excitement" had happened. Days don't get much weirder than this. At least--oh hey, my headache's gone! I hadn't even noticed. That's a plus.

He arrived home a half-hour later, but didn't feel like doing anything in particular, so he just got some homework done and went off to bed.

Mysteries of Myron County High School [RP]

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