June 28/Break a Leg!/PG/Open

[miyaji]

Character(s): Atticus Finnigan, anyone else!
Time: 3PM
Location: Stage

The blonde poked his head inside the large auditorium. The lights were off, which meant the room was completely empty and free for him to use. His hands searched the wall until they found the lightswitches, and he flipped all of them up.

Dozens of lights on the ceiling turned on to bathe the auditorium in a pale light. Smiling to himself, Atticus suddenly took off from the entrance and ran past the velvet seats until he reached the stage. "Perfect place to film~" he sang as he jumped up onto the stage and ran around happily. After running around to his heart's content, Atticus set up his tripod and camera and began filming.

"Hi guys!" he chirped cheerfully, waving enthusiastically at the camera, "I'm here at my school's stage. It's huge! But I guess that's what you get when you're at an auditorium for a performing arts school! Everything's top of the line here~" Atticus flashed one of his smiles, his whole face in an expression of pure happiness. He loved filming. He loved talking. He loved the stage. God, he loved this.

Atticus brought out a small remote control out of his blazer pocket and pressed a button. The top part of the tripod rotated. Good, it worked! Atticus could now move the camera in whatever direction he wished with this remote control. Atticus began to walk across the stage, making sure that the camera was following his every move.

"Look at these curtains!" he said giddily, holding out the midnight blue stage curtains with one hand, "Aren't they pretty?" he asked, running his other hand through his blonde locks. He then let go of the curtain and continued on. The blonde suddenly started running backwards so that now he was facing the camera, but he had no idea where he was going. "And this is..." he began when all of a sudden --

He fell off the stage.

Thump!

The foreigner landed on his back on the ground below. He closed his eyes and winced, suddenly feeling a bit dizzy. That was quite a drop, and it definitely hurt. The stage, for some reason, was considerably high up. Rubbing at the back of his head, Atticus staggered to his feet and groaned.

"Ugh, that hurts so bad."

[mellie427]

Hiromi couldn't wait any longer.
She wanted to see the stage!
She heard it was glorious and grand! Beautiful and breathtaking! Why was she using alliterations?!

She was used to sets, the most. Pre-made and perfect sets. But she had acted on stages four years ago, while in high school.

As she came in, she noticed the grand hall, the beautiful seats. All the seats of fancy velvet, the large black platform with the deep blue curtains.
It was as if she were in high school again, a little kid, she loved everything here, she was already getting excited.
Literally, it was breathtaking.

Doing something out of character on the serious and quiet (yeah right) front she usually put on, she started running across the seats and laughing, taking out her excited energy.

As she got to the front, she noticed a camera was set up on a tripod, staring down in one direction. She went to the space she supposed it was filming, and noticed a blonde boy, clinging to a chair, barely standing. He looked sick and sort of dead, like he was on the verge of fainting.

"A-Atticus." She recognized the blonde boy as her classmate and fellow jogger. She immediately was by his side. "Are you okay?" She asked him. He obviously wasn't, but she didn't know where he was hurt or what happened.
She bit her lip. The beautiful image of the stage quickly turned from glorious to painful.

[xiaomei]

"Wow - This place is ENORMOUS!"

Meilynn walked around in amazement as she spoke to herself under he breath quietly, walking through the isles and finally, sitting down on the top right corner of the auditorium, exhaling softly. Satisfied & amazed all at once, the corners of her lips curved up slightly out of the excitement of entering a new school, and meeting so many different people as well. As her chestnut hues explored and took mental images of every single corner of the area - a sudden light bulb blinked on in her mind and a soft giggle escaping her lips as she thought of her little idea in her head. "Ah! My MP3 and ... Ah ha! Here you are ~" Out from her pocket was her little digital camera she always carried around with her, just in case.

Flashes exploding everywhere as the little hybrid took snapshots of the stage, smiling at each and every pictorial she captures in her little device. While sliding her finger onto her camera, viewing her gallery of images and thinking of the different ways she could crop and scrap each image - all of a sudden, the entire auditorium was lit up with bright radiance, which startled the female into jumping up from her seat slightly. Without even realizing, the lights to the auditorium was never turned on and so this entire time - she was sitting in complete darkness.

"God, silly ... You couldn't even bother trying to turn on the lights?" She thought to herself quietly, but her one-on-one conversation with herself was abruptly interrupted by a male voice, a stranger's voice coming from the stage. Alarmed by the sudden visitor, Mei hastily lowered herself so only the top of her little head was visible past the seats. Sliding her eyes above the chair, just enough so that she can get a glimpse at this new comer, thinking "He's probably a student here too huh ... I wonder if he's new here ... Probably not, seeing how he can turn the lights on and you can't Xiao!"

Through the females thoughts, she continued to examine this 'stranger to her eyes', noticing his golden locks and his goofy personality which made her giggle softly. Watching him was somewhat entertaining and made her feel a little more comfortable, it helped her get adjusted in a way to this new environment. With her thoughts running wild in her little head, she only realized later on that the blonde headed boy was nowhere to be found on the stage. "Huh, that's weird ... He was just there ..." Out of curiosity, Mei slowly raised herself from her hiding spot and tippy toed herself to get a better view.

"Ah, oh no!" A sharp gasp escaped her, Mei's hands quickly covering her lips in shock - only noticing after he had fell, that he had fallen off the stage. Slow, isn't she ... Sliding swiftly through the seats, she made her way over to the male; feeling anxious and worried for him, her pace quickened but came to an abrupt stop when her light hues noticed another had reached her destination before her. Her head tilting slightly towards the left, her index finger placed naturally upon her cherry lips, she stood still. Pondering upon the thought, she debated against her whether to continue her journey over to the injured or to let the other stranger take care of him. "Perhaps they're acquaintances," she thought to herself quietly.

[miyaji]

Atticus let out another groan and rolled over so that he was now laying on his back. His blonde bangs, usually sprawled across his face, had now fell behind him as he fell. It exposed his pale forehead - a pale bruised forehead. A decently-sized purple blemish was forming on his skin, and it definitely hurt.

"A-Atticus... are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Atticus mumbled, opening his eyelids to reveal gray orbs. His mouth instinctively formed into a smile. "I'm fine." he repeated. He groggily sat up, shaking his blonde hair back into place and thus hiding the bruise. "Hey, it's you!" he exclaimed once he noticed that it was Hiromi standing in front of him, "Hiromi, right?" His voice was cheerful, like always, but it was restrained. The pain just wouldn't go away.

He looked around the bright auditorium for a bit, blinking as the dizziness in his head started to disappear. Atticus then saw the other girl, a bit farther away from them. "Hey!" he called out a bit weaker than usual, waving his hand at the other girl. "Why are you just standing there?" he asked.

"Thanks for checking up on me, Hiromi." he said, rubbing the back of his head.

[akemi]

Five minutes after putting his feets inside the academy, Agito had forgotten what the hell he was doing there.

"Shit, why this place have to be so big? Tch.", He complained clearly annoyed and lost. "Where should I go...?"

He looked around, searching for at least one living soul. Nothing. More annoyed than he was early, he began to walk, searching for a teacher or just a student like him. Again, nothing. All tought he was a few days late since the opening ceremony, he thought the academy would be full of people popping up everywhere.

"I guess it's class time now, right? Damn.", Definitely it was his parent's fault. After all, who the hell would leave their own son under house 'arrest' for trying to act?! Oh, his parents. "The sad thing is: They really thought that a door and a gate would stop me? Really? What a shame. Ha, ha! Huh--?"

He stopped, hearing a thump and voices somewhere. To avoid losing the opportunity, Agito ran toward the noise. Oh, good the stage. He was save.

Quietly, he opened the door, facing the group.

"Excuse me, am I interrupting something?", He asked with a smile. "I just want to know where I can find the drama class."

[xiaomei]

"Hey! Why're you just standing there?"

The brunette flinched slightly, focusing back into the situation which hasn't changed much: both the strangers were on the floor, one the injured and the other ... A rescuer ...? Her cheeks became filled with a slight rosy color as she turned her head from left to right, "A-Are you talking to me..?" Finding something rather obvious since there wasn't anyone else other than her in the direction the blonde was talking to. "O-Oh, nothing! I was going to check to see if you were alright because you suddenly disappeared from the stage and ... Yeah .... But! It looks like you have an adorable little lady assisting you already so, I was debating whether to ... Well ... " Seeing as how her explanation was leading towards the road of 'you-don't-make-sense'; she stopped herself and immediately removed her confused look and replaced it with a worried smile, slowly making her way over to the injured.

"A-Are you okay ...? Do you need a band-aid or anything...? I-I can run over to my seat and I have some in my bag ..." As she examined her little patient from head to toe, she made the conclusion that there was no cut or scrape but a slight shade of purple was appearing on the males forehead - somewhat looking a little goofy. She noticed him trying to cover up the little spot with his golden locks, which to her eyes seemed very child like. A smile was creeping up her cheeks as she tried her best to hold the grin back, afraid that he might take it the wrong way. She took her index finger and tapped his forehead away from his injury softly, "Looks like you're growing a little bruise up there, mister! Do you want some ice? I can run down to the infirmary real quick ~" She was now squatting down besides the male, grinning in a very friendly manner as she waited for his reply.

With a slight creak, the entrance to the auditorium was opened once more with another guest. It was a student, but this time he was a male with the hair color exact opposite from the one sitting down on the floor. Meilynn quickly got up from her spot and greeted him with a fairly welcome tone as she waved her hand around in the air. "Hello there, stranger!" She continued to stand there waving her arm in the air till he met his destination and after getting a closer look at him - He almost seemed as if he was around her age ... "Maybe we're all the same age ..." She quietly though to herself.

After listening out to his request, her face descended into confusion and disappointment - not knowing how to help him out because she herself was new here also. She could barely get around the school without running into the same classroom twice! "U-Uh ... ! W-Well, you found the auditorium with the stage so ... I-I guess that's a good sign, right? You're probably in the right direction ... You should try asking one of the two down there! They'd probably be a better help than I can ..." She gave him a soft smile while directing him to the other two who were in the room with her, who probably knew a lot more than she did at the time.

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[mellie427]

Hiromi frowned as she saw the visible bruise on his forehead, and his skin was paling...he looked like a ghost...yet he still managed a smiling face?! She shook her head firmly and gave him a serious stare.
"Yeah, I sit behind you in class, we talked at the tracks, and now we're here." She said casually, as if I don't know, it's something you should easily remember. I mean, they should be recognizable acquaintances by now. But she decided to let her small irritation slide because of his injury. "It's no problem, but Atticus, you're not okay." She said simply. "You have to go to the Nurse's office! What if you get a concussion?!"
She said, frantic. Stories from the news easily traumatized her, so she easily remembered the time a famous Japanese singer fell off stage and hurt themself. They hit their head and though seemed alright, had died three hours later of hemorrhage.

She stood up and then noticed the girl, before Atticus called out to her, and waved. Well she was new...she hadn't seen the girl before...maybe in class? Briefly? Atticus called out to her, and she waved in front of him. Glaring, she added "Atticus, you're hurt, let me take you to the Nurse's Office."

But she didn't ignore the girl, she looked up at her and waved. "Hello there, will you help me?" She asked, concerned for her classmate's health more than introductions. But she would ask her later and befriend her, if she would let her.

As she waited for the girl, she inspected Atticus, becoming mini-doctor mingchi (lol what sorry i love her chinese name). She shook her hand in front of him.
"Can you walk? Does your head hurt? Do you feel sick?" She asked, and then raised her hand to brush Atticus' bangs up to see the bruise.
She inwardly flinched, the stage was high, and the fall must have been horrible. The bruise was horrible too, and was swelling fast.

As the girl approached them Hiromi smiled.
"Hi, I'm Hiromi. I'm just a classmate of hise." She said and nodded to her respectfully. "Ah..but you should have come if you saw him earlier, it's only good to help someone no matter what how many people show up..!" She nodded. "Yes, I think the nurse will know what to do more than any of us..."
The girl offered to get bandages, which Hiromi honestly thought was a little too inane for his injury at the moment. But she let her go to her bag.

And then all of a sudden, the new boy came. She stared at him in a confused manner, he was too far away, and couldn't hear him. The girl who's name she didn't know yet, smiled a bit and started conversing with him, but then pointed at her and Atticus. She wondered what she was talking about, but maybe it was just the guy was looking for something? She couldn't see him too well either, so she couldn't read his emotions.

As the girl was getting her bag and talking with the boy, she told Atticus to stay there as she went to go get the camera.

[miyaji]

"A-Are you talking to me..?"

Atticus let out the loudest laugh he could. "Of course I am!" he grinned, attempting to shake his head in disbelief. However, once he had moved, a sharp spasm of pain appeared in his head. Resisting the urge to wince - because, really, Atticus didn't want to make such a huge deal about something like this - he merely gave a very small shake of his head when Hiromi suggested that he'd go to the nurse office. "No, I don't need to go the nurse's office for something like this! I'm fine, come on~" he sang.

"A-Are you okay ...? Do you need a band-aid or anything...? I-I can run over to my seat and I have some in my bag ..."

"I don't need a band-aid either!" Atticus laughed. Really, this girl was pretty funny. It was just a fall! Falling was exciting, adventurous even! It wasn't something to be so worked up over about. In fact, Atticus was already writing out the beginning of his blog post. This was all very fun to him, although the pain wasn't something he could have done without. Still, it was worth it.

"Can you walk? Does your head hurt? Do you feel sick?"

"I'm fin--" began Atticus, but Hiromi had already lifted his bangs up to reveal the bruise. The blonde bit his lip sheepishly when he saw that both of the girls had now seen his bruise. "I...I was hoping that you wouldn't do that." he said a bit quietly, as if he was a little child being reprimanded by his mother. Hiromi's flinch didn't help much either.

"Looks like you're growing a little bruise up there, mister! Do you want some ice? I can run down to the infirmary real quick ~"

"Heh." was all Atticus said to that. It really was no point hiding the pain from them now, was there? "Maybe some ice can help it," he said, "But nothing more than that! I just need ice, that's all. It's not that bad." He gave a shaky laugh. As long as he didn't show how much it really hurt, they couldn't possibly know, right?

Just then, Atticus heard a new voice as a stranger walked into the auditorium. He heard the new girl float away to greet him. As Hiromi told him to stay put, Atticus decided that he really had no choice but to.

God, how was he going to get out of this one?

[akemi]

Agito stood there, with the door half open, just watching the scene.

Was it some kind of rehearsal for a show or what he heard earlier was actually something falling from the stage? Whatever it was, the boy kept silent, a little distracted or perhaps, indifferent to the situantion.

"This place is really interesing. That boy is like Buzz Lightyear, from Toy Story.", He thought, turning to face the other boy who was far away. "To infinity and beyon-- Nah, ground."

He held the sudden urge to laugh. What the hell was he thinking?

Then, only after a few minutes later, he noticed that one of the girls was talking to him.

"Hello there, stranger!", She greeted him, waving."U-Uh ... ! W-Well, you found the auditorium with the stage so ... I-I guess that's a good sign, right? You're probably in the right direction ... You should try asking one of the two down there! They'd probably be a better help than I can..."

"Oh boy, she is really cute, even from far away.", Agito murmured to himself, hiding a little smile.

"Hello miss!", He replied, walking closer. "Is that so...? Well, thank you. I'll ask one of them. Nice to meet you, by the way. I'm Kurayami Agito."

He made a little and quick bow, passing her and walking toward the blonde.

"I guess I have to help that mister. It would be rude of me to let two young ladies taking care of a man alone. I have some bandages, medicines... Stuff like that in my bag, so I guess I can help."

Agito walked calmly to the other boy, casually leaning down next to him.

"I bet your whole body is aching now, but you don't want to worry the ladies, right?", whispering softly for just the blonde to hear, Agito pulled out from his bag - that looked more like a aid box - a small blue pot. "This is will reduce the pain. It's a little cold and I think it will 'burn' a little. I'll try to be gentle, ok ~? ♥"

[xiaomei]

“Pleasure to meet you Hiromi-Chan! I’m Meilynn but we can go through introductions later I guess hm? You seem really concerned for your friend here, I’ll try and help you in any way I can; you just tell Mei!”

She was also concerned about him, seeing as how the pain seemed to really trigger on him … Meilynn felt helpless as she squatted down next to him while Hiromi strayed away for a few seconds to grab his belongings. Forming a friendly smile to try and comfort him; she hugged her legs and placed herself near the patient. “It hurts a lot huh, you don’t have to hide it … Hiromi-Chan and Mei will take care of you, so don’t worry!”

At his request of ice, she slightly panicked. How can she request to go ahead and grab a bag of ice if she can’t even find her home room to begin with … Feeling extremely discouraged and useless, Mei tried to force up a smile and nodded with not much confidence. “M-Mei will try! But you have to promise to be awake and don’t move, alright?” Meilynn quickly got up from her spot; devastated and lost as to which way to even begin searching for the infirmary. With no confidence in her mind, she let out an empty sigh; preparing herself to run around the building like a maniac.

As soon as she was ready to dash out the auditorium, the stranger came up and greeted her right back except he bowed. Taken back, she bowed a straight 90 degrees in reply and smiled a friendly smile. “It’s my pleasure to meet you, Agito-Kun!” Oh! “Maybe he would know where it is …” She thought to herself; although knowing that they were both new – she prayed that he had a better idea of the place than she did. Before she had a chance to reach out, he was already digging through his little bag and prepared himself with a First Aid box.

Meilynn watched in amazement, feeling unprepared once more as she watched him being taken care of. Truly, she was more grateful that someone was already one step ahead of her and was assisting him out.

[mellie427]

She smiled at hearing the Chinese name (I'm sorry, but it is;;;, Hiromi nodded. "It's a pleasure, Mei-Mei, can I call you that?" She asked curiously, she loved making nicknames with Chinese names. But she never wanted to insult anyone, of course. "Yes, all I suggest is that we take him to the infirmary, as I don't know much medicine practice..." She said and made a look similar to this :T.

She stared back at Atticus as he faked his pain. She could tell he was covering his pain with his smiles, and he wasn't doing a very good job at it.

"I...I was hoping that you wouldn't do that."
She shook her head, she still kept a solemn look. "You can't just hide it. What if you had a concussion and didn't tell us? We already saw it when you were on the ground, anyways."

As she said he just needed ice, she sighed, hoping that was all he needed. "Is that all?" She asked. He knew what was best for himself, after all.
"Mei-mei, you know where the infirmary is, right?" She asked her, a little cautiously, as the girl suddenly had a flustered face and turned around a little slowly.

As the new guy came over, with a blue bucket with a white cross on it, she supposed he knew more medical training than her, and resigned. "You're trained in medicine?" She asked him seriously, though with a tone of curiousity. "Well, I'll leave it to you, unless you need anything...we're right here." She said and decided to go silent while he treated Atticus. She didn't know the man or what to do. Who knew, maybe he and Atticus were good friends, at least she assumed that from the way they talked.

Hiromi took that opportunity to finally grab his camera and other belongings, and then climbed down the stage, carefully, and sat in a chair near the new guy and Atticus, silently watching the two. She looked around for a second, and saw Meilynn, gesturing to her silently and smiling, to sit down in the chair next to her. She couldn't really do anything at the moment but watch and stay silent, not wanting to disturb the boys.
"Are you okay?" She asked, a little worried at the face she was making. "You look a little...uh...how do I put this, half-baked?"

[miyaji]

“It hurts a lot huh, you don’t have to hide it … Hiromi-Chan and Mei will take care of you, so don’t worry!”

Atticus laughed, "Okay, I admit it definitely hurts! But it really doesn't hurt that much you know. I do appreciate all the attention I'm getting, though. It's not everyday that I fall off a stage and immediately have some girls run to help me." he had purposely rambled - anything to try and hold them back. The last thing he wanted was to worry everyone else with the injury.

As Hiromi left, Atticus felt a heavier set of footsteps move towards him. It was the new guy, right?

"I bet your whole body is aching now, but you don't want to worry the ladies, right?"

Atticus glanced to the side to see that the newcomer had suddenly crouched down beside him. "Y-yeah, I guess." he whispered back a bit shakily. The boy's personality seemed a bit weird to Atticus, but somehow captivating as well. He's definitely interesting. thought Atticus, and I don't think he's too bad. Maybe I'll just let him help me.

"This is will reduce the pain. It's a little cold and I think it will 'burn' a little. I'll try to be gentle, ok ~? ♥"

"Alright." Atticus replied, not knowing what else to say. Well, whatever. As long as what this guy did worked then it shouldn't be a problem. He merely laid there obediently, waiting for to see what the guy would do next.

[akemi]

“It’s my pleasure to meet you, Agito-Kun!”, the cute girl said, ready to run.

He nodded, distractedly mumbling an answer: "It was my pleasure."

Agito began preparations in silence, putting the blue pot on the floor and looking for something more useful in the bag. Not finding it, Agito turned his attention to the girl with glasses, while she was asking him something in a really serius tone: "You're trained in medicine?", he couldn't stop himself from smiling.

"Not exactly. I just have some experience with injuries." He said simply, giving her a comforting smile. He had so many injuries and wounds after the fights, that he had to take care of himself to not worry his parents to death. "Well, since you two want to help him, why not one of you get me a clean towel and hot water? That would be wonderfully helpful."

He looked at the blonde and said bluntly, as if were the most normal thing in the world to say:

"Take off your clothes."

[xiaomei]

"A-Ah, clean towel I have in my bag..!"

Mei quickly jumped up from her place and ran over towards her seat, grabbing her bag and returning back to the little crowd in front of the stage. She opened her school bag and soon enough, found her little white towel folded neatly and placed it on top of the First Aid box. "I-I hope you can use that to your need, Agito-Kun." She looked around in panic again, lost as to where she would find hot water. "H-Hiromi-Chan! D-Do you know where to get hot water from..?"

"Take off your clothes."

The bluntness of the question ... And the fact that he would make such a request to someone who he had recently met ... "U-Unless they know each other ... B-But still...!" She thought to herself; embarrassed from the situation, Mei flushed immediately and looked around everywhere else but where Atticus and Agito were. "U-Uh, excuse me Agito-Kun ... D-Do you really need him to r-remove his c-clothing..?" She asked, feeling even more flustered.

Turning around to face Hiromi, she slightly grabbed her sleeve and gave her a confused, and distressed look. "U-Uh, what should we do...? S-Should we leave the r-room..?" Seeking guidance and looking at Atticus to see his reaction and what he has to say, she stood there silently still flushed from the request that Agito made. "I-Is that really necessary..." She mumbled quietly to herself. [/size]