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Post by nikki on Aug 19, 2007 22:59:49 GMT -5
A cheerful babble of laughter and voices was weaving in and out of the stands and shops in the Eihuth Market Place. Alacer grinned hugely to himself as he strode down the sidewalk, gaping through the spotless windows at the things the stores contained. Pausing, he gazed like a hungry schoolboy just released from the day's work at a chocolate shoppe, watching a real mini waterfall made of liquid cocoa froth and bubble, falling gracefully into a little pond that made Alacer's mouth water. Sometimes he didn't act his age, which was nineteen, but that had never bothered him before, so why start now?
Alacer resumed his walk, picking up the pace and bobbing his head to music he alone could hear. To be honest, he could pick tunes out of everything and anything, saving this tool for whenever he got bored, which was quite a bit. Closing his eyes halfway, Alacer concentrated.
Snap, snap. His fingers clicked together in an impeccable beat as his feet pounded on the sidewalk to match. Snap, clack, snap, clack. Perfect.
A lady eyed him suspiciously as he passed, and Alacer granted her his most gracious smile, though he didn't stop snapping his fingers. Instead, with one of his hands he tapped against the side of his jeans, creating another rhythm. Music was everywhere, and Alacer loved it. In fact, there was little he didn't love. He could appreciate the beauty of everything, from the sparkling tinsel in one of the shop windows to the twinkling stars that would emerge from behind the setting sun in a few short hours to the spider's web that shimmered in the late afternoon sunlight, waiting expectantly for its builder to return.
A beam spreading over his lips and making his eyes give off the illusion of enlargement, Alacer continued with his little music game. It made him happy, and he'd forever continue it.
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Post by Cherry~ on Aug 19, 2007 23:37:56 GMT -5
Clarissa giggled as she looked in on a kitten in a pet shop window. A fairly small kitten who was a blue-greyish color with white patches on her Chest. The kitten was about as Hyper a Clarissa and was rolling around and playing with the other kittens and burrying herself in the pet shop straw.
As she turned away she noticed a man walking by snapping his fingers and patting his leg. Clarissa cocked a brow and followed the man only for her to get distracted and suddenly crash into the mans back. Clarissa stood up and looked at the man and blushing. " I am SO sorry about that!" She said blinking rapidly. "Are you alright?" She asked with a concerned look. "I was walking behind you because i noticed the Rhythm you were creating And i wanted to hear more of it." She glanced at the man and smiled. "It was a very nice Rhythm did you create it yourself?"
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Post by nikki on Aug 19, 2007 23:40:50 GMT -5
Alacer was startled when something - a rather strong something - crashed into him from behind, but when he turned around and found a girl who was, miraculously, extremely near, if not equal, his height, he merely grinned. "Don't sweat it, no harm done. I look fine, don't I? Oh - yes, it was."
His viridity eyes swept over her blushing cheeks, and his smile deepened. She was pretty cute, when he thought about it. "What's your name?"
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Post by Cherry~ on Aug 19, 2007 23:47:30 GMT -5
Clarissa giggled "I suppose you look fine". Clarissa looked at the man from head to toe. A fairly Decent looking man who was fairly cute. The man looked as if he was checking her out so she gave him a puzzled look but it soon faded back into a smile.
"Oh. Im Clarissa but you may call me Rissa or Clara. Either one is fine. And you are?"
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Post by nikki on Aug 19, 2007 23:51:36 GMT -5
"Clara suits you," he informed her after studying her pleasant face for a short moment. With a small chuckle, he added, "It's a sweet name." Then he addressed her question: "I'm Alacer. If you can come up with a nickname for me that isn't Al, there's a prize. So far, nobody's been able to," Alacer said, flashing another bright, teasing smile in Clarissa's direction.
Subconsciously, without even realizing what he was doing, Alacer began to snap his fingers softly again to a song that played quietly in the background of his mind. It was irresistable, that habit; he couldn't deny it if he tried, which he never did anyway. It was strangely satisfying.
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Post by Cherry~ on Aug 19, 2007 23:57:34 GMT -5
Clarissa scratched her head and thought for a moment and then it Came to her. "Ill call you A.Man. It suits you very well. Its a random yet flowing name that fits your personality" Clarissa looked at Alacers fingers that started snapping again. She put a small clump of her hair in her mouth. "You know. i think we both have something in common. I chew on my hair for satisfaction and you snap your fingers" Clarissa couldnt help but laugh but then she just blushed again.
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Post by nikki on Aug 20, 2007 0:00:27 GMT -5
"A.Man, hmm?" Alacer smiled good-naturedly. "Well, that is one of the more creative ones out of all that I've gotten so far. I guess that means I have to come up with a prize now." He thought of doing something really zany and random, like, say, kissing her just to be odd, but he wasn't quite that stupid. Besides, that might freak Clara out... wow, did he just think that?
Laughing lightly, Alacer gave a nod. "I'd chew my hair, but it's too short," he said unnecessarily, jokingly, tapping the tip of his skull.
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Post by Cherry~ on Aug 20, 2007 0:07:27 GMT -5
Clarissa cocked a brow. "And what Did the A Man have in mind?" Clarissa said laughing. Clarissa wonderd if he had the same thing in mind as she did. Clariss giggled "Oh no! We must call the army for emergency hair-growth attention!" She said jokingly as she grabed a lamp post and rapped her arms around it and...started to pole dance like someone would at a strip club. She flopped her head back looking at Alacer up-side-down as she giggled.
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Post by nikki on Aug 20, 2007 0:10:01 GMT -5
Alacer just shook his head at her gestures, looking amused, though he was unsure if she was just joking or not. Either way, she was attracting quite a bit of attention, not like he noticed that. "Maybe I could get some hair tonic," he suggested. "I could grow my hair all the way down to my feet... but then you might chew it," he added dispiritedly, unable to hide the grin that was spreading over his face.
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Post by Cherry~ on Aug 20, 2007 0:20:07 GMT -5
Clarissa got off the pole and started to laugh uncontroleably. "We should seriously get some coffee one day" she said in between gasps for breath from laughing. As she walked over and randomly hugged Alacer. "By the way i am always this totaly freaky and random" She sais twirling her hair around her tongue. "Heres my card" She handed Alacer a card with her phone number and Address on it. She smiled and walked off down the street.
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Post by nikki on Aug 20, 2007 0:22:09 GMT -5
Bewildered, Alacer stared at Clara's figure that was striding confidently down the street without a care in the world. For once, his fingers stopped their snapping. Had she just hugged him? If so... why? It wasn't like Alacer to question, but this was abnormal. Oh well, what was to complain about? She was cute, she had embraced him. He should be happy.
Glancing down at the card Clara had given him, Alacer's smile returned and he pocketed it for another day. It would certainly be used.
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Post by Cherry~ on Aug 20, 2007 0:47:00 GMT -5
Clarissa walked into her small apartment on mainstreet. "Ah. Home sweet home" she said quietly as she sat on the couch. As pathetic as it was Clarissa was already wating for Alacer to call. "Ugh why can i get him out of my head? hes just a man i met on the street" she thought to herself. "So why is he so special?" She kept thinking. Clarissa walked into the kitchen to make lunch for herself as she awaited a call, even though she knew he probably wouldnt.
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Post by nikki on Aug 21, 2007 12:13:04 GMT -5
For the first time in three years, Alacer Aaron Johnson made his way home without snapping his fingers or tapping his feet in an exaggerated fashion even once, and that was saying something. For the first time ever (most likely), he was too busy thinking. That Clara, as he called her... she was different, certainly. A small smile graced his lips and he shook his head in amusement, remembering.
On an instinct, Alacer yanked his cell phone out of his pocket and leaned against a store window. He was coming near his somewhat derelict apartment building - his job as garbage boy in one of the upscale restaurants didn't exactly pay well - but that wasn't on his mind. Surveying the card Clara had given him, he hurriedly punched in the number and put the phone up to his ear, listening to the ring, which did nothing to calm his nerves.
Nerves. Alacer was going insane.
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Post by Cherry~ on Aug 23, 2007 14:23:48 GMT -5
Clarissa jumped as she heard the phone ring. She ran over to the phone stumbling on one of her shoes that was in the middle of the floor. "AHH." She Yelled as she reached up to Grab the phone. And as calmly as she could she Mutterd a "Hello?"
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Post by nikki on Aug 23, 2007 14:29:54 GMT -5
Suddenly tongue tied, Alacer coughed a few times, then regained his natural rhythm, his smoothness. "Hey, Clara, it's... uh... A.Man," he greeted her, laughing a little bit. It felt so stupid to use that name... but this was silly. He had last talked to her, what, ten, maybe fifteen minutes ago?
"I used your business card," he said, stating the obvious. "I hope I didn't call to soon, I'm not one to like being patient," he added, reminding himself silently that Clara wouldn't be able to see the impish grin on his lips at his own words.
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