Oh no! A star sploded?(Nova)

[Arkady Awren]

Arkady was doing his normal trips to the smoothie shop. He was working up the courage to actually go in for his interview. He figured he'd get enough kudos to be known as a diligent customer. That would get him some brownie points right?

As he made his way across the rooftops he slowly came closer and closer to the street. Eventually he met a tall apartment with an alley below and he jumped down skidding on each side to safely slow his descent. When he reached the bottom he brushed himself off and exited the alley into the street.

Right around the corner was the smoothie shop, Arkady's social place of residence. As he walked in the familiar bell rang and the barmaid greeted him with her usual monotone face. He took his seat and she did her job correctly.

"Hey, what can I get you this time?"

This time he knew exactly what he wanted, but he pondered just to waste her time. He then stopped with a 'Eureka' look on his face and he ordered the usual, a berry blitz. An orgy of flavor... In a cup...

While he waited on his order he spun around in the old malt shop seats. That was one of the real reasons why he came here all the time, not only did he get awesome smoothies, he didn't have to get up to go to the play place! He eagerly waited for someone to come through the door. He usually had interesting people arrive whenever he was there...

Cue, Nova!

[jiro]

It was a nice day, far better then the those I have been faced with since my arrival..As I wander through the streets, I slowly notice things.. Its not the same little town I was from. This one, with more people then I could imagine ever meeting! Where I don't ever really have to worry about...people talking! Everyone finding out things.. Its just not that small town! The one where everyone knows each other! everyone talks! Where everyone...gossips.. It was corrupt, there was really no way of escaping it! No matter where you went, someone recognized you! Whether from past experiences or from stories traveling down the grape vine.. This was a huge city compared to my homeland! So refreshing.. but anyways!

This story all began with...

"I think you should go out for a while! You haven't been out in the sun for a while...Sleeping during the day.. How lazy of you Nova!" The girls auntie spoke in a serious tone as she tapped her foot impatiently, looking down at the girl as she did so.

With that the girl rolled over, trying her best to cover her head with blankets.."But I'm so tired...."

"I don't care! Get out there!"

So...what started out as a day of rest, turned into an adventure! So I guess, that I needed a place to go..

Walking down the street, avoiding eye contact with all those who passed her by; Nova was still kind of nervous. Even knowing that no one really cared about who she was, it was still a little difficult to get used to.. but never the less, the girl kept smiling as she enjoyed the sun light and warmth! It could be fun, she just needed to think of it as fun. Yes, ignore the fact that she was tired, the poor girl. Sleep just never seemed to be within her grasp, well at least not a decent amount. Never the less, she pushed forward, trying to make the most of it all.

Though, something seemed to catch her attention, a cute little place... Perhaps it was worth checking out? A shop that dealt with smoothies, sounded interesting enough. Perhaps a tasty cold beverage was all she needed? Or worth a try. Running across the street, avoiding on coming cars; the tanned girl made her way into the store. Pushing open the door, the girl heard a ringing noise as she entered. It was kind of a cute little place, definitely worth the dash. Moving towards the counter, Nova took a seat only two away from some guy.

"What to get? what to get?" The girl questioned herself out loud, drumming her fingers nervously on the counter top as she did so.

[Arkady Awren]

"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to be rude, but dayamn! Anyway... I usually go for the berry blitz because it is like an orgy in your mouth, but the pina coladas and basically everything else here are good too!"

"What to get? what to get?"

The girl that had walked had taken her seat a bit far to be questioning the menu with a veteran so close. Arkady closed the gap between them by one seat, trying to not be too awkward too fast. He was going to tell her the same thing he told just about every other interesting newcomer in his stoop.

"Well, I usually go for the berry blitz because it is like an orgy in your mouth, but the pina coladas and basically everything else here are good as well. If you are looking for some variety though, I'd go for the chocolate with peach or appleberry."

As soon as he finished his shpeel he received his order of a Berry Blitz and began sucking it down. He had become immune from brainfreeze not because there was no brain to freeze, but it seemed his Russian origins had finally kicked in for his food habits.

"Well, I suppose now that my shpeel is over I can introduce myself to you! My name is Arkady! And you are?"

Arkady would extend a freezing hand to Nova from it's original place on the smoothie. After finishing talking, he'd go back to slurping his smoothie, the berry flavors creating a soothing sensation. Wrapping his tongue in a blanket of cold sweetness, like touching the silk lining of pandora's box... This must be the smoothie from hell! His facial expressions made his enjoyment obvious, just like they always had.

[jiro]

So, there was silence as Nova sat looking at the menu. Decisions were always difficult to make, especially when revolting around food and drink. They were something that the girl found very important, oh but what a world would be without delicious food and magnificent beverages? Surely, her taste buds would parish a horrible death is subjugated to bland food or in the worst cases..disgusting foods. Yes, bad food would never go well with Nova, she'd complain and drive the chef into the abyss. Her green gaze wandered away from the menu, looking around the shop, still rather amused by it. For long since it had been since Nova last got to sit in such an awesome seat! Swirling in the seat once, Nova couldn't help but smile once more; it was rather fun to the point she didn't notice the guy move closer.

"Well, I usually go for the berry blitz because it is like an orgy in your mouth, but the pina coladas and basically everything else here are good as well. If you are looking for some variety though, I'd go for the chocolate with peach or appleberry."

She'd turn a little too look at the young man, still smiling at the guy as she did so. It was odd to be approached so randomly, but rather good. Since it was always awesome to receive suggestions from people! Half the fun of trying new things was hearing what others had to say! Narrowing down the choices and experimenting with what others found delicious! He seemed rather enthusiastic about the smoothies, which was always good! It meant that his tastes were probably quite good!

"The berry blitz sounds rather good! I think I might have to try it this time!" Nova said in a cheerful tone, followed by a nervous laugh. Still weird to talk to strangers in the city, but soon enough that feeling would pass. Surely, she'd get used to it! "Thank-you for the suggestion!"

"Well, I suppose now that my shpeel is over I can introduce myself to you! My name is Arkady! And you are?"

"It's nice to meet you Arkady! My name is Nova!" Once more the girl couldn't restrain her nervous laughter, it was so difficult! It was nice to meet some one so friendly and who seemed to enjoy his smoothies. Watching the young man bring up a hand, Nova wasn't quite sure as to what to do. So she merely accepted the hand and shook it. Skipping on rainbows once more the girl was still over joyed! It seemed people were nicer then she had originally though, here she was afraid of them at first. What the heck was she worrying about?

[Arkady Awren]

"It's nice to meet you Arkady! My name is Nova!"

She was an absolute genius! Her choice in smoothies proved that! When she would take her first sip she'd surely bleed from the mouth due to an explosion of flavor! He'd heard that name before though... What is that... Isn't a nova a star exploding?

"Ohmagawd... You just made the best decision in your entire life. Career choices? Incomparable! Wait a tic... Isn't a nova an exploding star or some other kind of bright explosion? So what exploded when you were born to inspire such an interesting name?"

Bean knowledge was unimportant to him, he was just a knowledge seeker. It always seemed to be attracted to him though, a vessel of useless information. Eventually something might come in handy that's rattling around in his brain.

As soon as he finished downing his smoothie he clutched his head in a grimace of slight pain. Okay, maybe he wasn't over brain freezes quite yet, but sooner or later his brain was going to say... "Hey, who turned on the air conditioner?"

[jiro]

Nova always knew her name was a little odd, after all it was a star that ejects some of its material in the form of a cloud and become more luminous in the process, a album released by a German band, a marvel character, and a few other things. But really it was a Native name that meant: Chasing Butterflies. Her mother had always liked the name, regardless of how odd it really was. But that didn't really matter, after all an odd name was better then a common one; or so the girl thought at least.

"Ohmagawd... You just made the best decision in your entire life. Career choices? Incomparable! Wait a tic... Isn't a nova an exploding star or some other kind of bright explosion? So what exploded when you were born to inspire such an interesting name?"

She smiled at the young man, listening to everything he had to say; it was rather interesting. He was so enthusiastic about smoothies, so happy with her choice. It made the tanned girl feel a little bit less nervous about sitting about with a stranger, Arkady was a nice young man. Well, from what she had gathered at least, it was probably true. Nova chuckled a little as the young man finished talking, never had she heard such a comment about her name; it was quite amusing.

"Something like that. I'm not quite sure if anything exploded near by birth! But there was a high number of Butterflies in the area at the times. Nova is a native name for: Chasing Butterflies." The girl spoke in a cheerful tone, knowing just how lame her statement was; but it was only the truth. She watched at the young man continued to drink his smoothie, stifling her laughter as he fell victim to...Brain freeze!

"What can I get you?" A waitress questioned as she looked down at Nova.

"I'll have a Berry Blitz..." There was a pause, the tanned girl wasn't a hundred percent sure if that was the right name. Since it seemed that the name had slipped her mind while chatting with Arkady. Nova watched as the waitress walked away for a moment or two before turning back to face her new acquaintance. Think...think think! What to talk about!!.. There was a bit of silence once again, it made Nova a little nervous. She prayed to god that it wasn't boring him, she needed to make it a little more interesting. not that it hadn't been thus far, but.. Yeah, the poor girl was a little paranoid.. Spinning! She couldn't help it, spinning on the stool; Nova chuckled a little; trying her best to rid herself of negative feelings.

"Have you tried all of the smoothies here?"

Nova questioned as she stopped spinning and once again faced Arkady, wearing a bright smile on her face.

[[OOC: Sorry for the lame post! XD... My brain is still brokedededed D: ]]

[Arkady Awren]

"Have you tried all of the smoothies here?"

As much as he would want that to be true, it was not. He was forced by personal taste to avoid quite a few on the smoothie menu. Just for dramatic pause though, he placed a hand to his chin and opened up the thought processes in his brain.

"Well, not all of the smoothies. The only mistake the owner made was make an 'elder tastebud' menu... But I have tried all of the good smoothies here, if that's what you truly meant. Just be sure to avoid the spinach crabcake smoothie..."

He would try to keep a serious face for as long as possible, but if she would make any type of negative reaction he'd probably bust out laughing. Who makes an elderly menu? You don't want to attract the old people to your establishment. You want to repel them with good music and great flavors that don't remind them of the old days.

"So, I have to ask every interesting person this question when I first meet them so... You are not in gang are you?"

His cover up for his Russian accent was starting to wear off as he became more relaxed. That was one way to know that he was comfortable with you, but his question was a fork in his road of comfortability.

He wasn't partial to gangs, rubbing them off as a group with false purpose. He only knew several people in gangs... But then again, he only knew several people in the first place... He severely hoped that this new friend was not in a gang.

[jiro]

Watching the young man as he struck a pose, his hand to his chin. It was rather amusing! Almost as if he was to stroke an imaginary beard! Well, its what she'd do at least. Nova kept herself from laughing, only because she wasn't sure if what the young man were to say next.. whether or not it would be a joke or serious. Blame the pose. The girl continued to smile as she listened carefully to everything the young man said.

"Well, not all of the smoothies. The only mistake the owner made was make an 'elder tastebud' menu... But I have tried all of the good smoothies here, if that's what you truly meant. Just be sure to avoid the spinach crab cake smoothie..."

It was obviously a joke, right? Like who in their right mind would ever drink such a thing? Surely even the old people would not drink a spinach crab cake smoothie! Just the thought made the girl feel a little sick, but the thought of her smoothie made everything better. After all, with such a good review from Arkady, it had to be amazing. After all, it was described to be: An orgy of flavour in your mouth... Anything with a comment like that...should be amazing!
"Hmmm, Spinach Crab cake? That sounds like it would be good..ish! Do you think they use cream cheese in it? or perhaps something else...I mean doesn't it go well with both? Or perhaps I am Thinking of improper food combinations..." The entire time Nova spoke in a serious and very dignified voice, trying her best to sound professional...without breaking face and bursting into uncontrollable laughter. Taking a deep breath, the girl was having great difficulty with holding back... It tool a moment longer before the girl broke into laughter, as she once again decided to spin. Childish, yes! But so much fun at the same time. Stopping her fit of laughter once she stopped her spinning.. Looking forward at the annoyed waitress as she set the smoothie down.

"Thank-you!" Nova called politely as she watched the girl walk off.

"So, I have to ask every interesting person this question when I first meet them so... You are not in gang are you?"

The tanned girl picked up the smoothie, bringing it up to her lips and she got to try the apparently amazing beverage! Taking a sip of it, Nova was amazed! So flavourful! So amazing..Where as some could gulp it all down, Nova merely sipped away at the smoothie as she thought about a way to reply to the young man. She wasn't apart of anything, there were few people within the town the girl actually knew. Returning to smoothie to the safety of the counter, it got to rest for a little while; without being afraid of being finished off!...just yet at least.

"Nope, I'm afraid I'm not apart of anything!" There was a pause before Nova continued,"I'm new to this city and I can barely find my way around." She laughed at it all, finding it rather amusing for some reason or another."Why do you ask?"

[Arkady Awren]

"Why do you ask?"

Arkady wiped his hand across his brow in relief. He was somewhat new to this city, but he knew his way around. This was just a question that he would ask random people so that he'd know when he had good connections.

"Well, I'm just not very partial to being stabbed in the gut. I try to make my connections wisely. You know, get friends that will protect you, but not expect anything from you... Other than maybe hanging out every once in a while."

Funny thing, his brother would actually be one to stab a person for bumping into him. Well, that is if he has a knife on him. This girl actually reminded him of someone he knew back home, though. In need of protection just in case. And partial to floating potatoes to boot...

"I don't look for much in a friend except to accept me and my hijinks. Think we could be friends? In fact we could go pull a prank right now to get you more in tune with the city! Would you like that?"

Arkady had finished his smoothie anyways, he needed to work off that smoothie. He even had the perfect plan to include his new friend in! Let's just say it included water balloons and a rat on a string. Just another day's shenanigans!

[jiro]

Once more the girl picked up the smoothie, it was just too delicious to resist! She had to have more! Though as she continued to sip the Berry Blitz, Nova watched Arkady and his motions. She had to admit it was rather amusing seeing someone so dramatic with their movements! It was so refreshing, the girl smiled. Pushing her bangs out of her eyes, the tanned girl took another sip from the smoothie. The smoothie was indeed and explosion of flavour with every sip, such an experience! One which she'd like to have again! Which could only mean one thing! She'd have to visit the smoothie shop more often!

"Well, I'm just not very partial to being stabbed in the gut. I try to make my connections wisely. You know, get friends that will protect you, but not expect anything from you... Other than maybe hanging out every once in a while."

"Should you not get friends that you enjoy being around and will help you when they need it? Expecting help sometimes is only an add on. You don't always have to agree too it, if its dangerous, but helping them is a good thing..." Nova babbled, trying her best not to seem rightious.. Though, at that point in time it was probably hard not too, since her opinion was kind.. Well. Yeah."Sorry about that.." The girl apologized, looking down at her lap.. Attempting to resist the hypnotic call of the smoothie! It was so difficult, but it was to be done.

"I don't look for much in a friend except to accept me and my hijinks. Think we could be friends? In fact we could go pull a prank right now to get you more in tune with the city! Would you like that?"

"Sure! That does sound like fun! We can be friends." Nova smiled as she once again fell victim to the call of deliciousness. Taking yet another sip of it, the girl dreaded the idea of finishing it. A prank? Not quite her thing, but it could prove to be fun! Especially if it allowed her to get more acquainted with the city."Why not! Shall we?" The girl sounded really enthusiastic about such an offer, fun with her new friend! Though, she couldn't help but wonder what sort of prank it would be.