Death and Rebirth: Lies in Deceptive Shadows

[skyacezero]

"Yes...well....I'd say we should get on with the lesson.." he said nevously. "Please open your books to-" the bell rang, stopping him from continuing. Everyone was getting out of their desks and heading to the cafeteria. "Feeding time at the zoo, eh?" Tito said as he and Darryl followed suit. "Care to join us? Macelina? Leanne?" Darryl offered.

[celestrialwolf]

Leanne smiles "Yes please!"

[Amara<3]

"Sure, I'd love to," Marcelina said.

[skyacezero]

The cafeteria was just as lively as ever, with 'hood rats plotting their activites and runs on one side, and the Hills kids talking about their lives on the other. Tito and Darryl got their food and sat at their usual table with Leanne and Marcelina following. "Hey, something different about lunch today," Tito said after having a bite. "Yeah, tastes like they put in more food and less ass," Darryl joked.

[Amara<3]

Marcelina almost spit her food out with a laugh, covering her mouth to stop that from happening. "Seriously, I am trying to eat this stuff," she said after swallowing hard. "So what do you guys do in your spare time?"

[skyacezero]

"Oh, well, Darryl helps me and my brother out at the garage," Tito said. "My brother and I fix and inspect cars that the kids that live in the Hills are too lazy to fix themselves," he added. "That's because I wouldn't want ruin my newest Melinda Mercer line clothes on a greasey car engine," a girl's voice said. "Oh, s---..." Darryl and Tito muttered at the same time. A girl wearing very expensive-looking clothes came up to their table. "I couldn't help overhearing how you called me 'lazy'," she added. "What's eating you? Did daddy cancel your credit cards? Or did he take your Mercedes away, which is it today?" Darryl said sarcastically.

[Amara<3]

"Or maye she's not being eaten, and that's the problem," Marcelina said with a growing grin. "Maybe she has no one to satisfy her every need. I think she needs a man, or a better toy." Marcelina laughed and shook her head. She couldn't believe she said that, even though she was screaming it in her head.

[skyacezero]

"I'd watch it if I were you, Consuela," Chrissy said in a mocking tone. "Hey Chrissy!" someone called. "Coming!" she replied and turned back to Marcelina, Tito, and Darryl. "Count yourself lucky," she said and walked away. Tito shook his head. "What makes this worse is that she's the DA's daughter, she's pretty much untouchable," Tito said. "Until he gets fed up with all the legal trouble she might get into," Darryl said and went back to his food.

The day carried out and he was walking on the school lawn talking with Tito. "HEY! DANDRIDGE!" someone called Darryl's name and he looked toward the source, Malik Henry, a senior and linebacker on the football team. "Malik? What's up?" Darryl asked. Malik was storming over. "I'm 'bout to kick yo' boney ass! That's what's up!" Malik said angrily. "You were supposed to be a good tutor and you know I needed at least a 'C' average to get my scholarship!" he added. Darryl immediately started panicing. "Malik, I went over everything with you-" he fell back on the ground. "-I honmestly don't know what to-" Malik had closed the distance.

[Amara<3]

"Hey!" Marcelina called across the field, running toward them. She noticed the senior getting closer than was friendly, and sped up. "What's going on here?" As she reached them, she heard something about a scholarship, and Darryl freaking out.

((Sorry they seem to be coming up short, I'm not entirely sure how far my characters should go with talking and actions and stuff.))

[skyacezero]

(Don't worry, this particular problem takes care of itself.)

"Malik! Wait, can't we talk about-" Darryl panicked and Malik's fist reeled back. Darrly clenched his eyes shut and waited for the blow to come. It never did. He heard a paper rustling in front of him and he cautiously opened one eye. Malik was holding his latest test in front of Darryl.

"B+, beyyyatch!" Malik declared and Darryl let out a sigh of relief. Malik extended his hand and helped Darryl up. "Haha, had'ja going there, didn't I?" he asked. Darryl laughed a bit nervously. "A-a little bit," he said. Malik heard Marcelina approach. "Oh, hey, sorry, no need for concern, just messing with him a little," Malik said.

[Amara<3]

"Oh," Marcelina replied with a relieved smile. "So, B+ huh? Good job. Doing anything to celebrate?" She wasn't really in to the party scene, unless she was crashing the parties. She even do that very often. She wasn't a people-person as was easy to tell at lunch that day.

[skyacezero]

"I was thinkin' maybe Antonio's, they got a lot o' great food and the manager gives special deals to passing students," Malik said. "Yeah, that does sound pretty good," Darryl agreed and turned to Marcelina. "What about you? You feel like coming along?" he asked.

[Amara<3]

Marcelina hummed and hawed about it for a moment, but eventually shrugged and agreed. "Sure, why not. Let's go."

((I'm upset. Lol. Our posts are too short.))

[skyacezero]

"Alright, hey, don't worry I'm-" Malik was cut off by a low rumbling and the ground started to shake. "Oh man! Earthquake!" Darryl said and went straight to the ground as cars started screeching to a halt and lamp posts started falling over. He crawled under a nearby picnic table followed by Malik. "Guess that celebrating, gonna have to wait," Malik said.

In the subway tunnels, a train derailed and slid against the wall until it came to a stop. One area the train slid against fell away to reveal a strange stone mural. It depicted a symbol of a feathered wing engulfed by a swirling vortex. A beam holding the lights on the ceiling came loose and fell on it causing it to crumble and open the chamber it was closed on. A eerie blackish haze started seeping out from the sides and a shadowy blob seemed to force itself out and flew off. Following it was a line spoken by a deep, commanding voice. "Free.......at last......"

[Amara<3]

((Hm, can I add another character to like, help in combat with Necrolon when that all happens? It does happen in this rp right? It's just that I only have one character in this, and I feel like I'm not contributing to anything. Haha, it feels so weird to be sitting in my school's library writing this.))

Marcelina stood on the piece of ground she'd been on, completely frozen in place as the earthquake struck and rumbled and shook them. She couldn't move, not even if she wanted to. "Guess so," she whispered to Malik and Darryl. She was horrible in these situations, even in her own home she would stand in the worst places if she was already there when the quakes would start. Her dad usually had to grab her and make her move before her own functionality kicked in.