philosophical fun (open)

[Addison Parker]

When it come to academics, Addison’s philosophy was have fun now and do work later. Always true to her beliefs, Addison had accidently forgotten, or more specifically, thrown out her essay assignment on the French revolution in a spur of the moment frustration. Hours before the essay was due, it occurred to Addison that her teacher may not be impressed by her lack of effort, meaning she’d probably get in trouble. Therefore, rather than get the assignment from someone else, rewind time and save her assignment, or just ask the teacher, Addison resorted to her favorite past time of ditching History class.

That morning, instead of heading straight to History, her first class, Addison took a detour to somewhere else entirely where no one would think to look for her: the student lounge. It was so obvious a place that no one would ever expect her to make her hide out there, making it the most brilliant place to ditch. If Addison was correct, she could reside there for a good hour or two before someone figured her out and that was long enough for her. All she needed was a short amount of time to make up some believable excuse as to why she missed class and spew a three page essay. That couldn’t possibly take so long.

Therefore, when Addison first entered the student lounge she plopped down on one of the couches, a note book in her lap and a pen in her hand, so she could get to work. Addison however needed noise, so she turned on the tv to a local news channel. As it turned out, Addison found a discussion on a new bakery in town more exciting than Napoleon, Versailles, and the Storming of the Bastille. As a result, her attention quickly drifted away from her essay and toward the tv.

When the tv switched to a commercial brake about oxyclean, Addison looked down at her paper which was blank besides for her name, the date, and the title on the paper. That certainly wouldn’t do. Perhaps she just needed a break? Turning off the tv, Addison pushed aside her notebook, stood up, and headed toward the pinball machine. Reminding her of her simple, old school home, Addison just loved playing. Starting it up, Addison began playing. As the game went on, she couldn’t help but grin. This was way better than doing homework!

[Rayne Braxton]

Rayne was not a fan of homework. At all. She would rather run a mile, or do pushups then have to focus enough on her work. But alas, Hammel doesn't take physical exertion as an accepted all around homework substitute. So, instead of attending her boring math class, the one class she almost never did homework for, she decided to ditch it and catch up on some good reading. She thought of where she would like to go, maybe the pond? But then she just decided to go to the Student Lounge, easy and she didn't have to pass too many security guards to get to it.

She walked in, and looked around. Seemed good enough, no teachers or authority figures in sight. She pulled out her book of the past two days, Swoon, and sat at a huge comfy chair. Just as she was about to settle in, she heard a female's voice, cheering herself on. Ray went to go take a look. She had been sure that she had been here alone. But as she rounded the corner to see a little redhead clearly winning against the pinball machine, she guessed she had been wrong. The red head hadn't noticed her yet, so she decided to call out when she won the game:

"Congrats, I believe that you just made a new record." Ray said with a smirk, seeing the girl's head turn around.

She went up to the pinball machine and put her palms on the side of it, asking her:

"Can I take a hit at it?"

Ray was one for games, well for winning them anyway. She was the type who would join in, if it looked fun. And since this girl probably didn't like school as much as Ray did she gave her a knowing smile.

"I guess we're both breaking some rules huh? My name's Ray. Nice to meet you, my new partner in crime!" She joked.

[Addison Parker]

While Addison played pinball, she allowed herself to be sucked into the game, as she ignored all outside distractions, focusing just on the game and setting a new high score. As she did so, Addison imagined herself and that pinball machine being transported back home, to the local pizza store where she and her dad ate almost every day. The shop was taken up mainly by tables, however, off to the side was an a juke box and an ancient pinball machine that as a kid Addison had enjoyed playing for hours at a time trying to beat all the top scores and prove her awesome kills.
As a result, Addison found herself killing it and racking up an exuberant amount of points. Whooping in delight, Addison played and played until she realized that she had more than beaten the high score. A grin spreading on her face, Addison was considering continuing playing, when another person made her presence clear.

Distracted for just a moment, her attention span broken and Addison lost the game. Cursing under her breath, Addison shook her head slightly disappointed. Next, Addison turned her attention to the girl wondering how into the game she must have been to not have noticed the girl there the whole time. It was pretty bad. The girl was clearly older than Addison, and taller too, not that that was hard. The fact of the matter was, Addison had no idea who she was. Still, Addison was very open to meeting new people. Yes, even those who distracted her from her favorite game.

“Well look at that! I believe I did.” Addison said not admitting that she had been keeping track of that the whole game.

When the girl asked for a turn at the machine, Addison politely backed away, gestured toward the machine, and said, “Be my guest.” At the same time however, Addison couldn’t help but think if that girl beat her high score that she worked so hard at, she would not be happy. Not one bit.

“Rules are meant to be broken.” Addison said with a shrug thinking of all the rules she had broken in the past. The people who made them should know that. “I’m Addison.” She introduced herself smiling slightly liking the idea of being a partner in crime. Breaking the rules were fun, but Addison had to bet breaking them with someone else would be even more fun.

[Rayne Braxton]

When the girl turned around, Rayne guessed she must either be a freshman or a sophmore. She saw the girl shake her head at the machine, hating it that she had lost the game. Ray was reminded of another girl whom she knew was like that.. Rayne hadn't seen this girl around school since she had started here, but she was up to making new friends.

"Yeah, you must be a pro." Ray said smirking as she watched the girl. "Too bad I'll have to beat your score."

When the red head backed away nicely to let Rayne have a turn, she smiled at the girl kindly and let the ball start rolling. She cheered herself on just like the girl had a few minutes ago, protesting at the ball saying "Come on!". She had used these often as an early teen traveling with her aunt all over the country. In every town there was at least one arcade or an old diner which had one. So Ray showed off her skills. But once she got a look at the girl's face, seeing that she was not liking the fact that she might just beat her, Ray slowed down. Making her score only 100 points higher then girl's. Rayne couldn't let herself lose, even if it was against this kid.

"Wow, guess I'm not as good as I thought."Rayne remarked, more for the girl then anything.

When Ray heard the girl's remark on rules, she was reminded of herself again. "I totally agree with you there. What's the fun in following what everyone else thinks is right anyway?" Breaking the rules was one of Ray's pastimes, and it was nice to see someone else who hated rules as much as she did. "Cool name. Well Addison, want to try to beat my fantastic score?" Knowing that if this girl was anything like her about winning, she would take the challenge.