Swords and Lightning (Lightning)

[Sephora Taryn]

Seph was in a really good mood today, at least that was what she thought to herself as she stood in front of the mirror in her room that she shared with her best friend. She ran a finger through her dark hair and pulled up the yoga pants she was wearing. Seph normally didn't Yoga pants but she was going to the Rec Hall. Seph hadn't even known she had Yoga pants. She laughed at that thought as she pulled on a tank and her old pair of gray converse.

She was going to practice her fencing. Seph hadn't fenced in a while but she really wanted to get some practice in. She smiled and grabbed her epee strapping it about her waist. Then she was ready to go.

She wasn't sure where Raine was though, Raine was usually out. She was either out dancing or she was out sleeping with random dudes she met. Seph sighed as she made her way over to the Rec. Hall. Seph didn't exactly approve of her best friends activities but, there was not much she could do about it and most of the time she didn't try. Unless of course she caught Raine in a closet...then she pulled her out and scolded her all the way to her room.

Seph rolled he eyes to herself as she pushed the doors open to her the Rec. Hall. She walked over to a room giving the stares to anyone who passed by because she was Seph and she was allowed to do these things. She grinned as she thought that and walked into the room.

She walked over to the a corner of the room ignoring anyone who looked at her and she Drew her Epee slowly and swiped it quickly through the air. She smiled looking at the blade, it was beautiful, this was why she loved it so much.

She did a lot more exercises with the sword, working up a sweat, She was so happy to actually get some practice in. She didn't have time all the time, when she was with BP or with Raine, or warding off boys..

She shrugged off that thought and walked over to the water fountain taking a long slow sip. She looked up for a moment and she saw something...more like someone. She thought the person looked really familiar and she half smiled a little but it was nothing serious. Just because Seph was in a good mood that didn't mean that she was personable.

"Hey"she said with a nod but that was all she said before she dipped back down for some more water. She then stood back up and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and just leaned against the wall for a moment to regain her breath.

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Muse: gooood
Notes: ~ none

[LightningϟStrife]

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Lightning stared numbly at her hands, newly found leather, fingerless gloves covering her skin. The blue fledgling had been rummaging threw her pile of usual crap, and had found these suede gloves, along with the leather jacket that she was wearing right now. Lucky find? I think so.

With a sigh, she sat down on her chair, and faced the mirror, her eyes gazing fiercely at the reflection. God, she looked like a fucking mess. She hadn't gone out in what, another few weeks? She thought that she had been doing fine. You know, ever since she met Cris in the clearing. But apparently not.

All it took was a fucking film. That's right. A fucking film. The Last House On The Left, it was called. Some horror flick about some murderers going around and killing a girl, and then that girls parents killing the murderers. Something retarded like that, anyway. Lightning had heard that it was a good movie, so she had rented it out, stuck it in the dvd player and whacked out the popcorn, ready for some good old horror. Well. Fuck that plan.

There had been a rape scene.

And yes, they had shown everything. Every fucking single detail. And like the retard that she was, she had just sat there and kept watching. But you don't understand. You couldn't understand. The way they had portrayed it.. it was so realistic. It was like Lightning was re-watching her rape. It was just... horrible. So, she had shut down on herself once again. Just.. closed up. In a way, it had been worse than last time. Because last time, she had actually felt something. Like, depression. This time? Nothing. She just felt.. empty. So, she had just locked herself up into her room again, thankful for the fact that her room mate had switched dorms a few months back. Most days, she had just curled up into a ball and sat on her bed. Well, enough was enough. She had to get out. Again.

Sighing, she reached out and grabbed her make up bag, swiftly taking hold of the eye liner and lightly outlined her eyes with black Kohl, followed by a few lashes of mascara. Brushing out the tangles in her hair, Lightning smiled, for what must have been the first time in a few weeks. She looked decent, i guess. Giving her hair last minute touch ups, she furiously began to retouch her fingernails with black nail varnish, as if the natural color of the nails offended her.

Blowing them dry, she stood, her jacket resting on her shoulders, and she grabbed a few accessories and chucked them on, determined to look like her old self once again. Once done, she checked back to the reflection in the mirror, and grinned.

Finally.

Finally, she looked like herself.

Making sure that the strap on her boot was firmly attached, she headed out her dorm, and started to walk slowly to the rec. hall, remembering how empty that place had been the last time she was there. Hopefully, it would be quite empty this time, too.

She walked in, and breathed a sigh of relief when she realised that there were only 2, 3 people there. All girls. Thank God. One of those girls began to walk towards the water fountain, and Lightning's eyes followed her, her gaze on the epee that was dangling from the girls waist. Fencing? How interesting. The girl looked up, and gave her a half smile, which she returned a second too late.

"Hey"

The girl nodded, and then stood against the wall. Was she talking to Lightning? She was, right? Blinking once, she took a few steps towards her, and took a sip from the water fountain. Gulping down the water, she leaned back and licked her lips. "Hey." She nodded towards the epee, curiosity in her ice blue eyes. "You fence?" She smiled once again, the action feeling wrong against her features. it had been so long since she had smiled, properly.

Maybe this was a chance to change that.

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Muse:URGH.
Notes: This is the most shittiest post i ahve ever done. I would redo it.. if i wasn't so lazy. xD

[Sephora Taryn]

Seph had never been sociable. As a child she was nice and polite, but she was never really sociable. Seph couldn't remember when it had started. When she was in elementary school she had a few friends but most of them were like her. Opinionated. Strong. Any of the girly girls had usually steered clear of her. Also Seph had then usually hung out with boys.

She smiled at the thought as she stood there by the water fountain, leaning against the wall. Then Seph had hung out with the boys because the boys were the ones who climbed trees and the boys were the ones who got the scrapes all over their knees. Seph had been like that so she had wanted to be around them, this of course was before she realized that all men were scum.

Not that Seph didn't have girl moments. She liked to match her clothes and to look nice but to look nice the way she wanted to look nice, not the way that society said she had to dress. So she never conformed. She just wore what she wanted to wear and always did.

Seph didn't know why she had started on this little trip down memory lane but she shrugged, leaving the cloud of her child hood memories and going back to the Rec. Hall where she was, here to practice her fencing. She had said hi to a girl.

Seph studied her a bit, she wasn't sure why she had said hi to the girl but she did. It was probably because she was in such a good mood because she was doing so well with practice. She was always in a good mood when she was doing well with practice.

Still she wasn't sure if she should keep the conversation going, Seph didn't normally talk to people. The only friends she had were the pack and Raine and she was very comfortable with that. She didn't need any other friends, but hey. She didn't see the harm of talking to this girl though. Just because they here didn't mean that they had to become the best of friends when they left.

The girl seemed to think there was no harm in talking either because she started talking. She was staring at Seph's Epee and Seph grinned twirling it around a bit. Seph loved this sword this is why she carried it around with her every where. The only time she didn't take it was when she was going to the shower. The girl asked if she fenced, Seph thought it was fairly obvious though so she just nodded to be nice, before she spoke

"Every Chance that I get...I don't care about what people say about the whole pen being mightier than the sword..My blade would kick a pens ass any day."Seph grinned at that sheathing the sword at her waist for the moment while she talked to the girl. Seph knew that that particular saying was not exactly what it meant but she was just saying it to make a joke because Seph did things like that on occasion.

She moved closer to the girl and extended her hand towards her to be shaken. Seph was a very forward person and she was going introduce herself if she was going to talk to his girl at all. She smiled as she did. It wasn't exactly warm and inviting but it was better than the ice stare she normally gave people.

"I'm Sephora...people call me Seph...What's your name?she said nicely as she stood there, she ran a hand through her hair waiting patiently for an answer from the girl. Talking to this girl wouldn't be a bad idea. She seemed nice enough and if she wasn't...Seph did have her sword, she thought with a grin.

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Muse: gooood
Notes: your post was fiiinne huussh

[LightningϟStrife]

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Lightning leaned back against the wall, unsure of what to do now that she had just said hello to the girl in front of her. It wasn't normal for Lightning to make conversation with the other fledglings in the House, but that was because she was just so non-social. Well, she should probably change that. Making a few friends seemed like a good idea, after all. She could do with having some, at least. But only females. Males... Not so much. Well, she supposed that she would get over her fear and hate of them soon, but right now? Nope. Didn't see it happening. With the exception of Cloud, Lightning despised any dude with a dick that was in her radius of sight. They just seemed so pointless in life, they only brought destruction.

I mean, look at her dad. Her mom had died right after giving birth to the Strife twins, and then what did he do? Yeah, he totally took care of Lightning and her twin, made sure that no harm would ever come to them and blah blah blah. Oh, but wait. He didn't. No, her dad took off, didn't he? Left them at the orphanage, where the people there abused them, and they suffered day after fucking day. Great role model. Oh, and we mustn't forget that dick that beat her up a few weeks back. And the guy that tried to rape her just after she got beaten up. Oh, but this one's the best. The guy that actually did rape her. She hated that one the most. Fucking cunt.

So, you see her point? All men sucked. Shit. No, the shit of shit... And anything shittier than that.

Just all round shitty shit.

Lightning turned her attention back to the girl in front of her who was nodding, and it took her a moment to remember that she had asked her if she fenced. Well, that was nice. Lightning used to go fencing, so she knew a bit of it. Didn't mean that she was an expert though. Pfft, fuck no.

"Every chance that I get...I don't care about what people say about the whole pen being mightier than the sword..My blade would kick a pens ass any day."

The pen was mightier than the sword? Lightning snorted, and she raised a brow, her blue orbs twinkling with amusement. "Wait, lemme get this straight. A plastic tube full of ink is stronger than a metal blade?" She gave a short laugh, and put on hand on her hip, finally starting to feel at ease. "That is so bullshit. Whoever made that kind of crap up was probably some guy that got beaten up by a girl." Because, well- let's face it. Guy's always did unreasonable crap like that when their pride got hurt. And what would hurt more than getting beaten up by a girl? Stupid Y-chromosome bitches.

The girl in front of her extended her hand, and Lightning shook it, returning her smile once again, just a second too late. Well; what? She had already said that she wasn't social. Leave her alone.

"I'm Sephora...people call me Seph...What's your name?"

Grinning, she spoke in a cool manner, leaning against the wall only slightly. "Lightning. Lightning Strife. Some people call me Light, Li.... Grasshopper." She laughed then, the memory of Cris calling her that amusing her. She still had no idea why Cris had decided to give her that unusual nickname.

But that was Cris for you.

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Muse: Nyeh.
Notes: Sorreh i took so long<3

[Sephora Taryn]

Seph was in a good mood. That was the only reason that she was even talking to this girl at the moment. Seph was a bitch, she knew that so it was in such rare form that she actually willingly talked to someone who she didn't know.

She seemed nice enough, that she could say for her. Seph wasn't all that nice though, so what happened when the girl figured that out? Seph shrugged. She probably wouldn't. Seph didn't really find a reason to hang out with random people.

Especially people she had just met. Seph was polite but distant most of the time unless they gave her reason to actually show her true self, a crazy yet lovable bitch. She grinned at that thought and then looked back at the girl who was leaning against the wall now.

She seemed to be lost in thought or something, Seph took the opportunity too do another move with her Epee and she laughed a she gracefully completed it, her hair whipping around her as she did. Raine may have gotten all the grace but when it came fencing Seph had some of it.

The girl replied to Seph but she had gotten what Seph had meant all wrong. She hadn't meant someone had said that literally the pen was mightier than the sword. No No. That was just saying, that literature and reading were better than fighting, the power of the press type crap.
"No no it's a saying actually...but most dumb things are made by men, dumb creatures that they are"

Seph said with a little bit of a grin, Seph hated men, except for one in particular and she was so not admitting to that one. She did another small move as she listened to the girl start speaking again.

Saying that her name was Lightning, Lightning. How interesting. Then she said Grasshopper and Seph laughed. That was funny, 'Hope your actual name is not really Grasshopper"

Seph was slightly amused, which was something in this girl, Lightning's, Favor.

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Muse: good
Notes: sorry its short.

[LightningϟStrife]

Well, this was new. Her, actually talking to someone, i mean. It felt nice. But that was probably because the person Lightning was talking to was actually a decent person. Not some shitty male who would try and take advantage of you. Fucking dicks.

She watched Seph make a few lunges with her epee, and Lightning admired the way she accurately held and swung the object. It didn't take a fool to know that this girl was highly skilled in fencing. And fuckin' dangerous, too. Eh. So many people were good at some sort of martial art. Lightning on the other hand, was shit. At basically everything. But never mind. She was still young. She had time to learn. If she could be bothered, that is.

"No no it's a saying actually...but most dumb things are made by men, dumb creatures that they are"

Lightning raised a brow. She'd been joking, but.. It had been a shit joke. My bad. Instead of defending herself, she decided to let it go, laughing at Seph's 'dumb creatures' comment. "That, would be an understatement. Fucking dicks." She smirked, enjoying the fact that she had found someone who appeared to share the same hate for the species. "Seriously, if there was any way of us females surviving without needing those bastards to reproduce, then we'd have got rid of them a long time ago." She laughed, shaking her head. If you asked her, some women were far too dependant on men. Lightning didn't really understand why. All they brought were misery and pain.

The world would be a much brighter place without them, really.

'Hope your actual name is not really Grasshopper"

Lightning smirked. Oh, Cris. That girl made her laugh. "Oh, this is awkward. Grasshopper is sorta my middle name.." She said, obviously joking. She laughed then, and shook her head. "Nah, it's just a nickname that this girl, Cris gave me. But i call her Panda, so it's okay. We're even." Lightning wondered if Seph knew who Cris was. Because if she didn't then, she'd have no idea why Lightning called her Panda.

And that really would be awkward.

[Sephora Taryn]

Seph was breathing heavily now, she had been out of practice for a bit because of her now so busy schedule between the BP and Raine and..people she would never speak of in public, that she was so out of shape when it came to this and pissed her the fuck off.

Seph was a skilled fencer and she always had been and there was nothing cocky about it or anything like that it was just a known fact. Someone could go and ask her fencing prof and he would tell them how good she was and she took pride in that, she just hadn't done her own practice in so long that she was out of breath after no more then ten minutes. This had to stop. She needed to schedule some time for herself before she lost it entirely.

She saw Lightning admiring what she was doing and she smiled at the girl and offered a bow to her, despite Sepj's normal disposition when it came to all girl except for the ones she already knew she liked this girl and she saw no reason to be mean to her so she might as well make a some what friend out of her right? Right.

Seph had said a saying before and it had seemed as though, Lightning hadn't got it so she had explained. She wasn't trying to belittle the girl or anything like that Seph was just being herself and voicing her opinion on things. Like her opinion on men. She really really hated men. All of them, and as she thought that her brain offered up an except one and she scowled. Stupid Brain, it was supposed to be on her side.

She had called men dumb and it was obvious that Lightning agreed. Seph definitely liked her. She grinned at her as she spoke again talking about females reproducing without them and Seph laughed loudly at that.

'You are so right, their unneeded. All they ever do is sit there with their hands down their pants make lude comments about you and expect to get laid. Dumb."she said with a bit of a twirl her dark locks spinning as she spun.

Maybe they could keep this man hating talk up, if they did she would be less likely to be thinking about a certain someone that she was constantly thinking about lately because all it was doing was driving her completely mad.

She sighed lunging down to the ground with her Epee and coming back up. Lightning had mentioned something about her name being Grasshopper and now she was saying that it was a nickname she got from Cris and Seph had to stop and smirk at her. So she knew Cris, well that was definitely a point in her favor. Cris had a good judge of character so if she was hanging out with this girl than she could so not be that bad.

She also said she called Cris panda and Seph laughed out right about that one. That was good. She didn't think that Cris would like that very much but it didn't matter just at this point in time.

"So you know Cris? I strongly doubt she likes being called Panda, if i know her and I do..she must down right hate it"Seph said with another. Seph was glad she had come here and met this Lightning person, it kept her mind off of things she didn't want to think about and it gave her a reason to laugh. It was a win win for her.

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Notes: Better word count still sucks tho

[LightningϟStrife]

"You are so right, their unneeded. All they ever do is sit there with their hands down their pants make lude comments about you and expect to get laid. Dumb."

Ah, finally.

Someone who shared the same view as herself.

Lightning laughed; the soft, happy sound filling her up, leaving her mind content. This had been a good idea. Coming out, i mean. Seph was an interesting person to say the least, and hey, she had managed to make Lightning feel something other than depressed or angry. So that meant brownie points for her.

Fiddling with the corner of her leather jacket, she grinned. "I know, right? Just because they have a dick, they think they rule the fucking world." She rolled her eyes, waving a hand at the thought. Yeah, as if. Most of them were fucking tiny, anyway. And out of the two genitals that exist, the penis was most definitely the weakest. What, was she wrong? I think not. Can a dick squeeze out a fucking baby? Can it bleed for a week every fucking month and resist the urge to just rip out whatever the fuck it was making it bleed? Uhh, no. It can't. So, in terms of genitals? Yeah. Women were better.

Urgh, crave.

The cigarettes in her bag were calling out to her; begging for her attention. She fidgeted, attempting to resist the urge. A few seconds passed.

She wavered.

Shooting an apologetic glance at Seph, she ripped into her bag and pulled out (the now celebrating) cigarettes, and popped one into her mouth. "D'you mind?" She had asked, but she wasn't asking for permission. It was more out of politeness. Flipping open the lighter, she held the end of the cigarette for a few seconds, before putting the lighter back into her bag. Taking a deep drag, she sighed, relaxed. It was only then that she actually noticed the bag.

Shockingly, fluorescent pink; hideous.

Oh, how insulting.

Lightning prided herself on her fashion taste, and this was just.. Well, it was a fucking new low, that's what it was. She chewed her lip. She guessed the bag itself wasn't that bad, but the colour.. To a prep, it would have been fine. But to her? Urgh. Disaster in the making.

When did she even buy a bag like this?

She'd burn it as soon as she got to her dorm.

Flicking some ash off her cigarette, she took another drag before diverting her attention back to Seph; blowing the smoke out so that it wouldn't go into her face.

"So you know Cris? I strongly doubt she likes being called Panda, if i know her and I do..she must down right hate it" Seph asked, with a laugh. Lightning smiled.

"Yeah, i know her. We made an interesting first impression on each other." She smirked. Cris has tried to eat her when they first met. Funnily enough, it was Cris who had saved her just a while back. Weird how life worked. "And yeah, she hates it." Lightning took another drag; a sly, cheeky smile replacing the smirk.

"But that's why I call her it."