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Post by skyeknight on Jul 26, 2022 19:59:53 GMT
Lunch.
One of Caspar's favorite times of day. Aside from training of course. Or after school activities. Or playing video games. But he loved food. Particularly meat. His plate was laden with it. Nary a vegetable in sight. But he was happy that way. Seated and munching away, scrolling on his phone, trying to think of something else he could do that would help him build muscle and learn more restraint with his power. Even his poor cutlery were plastic because he would break the metal ones. Cheaper to use cheap cutlery.
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Post by zuyuri on Aug 27, 2022 15:44:06 GMT
“Well, I guess I’ll have to share space with a little piece of metal and glass if I want to eat with you.”
With this dry remark, Riku sidled across from Caspar with his own lunch tray. Unlike Caspar’s mountain of mar, Riku had opted for option 2 on the lunch menu; penne Alfredo. Very mushy, overcooked penne Alfredo. But at least the breadstick looked fresh and smelled like garlicky, buttery sin. He smirked over to his roommate slash new friend.
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Post by skyeknight on Sept 2, 2022 2:38:30 GMT
"Riku! Hey! How was class?"
Caspar moved a few things on the table so Riku would have a bit more space to spread out. He had finished running an obstacle course earlier, hence his lunch break. He had a class later with Professor Constantine. He wasn't exactly looking forward to that class. It always felt like such a complete waste of time. He would have been better off with a study hall instead.
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Post by zuyuri on Sept 2, 2022 16:14:14 GMT
“Boring.”
It was the only word Riku had to describe his class. The only class he felt he excelled in was criminal investigation, but other classes? Hand to hand, the class he had gotten out of, was just something he always had in his system. There was nothing he didn’t already know. Heck, his shadow powers made evasion all the easier. But no, Professor Williamson had other plans besides powers for defense. Riku agreed to disagree on that.
“You?”
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Post by skyeknight on Sept 9, 2022 1:58:50 GMT
"Eh, it was okay. I guess. I have Mr. Constantine next. Wish me luck."
Everyone knew that Constantine was a struggle of a professor. And that they couldn't expect anything useful in his class. It was a wonder that a teacher like that was even allowed to be a teacher. He clearly didn't want to be there any more than his students did. It seemed like a waste of precious school funds to pay a teacher like that. Even if he had once been a great superhero.
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Post by zuyuri on Sept 9, 2022 13:47:22 GMT
“Ugh. You’ll need it. I’ve got biology next. Not sure why that’s a class. Maybe in case a plant based villain pops up?”
He didn’t hate the class, per se, but he was more confused. His guess was it got people declaring it wasn’t a quote on quote “real school”. At least it wasn’t a day care or worse, an insane asylum. He had survived an orphanage. Living here was like a five star hotel in comparison.
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Post by skyeknight on Sept 14, 2022 2:01:17 GMT
"Survival skills?" Caspar guessed, "In case you need... to eat plants or something?"
Though, his guess felt very much off the mark. Not that Caspar did well in any class that wasn't physical exercise. His super strength made him a natural hero-to-be. The hard part was getting him there because he just wasn't book smart. He tried his best though!
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Post by zuyuri on Sept 14, 2022 2:48:00 GMT
“Now you’re just making me feel guilty for not eating my vegetables,” Riku snarked.
Then again, cafeteria vegetables weren’t appetizing. The only time they were edible was in the pre packaged salads. Was it too much to ask for a fresh salad bar here? Or heck, maybe Bella could grow some fresh produce to give people helpings.
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Post by skyeknight on Sept 14, 2022 18:46:03 GMT
"I'm not eating any either," Caspar pointed out. "They're gross."
Caspar's plate was carbs and proteins. A see-food diet if you would. If he saw food, he would eat it. Caspar just didn't see the need for complicated classes like biology or worst Calculus. They made his head hurt. It was easier like with the Cinderblock, where he just punched something until it went down.
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Post by zuyuri on Sept 15, 2022 2:25:33 GMT
"Closest thing you'll get to me eating a vegetable is a pickle. I know they don't count, but hey, good electrolytes."
It was something a former teammate of his introduced him, too. The straight up drinking of brine took some getting used to, and Riku did admit that the taste was gross, especially if you burped. Heck, when were pickles going to be on the lunch menu? He remembered trying some of the pickled vegetables from a Japanese restaurant, and those weren't so bad.
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Post by skyeknight on Sept 16, 2022 19:43:50 GMT
"Really? I never heard of that before!"
Made him wonder if he shouldn't reconsider downing one of those electrolyte boosted drinks that had oodles of sugar in them. Probably would be healthier if he did ditch the sugar. Not that he needed it. He wasn't a particularly big sweet tooth at the end of the day. Still, he was willing to try anything at least once to find out if it worked or made his work out routine any better.
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Post by zuyuri on Sept 17, 2022 15:00:06 GMT
“He graduated, but a senior on the team tipped me off to it. A lot less cramps after playing and using my powers.”
The tip had also been confirmed by a stranger that had been keeping in contact with Riku ever since he left the orphanage that claimed to be his uncle. Physically, yeah, he could see it.Not a bad dude, and he did help Riku out of a predicament with his “teacher”, so at least there was an adult outside the school he could trust.
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Post by skyeknight on Sept 20, 2022 17:09:07 GMT
"Thanks! I'll have to try this after my next work out."
But it would be a matter of getting a jar of pickles. Did he drink it with the pickles in the jar? Snack on the pickles as a chaser? He'd figure it out. He probably wouldn't even act upon it until the end of the week - if he managed to remember about it at all. He sort of had a memory of a goldfish for these sorts of things. He certainly didn't want to associate Riku with pickle juice. As in, every time he spoke to/interacted with Riku, he was reminded of pickles. That'd be weird.
"After class, you wanna go to the arcade? I hear that Mega Fighters 3 is out!"
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Post by zuyuri on Sept 22, 2022 1:33:21 GMT
“Heck yes I want to go!”
Riku couldn’t say no to friendly competition. Especially not with his new friend Caspar. The other day they had their first “roommate argument”; over ninja turtles. Riku just wanted to make a comment how weird it was that Raphael was apparently the protagonist and “leader” in the movies. What followed was an intense argument on how Leonardo was the real leader. They came to peace by ordering pizza since ninja turtles had them craving it.
“Loser has to do laundry.”
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Post by skyeknight on Sept 28, 2022 14:38:48 GMT
"It's on like Donkey Kong!" Caspar said.
He held out his hand to shake on the 'deal'. Though, if he lost, Riku would find out just how bad Caspar was at laundry. Last week, he had to throw out all his old work out shirts, because a green shirt got in with his whites and dyed everything a hideous shade of green akin to pea soup. He hoped he learned from the lesson, but he was honest with himself. It was bound to happen again. He always seemed to get so distracted when he did the mundane stuff like that.
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