The Forgotten Zodiac

"I should probably call mine. They'll worry," Trin said, biting one of her nails for a moment before shoving her hand ferociously into her pocket. She pulled out a stubby, squareish shaped black phone and pushed the top half away from the bottom, revealing a texting keyboard. Her fingers flew over the surface, resulting in many clicking sounds, then slid it closed and dropped it on the ground by accident before wiggling it back into her pocket.

"Mine won't! My parents are on vacation and stuff. I just have to make sure the house is super clean when they get back." Bun smiled brightly. "My younger siblings are out of town, too. Staying with friends. Which means I get to stay with friends, too! Yay~!" She turned on heel and darted after Hannah, smiling. "Well, if it's four-thirty, we can go get a snack. I skipped lunch, so I'm a hungry bunny."

Tasumi shrugged slightly and smiled, staying silent again. She had nothing to say, and decided not to waste any thoughts on any sort of attempt to find something to say. A simple nod and following attitude were the only two thoughts she put to any use. 

Hannah let out a quick laugh. "I've got my phone, but I'm ninety percent sure that I have no signal in this place," she said, looking around the dark tunnel. "But that's predictable. I don't even get signal at the high school I go to, and it's in the middle of a field. Go figure, huh?" she asked, digging out her pink phone to confirm her suspicions. "Yup, says digital roaming. Can't do anything with it. But it's fine, I don't really need to call anyone anyway," she said with a shrug.

Sage pulled out his phone, watching the bars go up as they reached the end of the tunnel. "I have pretty good reception most places, especially if no one else gets it. Every now and then, though, I'll lose it completely for no reason." After a short conversation with his mother, he hung up and put the phone back away. "Surprisingly, she's okay with it."

Trin hopped across the ground, saying "I'm hungry! Let's get our chow on somewhere, if you don't mind!" She hopped and cartwheeled (nearly falling over), then yanked her laser from her pocket and flailed it across the walls, racing out of the tunnel and aiming it at a squirrel. "Bang!" she cried, fidgiting in place as she turned the laser onto a rock. "You insane, dabbering monkey-rock-man, you." She picked up the rock and put it into her pocket, then ran back and seized Bun's hand, refusing to let go again.

"Ha, sweet." Bun grinned at Sage. "Alright, let's have a vote," She said as they made their way back up the tunnel and up the ladder (upon which Trin obviously had to release Bun's hand, so they didn't both fall). Once they were out in sunlight again, Bun turned to her friends. "Vote, vote, vote. Where do we go for lunch? I say Starbucks. They have nice sandwiches and the best Chai Tea Lattes anyone could ever make. Aside from my dad, of course, he makes his with cloves. Those are great. But still!" She prodded at Tasumi with a grin. "I guess pizza hut is out of the question, though. Our poor Tsunami would starve!" She teased, mispronouncing the girl's name on purpose.

"Actually....Pizza Hut is rather high on my list of food houses...I can tolerate that type of pizza....." Tasumi admitted slowly, raising an eyebrow at Bun for incorrectly saying her name. "If we head someplace I can't stand, I'll prolly just go next door and come back to you guys." She sighed with a shrug. "I'll just stick to following you guys."

"Oh, pizza," Hannah said, making a face. "Sorry, I have to be in the right mood for pizza. Otherwise, I can't stand it. Pizza Hut does have good desserts, though. If you guys want to go, I can just suck it up," she nodded to herself, then thought a bit more. "I've never actually eaten "real" food at Starbucks. Just go in for some hot chocolate. Maybe cheesecake."

Sage laughed slightly, amused that he could only tolerate the two places everyone else seemed to like. "I've never eaten real food at Starbucks, but I've never found a drink there that I like. Admittedly, I've only tried two things. And Pizza Hut hasn't been my favorite, since my dad started making pizza himself, using methods he saw in Sicily. Homeschooled Navy brats get spoiled." He straightened at the top of the tunnel, subconciously reaching for the notebook he always carried, before realizing it was still at his house. "Why don't we just stop by my house, and then go to Walmart or something to get food we all want? I'll need to pick up clothes and stuff."

((OOH. I call having my character Xei come in at the Walmart. O3O))

Trin squealed and said "I want to go to Sage-Mage's house! Let's go there! And then Walmart is the best place for everything we could need. It has popcorn shrimp. I'll be set for life." She swung about and hugged everyone, then traipsed after Bun, always trying to stay close.

((No objections from me. Anyone else?))

"That...is actually a good idea." Bun nodded thoughtfully. "I can pick up two packages of Lunchables pizza. Those are small enough to just be eaten by one person, but one won't fill me up. So two! I can make a pizza sandwich," An inventive gleam invaded her eye until she realized that she would just be making Lunchables calzones. It was still an idea, though, and Bun wanted to try it. "Right! It's settled then. To Sage's house!"

Tasumi raised an eyebrow at Trin. "Ewww. Shrimp are like, ocean vaccum cleaners! They suck up all the nasties so that the ocean doesn't have to have them!" She grinned. "Though, I can't deny that they are kinda tasty..." She shrugged and looked over at Sage, prepared to follow everyone as they followed Sage towards his home.

"Is it very far to your house, Sage?" Hannah asked, falling into line with the others as they began to walk. She tucked her hands into her pockets, watching the trees as they walked through them. She half-paid attention to the ground, watching for poison ivy (as it liked to grow just where people liked to walk), in case she needed to tell the others to watch out for it. Not that she thought they weren't watching themselves, but just in case. Her throughts turned from this to wondering what she would get to eat at Wal-mart; she'd probably stop by the deli for chicken tenders or something of the like.