chilling at home

[andtherevolution]

WHO: Utena, her housemates, and any visitors
WHERE: Heropa Residence 001
WHEN: mid to late May
WHAT: Just a general open log for housemates! Potential hooks are behind the cut.
WARNINGS: None so far

Life in this strange version America can be stressful, and everyone needs an outlet, Utena included. So here she is in the garage, working on a homemade punching bag similar to the one she had in her last house. After it's successfully set up she can be found taking her stress out on the bag, or outside in the driveway dribbling a basketball and practicing some free throws.

But sometimes it's too hot and muggy to spend time outside or be cooped up in a garage. While Utena doesn't have the patience to stay seated for too long, she can still be found watching some television. She has a collection of trashy b-movies bought on the cheap from a secondhand store and a handful of old classics rented from the library, and when she's not in the mood for any of those, she might have the channel flipped to the latest wrestling match.

If anyone wants a more private conversation, though, just knock on her bedroom door. She'll be browsing the Network and the internet, reading a book from the library, catching up on her homework... or, more accurately, procrastinating on her homework. If that's the case, she certainly wouldn't say no to a little distraction.

Comments

[crimeboy]

Akira has only kind of recently come back from... a very long absence, and has since moved into Heropa#001, so his coming home from grocery shopping to that place isn't strange, but it is odd when he notices someone he hadn't seen around earlier out playing basketball outside.

"Ah, hello! Oh..." No, he knows her! He's seen her around before! Give him a moment. "Utena, is it? What's ah... what's up?"

It isn't odd to have people just move into a house you are living at here, at least. He's more confused because no one had mentioned that before, and she's been here before! Hm!

[andtherevolution]

The ball swishes through the hoop, but before she can retrieve it, she's distracted by a new guest. If Akira struggles to remember Utena, well, he might feel better if he knew that he wasn't the only one. She stares at him for a moment, tilting her head, before her eyes light up in recognition and she flashes him a grin.

"Hey, long time no see! And nothing, I just..."

Came back from a week long, interdimensional vacation?

"...uh, got home. Hey, what about you? Let me guess - visiting friends?"

She knows how much Futaba and Haru missed him, so of course he'd want to catch up.

[crimeboy]

"Oh... you live here, too?" Nice! He didn't know her that well, but Akira was always chill with making new friends! It does mean that maybe he should pick up a little bit more food, maybe! That can wait for later.

"I just got home, too", he says with a smile. "I uh. I guess we're living together now, huh? How long have you been living here, anyway?"

[andtherevolution]

[OOC note: minor retcon here! Utena knew that Akira lived here before the convo]

"Since January," she says, stretching her arms behind her back. "It feels like I just moved in, though... I guess time really flies here, doesn't it? Anyway, why don't we catch up inside? It'll be nicer in there than out there."

[codeoracle]

Compared to how she was when Utena last saw her, Futaba was practically a ray of sunshine. Akira was practically family, and having him back had certainly lightened the moods of several people in the house--even if it did cause some odd tensions here and there with some of the other Thieves. So it was no small wonder that Futaba was easily found out of her room more and more often.

At this current point in time, that time out of her room was being spent digging flipping through channels on the tv while stretched out on the couch, snacks laid out on the coffee table for the taking.

"You'd think TV would be more interesting in the summer now that all of us kids are out of school..."

[andtherevolution]

Utena, utterly incapable of sitting like a normal human being, lies down on the floor with a stolen throw pillow underneath her arms for support, and stifles a yawn as Futaba flips through channel after channel.

"Tell me about it," she says. Utena stretches her arms out, and continues, "Hey, why don't we check out the dollar theater instead? There's got to be something better there, and if we're lucky, we can beat the-"

And as if on cue, Utena's interrupted by a loud crack of thunder, and the lights flicker for a moment before coming back to life. Rain patters against the windows, and Utena groans as she flops down on the carpet.

"...storm..."