family reunion day 1;

[estival]

[It's a beautiful morning, shaping up to be a hot and humid day, as so many summer days at the Blind Buffalo Resort are. The piles and piles of people arriving in their cars to check in at the modest front office make it a noisy morning too, full of chatter and greetings from those who have long been apart. There isn't enough room in the office for everyone, so there's spillover of the crowd to outside, and a noise crowd jammed inside the room.

Where are you?]

Check-in Office;
Cabins;
   Marian Cabin
   Flynn-Bradley Cabin
   Freelancer Cabin
   Touchdown Cabin
   House Cabin
   Panem Cabin
   Wyndam-Price Cabin
   Aperture Cabin
   Cocktease-Samson Cabin
   Watson Cabin
   Sage Cabin
   Swan Cabin
   Stark Cabin
   Halliwell Cabin
   Borgia Cabin
   ... and more!
Lakeshore;
Stables;
   
For your reference:

Plotting post;
Family relations chart;

Comments

[alwaysaquestion]

[She has to bite her lip to keep from laughing. Man she had no idea it meant this much to him.]

And what if I don't want anything? Just this bed.

[wheatdos]

You--no! That defeats the entire purpose of this negotiation! You're clearly not good at this.

...but...

You know what? That's okay! That's--it's absolutely fine! We've got all day, love.

[alwaysaquestion]

[She tsks.]

You can't seriously be thinking of badgering me all day about a bed.

[wheatdos]

Yeah, well you don't know me that well.

[Because this family is so distant yep yep.]

May as well, you know! Get to know each other. You know, seeing as we're going to have to get to know each other.

[He holds out a hand.]

The name's Wheatley!

[alwaysaquestion]

[She looks at him like he's insane for approximately two minutes before she realizes he probably doesn't care. Slowly, she accepts his handshake.]

Renee. I'm Gren's sister. [Because he's the one that dragged her here so she assumes someone must know who he is at least.]

[wheatdos]

Ah... right... of course.

[He speaks as if he knows. All he got out of that was she was probably very distant. He points to GLaDOS. Yeah, that bitch over there I'm sure you got acquainted with.]

Married to that bird over there.

[Hopefully that would make it easier for them to differentiate just how related they are? Probably not.]

[alwaysaquestion]

[She looks over at GLaDOS. Yeah...that wasn't too surprising actually. They're both driving her insane, thus they're a matched pair.]

What crime did you commit in your past life to deserve that? [...She is not a fan.]

[wheatdos]

Ehe... I uh... she's really not all that bad. A little bu-- oh you know what? You should give her a chance!Play a board game together, maybe... maybe. She might like that.

[Hey Wheats is the better friendlier half. At least he doesn't play mind games.]

[alwaysaquestion]

A board game? [Just...her icon says it all.]

[wheatdos]

...

[Insert an awkward silence.]

Right. I guess that isn't exactly your definition of entertainment...

[He laughs a little.]

Tell me then. What do youuu consider entertainment then?

[alwaysaquestion]

[Her response is immediate.]

Kick-boxing, mixed martial arts, that sort of thing.

[wheatdos]

Ooooohhhhh...

[He speaks, suddenly understanding. He nodded to himself and crossed his arms.]

So you're a fighter.

[alwaysaquestion]

An instructor actually. I teach people to defend themselves.

[wheatdos]

I knew someone like you.

[He nods.]

At least... I... I think I did?

[The memories with being an AI and the artificial memories he was fed for this event were conflicting with each other. He puts his hands in his labc oat pockets.]

Defense is important! Always important. Defending yourself. Should be first on the list.

[He raises an eyebrow.]

Are you a good jumper, love?

[alwaysaquestion]

[She gives him another :| look. That switch in topic was random.]

Why?

[wheatdos]

That person I knew. She was a good jumper izzal.

[A pause.]

You wouldn't... happen to be busy, would you?

[alwaysaquestion]

[She looks between him and her open bag on the bed.]

Aside from unpacking? No, not really.

[wheatdos]

Then, you know...! Oh, you- you could alway... you could always...

[He speaks as if it was a new, sudden idea. But it's pretty obvious it wasn't.]

You know... teach me how to... you know...

[Look at that cheesy grin. If you guessed this guy never fought in his life, you're right.]

[alwaysaquestion]

[A slow grin forms across her lips.]

You want me to teach you to fight?

[wheatdos]

Exact-- ...precisely!

[He laughs a little.]

I-I mean, why not? Can't be that hard, right? Love is helping her sister unpack, which leaves me with a whole bunch of time on my hands in the meantime. Wouldn't mind, learning a few things in the meantime... you know.

[He takes off his lab coat and tosses it along with his still packed bags.]

[alwaysaquestion]

[She's still staring at him, looking faintly amused. But it catches her attention when he takes off his coat.]

You want to do it here? [She glances around the room and all it's furniture.] It'd probably be better if we went outside.

[wheatdos]

Oh right! Wouldn't want to knock anything down. That'd be terrible. O-outside then.

[He puts his hands in his normal pockets, ready to follow her wherever. He supposed she wasn't so bad. Even if she was a mean bed-snatcher.]

[alwaysaquestion]

[She digs through her bag for a moment, pulling out two pairs of finger-less gloves. She throws the bigger pair to Wheatly.]

Put these on and follow me. [She leads them outside and then to a grassy area behind the cabin.]

Do you have any knowledge in defense techniques at all?

HELL YEAH FAMILY BONDING.

[wheatdos]

[He catches it, stares at it for a moment, giving a cheesy grin, and following. He puts them on as he follows.]

Not exactly... I know, only a few facts about it love. Just a few... and uh...

[He scratches the back go his head.]

Yeahhhhh... that's--that's about it.

[alwaysaquestion]

Okaaay. What facts do you know?

[She does a few stretches and motions for him to do the same.] You wouldn't want to pull anything now would you?