Description: Mignon and Drake run into each other after a while, and Mignon lets leak that she kiiinda of got in a little scrap with a Hellraiser and got sent to the hospital due to head wounds and the like. Like someone wouldn't believe that with the way she acts! Mignon in this one also ends up joining the Shooting Stars, and she gets to help Drake fight Justice! ... But uh, Drake makes sure she's alright and will listen. Maybe he'll save her too!
[OOC] Drake says, "One of us should be loggin', methinks. Do you wanna, or should I do that?"
[OOC] Mignon already set
[OOC] Mignon it up
[OOC] Drake says, "So you did!"
[OOC] Mignon ^^
[OOC] Drake proceeds.
What a series of days it's been. First, Drake has a Neo League battle against Naerose, pretty much at random here in Metro City. Then he hears about some increased gang activity here, so he decides to stick around and help do what he can. Then yet another Neo League battle - only wrestling, so more to his flavor. Then, out of the clear blue, some pink-haired girl wanting to join him and his. Whew.
But there's something missing.
Drake has yet to actually -find- any hardcore gang activity. It's a little disheartening. Starting to make him feel as though his sleuthing skills are slacking in this department.
And that brings us to this location and time. It's a crispy Fall evening, rather late indeed, with a cloudless sky and a half-moon waxing high overhead. Not too many cars zip by this late into the night, so it makes Drake feel this sort of location might be ideal for gangster goings-on. He marches along the sidewalk, heading towards the industrial district, hands stuffed into the pockets of his trench coat, shades hanging from the collar of his shirt. He's pretty sure that if he finds nothing suspicious here, he'll definitely find something going on in that sector of the city. It would seem only plausible. ..Either that, or they're all under the bridge.
Wow, Drake's seriously been doing a whole lot! You can't blame him though what with all the things that go on! Neo League and activity of gangs but no sight. He's heard of them? Well.. he won't be laughing with what Mignon has to say. Well, providing that she's up enough to talk to him. Maybe he'd have heard the little ambulance last night! Maybe.
But, while Mignon had been heavily beaten, that healing ability certainly is helpful.. she was up and walking even after that horrible beating!
But that's not important. What IS, is that after getting out of the hospital, she immediately leaped out, onto the street, and then went to look for Drake. Because he had to be here.. right? And through the night, Mignon, the pinkness, piku's all about Metro, but stays away from Downtown and the Slums. She doesn't want to see him again quite yet .. especially with what he said and did.
She's still having chills. And as Drake just marches down the sidewalk, Mignon is skipping, blinking pink lights as she goes. And then she notices Drake .. or well, MAYBE is drake maybe another gangster but he doesn't look like one ooop she dropped some food, maybe she shouldn't stuff her face like this.
And with a cookie being held in her mouth, Mignon comes hopping over to Drake, bouncing at him from behind to hold on, with a cookie in her mouth, the piku sound and her eyes totally like ^_^, "MmmpPH! Mppphmpphphhhhh!"
[OOC] Drake forgot to change outfits. Ahem.
Drake hears... something strange. Something a little off. His brow furrows, and he glances over his shoulder. Piku? Piku-piku? Only one person he knows makes that noise! And sure enough, his dark eyes fall on the pink-haired girl, complete with cookie in her mouth.
Cute.
But Drake doesn't let on that he even thinks it looks out of place. He simply regards her, inclining his head. "Hey. I was hoping I'd run into you soon." Pause. "..Might do you better to take that out of your mouth before talkin'." It's helpful advice, really.
[OOC] Mignon back!
[OOC] Mignon ooh
.. OH! Right. Letting go of Drake and falling to the ground a little bit, Mignon takes a bite out of the cookie and takes it out, swallowing the bite before speaking up. "Hiiii Drakey! Mignon's happy to see you too! She was looking alll over! Up and down and all around! But maybe Mignon searching through the hospital was a bad idea. But while she was there she was looking!" She bobs up and down as she nods, indicating SOMETHING. If he figures it out.
"And Mignon thanks you for helping her talk again! She couldn't have done it without you Drake!" Holding the cookie in one hand, Mignon skips around Drake for a little bit. "Teedleedeee... So you wanted to see Mignon, did you? Well Mignon wanted to see you again too! But what does Drake want to see Mignon for?" She inquires, looking in close.
Blinking once, she pulls back, bringing cookie and hands together. "Oh~! mignon knows it must be her endless charm~!" And then she waves her hands, giggling. "NAAAAH Mignon's juuuust kiddding~!"
Man, but she's hyper. Drake is kind of getting the picture that she's -always- like this, though. So he tries to keep a fairly straight, stoic expression on his face, even as she more or less prances around and poses. Sakes alive.
The right hand emerges from coat pocket, and Drake runs it through his hair to ruffle it. He fails miserably, as his hair simply falls right back into place perfectly. Strange how models can do that. "Hospital?," he asks. "What were you doing there? Did you totally forget what I was trying to tell you earlier?" The hand settles over the back of his neck casually, amethysts affixed to her eyes. Attempting to read her, he is.
As Drake learns that she might always be like this, unfortunately, Mignon is having the time of her life.. or at least, having a good time! It's funny how little can sometimes be so much. And as he keeps that straight look on his face, Mignon thinks all is well!
Even when he ruffles his hair, failing, Mignon doesn't think much of it. At least, not until he catches up on something she forgot about .. Teeeensyyy weeensy. Like.. not mentioning that part? Mignon's realllly made a mistake about that. "Oooh.. Mignon was .. going to tell you about that!" She grins a bit sheepishly before poking her fingers together. "See... this is true! Mignon was listening to Drake, no no, she didn't forget! She was heading .. somewhere .. around Downtown when BOOOOOOOOOM!" Mignon makes this expression, extending her arms outwards and jumping upwards. "And then this store exploded and Mignon got a bag of chips and a drink on her heaaad... and then some guy came out.. he was creepy." She nods. "Mignon's ..s-sorry though, don't be mad at Mignon!" She pouts. "Pleeeeeeeaseeee? With cheerry on top?"
"A store exploded?," Drake asks, expression failing to remain stoic. No, the eyes widen and he looks a bit concerned now. "You okay? What happened? I kind'a doubt getting chips on yourself would put you in the hospital." He sets both hands to his knees, and even if she isn't really short enough to warrant it, he hunches over slightly to look at her more evenly. "Seriously, Mignon, y'okay?," he repeats. "Where did that happen, exactly?" And what kind of turtle-shell has he been staying under all this time? Cripes! Places blowing up, and he didn't hear squat about it!
As Drake asks, and his expression falls off, Mignon nods. "Mhmmmm! A store just exploded. WHAM! A burst of light went everywhere and Mignon couldn't HELP but notice it! So Mignon looked over." He asks if she was okay.. Mignon thinks. "Mignon is okay now.. she's still sore, but Mignon isn't dead..." Which COULD have been possible.
But don't tell Drake. "And uh .. Mignon went up to the guy .." That's when Drake kneels nearby her a bit, scrunching down. "But the guy burned someone! So Mignon wanted to stop him.. and he attacked Mignon so Mignon defended herself!" Asking if she was seriously okay, Mignon kind of HAS to tell the complete and full truth.
He's being SERIOUS. "Mignon.. well Mignon tried to get him to go away by fighting him. And Mignon did REALLY well early on!" She adds with a smile. "But Surge was too fast, and then Mignon wasn't able to stop him from moving around and he told her how he was going to rip her eyes out and kill her and carve her up.. Mignon was scared..." She admits, and looks down.
"But Mignon didn't want anyone else to be hurt so she fought! .. And then Mignon got hit by a few thunder bolts after a chunk of cement.. Mignon didn't really like it." She shakes her head. "Surge wasn't happy 'cause he said I was special.. said I wouldn't be special when dead." .. So why's she alive?
Drake listens to her recollection, obsidian eyebrow quirking. Despite fear, she apparently helped out people who were in need. Pretty selfless of her, he notes. She got hurt for the sake of protecting another person. Admirable. Even if she's.. well.. a pip-squeak by stature.
But there was a name mentioned.
"Surge?," Drake asks. "..And what happened? You managed to get away, I take it?"
"Uhmm.. yeah. Surge is his name, Mignon remembers it! He kept talking reallyfastlikethisandIcouldn'tunderstandhimtoowell!" She repeats, trying to mimic him, before gasping for breathe. "Mignon doesn't know how he does it! But he must be pretty skill, Mhmm... oh.. Mignon getting away?" Drake might realize, at this point, something's not right.
"Mignon uh ... didn't get to run away.." She smiles sweetly. "That's .. why Mignon was in the .. Hospital." Her smile stays, even if she kind of was an idiot for staying. But she did. "Mignon remembers trying to stop him from hurting her .. and then lying on the ground.. an then picking herself off but .. Mignon doesn't remember afterwards." She smiles a bit.. weakly.
RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT.. It could happen to you.
Drake continues to listen, bobbing his head every now and again. Except at the really fast part. He doesn't even understand it. But he also doesn't dwell on it. He got the picture. The Surge guy talks really fast. But that aside, the story makes a bit more sense now. ..How Mignon is still alive, though, he's not certain. Someone probably helped run Surge off after she fell unconscious.
"You really stuck out there for the sake of someone you never even met before, huh?," Drake finally asks. "Even when you were afraid? For your life, even?"
As Drake listens, bobbing, nodding his head, Mignon tells her tale. He MIGHT not understand it, but she still made it obvious! And after she finishes, he seems to understand. Smiling, Mignon agrees with what is said to her afterwards. "Mhmm. Mignon stayed there.. she didn't want other people to get cut up or shocked 'n stuff.. he hurt .. but what he'd do to them's kinda worse.. Mignon didn't want that to happen." Mignon nods as Drake asks her.
"Mignon was sad she wasn't gonna see Grammy or sissy anymore, and Mignon was scared too because she didn't want to get hurt, but it looks like it worked out for the best, yep yep!" She .. semi smiles.
"Mignon wasn't gonna just leave them.."
"Yanno..," Drake starts. His hands lift from his knees to set gently to the girl's shoulders, smiling in a manner not unlike a close confidant. "..What you did was pretty mature of you. Reckless... almost got yourself killed... but it was still the right thing. And that's what makes a hero a hero. You're every bit as much Shooting Star material as Eva, or even me for that matter. So I think you're welcome to join my team, if you're still interested."
It's true, really. The model is quite impressed that she'd do something that crazy, young as she is. It shows some real, hard potential. But at the same time, Drake would feel better if he could keep an eye on her to keep her alive. She's... passionate, which is good! Just perhaps a little zealous to the point of self-destruction, and if she's on his team, he could more easily make sure she doesn't get herself killed. She -is- a kid, after all.
As Drake starts again, his arms gently against Mignon's shoulders, Mignon blinks, and smiles back to Drake. "Mignon knows .. but she couldn't just let them die .. I think he killed that guy too.." Of course they'd have him on the stretcher nearby. Oh no she won't be able to join! .. And then she is? Mignon's eyes light up. "You want Mignon to join your team?" Mignon's heart is all a flutter.. "Mignon would LOVE to join your team, yep yep!" Clearly she's interested alright! And while she did do something crazy, this is Mignon .. she'll do what she has to, even if it's kind of stupid.
And Drake is right to keep an eye on her. While she's passionate, her brain is not always so right in her choices, her heart pushing her forwards while the brain gets to dust a bit more. "Mignon is so happy!" She smiles and tackles Drake, maybe even tossing him off his feet as she clings to him a bit.
"Mignon will do her very very very very very VERY best, you'll see! And she'll participate in those League things and that thing that's on Saturday night like you said! Heehee!" Oh so lucky for her!
Drake smiles softly back at the small girl, and he bobs his head one last time in a nod. "Good. I'm sure you'll be a fine addition." He'll just try to be more careful with this teammate.
WHUMP.
Tackle, he sure as heck was not ready for. It bears the model down to a seated position, eyes widened to full circles in surprise. But after an awkward moment, he smiles in an equally awkward manner - rather like the whole ^_^ face, actually - and rubs over the back of his neck with a hand. "Aheh. Remember that you'll need to follow my instructions'n things, though. Other than that, welcome aboard." Man, he hopes Arika and Eva don't flip out too much over this new addition.
[OOC] Drake @mails Kobun about this. You might wanna, too! :O
[OOC] Mignon nods ^^
[OOC] Mignon one sec
Currently clinging to Drake, Mignon gets up to her knees and nods, shining bright with her smile, and nodding. "Mhmm. Mignon's going to be a great member! She's gonna try her best alright, you just wait!" Mignon's certainly going to DO HER BEST alright, and you can see that for sure! "And Mignon will listen to you alright, team leader, she won't let you down!" She gets to her feet again and flips forwards once, grinning as she cartwheels around, "Teedleedoooteedleyydeee~!" and then stops finally, spinning, and nodding.
"Mignon's one tough cookie.... oh!" She forgot about the cookie! Taking another bite of it, Mignon nods again. "Mpphh mppmh mpph!" ^_^ And she just leaps about Drake. "Mpph Mpph Migmphh is hapmph to be a mpphhh part of mpppur mpeam!" Well she certainly DOES seem happy!
Although also hungry.
Drake just.. stays seated. It's better that way. Sure, this likely looks a bit ridiculous to anyone spectating, but still. He's half afraid he'll get tackled again. His head kind've spins around, keeping track of the pink-haired girl, and he can almost make out what she says through cookie. And, really, this is all he -can- do at this juncture.
Hopefully she'll just wear herself out.
Doesn't seem likely though. Hoo-boy.
[OOC] Drake eyes the time and eyes his essay. Does this seem a good stopping point?
[OOC] Drake says, "Ah, crap. Client's messing up. D:"
[OOC] Drake says, "Sec."
Drake has disconnected.
Drake has connected.
[OOC] Drake says, "Rargh."
[OOC] Mignon says, "WE can end."
[OOC] Mignon has something she wants to try to do myself before the night is over.
[OOC] Drake nodnods.
[OOC] Drake says, "Enjoooyy!"
[OOC] Drake says, "Hopefully he can introduce'er to the other Stars soon."
[OOC] Mignon yay@ ^^
[OOC] Drake says, "Don't forget to close the looog! I'ma scoot OOC."
Log created on 19:43:53 10/08/2007 by Mignon, and last modified on 23:12:43 10/08/2007.