sydney_ashcroft (sydney_ashcroft) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2009-09-13 07:28:00

Entry tags:

inactive - ohu amane, sydney ashcroft, team - defenders, zoey ashcroft

The First Day of School is Always Memorable (After the big fight and bendytimed to Tues 8th)
Nothing was more enjoyable to a parent than the first day of school after a long and interesting summer and today was no exception. Sydney was enjoying the peace and quiet that came with a child at school. Zoey wasn't a bad kid, she just had a lot of energy and Syd could barely keep up to her daughter some days.

Once Zoey was off to school for the day, the whole day to boot, Syd went to her morning class and then hit the grocery store on her way home. Someone, she had a sneaking suspicion who, had eaten the last of her not so secret stash of Ben and Jerry's Brownie Batter ice cream and Syd was craving chocolate. It had to be PMS and if she didn't get some chocolate ice cream even the gods would be fearing her.

Class was done, ice cream was acquired, and Syd was now sitting quietly at the table in the kitchen eating her ice cream and reading her assignment for her class in sociology. The house was eerily quiet and a small part of her brain wondered what the godlings were doing, or more likely getting in to. Naw. She didn't want to do know. The day was going too well and she didn't want to ruin it.

It wasn't to last. Instead of the peace and quiet being ruined by something crashing, getting broken, or demons showing up at the front door, her cell phone ringing shatter the quiet reprieve.

"Hello."

"Yes. This is Sydney Ashcroft."

"She did what?" A heavy sigh. "I'll be right there. Thank you."

Syd disconnected the call and sat there for a long moment. Well that was unexpected, sort of, not really. She really shouldn't be surprised. Not in the least. Of course she had to go in and talk to Zoey's principal on the first day of school.

She closed her book, grabbed her phone, grabbed her car keys and headed for the door.

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	sydney_ashcroft 2009-09-13 10:03 pm UTC (link)
	Bringing Ohu was definitely not Syd's idea. He had caught her on her way out the door and the next thing she knew he was climbing into the passenger's seat of the car despite Syd's insistence that a trip to Zoey's school was something she could handle on her own. "I can't believe she would do something like this. Could you tell me exactly what happened?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

nextgen_misc
2009-09-13 10:33 pm UTC (link)

Mr. Cooleridge...blinked for just a moment at the bubble pipe, then shook it off and addressed Sydney again.

"As far as we can tell, Zoey seems to have abruptly approached Jamie Zielinski -- who happens to be the tallest boy in the grade but, honestly, has not shown any particularly aggressive behavior -- and punched him several times until he was knocked over. Jamie's still with the nurse, but he's essentially fine."

There's an expression on Mr. Cooleridge's face of I-can't-believe-I'm-saying-this-but... "I think one thing that definitely needs to be made clear to Zoey, based on what she was apparently saying afterward, is that the lunch line operates alphabetically, and not on some kind of....wolfpack-like hierarchy structure."

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	sydney_ashcroft 2009-09-13 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	"I assure you, Mr. Cooleridge, that Zoey has never acted this way before. She has never hit another child or acted aggressively toward another individual. This is completely shocking and surprising to me." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_misc 2009-09-13 10:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Has there been any sudden stress at home?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2009-09-13 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	"We moved this past summer and I started a new job," Syd explained. How in the world could she explain what happened at Disneyland or that a horde of demons and soldiers attacked the house? Or that they were living with gods for crying out loud. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ohu_amane
2009-09-13 11:30 pm UTC (link)

"Of course not," Ohu replies to the principal. "She has had a wonderfully fun summer without stresses (except for the demon attack, of course, but that was nothing) and she was looking forward to school. She should know better than to attack another child. With great responsibility comes great power... or something like that." He takes another draw from his bubble pipe, and the mustache dangles for a moment. Ohu presses it firmly back into place.

"I don't think you'll have a problem with her acting aggressively towards another student again. We'll have a serious talk with her about her responsibilities towards other students."

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	nextgen_misc 2009-09-13 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	Mr. Cooleridge just blinks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2009-09-13 11:35 pm UTC (link)
	Syd wasn't even going to try to explain Ohu or what the hell he was currently doing. Since taking the job, there were a lot of things she figured were better left unexplained. "I will talk with her and see that she is properly punished for this," Sydney assured the principal. It appeared she needed to have a talk with the others living at the compound as well. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ohu_amane 2009-09-13 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	"That's right, dear." Ohu puts his arm around Syd and squeezes, like Ward might do to June. Bubbles rise from the end of the pipe. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_misc 2009-09-13 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	"If... if we can just ensure there's no repeat of the situation, and a ... a better understanding of school rules, I'm...sure everything will be fine. Zoey can apologize to Jamie tomorrow." Finally, he can't take it. "Who are you, exactly?" He asks the man. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ohu_amane 2009-09-13 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	Ohu presses the mustache in place. "I am Ohu Amane, son of Anansi, Keeper of Stories." He decides it's best not to name-drop and talk about the time he and his siblings all became part-owners of the sun. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2009-09-13 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	"I will talk with her and explain the school rules in more detail. I assure you there will not be a repeat of this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_misc 2009-09-13 11:56 pm UTC (link)
	Mr. Cooleridge blinks some more, then just focuses on Ms. Ashcroft. "I'm.... very glad to hear it, Ms. Ashcroft." He'll get up and step over to the door to the next room. "Zoey's right in here." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ohu_amane 2009-09-14 12:06 am UTC (link)
	Ohu puts on his sternest face and goes out to see her. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sydney_ashcroft 2009-09-14 12:08 am UTC (link)
	"I do apologize, Mr. Cooleridge," Syd said after Ohu left the room. Though she was quite sure what exactly she was apologizing for. Ohu's presence, the bubble pipe or the mustache. Or a combination of all things. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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