The Answer Is ALWAYS Chocolate PV Casey Closed

Roleplaying as Casey Stone from Ilvermorny

Brooding Until Interrupted by Artemis Delroisers @Alexandria Clark

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OOC Notes: Don't worry!

Another day, another pointless exercise to try and see "the bright side" as his mother often lamented to him. As Casey was approaching the end of the year he found himself disconnecting from the school as a whole. He had very little tolerance for his peers as it was but overtime as the feelings he was dealing fermented longer inside him, he was practically no different than a lost soul wandering aimlessly about the grounds at this point.

With how deep in thought he was a lot of the time, living in the past and scorning for what it's evolved into in recent days, he's somehow managed to subconsciously block out all outside noise. The students around him were nothing more than specs in the atmosphere, things he could easily brush past without batting an eyelid.

Yet somehow, someone managed to barge their way through his barrier of blissful unawareness. He found himself suddenly met with a girl with dark brown hair with eyes to match, dressed in rather flashy attire for his liking. She greeted him energetically as she held out a piece of chocolate for him. Casey however, refused to bat an eyelid at her and instead turned to walk past her.

"Cool, good for you. I don't care."

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Stats: Stamina: 8 | Strength: 7 | Evasion: 7 | Wisdom: 6 | Arc Power: 6 | Accuracy: 6
Abilities: Fearless | Poison Resistance

June 1st, 2024 | 1:30pm | Courtyard | Outfit: ♡ - Hair: ♡ | Speech: English - Thoughts - German

"Cool, good for you. I don't care."
Oh hell no.
If there was one thing Artemis hated, it was rude people. She's experienced many people like this but she had just gone out of her way to talk to this kid, he was not going to be disrespectful like that to her.
She paused for a moment and blinked at him, then as the boy began to walk away she stuck her arm out, causing him to run into it. "Uh, no," she laughed. "Let's try this again," the dark haired girl said forcefully with a friendly smile. She let her arm drop and stepped in front of him, determined to make a friend. I still need to be nice, even if he is a huge jerk about it.
"My name is Artemis, Artemis Derosiers. I'm a first year, and I'm pretty sure you are as well. I'm in Thunderbird. What's your name? And have a chocolate as a peace offering," she said, holding the chocolate candy out for him to take.
He's cute but like- the hell is with the tough guy act? I just want to maybe make a friend...
Artemis sighed and shook her head. "was zum Teufel, what the hell" she muttered. "I was just trying to be nice, you know? You looked mad or upset or something and I had the dumb idea that 'hey, maybe he'd like some chocolate and someone to talk to,' ya know, like- sorry, I guess."
The boy had kind of acted like a bitch, but Artemis was still willing to try and make a connection with this kid. He would be her friend, whether he wanted to or not.

Interacting with: Casey Stone @Emily Shepard

Roleplaying as Casey Stone from Ilvermorny

Strained Greetings with Artemis Delroisers @Alexandria Clark

Casey continued to regard the girl with an unbothered stature. The most he could offer her was a shrug of ignorance. "You don't need to recount your entire life story to me. I've seen you in the corridors a few times. As it happens, I'm a Thunderbird as well."

He broke off a piece of the chocolate she was still adamant on offering him and held it in his hand. That ought to keep her quiet for a little bit...

He paced around her a little bit though not to be overbearing or too personal. If there wss any indication at all, Casey was far from interested to get personal with anyone given his grudge against being social. "Here's a bit of advice, sweetheart. Don't play nice to people who ain't gonna return the favour. Go spend it on someone who's worth it."

Not the most threatening words he could've chosen, but Casey was terrible at being a bully. Not that he could if he wanted to. An ignorant git nowadays maybe, but being a full on bully was never him. He had his family to thank for that. Though now that a part of that family had gone missing, cracks were now emerging.

"So go on. I'm not the kind of guy you wanna hang out with."

Not anymore...

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Stats: Stamina: 8 | Strength: 7 | Evasion: 7 | Wisdom: 6 | Arc Power: 6 | Accuracy: 6
Abilities: Fearless | Poison Resistance

June 1st, 2024 | 1:30pm | Courtyard | Outfit: ♡ - Hair: ♡ | Speech: English - Thoughts - German

What is with this guy? Why's he being such a bitch?

The boy paced around her slowly as he spoke about how she should not waste her time on him because he didn't care. "First off, don't call me 'sweetheart.' second, maybe instead of acting like you're too good for me, you humble yourself and remember that you're still just a kid," she said with the sweetest smile she could muster while maintaining eye contact with the stubborn boy.

The next thing the boy (whose name she still had yet to discover) said caught Artemis by surprise. It wasn't the words that he said, but the manner in which he said it. He still spoke in the same tone, but the look in his eyes had flickered from indifferent to sad if only just for a moment. Most people wouldn't have noticed it, or if they did they wouldn't have said anything about it, taking it as play of the light. But Artemis had gotten good at reading people's emotions, so she figured something was up.

"Maybe that's true, but you're the guy I want to be friends with! I don't care if you're a total douchebag, I want to be your friend, whether you like it or not!" she said with a laugh. Maybe this will work out!

"So. The great mystery, what is your name??"

Interacting with: Casey Stone @Emily Shepard

Roleplaying as Casey Stone from Ilvermorny

"Happy" Exchanges with Artemis Delroisers @Alexandria Clark

This girl doesn't quit...

Casey's mood was darkening by the minute. What part of "leave him alone" was this chick not getting? And it wasn't like he was looking for trouble, let alone a friend. He wasn't the extroverted guy the world knew. If anything, the longer Nick was spent missing, the further the "real" Casey that people knew from before was fading.

"Look lady, you may be looking for friends but I ain't. If I wanted friends believe me, I'd be looking. But I ain't. And I don't give a frick if I'm a kid. I ain't gonna be a kid for long."

Casey could've chosen to walk off again but chances are this chick would've followed him. He suddenly wondered if she would follow after him if he jumped off the side of a cliff... With her adamant demeanour, she most likely would've.

Damn it...

She had patience. He'd give her that.

With a sigh - which sounded more like a soft growl that rumbled at the very bottom of his throat if anything - he gave in and answered her question. He stopped pacing and faced away from her, not quite admitting defeat but not willing to admit that a chip in his wall was being chewed through either.

"Casey. The name's Casey." With a subtle smirk behind her he topped it off with some sass. "A pleasure to meet you, sweetheart."

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Stats: Stamina: 8 | Strength: 7 | Evasion: 7 | Wisdom: 6 | Arc Power: 6 | Accuracy: 6
Abilities: Fearless | Poison Resistance

June 1st, 2024 | 1:30pm | Courtyard | Outfit: ♡ - Hair: ♡ | Speech: English - Thoughts - German

The boy turned away from her and told her his name. Could've just told me it normally, but I have a feeling this guy is a little bit extra.

"Casey..." Artemis repeated. "What a lovely name!" She smiled at him, ignoring the fact that he had called her "sweetheart" again, despite her telling him not to.

His name sounds like the name of someone who's happy or cheerful, this fella definitely is not that. Maybe he usually is, I wonder if something happened to make him act so... bitchy. I hope I can one day see him more.... human. Maybe he doesn't normally try to act so out of reach and untouchable.

Artemis hopped around the boy to face him, "So.... Casey, tell me about yourself!" she said, hoping he wouldn't be super stubborn about it. "I'll even make it easy! I'll just ask you questions!" Artemis could tell she was about to piss him off, but she didn't care, it's not like he was going to do anything.

"So, to start, why are you such a bitch? Like- you are more stubborn than the horses we had on the farm. And let me tell you, they were stubborn. Did something happen to make you like this or have you just always been an antisocial butthead?"

Interacting with: Casey Stone @Emily Shepard

Roleplaying as Casey Stone from Ilvermorny

Formidable Roasting with Artemis Deroisers @Alexandria Clark

Casey would've figured this girl would've just taken herself off after repeatedly being brushed off thanks to Casey's near intolerable attitude. But no. As Casey pouted whilst still facing away from her he could still feel the determined excitement in her voice. It was hard not to be impressed honestly. Casey wasn't opening up just yet but he would humour her until she eventually got bored of him. If. Seemed dismissing her wasn't going to work and something in him was telling him that taking her by the shoulders and tossing her off the mountain wasn't going to go down easy either.

"Artemis ain't a bad name either... Name of the Greek Goddess of the wild and so on, if I remember correctly," he said, just about managing to make his sincerity somewhat gentle. It still didn't hide the fact he couldn't be arsed to socialise even though he was already in the middle of it.

Artemis' question however rose a genuine chuckle from him. Yeah, he knew he was becoming an insufferable twat these days, but being called a bitch? Right then and there? That was a new one. In all seriousness on the other hand he wasn't going to give into vulnerability that easily.

"Some people just feel better in their own company better than other people, gal. That's all there is to it. And anyway, how do you not tire out from all that energy? Surely to God you'd collapse by the end of the day with all the upbeat stuff, right?"

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Stats: Stamina: 8 | Strength: 7 | Evasion: 7 | Wisdom: 6 | Arc Power: 6 | Accuracy: 6
Abilities: Fearless | Poison Resistance

June 1st, 2024 | 1:30pm | Courtyard | Outfit: ♡ - Hair: ♡ | Speech: English - Thoughts - German

The young brunette girl smiled and nodded politely as he spoke about how her name was that of the goddess of the wild. Perhaps he is capable of normal conversation. Artemis considered Casey for a moment, she would've considered him to be quite attractive if not for him acting all high and mighty, as if he were better than her. He wasn't, of that Artemis was sure. Not that she was better than him, she considered them to be roughly on the same level of intelligence.

She was quite taken aback as he chuckled at what she said about him being a bitch. Her eyes widened in shock from the sound. Sure, she could tell it wasn't a laugh of joy, but it was a familiar and human sound, which she didn't expect to come from Casey of all people. Oh my gosh.... Mr. "I'm-too-cool-for-you can laugh... That's wild.

She listened to him as he spoke about how he preferred his own company over others, that just sounds lonely... Casey then asked her, rather condescendingly, how she never ran out of energy or if she crashed after being happy all the time. She paused for a moment, wondering if he was just trying to get to her. Artemis decided he wasn't and proceeded to say, "Well, I dunno to be honest. I just like being happy because if I'm happy then people around me are more likely to be happy too! I always want to make other people smile, and smiling in contagious so I never stop!" She smiled brightly at him, "Maybe you should smile more too, Case!"

Interacting with: Casey Stone @Emily Shepard

Roleplaying as Casey Stone from Ilvermorny

Lessons in Laughter with Artemis Deroisers @Alexandria Clark

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Casey had to give it to her, she knew how to keep up some damn good energy. The thing she probably wouldn't believe however was that there was a time where Casey was the exact same; Casey used to be quite the people person before his brother went missing. Every street event and opportunity he got to socialise with others and get together with his friends, he took them. All of them. With Nick mysteriously out of the picture however, it was hard to feel that same energy when it was all focused on the fact that one of his biggest influences was gone, and he had no clue if he was even still alive, no thanks to the fearmongering his peers have placed in the situation.

In that moment as he thought about it, he suddenly felt... Envious, to be lacking such a feeling."Well, make sure you hang on to it," he said. "Even as obnoxious as it can get, it's still something you can cling on to when hell hits the fan."

He could smile at small things. He just couldn't smile at other people anymore. Most likely because a good number of people have told him to simply "forget Nick"... "he's gone"... "he's been gone for months"... "there's no sign of him"... "he'll probably never come back..." "he's most likely dead"...

Casey was getting riled up until he eventually relaxed his shoulders, his hands washing over his face as he snatched a second to compose himself before his head would overrun with the energy he was warning Artemis to shy away from.

He let out a half-hearted scoff when encouraged to "smile more." He knew he should. He still had a lot of good things... But Nick was nowhere to be seen to watch him enjoy them.

The sudden nickname surprised him. He'd deny it out loud but he found it entertaining. She was rubbing off on him - a late realisation. But was it unwelcome? Not really. She was loud but at the same time, Casey was quiet.

"'Case' eh? At least buy me dinner first."

Casey was certain of it now. Her energy was definitely having an effect on him. His tone no longer felt snide or argumentative but felt kind of amused. Almost.

"Well, I gotta go. See you around, sweetheart."

Though as he walked away, the wall that she had managed to chip away at grew back. He suspected as such. Moments of glee were fleeting as Casey had noticed. A testament to how steeped in anger and grief he truly was.

When Artemis faded from his peripheral vision it felt as if he already forgot she had just talked to him. If memories of being social and feeling relaxed were being locked away... Then Casey was definitely not going to see her again. Not when she was no more than a footnote to the "new" and grief-stricken Casey.

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Stats: Stamina: 8 | Strength: 7 | Evasion: 7 | Wisdom: 6 | Arc Power: 6 | Accuracy: 6
Abilities: Fearless | Poison Resistance