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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 7, 2008 0:44:41 GMT -5
Penny reached into her bag without looking, grabbed the chips, and tossed them in his direction, but she was still paying close attention to what the reporter was saying. "They're obviously covering something up." She said astutely. "Just look at that gash. No bear did that." She watched while the reporter finished the story and then made a convenient segway into another topic. She shut off the tv and shook her head. "I wish I could go. I did my thesis paper on how genetic mutation causes behavioral changes. I'm sure I could learn loads more there than in a classroom." She wasn't entirely serious but then maybe . . .
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Post by Vrelt on Jun 7, 2008 0:57:12 GMT -5
Drask deftly caught the chips, "Mutations? Hmmmm. That's a new theory . You wouldn't believe what some think did that." Then when Penny said she could learn way more about that in the field than in a classroom, well, that at least made since to him. Drask didn't bring up what she was insinuating, it might mean she wanted to come to Alaska as well. But he measured that as an improbability.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 7, 2008 23:01:15 GMT -5
"What are they saying did it?" Penny asked eagerly moving to the edge of her seat and reaching out to take a handful of the chips she had given to Drask. But before he had the chance to answer the annoying sound of the song Mother by John Lennon played as a tinny, instrumental mp3 came from her purse. Penny rolled her eyes and pulled out her cell phone. "That's my mom I told her I'd call her when I got to the hotel. She's just calling to make sure I'm not dead. Give me just a sec." She pushed the button to answer. "Hi mom. . . Yeah I'm fine. . . No actually I didn't take a cab and I'm not at a hotel. . . . . . Well I just didn't want to stay at a hotel. . . Yes mom he is male but he's just a friend." She rolls her eyes smiling at Drask and then goes back to her conversation. "No mom he's flying out from the airport in the morning too. So it just worked out best this way. . . . I'm sleeping on the couch. . . ." She sighs as if she has had this conversation with her mother before. "I know mother. If anything about my flight changes I'll give you a call from the airport. If not I'll be in Pheonix at noon. . . That's right. . . Okay I love you too. Goodnight, Mom." She pushed the button to hang up the phone. Shook her head with ammusment for a moment and then looked up at Drask. "That was my mom."
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Post by Vrelt on Jun 7, 2008 23:17:04 GMT -5
Drask smiled and said jokingly, "Your mom sure loves you staying at a male's apartment, eh? On top of that she probably has no idea who I am. I sure would love to talk to her. Maybe a call would be in order? A joke perhaps?" He forgot completely about what they were previously talking about, because several ideas came to mind. It had been a long time since he had tried pulling a joke on somebeast, mainly because he hadn't been around Vern for months. Drask was sure how Penny would take what he just said, maybe he shouldn't have said that.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 8, 2008 17:38:48 GMT -5
"You wouldn't really . . ." Penny took her phone with the necessary call back number in both of her paws and held it close to her chest as she backed away from him slightly on the couch. She couldn't really tell him that it was her mother who was always telling her to get out more, to not spend so much time in the lab or with her head stuck in a book, to get a boyfriend. Penny had always found it hard to actually speak to male beasts. It was only she and Drask's mutual fondness for biological studies that gave her anything to talk to him about. She forced herself to relax trying to cover her initial reaction and put her phone back into her bag.
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Post by Vrelt on Jun 10, 2008 22:12:43 GMT -5
"I actually don't think I could. Then again, if Vern was here, he would do it in a flash. Maybe I would too..." Drask wasn't sure how to take about Penny's reaction to his words, he didn't expect her to move away from him and act as if she was afraid of him talking to her mother. Speaking of mothers, Drask remembered he needed to call his own and tell her that he was going up to Alaska for a while, but he decided to call her in the morning, along with Vern, just to say hey, and then good bye. Then her phone started ringing again, with the same song as before, he remembered Penny telling him that for each beast that called there was a different song. Drask knew it was her mom, with one fast, and possibly stupid move, he grabbed the cell phone and answered it before Penny could. "Hello?"
OOC: You can do Penny's mom in your next post, Cara.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 10, 2008 22:31:21 GMT -5
Penny looked at him incredulously and held out her paw for the phone. When he answered it she folded her arms and sat back against the couch, not looking at him but longing to pry the phone out of his paw.
On the other end of the line Penny's mom was too shocked for a moment to speak. She thought at first that she might have a wrong number but that was impossible. She had just pushed the speed dial like she always did. The only reason for her call was to find out the name of the friend her daughter was staying with. She had forgotten to ask during their first conversation. And then it dawned on her. This must be the friend that Penny was so reluctant to speak about. "Might I ask to whom I am speaking?" she finally asked after the long silence.
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Post by Vrelt on Jun 10, 2008 22:43:28 GMT -5
For a brief second, Drask wondered why he picked up the phone in the first place, he regretted it already, "Uh, this is Drask," He began in a mild tone, he was wishing at that moment he didn't move so quickly to answer the phone, Drask hoped Penny's mom wouldn't jump on him for letting her stay in his apartment for the night, or for picking up the cell phone instead of letting Penny answer it.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 10, 2008 23:02:46 GMT -5
"Drask, eh?" Penny's mom was smiling on the other end of the line. "Yes I believe I've heard her speak about you. A nice name I think. And a very nice voice as well. What else do you have to recommend yourself to me, Drask?"
Penny couldn't help but wonder why the conversation was going so long she was growing impatient and she wanted to know why her mother had called her back in the first place.
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Post by Vrelt on Jun 10, 2008 23:23:52 GMT -5
Drask was inwardly slapping himself, "Well, I know a bit about mechanics, besides biology," Even though he had a tendency to ramble when he was talking to other beasts, that was mainly around the ones he knew, around others he didn't know, he could barely find anything to say at all. Hopefully Penny's mom would guess he was just shy, and not trying to get away from their conversation.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 11, 2008 16:55:28 GMT -5
Penny's mom laughed, "Biology, eh? You must be the one she's told me about who travels all over the world. So where are you off too tomorrow. She said you were flying out the same time she was?"
Penny rolled her eyes and put out her paw for the phone again even though she had a feeling that Drask wasn't going to hand it over so easily.
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Post by Vrelt on Jun 11, 2008 17:58:00 GMT -5
Drask wanted to hand the phone back to Penny, but it was to late, now that questions started flying from Penny's mom. "Yeah. I'm headed up to Alaska tomorrow." He shot Penny a pleading look, if she said something about wanting the phone back, then maybe her mother would hear and ask to talk with Penny instead of him.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 13, 2008 13:02:10 GMT -5
Seeing his discomfort, as it was the same thing she usually felt when she was talking to her mother, a smile began to creep over her face. Silently she pulled her paw back and crossed her arms over her chest than she sat back into the couch cushions to see what would happen next.
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Post by Vrelt on Jun 13, 2008 23:05:44 GMT -5
Drask looked at Penny for a moment longer before talking again, "What would you do if your daughter was in Alaska?" He cracked a joke simply to try to loosen up a bit, Drask knew he was acting to shy for his liking, he didn't want to appear that way while he was talking to Penny's mom. His goal was to try for once to hold a conversation with somebeast he didn't know.
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Post by carabadgermum on Jun 13, 2008 23:17:53 GMT -5
Penny's eyes opened wide in shock at the idea. But she remained still as if waiting for a bomb to go off.
"In Alaska? With you? My Penny?" The ferretmaid heard her mother's laughter on the other end of the line. "She'd never dare," Penny's mother continued to Drask and she laughed again. "If she did she would just be studying the whole time."
Penny, although she couldn't hear her mother's exact words suddenly became indignant at the things she knew her mother would be saying. She set her jaw in a firm line and put her paw out once again. "Give me the phone."
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