Early Wednesday Morning, Outside Chtulhu Cabin

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine was up way too early to actually be bothered with readying himself for his workshop yet, but too late to remain in bed all the same. And so he made his way outside, took a seat on the grass, pulled a few balls from his pockets and started to juggle.
There was a distinct possibility that he was avoiding the inside of Cthulhu B for one reason or another that he would no doubt snap about if anyone asked.
The juggling certainly did have a sort of grumpy air to it.

(Open, as spots on the lawn in the wee hours of the morning tend to be.)

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[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Buffy said grumpily. "It's all cold water. I didn't need to wake up THAT badly."

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine couldn't help but smirk as he threw a ball into the air and caught it again. "I imagine there's something amiss with the water heater, then. Do all the cabins run on the same heater? If they do, then you'll have no luck in Cthulhu, either."

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy pouted. "I have no idea." She watched the ball. "What are you doing?"

[dark_slippy_thing]

"Well, I was juggling." Valentine caught the ball again. "I am a juggler, you know."
Well, she probably didn't know. But she knows now. Or something.

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy looked interested. "Can you juggle axes and stuff?"

[dark_slippy_thing]

"I suppose I could, if I had 'axes and stuff' to juggle." Valentine tilted his head at her thoughtfully. "Why?"

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy shrugged. "Because it would be really cool?"

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine seemed momentarily taken aback, then he regained his composure and spoke again. "You figure people might stop to watch a crazy masked juggler throw axes and things around like an idiot?"

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

"Uh-huh," Buffy nodded. She thought for a moment. "Pretty much even if you don't exactly juggle them, I'd say."

[dark_slippy_thing]

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"Good attention," Valentine stressed with a frown.

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy tilted her head. "What would be good attention?"

[dark_slippy_thing]

"Something that involved less dialing 911 and more dropping money at my feet," Valentine decided. "When juggling sharp and lethal objects, it's best to exactly juggle them, if you understand what I'm getting at."

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy grinned. "There might be money if you try in town. I mean, all around here are high school students. I'd totally want to see sharp, lethal objects juggling though! You could even borrow some of our room decoration for it!"

[dark_slippy_thing]

"You decorate your room with sharp, lethal objects?" Valentine was more curious about this than he was concerned, really. With the way the world was nowadays, it never could hurt to have a friend who decorated with pointy things.
"I'm Valentine, by the way. And I might just have to try juggling in town, as you said."

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

"Uh-huh," Buffy nodded. "It's wall decoration, not weaponry. Technically. Yes. I'm Buffy," she added politely. She regarded him for a moment. "If you're really good with your hands you should think about trying out on Saturday."

[dark_slippy_thing]

"Trying out?" Valentine looked quizzically at Buffy. "Trying out for what?"
Valentine had been pretty preoccupied lately, he hadn't noticed the posters up and about yet.
Despite that hideous gremlin that had given him nightmares the last time there were cheer tryouts being on the poster.

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

"The cheerleaders, of course!" Buffy looked puzzled back at him.

[dark_slippy_thing]

"Try out for the cheer team," Valentine repeated thoughtfully. "The cheerleaders get quite an audience, don't they?"

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy nodded. "U-huh. Sometimes even on practices, and there's usually a crowd on tryout day!"

[dark_slippy_thing]

"Well, that's appealing," Valentine stated with a grin and something of a pleased fingerwiggle. "And the tryouts are on Saturday, you say? I'll certainly have to try my luck, I think."

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

"Yup, from ten 'till noon!" Buffy beamed at him. She did like to see people enthusiastic about cheerleading.

[dark_slippy_thing]

Valentine smiled and nodded, satisfied with that. "I'll see you then, then."
He paused, mused for a moment, then added, "Go Gremlins?"

[1ordinarygirl.livejournal.com]

Buffy bounced happily. "Go Gremlins!"