[video]

[anunluckypenny]

[Penny, currently seventeen and rocking a pixie cut, is digging frantically through a pile of papers (they're just off screen, but the odd piece of wrinkled notebook paper goes flying by). Judging from the background, she's sitting in the hall at Westerberg High.

And talking to herself.]

You know when people tell you to prioritize the stuff you should get done? I think I did it wrong, so I'm basically doomed for finals.

[Or maybe she's talking to the network. She shuffles papers for a few more moments before giving up, putting the papers down in favor of the network device.]

But you know what's worse? I'm too busy freaking out about finals to freak out about anything else like the twenty-four people who starve to death every minute or the seven trees an average American goes through each year or anything relevant. [pause] No, I guess I'm still worried about the usual stuff. But seriously, finals on top of that? I'm never going to need to know this stuff in real life.

[She pauses again, rethinking this.]

Unless, you know... you're a teacher and you're listening to this. Teachers, you're an invaluable part of the American workforce and it's completely not your fault that the high school students in Finland test way better than students in the United States. [If Penny didn't sound so sincere, that might have come off as sarcasm. It's not.] That'd be my fault. Not by myself, I mean--not even I can blame me for that--but students like me who could do better and never get around to it. Motivation issues.

[A sigh.]

Okay. I'm calm now. Ranting's good for the soul.

[And with that nugget of wisdom, she ends the feed.]


[ooc: Action/messaging/whatever, in school or out, is awesome. Feel free to have characters know Penny from any junior-level classes, art, or band (she plays violin, which... isn't important, but it seems worth pointing out). Replies will come from aprettypenny .]

Comments

[clip]

Are you planning on making twenty-four meals a minute?

[aprettypenny]

Yep, and tracking down everyone on the planet who's starving. [Her tone implies that she'd like to do just that.] No, but I could be doing something useful.

[clip]

Like what, exactly?

Convince the government to stop sending third world countries free food so their own agricultural communities can thrive again?

text;

[primrosella]

Sounds like you need a de-stress therapy latte.

text;

[aprettypenny]

you have no idea x_x

are you busy after school???

text;

[primrosella]

Not anymore. :)

Need me 2 pick you up?

[coyote_walking]

Penny, chill. You're totally freaking out. And you and I both know you're probably going to ace everything.

[aprettypenny]

There's no way I'll ace anything! [Okay, maybe she's freaking out. A little.] I mean, I won't flunk out of anything, but it'd be nice to get an A in something besides art.

[coyote_walking]

You're going to do fine, Penny, I swear.

[binarysky]

[sup, same-grade classmate.]

You could just skip finals. If you wanted.

[aprettypenny]

[Hey, fellow junior.]

Skip? Seriously? ...Is that what you're doing?

[binarysky]

[Best grade.]

I was thinking about it.

[More like wishful thinking, though, probably. Sigh.]

[jimmy_w]

I'm sure the teachers appreciate your reassurance.

[aprettypenny]

They're all gonna flunk me for that reassurance.

[jimmy_w]

I don't think any of them would do that.

[goodboysgood]

[He plays violin, too. In Cutler's orchestra, once. At westberg he's relegated himself to sneaking alone into music rooms, but may perhaps have been run into once or twice.

So this is hesitant.]

Would you like some help?

[aprettypenny]

[Why, they have encountered each other! Not that they talked. He's cute, so obviously there couldn't have been any talking.]

Huh? [A quick check to make sure he's not talking to someone who popped up next to her.] Oh... um. Yes? Yes, I would. Like help. Maybe help of the miracle variety?

[goodboysgood]

[She's cute, so obviously there's been no talking. It's just now that she sounds desperate.

He gestures awkwardly to the notes.]

I'm quite good at prioritising.

[Video]

[destinedtobeunpopular]

[Chill out, dude.]

I'm pretty sure that some teachers just suck at making things interesting.

[Video]

[aprettypenny]

[She's chilling! Anxiously! That's totally a way to chill!]

It's not their fault that some things just can't be made interesting. Algebra? Never, ever interesting.

[Video]

[destinedtobeunpopular]

[Right, sure it is.]

A teacher can make interesting things uninteresting, so it does depend on teachers at least sometimes.

[Video:]

[jiyuna_togabito]

[Omg Penny wry soo cute!? Yep, he's just watching this nonsense as he takes a drag of his cigarette. See a Senior with short white hair and piercing in his left ear, chilling by the stairs of Ohtori.]

You certainly have plenty to say. It's beyond me why you even give a shit about other things than the task at hand.

[Video:]

[aprettypenny]

[It's just how she rolls. ^^ This guy looks way too cool to be talking to Penny.]

Sorry. Babbling is kind of what I do. [She frowns.] Because someone has to.

[amansgottadowhat]

Hey, woah, chica [pronounced chick-uh] I like your style, but you've gotta chill a little, yeah? Take this goodie-good stuff one step at a time.

[aprettypenny]

[She looks up at him slowly. Is that--no, there's no way that guy is talking to her. That guy is too busy being popular and captain of everything and surrounded by girls to talk to... nope, that's him.]

Goodie-good stuff? What?