Stanksocks

[sara]

{OOC: Open to everyone/anyone =D. So post?}

Stankball.

Merely the word’s stuffed with the thrill and exhilaration that often clinches to every game. Obviously, our little green friend loves the unofficial sport. He invented it himself along with his friend, Cyborg’s, help. It was the most creative sport you can imagine with the combination of the two’s imagination. They put everything they liked in it and made it their game. Their ambition’s, of course, to get it recognized so it’ll be the newest sensation. If they can make it official, they’re sure it would be. The two both have full confidence in their game. But, they’re still perfectly happy playing it amongst the Titans. Of course, Cyborg and Beast Boy are mostly the ones playing, with Raven if they’re lucky enough to force her to play. Most likely, however, they’ll only be getting a slap.

The only thing about the game: Beast Boy never wins. Cyborg usually did. In fact, Cybrog won everything it seemed. Beast Boy and him were always in competition. Usually, the half-robot managed to beat him in video games, sports and stankball. There were the odd games Beast Boy won, but it was mostly Cyborg. Of course, this didn’t prohibit Beast Boy from trying. No way!! Beast Boy’s the type of a guy to play for fun. Sure, a part of him wants to win. Tries to win. But a bigger part finds “fun” the biggest prize. That’s the most substantial reason why he tries to win. If you don’t, where’s the fun? That’s also why he’ll say things like “you’re soooo going to loose” or “you won just by luck”. It’s not because of his confidence. It’s because they make things more fun and spices the game up.

So, anyways, you’re probably wondering “so, why is this all important”? Well, the previous explanation of Beast Boy’s impression on Stankball’s to help elucidate the reason behind his amazement after winning the most recent stankball match. He threw the winning ball with a flabbergasted expression stretching his face, excitement creeping through him. He never won a game before!!! After a couple seconds of an open mouth, a rather high pitched squeal left the boy followed by a whole herd of teasing words. Things like “I totally just kicked your butt!” Of course, this didn’t help Cyborg’s mood. But Beast Boy was too excited to tone down his words or even think about toning down his words. As everyone knows, when Beast Boy’s excited, he hardly ever thinks. Just opens his mouth and lets the words effortlessly blurt out, barely pausing in between.

After his period of excitement was over, it was time for the prize: one thing Beast Boy was electrified for. While inventing the game, the two decided to create a traditional award. A prize given to the winner of every match. That’s right, the rules and tradition states that the winner of every game receives the honour of wearing a pair of socks from the stankball for a day. Beast Boy was almost in tears. It had been his dream to wear socks from the amazing all-important stankball. Although most normal people would have been worried about hygiene, it was never Beast Boy’s greatest concern.

Wait--was that Robin? He wasn’t so sure since the dude was too far away. Normally, he would transform into a bird. But he was afraid of ripping his precious socks with it. Take them off? A perfect choice! Though Beast Boy wouldn’t have been too ecstatic about that, it wouldn’t matter because the green changeling didn’t even think about doing it. Simple solutions are usually the last one he thinks about. For example, when loosing the remote, he constructs creative plans to find it rather than merely walking up to the TV to turn it on. So, currently, he decided he would climb a tree. It was the first practical plan he thought of and the one he hurried on to doing. He didn’t have much time to loose, after all.

Upon doing that, he realized the dude he saw was no Robin. Only a man that looked like him from a distance. But, while trying to get down, one of his shoes slipped off, bouncing on a passer-bys head. Ouch. Immediately after, a pair of his stinky socks did the same, this time landing on the face as opposed to bouncing on it.

[Kasumi]

Kasumi stretched as she stepped out of her. cave. It wasn't the most comfortable of places to sleep, but it worked for her. It was the best place to sleep than out in the open, especially if it rains. She placed her hands on her shoulder and moved her arm around in a circular motion. She yawned and walked off. For her, it was time to explore the city some more. She wasn't quite familiar with it yet. Kasumi then raised her hand to block the sun out as she squinted. I hate waking up in the middle of the day, the sun is too bright and ends up almost killing my eyes! Lowering her hand and shaking her head, she ignored the pain inside of her stomach, which was aching for food.

Kasumi had decided to go to the park today, since she had not explored that particular place yet. She sat on a bench as she watched some birds fly, gaining the urge to chase them, which was her wolf side. Ignoring that she listened to the children laugh and scream and the adults pointless chatter about life, which was all they really ever talked about. She rolled her eyes as a couple walked in front of her, which seemed to be quarreling over something that was probably pointless to her as well.

Getting fed up, Kasumi left the bench and began to take a walk around, thinking about going wolf to seem as a dog, but with her three different shades of fur color, it would give her away. Walking under a tree, she stopped and covered her nose. What is that smell!? It smells horrible! Where is it coming fro Suddenly, a shock of pain had went through her from her head as a shoe fell to the ground, after hitting her head. Glaring at the shoe, she rubbed her head and looked up only to be met by a sock. She was currently inhaling when the sock landed, so she got a whiff of it's scent and coughed, backing away from it as if it was a killer. "that's disgusting!!!! Who in their right minds would wear a sock that smelly!?!?" Kasumi yelled as she started in a coughing fit.

Glaring up at the tree, she noticed a green figure that stood out. She recognized it to be Beast Boy, one of the Titans. She only recognized him because he was the only one in this city who was green. "You should really keep your items on, Beast Boy! Especially the ones with horrible odor!" She yelled, trying to calm down before making anything burn, more then likely really, the tree burning.

[sara]

When the shoe slammed onto the passerby’s head, it looked like it hurt. The girl had rubbed her head then looked up in order to get a face-full of stanksock. She didn’t like it. It was obvious with her jumping back and all. The sock flew the other way prior to landing—in mud ? “AHHH!!!” Beast Boy let out a rather girly high pitched screech, the kind he was unfortunately well known for. He did that whenever something—well, something like this happened. You know what else he did? With the shock and disbelief of it all, he let go of the tree. Half because of the disbelief and half because of the fact that he was about to fall, the green changeling flapped his hands like a psychologically insane bird, a flabbergasted expression on his face, before landing with a thud.

This. Was. The. End. Of. The. World.

Ok, maybe not, but it was kind of close. Beast Boy ran to the now-muddy sock, holding it up with two fingers. With the dripping mud and how badly it looked already, the sock was, well disgusting to say the least and for Beast Boy to admit that, it takes a whole lot. His entire face dropped as he let out a “Gaahw” which sounded like a cross between “gah” and “aww”. He, with the help of Cyborg, had worked months stinking up the sock and look what just happened!!

I know what you’re thinking: “what’s with a little mud?” Well, they couldn’t put a mud-drenched sock back into the ball. Imagine playing with a ball of watery—muddy—sock. If they can get it to stay in ball shape, anyways. Most likely, it wouldn’t even work with the soggy socks—just droop into puddle shape. That’s the whole reason stankball’s always played inside .

The stankball just wouldn’t be the same with one sock missing. Plus, Cyborg trusted him to be responsible for once and take good care of the pair of socks. He’ll be boiling mad once he discovers one all muddy. He’d won heaps of times and nothing like this has happened to him . Beast Boy had always messed everything-up every time he was trusted. Why couldn’t he just do something right for once?

Beast Boy.

Wait—did the passerby just call him Beast Boy ? Surprise, he stood up and faced the girl, narrowing his eyes. All thoughts of the muddy sock temporarily left his head, now replaced with him trying to recall her name. “Uhhh….do I know you?”

[Kasumi]

Kasumi covered her mouth as she tried not to laugh out when Beast Boy screamed. It was a rather high-pitched, girly-like scream. That's not something I'd expect from a boy, but I must admit, it was pretty funny! She then watched as he fell from the tree, waving him arms like a bird. Why doesn't he just transform? If memory serves, he can transform into any animal... He then landed with a thud. She just shook her head and rolled her eyes. He seems like a doofus, but I've heard he was pretty funny, the most playful of the Titans. She heard the thud when he hit the ground and it kind of sound painful.

Kasumi rubbed the back of her head as he flipped out about the sock. She walked over and looked at Beast Boy. "You alright? That seemed kind of painful.." Beast Boy then looked at her, surprised and narrowed his eyes.

“Uhhh….do I know you?”[/u]

"Well, truth be told, I'd be surprised if you did know me, so therefore, no, you don't. I know you though, after all, you're a Titan. Who wouldn't know you? You all are pretty popular.." Kasumi said putting her hands on her hips and looking at him.

[sara]

Was he hurt? Well, with him getting thrown this way and that like a throw-toy by every single villain he’d fought, he’d learned to ignore the pain. After all, in the middle of a fight, he couldn’t exactly cry and walk off to the hospital. As long as nothing was broken, Beast Boy usually would continue to fight. So right now, especially with the sock all ruined, he didn’t exactly think about it until the question was asked. “Still alive and nothing broken,” he noted, “so I’m fine.” He remembered the shoe bouncing on her head. “Are you ok?” Not that it would do any good if he knew she wasn’t.

Truth be told, Beast Boy hadn’t thought people really knew him. Oh sure, they might have heard of the heroes of Jump: the Teen Titans. I mean, they’re basically the police force of the city. But him ? Him in specific, he didn’t think they did. The most he thought people knew of him was “that green dude”. Now here came this random girl who knew his name & even said he was popular. Well, Beast Boy was surprised to say the least. “Me…popular? Really?” A gasp escaped him as his mind began to wonder.

He pictured himself in a sweet jacket, teeth glimmering as he smiled. Cameras flashed all around him and, of course, there was the group of screaming girls. For some reason beyond him {other than the fact that it’s fun}, Beast Boy raced out of the spotlight, the gang of girls following. After a short while on feet, he leaped onto the latest style of moped and zoomed off with the girls not far away.

Ok, so he was stretching it a little, that’s just Beast Boy to you. He’s the imaginative type, the kind who lets his imagination get wild. This was no exception. Excited at the latest news, a huge smile crossed his face. “Oh! Oh! What do people say about me? It’s my great sense of humor, isn’t?” He grinned before wiggling his ears. “Or the ears. I know girls like the ears.” Hey, the boy was curious.

Another thing about the boy: he liked meeting new people. He was like a friendly puppy, bouncing around at the prospect of a new friend and mopping about when he’s alone. That was the reason he was so intended on making new friends when the Titans first met. Once again, this was no different. “Sooooo…you are?”

[Kasumi]

Kasumi bit her lip, regretting her question. I doubt that falling from a tree will hurt him when he receives a hell of a lot more pain when fighting.. That was stupid, I should think more... She then rubbed the back of her head. "Sorry, that was a stupid question to ask, wasn't it?"

“Still alive and nothing broken, so I’m fine.”[/u]

"Well, that's good, at least.." Kasumi gave him a weird glance. I guess that's one way to look at things.. I'll have to remember that, perhaps that a better logic than it seems.. "Sorry for kind of snapping earlier, in case that was like, offensive or something, it's just.. You really need to wash your socks, I can smell that wretched scent from all the way over here. It's not pleasant, especially now that it's drenched in mud." She said as she covered her nose and made a face. She was a few feet away from Beast Boy and the sock so the scent wouldn't be as bad. Since he has powers of his own, I'm sure he wouldn't mind knowing. Well, I won't tell him unless he asks, but still. Her face then saddened after a minute of thinking and she looked up at the sky.

Snapping out of her trance, she looked back at Beast boy who said "really" and gasped. He then looked as if he went in his own little world and Kasumi just lifted an eyebrow at him, waiting for him to come back. He's kind of strange, but he seems nice.. He certainly like to daydream, or, so I believe.From what I see, it appears to be true.. She then jumped by his sudden exclamation and interrogation. Uh.. Well, a lot of the kids I see and hear talk about you and look up to you.. Some of the girls' I hear talking about you say that sometimes your cute or your strange, but funny. Some of the guys are kind of jealous because their girlfriends like you, yeah.. I don't really think anyone has talked about your ears, or, none that I've heard.."

“Sooooo…you are?”[/u]

"Eh? Oh.. Sorry, I'm Kasumi Kaji, I don't think you've heard of me." Kasumi then bit her lip. "At least I hope not.." She mumbled under her breath. "So, um, if memory serves, you can transform into any animal you want, right? Tell me, what would you have to say is your favorite animal to turn into?" She asked, hoping to change the subject.

[sara]

You really need to wash your socks, I can smell that wretched scent from all the way over here.

For most normal people, this wasn’t good news. For Beast Boy, however, it was. It meant that Cyborg and him did a heck of a job stinking-up the stankball. After all, it was called stankball for a reason and, based on this girl, it was functioning properly. He raised his hands, shaking it palm-outwards in a “no” gesture. “Oh I can’t exactly take credit for the brilliant stinky socks. Cyborg helped me stink it up too! It took months of hard work, but we finally done it!” He grinned happily, displaying the sock to show exactly what they accomplished with an arch of one brow. “You see? It’s part of this awesome sport we made called stankball. You just gotta try it! It’s totally going to be the next sensation!” I mean, who wouldn’t want to play a sport called stankball?

Then she answered his questions, saying that—“People….look up to me?” The size of his eyes appeared to double, sparkling like a gazillion stars. “Cooooooool.” It had always been the other way around. Why Beast Boy probably has billions of people he looks up to. There’s Robin “the boy wonder”, random comic book characters he reads about, practically every single action, fantasy and comedy actors and the list goes on. The idea that someone out there looked up to him was, well, ‘cooooooool’ to say the least. It was most definitely not something he expected.

Girls thought he was cute and—and funny ? Well he certainly brightened-up then, as though he wasn’t all jolly before. Ha! Wait until Raven heard that . “Really? People think I’m…funny?” He was fully grinning now, obviously excited as he blurted out “oh! Oh! Wanna hear some jokes?”

She introduced herself as “Kasumi Kaji”. Nope, he didn’t think he knew her. Yet he couldn’t help notice the biting the lip and “I hope not” thing. I hope not? What did she mean by that? Before he could say anything, though, he was asked a question. What was his favorite animal to turn into? Nobody had actually ever asked him that before. “Oh they’re all great. But I got to say weird-alien-animal-dude-things are the best! They really kick butt and all it takes is one roar.” He didn’t even know he could turn into one when he did.

{OOC: Eeek…sorry. Bad post, I know.}

[Kasumi]

((Eh? I don't think it's bad, not at all.. ^^))

“Oh I can’t exactly take credit for the brilliant stinky socks. Cyborg helped me stink it up too! It took months of hard work, but we finally done it!”[/u]

Kasumi arms flailed out before her as she gave Beast Boy a blank stare. "You.. Actually, want it to smell? You and Cyborg? You I can understand somewhat, but I can't really see Cyborg wanting something like that.. Then again, I've never met him, so who knows..." She shrugged a bit and watched as he demonstrated the sock to her. She took a step back so she wouldn't have to get closer to it. "Yes, I see it.. It's a, wonderfully, smelly sock?" She gave him a puzzled look, not sure if that was something he's want to hear or not. "Stankball, huh? I'm not sure, maybe I will give it a try sometime. So that's your goal, huh? To make it one of the hottest sports?" Kasumi chuckled slightly and smiled at him. He's nice, it's fun talking to Beast Boy. Sure he's a bit, strange, but what boy isn't?

“People….look up to me?”[/u]

Beast Boy's eyes then got bigger and began to practically sparkle. Kasumi lifted an eyebrow at him as he stretched out the word "cool". "It, is? I didn't think having other looking up to you was important.." Then again, I don't know what that feels like. At least, I don't think.. "Anyway, a lot of kids lok up to the Titans. The girly ones look up to Starfire, the darker ones look up to Raven, the action ones look up to Robin, the technical ones look up to Cyborg, and the comedians of course look up to you.." She said looking over to the side.

“Really? People think I’m…funny? Oh! Oh! Wanna hear some jokes?”[/u]

"Um, well, yes, as far as I've heard... Sure, why not?" Kasumi said giving him another smile. She then walked past Beast Boy and grabbed a branch and jumped onto it. "Sorry, got bored of standing, hope you don't mind."

Kasumi then gave him another confused look look. "Weird-animal-dude-things? Um, can I ask for a better description..? I don't really think I've heard of that animal.." She laughed a bit at the last part. "Really now? Well that sounds quite useful.. I'll give you that.." She then lifted her hand out and caught a leaf. The tip of the leaf ended up turning to fire and waved her fingers through it, waiting for his response.

[sara]

"Um, well, yes, as far as I've heard... Sure, why not?"

Kasumi had then walked over to a branch before leaping on to it, apologizing to him though he didn’t find anything wrong with that. Plus, he was way too excited to tell his joke. Once again most normal people wouldn’t be, but you should know by now that Beast Boy doesn’t fit into that category. “Ok, ok, ok: here’s a good one. How long do chickens work?” There was a pause, a tradition of this type of a joke. Then came the punch line: “Around the cluck!” There was laughter. “Get it? Cluck ?” It was almost as though it was the best joke in the world. In truth, it was Beast Boy’s best joke. Very different.

“Weird-animal-dude-things? Um, can I ask for a better description..? I don't really think I've heard of that animal.."

That had been the response to the answer of her question. He felt a bit stupid then. Duh! He should have explained it in more details. After all, how could she know? Weird if she did. That meant she was either from Tamaran or for some strange out-of-this-world reason, she’d been there. Maybe abducted? Greatly possible. Or perhaps she had—before he got ahead of himself, Beast Boy ended his train of thoughts to answer her question. He raised his hands above his head in an attempt to illustrate its size while he described it. “It’s this great big whitish thing with two sharp fangs.” Ok—so he didn’t completely remember how the thing looked like. It had been a while.

She had laughed which made him smile. He liked it when he made people laugh and normally made it quite obvious. Before he could say anything, though, the tip of a leaf in Kasumi’s hands burnt right before she passed her hands through it. Well that was rather unexpected, but not open-mouth-wide unexpected. Why? Well after meeting dozens of super-powered folks, you stop gasping and/or fainting. But he was still surprised and interested.

“Cool! So you have super-fire-powers? Kind of like Blaze in the Blaze comics! I think it deserves to be in the ‘hottest superpowers’ list. Get it? Hottest ?” He was on a roll.

[OOC: Sorry for the late post. Been busy.]

[Kasumi]

{It's cool^^}

“Ok, ok, ok: here’s a good one. How long do chickens work?”[/u]

Kasumi blinked, then put her elbows n her knees and began to think for a second. "I don't know, why?" He then said "around the cluck" and she couldn't but laugh at how it was kind of cheesy, although she didn't say that. "That's a cute one, I like that." Sounds like a joke a four year old will say, but it's still pretty funny, I haven't heard that one before. He then asked if she got it. "Yeah, I got it." She said with another chuckle. "Do you tell random jokes to others since the other Titan's, besides maybe Starfire and occasional others, don't laugh really at your jokes? I also heard that one of he Hive Five had joined, is this true?" She then thought for a moment. "That was entirely random, sorry." She then gave him a sheepish look.

“It’s this great big whitish thing with two sharp fangs.”[/u]

Kasumi continued to give him a blank stare. "So, it's sort of like an alien? I don't really think they have animals like that on Earth, if so, then I'm really out of date.." She blinked at him and tried to imagine how the thing would look.Instead of really looking like an alien, it looked like more of a monster that would be under a child's bed or closet. She rubbed the back of her head and bit her top lip this time. I don't really think it looks like that.. If it does, that's one scary ass alien.

“Cool! So you have super-fire-powers? Kind of like Blaze in the Blaze comics! I think it deserves to be in the ‘hottest superpowers’ list. Get it? Hottest ?”[/u]

Kasumi jumped a bit, her mind had suddenly began to wander and when he spoke, it immediately snapped her out of it. She then looked back at him and then to the side, a thing of fear crossing her face. "Um, yeah, I have the ability to control fire.. I don't really think it would be super, or cool.." She then laughed at another one of his jokes, which was also a cheesy one, but still funny. "Yeah, I get it. Why don't you come and sit in the tree with me?" She asked as she looked back at him. I probably shouldn't have shown him, but I really feel like playin wiht fire right now.. I just can't get mad.. She then exhaled fast and clenched her hands in tight fists, looking as if she just made a goal, even though she kind of did, but still.

[sara]

“Do you tell random jokes to others since the other Titan's, besides maybe Starfire and occasional others, don't laugh really at your jokes?”

The big grin he held when she had chuckled a bit at his joke shrunk. “What? Duuuude that’s not true. The Titans laugh at my jokes. There’s Cyborg that one—no, he said it was lame. Oh! Oh! Robin once—no, that was at Raven’s joke. Uhh—uhhh—“ Beast Boy scratched his head, desperately searching his memory for an instance were a titan, other than Starfire, had laughed at his jokes. Nope, couldn’t find anything. Well this is just grand. Here’s a girl who not only laughed at his joke, but actually said he was funny . The first person after—what—forever? Apparently, there were crowds of people who thought he was funny, most likely because they haven’t met him yet . So what was he doing? Practically proving to them the exact opposite.

“I-uhh-actually made Raven laugh before. And that’s practically impossible.” Errr…ok. Big lie over here. Beast Boy didn’t even know how or why he said it, just heard it being blurt out uncontrollably. It happened sometimes. When he wanted to prove a point—or got excited—or desperate—or annoyed—and the list goes on. He’ll say things he has no power over and normally later end up regretting. Well, no way to bring back what he said now. He decided to grin away, hoping he wouldn’t be asked anything regarding this.

“I also heard that one of the Hive Five had joined, is this true?"

That was a good way to change the subject. “Oh, yeah. Jinx.” Beast Boy wasn’t so sure how to feel about this “Jinx” joining. He wasn’t one to be suspicious of new Titans or anything. Oh, no. In fact, he would normally welcome & consider them a friend. Jinx, however, was a little different. After a long time of fighting her and, of course, almost loosing the tower to her, it was a little weird having her around. He tried to be open-minded and accept her, but it was hard considering their past relationship. “She’s…alright.”

"Um, yeah, I have the ability to control fire.. I don't really think it would be super, or cool.."

“Why not? I think it’s really cool! Bet it comes in handy.” There were plenty of things you could do with fire—burn things, light up a room and maybe even use it to fly. She then laughed at another one of his jokes which had him grinning again. It made him feel like he was funny. Good at something. This girl was definitely great! Suddenly remembering he should, Beast Boy grabbed the shoe lying near him and put them on. No sock. It was all soggy and, while he didn’t mind smelly, he did mind soggy.

After she asked him why he wouldn’t sit down next to her, he answered by climbing onto the branch. “Sooo…do you come to the park often? I do! It’s a great place when you’re bored.”

[Kasumi]

Kasumi just watched and listened as Beast Boy tried to search for a time that one of the Titans laughed at his jokes. He named off times, but they didn't laugh. She soon began to feel guilty. "Um, how about we forget I mentioned it?" Beast Boy then said he made Raven laugh and she arched an eyebrow at him. "Really? Must've been a pretty good joke.. What was it?" She had a pretty good guess he was lying, but wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Beast Boy then began to answer her question about the new Titan. Jinx? Wasn't she apart of the Hive Five? Why is she apart of the Titans? That's the last thing I would've expected... "based upon your reaction, I take it you don't like her? I wouldn't really blame you if you did, after all, she was one of your enemies.." Kasumi said as she looked up at the tree and faintly saw the sky. She sighed. Sitting in a tree is fun, but not really helpful if you want look at the sky.. He then said Jinx was alright and she slightly laughed.

“Why not? I think it’s really cool! Bet it comes in handy.”[/u]

Kasumi's smile faded from her face and she looked down. Beginning to rub her arm, she asnwered him. "I, I don't know if I should say.. But yeah, at times, fire does come in handy at times." She said as she gave him a small smile. It was forced, but she didn't want him to worry or anything. He then came and sat in the tree with her and asked her if she came to the park often. " Well, no actually I don't... This is the first time I've been to the park.. Well, to this park. I'm new to this city, so I haven't been around as much.."

[sara]

"Really? Must've been a pretty good joke.. What was it?"

Oh come on . Beast Boy quickly rummaged around his head, searching for the perfect witty remark. What he decided to do wasn’t the wittiest there ever was, but it was probably the best he could do and especially with the little time he had to ponder. After all, if it ended up being more than a second or so, it’ll be suspicious. So he hurriedly decided to play the “confused” game. “It was a pretty good joke,” he answered, “like you said.” Obviously not the answer she was looking for, but that was what made it a clever one. Especially for Beast Boy. He flashed a grin, as if proud of his answer.

"Based upon your reaction, I take it you don't like her? I wouldn't really blame you if you did, after all, she was one of your enemies.."

He answered with a “she’s…alright” which had her laughing slightly. “It’s just—weird to have her all none-evily,” he explained with a smile. Having the whole “Jinx is now a Titan” thing to be bothering him, he’d been dying to tell someone this for a long while. But the thing was; nobody listens. The Titans are all awesome friends, but neither one of them would ever even attempt to listen to the poor changeling. Why, most of them don’t even have the “patience” to spend time with him. The only person “willing” to is Cyborg and even he has his “leave me alone, Beast Boy” days. Nobody takes him seriously enough. They mostly treat him like a jokester rather than a person. It was awesome to have someone else willing to listen to him for at least—I donno—a minute or so.

After he said the thing about her powers being useful and really cool, Beast Boy was surprised to see the smile vanishing from her face. What did he say? He was pretty good with reading facial expressions, noticing if someone wasn’t particularly happy. It was just one of the things he excelled at, but he wished he didn’t. “Uhh—are you…ok?” He asked.

“Well, no actually I don't... This is the first time I've been to the park.. Well, to this park. I'm new to this city, so I haven't been around as much.."

“You’re new to the city?” A gasp escaped him as he leaped off the branch. “ Really? Oh! Want me to show you around? I know some awesome places. Have you been to the famous pizza parlor? That serves like—the best pizza EVURR!! My taste bud's favorite. Or Mr. Bacon’s Tofu? Ignore the name. That store has more tofu in one shelf than most people have ever seen in their whole life!” Aaand…he was rambling. It happened way too often. "Uhhh...if you want," he quickly added, ending his little excited rambling.

[Kasumi]

“It was a pretty good joke, like you said.”[/u]

Kasumi gave him a blank stare, since he just not basically confirmed that it was a lie, but nodded. "Alright then I'll take your word for that.." I won't press anymore.It'd probably be for the best.. Kasumi then rubbed the back of her head and looked to the side. Now that I think about it, it's a pretty nice day out today. Better than most. Hm.. She then raised her hand up to the feel the air and smiled a bit as the wind blew, moving her hand a bit back. Closing her eyes, she felt the wind pass through her face and hair. She loved the wind, but indeed did like fire better.

“It’s just—weird to have her all none-evily.[/u]

Kasumi looked back down at him, lowered her hand and her smile got bigger. "Non-evily, huh? That's a nice use of vocabulary, I suppose. It's a bit more descriptive too, I think. Well, I'm not trying to be offensive or anything, I'm just not exactly sure how to phrase what I want to say..." She said as she lifted her hand to he mouth and looked up thoughtfully. I probably should've phrased that better.. I hope he doesn't take that offensively since Raven always teases him.. It's probably not fun considering how intelligent she sounds.. She then bit her lip and looked down towards the other side.

“Uhh—are you…ok?”[/u]

Kasumi's eyes snapped back up to Beast Boy's and she forced a smile. "Yup! Everything's fine. No need to worry, just thinking." It wasn't a full lie, she was kind of remembering things, but tried to shove it out of her mind. That is something I will not witness again. This town is nice, anyway, I'd hate to be or see anyone destroying it. She then heard Beast Boy gasp and jump off the branch he was currently on.

“You’re new to the city? Really? Oh! Want me to show you around? I know some awesome places. Have you been to the famous pizza parlor? That serves like—the best pizza EVURR!! My taste bud's favorite. Or Mr. Bacon’s Tofu? Ignore the name. That store has more tofu in one shelf than most people have ever seen in their whole life!”[/u]

Kasumi blinked as he went on. Then was surprised when he suddenly stopped and asked if she wanted to. She laughed at him again and jumped from the branch. "Sure, let's go." She said with a real smile now, Something then went through her head. "Mr. Bacon's Tofu? Tofu? Isn't that some sort of food thing you can form into other foods?" She asked, tilting her head. "I've never eaten tofu before.. Is it good?"

[sara]

"Non-evily, huh? That's a nice use of vocabulary, I suppose. It's a bit more descriptive too, I think. Well, I'm not trying to be offensive or anything, I'm just not exactly sure how to phrase what I want to say..."

Beast Boy only grinned and nodded, deciding that he wasn’t going to take it offensively. “Yeah. It is a nice use of vocabulary.” It was all he could think of saying as a response to that. If this was Raven or somebody he knew well, he might have teased back or shot a “you are so dead” glance her way. With her being a stranger he wanted to get to know better, however, he—well, didn’t . Plus, she said she wasn’t trying to be offensive. Beast Boy believed her.

When he asked her whether or not she was ok, Kasumi snapped her eyes back and—forced a smile? It kind of looked like it. She said everything was fine, though. A lie? Sure, that could have been a possibility, but Beast Boy decided it was best not to ask any more questions. That was one of his qualities. No matter how curious he was, he would always give others their space. If they didn’t want to talk about something, he would never force them to. All he’ll do is let them know that they can if they wanted to.

The laugh followed by a “sure lets go” had him grinning from ear to ear. Then came the question. What was Tofu? He gasped. “You’ve never tried tofu before? Oh you just GOT to try it!! It’s the best most tastiest piece of non-meat thing in the history of non-meat things.” With that, the more than excited changeling grabbed Kasumi’s arm and dragged her along. Quickly. Yup, very quickly. Fueled by his excitement, the green fellow was racing as fast as he could go as a human. Through the park he went, heading for the tofu place near. "Ohhh...you're just going to LOVE tofu."