The story so far [as taken from the original thread RP]:
Alex is lonely little rich girl. Not much is known about her past except that she owns this apartment complex which she bought with her inheritance money.
Alex decided to create this place to give young, lonely people like herself an opportunity to live in a decent place. She screens all the applicants and those who request to live in her apartments. She wants to give these people a chance at a new beginning with new friends and a new, pleasureable environment.
During the first day of business, several residents moved in. Three of which Alex actually met. The first two came almost in sync: Joscelin and Janet.
Joscelin Kane
-Joscelin has on only a backpack and a guitar case slung across her back. Her long hair is tied in a lose ponytail as she hikes up to the apartment's office. As she enters the room, she sees Alex at the desk. She raps her knuckles against the doorframe before entering completely.She walks up to the desk with her usual smile on her face-
Hi. I'm going to move in. 213 is the apartment number. -Josceline never would have thought that she was going to move into an apartment, but singing and playing her guitar seem to have proved to be quite profitable. Even then, she still has few belongings.-
127-Net
*Net had just made it to the place she was going to call home for a while. She and found an apartment close to her favorite store so she was glad. She walks up to the office and sees Alex and someone else there. She walks in.* "Hi."
After these three ladies became well acquainted with each other, Alex showed them up to their rooms, but were a little side-tracked along the way.
Alexis D
Alex laughed at Joscelin's excitement. "Yup," she said with a gleam in her eyes as she led them into the elevator, "and wait until you see the Rec Room." She pressed the button once they were all in. As the elevator rose up to the second floor, she discreetly studied her new neighbors and smiled to herself. Cute, she thought. When the elevator door opened to the second floor, she led the way out. "Check this out ladies," she said in a playful tone, "the Rec Room."
Across from the elevator was a double door of wood. She pushed both doors open and there it was. A room in which all the fun in the world could be had. "Any of the apartment's patrons and their guests are welcome here at any time of the day, any day." [for more info on the Rec Room, go check it out]
Finally, Alex point down the hall from the RecRoom and point the two in the right direction after informing them that dialing 9 on the phones in their apartments would allow them to contact the apartment office. Once in her room, Joscelin plops onto her bed, euphoric, and Janet fell asleep.
As Alex was making her way back to the office, Victoria arrives.
Kandy_Is_Dandy!
Victoria walked in to the apartment building, feeling exciting to have enough money to pay for a room. She looked like she came back from work, her uniform on and nicely done. The black skirt brushed along her mid thighs with the waist aporn blending in to it perfectly. Her shirt went to her elbows and folded it a little, all buttons button up to give her the high class waitress look.
Slowly she brushed any strands of hair that fell in her face out of the black ribbon that held up her hair in to a high pony tail. In each hand was one black bag that carried clothes and such that she will need, except food, she has to go shopping for food. "Hello?", she asked while knocking on the office door lightly.
Unbeknownst to her, however, Alex wasn't there yet.
Alexis D
Before Alex could make it to the office, she spotted a new girl in a waitress' uniform knocking on the office door. She smiled to herself and walked up to the girl from behind. "May I help you?" she hoped she would scare the girl by coming up behind her like that.
Alex had taken down her braids while she was in the elevator and now her auburn hair framed her soft featured face in waves. She was wearing a plain white t-shirt and jeans with casual flip-flops. She was a very laid-back person. Her hazel eyes shone as she smiled.
Startled, our dear Victoria drops her bags. Alex, upset with herself, tries to help.
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Alex kicked herself mentally for scaring the new girl. As an apology, she bent down and collected one of the bags and handed it to her. She reached around the girl to open the office door.
"Please, go in," She said with a smile. "You've found the right person. I'm sorry I wasn't in. I was showing a few people to their rooms."
After the new patron stepped in, Alex mimicked her earlier move by jumping back behind the counter. Immediately after, she was rummaging through the drawer for key 217. "217, right? Here we are." She placed the key on the counter. She looked at the girl, for only a moment. She seems awfully young to be working and living alone. She laughed at that thought. After all, she herself was only 17 and already owned an apartment complex.
"I'm Alex. If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask, please. Your apartment is on the second floor. Dial 9 on the phone up there if you need anything." She paused for just a moment. "I'd be glad to help."
Kandy_Is_Dandy!
Victoria happily took the key to her new home, her first home alone. "Thank you so much, Alex.. And if I need any help at all, I'll call." She bowed with a small giggle inside, to happy to just sit around.
She was basically on her way out of the room when she remembered that she didn't really give her name out. "I'm Victoria." and with that she walked out of office, closing the door softly behind her.
On her way to the elevator, she stumbled with her bags, key and her hair that kept falling in to her face. I just need to relax.., she thought to herself while stepping in to the elevator that had just opened for her. She pressed the next floor button and leaned against one of the walls while the small transportation made it's way to the higher floor. She kept kicking at the floor with her covered black boots that gave the 5'4" height girl a extra two inches.
The doors opened slowly with a small, 'ding' to tell the passengers that it had stopped at one of the requested floors. With a small giggle she skipped her way out, her fire red hair swaying with each movement to room 217.
At this point, Alex decides that she's bored and runs up to the Rec Room to play some pool. Hearing the sounds of the game, Joscelin also makes her way into the Rec Room in a similar manner. After a pathetic display of pool playing by Joscelin, they have a conversation and Joscelin succeeds in revealing nothing about herself.
Joscelin Kane
-Joscelin had turned from the bar when the motion for her to follow was made. She nodded while unscrewing the small white cap of the bottled water. She took a small sip of the cool liquid before walking slowly to the couch on which Alex sat. The loose ponytail had allowed a few locks of hair to drape around her face. Full, pink tinted lips curved into that automatic smile she was known for. Joscelin's brown linen pants hung loosely at her hips; they contrasted the form-flattering white shirt she wore. She had replaced the cap on the plastic bottle before she sat next to Alex. She relaxed her body against the soft cushions and crossed her legs over each other. She turned her head slowly to Alex as the question was asked. Unconsciously, she nibbled on her bottom lip as she turned away to stare at nothing to ponder the answer she would provide.-
My story? -Summoning her will power, she painted on a smile and a bright countenance to mask the disconsolation her memories forced to resurface.- I don't really have much of a story.. There's really nothing more to me than that guitar I have up in my apartment. That's pretty much my life story. Recently, I've been at a camp where I met this amazing girl..But we won't talk about that. -She laughed nervously, hoping her vague and completely uninformative answer would prove sufficient to satisfy any curiosity Alex may have.-
Meanwhile, Victoria and Janet have met and seemed to hit it off right away. Almost immediately, they strike a conversation. That night, they leave the apartments to see The Wedding Crashers in the town.
Meanwhile Two new residents have arrived: Ian and Avalon. They're sharing an apartment.
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Ian stood outside the apartment door and fumbled for the key in his left pocket. The thought of setting down his bags never crossed his mind as he juggled the heavy bags in his arms. He finally reached his key but unfortunately dropped it. Frustraged he hit his forhead on the door and leaned against it. "This just isn't my day..." He thought as he bent down, dropping his bags and grabbed the room key.
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Ian are you ok?*He reaches for his key and opens the door*Becareful next time ok?
The next day, a quiet beginning, Alex ends up at the poolside, and Victoria in the pool. The conversation goes from greetings, to Alex teasing Victoria just a bit about her night with Janet.
Alexis D
The day before, five people moved into their apartments. Alex did not meet them all, but she planned to at some point. She also noticed that two of the women in the apartments left at night. A date, no doubt, she mused, grinning. She also had a short chat with Joscelin and knew that the girl's superficial demeanor rarely discloses what she feels inside.
Alex sat up from her bed. She was wearing her usual bed attire: pink shorts and a white beater. She let out a moan as she stretched her arms above her head. She stood up on her feet and felt the soft taupe carpet beneath her toes. The bathroom is adjacent to her room opposite the window she now gazed from. The pool was a glistening reflection of the early morning sunlight that brought a refreshed smile to play across her features.
Her mess of hair was drenched in hot liquid as she showered luxuriously. The smell of soap traveled in the form of steam that reached as far as the sounds of the falling water against the tiles.
Alex decided to let the air dry her hair. All she does is run a wide-toothed comb over the locks. Early yet for any new patrons, she decided to sit out next to the pool and watch the water. She wore loose, billowing pants and a shirt made of the same material. This shirt was buttoned only where it was absolutely necessary.
The wind was strong when her bare feet took her to the poolside. Her pants struggled against her legs, exposing the shape of them. Her shirt became a wave of white around her. Her midsection exposed and much of her chest. The shirt threatened to rip by the one button that held it together as Alex walked to one of the white sunbathing chairs on the far side of the pool.
There she sat after turning the chair to face the wind. My hair will be dry in no time with a wind like this., she thought. Her back was to the apartments. She closed her eyes and breathed in to her lungs' full capacity.
A smile tickled her lips as she thought of the apartments and all within. This could prove to be just what she needed.
Kandy_Is_Dandy!
Victoria graceful swam under water from one side of the pool to the other side. She was like a mermaid- if their were real- with her hair softly dancing behind her while the water pushed it back of the movements with some strands falling over her face.
The night with Net was pretty cool, the woman was pretty interesting to be with and very insisting on paying for the stuff. She decided to pay her back for the night a other time, making sure to save up enough money for it.
Slowly, her head popped out of the water with droplets flowing down her face and body to go back in to the pool. The amber hair stuck to her back and sides of her face with some strays falling infront of her face.
She noticed Alex when looking around her surrounding and smiled with a wave. "Morning! Or.. Is it afternoon?" she asked, her face going in to a confused, lost in thought one.
Alexis D
Alex had fallen asleep in her current reclined position. The combination of cool wind coupled with the warm sun shining on her, it couldn't be helped. Her hair has long since been dried. The wind blowing from the direction that it was, one side of her shirt was being blown by the wind and exposed half of her toned stomach. Her head was tilted on one side and her hair was blowing around her face as she slept unmoving.
It was the sound of a splash in the pool that woke her. It wasn't startling, but still she woke with a start simply because she hadn't planned on sleeping. She licked her windblown lips and peered around the chair she sat on. Her lips curved up at the edges when she spotted Victoria, though she wasn't sure it was her until she surfaced.
Alex shifted her position on the seat so that she sat on the side of it. Both bare feet were on the warm cemented floor of the poolside. Both elbows were resting on it's respective knees. She was leaning forward and watching Victoria swim. The wind was blowing from her side now because of her shift in position so she had to tuck her hair behind her ear to keep it from her face.
Her smile widened when Victoria surfaced from the water in her cheerful state. She returned the wave and laughed at how confused the subject of time made her. "I think we're in that gray area in between.." she chuckled. "To be honest, I'm not quite sure myself. Are you enjoying the pool? It's a good day for it," she said.
The apartment seemed so still and empty from the outside. She wondered if during her nap she missed welcoming patrons, but from the looks of things, that didn't seem to be the case.
Meanwhile, Ian goes off into town to browse and buy pizza.
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Ian walked downstairs out out of the lobby. He looked up to see Avalon watching him from the window and waved. I turned on my heal walked went to explore the city. Everything was so new to him. He didn't know where to turn to next but he kept walking. He spotted a pizza place and went inside to place his order. He an extra large sasage and peproni pizza, he figgured that the two of them would pick at it over the coruse of the next few days. He took his recipt and walked back outside and headed back to the apartment. He had thirty minutes to burn and didn't know what to do, so he decided to play it safe.
Then, Net woke up. A bit of conversation took place until Net clutched her stomach, seemingly in pain and excused herself. Without another word or waiting for a reply from Victoria or Alex, she ran up to her room. Concerned, victoria goes up to the room and Alex goes to the office to stand by the phone in case Victoria calls. However, Janet didn't stay very long. Soon enough, she was out of her apartment and out on the street.
At this point, Victoria has discovered that Janet is gone. She is, in fact, up in a tree somewhere contemplating her past. Her thoughts hint at a rape. Victoria dials 9 on the phone and Alex answers. As a response, Alex sprints up the stairs full speed. She looses no speed going toward Janets apartment. Pausing not a bit, she rams the door with her shoulder, causing it to become sore.
Realizing that Janet was indeed gone, Victoria runs to her car in naught but a towel and her swim suit to go in a vain search. Vain because in the meantime, Janet had returned to the apartment complex.
127-Net
Net had made it back to the apartments but she saw others and hid behind something so she wouldn't be seen. She really couldn't see anyone right now, she had no strength to.
She needed to lay down and so she had to find another way around. Once she made it to her room she found her door broken, so she went down to the office and found Alex there.
"Ummmm, Alex....my door is broken."
Alexis D
Alex looked up and froze when she saw Net standing there. Right here, in her office. She gasped and made her way to Net in a blink of an eye. Her eyes darted around Net's body, looking for any injury.
"Oh my..Net! Are you all right?! Where'd you go?" she was babbling. "I was so worried!"
She took a step back from Net to have a better view of her. Satisfied, she calmed a bit. "Victoria went out with her car to look for you!"
And this is where the story pick up.
[please excuse the glitches heart *huffhuff*]
