Who:  Kail Nurah, Selphie Tilmitt, Irvine Kinneas... and one NPC foil named Cathy.
Where:  Balamb Dorm area.
Why:  Just for fun.
Date of log: July 18, 2000.


Kail pauses and walks over, looking down. Discreet cough. "Uh...Selphie, you okay?" He returns the wave sort of absently, considering she just, sorta, fell down on her rear, which qualifies for 'Not something I want to do, it might hurt' status. Besides the whole half-leaping and hopping out of her room pulling a boot on and losing her balance thing. ^_^

Falling on her ass is what Selphie does best! Apart from blowing shite up and wrapping cowboys around her little finger, anyway. So! She's used to this type of thing, nodnodding even as she pushes herself to a sitting, then standing, position. If Kail offers any help, then she'll take it. Hair -still- bobbing, though it's just in a ponytail, today, Selphie gives a little toothy grin up to the Cadet. "Peachy-keen, daddy-o!" She then wastes no time in dusting her rear off -- sheesh, she wasn't out of her room for 2 seconds before she fell. u_u

Irvine Kinneas was in a good mood. Really, he was. Farrell's apology and decision to stay at Garden had him in *such* high spirits. However, that was before *her*. That being Cathy, resident Garden Gossip with a mean streak when she's angry, and she's decided the cowboy who helped humiliate her is on her -list-. Which means a string of rather nasty rumors suddenly cropping up.
And, to add insult to insult (she couldn't injure him anyway, too soft to use her chosen weapon on someone who's weapon is a *gun*), the gossip crew is presently giggling just behind him, their leader at the head, trailing after the cowboy with a -wicked- gleam in her eyes.
"So, like, tell us, is it truuuuuue? Come on, Irrrrrvine. Are you seeing Sanza toooooo? She says you're a reaaaaaally, like, good kisser." Why does he put up with this crap?

Kail blinks at Selphie. "Peachy-what?" Either he doesn't get out much, or he just doesn't hear that one often. Both of which are perfectly likely. Unfortunately, rather than more Sefie-banter, what catches his ears next are the typically wicked chants of Cathy, her Most Stereotypical Nasalness. With a short cough, Kail walks over to his poor targeted classmate (and less-than-sincere groupies). He looks very curious about something and immediately asks, "Hey, Cathy! 'zit true what I heard about you and Sivael? He was telling me some interesting things when the Sabers met last..." Never mind the fact nobody's found out Sivael was killed in Midgar yet. The lists aren't out, don't make him angsty. ^_^

Selphie grins. "-Keen-, silly." Yees, duh. Sometimes men are -so- dense. An-- She picks up on Cathy's voice, too, perking -- not because she's happy to hear her, but because she hears Irvine's name. Turning to blinkblink in that general direction, indeed -- there's Irvine! Smirking (better him than her), fists on her hips, she heads a bit closer, too, listening to Kail for a moment -- heh heh, get her, Kail! "And," she adds when he's done, even as she moves to stand near the Cowboy, "Sanza is a -total- liar, and a hussy to boot! Totally." Yikes, Selphie. Well, you men don't hear her when -she's- in the gossip-group, so. Beaming nontheless, she lilts, "But Irvy -is- a good ki~isser." See, she can have a gleam in her eyes, too.

Irvine blinks as both Kail and Selphie seem to be coming to his rescue. See, Cathy's a girl, otherwise the offender with the mouth woulda been punched quite solidly right now. However, Irvine's got this thing about hitting girls, unless they're trying to kill him, which Cathy isn't. She's just annoying the hell out of him. Instinctively he reaches out to draw Selphie against him, glancing at Cathy expectantly as a bunch of questions are fired at her, actually grinning now.
Cathy, for her part merely frowns at Kail, turning that pug nose of hers upward. She doesn't even consider Kail newsworthy, ouch, what a snubbing. The gossip group, consisting of five girls that follow their Leader with semi-loyalty, form a small horseshoe behind her, looking at each other in excitement. Oh, a confrontation! Cathy then turns toward Selphie, smirking, hands on her hips, her stance just totally screaming 'I am like, so above you all'. "And your -boyfriend-" she says it like she doesn't believe it, "is just as much a slut himself. You're, like, so totally stupid if you think he's ooooonly seeing you, Selphie."

Kail can't help standing up for his friends. He beat someone up in school once for same. Well, it was mroe of a fight at the time, but same principle. ^_^ Of course, Cathy may not consider him newsworthy, but that doesn't make him invisible nor inaudible. With another cough to attract attention he observes, "At least he takes his weapon off first," and not-so-subtly mimes the cracking of a whip. "Did you -reeeeeeeeally- (copying Cathy's tone almost to a T) ask Sivael to do all thaaaaaaaaat?" Did she really? Only she knows for sure. But undoubtedly her gossips intend to find out. ^_^

Selphie does little more than turn her nose up to Cathy in the same way she did to Kail, wrapping her arms around Irvine's mid-section just for show. She doesn't need to -say- anything, Kail does that for her -- which she watches intently, snerking at his wit. And joins in! "Yeeeeeah, didjoo? Didjoo, didjoo? -Huh- Cathy? Huh huh huh?" All of that, of course, was said in a 3 second time span. Nya!

Irvine can't help but laugh as Kail relates the 'whipping good time' aspect of Cathy's apparent encounter with whoever Sivael is. Not being in the gossip loops, he of course has no really good ammo such as this to fire back at the Gossip Queen. Wrapping his arms around Selphie as she hugs his waist he then considers his own stinging remark. "Oh, Cathy, Cathy, Cathy, is that why you're so mad at me? I mean, I'm not into that kinda thing, which is why I turned you down -flat-, sweetheart. Besides... isn't that forbidden between students, hmm?" Ouch.

Cathy blinks at Kail, how the hell did he find -that- out! She'd made doubly sure Sivael would -never- tell. Bastard! The look on her face, shock and a touch of horror, is enough to reveal the truth of the situation. Irvine's cutting remarks only add salt to the open wound. The gossip girls all look at one another, eyes wide. Their collective expressions all scream: Cathy! Wow!

Kail just leans back on a nearby railing and raises both eyebrows. He's said enough so far. Besides, he can't use up all the retorts and jokes now, he might need them later, and so he just watches Cathy with a bit of a :j smirk.

Selphie mimics the looks that her groupies give, woo~oooahing. "Cathy--!... I never -knew-!" Grinning up at Irvine -- she's proud'a him! Whoo! -- she then suddenly takes a sage expression, flicking her hand in a shooing motion. "Go 'way. Ya botha' me." u_u Hee. Yeah, so, there'll be a efw new rumors about these three no doubt... But that's okay, 'cause now -Cathy- has one.

Irvine grins down at Selphie, then gives Kail an appreciative glance, saying thank you without really saying anything. Back at Cathy, looks then, hmmming. "Well, my ray of sunshine, shall we ditch this kinky bitch and find someplace cleaner to hang out?" Eek, Irvine, watch the language! Of course, he's not precisely happy with Cathy, especially some of the choice words she used for Selphie before he got this far.

Cathy doesn't stay to hear anymore of it, actually bursting into tears and running toward her dorm room. The gossip group sits there for a moment, somewhat too stunned to know what to do. Two of them run off to follow Cathy and 'comfort' her, the other three fan out to start spreading the news, baby!

(Continued in the next Log.)