Even More Skit Adventures

[Date: December 1st. Time: 4:00 pm. Location: A car that Ryen is driving with Duke in the passenger seat; they're going to the house. They are almost at the house, but then it suddenly starts raining. Duke sighs tiredly, and he messed up his hair so it's no longer neatly gelled back. Ryen tightens his grip on the steering wheel and turns on the windshield wipers.]

Ryen: *sounds bitter?* Ah great, now it's raining.

Duke: *speaking quietly* I'm sorry I ruined it.

Ryen: I knew this would happen.

Duke: Oh, you did?

Ryen: Yeah, kind of. They just have to get out of their emotional numbness.

Duke: *speaking slightly louder* I don't get how they don't know. It's universally known that emotion fuels fire in people. Anger, frustration, rage... passion, love... those emotions drive fire. To be devoid of all strong emotions, fire can not be created from the body.

Ryen: I really think that they didn't mean it like that. Showing emotions is healthy, but it's only healthy in the right situations. Where they and I work, showing too much of any one emotion outside of our base could leave other people suspicious and getting hints about our work. It could end in every single one of us getting arrested, and at worst, killed. Having Elemental Powers and working with them is strictly illegal and against the government and their views on how society should be. Being discovered is a wound that won't ever heal; there is no reverse to it.

Duke: What does that have to do with the fact that that intimidating person forced me to flashback to those days I spent with Taurel in complete isolation? *looks outside window and watches the pouring rain* I wasn't allowed to see the sun for a week. *sighs* I still get bad dreams about what I did to him.

Ryen: *turns steering wheel so the car turns right at the corner* It was a test that you weren't able to study for. I didn't know they would do that to you, and I don't think the other two expected it to happen either. They just wanted to check how much emotion you could contain before.. being unable to control it any longer. How easy it is for you to spill emotions due to having pressures against you to go break away from the professional atmosphere.

Duke: I know I'm too emotional. I show emotions too easily. Maybe they can help me to suppress my feelings and repress my memories.

Ryen: Emotions aren't bad. You just have to learn to control them.

Duke: *still looking out the window, crosses arms* Mm.

-x-x-

One Week Later.

[Date: December 8th. Time: 3:00 pm. Location: The store where a certain skit character works. Sparkle is wearing a fuzzy-looking light pink jacket on top of her outfit because it's December and it's cold outside. She is carrying one of her larger pink purses. She enters the store and walks toward an employee of the store. When Sparkle is in front of the employee, she takes a cd out of her purse.]

Sparkle: *tries to hand the person the cd* I would like to return this, please.  

Employee: *arches eyebrow* Sparkle, is that you?

Sparkle: Yeah, it's me. *pushes cd across the counter to the employee* I want to return it.

Employee: *chuckles* You bought that over two years ago! You can't return an item that you already opened and used, it's the store's policy.

Sparkle: I don't want this anymore. I'd rather return it to the store than have any of the guys burn it or worse.

Employee: *smiles, leans over, and puts elbows down on the counter* Brock told me that you no longer make weekly commercial skits. Haha, no wonder you haven't been around here in months.

Sparkle: And I can't believe you're still talking to Brock. *sighs nostalgically* Remember when we first met? Brock wanted to date you so badly... I guess his dream came true. 

Employee: Oh, how are you and Finny doing? I heard you two started to become a couple--

Sparkle: Oh.. yeah.. we broke up. Several months ago, in fact. I guess nobody told you.

Employee: Oh...

Sparkle: When we first met, Brock would only call you Cashier-Girl-No-Lady...

Cashier-Girl-No-Lady: *chuckles* Yeah. I'm so glad we finally gained our chance to mature a little since then. 

Sparkle: Well, Duke and Dawn definitely have matured a little since two years ago. *chuckles* Those two were crazy back then.

Cashier-Girl-No-Lady: I missed all you guys. Tell them to stop by sometime, okay?

Sparkle: Sure, but uh, what about the cd?

Cashier-Girl-No-Lady: We're friends, so I'll take it from you.

Sparkle: Thank you so much! 

Cashier-Girl-No-Lady: *smiles and picks up the cd* 

That's it! Bye! ":D

~ Cutepups