Nida's Journal and/or diary...
(second chapter... the day after.)
6.50 am. Ungh. Woke up 15 minutes later than usual. Just burst in from the cafeteria doors, and was stared at by... nobody in particular(just some weirdos here and there. why do i ramble like this? as if i'm not a weirdo.). Obviously, even though I'm later than usual for me, I'm still too early for others.
6.54 Just got food from the groggy Caf ladies. Line was 3 people long. That's what I like about being early. Let's see...table, table, table,.... A-hah!
6.56 Reading the Daily Balamb Herald. Interesting headline... about contaminated jellyfish poisoning the customers of local Chinese restaurant. Where is China, anyway?
6.57 Have just pondered on what jellyfish, contaminated or not, might taste like. ugh.
7.00 In the middle of chomping croissant when Quistis and Xu spotted me. (again.) And decides to sit with me. (again.) Quistis, as usual, greeted me in usual cheery-but-instructor-like tone, while Xu smiled at me.
Quistis: Hey, Nida! Mind if we sit down?
Me: (looks up in usual sulky manner) No, of course not... you know the drill... (gestures at two seats at the table.)
Xu: So, d'ya have any luck finding something to do yesterday? For some reason, I forgot to ask you yesterday afternoon at the mall.
Me: Typical... so nice of you to remember anyway. I was only officially banned out of the Quad by some G.F.C. members, was challenged by Triple Triad card geeks, was chased by a grat after ushering lovebirds out of the so-called secret area... oh, yeah, and I met Ellone at the library. if not, at least she noticed me, or at least the magazines I'm reading...(says all this with mouth full.)
(At the sound of the name "Ellone", Quistis, by some miracle, was interested so suddenly at my ramblings. Wow. That makes two straight miraculous mornings. Lucky me...)
Quistis: rreeAALLYY? You saw Big Sis? She rarely approaches anybody around here...
Xu: (could've sworn she frowned a bit) So, what'd she say to you?
Me: (sulks again) Just wants to read the Occult Fan mags I was reading at the time. Didn't even bother to look back after she got them... Oh well. that's what nobodies are for.
Xu: (could've sworn she smiled a bit wider) Oh... okaaaayyyyy......
Quistis: That's it?
Me: ....yeah.....
Quistis: Welllllll....Okay. So, Xu, do you have any intention of blablablablablablah?
Xu: Oh, yeah! The blablablablablablablablablablablab.......
Me: (groans, and stands up, as is finished with breakfast... the 2 didn't even notice... I think.)
7.30 am. Wheretogowheretogowheretogo?(result of espresso. never drink that stuff again.) Have nowhere to go, nothing to do...again. Hmmm... I guess I'll go to my dorm.
7.31 Was casually walking to my dorm when I realized that I have left water running. Crap!
7.32 Run, Nida, Run! Stupid water might have drowned your cards for good!
7.32 1/2 Was muttering, "Crapcrapcrapcrap" to myself when I bumped into someone. Said "sh**" to myself as I realized that someone was Ellone.
"Gee, sorry miss Loire..." I helped her stand up.
"No, that's alright. Hey, you're the Occult fan boy yesterday, right?"
Wow. She remembers. "Yeah, th-that's me, alright. T-the Oc-cult Fan boy." Damn! Stop stuttering, Nida!
She giggled. Probably thinks stuttering is cute. (at least, I hope so...) "Okay... Anyway, I forgot to thank you yesterday, plus you left your I.D. card in between Issue #3..."
"R-really? thanks!"
She buried her hand into her shoulderbag, and rummaged around. Finally, she got it.
"Okay, maybe I'll see you again...*reads ID card* Nida."
She walked away, and I watched her until she turned on her heel and was out of sight. Realized was in a trance and forgot why I was hurrying into dorm. Crap! The stupid water!
7.35 am. Grrr.... turns out that stupid water was turned off, after all. Utterly frustrated.
7.36 Sulking around on bed, figuring out what to do all day. What to do. What to do. Ugh. Totally brain drained.
7.37 Moment of silence caused me to hear idiot neighbor John's snoring. That kid never shuts up, whether he be asleep or awake. (author's note: sorry if I offended any Johns out there!)
7.38 Tired of sitting in dorm, with the T.V. that never has any good channels, the telephone that never rings, and my P.C. that is just too outdated. Decided to go to the Quad; probably the Garden Fest Com is finished with what the hell they were doing there yesterday.
9.00 am. Still the Selphie fanatics are not yet done with what the hell they were doing in the Quad. Still am stumped with what to do all day. Wasted an hour sitting at bench, fantasizing things like the Nida card, contaminated jellyfish, slimy half man half Ochu(read that in Occult fan #4), and Ellone(gah! can't forget her! do i have a crush on her?! uh-oh... very bad. what is it with me and older women? First Quistis and now this... drat.).
9.01 Maybe I'll just head off to the Infirmary; saw a sign there that any volunteers can help the doctor.
9.05 Hmph. Too many students already volunteered. No place for good ol nobody Nida.
12 noon. Somehow managed to kill 3 hours doing nothing. Am supposed to meet Quistis and Xu for lunch. Might as well reserve a table.
12.02 Just got the last hotdog. Zell, who was behind me, finally whined and yelled like some demented overgrown baby. Very irritating.
12.03 Just gave Zell last of hotdogs. He seemed very grateful, but said, "thanks, Norbert!" Bah. Anything to shut him up.
12.04 Formerly groggy Caf ladies saw my act of kindness, and gave me extra potato pancakes. Yum.
12.07 Sat down at table, and had just started eating lunch. Xu is already getting her own lunch. Noticed that Quistis is not with her. Hm... might as well ask her why. Duh.
12.08 Usual table conversations starts again.
Xu: Hey, Nida...
Me: Hey. Where's Quistis? I thought she'll be joining us...
Xu: Oh, she has to eat with the big boss man and his crew... something about another SeeD mission.
Me: The big boss man? Cid has a crew?
Xu: (laughs) No, stupid! I meant Commander Squall, along with Rinoa, Zell, Selphie, Irvine and Quistis.
Me: Hmph. Lucky her. She gets missions. All I do around here is the occasional drive-the-Garden-to-another-site thang.
Xu: (laughs again.) Funny, during the crashing of the Gardens you were whining at me about how hard it is to manuever 'this dang Garden.'
Me: Yeah, funny...
Xu:..... (munch munch...)
Me: ....... (ditto)
Spent the rest of the meal saying nothing to each other. Very tasty potato pancakes, though.
5.25 pm. Arms falling off, thanks to Squall who decided to move this dang Garden at places I don't know. Had to do 17 sharp curves, 20 land-on-water thingies (makes you car-sick or sea-sick or Garden-sick or whatever...) and 1 barf session. Not feeling too well...
5.26 ...must......sleep........ gah....
9.00 pm. Argh! Just woke up from barf-induced sleep! Very late for dinner. Damn. Damn. Had a vivid dream too, but can't remember it right now. Damn. Damn.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
that's the end of this chapter. thanks for even reading this. next one coming soon. just submit in your comments and suggestions as reviews, alright?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(second chapter... the day after.)
6.50 am. Ungh. Woke up 15 minutes later than usual. Just burst in from the cafeteria doors, and was stared at by... nobody in particular(just some weirdos here and there. why do i ramble like this? as if i'm not a weirdo.). Obviously, even though I'm later than usual for me, I'm still too early for others.
6.54 Just got food from the groggy Caf ladies. Line was 3 people long. That's what I like about being early. Let's see...table, table, table,.... A-hah!
6.56 Reading the Daily Balamb Herald. Interesting headline... about contaminated jellyfish poisoning the customers of local Chinese restaurant. Where is China, anyway?
6.57 Have just pondered on what jellyfish, contaminated or not, might taste like. ugh.
7.00 In the middle of chomping croissant when Quistis and Xu spotted me. (again.) And decides to sit with me. (again.) Quistis, as usual, greeted me in usual cheery-but-instructor-like tone, while Xu smiled at me.
Quistis: Hey, Nida! Mind if we sit down?
Me: (looks up in usual sulky manner) No, of course not... you know the drill... (gestures at two seats at the table.)
Xu: So, d'ya have any luck finding something to do yesterday? For some reason, I forgot to ask you yesterday afternoon at the mall.
Me: Typical... so nice of you to remember anyway. I was only officially banned out of the Quad by some G.F.C. members, was challenged by Triple Triad card geeks, was chased by a grat after ushering lovebirds out of the so-called secret area... oh, yeah, and I met Ellone at the library. if not, at least she noticed me, or at least the magazines I'm reading...(says all this with mouth full.)
(At the sound of the name "Ellone", Quistis, by some miracle, was interested so suddenly at my ramblings. Wow. That makes two straight miraculous mornings. Lucky me...)
Quistis: rreeAALLYY? You saw Big Sis? She rarely approaches anybody around here...
Xu: (could've sworn she frowned a bit) So, what'd she say to you?
Me: (sulks again) Just wants to read the Occult Fan mags I was reading at the time. Didn't even bother to look back after she got them... Oh well. that's what nobodies are for.
Xu: (could've sworn she smiled a bit wider) Oh... okaaaayyyyy......
Quistis: That's it?
Me: ....yeah.....
Quistis: Welllllll....Okay. So, Xu, do you have any intention of blablablablablablah?
Xu: Oh, yeah! The blablablablablablablablablablablab.......
Me: (groans, and stands up, as is finished with breakfast... the 2 didn't even notice... I think.)
7.30 am. Wheretogowheretogowheretogo?(result of espresso. never drink that stuff again.) Have nowhere to go, nothing to do...again. Hmmm... I guess I'll go to my dorm.
7.31 Was casually walking to my dorm when I realized that I have left water running. Crap!
7.32 Run, Nida, Run! Stupid water might have drowned your cards for good!
7.32 1/2 Was muttering, "Crapcrapcrapcrap" to myself when I bumped into someone. Said "sh**" to myself as I realized that someone was Ellone.
"Gee, sorry miss Loire..." I helped her stand up.
"No, that's alright. Hey, you're the Occult fan boy yesterday, right?"
Wow. She remembers. "Yeah, th-that's me, alright. T-the Oc-cult Fan boy." Damn! Stop stuttering, Nida!
She giggled. Probably thinks stuttering is cute. (at least, I hope so...) "Okay... Anyway, I forgot to thank you yesterday, plus you left your I.D. card in between Issue #3..."
"R-really? thanks!"
She buried her hand into her shoulderbag, and rummaged around. Finally, she got it.
"Okay, maybe I'll see you again...*reads ID card* Nida."
She walked away, and I watched her until she turned on her heel and was out of sight. Realized was in a trance and forgot why I was hurrying into dorm. Crap! The stupid water!
7.35 am. Grrr.... turns out that stupid water was turned off, after all. Utterly frustrated.
7.36 Sulking around on bed, figuring out what to do all day. What to do. What to do. Ugh. Totally brain drained.
7.37 Moment of silence caused me to hear idiot neighbor John's snoring. That kid never shuts up, whether he be asleep or awake. (author's note: sorry if I offended any Johns out there!)
7.38 Tired of sitting in dorm, with the T.V. that never has any good channels, the telephone that never rings, and my P.C. that is just too outdated. Decided to go to the Quad; probably the Garden Fest Com is finished with what the hell they were doing there yesterday.
9.00 am. Still the Selphie fanatics are not yet done with what the hell they were doing in the Quad. Still am stumped with what to do all day. Wasted an hour sitting at bench, fantasizing things like the Nida card, contaminated jellyfish, slimy half man half Ochu(read that in Occult fan #4), and Ellone(gah! can't forget her! do i have a crush on her?! uh-oh... very bad. what is it with me and older women? First Quistis and now this... drat.).
9.01 Maybe I'll just head off to the Infirmary; saw a sign there that any volunteers can help the doctor.
9.05 Hmph. Too many students already volunteered. No place for good ol nobody Nida.
12 noon. Somehow managed to kill 3 hours doing nothing. Am supposed to meet Quistis and Xu for lunch. Might as well reserve a table.
12.02 Just got the last hotdog. Zell, who was behind me, finally whined and yelled like some demented overgrown baby. Very irritating.
12.03 Just gave Zell last of hotdogs. He seemed very grateful, but said, "thanks, Norbert!" Bah. Anything to shut him up.
12.04 Formerly groggy Caf ladies saw my act of kindness, and gave me extra potato pancakes. Yum.
12.07 Sat down at table, and had just started eating lunch. Xu is already getting her own lunch. Noticed that Quistis is not with her. Hm... might as well ask her why. Duh.
12.08 Usual table conversations starts again.
Xu: Hey, Nida...
Me: Hey. Where's Quistis? I thought she'll be joining us...
Xu: Oh, she has to eat with the big boss man and his crew... something about another SeeD mission.
Me: The big boss man? Cid has a crew?
Xu: (laughs) No, stupid! I meant Commander Squall, along with Rinoa, Zell, Selphie, Irvine and Quistis.
Me: Hmph. Lucky her. She gets missions. All I do around here is the occasional drive-the-Garden-to-another-site thang.
Xu: (laughs again.) Funny, during the crashing of the Gardens you were whining at me about how hard it is to manuever 'this dang Garden.'
Me: Yeah, funny...
Xu:..... (munch munch...)
Me: ....... (ditto)
Spent the rest of the meal saying nothing to each other. Very tasty potato pancakes, though.
5.25 pm. Arms falling off, thanks to Squall who decided to move this dang Garden at places I don't know. Had to do 17 sharp curves, 20 land-on-water thingies (makes you car-sick or sea-sick or Garden-sick or whatever...) and 1 barf session. Not feeling too well...
5.26 ...must......sleep........ gah....
9.00 pm. Argh! Just woke up from barf-induced sleep! Very late for dinner. Damn. Damn. Had a vivid dream too, but can't remember it right now. Damn. Damn.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
that's the end of this chapter. thanks for even reading this. next one coming soon. just submit in your comments and suggestions as reviews, alright?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~