Glitter Goo Gum Glob

[Lucian "Lucy" Lafaux]

Boredom reigned supreme on Sunday afternoons. Any "friends" he had claimed plans, studying, or just didn't answer his texts. Boredom in a kid like him hardly ever went well, and though he didn't particularly want to get shut away again he had to do something.

So after converting a few twenty dollar bills into quarters he headed to a vending machine near the cafeteria. He bought every packet of gum in the machine stuffing them into his bag to join the huge amount of gum already inside. Gum melted in such a fun way that he collected it like baseball cards. Each brand melting in a different way some stringy, others gloppy, and some almost like melted marshmallows. He loved melting gum.

Any money he had left entered the machines to get chocolate, soda, and a rice krispie treat. All went into the bag to join the stash of sugar sticks. He zipped the bag shifting the strap onto his shoulder then headed off to find the art room. It didn't take all that long art rooms stood out with all the supplies and art plastered on the walls.

Inside he wandered around until he found glitter eyes crinkling as he smiled. "Oh, yeah!" He looked over his shoulder to check the room before shoving as much glitter, sparkles, glitter glue, glitter paint, whatever sparkled in the art room into the duffle bag. The sound of the zipper music to his ears he ran out of the room giggling loudly as he shot down the halls. Glitter covered his hands, the bags, and trailed behind him like Hantzel and Gretel's bread crumbs. Stealthy, not so much.

Finding a secluded spot he dropped the bag and started frantically opening the sticks, strips, packets, and balls of bubble gum. Glitter got everywhere, and stuck to everything which made it ideal for this little project. Before he got too far however he set up his phone to blast high pitched music into the room. Hips bouncing to the music he sang along loudly making a huge pile of opened gum next to all the glitter things. "Dam dadi doo dam dam didoodidam."

[Lyra Blackwalde]

Making her way down the hallways, Lyra was actually on her way back to the library. She'd run over to the nurse's office when and incident cropped up. Being the only nurse on the school grounds at the moment, which was quite the intriguing little fact, she'd been called from the library. After dashing all the way to the nurse's office she was rewarded for her efforts with a relatively minor injury to treat and a swift return back to the library.

However along the way she started to notice a trail of glitter along the floor. "Glitter is never a good sign." She muttered with a furrowed brow. after a split second of hesitating, she changed her course and followed after the very bright and colorful trail left for her on the floor. It wasn't like the library would burn down without her for a few minutes right? Right....

In any case she followed along the glittery path until her ears started to catch the sound of very loud music being played. Not stereo-loud, but someone playing from their phone full throttle. Lyra immediately groaned. She had a strong suspicion she was about the find a student, and only certain types of people did something like this. Still she pressed on until she came to the door and cracked it open. There she spotted Lucian, definitely a student from her guess, working away at something. Whatever it was, it was probably not such a good thing. Glitter was never a good sign.

With a snap of her fingers, the phone teleported from Lucian's side to appear in her other hand. In a few quick swipes she silenced the thing. On her face she wore a smile that definitely gave off the you-better-have-a-good-explanation vibe. "Oh I'm sorry, was I interrupting?" Lyra asked with a light, almost innocently inquiring tone. "I just happened to see this trail of glitter and figured someone wanted to be followed."

[Lucian "Lucy" Lafaux]

The mound of gum reached almost a foot now he stopped to stare at it wondering if that much would suit his needs. His hand started to reach for his phone to check his math but his hand closed on empty air. Stilling he looked where his phone should be then tensed when the music stopped. Slowly he turned around to find an older woman standing looking at him. Not older as in the woman looked old but she didn't look like a student.

Not a student but at the school meant staff, but what kind of staff? He knew a fair number of the teachers from them coming to tutor him in solitary. But she didn't look all that familiar. He looked down and around until he spotted the trail of glitter. Curses of colorful persuasion poured forth in a mumbled rush. "Well, that's just inconvenient."

Standing he put his hands on his hips looking like a glittery Peter Pan without the tights. "I just borrowed some art supplies. That's not against the rules is it?" He honestly didn't think it was, but some schools had some weird rules. "You a teacher or what?" This was just so unfortunate he really needed to fight the boredom in his brain. He also needed to burn things. This little project would hit two birds with one stone.

"I am not going to hurt anybody. Promise. Or damage school property." At least he didn't plan on damaging school property. His plans didn't always go to the letter, and the more wacky the results the happier he ended up. Now how to get rid of the staff without her taking away all the bubble gum.

[Lyra Blackwalde]

There was a moment before the student realized what had happened. Admittedly Lyra might've enjoyed it a little too much. When Lucian turned around and spotted her, she jiggled the confiscated phone in her hand for a moment before letting the hand drop to her side. She wanted a convincing explanation before she returned the device.

There was a moment Lucian observed the glitter trail that had brought Lyra to the room. He mumbled something that Lyra didn't even have to hear to guess it was a string of curses. When he stood up, Lyra immediately looked for whatever had caused such a mess. Not that Lucian's own display wasn't impressive. The glitter had gotten all over his torso and hands. It almost looked like he'd been operating on some glitter-gutted beast. And when Lyra spotted the glob of glittery gum goo, the imagery didn't seem far off.

"No, not particularly." Lyra answered slowly for both questions. Although she doubted the school expected students to make things like this. Glitter combined with gum? Definitely not something she'd ever seen turned in for arts class. Finally she met Lucian's gaze with a skeptic expression when he made his promise. She could believe the first bit of it easily enough, but the second part? Slowly, wordlessly she traveled the glitter trail down Lucian's shirt to the path leading out the door before returning. "Let's say I believe you just for a moment. What exactly are you making that for then?"

[Lucian "Lucy" Lafaux]

"Okay, so not against the rules, sooo can I have my phone back then?" If it wasn't against the rules to borrow art supplies he hadn't done anything wrong. Yet. He didn't plan on doing anything too horribly wrong, this time. Make a mess. Spread the joy of glitter to all. That sort of thing. Nothing dangerous. Nothing to get him tossed back into solitary. Again.

"And what does that make you anyway? Not a teacher but...? A what?" He followed her gaze feeling a bit uncomfortable for a second then met her eyes again when she looked back to him. So glittered covered him, the floor, and just about everything he owned. Nothing wrong with that. Unless you happened to be super macho and saw such things as unmanly, and sought to correct that unmanliness with violence. Wouldn't be the first time, wouldn't be the last. He hardly doubted the non-teacher-staff-lady would hurt him for getting covered in glitter. But he'd been hit by teachers before, so it wouldn't surprise him.

"Expressionistic art that I hope to share to the world. Glitter and gum make people happy, so together they must spread utter joy." Yep, that sounded perfect. It actually wasn't far from the truth, no actually it was the truth. In his slightly twisted mind anyway. Depending on how well the mass of gum melted all together with the glitter depending how creative he could get. Hopefully it melted perfectly, so he could spread the joy- well that would technically be damaging school property. Not like gum didn't wash off. Scrape off?

Musing he eyed his phone in her hand not liking that she just up and took it from him. Not like she caught him doing anything bad. His barely controlled anger bubbled a bit but he stifled it bringing up his new mantra. Be a good boy. And not get tossed back in solitary for trying to hurt masses of students. Or non-teacher-staff-ladies.

[Lyra Blackwalde]

Considering Lucian hadn't necessarily done anything yet, it would make sense for her to return his phone. However unlike the other likely kinder staff members, Lyra herself wasn't convinced nor particularly easy to persuade. A moment or two passed when she eyed Lucian skeptically. Her lips pursed slightly and her eyes narrowed. Finally she crossed her arms and flicked her gaze to the side thoughtfully. "Think for a moment, if you can, about how this might look to me." She glanced back to Lucian, phone still in hand. "The last time I got to see glitter, it created enough of a mess that traces of the stuff were still found months later. Add that to a big wad of gum? I think I'm going to keep this for a little longer." Once again she jiggled the phone before her. "You know, just as a precaution until I'm convinced."

"I'm a staff member. That's all that you should need to know, darling." Lyra answered before listening to Lucian's pitch. Which truthfully was defently put together. If Lyra were into theater perhaps. Nonetheless the start of an amused smile curved the corner of her lips up. If it had been her twin, he likely would've been sold. Liam always did like a good prank now and then, despite being security.

"That's a rather pretty way of saying you want to stick it everywhere you go." She commented back. For a few moments she stood silently and mulled over what options she had. Finally she settled on something and looked back to Lucian. "Well if what you're saying is that you're truly not out to do anything bad with that big glob, than surely you wouldn't mind me just standing here observing, right?" The smile that followed was more a flash of teeth than anything.

[Lucian "Lucy" Lafaux]

Think from another person's point of view? Surely she jested? He lifted his eyebrows at the thought then dropped them as his eyes narrowed at her. His hands flexed eyes darting to the phone in her hand them back up to her face glitter falling from his glittery hands. "It's not class time. You have no right to take my phone."

Taking a deep breath he flinched at the name darling his teeth clenched tight. So that's how she planned on playing things. Fine. The fact that she refused to tell him her position made him uneasy his skin crawling. Heat spread from his gut as he stood trying to play it off cool. When that didn't work and his good boy mantra didn't help he rolled his shoulders. Patience, virtue all that crap. Not on his life.

"Actually, I do mind. Because I don't trust a random adult who refuses to identify themselves. You can saaay you're "staff" all you want lady, but that means shit." He raised his fingers for the quotes and everything tone dripping acid. Licking his lips he giggled then nudged the mound of gum and glitter with his foot. "I'm a minor student doing absolutely nothing wrong. You've stolen from me, hidden your identity, and darling isn't appropriate to say to a child. So unless you want me to start screaming intruder alert. You best 'splain yourself."