Fall Back Down|Rancid [Kenji]

Jess was still getting used to using cell phones, they were just so small that her thumbs were too big and so she had developed a style of typing with her pinkies instead and was finding it much easier to do so much so that now she could walk and text at the same time. A startling good revelation that would allow her to access the chat more often which she felt helped her connect with her fellow students far sooner than she would have been able to without it. This whole experience was extremely odd to the Slavic girl who was not used to being welcomed, let alone seemingly by almost everyone she met. It was so odd it put her in a weird head space of someone who was receiving more kindness than they thought the world would allow, her world view shifting as each new person ingratiated her into their fold in one way or another.

The summoner had wanted to meet her fellow student at the skate park in order to avoid putting him any more out of his way than she already had by receiving some outside tutoring, Jess was not a person who did well when she felt that she owed someone else karmically speaking. Thus she walked out to a part of the suburbs she had never been to before and was a bit away from the Estate that Kasey owned and Jess called home, it was an interesting and insightful trip the Pole had seen many new things within the city and more quirk mutated people than she was used to. It was all rather welcoming on top of everything else that had happened that Jess could feel her shell becoming less and less useful.

Kenji appeared to be dressed in normal skating attire and seemed to be more in his element out of the uniform she had seen him in before from class. "Hello Kenji, is Jess!" she chirped back with a wave as the boy made his way eloquently over the fence much more gracefully than she could have without Black Hole Sun out thanks to her body retaining thick cords of muscle which were better use for going through things than around them. "There is of no need Kenji, easy for me to come out here instead and besides this way you can skate while teach and not get in of trouble" Jess responded brushing aside his worry easily as the trip benefitted her more than a regular trip to the school would have, as she did so enjoy to explore.

Although he was sitting on the back of the bench he was still within comfortable eye level for the slavic lady who did not need to move her head to maintain eye contact with her fellow student as he sat down, Jess would give him a smile as he did so delighted he was not frightened of her as many people were at least at first. It was understandable in her mind but she had grown up with a crippling loneliness due to it and thus the girl appreciated it when she was treated as 'normal'. "Fairly of good Kenji, how are of you? Walk over was enjoyable, much better than staying seated in office chair looking at screen." her voice was low but soft and gentle reflective of her self and her voice rumbled with happy tones as she responded to Kenji's question of her well-being. "So what are of things you like besides skating? We can of be doing those too as I learn, I simply ask you tell me how of better to make sentences as I forge with tongue." Miss Circe did not want to stop her fellow student from enjoying his day and it would tell her more about him at the same time allowing two birds to be stoned at once for her as Jess was certain the saying went.

Why would Kenji not care about getting into more trouble for such trivial things? Sure Jess did not think rules were things that could never be broken but to her the justification of breaking aforementioned rule mattered in the context, as such skateboarding when one could go to a park for that was not worth risking the trouble in her mind. Regardless it seemed it came more from a nonchalance and lack of care for something infringing upon his traveling choices and Jess could not judge the boy for not caring even though she would not do so herself. It was why she did not dress like she would like at the school after all instead blending in with her uniform to not gather infractions daily. "You are of brave person Kenji" Jess would respond to the skater who had flapped his hands in her kind voice.

"Ahh of climbing, yes this is sometimes fun. First time was of surprise to Jess just how freeing seeing view was from so high up" she chirped in response before replying with another question. "Ah good, what kind of video game? Like on very first console or silly thing that tries to be real life?" woefully ignorant of the current gaming scene the Polish girl opted to not even guess at asking about the names in particular. While she did not play many herself she only saw appeal in far more retro games that delivered an experience through an odd controller one could put in their hands rather than anything more modern. That being said she did not even know what current games were like, learning most of what she knew about them from VHS tapes from America from around 1960-2005.

It was odd to her that Kenji was so winded so Jess began to wonder just how long the boy had been skating for, it must have been some time as the exhaustion kept around the rather light framed male for quite some time of someone his age and what Jess perceived was his fitness level from his physical appearance. Still even if it was for a short time it was hardly something Jess would judge him for, to the contrary she would be excited for him trying to push his boundaries and become better than before or struggle in spite of an injury or other short coming. Nobody was a better companion on the road to improvement like someone who dedicated time to the gym.

Pondering the question for a moment in her head the Slavic girl wondered, she did not want to seem like she did not need more help but her grades were rather good thanks to the accelerated learning programs that she had been on previously. Jess simply could not think of something to lie about her being behind enough to justify the help, though truthfully her speech no doubt was atrocious compared to her Polish verbosity. The lexicon of her Japanese left much to be desired in her opinion and she wished to rectify that but realized starting by fixing her grammar was the first step and as such she would attempt to communicate this to Kenji.

"Just of speech, hence why Jess say Kenji comrade can be of do what he like. After all he is of friend help me, so why not he also enjoy self while do so?" her face lit up into a smile that pressed her puffy cheeks into her eyes like an overexcited pit bull. Her head would cock to the side as she spoke and a lock of her silky hair would fall in front of her crimson eyes as she did so.

That smile actually reflected joy in Kenji's eyes? Jess had not expected this from his demeanor and had expected him to throw the compliment she gave him away but instead he took it to heart from the looks of it and this made the Polish girl very happy in return. Now she just had to figure out Underwatch and Burgdusk and what exactly they were, from the context it sounded like something from Ninetendo unless Kenji meant those two games PLUS anything Ninetendo. Regardless Jess caught a bit of what he said and nodded along as the youth spoke. Now old handheld consoles were a bit more her speed having played a lot of older systems back at the orphanage to fill her time, this was more familiar to her.

"Oh like game girl?" Jess would ask in response to Kenji's declaration of which systems he had played before.

Following as Kenji picked up his skateboard Jess would fall in line and make sure her longer legs did shorter strides to not overtake her friend who was doing her the solid of helping her with Japanese. "Have not been here before as am rather new to Japan. Oh is the playground here of special compared to others? Jess always did like jungle gym even if now much too big for it....are you tired? Want me scoop you so you have more energy for of skating? Why thick hood on such warm day?" Jess would babble like a brook just bowling through things that Kenji was no doubt trying to hide from her in a sense of machismo or something but the girl could feel his chest have a higher pace than before indicating his breathing was tiring and he was a bit more worn out than when they had started walking. This combined with her lack of social awareness or graces left her calling out the young boy who no doubt would not like it.

"Well Jess of like to hang out on Estate when not in school, play pranks with summon, get food for Setsuna, she of like to go to gym but also of like to dress up with the makeups. Jess like doing of most things as long as she do them with friends!" Her voice would raise into a triumphant shout at the end as she pumped her fist into the air before growing a bit embaressed and nervously returning to a normal position with sheepish eyes.