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Post by Samantha Manning on Mar 17, 2008 12:05:27 GMT -5
Samantha couldn't sleep. Rather than wrestle with her pillow anymore, she decided that a little online time was just the cure for her. She padded over to her computer desk and wiggled her mouse to get it out of sleep mode.
The brightness of the monitor after the near darkness made her squint but Sam didn't hesitate in clicking on the Internet Explorer icon on desktop. In moments the official website of the LA Lakers, her default homepage, opened on her screen. She scrolled through the news but there wasn't anything new.
Rolling the cursor up to the address field, clicked so that the address already in it highlighted in blue, and then moved her hands over the keyboard.
Hands hovering over the keyboard, Sam paused. She'd been about to type in the address for a minigame site, something mindless and fun, but she'd remembered the ad for Wild Cats Online.
Samantha wasn't really one to stop and read the bulletin boards at school, normally, but she'd been bored during free period and had been idly letting the various flyers and memos catch her eye as she ambled toward the library. The flyer for Wild Cats Online had been posted right near the soda machine, almost hidden by the drama club's newest production, on bright golden-yellow paper.
Sam quickly typed in the address.
The school's website popped up. Preporting to be a 'safe haven for Wild Cat spirit', Sam saw that there was an IM program available for download, links to pages on all the school's clubs and sports teams, and even a networked blogging system. All she'd need was her name, social security number, and her student ID number in order to sign into the site.
Entering all the information, Sam was granted access and asked to fill out a small profile and choose a username. She spent some time fooling around with it, choosing and discarding several names, before finally hitting on one that she liked and was still available.
"Hmm, I wonder if anyone else is still up," she asked herself, as she clicked on the link to download the IM program. Once it was done, she saw that there were options for a Buddylist, individual IMing, and even the ability to create or enter a chatroom already in progress.
Sam decided to open a new one.
Sam played around for a bit, testing out the chat room's functions, and waited to see if anyone else was up and bored at this time of night.
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Post by Bebe Tenko on Mar 17, 2008 17:34:19 GMT -5
Bebe was so bored she couldn't stand it. Being cooped up at home, with nothing to do and no one to talk to? She missed school tremendously, especially Emma and Sharpay. At least she finally had a screenname on WIM, or the Wildcat AIM system. Bebe usually talked to Tiny on there, but chances were he was still at school. Bebe mentally shot Marco, hoping that a fate worse than death was waiting for him. Every time her arm twinged, she thought of the trauma he put her through with his little stunt. If Ryan didn't kill him first, Bebe would put him six feet under. Sighing, Bebe saw a chat room had been started, with a girl called Shestheman. Well, well... a reference to one of her favorite movies. Bebe responded. --  Dano-is-God: I think you've got enough smilies there, man. Dano-is-God: ;D Dano-is-God: You must go to East High, then. I'm Paul Dano. Dano-is-God: XD JK. I'm Bebe Tenko. |
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Post by Justin McCoy on Mar 17, 2008 18:28:21 GMT -5
Justin flipped open his black Mac Air, and started tapping away. He had just gotten home, and nothing was on television. Plus, as usual, no one had called him. Justin sighed, and typed in the URL for Wildcat IM. Maybe someone there could talk to him, or at least, tell him to buzz off. That's really all he needed. Justin signed in, as ThatOneKid, and looked over the IM's already in session. There was only one IM in progress, and it didn't look private, so Justin took a look. He saw that Samantha and Bebe were already on. Taking their lead, he decided to say something. That One Kid: Hey, people, what's goin' on? That One Kid: Yeah, the boredom's sorta taken over.  That One Kid: So, anyone wanna talk? ;D |
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Post by Bebe Tenko on Mar 17, 2008 18:33:07 GMT -5
Bebe grinned. Now someone else was in? Bebe was terrible at remembering names, but the fact that people wanted to join in her reverie made her smile. Being stuck at home wasn't her idea of fun, but she'd make the most of it. -- Dano-is-God: No, no one wants to talk. Go away. Dano-is-God: Haha JK. How's it going... That One Kid... Dano-is-God: ...? Pardon me, but who the hell are you...? |
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Post by Justin McCoy on Mar 17, 2008 18:46:25 GMT -5
Justin smiled at the almost immediate response. It seemed like this was the first person to ever actually seem excited to be around him. Well, that might be changing as she was about to find out the dreaded...His name. --------- That One Kid: Oh, I'm Justin. Justin McCoy. That One Kid: Haha. Don't worry, I won't be offended if you immediately sign off or somethin'. That One Kid: And anyway, who are you?  |
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Post by Bebe Tenko on Mar 17, 2008 18:54:41 GMT -5
Bebe almost smacked herself. It was someone she knew. God, she did the dumbest things. She tried to save face. -- Dano-is-God: Bebe Tenko. Sorry for being rude... I'm just not great with words. Dano-is-God: And I have an unnatural obsession with Paul Dano... Dano-is-God: *as she stares at the large pic of him on her desktop* It's not that bad. Dano-is-God: How are you? |
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Post by Justin McCoy on Mar 17, 2008 19:04:38 GMT -5
Justin laughed a little at Bebe's Paul Dano obsession and then turned back to the IM to respond. -------- That One Kid: Don't worry. I have a few obsessions myself... That One Kid:*stares at his Panic at the Disco poster in awe*... |
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Post by Bebe Tenko on Mar 17, 2008 20:33:03 GMT -5
Dano-is-God: You like Panic! At the Disco?! Dano-is-God: I can't STAND them! Dano-is-God: I'm into more electronica, but since Chad is into rap I've been kinda listening to that, too... -- Bebe smirked. Ah, Chad. She wondered what he was doing... she hadn't called him, because her dad was still convinced that a rival gang had attacked her, and if she talked to anyone on the phone, the location of both teens would be triangulated and a sniper would be sent out... Bebe LOVED being in the yakuza, however indirectly.
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Post by Samantha Manning on Mar 18, 2008 0:00:42 GMT -5
Sam had fallen asleep about an hour or so after she'd opened the chat, gotten up, and gone to school the next day, completely forgetting about the WC IM program still running on her computer. So it was a little bit of surprise to come home and find this waiting for her when she'd logged onto her computer to do her homework...
Whoops! Sam quickly typed an appology for her apparent disinterest in the other chatters.
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Post by Bebe Tenko on Mar 18, 2008 8:23:00 GMT -5
Bebe blinked and smiled. Of course, she'd lost all track of time, because she wasn't going to school with a bloody chunk of arm missing. The doctors made sure of that. She glanced at her computer clock. 2:45 pm. She'd been up quite a while... no wonder Justin had suddenly disappeared. -- Dano-is-God: Well, Gorillaz is my fave so far. Del the Funkee Homosapien, De La Soul... um... Phi Life Cypher... a bit of Akon... Dano-is-God: And that one song about 'The Game'. No idea who sings it, but it's a cool song. Dano-is-God: What do you listen to? |
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Post by Samantha Manning on Mar 18, 2008 11:45:01 GMT -5
Sam minimized the chat screen and pulled up Internet Explorer and a Word document. She really should get started on her homework if she wanted to meet the guys for a game before dinner. And besides, it wasn't as if mindlessly chatting with someone was going to take all of her brain. She was pretty good at multitasking. And this IM program flashed for her in her tray whenever someone replied, so it wasn't hard to keep track of either.
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Post by iluvkels on Apr 2, 2008 10:31:36 GMT -5
Kelsi was bored and couldn't sleep, she didn't know why she just couldn't she logged onto her IM and was surprised to see a lot of other people online.  Musicqueen: Wow so many people Musicqueen: Hi:D |
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Post by jasonbolton16 on Apr 20, 2008 23:48:42 GMT -5
Jason had been trying to sleep for who knows how long. So he turned on his laptop.
GreenDayRules: What's up?
GreenDayRules: Anybody here?
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Post by iluvkels on Apr 22, 2008 1:52:24 GMT -5
Musicqueen: Hi Jason Musicqueen:How are you? |
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Post by jasonbolton16 on Apr 22, 2008 20:14:32 GMT -5
GreenDayRules: Good you
GreenDayRules: I was wondering if you had seen the change in Sharpay and Ryan?
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