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Post by Astrid Sherinian on Jun 20, 2014 5:06:40 GMT
Astrid could hardly believe what bizarre twist of fate had led to this situation. Of course, she knew that it wasn't bizarre at all, but it seemed that way to her. Yes, she'd lost the large stream of income she was used to when she officially abandoned her stage name and her manager had fired her. Yes, she was aware that she was going to have to rebuild herself from the ground up, and that she wouldn't be able to ride forever on what she'd earned in the past. Yes, she had spent quite a bit of that getting into this school without the input of anybody else.
But still, it seemed to be entirely too soon to be asking an attendant behind a counter for money.
She did her best to ignore the looks and whispers behind her as she approached the counter. She did her best not to look embarrassed by the whole situation. She reminded herself that this was a system put in place by the school to insure that all students had an equal playing field, regardless of financial background. Which was fine, right up to the part about how it made her look. Who'd ever heard of a celebrity receiving financial aid, after all?
Finally, she reminded herself that it was just like getting paid. Only, the payment was based on future expectations, not current accomplishments. And that, she could deal with.
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Post by ChromaticTruthsayer on Jun 20, 2014 18:07:22 GMT
Identity verified. Allowance received. Please come again, mortal. |
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Post by Astrid Sherinian on Jun 29, 2014 18:54:57 GMT
Every two weeks, was it? And any time within those two weeks? That worked out well enough. Astrid had remembered it so far. Which was to say, she hadn't already forgotten two weeks later and was coming back for another trip to the financial aid office. It still felt weird, coming in and asking for money. But, for now, it was something she would have to deal with. After all, she didn't want to find herself without money. Especially not because something might have made her uncomfortable. Besides, she'd paid into this in the first place, as she'd found out while asking around after last time. So she sucked it up, returned to the office, and requested her biweekly allowance.
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Post by ChromaticTruthsayer on Jun 29, 2014 20:22:11 GMT
Identity verified. Allowance received. Please come again, mortal. |
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Post by Astrid Sherinian on Jul 13, 2014 5:11:02 GMT
The attack on Mavro City had come and gone. A group had claimed credit for it, calling themselves Team Origin, and whatever their intentions, they wanted everyone off the island. The school had thwarted them this time, but it was clear that the whole ordeal was not over. Astrid had received a lot of mail over the past couple of days. Letters from her parents, letters from her friends, even a "well-wishing" letter from her former manager which Astrid read the first line of then promptly gave to Lunatic to burn. Most of them said the same thing though: asking if she was okay and wondering if staying at Gray Garden was a good idea.
Their thoughts weighed heavily on Astrid as she went to collect her biweekly allowance. She, too, wondered if staying was a good idea. She was already a competent trainer. She'd won battles, caught Pokemon, raised them into fighting champions, and even pitted them against dangerous opponents and come out on top. But there was more to be gained. She knew that if she left now, she'd still falter the moment she stepped out into the wilderness, or had to go days or even weeks providing for herself. Here, the school took care of those things, and until she learned to live on her own, she was still gaining something by staying.
But, she reasoned as she went up to the counter, so long as she was staying and risking getting caught up in another attack, she needed every edge she could get.
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Post by Eristotle on Jul 13, 2014 15:12:12 GMT
Suddenly, you felt richer.
Your imagination? Doubtful. |
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Post by Astrid Sherinian on Jul 28, 2014 9:22:31 GMT
Trips to the financial aid desk, it seemed, had become Astrid's meditation period. Every time she went, she ended up reflecting on recent events, for better or for worse. This time, it was the tournament that weighed on her mind. It had only occurred to her after the fact that she could have pulled out a victory by sending Quadraxis against Sonia's Tyranitar right away, but even then, she needed a way to counter the things that came up during the fight. Sleep, mostly. Unless people were magically allowed to use items come next tournament, she needed a way to get rid of sleep, or avoid it altogether. And getting something that could get around 'no weaknesses' like what the floating eel exhibited would be good as well.
In the middle of thinking on these she stopped, realizing that she'd already made it to the financial aid desk. Oh well. She could still think on the issue. For now, she just collected her allowance and went on her way.
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Post by Seta on Jul 28, 2014 15:09:24 GMT
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Post by Astrid Sherinian on Aug 20, 2014 23:22:27 GMT
Astrid wasn't thinking about all that much during her next trip to the financial aid desk. She did have a few idle thoughts about how little was going on, but they didn't exactly sustain her line of thought through the whole walk. So, she spent most of it just looking around, watching people as they passed, occasionally dodging gawkers, and eventually getting to the financial aid office with no incident. Not a bad walk, even if nothing came from it. But then, just as she walked up to the desk and requested her allowance, an idea for a new song suddenly came to her.
Damn it all. At least she still had the walk back.
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Post by Akira on Aug 21, 2014 0:08:01 GMT
 Transaction complete!You have received your allowance! See you next time~! |
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Post by Astrid Sherinian on Aug 28, 2014 20:15:46 GMT
A regular allowance seemed like a weird thing when Astrid wasn't spending much of her money. There was an amusing reversal here now. At first, she was embarrassed over the idea of having to come in here and ask for money. And now, she had plenty again by virtue of letting it save up. But, she wasn't actually saving up for anything at the moment either. It was just sort of there, by virtue of Astrid continuing to collect it and not spending it. Maybe she'd have to think of something soon. Like some new music software, or a few upgrades to Voyager so it wasn't stuck in the 64 era.
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Post by Akira on Aug 28, 2014 20:52:24 GMT
Transaction complete! You have received your allowance! See you next time~! |
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Post by Astrid Sherinian on Sept 19, 2014 2:55:29 GMT
For the first time in what seemed like a long while, Astrid was actually lacking for money. She'd blown a lot of it on some cool stuff for Voyager, then set a bit aside for a special outing, and the rest had gone towards her usual expenses. And like that, all the money she'd been saving up from the last few months was almost gone. But that was fine. There wasn't much point having an allowance if she wasn't going to make use of it. So she made her way back to the financial aid desk, actually needing the monetary boost now that it was time to pick it up again.
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Post by Seta on Sept 20, 2014 5:27:23 GMT
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Post by Astrid Sherinian on Sept 22, 2014 3:33:38 GMT
In the aftermath of the headmaster's scavenger hunt (and what came of it), Astrid had suddenly come on a bit of a windfall. So, days later when she realized that she could already go back by the financial aid desk, she almost laughed out loud. It was like the situation of the last month all over again, with more money than she knew what to do with. So, while making her way back there, she stopped by the Pokemart as well to see what good stuff she could save up for. And boy did she find a few things. Some of which she would really have to save up for.
Yeah, now that she thought about it, having plenty of money again was just fine.
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welcome
Welcome to Gray Garden Academy! We are a Pokemon Academy RP site set on Harmonia Island. If you are new to the site, please take the time to read the rules and other bits of information so that you can get started.
Some of the features of this RP include an easy and painless evolution system, a polished combat system, regular events and tournaments, as well as an active staff ready to help.
population
| Lava
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♂ 06
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♀ 03
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| Wave
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♂ 04
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♀ 05
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| Nature
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♂ 03
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♀ 05
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| Mana
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♂ 04
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♀ 03
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| Bolt
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♂ 04
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♀ 04
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| Total
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♂ 21
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♀ 20
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credits
Gray Garden Academy was created by Seta. Content is copyrighted to Gray Garden Academy unless otherwise stated. The skin is created by Wolf of Gangnam Style. The board and thread remodel is by Kagney and has been heavily edited.
Banner by Kitten4u.
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