Beauty and Brains (Jayr, open)

[Reira]

It had been a good week or two since Reira had been back in school and she hadn't exactly been paying attention to school politics but she had heard that the new school captain was female. Reira was definitely interested in getting to know this girl or at least see who she was just so she knows who to go to with issues, not that she had any at the moment. She assumed that the girl was on the side of the students, was righteous and intelligent Reira hoped that she was correct.

Either way Reira made her way down the hall hoping to catch a glimpse of the girl during the lunch break. She wasn't deliberatly looking for the Captain since it wasn't really a big deal whether or not Reira sees her at the very moment, but Reira's curiousity was piqued by the student's remarks. It was then that Reira thought she could just ask around about other people's opinions and ask about what happened to Cain, afterall wasn't he the school captain just recently?

Reira scanned the busy hallway until she set eyes on a beautiful girl around her age. They were almost similiar in style with their long brunette hair, curves and tall lengthy features. However, the girl exuded a sultry confidence and tough exterior as to Reira who carried more of a childlike innocence to her beauty.

Reira would walk up to the girl and tap her on the shoulder with a warm smile before she greeted the pretty girl.

"Hey! I'm still kinda new around here and I don't know many people so I was just wondering if you were able to answer a few of my questions?"

[Jayr Byrne]

(ooc: I Love the title by the way ^.^)

Edge of the water

Jayr hadn't been in school long this morning, it was still early enough that she had a groggy expression but she sold that well apparently giving off a glow, must've been the make-up because she definitely didn't feel confident, not just yet. A small tap at her shoulder would turn Jayr about quickly to face down at another girl who could potentially mirror her if not for a few differences. She was pretty, but Jayr didn't give off an heir of jealousy despite feeling a twinge of need for chocolate brown eyes. She'd smile welcoming her words tugging quickly at her books so that they were tightly pinned to her chest.

"Hey! I'm still kinda new around here and I don't know many people so I was just wondering if you were able to answer a few of my questions?"

"Sure, I'm here for just about anything you need." Jayr would answer in a bright and enthusiastic voice a bit faked considering the early mood, a part of her wishing that this girl had asked her later on in the day so she'd meet the full artistic attitude ready to jump on the mission.

"I'm Jayr," The peppy smile bright and wide as her hand would jet out of her grip and in front of Reira openly expecting a return.

[Reira]

(OOC: thanks, though Jayr is probably beauty, brains AND brawn ahah)

Dang, the girl was even prettier in the front.

As the girl she tapped on the shoulder turned around to greet her Reira thought she would just stumble back a few steps from the sheer beauty and vibe that she could from the girl. Reira stood her ground though, afterall they weren't in some kind of competition or anything, this was all just a friendly chat though Reira already felt the urge to just share beauty tips, talk boys, gossip and shop. It was a weird girl's thing. There was love at first sight, but this was more of the 'Dang she'd be a cool friend' thing.

"Sure, I'm here for just about anything you need."

Yay she was nice.

"I'm Jayr,"

A hand was extended and Reira accepted the gesture and shook the other girl's hand firmly before returning her hand to the side.

"And I'm Reira, nice to meet you."

Reira decided to skip the usual girl commenting one another spewl and get straight to the point hoping to avoid staying out in the halls while classes start even though she'd meet the Captain that-a-way.

"I was actually just wondering who the Captain of this school is now, I'm pretty much out of the loop since I haven't exactly heard of Cain getting well, if I may say, 'dethroned'"

[Jayr Byrne]

Coming clean.

"And I'm Reira, nice to meet you."

Jayr would smile openly taking her time to retract her hand, she knew well enough it was hard pressed for girls her age to make friends what with conflicting moralities, ideals and the ever pressing conflict of interests in boys, but Jayr would put a friendly face on things and work to get things off to a good start.

"I was actually just wondering who the Captain of this school is now, I'm pretty much out of the loop since I haven't exactly heard of Cain getting well, if I may say, 'dethroned'"

Jayr went a bit red in the face feeling a bit shocked at being put on the spot, sure word hadn't exactly gotten around that she was Captain, which was odd because the rate of rumors went about rapidly as ever but Jayr had been on the down low for quite a good amount of time taking advantage to down play her title as little more than a representative of the people. Order was best to be maintained through strength of leadership through good role models and not the brute strength of the fist.

"Um that would be me." Jayr would smile widely in a shy sense, her cheeks still rouge with a heated tip her features slightly awkward making attempts to shy away. "Sorry if he was a friend of yours this was kind of just thrown at me." Jayr tried appealing towards her not knowing well enough the social background of all these people.

Personally though she was a drama whore and loved being in the know of things. It was a goal to likely change here in the near future something to work towards.

[Reira]

She was the school captain?

Reira flushed a cherry red out of embarassment. She should've known and had a feeling but Reira just blindly approached the girl even though Jayr had that aura around her. It was foolish of her to underestimate the beauty, but now that Jayr had made her title known Reira couldn't help but feel a little relaxed. So far the school seemed to be in good hands. Jayr didn't seem like some bloodthirsty, tyrannical leader but then again looks and first impressions could be deceiving. However, Reira had a good feeling about her and pushed aside the thought of the beauty being some sadistical fighter.

Reira had noted that Jayr was also a little shy and cautious with her title and wanted to make it clear that she had no intention of obtaining the title in the beginning.

"Oh! Oh....." Reira would say in awe. "Good to know that the Captain is sane. Beauty, brains and brawn, you are m'dear."

Reira flashed her a smile, clearly impressed. She herself had no fighting ability whatsoever, it would be nice if Jayr could teach her a thing or two later on, but that was for later.

"Why were you forced to be the Captain...isn't it kinda like a free for all brawl most of the time?"

It was kind of scary to think that there seemed to be some kind of initation or something that people had no choice to reject such a role.

[Jayr Byrne]

The color red.

Jayr would smile somewhat caught in between feeling shy and thankful, if the two mixed but all things considered the two of them couldn't be awkward otherwise the conversation would kill them as opposed to the fear of fists.

"Oh! Oh....." Reira would say in awe. "Good to know that the Captain is sane. Beauty, brains and brawn, you are m'dear."

Jayr would smile brighter finding the indulgence of a huge compliment based on physical features as well as mentality a strange shocker. Of course she'd gotten as much of the first in Chicago but the later, that was a large change of scale the closest she could guess would be the 'bitch' comment made by Jasper.

"Well I wouldn't go that far, pretty sure I beat up a girl one time in middle school for liking the same guy that I did."

Jayr would giggle lightly hoping that what she said didn't come off as too alpha for Reira to handle considering Jayr was often more aggressive towards a lot of things rather than most. That and she was aiming to be humble as well, seeing as absolute power corrupted absolutely, if she was able to strike up friends here and there she could rid herself of this weight.

"Why were you forced to be the Captain...isn't it kinda like a free for all brawl most of the time?"

Jayr would laugh again this time more obviously so as she tilted her head suggesting the pair walk in unison, Jayr's hands slipping around her books while she'd purse her lips in a thoughtful expression.

"Well thats what I've been told, though the ex-captain Kevala sort of left me the title with a note, didn't express why exactly nor did she give me reason to assume. Truth be told we didn't exactly get along."

[Reira]

Reira wasn't deliberately trying to flatter or make Jayr shy or anything! It was just what she thought, truely. Reira was pretty honest when it came to girls, but with guys, she was a little biased. Most of the time she wouldn't give them the benefit of the doubt, yet with girls Reira would stand up for them, giving them excuses of all sorts. Yeah, discrimination against gender...just a tinge.

"Well I wouldn't go that far, pretty sure I beat up a girl one time in middle school for liking the same guy that I did."

Reira released a little chuckle, "That's called character! Directly taking out the obstacle and charging forward towards a goal? Definitely builds character."

Although Reira would not often resort to physical solutions to remove her rivals. It would be a little bit more sneaky and manipulative, which would only make her more of a 'bitch' than Jayr who would face the problem herself. The pair continued to walk down the hall in a steady pace, books in an arm while making steady conversation.

"Well thats what I've been told, though the ex-captain Kevala sort of left me the title with a note, didn't express why exactly nor did she give me reason to assume. Truth be told we didn't exactly get along."

"Oh weird...I hope this isn't some kind of...trap?" Reira said with some sort of concern. Why would someone just handover such an important title. Was there some research one on Jayr to confirm that she would be a great leader? Was Jayr some kin dof scapegoat? Politics is a weird thing.

"If you need anything, you'll know who to look for now." Reira would say with a smile, Jayr left her with a good impression. "So is there anything fun to do around here? Last time I checked there was only a chess club." Reira would say wrinkling her nose.

Not that she didn't appreciate strategic thinking, she just didn't find that all too intriguing for a busy body like herself.

[Jayr Byrne]

Character.

"That's called character! Directly taking out the obstacle and charging forward towards a goal? Definitely builds character."

Jayr would smile as her reply, her features turning upward in agreement. That was a good start, definitely a good start enough so that she was very surprised. It was a good sign she hoped something to build off of, character came in many shapes and sizes.

"Oh weird...I hope this isn't some kind of...trap?"

Jayr would bite her lip cautiously considering that statement, good she wasn't paranoid she had assumed as much as well and didn't trust the distention between members, Politics 101, it basically called for a scapegoat to be someone relatively new to face the short comings of the prior enstatement. Jayr feared that much, though since Kevala's absence maybe this thing wasn't so vindictively planned after all.

"Yeah I thought that too, but I suppose I'm surviving."

"If you need anything, you'll know who to look for now. So is there anything fun to do around here? Last time I checked there was only a chess club."

Jayr would nod with a smile to the first part, she liked that feeling, that somebody had her back covered. It certainly already felt a bit better knowing a few simple conclusions. Already she felt closer than Donnie, and certainly more than Jasper at this point. As for Dylan she'd not seen the girl for a while, they definitely all needed to meet up.

"Hehe, well I've not been informed of that." Jayr caught herself a hand moving towards her mouth to stop the overly authoritative side of her from stepping in. "But I do have a cheer squad, not to mention I'm trying to organize a student council."

[Reira]

"That's good to hear!"

Surviving is good but mastering is even better.

Reira "survived" most of her life but it was only now that she starting controlling it and making use of all opportunities presented to her. Reira knew that Jayr would start taking hold of her title and start some kind of master plot to help the school. At least Reira hoped that Jayr was helping the school. It wasn't long until Jayr surprised Reira again. Jayr did have something planned, so much for just 'surviving'.

Hehe, well I've not been informed of that.

Jayr may have thought that a more authoratative tone had crept into her speech, but Reira paid no heed to it because what Jayr would say after intrigued Reira so much that any possible tension ( that wouldn't have arose anyway) was swept aside.

"But I do have a cheer squad, not to mention I'm trying to organize a student council."

Chocolate honey brown hues sparkled in delight at the word cheer. Reira had been a gymnast most of her life and had joined a cheer team once and enjoyed it greatly. It was so competitive and hardcore! Training was intense, lots of screaming, hardwork, risk and most of all teamwork. Even the Student Council part of Jayr's plan sounded awesome. Her political agenda was certaintly starting to fill itself up.

For Jayr to be connected to the school hierarchy as the highest form of physical power, and to have influence in the extracurricular and the council would put her at the cusp of power. Dangerous, but very powerful.

"You have a lot on your plate...wow, if you don't mind, please do tell me more about cheer and the student council. I mean I love cheer, if you haven't had tryouts already I would love to come. I swear I'll be a good asset! I can tumble and I have a little bit of cheer experience."

[Jayr Byrne]

The start of something Beautiful

"You have a lot on your plate...wow, if you don't mind, please do tell me more about cheer and the student council. I mean I love cheer, if you haven't had tryouts already I would love to come. I swear I'll be a good asset! I can tumble and I have a little bit of cheer experience."

Jayr found herself grinning widely at the response, she'd never come across such a willing person this was a drastic change to her thought processes and things had to run circles in her head for a moment. Though the emotional response came out quicker, a giddy almost squeelish effect came out and her eyes grew wide with excitement.

"Uhm uhm uhm. Okay so yeah!" The sentence coming out first as mostly a confused blurb of nonsensical words formulating her excitement slowly but surely.

Jayr would freeze take a step back and breath before stepping forward and grabbing Reira's hands in a gentle embrace holding up there more so for her own benefit to stay steady.

"I'd be glad to have you on our cheer squad." Jayr would say in a steady voice breathing slowly, "Practice is this Thursday and we're preparing for a pep rally."

Another deep breath and the excitement couldn't be contained, "I'm so glad I have someone to talk to about this!"

Deep Breath. "Okay so the student council, I'm going to have people act as sort of a grand congress and pass judgement like a court. That can take over the punishment of physical beatings given by the pillars as a police state would offer. And then maybe once we develop more I think that maybe we should have a state of laws that the students can authorize themselves and not be corrupt."

A deep breath and Jayr would stop, "I'm talking too fast aren't I?"

[Reira]

Reira couldn't help but share Jayr's excitement. The moment Jayr reached for Reira's hands and held them, there was some kind of spark! Like some kind of energy transfer or multiplier. It was crazy! Jayr and Reira, although they both looked like composed, elegant beauties were giggling and squealing in delight. Jayr seemed to be extremely excited to have a new member and Reira was feeling like some kind of crazed fan girl. However, it was all for good reason, because a cheer squad is like family and Reira was more than happy to be accepted in a new family and develop some long lasting friendships with other girls.

And...what's this about a Pep Rally!? Dang that means Reira would have to learn the opening sequence,stunts, dance, cheer, jumps, tumbling and closing sequences in a short amount of time. Tumbling. jumping and cheering wasn't the problem, but dang, those crazy basket tosses, scorpions, fulls synchronized, and sharp movements was going to be stressful on the body.

Dang, she was excited.

I'm so glad I have someone to talk to about this!

Reira shook Jayr's hands with pure joy and giddiness while Jayr still held them.

"And I'm so happy that there's a cheer team..." Reira paused before flashing her pearly whites again, "AND that I'm invited to join. My goodness you're god sent!"

Reira nodded and tried to compose herself when Jayr started to share her thoughts for the student council. So it was pretty much democratic way to run the council with checks and balances instituted within it in order to avoid power play. Laws would also be formed but what Reira had in mind was, how would these members be picked?

"No, no, you're not speaking to fast. I'm on to you! So, how will the council members be picked? If they were voted into power, they might turn their backs on you and take over if you're not to have absolute say over them along with the fact that they'd be supported by the majority. If you do have absolute power and say in the matter people would complain about it not being fair and that the council makes no difference anyway. The power rests in numbers.

If the pillars and council members turn their back on you with the favor of the masses, even if you're most physically powerful even the weakest member of the school would turn on you just because everyone else is against you as well. "

Reira released a long sigh. She spoke too much sometimes, but it needed to be said and she hope Jayr understood that it was dangerous to put people with unknown political agendas into power yet if she were to put people she trusts then the effect of the council would nullify.

"But of course...this is just in the planning stages, we'll figure something out!"

[Jayr Byrne]

Certain confusion.

"No, no, you're not speaking to fast. I'm on to you! So, how will the council members be picked? If they were voted into power, they might turn their backs on you and take over if you're not to have absolute say over them along with the fact that they'd be supported by the majority. If you do have absolute power and say in the matter people would complain about it not being fair and that the council makes no difference anyway. The power rests in numbers.

If the pillars and council members turn their back on you with the favor of the masses, even if you're most physically powerful even the weakest member of the school would turn on you just because everyone else is against you as well. "

Jayr somewhat recoiled from the layout of the words, unsure herself as to how she felt about what Reira was saying. Of course that was an obvious solution of ascertaining that much pure power in itself she'd seen star wars enough time to judge the situation.

But truth be told Jayr didn't want to be that maniacal man behind the strings, no she'd been raised out of justice, this whole council thing was intended to be about the people rather than her. Sure she was slightly Jaded, not to mention indulged greatly in the limelight of things but she'd endear and get past that.

Jayr would step up slightly a grim look on her face as judgment dictated that she speak out, say something to make Reira better understand, though she was cut off once more by the girl.

"But of course...this is just in the planning stages, we'll figure something out!"

Words that simply enough squelched out the fire of retribution. Still the lingering embers of justice roared considering a softer path towards understanding. Jayr had seen enough of this school to understand what power did to people, yes it'd done miraculous things and horrid things. Her first day bumping into the pillar's confrontation with the other two. Sides were blurred. As they always were.

"Of course."

Jayr would replace her wanning mug with a self conscious smile. "Anyways, I could use a bit of help on the cheer squad, not exactly sure if I'm cut out for that and Captain. If you would help stepping up when I'm a bit scatterbrained it'd be a huge load off my plate."

[Reira]

Reira caught sight of the slight change in expression, and fully known that perhaps Jayr had misunderstood her. Her whole spewl was just done in hopes of informing her of the possible corruption. Surely the student council was made in hopes of helping the students but things like votes and what people want can easily be manipulated and changed. Blackmail, terrorizing, threatening, people can vote off the ones that really could make a positive change just from one or two powerful people with connections. The school and the people are not used to having justice, and would normally just resort to raising arms or listening to those that have power. Students in the system understand natural selection and the idea of the fittest surviving.

Sure, Reira like the idea of democracy, law and justice, as many rulers have wanted, things sometimes don't work out. What if the people were throwing themselves into a hellhole because of some manipulative person, what is a ruler to do? It was all too confusing, and many thoughts would rush through Reira's mind, she only hoped that Jayr understood that her intentions and thoughts were pure. Reira was of the masses, and would be the one being affected by the decisions so she could only hope that she would get the say she may be promised by the 'would-be-made' student council.

"Anyways, I could use a bit of help on the cheer squad, not exactly sure if I'm cut out for that and Captain. If you would help stepping up when I'm a bit scatterbrained it'd be a huge load off my plate."

"Yeah, that I can do. School politics? Not really my thing. So when's practice?"

[Jayr Byrne]

Specialty Core.

"Yeah, that I can do. School politics? Not really my thing. So when's practice?"

Jayr would nod in an assimilated understanding, as much she knew that people made misunderstandings, mistakes, often times words were formed by Freudian slips and stuff of that nature but she tried to be as nonjudgmental as she could possibly manage. With a quick breath to release the little bit of stress she was pinning up she'd exhale taking to waving her hands quickly before her and bouncing a little bit getting the jitterbugs out of her as soon as she could manage.

"Alright, politics I'll tend to. Soon as I have this pep rally done thats my first priority. As for Practice, it'll start at 3:30 tonight. Then Pep Rally I've decided is this Friday hoping to get the organized Schedule down."

Jayr mentally jotted things down in her organized book, this is where having a blackberry would be useful or even a stationary book assistant. She smirked thinking the idea of a four foot tall freshman following her about the entire school with all her stuff as she flaunted about was personally humorous.

"Okay so." A quick clap as she felt the awkwardness rush in, the bottom line to her plans falling through as she provided the answers and nothing to build off of. Humanity always needed that. Conflict.

"Any cute boys?" Jayr would stare quickly with a dull annoyed even expression before not being able to keep a straight face and laughing quickly.