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@PaperHats April 13, 2020

Moxie stifled a laugh as she watched Alexa attempt to open the backpack, then proceeded to hit the seat.
“You okay?” she asked under her breath, trying not to smile. Though when Alex posed the question, Moxie let herself.
She flicked up a pencil from her pocket— although seemingly from nowhere, and opened up the book to a blank page. Something she had few of. She’d had that sketchbook for over ten years.. and it was due time for a new one. But she wasn’t the kind of person to buy something new the second she needed it. She’d use something until she physically couldn’t. Until there were holes, tears, or worn out splotches— to Moxie, it’d still be good as new.

“Your choice,” Moxie mumbled, twirling the pencil in her fingers. “You could describe, if you wanna. I’m ready when you are.”

@Rainy_day_artist_classic April 13, 2020

Once the immediate headache faded, she nodded softly to make sure she didn't start a second one. Forcing a smile on her lips, she drowned her bad attitude from before down.
"I'll go first then." Alexa hummed out, twisting the wave in her ponytail around her finger as she choose one to describe. This was a much harder task than she would have thought. How hard could it be to think of something to describe? Apparently, incredibly hard in her case. Letting out a slight huff, she drummed her fingers on the paper pad still trying to rack her brain.
As an idea struck in her mind, she was set on quickly sketching it out before describing it. After a few more seconds, she brought the paper closer to herself with a soft smile.
"Alright, I got something." Alexa informed Moxie, taking a glance at the paper once more. This shouldn't be so hard. Then again, thinking up an animal shouldn't have been hard either.
"The head shape is kind of tear drop shaped, but upside down. Petal shaped." Alexa elaborated further, nodding with a smile at her choice of words.

@PaperHats April 13, 2020

Moxie watched as Alexa sketched, noting her small changes in expressions. She kept her eyes from the paper, not wanting to spoil the challenge. As was typical of Moxie— playing by the rules because it was a challenge.
“Tear drop?” she repeated to herself. It took her a good while to process the information before trailing her pencil on the paper.

Moxie had always had an interesting habit of making different expressions when she doodled, drew, or wrote. Others may have found it odd, but Moxie found it charming. Well, slightly.
Her lines were scratchy and small, but light. She didn’t have a steady hand— at all— so she had always drawn sketchier than necessary. It gave the upside-down tear shape a sort of fuzzy feel, but with the mixing of slightly darker lines, the fuzz was overshadowed.
And— with the drawing just as instructed— she tilted the paper so Alexa could see.

@Rainy_day_artist_classic April 13, 2020

Leaning forward to watch her sister sketch, she smiled as the shape was formed on the page in front of her.
"Yup, just like that." Alexa nodded lightly, taking a second glance at her cartoonish drawing. Of course she was overthinking this, that was just her. Work harder not smarter, those four words described her pretty well after all.
Biting on her lip, she nodded softly pressing her finger to the top of the tear drop shape with a soft smile.
"About there, put a loose squiggly line until about here." Alexa directed, dragging her finger upwards to a half way point on the page. "Did that make sense? It does to me, but I'm bad at explaining things." She mumbled, pulling her hand back so Moxie could draw.

Alexa pictured the item in her head, nodding with satisfaction at her way of describing the item. Of course, there were better ways to do so. But she wasn't going to bother changing it now. Unless Moxie needed her to.

@PaperHats April 13, 2020

“You sure you picked a real animal?” Moxie asked with a sort of laugh. “What the heck are you describing?”
Despite her suspicions, she did as asked. Awaiting the next detail, she flicked the pencil between her fingers and tapped her foot. Always a busy person— always moving, she was. Not even with ADHD, just normally excitement or impatience.

Though this time it was anticipation. Her actions stemming from her curiosity, she cocked her head, awaiting the next instruction. Besides her fake sarcastic remarks, Alex wasn’t too bad at explaining things. A few more lines and the creature might come along. But with an iffy dictator and an inadequate artist, this game was a little difficult. But, fun to Moxie nonetheless.

@Rainy_day_artist_classic April 13, 2020

Giving Moxie a slight eye roll and a smirk, Alexa tried to keep from giving it away too quickly.
"Of course it's a real animal. You think I'd cheat, while you're playing?" Alexa asked her, trying to make it obvious she clearly wasn't cheating. Though whether that worked or not, Alexa didn't have a clue.
Watching Moxie sketch out the next step to her instructions, Alexa approved of her drawing with a nod.

"Just like that," Pressing her finger back on the page, she tapped down near the bottom of the shape. "On the inside, down at the bottom, draw a small triangle shape." She directed her sister, tapping a few more times before pulling back.
"Or a circle. As long as it's smallish shaped." Alexa informed further, glancing back at the paper pad in her hand.

@PaperHats April 13, 2020

Of course Moxie didn’t believe her. But what was she gonna do? It was just a better challenge.
As she began describing the second part, the bus took another bump quite harshly, having Moxie’s pencil wander off the paper, leaving a dark mark. She simply smiled, turning the little line into a smiley-face. Always the bright-side one. She could find a silver lining with anything.

As described, she drew the smal triangle, but made it more of a cone. She had no clue what Alexa was describing— not even the faintest idea— so she just combined the two shapes. It looked somewhat odd, but Moxie wasn’t trying to be fancy. If anything, she was trying to be at least vaguely accurate.

@Rainy_day_artist_classic April 14, 2020

Alexa took a look at the sketch, and tried to keep from laughing at how odd it looked. Of course, she knew that was mostly her fault. Considering she wasn't the best at description and directing.
"Right about here-" She hummed, pointing to two spots on the creature. "Draw two larger circles, that do not touch."

So maybe she was a little worse than she claimed. But no one liked putting themselves down, including Alexa. She never liked admitting her weaknesses out loud, though she accepted her faults silently. If someone asked her, her own opinion, she would be honest. But since no one was asking, she didn't bother to say anything about it.

@Rainy_day_artist_classic April 15, 2020

(Bump?)

@PaperHats April 15, 2020

(Thanks, I couldn’t find this!! I’ll get my passage up in a sec)

@Rainy_day_artist_classic April 15, 2020

(It's all good! I was just wondering ahah)

@PaperHats April 16, 2020

Moxie let out a small challenged laugh, doing as she was told.
“Honestly, ‘lex, I got no clue what this is,” she repeated sincerely.
Still, she did as instructed, giving the figure two small and separated circles.

Moxie awaited the next instruction, but glanced past her sister’s face to the window. Towering pine trees leaned over the road, knocking back and forth, swaying with the day’s breeze. They had to be close. Or… just below an hour out. Moxie had always loved the woods, and had a deep burning excitement about this summer. She didn’t know how long she’d even be out— the first thing she’d heard was “Uncle Reg and aunt Lila’s cabin” and she’d been all for it.

@Rainy_day_artist_classic April 17, 2020

(I'm sorry about not responding… I had a strange day yesterday.)

"Well, I just suck at explaining." Alexa laughed weakly, seeming to have perked up.
Though she was still frustrated at her lack of describing skills. It was painful how bad she was.
"Shall I just tell you, or would you like me to attempt to continue?"

That was one thing Alexa always disagreed with Moxie on. The woods. Personally, Alexa never liked going to her aunt and uncle's cabin, because the woods creeped her out. They sent shivers down her spine whenever she saw them. Whether in pictures or in person. So being stuck with them all summer, wasn't her idea of 'fun' like her parents had said. Though she never told anybody her dislike for the forest. Maybe if she had, she wouldn't be stuck on the bus right now on the way to those woods.

@Rainy_day_artist_classic May 22, 2020

(I dunno if you wanna try and continue with this, but if you do, would we possibly want to skip until they got there?)

@PaperHats May 22, 2020

(Sure! So sorry, I’ve been off of notebook for a little bit and with homework and other stories I’m catching up with, it’s been quite a haste. So sorry, again! And yes, I’d love to continue it. :) we can skip, if you’d like.)

@Rainy_day_artist_classic May 22, 2020

(Ahh, it's no biggie! I honestly waited this long, because I have less school work now ahah. So I totally understand!)
(And I think it would be best if we went ahead and kind of skimmed over the rest of the bus ride.)

@PaperHats May 23, 2020

(Alrighty. Would you want me to start us off again?)

@Rainy_day_artist_classic May 23, 2020

(Would you mind? I'm able to, if you'd prefer I did.)

@PaperHats May 23, 2020

(It’s your choice, and I wouldn’t mind at all.)

@Rainy_day_artist_classic May 23, 2020

(Then if you did, that would be wonderful.)

@PaperHats May 23, 2020

(Alright. Might take a little while though— currently cooking dinner with my family :) I’ll get the reply up in a little while ( I promise lol))

@Rainy_day_artist_classic May 23, 2020

(That’s fine! I had to get offline last night anyways.)

An easygoing Rp (O/O Closed)