Roof, Afternoon

[cyclopeanmerc.livejournal.com]

Up on the rooftop... Pip sits, with his guitar, some paper, and a pen. He's working on his essay for Professor Ted. Occasionally he'll stop to play his guitar.

No emo. It's too nice out to emo.

_{[[Roof's open if you want to distract the boy.]]}

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[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova emerged onto the roof with a bit of a sappy smile on her face and wearing one of Maia's shirts without realising. She smiled when she saw who was playing.

"Hey, Pip. Didn't know you played the guitar."

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"Yep. Ever since I was about ten-ish. Electric and acoustic." He glanced over at her. "Well, you look happy and in someone else's clothes."

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"That's coo - wait, I'm not -" she glanced down and plucked at the shirt, the tips of her ears going red. "Oh. I am. Ooops. Um, happy and wearing someone else's clothes would appear to be the case."

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Pip laughed. "See, that's the advantage of being heterosexual and tall. I never accidently put on someone else's shirt."

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"Usually neither do I," Ivanova murmured, taking her usual perch on the ledge with her back against the brick. "Maia just happens to have almost the same taste in clothes that I do."

Ooops. Did Pip know? He had to. It had been on the radio. In which case did he listen to the radio? Had Maia said anything? Gah.

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"Good on ya," Pip said. "When I slept with her, I noticed that we didn't have the same taste at all."

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Ivanova sized him up. "I can see that," she replied dryly. "We have similiar tastes in a lot of things."

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"Guns, explosives, fighting styles, women." Pip shrugged. "Personally, I'm in the market as it goes for women right now. Looking for something stacked. Good luck with Maia, though."

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," she said, then shook her head sadly as she looked over Fandom. "I think I fucked up royally, though. If I could pound my own face into the floor I would." Confessing this to someone who probably would? Very Russian of her.

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"Oh, now you have to tell me what that's about," Pip said.

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"She forgave me, but I still feel like a complete bastard." Ivanova sighed, her eyes fixed on some point on the horizon. "I called her 'Dora'."

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Pip's eyebrow quaked. "What happened? I couldn't quite hear you."

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"I called her 'Dora'," Ivanova replied at a more normal volume, her teeth clenching a bit.

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Pip tilted his head to the side and stared at her. "You called her Dora," he said.

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"Yes," Ivanova said shortly. "As in, Nymphadora Tonks."

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Pip hung his head and muttered something in French. "Yeash. How did Maia react?"

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova winced at the memory. She never wanted to be the cause of that much pain ever again. "Not well."

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"I would imagine not," Pip said, pucking at the guitar. "Most of us wouldn't take kindly to that sort of thing."

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova scrubbed at her eyes with the heel of her hand, sighing. "Trust me, I feel awful about it. I'm just so glad that she forgave me for it."

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"Well, that's good at least," Pip said. "Hence the happy mood?"

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Ivanova smirked. "Hence the happy mood. Happy, happy, happy."

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"Good then," Pip said. "Anything else interesting going on?"

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova shrugged, drawing her knees up and hugging them to her chest. "Not especially. Exams are over and done with and I think I did well. Not much to do now but wait for graduation." She glanced over at him. "How about you? What are you working on?"

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"Essay for Professor Ted," Pip answered. "You going hoe after graduation? You are graduating, right?"

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"Yes and yes," she replied, slumping a bit. "My career has been in a holding pattern this past year and I'm getting some pretty loud reminders from EarthForce that I do, in fact, have a job and a rank to uphold."

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"Oh the millitary," Pip said. "With it's regulations and rules and whatnot."

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Ivanova rolled her eyes. "Don't I know it." She shook her head. "No, depressing thinking about work and duty. What's the essay on?"

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"What I learned in the class," Pip responded.

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"Music, right?" She had never taken the class, but it was, after all, Professor Ted.

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"Yep. Music from everywhere. Plus, I learned about how to fight with only one eye from one cool guy."

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"In a music class?" Ivanova's eyebrows shot upwards. She felt another 'only in Fandom' moment coming on . . .