The roof, early Tuesday morning

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

A packed duffel bag stood by the door to the roof. G'Kar and Zathras would be coming for her. She had said her goodbyes. Well, almost all of them. This was it, this was goodbye to Fandom. So she stood on the roof, looking out over town, in her uniform with her back straight and her hands clasped behind her at perfect parade rest.

The sun came up. And Ivanova watched it rise.

[[Open for anyone up at ungodly o'clock in the morning or wants to say goodbye still. Excuse me while I go cry for a while.]]

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[nadiathesaint]

Though she would never admit it, Nadia had been too upset about the seniors graduating and too nervous about the new students coming in to get much sleep that night. So when she found herself awake before dawn Tuesday morning, she headed up to the roof.

She was rather surprised to see she wasn't the only one with that idea.

"Hey." She noticed the duffel. "You're leaving?"

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova turned and smiled wryly. "I'm leaving," she replied before turning back to look over town. "I'm surprised anyone else us up."

[nadiathesaint]

"Couldn't sleep." Nadia looked out over the town, too. "Dios, this place is like nowhere else, isn't it."

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"That's quite an understatement," Ivanova said, smirking. "Fandom is . . . Fandom. I've been across the galaxy and back and seen some weird stuff, but nothing compares to Fandom." She sighed. "God, I'm going to miss it."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia turned her head to lok at her. "It's going to miss you, too."

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"That's good to know." Ivanova's voice was level. She was trying so hard not to cry. She didn't want to make the roof even more emo than it already was, and somehow this made sense.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia was being ever so slightly less successful with the not crying. "You'll be able to write and stuff, though, right?"

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova nodded. She couldn't quite look at Nadia, her eyes growing suspiciously bright. "I'll do my very best to get something through as often as I can. Which isn't much a promise, but it's the best I can do."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Why Paige was on the roof was anyone's guess, maybe she liked the view, maybe she just wanted to check it out finally, whatever the reason she was up there now, seeing Ivanova she walked up with a slight smile, she knew she'd be leaving soon, now she'd graduated.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" she asked.

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"Just peachy," Ivanova replied dryly, her tone and words belying reddened eyes and a decided rasp to her voice.

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

Paige sighed, "yeah stupid question I guess, so...when are you leaving?" she asked softly.

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"Now." Ivanova pointed in the general direction of the park, where a gleam of metal could be seen between the trees. "My ride's already waiting." She straightened, lifting her chin. "They can wait a few more minutes."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

She nodded looking out at the craft, biting her lip. "sorry we never hung out more, it me longer to get used to all this new weirdness than I expected, plus the usual teen angst crap," she said with a slightly amused tone.

"You're going back into space then? That'll be...cool right?"

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"It's going to be cold, dangerous, a lot of hard work, and dark." Ivanova sighed. "I always have trouble getting up when it's dark outside."

[the4thsister.livejournal.com]

"Do you have a job to go to then?," she asked, she wasn't sure what else to say really, she got the feeling that trying to make Ivanova feel better with encouraging words wasn't going to work. So maybe she just let her vent a little.

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"No, I just like wearing my military uniform for shits and giggles," she replied, deadpan.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

*scrabling noise over the edge of the roof*

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova's brow furrowed and she moved closer to the edge to investigate.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi's head pops up over the edge of the roof.

"Oh good, I didn't miss you!"

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

Ivanova jerked back a bit, startled. "Pippi? Where did you come from?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Rumor has it..." she said scrabbling over the edge up onto the roof, "that the stork brought me... Or it could have been an albatross. Possibly a pelican. Don't get a lot of storks out at sea."

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"Not many cabbage patches either," Ivanova replied dryly. "Why are you up at ungodly o'clock in the morning?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I forgot to give you your graduation gift (http://static.flickr.com/51/143452112_6b1e9df713_m.jpg)!" she said.

"And... I couldn't sleep."

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair stood at the doorway and stared for a minute at Ivanova before walking up behind her. "Steeeelllla?" Funny how that sounds sad when whispered.

[ooc: I am totally swamped today, but I wanted to stick him in here.]

[suzotchka.livejournal.com]

"I told you already that you can call me Susan," Ivanova replied softly, not looking at him, her chin firmly in the air. Stiff upper lips were not exclusively British, you know.

[[No worries. *sniffle* *will miss Blair*]]