The Roof - Tuesday late morning

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Neil was getting somewhat tired of the walls of his dorm room and after composing and then destroying another letter to Todd, he decided to go up on the roof and get a bit of air.

Hopefully he would be forgiven for not smoking...did it help that he had a new book of Bardspeare in his lap?

[ooc: Can't get much more open than a roof I suppose.]

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Which, really, was better maintained that what Setsuna would have expected. Her chuckle? It was definately a nervous, bashful sort of chuckle. "Um, hi," she said, biting her lip against a blush. //"Sorry about that whole possibly being a harbinger of death. I didn't mean it, but I also cannot blame you in the slightest for such a reaction. I probably would have reacted quite similarly, myself...I...I very much appriciate you helping me, though, Ami-chan..."//

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//"You turned into a bird."// was about all Ami could manage at the moment.

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//"Um, yes..."// Setsuna's eyes shifted away slightly, and she dabbed the towel at the dampness on her neck. //"It's...a long story. The condensed version would be to say simply that I have obtained a curse. Should I be splashed with cold water, I turn into the crow you just saw me as...Hot water reverses the effect."//

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Ami processed this for a moment. //"Is it permanent? Doesn't it make... showering difficult?"// So her mind goes to strange places.

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Setsuna didn't say anything about its permanentability. She still held out hope, but they had still failed to find a cure for Ranma's, and he's had his even longer...

She blushed a little. //"Showering only becomes problematic when I run out of hot water..."//

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//"Oh. Right. Um, sorry about being terrified of you..."// Being afraid of one's friends was really just not the way to go.

//"Oh, but you can be like the princess in the 'Princess and the nightingale' book. The one where she could turn into a crane and that is how she would go and meet her secret love from the neighboring village?"// Ami had read that particular romance novel recently.

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Setsuna was hardly a princess and a crane was significantly better than a dirty, nasty crow, but, with a small sigh, she did appriciate Ami's efforts at encouragement. She smiled as she got to her feet and went over to the sink to wring out her ponytail. //"I'd much rather be a samurai that turned into a hawk than a princess who turned into a crane..."//

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Ami giggled. //"Not me. I am all for being a princess. Then, all the boys come to YOU, not the other way around."// She was totally unaware of the fact that she just contradicted the very story she had referenced earlier.

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The contradiction went very unnoticed; Setsuna was too busy blushing over too many thoughts of samurai and princess counterparts, and the rescuing that came along with it. Yes, she...much prefered doing the rescuing. But she probably certainly shouldn't be having thoughts like that about Ami-chan...

Then, all the boys...Ha. Setsuna tried not to scoff.

Wringing out her hand a moment before drying them again, Setsuna shook her head a bit. //"T..thank you again, Ami,"// she said. //"For your patience in helping me. It was greatly appriciated and it will be helpful to have you know what to do in case this happens again."//

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//"You are welcome."// Ami said, blissfully unaware of any thoughts of Setsuna's. //"You could just tell everyone?"// she suggested, logically.

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Setsuna smiled a little wryly. //"Great conversation starter, that. 'Oh, by the way, if I turn into a crow, all you have to do is pour hot water on me.' Usually, it's not really a big deal; enough people already know that eventually it would have worked out."//

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Ami nodded, this made sense. One thing still randomly seemed peculiar. //"Where do your clothes go when you turn into a bird and back?"//

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//"I guess they transform with me,"// Setsuna said after a moment with a shrug. //"Uh, sometimes...um, they don't. I have no idea how it's determined, but, uh, I'm rather glad this was one of the ones where they did..."//

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//"Maybe they turn into the feathers?"// Ami idly speculated. //"Meh, i am a girl. It would have been ever so much more embarrassing if there were boys around."//

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//"Kind of embarrassing either way, really,"// Setsuna mumbled slightly, and then drew in a deep breath as she shifted awkwardly. //"I should really probably...go, anyway. Probably not very good to be standing around in damp clothes..."//

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Ami shrugged, because the poor girl just really did not think that way.

//"Oh yes, you will catch a cold that way!"//

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//"O..okay, then."// So, with an awkward sort of bob of her head, Setsuna hurried out of the room, to return to her own, and maybe stop blushing once she got there.