School Grounds, Saturday night

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

After his conversation with Veronica, Tyler knew he had to at least go back to school.

He wasn't ready to apologize. Yet. But he was curious if he'd be lynched on sight or what.

He crept up to the dorms and stood next to them, staring at the building, at his window, at Cameron's and Jamie's and Pevensie's and River's and Evie's and ...

It wasn't home. Might never be home again.

He wasn't sure how to feel about that.

[OOC: Yes, he's an emo mad bomber. Probably the last goodbye post.]

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[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi was about to climb up to the roof when she saw somebody wandering around on the grounds. So she climbed down instead.

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler saw the redhead across the grass and nodded a greeting. "Pippi?"

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Hi Tyler, what brings you out here this time of night?"

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"I haven't been in yet," Tyler admitted, plopping down on the (cold, damp) grass. "I fucked up, and ... I'm trying to make myself deal with stuff."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi sat down with him.

"What kinda stuff got fucked up?"

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"I planted bombs in about ten teacher's offices," Tyler said flatly. "But, I guess, none of them went off, so technically nothing's fucked up but me."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Why'd you do that?"

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Destroy the school, destroy the system, free the students," Tyler said. "And not exactly being myself."

He pulled on the grass, as if it would somehow help him make the whole thing make sense.

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"That's a rather noble sentiment." Pippi observed. "But I think the plan needed a little work."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler bit his lip. "I should have done a better job making sure the school was empty -- fake a fire drill, or something."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Yes." Pippi nodded. "But I think that would have gone along with doing a better job at making sure your plan actually had the outcome you say you were looking for... I mean, blowing up the school isn't going to free the students Tyler."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"How would you do it?" Tyler asked, interested. "And don't say people need to agree they want to be freed first. Most people don't know what they want."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"The way I see it, people are here at this particular school for one of two reasons, because they think they have to be, or they believe they want to be. Blowing up this school just means they find another school to go to. And even if you blew up every school in the world, even I don't think people are going to decide 'Oh well, that school thing didn't work out. So we're just going to abandon the idea altogether.' Blowing up buildings doesn't change the way people think. You have to work on the people. And showing a person a new way of looking at the world is a lot harder then blowing up an inanimate object... Though it can be just as fun, more so even."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

And that would be about where Tyler realized Pippi was smarter than him, which was kind of humbling.

"No, but - " He gave up, recognizing there was nothing he could say, and a bitter smile crossed his face. "I'm better at the dramatic, violent gestures."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

Pippi smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"We all have our strengths." She said. "You just need a way to use yours in a more personal and benevolent way... I'm not sure if that advice will get you into more or less trouble..."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

Tyler laughed. "Can't make it worse, right?" He rubbed his forehead. "If I get kicked out of this place, I'll kind of miss you."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"I'll miss you too Tyler."

[tyler-gone.livejournal.com]

"Awww." Tyler felt the need to mock his own sap. "I guess I should go in and see if anyone's looking for me."

[strongestgirl.livejournal.com]

"Good luck with that."