Platypus Campfire, evening

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Considering they were going to be moving back to the dorms when they returned from New York, Isabel decided one last marshmallow roast was called for. She sat next to the small fire, carefully roasting a marshmallow to the perfect degree of gooey.

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"Weekends of mass insanity?" Charlie said, sounding horrified and amused. "Seriously?"

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"Technically it's the weekend we all spent locked in our rooms. Alone! Doing homework," Isabel sighed. "Because thinking about it will cause mass flailing."

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"Ohhh, boy." Charlie shook her head, thinking about that, then got out her notebook and wrote down a note to herself to work that into a story. "So, the Island teaches you not to have any shame at all, hunh."

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"I wouldn't say that. It's more like it teaches us to deal with personal embarrassement and move on," she told her. "Or how to be really, really good at denial. It's a fine line."

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"I could live with the denial," Charlie offered. Understatement. She started writing a scene as an idea came to her.

The regal Elizabeth turned away. "I was temporarily possessed by an alien entity. I have no idea who this Sean person is. He is nothing to me! Nothing!"

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"I've worked it into a high art form," Isabel laughed. "So have a lot of other people. The river gets pretty crowded."

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"Are there inner tubes?" Charlie asked, snickering. "Possibly water fights?"

"She's the mother of my baby!" Sean howled. "I'm going to need a C-Section for alien parasites, and the mother doesn't even want to admit that we had a beautiful moment together!"

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"Oh yeah," she nodded. "And if you ask? A cute guy will rub sunscreen on your back."

Since Charlie was currently multi-tasking writing and roasting, Isabel held out her hand and used her powers to grab the bag of marshmallows.

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Charlie nearly dropped her marshmellow into the fire as she watched the bag float over to Isabel. "You can do that too?" she blurted, then looked abashed.

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"I'm multi-taleneted," Isabel shrugged. She's obviously been in Fandom too long. "It's part of the alien package."

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Charlie boggled a little, then shyly admitted. "I can do that. A little. But I'm not an alien. And you don't look like an alien. Are you just from another planet, like Gavin?"

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"I guess the best way to describe me is as a alien-human hybrid," she explained. "I've got human DNA and a bit of alien extra."

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"Wow. Coooool," Charlie said, dazzled. She held out her hand to the marshmellow bag, concentrated, then grinned when it came to her. "And you can do other stuff? That's so neat."

"I can't be with Sean. He loves Derek. I'll pay child support. But you can't expect me to commit to a man who doesn't love me!"

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"Molecular manipulation mostly. Which means I can change the color, temperature, or texture of something." To demonstrate, Isabel changed her shirt from red to blue.

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"Oh, that has to be *so* cool when you're going on dates," Charlie said, marveling. "You can make anything match anything else! Or do anything to your hair, or your room... I'd love to have a power like that." She popped another marshmellow in her mouth. "I'm not very good at mine," she admitted.

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"It's very useful," Isabel agreed. "If you ever need anything changed let me know, I've done it for lots people here." She put another marshmallow her stick. "I've gotten better since I've been here. I get to practice more. And I don't have to worry about anyone seeing me if I do."

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Charlie relaxed, looking interested. "So you're not a superhero, or your home planet isn't full of people who can do this? That's... kind of a relief."

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"On on planet some can, but I was talking about where I came from before here," she replied. "Roswell, New Mexico. Have you heard of it?"

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"Yeah. That's where Weekly News of the Weird is always finding people hiding out in the desert from another planet," Charlie said in a mystified voice. "For real?"

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"There really was an alien ship that crashed in 1947," Isabel nodded. "The survivors hid the pods we were incubating in out in the desert. We didn't come out of them till Just over twelve years ago."

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"Wow." Okay, that's... really cool. But on the off-chance Isabel doesn't think so, Charlie kept herself to, "And they didn't find you? For fifty years, no one found you?"

"I'm sending the spawn back to the freaking mother ship, Elizabeth! Unless you take responsibility!"

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"The pods? Fortunately no. Because if they had? I probably wouldn't be sitting here right now. I'd either have been dissected," she said darkly. "Or I'd be someone's pet lab rat in some government lab somewhere."

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Charlie's gaze jerked up to meet Isabel's, and her jaw set. "I'm very, very glad they didn't find you."

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"Yeah, you and me both. We had one run-in with the FBI," Isabel told her. "My brother had nightmares for months."

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Charlie had had them for years. They'd finally faded from over-use, and repetition had bred enough familiarity that they didn't return often any more. But still. "He's okay now, though? He's safe?"