Roof, Tuesday night

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Cassandra rather liked her new roommate. Meg was a genuinely nice person, and friendly in a way that reminded Cass of someone from another life.

But Cass was used to being alone. Especially at night. Even more especially during those few hours of sleep she allows herself. So after lying in the dark for a while, she had slipped out of the room and made her way up to the roof. It was quiet here, and she could be alone for a bit. Maybe even get some sleep.

After spending a few minutes staring out over the grounds, she begin stretching. Cassandra hadn't really had much chance to practice over the previous week, and up here no one would bother her.

ooc: Open. Someone should totally bother her.

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After potentially planning a new piece, A.J. discovered one of his larger brushes missing and went up to the roof to see if he'd left it there during his big bout of super emo painting. "Hey, new girl," he said with a lift of his hand and a wave when she spotted her, smiled a little, and went poking around where the canvas had been to see if the brush was still there.

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Cassandra stopped stretching when he came up and turned to watch him. She waved back, her answer soft, "Hey." Her eyes followed him across the roof curiously.

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Anathema headed for the roof, a small, collapsible telescope and red light torch with her. "Good evening."

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Nope, not there. A.J. frowned a bit, hands on his hips as he surveyed the area, wondering where it might have gone.

"You...haven't happened to have seen a paintbrush around here, have you?" he asked, turning toward the new girl. "About...yay big, probably stained dark blue?"

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She closed her eyes, thinking for a moment, then opened them and shook her head. "No," she said in a tone of voice which meant that it wasn't up there as much as she hadn't seen it.

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A.J. frowned a bit, with a disappointed little sound. "Damn," he muttered, glancing around once again, although without too much emphasis. "Wonder where it's gone to." He drew in a breath, a sight sigh, and threw up his hands in a lazy sort of shrug. "Oh, well. I'm A.J., by the way." He moved over to her a bit and offered his hand. "Least I get to meet a new person if I can't find my brush, right?"

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Bart had yet to have a class this week and he was slowly going insane from boredom. Not even work and rearranging things in funny ways to annoy Turtle helped.

So, he headed up to the roof, idly wondering how fast it would take to fill up water balloons to throw at people. You never knew when that would come in handy.

Oh! Person! Bart waved cheerfully at the new girl. "Hi!"

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Cassandra stopped in mid-movement, one leg extended in a long lunge, and looked over. "Hey," she lifted a hand in greeting, watching the other girl curiously.

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Her own hand extended almost before his did, anticipating his movement. "Cassandra," her own smile is very slight, but visible.

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"Anathema Device." Anathema said as she set up her telescope. "Exercising?"

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"Yeah," Cassandra nodded. "I haven't really had much space to stay in shape recently." She shrugged and waved a hand to indicate the roof, "There's lots up here."

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"Good to meet you, Cassandra," A.J. answered back, his own smile much brighter and relatively oblivious to any lack in hers. "Liking it so far?"

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Cassandra blinked once. Twice. Then she frowned, "Bart?" The boy certainly moved like Bart... that barely restrained sense to every step. But he certainly didn't look like he recognized her.

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"Only been here a day..." she shrugged. "But pretty good. I mean, better than being on the street."

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Bart frowned, looking down at his shirt. Was he wearing a name tag or something?

It made sense to him, shush.

"How'd you know my name?"

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Anathema began to twist and turn the various knobs on her telescope, trying to adjust it. "I just assumed this would be the best place to see the stars."

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Cassandra blinked, considering, and then looked up. "You can see them pretty good."

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She looked very confused. "Um... because I know you? I think?"

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Anathema continued the conversation mostly facing her telescope. "Yes, but this way you can see them more clearly and see ones you can't see with your naked eye."

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"On the street?" A.J. asked with a frown. "You didn't really have anywhere before this?"

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"You do?" Bart frowned, tapping his chin as he tried to think of a reason someone would know him and he wouldn't know them. And immediately came to the conclusion... "Is it because I'm famous where you're from? It is, isn't it!?"

He bounced, thinking it over. Oh yes, he could picture the museums dedicated to him, the best Flash there was. And no mention of Wally anywhere at all, because he was a jerk. Never mind that she called him Bart and not Impulse or Flash, that would hit him later.

Hopefully.

Probably not.

"I knew I was cooler than Wally would ever be!"

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"I've been... drifting." She didn't sound upset about it, it's just the way things were.

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"Oh." Cassandra said quietly. Then, "Why?"

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Okay, that meant he was definitely who she thought he was. "Um..." she frowns, "I guess you're sort of famous?" She didn't want to hurt his feelings after all.

She almost mentioned that he probably hadn't seen her face while she was Batgirl, but that life was behind her and she didn't really want to bring it up.

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Haku climbed up onto the roof and nodded at the girl there, doing stretches and made his way to the railing. "Nice evening," he smiled in his highly efeminate way.