Second floor common room, Tuesday Morning

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Irulan settled on the sofa and sipped her spice laced coffee, this was probably the first day where Irulan finally shook off the shadow of her Reverend Mother. She knew that she would be married off someday but to learn that the Reverend Mother and quite possibly her father already had suitors in mind was enough to shake her.

She just had her first kiss for goddess' sake!

This settles it then, from this day forth she will go on and try enjoying her life, after this Irulan knew life would be far too complicated to comprehend.


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"The president, I met him once in Professor Lyman's class." She smiled, amused, "Presidency and democracy, it's very quaint."

Irulan wondered if he would brush his hair back again.

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Really with Peter the better question was would he ever stop pushing his hair out of his eyes. Said eyes, by the way, were twinkling with humor. "Quaint, huh? So your way's better?"

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"Oh, most definitely," Irulan suppressed another smile, "for instance, I can declare it pony day at home and no one would so much as resist me. It's quite fun."

Peter did have beautiful eyes.

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Peter gave her a deadpan look. "You mean it isn't always pony day back home?"

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"Oh no, sometimes it's National Day of Shopping," Irulan nodded solemnly, "It's quite a time honored holiday that one."

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Peter chuckled. "Okay, you're definitely not how I would picture a princess as being. So where does somebody like you like to shop?"

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"I think the proper question would be, where don't I shop?" She returned then added a little wryly, "There was even a time when I managed to single handedly close down the shopping district."

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"That is a talent," Peter said. He found himself smiling at her. She really was a lot nicer than stereotypes would've had him believe. "I think about the closest I ever came to that is when I got lost in Macy's one time and really freaked my Ma."

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"Getting lost is terrible..." then she smiled, her eyes twinkled, "but sometimes giving people the slip is fun."

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"Oh yeah?" Peter asked. He leaned in, conspiratorially. "So where does a princess go when she's giving someone the slip?"

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"I've heard some princesses go into wild, wild parties," she answered then leaned close, "but I do something even more unexpected, I go to the market place and pretend I'm a commoner!"

She leaned back with a self-deprecating smile, "I am afraid, I'm not all that exciting."

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"I don't know that I'd say that," Peter said. He grinned. "'course, I am a commoner."

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He does have a nice smile.

"I don't think there's anything common about you," she answered without thinking, then paused, flustered, "I mean to say, since being in this school I don't think that term applies to anyone here."

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"Oh - that reminds me," Peter said. "If it's not too personal a question, do you have powers? Besides your ability to declare pony day?"

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"Powers?" Well, it wasn't that odd a question, especially in this school. "No, I'm afraid not, other than the martial skills taught to me." She looked at him, "Do you have powers?"

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"Yeah," Peter said. "I copy other people's powers just by being near them. Figured I should warn you that I may have borrowed something without asking."

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"That's interesting," she said, "do you copy powers that the person already has or powers that were put in them... like say... a drug?"

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"Still trying to figure that out," Peter admitted. "I know some I can copy and others I can't. Not sure why. But I don't think drugs would do it."

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Irulan nodded thoughtfully, "That really is interesting and I suppose sometimes it can be quite fun. There are times when I wished I had a power... like flying. I would imagine unaided flight would be exhilirating."

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"It's got its ups and downs," Peter replied.

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Irulan chuckled, "I'm sure there were, can you do that? Flying?"

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"Only tried it a couple of times," Peter admitted. "I wouldn't say I was an expert."

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Irulan looked at him, a little starry eyed. "That must have been quite an experience!"

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Her look made him blush a little. He tried to hide it by fiddling with his bangs. "It was... something, I'll admit."

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"I've flown in all manners of aircraft but to have flown as you have. Oh, I'd like to fly with you!" Irulan looked mortified, she didn't mean to say the last out loud. She blamed it on his bangs, "I mean to say... that is..."