5th Floor CR, Wednesday Morning

[withoutverona]

Blissfully unaware there was anything at all odd about today, Romeo padded into the common room and found some cold cereal to eat while he watched a morning talk show.

They were making over erotic dancers, and Romeo decided the "on stage" looks were much better than the "daytime" looks. It was purely an aesthetic decision, of course -- at least the on stage looks didn't involve floral cardigans.


[Open like a common room.]

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[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River had woken up as a boy this morning. Stranger things had happened in Fandom, and it didn't stop her - him - from dancing. In fact, her body being a little different today, it made it more interesting.

He spun into the common room, the imaginary music loud in his mind.

[withoutverona]

The spinning boy got a raised eyebrow to go with Romeo's half-wave. He didn't look familiar, but that didn't necessarily mean anything. "Good day."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River gave a smile in reply. "Dance with me?"

[withoutverona]

There was something familiar about this boy, but Romeo couldn't put his finger on it. "I'm flattered," he said, "but I fear I'd be a poor partner for another man. Why do you ask?"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River laughed. Romeo was a friend, and he clearly recognise her - him. Still, River couldn't help it. He put on a look of surprise, then stopped, and added an expression of hurt. "Why not?"

[withoutverona]

"For one, there is no music," Romeo said. "For another, I've a girlfriend, and I should like to have an explanation to give her if she heard I was dancing with another."

Reacting to the surprise and hurt, though, he added, "I could if you need me to, though." It was just a dance, after all.

The thought this could be his Dojima, transformed, passed through Romeo's mind, but he brushed it off. The boy's manner and speech were just too different from hers.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"You only dance with your girlfriend?" The look of hurt turned into something resembling puppy eyes. "Music is always in your mind. Safe place."

[withoutverona]

"Not only," Romeo only had to admit. "But rarely with others, and almost never with men."

Something in that phrasing, about music in the mind, was niggling in Romeo's brain, and he finally had to ask. "I know you as a girl, don't I?" he asked. "Or if not you, your sister."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River nodded, the gesture very similar to the way she nodded as a girl. There was a wide grin.

[withoutverona]

The grin and the nod made the niggling familiarity in Romeo's brain click into place. "River," he laughed. "Yes. With you, I will dance anytime, though I still don't dance well."

he stood and moved closer to River.

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River laughed happily and extended a hand towards Romeo. "Dojima has no reason to feel threatened. You know where your heart is."

[withoutverona]

At one point, Romeo thought, he would have protested his heart was in a grave thousands of miles away, but even he had admitted that wasn't true anymore.

"She does," he answered. "She might worry about me regardless if I made a habit of dancing with strange boys, though."

He took River's hand. "You can lead."

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River could lead; she did as a girl too often enough. Spinning Romeo around he continued: "In a grave, here and now, all at the same time. Life is complex."

[I might have to sleep soon]

[withoutverona]

Romeo had no idea where River had gotten that, but he didn't mind the perception. "It is," he agreed, letting himself be spun. "For example, before coming here I would have never thought I would dance with a boy, who was usually a girl, who came from beyond the stars."

He added, "You seem comfortable as a boy."

[OOC: Night!]

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"I can still dance." River smiled.

[sarcasm-guy.livejournal.com]

Sokka waved at the funny dancing man. "Howdy, Stranger! It sure is a fine day for dancing!"

[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

"It is," River agreed. "Join me?"