The Dorm Roof, Saturday evening

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

Dick was fairly sure that the whole "volcano spewing ash" thing wasn't good, but, really, how often did you get to see something like this? Rarely if ever, that's how often.

That's why Dick was up on the roof, sitting on a lawnchair, under a patio umbrella (to keep him relatively rain and ash-free), taking pictures of the volcano. He figured he was mostly safe until there was lava anyway. In the meantime he'd get a good record of a potentially devastating natural phenomenon.

[OOC: Open in case there's anyone else ready to risk potential firey death or years of lung problems from inhaling ash in the name of a good view. Also, I don't know what it is with me and roofs today.

ETA: I was dragged off for a couple hours by a friend. Sorry for any slowness during that time!]

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[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"I try to always be prepared," Dick said. "Just don't ask where I got a big umbrella on such short notice, okay? It'll take away from my mystique."

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

Ella quirked an eyebrow at him, smiling behind the scarf. "I certainly wouldn't want to ruin anyone's mystique. It's too hard a quality to develop."

"I, she went on, mock-woefully, "have little mystique at all."

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"I don't know. A girl sneaking around on a roof in the middle of a geological event with her face all covered up? That has 'mystique' written all over it, or my name isn't Dick. By the way, my name is Dick. Nice to meet you," Dick said, extending a hand.

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"I'm Ella. Does not wanting to breathe ash makes me mysterious?" Ella asked, reaching to shake his hand. "I'll remember that for the next geological event."

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"It does if you've come up here despite not wanting to breathe ash," Dick said. "Then again, I'm up here too, so it's not like I have any room to talk."

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

"None at all," Ella had to agree. "And you don't even have your mouth and nose covered, so you're breathing more of it than I am."

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"It's not bad enough yet," Dick said. "But when it does I have a rebreather to help me out."

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

Ella frowned. "I don't know what a rebreather is," she admitted. "I can guess from the name, but I've never heard of one."

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

"If you've ever been scuba diving, it's kind of like the mouthpiece for that," Dick said, pulling the plastic thing out of his pocket. "I didn't expect to need it on the roof when I packed it, but there you go."

[ella-obeys.livejournal.com]

Ella reached for it to get a closer look. "I haven't been scuba diving," she admitted. "So you just put it in your mouth, and you can breathe anywhere?" It sounded magical to her.

[laidanegg.livejournal.com]

Dick handed it over to her. "Yeah, it fits over your mouth and nose and it has enough oxygen for a couple hours. It's pretty handy."