The Roof; Sunday Evening.

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal had never seen anything like this sky before in his life; he'd be damned if he didn't appreciate it. From the height of the dormitory's rooftop, the view was even better, and it also added a bit of consolation in the theory that, perhaps, if anything did erupt, he was at a bit of a high ground, even if he was pretty sure lava could manage to do quite a bit of damage to the base of a building. Maybe they were far away enough that it wouldn't matter, anyway.

But, God, it was gorgeous. It certainly did wonders to pull Cal out of the reverie that had been holding him back all day about his father. About how the last time he'd seen Milton was when they broke the news about Cal's...condition, how he'd never said a word to him after that, because he'd run away and, by the time he got back, his father had died. He'd called Tessie, but the ensuing conversation was short, awkward, and left him overly thoughtful. Sitting on the roof now with a cigarette between his lips as he took in the electricity in the air, though, he started to feel a little better.


[[ it's a roof; of course it's open =D ]]

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[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Best view and higher ground," Cal pointed out with a slight ghost of a smile.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure the higher ground will matter if that things goes BOOM with any sort of force," she said. "But at least it would be quick. Personally though, I worry less about eruptions and more about some weird lava creature crawling out of the crater and coming over and invading."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"...Higher ground could be helpful against invading lava creatures," Cal pointed out after a moment to consider all of that.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Point," Isabel nodded. "Hopefully that won't be an issue. And instead we'll just have what's essentially a nice fireworks show."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"...Nice?" Cal asked, arching an eyebrow at the girl, because, hello, understatement.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I was attempting to be low-key and cool," she laughed. "Forget nice. Awesome and amazing and overwhelming are probably better words."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"I can respect wanting low-key and cool," Cal commented with a grin, "but some things, you just shouldn't even bother."

He told himself that it couldn't possibly have anything to do with him personally, but that a girl would want to seem low-key and cool in the general vacinity of him, even, was enough to bring the grin up a notch. And he knew he shouldn't even bother entertaining those kinds of thoughts anyway, but he couldn't help it and he found himself tilting his head thoughtfully at her to ask, "Have we met? I'm Cal, if we haven't."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yup. This is one of the times to let the inner dork out."

Isabel shook her head, "I don't think we have. It's nice to meet you Cal. I'm Isabel, belatedly welcoming you to Fandom."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Thanks for the belated welcome," Cal grinned with a little bit of a nod. "I gotta say; I like it here. Don't think I'd get the chance to see something like this anywhere else."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Fandom's pretty cool," she smiled. "I decided that long before we set off on the world tour. Stick around here long enough and exploding volcanoes won't be the only surprising thing you'll see."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Cal grinned a little as he rolled his eyes. "I heard that enough my first week here. Trust me, definitely well past the point of needing to be reminded of that."

At least he was taking being constantly reminded by people who have been on this island longer better by now.

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure you did," Isabel said, unable to prevent a small laugh. "Some people, and I'll admit, occasionally I've been one of them, like to try and break the brains of the newbies. It's not malicious. It's just for fun. I mean seriously did you ever expect a moving island? Or half the other weird stuff that's happened since you got here?"

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Expect it?" Cal asked, and shook his head. "No. Accept it, though, yes, and quite easily, but, before I came here, life threw me a lot of curve balls. Nothing quite..." He almost said as big but stopped himself, since that was hardly true, "...like some of this stuff, but I learned a long time ago to go with the flow of certain things, unless you want to set yourself up for things being way more difficult than they need to be."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"You're going to do well here with that attitude."

Isabel wondered about the curve balls he'd mentioned, but given that they'd only just met, she wouldn't be nosy. "Because you're right. Why things more difficult then they need to be?"

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Exactly; and, I mean, this whole brainbreak the newbie game you guys've got can get really annoying to someone who just accepts it and is trying to move on. Although, yeah, I know some of it actually is looking out for us green little pieces of fresh meat."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"I suppose it can get annoying. I never thought of it that way," she said thoughtfully. "I was part of the second class that arrived here, over two years and a half years ago. People didn't do it much then. Mostly because there hadn't been as much weirdness."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"So you've actually been here for a bit, then," Cal observed. "I mean, based on what I've heard from everyone else and their arrival times."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yeah I have," Isabel nodded. "Two and half years now. It's been interesting to say the least. I'm going to hate to leave."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"Can't blame you there," Cal muttered. "Especially if you're like me and come from somewhere relatively 'normal.'" The normal was emphasized. Normal was all so ridiculously relative. "How long 'til you're done?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

She couldn't help herself, she had to laugh. She'd left Roswell and come to Fandom looking for a place where she could pretend to be just a normal human girl. Funny how that changed.

"I'm leaving in a bit less then two weeks. My boyfriend and I are going to drive my car back to Roswell so I can spend some time with my family before I leave for college in August."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Well, there went his concerns in entertaining any certain thoughts that he knew he should try to avoid. Despite himself, Cal grinned a little, slightly embarrassed, his hand riffling through his hair a bit. "Which college are you going to?" he asked instead. "Anything I might be familiar with?"

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"It depends, is basketball big in your particular version of the universe?" Isabel asked. "Or gambling?"

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

"I frequently embarrassed myself attempting to play the first," Cal said by way of an answer, grinning slightly all the while, "and my family has a bit of a problem with the second, so....yes."

[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"So then there's a good chance you've heard of my school and where it's located," she laughed. "I'm going to the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. They've got a great program for what I'm interested in."

[not-a-mused.livejournal.com]

Cal nodded, grinning as though being from at least a similar United States was something to be proud of. "Okay, yeah. Definitely know of Las Vegas; we're good there. What are you planning on going into?"