The Deck, Monday afternoon

[gobrookeyourself]

It was freakishly hot outside and Brooke had nothing to do.

This looked like the perfect opportunity to sit out on the deck with a bottle of water, a radio, and a hell of a lot of tanning lotion, all while praying she didn't fall asleep because wow would that suck.


[Open deck is open!]

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[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Tanning in April without being on a cruise," Claudia said happily as she found a spot to sit nearby. "Best ever."

[gobrookeyourself]

"Global warming's not so bad. I could deal with this," Brooke decided. At leas until the melanoma.

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Definitely," Claudia said with a happy sigh, flipping aimlessly through her copy of US Weekly. "Oh, Lord, Lindsay, eat a sandwich."

[gobrookeyourself]

"I'm expecting a Britney-like meltdown by the end of the year. I'd say end of the summer but I think that's optimistic," Brooke told her.

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Will the meltdown come before or after she's decided to pose for Playboy?" Claudia asked.

[gobrookeyourself]

"Oh, after. Playboy's already calling. Actually, no, I don't thin it's Playboy. I think it's straight up porn that's calling," she reconsidered. "After that."

[gudspellr-claud.livejournal.com]

"Shaving her head, or is that too done?" Claudia asked. "Oooh! Naked in front of the ex-girlfriend's place at three in the morning."

[future_sandworm]

It wasn't nearly as hot as in the desert, but Leto was dressed for burning sun, wearing a light, pale cloak with a hood.

He noticed Brooke on the deck as he walked past. "Good afternoon," he greeted her.

[gobrookeyourself]

"Hey there," Brooke greeted him, looking at him over her sunglasses. "That looks like entirely too much clothing for this weather."

[future_sandworm]

"On the contrary," he replied with a grin, "This offers suitable protection against the sun." He squinted up at the sky. "Although the sun is not really that harsh here. I assume you rely on those lotions instead."

[gobrookeyourself]

"Yes. To help my tan along so I don't end up looking uneven," she nodded.

[future_sandworm]

"Because that would be a horrible fate?" Leto raised an eyebrow, amused, meeting her gaze.

[gobrookeyourself]

"Stripes and weird coloring would distract from my natural good looks so, yes, horrible fate," she grinned.

[the_merriest]

Sun! It was deliciously hot out, and Rikku was going to take full advantage.

"Hi!" she said, stretching out on a lawn chair of her own. "Okay, this weather rules. Why can't it be like this all the time?"

[gobrookeyourself]

"Because Mother Nature's a dirty whore," Brooke replied easily, thinking this was a good answer. "It's like she can't wear her cute little flirty summer dresses anymore and so she'll usually make sure no one can."

[the_merriest]

"And summer dresses are so cute," Rikku sighed. "You can accessorize them with all kinds of nifty stuff and still show off some skin. Better than being bundled up in coats and scarves and all the rest of that stupid crap."

[gobrookeyourself]

"Besides, way easier access if you find someone cute." This was very important when you were Brooke.

[the_merriest]

Rikku grinned. "And who doesn't look good with a tan, right?"

[gobrookeyourself]

"No one. Unless they turn themselves orange. Then that's just too far, time to scale back."

[iamnotallgirl]

Jill had decided the weather was an excellent opportunity to try to do something about her pasty pasty paleness (even though one of her last conversations with Ramie had been about how pale was going to be in this year) and her hermitness at the same time, and ventured out onto the deck with a book to look for a free deck chair.

[gobrookeyourself]

"Welcome to the communal tanning spot," Brooke greeted her. "The smell of coconut suntan oil will now be with you all day."

[iamnotallgirl]

"It's a good smell, though," Jill said with a grin. "Or I wouldn't be here."

[gobrookeyourself]

"True. Maybe next they'll come out with a chocolate chip cookie scented one and no one will ever leave their area of tanning," she mused. "It's Jill, right?"

[iamnotallgirl]

"That's me," Jill confirmed. "And you're, um. Is it Brooke? I'm sorry, I've been kind of hopeless about people this semester."

[gobrookeyourself]

She said the right name. Brooke loved her. "That'd be me. And yeah, it's kind of easy for that to happen. I don't know how I've been here this long and I'm still first meeting people."