James A. Garfield common area, Tuesday morning

[trigons_child]

Moving to the cabins had been entirely unexpected and somewhat distressing for Raven. She had been prepared to share her room with another, but so many people so close together was disconcerting, and it was hard to shut things out. Last night she'd felt an almost overwhelming surge of desire coming from one of the other cabins, but fortunately it abruptly stopped.

She didn't have any classes on Tuesday, and after her morning meditations, she ventured into the common room to see who else might be dwelling there.


[ooc: open to cabinmates or visitors!]

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[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan returned from her class, still a little stunned by the whole thing, and dropped her bag in her alcove before going to the common area to grab a soda.

"Oh, hey," she said. "I'm Joan. I don't think we've met."

[trigons_child]

"Hello," Raven said. "I am Rachel, Rachel Roth."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Nice to meet you," Joan said, with a smile. She grabbed a soda from the fridge. "You want one?"

[trigons_child]

Raven tilted her head. "What is it?"

[saikyou-no.livejournal.com]

Kenshin sat with his back to the wall, somewhat less than comfortable without his sword. He had been sorely tempted to spend the night outside, on the roof (especially with girls in the same cabin! The people in charge here had no sense of propriety!), but in the end, he hadn't.

Not that he had slept much in any case.

He had no classes today, and so found himself at loose ends for the moment.

[trigons_child]

Raven nodded at Kenshin in greeting. "Hello," she said.

[saikyou-no.livejournal.com]

"Good morning," he replied quietly, giving her a slight nod.

[trigons_child]

"I am Rachel," Raven said, unsure if or how to proceed with a conversation.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

Joan was wondering how she ended up in a cabin of almost entirely new people, but she smiled.

"Hi, I'm Joan," she said. "You must be new."

[saikyou-no.livejournal.com]

"Ah, yes," he replied, looking up at her.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Do you have a name?" Joan asked, trying to recall the names of all of her cabinmates and failing.

[badassfullback.livejournal.com]

Riggins wasn't exactly a morning person but he still wasn't exactly used to communal living so the noise of everyone moving around woke him up. He'd probably have to drink more before bedtime in order to sleep through the noise.

But that was a tip for later. Now he was going to stumble into the common room, dressed only in his boxers, and head towards the fridge for either a beer or orange juice. He'd most likely find the orange juice first. Which was unfortunate.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

There was a hot, half-naked guy wandering around the cabin.

Joan could get used to this.

"Hello," she said.

[badassfullback.livejournal.com]

Riggins grunted what could be a hello as he opened up the fridge.

Really not a morning person.

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

He didn't have to talk. Joan could just enjoy the view.

[trigons_child]

And that would be Raven, wide-eyed and staring.

[badassfullback.livejournal.com]

Riggins didn't notice the staring until after he pulled the jug of orange juice out of the fridge. When he caught Raven's eye he smirked and gave her a slight nod as a greeting. Yeah, he was totally used to people staring.

[trigons_child]

Raven had heard the term "heart skipping a beat" before but never knew what it really meant until now. At the smirk she felt suddenly warm and tingly. Very rarely was there anyone her age on Azarath. And certainly none of them looked like this, all shirtless and muscles and...she really wasn't supposed to have these thoughts.

[talks2objects.livejournal.com]

From outside there were several barks and the sound of Dor shouting before a large St. Bernard burst into the room dragging Dor behind her.

"Heel!" Dor shouted. "Stop!"

Nana did indeed stop with Dor running smack into her and then falling on his butt. Nana then gave Dor a slobbery lick before shaking the leash out of Dor's grasp and trotting off to sleep on Dor's cot.

"I hate Jeff," Dor said with a sigh.

[trigons_child]

"Hello, Dor," Raven said, glad to see someone she recognized and assuming she had finally managed to stop staring all wide-eyed and starstruck at Tim.

[talks2objects.livejournal.com]

"Oh! Hi, Rachel," Dor said dusting himself off. "How are you adjusting to school so far?"

[trigons_child]

"I was not expecting to live in a cabin like this," Raven admitted. "It is strange being in such close quarters."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"That's a rather large dog," Joan remarked.

[talks2objects.livejournal.com]

"It's also a spy tank," Dor replied as he pulled himself off the floor. "Though I have no idea what that is. It was a gift from Jeff."

[joan-notjane.livejournal.com]

"Jeff as in Turtle's former boyfriend?" Joan asked.