Dorm roof, around noon

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

So, having been called on being a 'sunshiney' overly-helpful knowitall twice in 48 hours, Dinah felt like she had to actually think about what Ino and Arthur had accused her of. Before a third person told her off for trying to help. After a lot of wrangling, back-and-forthing, mental list-making, and consideration, Dinah decided that:

Ino could weirdly blame Dinah for not being psychic enough to anticipate her finding out about Triela's medical condition, and then getting upset about it. But if she wanted to throw a screaming tantrum, or glare every chance she got? Dinah didn't have to show up for it. Arthur, on the other hand, was kinda right. Half of what Dinah had said to him had been aimed at what she'd thought was his arrogant attitude about what Morgana could do. But Morgana could look out for herself, and hadn't asked for Dinah's back-up. She owed Morgana an apology for trying to speak for her if it ever came up. Maybe she owed Arthur an apology for assuming, and the insults, but she thought the PMS comment that inspired them canceled that out. Anybody else she'd helped or tried to help lately, it was going okay for them, and it wasn't like she was the only one helping them out. Or like they were going to depend on her. The new kids would find their feet in a week or so, and then everyone could progress to jumping off buildings with her. If they wanted to.

Or, try to airwalk like Karla had taught her, like she was right now. Shoes over by the door, eyes shut, humming to try and concentrate.

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[jommetry.livejournal.com]

Esme wasn't a big fan of being cooped up in such a large building, so she found herself leaving her room in order to feel the space better, and get to know her surroundings better. There was no better way to do that than to view her surroundings from the roof.

Of course, there was someone already here. If Esme were the type to leave rather than dealing with someone, she would have, but she couldn't just back away without a reason. Besides, she wasn't supposed to avoid other people's company; they were supposed to avoid hers. Therefore she fairly ignored the other girl- save for an eyebrow raise at whatever she was doing- and went to the edge of the roof to do what she came up here to do.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah heard someone open the door to the roof and opened her eyes, then noted the eyebrow raise, and felt her face heat up at how silly she might look, arms out for balance, feet bare. "Hey." Aaaand there the other girl went, doing her own thing. Right. Cool.

A little harder to concentrate with someone there, but. Nothing was ever perfect. Dinah closed her eyes again, and tried to push against the roof through her feet, as smooth as possible.

[jommetry.livejournal.com]

If Esme didn't respond, it was probably because she couldn't hear the hello. She was rude, but not so rude as to not at least give a nod of acknowledgement.

Really, it wasn't like she wanted to be up here with others either, but...

She tilted her head. Was that deer down there teal? She leaned a little further in, as if that would somehow give her a better view.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

They probably were. Dinah was still concentrating, but with her eyes closed, was still a little paranoid about what happened last time. Walking off the roof here should be prevented by the wall around the sides, but who could be sure?

"Ow!" Or they could do the job perfectly fine, when you walked right into one. Greeeat. Dinah nodded again to the other girl, a little ways down on the same wall she'd just walked into. "Um. Hi. I'm Dinah." Might as well introduce herself while she was looking stupid.

[jommetry.livejournal.com]

"Esmerelda," she said, then looked up. "There's a wall there, you know." Very helpful, Esme.

[bitten_notshy]

It was a nice day, Jack noted absently as he made his way to the roof before going to the reserves.

He then walked over to Dinah, very very quietly, and just stood there, curious how long he could stay before she'd register a presence.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Quiiiite a bit, actually. Between her feet (cold) and the roof (rough!) and her balance (not so hot) and the telekinesis (iffy), Dinah's concentration was mostly on her own body. She'd heard the door again, but not wanted to break this attempt... almost... had it....

She almost walked into Jack before she heard someone breathing, and opened her eyes again, arms out at her sides, looking like a little kid trying to play airplane. "Jack!" Argh. "Hi!"

[bitten_notshy]

"Hi," he greeted, laughing. "What on earth was that? You look like you're pretending to be a bird."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah put her hands over her face, then had to laugh, rolling her eyes a little before letting them drop to grin at Jack through the blush. "I was trying to air-walk. It's this thing Karla showed me, with focusing really hard, and pushing at the roof through my feet-- I did it once before? But it's just not working today."

[bitten_notshy]

"You walk on air," Jack repeated. "I shouldn't be surprised, given Karla let me ride a unicorn, but it's still..." he shook his head. It wasn't unfathomable, just beyond the magic he'd seen done in public.

[icecoldfrost]

Emma had grabbed a book and retreated to the roof, still a bit off-center what with moving into the dorms. She'd barely gotten used to her cabinmates, and now they were here.

And having so many minds together in one place was incredibly taxing - at least the cabins had spread them out a little bit. Walls or sheets, it didn't make any difference when you were Emma. Everyone was still loud.

Which was why she had headed to the roof. Em's patience wasn't stellar at the best of times, and right now it was wearing thin. Perhaps a bit of air would help with temptation to just start making all the annoying people think they were kittens or something.

[bitten_notshy]

"Miss Frost," Jack called, wandering toward her. "Not afraid of heights, I see."

[icecoldfrost]

Well now, someone she didn't have an irresistible urge to mess with.

Well, too much, anyway.

"Mr. Priest," she answered, rewarding him with a smile. "I usually find the view from the top to be superior to anything else in the world."

[bitten_notshy]

Jack's mouth opened and closed for just an instant as he considered a response. "You do seem like that kind of woman," he told her. "You wouldn't let yourself be shut up in the parlor like a good little girl."

It was a horribly wicked thing to say. He knew that. He also strongly suspected Emma wouldn't mind.

[icecoldfrost]

That was wicked, and Emma snickered in appreciation.

"That depends," she declared. "Is Daddy hiding the good brandy in the parlor again?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah saw the other girl the next time she opened her eyes, and frowned, trying to remember who she was, then placed her: Frost, from class. Her first name hadn't stuck when she'd gotten to keep her last name as a cool superhero identity. "Hi, Frost," she said, mouth quirking sideways. "How's it going?"

[icecoldfrost]

Oh, it was the mental-yeller.

"Tweety," Emma said sweetly. "What are we doing on the roof today? Trying to fly, or throwing people off of it?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah was beginning to hate that name. Not that Frost could know that. Right?

"Air-walking." Which, sadly, she couldn't demonstrate. "The throwing people off only happens with a rappelling line and harness."

[wantstobehuman.livejournal.com]

George had wandered up to the roof after nabbing some lunch, hoping for some fresh air. "Oh, hello," he said, upon seeing Dinah, not realising that he might be interrupting her concentration.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Nyaaah," Dinah said, giving up on that attempt, and opened her eyes, arms still out. "Oh, hi George." She wiggled her toes and let her arms drop, looking a little sheepish. "Whatcha up to?"

[wantstobehuman.livejournal.com]

"Just exploring," George replied. "Lot of dorm to figure out, that sort of thing. What about you? Trying to fly?" He offered a grin with the last, making a joke of it.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah grinned a little. "Maybe?" She pantomimed trying to walk on air toward him. And nearly tripped. "Whoa!"

[bitten_notshy]

"Hello," Jack said affably. "George from the teevee class, right?"

[wantstobehuman.livejournal.com]

"Yup, that's me!" George replied affably. "Jack, right?"

[Think Jack would still smell of vampire?]

[bitten_notshy]

"Exactly," Jack said. "Priest, not one of the other ones."

[I can play it either way :-). I doubt he's bathed, he is all 19th century European, but it's been over 24 hours.]