The Roof, Monday Afternoon [7.27]

[icecoldfrost]

Emma was beyond thrilled to be back in the dorms. She liked the girls in her cabin just fine, but there was something infinitely more preferable about having just one roommate instead of a parcel of them.

Still, the psionic hustle-and-bustle of having everyone in one building instead of spread out over the cabins felt odd after so many weeks, and Emma found herself escaping to the roof for a cigarette once she'd finished unpacking.

Sometimes the littlest vices were the most soothing ones.

[Open roof is open!]

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[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

"I know little of her, save that her name is Alex, which I had presumed incorrectly to be masculine." Tybalt didn't seem to mind all that much that he was sharing a room with a girl, no. Tybalt was actually rather fond of girls.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"It's usually masculine," he said upon hearing the name. "Alex is my name, too. And I'm definitely not a girl. I wouldn't be having as much fun with girls if I was a girl."

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

"Provided thou happened to be the sort of girl who'd not commit such acts," Tybalt noted. "I've been warned that this island has been known to wreak havoc on the genders of those residing here. I daresay I would be such a woman, were it to happen to me."

...

Yes, that did sound weird to Tybalt, too.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"If I turned into a chick, you can bet I'd be having fun with that body," he said. How any girl could resist their boobs was a mystery to him. "And I'd just chalk it up to scientific experimentation."

No, he'd just chalk it up to wanting to play with a pair of tits that happened to be on his own body.

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

"Science has little to do with such things," Tybalt laughed, clearly in better spirits now that this particular off-colour topic had been broached, "and all to do with taking advantage of fortuitous circumstance. And no man alive would dare demand further explanation, for such things defy further explanation. The attraction is obvious, the curiosity but natural."

Damn right, he'd be playing with those boobs. It wasn't every day you got the chance to fondle your own, damn it.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"And yet, I think there'd be some people--" His roommate, for one, "--who'd send the entire time in hiding just because they've got different parts. I guess he needs to see a naked girl without having a fucking heart attack before he could appreciate himself as a girl."

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

"T'would be a sad state to spend such an occasion in." There was a pause for another drag from his cigar, for another slow exhale. "One does not find oneself differently gendered every day."

He grinned slightly.

"Is he truly so innocent, or is he one of those with somewhat differing tastes?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"He's truly innocent," Alex said without hesitation. "I took him to a strip joint and he hid behind his hands."

Griff would be getting such a reputation because of how Alex talked about him.

"Got embarrassed when the girls took off their tops. Got more embarrassed when they lost their skirts."

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

"But that is the beauty of such establishments," Tybalt protested, caught aghast by the antics of Alex's poor, poor roomie. "He knows not what he misses."

Very sad, indeed.

"I've not properly introduced myself, Alex. I am Tybalt, of the house of Capulet." A pause. "A house which, I assure you, properly appreciates the fine form of a supple woman."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Then, it's a house I approve of," he said, more than willing to be friendly (or as friendly as he could be) with someone who didn't wilt at the talk of sex. "Alex Karev of the...Karev house, I guess. Good to meet you, Tybalt. It's good to know that not all guys flail at the mention of a woman. I was beginning to think I was going to school with a bunch of prudes."

And that was the guys. The girls he'd met had been very...agreeable.

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

"And what good would a prudish attitude serve, here or elsewhere? Life, by its very definition, is oft long and unpleasant. One must enjoy its finer points whenever possible, lest we end it unsatisfied."

Alex could speak for himself of his experiences with the girls. Tybalt, meanwhile, just so happened to have date number three scheduled in the hopes of scoring with yet another prude.

Tybalt clearly needed to borrow Alex's little black book.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Believe it or not, that's not an attitude shared by many," Alex said, shrugging. "But, I'm pretty satisfied as of late. How are you doing?"

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

"I've my eye on a few," Tybalt noted. "It would appear as though some of the ladies on this island share the same outlook on life as your unfortunate roommate, however. I've my suspicions that I'll have to tolerate the living dead at Caritas if I want to improve my recent luck."

Or his lack thereof.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Ah, you've got one that's playing hard to get?" Alex asked. "Or is she just looking for that special someone to wine and dine her?"

Gag.

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

"I've not the benefit of knowing, nor am I a reader of minds. Though I must admit that such an ability might be advantageous in learning the difference, when it comes to this particular maiden."

An interesting choice of words, considering the particular maiden in question was Jean Grey.

"It is by stubbornness and force of will now that I continue to seek her favour. Her interest is apparent enough, t'is her motivations which elude me."

Tybalt really, really had to learn the local dialect. He could have saved so much time just by saying, 'I don't know which, but I really want to tap that anyhow.'

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex was able to get the gist of things after a moment's pause and some thinking on his part.

"She let you even have a taste?" Alex asked. Meaning had Tybalt copped a feel or just gotten sweet kisses on the cheeks.

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

There had been both! The copped feel hadn't gone over so well, though.

"Popcorn," Tybalt sighed. "I had to inform her that my hand had slipped, and that I had been aiming not for her tender breast, but for the popcorn."

That had been a sad moment, indeed.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Suck." Just not literally for poor Tybalt. "I had sex behind the cabins last week."

Hey, if Tybalt was sharing, he could too. He'd just been having better luck.

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

"Thou art striving to make me jealous," Tybalt noted, though he was wearing a faint smirk as he said so. "I daresay this means I shall have to strive harder to catch up."

His strategy was going to have to change, wasn't it?

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Me, try and make someone jealous?" Tybalt made some astute observations. "I'm sure you could do it, buddy. Maybe five more dates of accidentally groping her and she'll let you in her pants."

He was such a catch. Really.

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

"She mentioned, on Friday, that she had been seeking reason to wear her new bathing suit," Tybalt noted. "Should it be anything but a two-piece, I shall be very disappointed."

They were both very charming, weren't they?

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"If it's not a two piece, you're not getting into those pants for awhile," Alex decided. "I've heard there's a hot tub like place in town. Water, bathing suits and close quarters. She might even need to sit on your lap."

Clearly, they were kindred spirits.

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

Clearly they were. Females of Fandom, beware.

"The dorms are fitted with a swimming pool as well," Tybalt shared, "though this location of which you speak, I must admit, does sound a fair bit more... inviting."

In his lap, you say? Oh, he was going to have to look that place up.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I think it's called the onsen," he said, trying to recall what he'd read. "I walked by it once. Pretty secluded, pretty small but enough room if you there's some strenuous activities you want to get done."

Not that he he'd thought about that or anything.

"And if she wants romance, you can call it romantic too." Alex wasn't a fan of being the mushy gushy romantic stuff. Ew.

[feline-royalty.livejournal.com]

"T'would appear that she is a fan of romance," Tybalt agreed, frowning thoughtfully. "I've no idea what led her to believe that I was the sort to engage in romantic endeavours, mind."

Could be his manner of speech?

"The onsen, however, does smack of promise."