The Roof, Thursday Evening

[intraspective]

It was too hot to stay cooped up in her room and, much like a plant, Ino needed more fresh air.

Four walls got seriously confining after awhile. Even if they were sort of soothing at the same time. The roof was decided on as a fairly easy place to lounge and the old cigarette butts got a faint smile out of her.

Perching precariously on the edge of the roof, she went back to her notes and scribbling, looking utterly comfortable.

And maybe a wee bit tired. Whatever. Dreams were stupid.

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[awalkingfelony.livejournal.com]

There was a soft clicking of heels as Elle stepped over to the edge of the roof, blinking, mouth turned down.

Break was next week and she wasn't going home. This seriously disturbed her.

She needed air. She needed to hit something. Unfortunately she had no more boxes of chocolate to throw against the wall.

"Oh. Hi, Ino," she said, just now noticing the other girl. "I won't bother you. I totally promise."

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Well now.

Ino blinked up from her notebook, shaking away the equations, and gave Elle a quizzical look.

"Oh?" she inquired archly. "I think it's more you that doesn't want to be bothered than me."

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"Because I totally look like I've overindulged in a box of chocolates?" she asked, tucking a few strands of messy hair behind her ear.

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"If you want to feel bad 'bout yourself, sure, that's why," Ino answered mildly. That response was... interesting. And it totally wasn't why she'd asked. "But, really, people don't go 'oh' and then say they won't bother someone 'less they wanted to be alone."

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Elle shrugged a little. "It's not that so much as I didn't expect anyone to be up here." Because everyone had so much funner things to do with their time, then come up to the roof and bemoan their current state of boredom that was obviously supposed to continue into next week omigod.

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"It's a free roof," Ino drawled languidly, eyes flashing with amusement. Pink Elle was sort of grumpy.

...it probably said interesting things about Ino that she was going to enjoy that fact.

"And you're not the only one who wasn't expecting company."

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda needed fresh air as well. She had a large bottle of water with her that was frosting over from just coming out of the fridge.

She was wiping it across her forehead as much as she was drinking it.

Noticing Ino, she frowned. "Hey Amy. Everything copacetic?"

[anarchist-queen.livejournal.com]

Leda smiled at Elle. At least she didn't hurt her eyes this time. Then she saw that Elle wasn't smiling. Oops. "Water?" she offered lamely.

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Copa-what?

"Is that code or something?" Ino asked, bemused. She was a clever enough girl but that word wasn't hitting any bells.

[awalkingfelony.livejournal.com]

Yes, she was. And her pink Donna Karan blouse was totally wrinkled which didn't made her feel any better.

Elle shifted from one foot to the next in agitation.

"Is that a polite way in asking me to go... like to the far corner or something?"

It's not like she wouldn't do it but she was here now and this spot was perfect for her mood and everything.

[weefeetbigboots.livejournal.com]

Kaylee had been working on making things that could fly. This, while interesting (and somewhat terrifying), was not something that could really be tested in her room.

Which was why Thursday night, she made her way up to the roof with something vaguely resembling a remote-controlled model airplane. "Hi!" she chirped, waving Ino's way, before setting up her little winged craft on a bit of the edge of the roof.

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"Water?" she asked. "Why? Because I totally look dehydrated or something?"

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"Hiii," Ino answered back, cheerfully enough to the girl she sort of recognized and looked up.

"What is that, please?"

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Ino snickered at that, closing her book and stretching (which made perch even more precarious, but hey, Ino was perfectly safe as far as she was concerned).

"Elle," she said, eyebrows stuck on seriously, that's just sad. "If I told you to go away, you'd know."

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"I don't got a proper name for it yet," she admitted, "but it's kinda like a ship, 'cept really small! I wanna see if it'll fly."

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"Like an airplane?" Ino checked interested. "'Cause aren't ships for, like, water? Why's it a ship if it's going to fly?"

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"Yes, you would know, right?"

But there was frowning involved.

"I totally don't think you are in a safe position there, Ino. Move. Please?"

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That got a blink of actual confusion.

"What's wrong with my position?"

[weefeetbigboots.livejournal.com]

"Like a airplane!" Kaylee said agreeably. "But ships can go in the sky, too! Not like a boat-ship. Like a spaceship!"

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"Got those where you come from then?"

She shut her notebook--bye bye calculations!--and shifted enough to better see the flying-ship-thing. "Spaceships, I mean? We don't have much beyond wagons and stuff back home."

But home had ninja and therefore rocked.

[awalkingfelony.livejournal.com]

"Are you not stupidly close to the edge?" D'uh.

[weefeetbigboots.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh! I came here on one, an' I wanna work on one when I get done here," Kaylee said excitably, setting up the little winged thingie. "We don't got much on my home planet, 'sides mules an' all." Except Kaylee didn't mean 'mules' like most people did. But still.

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"I'm touched by your concern," Ino answered sarcastically even though she was sort of.

That was weird.

"It's just the roof. It's only, what--six floors?" Playing innocent.

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Elle took a self-satisfied step closer to Ino. "I am concerned and I doubt you wish the contents of my stomach spewed forth in worry if you continue to make me think of you falling six floors. Because seriously... ew."

She tapped her toe.

"I've got a tummy fully of chocolate. It could totally happen."

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"Guess mules can't be that interesting," she laughed lightly. "'Less you're really into them and all, then oops, but I guess a ship might be okay for travelling."