Roof - Friday Late Afternoon

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Rose's ass was thoroughly kicked by her second training session in the afternoon.  So much so that she was pretty sure if she sat down on her bed, she'd end up asleep right up until tomorrow morning.  Which would be pathetic. 

The rain seemed to have stopped though so she wandered up to the roof and sat on the wall.  It was totally dorky, but she even had a book with her to study. Something about that new determination plus actually having talked Dimitri into fight training had made her realise there were other parts of being a guardian she hadn't been paying attention to.  So she was fixing it...even if this book was a little too focused on the threat of guns to the protectees. 

The longer she was up there, the less the book was actually getting read.

[Home from work early wheeee]

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[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

Mat was finished with his meeting with the men (and that annoying blond one) and was now in search of entertainment.

Hello, Rose.

He smiled as he came onto the roof. "My day has just gotten much brighter," he said.

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Rose grinned over at him. "Really?" she teased. "Cause I was thinking it was pretty cloudy."

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

"Only if you're planning on being bloody literal about things," Mat said, sitting down nearby.

It had been forever since he'd seen clouds. They were rather reassuring. "Think it's going to rain syrup again?"

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"The island hasn't repeated anything twice since I've been here," Rose said, eyeing the clouds suspiciously. "We'd be more likely to end up with pudding or something."

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

Mat pulled his hat a little lower. "That would certainly be something to write home about if I could write home. Or wanted to." He laughed. "And if I wanted them all to think I was crazy."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, it was nice to get a change of perspective- literally. Which usually meant sitting out on the window ledge, but with the cats around, Firekeeper conceded that perhaps wasn't the best of ideas anymore. So she and Blind Seer headed up to the roof.

"Rose, hello," she waved, and Blind Seer inclined his head in a greeting of his own.

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"Firekeeper!" Rose said, giving a wave back. "And Blind Seer, hi. What are you guys up to?"

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"No class," Firekeeper shrugged. "So not too much. Came up to see view from here," she admitted. "Was not expecting to find anyone else, but am glad for it."

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"It's been a long time since I've seen you," she remarked. 'And, hey, for once the roof is free of smoke. We should enjoy it while we have it."

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Longer for me than you," Firekeeper replied with a nod, still not entirely used to the time-difference thing.

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

"Burn me, is that a wolf?" gasped the ever-observant Mat Cauthon.

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Burn me?" Firekeeper echoed. She knew enough to recognize an exclamation when she heard one now, and figured it wasn't literal- but it was still unfamiliar. "Is, yes," she said with a smirk. "His name is Blind Seer."

Blind Seer inclined his head at Mat in a slight nod.

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Mat's eyes went wide. "He can bloody understand me?" he asked, looking a little terrified.

This was Perrin's area of expertise, not his. He didn't want to end up with yellow eyes and a terrifying wife.

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Of course," Firekeeper told him. "He is Royal Wolf. Better than small, stupid kind most humans know," her voice held a slight note of scorn for these Cousins.

[provostsdog.livejournal.com]

It was Pounce who led Beka up the stairs and if she'd known he was going on the roof, she would have brought the pigeon food.

Manh, he went in greeting, before Beka had even noticed Rose was there.

"That explains why he wanted to come up here," Beka remarked.

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"Hey Pounce," Rose said, the meow and the eyes way too recognisable. She got ready to pet him if he wanted it. She grinned at Beka. "I'm an awesome reason to come up, sure. Hey"

[provostsdog.livejournal.com]

Of course, he wanted to get petted. He was a cat, after all. He liked pets, as long as they were under his conditions.

Beka smiled at her shoes. "Modest one too," she remarked.

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Pounce and Blind Seer were always welcome to pets from Rose. She had to make up for every other animal ever who hated her.

"Modesty's totally my best quality," Rose agreed, teasing but smugly.

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

"Beka, Pounce," Firekeeper greeted both of them. "Was not knowing roof so popular a place to be."

[provostsdog.livejournal.com]

"Nor was I," Beka smiled and motioned to her cat. "It's his fault." Not that Pounce cared one bit.

It's boring inside, Pounce didn't complain, he was simply stating a fact, allowing all three of them to hear.

[kestrelswolf.livejournal.com]

Cats usually didn't care what people thought one way or another, Firekeeper had discovered. It likely worked as well when describing the non-wild kind.

"He's right," Firekeeper admitted with a laugh. "Inside is often boring, even with television to entertain sometimes."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex hadn't been up to the roof in awhile and, with that in mind, he stomped up there today, intent on trying to forget and repress certain things.

Seeing Rose up on the roof, he figured he'd at least have someone good to focus on.

"You're alive," he said mildly, already reaching into his pocket for his cigarettes. "I was getting concerned."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

She glanced over at him then gave him a smile. "Nah, totally a ghost."

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"Good looking ghost," he complimented, returning her smile briefly. "What're you doing up here, taking up my space to smoke?"

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"Be embarrassing if I was an ugly ghost," she said lightly. "And I'm just a visitor to the smoking roof, I know, I know."