roof | mid evening | sunday | september 20

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

After one of those weeks that he'd sooner forget, Alex was feeling a little more settled when he brought himself to the roof for a smoke and some fresh air. The cooler temperatures were welcome for a guy who spent most of his life in a place where the winters were cold as hell, these were almost mild. Still, they were preferred over sweltering days.

Despite the shitty week, he wasn't giving anything away in his posture of his expression. He was fine, he was good and, really, he was a little more settled than he had been. Of course, there were still things weighing on his mind that he wasn't in a rush to do anything about but he was still feeling better than he had.

Rapidfire moodiness did have its benefits. One moment pissed off, the next moment fine. For now, he was just going to smoke and try to ignore everything that was pinging around in his mind. That was his plan.

[see this roof? it's open.]

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[heromaniac]

An RC helicopter came buzzing through the air followed by a cheerful voice: "Kshhh. Base, this is Akatsutsumi. We are over the alien structure. We're going in closer to investigate. Over." Momoko popped around a corner herself, making sure she was well within the remote's range. Oh, someone else was up here?

"Oops!" Had she bothered him? She directed the helicopter well away. "Sorry," she called out cheerfully, just in case she had.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex was just...going to stare at that. Had be been morphed back to grade school?

"You didn't hit me," he said, voice dry. "You would've known if you had."

[heromaniac]

"I also didn't mean to disturb you!" Momoko landed the helicopter and grinned at the stranger. "I'm Momoko. Some people come up here to be alone and don't like cheerful people like me being around and having fun when they're trying to be mopey and sad."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Alex," he said, making a face at her statement and then shaking his head. "I could ignore you if you were bothering me. Not that hard to shut people out."

[heromaniac]

"That almost sounds like a challenge, Alex! You don't know how hyper I can get!" Momoko grinned and gave him a V-sign. "So if you're not being sad and broody, are you just up here to smoke, then? You know that's bad for you, right?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I know," he said, shaking his head. "Every single person takes the opportunity to tell me like they're related to the frigging surgeon general. I'm gonna die anyway, I'll just go happy."

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

Valentine couldn't help be a little amused by the helicopter. "Hey," she called out lightly with a smile. "Mind flying that thing over here so I can have a look?"

[heromaniac]

Ah! An invitation! "Ksshht. Base? We've got another blip on the scanner!" Momoko flew the helicopter over 'to investigate' and let it hover beside the girl, then walked over herself. "Hi! You want to try? It's really pretty easy and it's fun!" She held out the remote.

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

Laughing, Valentine shook her head. "No, that's okay," she said. "I'm likely to just crash it. I was just mostly interested in the helicopter design, but thanks for the piloting offer."

[heromaniac]

"Ah! Can't have it crashing! Reno would kill me. Well, not literally. But he'd be sad and disappointed in me, and that's just as bad." Momoko landed the helicopter with a smile. "There you go! Now you can pick it up! Engineer or scientist or pilot?"

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"None of the above?" Valentine admitted with a grin, reaching over to inspect the toy. "Just curious. I take it Reno's the person who got this for you?"

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

Leave it to Valentine to bring her laptop with her up to the roof, but she wanted a little bit of air, and there seemed a pattern in the type of people who went up there. Despite knowing otherwise, when she spotted Alex, she couldn't refuse a little teasing, "I thought your domain was usually closer to the ground."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I haven't been down there in awhile," he said, glancing backwards at the new arrival. "You need to catch up."

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"Or maybe actually care," Valentine offered, with a grin, as she found a nice place with a good view to settle, putting her laptop on her knees and opening it to boot it up. "How've you been, Alex?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"What, you don't care about me?" Alex asked, hand to his heart. "That mean you asking me how I've been is just making conversation and you're not even gonna listen to the answer? Harsh, Valentine."

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"Well," Valentine said pointedly, poising herself with straightened shoulders and her fingers over her keyboard, "maybe if someone hadn't lied about certain friendship bracelets, I would still care."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

After a spar that Rose didn't think was going to leave Dimitri with too much to criticise but one that was going to leave her hurting tomorrow, she wasn't even close to ready to head to bed. More fresh air seemed good, and she found her way up to the roof.

That there were people already up there wasn't a huge surprise, and Rose gave a general 'hey'. Some people would generally get a warmer greeting but when they acted crazy, that often stopped.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex had almost forgotten about this little situation but it came back pretty fast when Rose appeared. Yeah, he'd acted crazy but it'd been...just a shit week. She'd gotten caught in the middle.

"Evening," he said mildly, nodding. "Welcome to the roof."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"My very own welcome?" Rose asked, unable not to be amused. "Are you the welcome wagon now? Do I get a gift basket?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Take a raincheck?" he wondered, digging into his pocket and coming up empty. "Unless you want some gum."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Raincheck," she agreed, pulling her still damp-hair back over her shoulder. She made a face at him. "But only this once."

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"Rose." Valentine gave the other girl a small smile and a nod. "How goes things?"

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Hey Valentine," she smiled back. "There was Fight Club and I'm not some sort of fuzzy animal so I can't complain. You?"

[a-demosthenes.livejournal.com]

"I really can't complain with your criteria," Valentine admitted with a grin, "except for the fact that being a cat's not so bad. Gives you an excuse to do nothing but sleep in sunny spots, chase shiny things, and throw up on your brother's floor."

[guardianborn.livejournal.com]

"Well, sure a cat's nice what with the cuteness and claws," Rose agreed. "But what if you'd ended up a hedgehog. Or a potbellied pig?"