The Roof, Monday Afternoon

[trigons_child]

Raven found autumn fascinating. Azarath didn't have seasons; therefore the changing colors of the leaves was truly a new experience. So after class she headed up to her favorite spot on the roof and sat cross-legged in the sunlight, eyes closed as she sent her Soul-Self soaring over the Preserve. While her Soul-Self soaked in the reds and golds and oranges of the trees, she thought about Lady Ghanima's class and how she had said to spend the rest of the day contemplating being a better person. Her checklist was slightly different than the rituals they'd discussed that morning. Pay attention in class and please her teachers. Use her gifts to help any who needed healing. Stop occasionally wanting to kill Max, and heal the damage that was done in the other Fandom. Not become her father's servant and help him open gateways to other worlds so they could be conquered or laid waste.

Yeah, that last one was a big one.


[I am desperately trying NOT to fall asleep at work, so Raven is highly interruptable. :) ]

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[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Oh, hi Raven," Hayley said, stepping out onto the roof. She already had a cigarette in her lips, and had a matchbook in her hands. "Nice day for the roof, huh?"

[trigons_child]

"It is a lovely day," Raven agreed, opening her eyes. She frowned at the cigarette in Hayley's mouth. "If you must smoke, please at least let me make certain you have no illnesses developing in your lungs."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley paused, and held up her cigarette. "That's what the filters are for," she said.

Oh, the sixties.

[trigons_child]

"Those do not work as well as you think they might, Hayley," Raven said, shaking her head. No one on Azarath smoked, but when she'd studied Earth culture, she'd seen a few PSAs learned of the dangers.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"...but why would they still sell them if they were dangerous?" Hayley said.

It was this sort of thinking that led to Hayley's Nicotics addiction.

[trigons_child]

"I do not know," Raven said. "It is something about this world I do not understand."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"...It doesn't seem like a good joke," Hayley said.

[trigons_child]

"Not at all," Raven said. "Perhaps you should quit?"

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley frowned, not sure what to think.

"Somebody oughta teach them a lesson," she said.

[trigons_child]

"It is not right that they market their product with misleading information," Raven said, nodding.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Bet they don't even smoke," Hayley said. "I ever find out who does this, the joke's gonna be on them." She spoke with an odd conviction.

[trigons_child]

Raven gave Hayley a concerned look. "Are you all right?" she said.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Just don't like people lyin' to me," Hayley said, mellowing back to her normal, bubble-headed demeanor. "Just no fun, you know?"

[trigons_child]

Raven nodded. "It is never easy when you find out you have been lied to or misled," she said. "I do my best to forgive and move on." Because getting ragey was not an option.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

Hayley stared at her cigarette intently. "Seems a shame. They're so fun, ya know?"

[bitchy_smurf]

The roof was an acceptable place to spend an evening; Illyria hadn't tried visiting during the day before. She wasn't expecting to find it already occupied when she pushed open the door and stalked out.

Still, there was worse company she could imagine. "Raven." She bowed to this 'socialization' thing and gave the half-demon a nod.

[trigons_child]

"Illyria," Raven said, nodding in return. She began to recall her Soul-Self, just in case. It was not instantaneous, however; it had to fly back from the Preserve to rejoin her body.

[trigons_child]

"I would not know," Raven said. "I have never indulged in such a vice."

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Not even?" Hayley said. "Well gee, how do you know about it, then?"

[bloody-luck.livejournal.com]

Mat had not had a class to tell him to try to be a better person today, which was probably a good thing, as he would've completely blown off that particular assignment.

Tired of staring at the walls of his room, he'd decided instead to stare down at the school grounds.

"Hello," he said, grinning when he discovered that he'd have company instead.

[trigons_child]

Raven could not help but smile shyly back. "Hello, Mat," she said. "How are you today?"

[trigons_child]

"From reading what others experience," Raven said.

[onlysmokesnics.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Hayley said. She paused again, to stare at the cigarette. "Hardly seems like it could hurt you."

[bitchy_smurf]

Illyria stepped to the edge of the roof and looked out over the island, and beyond it, the sea. "It seems smaller in the light."

[trigons_child]

"Appearances can be very deceiving," Raven pointed out. "A bee is a small creature, but it can hurt you with its sting."