The Roof [Saturday night]

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime had a huge bowl of fresh popcorn dripping with butter and drenched in s salt. He was sitting near the edge of the roof, just looking out. "Man," he shook his head, looking over at his companion, "this may be the weirdest thing that's happened since I got here. And that's saying something."

He snorted. "Does this sort of thing happen often?"

"And do you think we have enough popcorn for any other unaffected people who might show up?"

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[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I don't think this has ever happened before," Dinah said, sitting on the edge of the roof and grabbing a handful of popcorn for herself. "I mean, days of singing, and truth-telling, and a weekend when I actually was someone else, and one when I was in another person's body, but this? New by me." She shook her head, still kind of amazed. "We can always make more popcorn, maybe?" She squinted off the roof toward some NPC fight breaking out on the other side of the school grounds wall.

[weldedtomyspine]

"Though... judging by how many people are weird... we may not even need to make more popcorn." He shook his head. "What's the most interesting thing you've seen so far?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah had to think about that, then finally admitted, "It's a tie between Karla in a leather catsuit with water-boobs, and Raven dressed up as a dominatrix." She shook her head. "Why couldn't I run into any guys who were trying out leather pants for the weekend?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Probably for the same reason I didn't run into Karla or Raven," Jaime countered with an amused snort. He was trying not to get too distracted imagining either of those things.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"I think I'm glad I didn't run into a few people like that though. At least not yet. Radio is going to be insane. And Professor Max---" Yeah, not thinking about that. "Never mind, just way, way craziness."

[weldedtomyspine]

"Professor Max?" Jaime prompted with a grin. Maybe he could get her to blush or something. That'd be fun.

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Or flail! A lot! "I didn't see him, 'Dite said-- never mind, doesn't matter, and I wasn't there. Nope." Dinah shook her head vehemently. "Sooo, what's the weirdest thing you saw?"

[heromaniac]

Momoko knew roof etiquette and so did not sneak up on the two she'd found sitting awfully close to the edge. "Hey! You know, I will totally charge you a rescue fee if you fall and I have to fly down and catch you! Can I sit? Oh! And can I have some popcorn?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"The popcorn is for everyone," Jaime declared with a grin. "Good to see you still among the normal."

[heromaniac]

"Yay! And I'm as normal as I usually am! Which is pretty normal for me, but others may tell you different! There's a mini hospital in the rec room downstairs; did you know that?" She plopped down beside him and reached for some popcorn. "So what's going on?"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Hey, you're totally normal!" Jaime promised her. "And I saw that. Weird, huh?" He bumped her shoulder lightly and shifted the bowl to be easier to reach. "We're just up here people watching, and swapping stories. You got any to add?"

[heromaniac]

"Nope, no stories." She tossed a piece of popcorn in the air and tried to catch in in her mouth. She missed, pouted playfully , and leaned forward to watch it fall to the ground. "Just that. I've pretty much been in my room all day, surfing the web. Does that mean I can't stay? I can totally make something up, if I need to!"

[weldedtomyspine]

"Hmm... well, you can probably stay, but make something up anyway. It'll give us something to talk about." He tossed a piece of popcorn at her head.

[heromaniac]

"Hey! Quit it." She chuckled and tossed a piece of popcorn at his head in return, then stuck out her tongue at him. "Okay, Uhm. Moshi, when I woke up, was six feet tall and crying in the corner of the room that there was no milk in his bowl and I had to loan him my best pair of boots before he stopped howling. How's that?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah blinked at Momoko. "Tomoko?" she checked, wondering. Except... "Momoko?"

Ow, brain. Ow.

[heromaniac]

Momoko waved happily at Dinah. "Hiii Dinah! Look, no elf costume today! I'm all me again! Not that it was a bad costume or anything, just a bit drafty. I'm totally thinking of buying some bells, like earrings or something? They were so cute! Who's Tomoko?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"This girl who looked like you, only was nothing like you, in the graveyard-- and never mind, just more weirdness of the day," Dinah decided, then grinned. "Yeah! I'm glad to be back to wearing something that's actually warm, especially up here."

[heromaniac]

"Whoah! There's someone in the graveyard who looks like me? Really? I wonder if I have an ancestor buried here." Momoko blinked, then, "I know, it's cold right? I keep waiting for it to snow! Regular snow, I mean. Not, like, marshmallows, or anything!"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Well, she was our age," Dinah said, confused, "Only with a major attitude. She wants to join a motorcycle gang. And yes, real snow! I'm loving the wee tiny trees and ornaments, but c'mon, is real snow so hard to swing?"

[living_endless]

Jaime's weird night was about to get weirder. Still in the satin slipdress she'd worn to the wedding, Deirdre climbed up to the roof, sat near the edge, and proceeded to cry as if her heart was broken. The interruption during the ceremony had reminded her of her own evil twin, who had died in jail under mysterious circumstances after being charged for grand larceny of the D'Infinité family gems.

She missed Dolores.

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime glanced over in alarm. From behind the girl looked familiar, but... he couldn't put his finger on it. Still, she was crying. He got up, set his popcorn down, and hurried over. "Um... excuse me... are you okay?"

[living_endless]

Deirdre looked up at him, face shining with pleasure at the unanticipated kindness. "I am, I suppose. I was just at a wedding in town and it ... reminded me of some things I wanted to forget."

She smiled politely. "It's nothing, I suppose. Thank you for asking."

[weldedtomyspine]

"It can't be nothing if you're crying like that," Jaime corrected her gently. "I think I've got a handkerchief here somewhere." He reached into a pocket looking for one. Then reached into another pocket. Nope, not there either.

[living_endless]

"I went to Penelope and Hurley's wedding," Deirdre explained. "And these horrible girls stood up to say Hurley had gotten one of the twins pregnant. It ... made me miss my sister. A lot."

She didn't look much the same, but the ankh around her neck might be of passing interest.

[weldedtomyspine]

Jaime was on his fourth pocket when he finally located his handkerchief. He offered it to her without comment, which was when he spotted the ankh. He opened his mouth to say something, but then didn't because... well, other people could wear one of those, too, right?

"Is your sister...?" he began instead, trailing off when he realized it had to be a sensitive topic for her to be crying like that.