The Roof, Tuesday Evening

[wwiii]

The thing about having wings and living on an island where, theoretically, one could walk around with them in plain view without raising a huge fuss was that, sooner or later, one had to get ideas about the whole thing.

And Warren's idea as he stood on the edge of the roof looking out over the island once again was this; That he had wings. That it would be a sin to just keep them bunched up underneath that coat of his for the rest of his life, after leaping out a window in order to keep from losing them in the first place.

And oh, yes. That he could fly. That was the important bit, right there.

That was why this evening, as he made his way up to the roof, he was shrugging out of his coat. Because he'd had these wings since he was just a little kid, and he'd used them twice. Twice. And both times had been more exhilarating than he'd ever imagined they could be, and he wanted more.

Just as soon as he was finished balking at the fact that he was standing on the edge of the roof, and all. Maybe he should have started on the ground?

[Open roof is open! Why not, right?]

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[notmyownage]

Claudia headed up to the roof with a couple bits of electrical equipment to tinker with. She paused just outside the door and stared for a moment.

"Woah."

[wwiii]

Warren cast a look over his shoulder, a sheepish sort of smile as he tucked his wings as close to his back as he possibly could, and then turned to face the girl in the doorway.

"They're... not really a big deal or anything, honest."

Right, Warren.

[notmyownage]

"Are they real?" Oh who was she kidding? Either way, they were awesome. "Do they work? Holy crap!"

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

"You're up here an awful lot," Kurt greeted her with a bit of a smile.

[notmyownage]

"It is becoming a bit of a pattern. How's it going, Kurt?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex could handle a little cold and if it meant he got outside and out of his room, he could bundle himself up and head to the roof to smoke. Of course, he didn't exactly expect to see some guy standing on the roof's edge, looking like he was contemplating the life, the universe and everything in it.

"Nice wings," he said idly, surprised that he wasn't that surprised anymore.

[wwiii]

Warren was going to actually get around to taking off sooner or later, sure. But for the time being, the distraction was almost welcome.

If kind of awkward.

"Thanks. I guess?" Awkward. Yep. "I decided to stretch them a little, tonight."

Which explained wonderfully why they were still folded at his back, and all.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Not a bad place to do it," he said, looking around the spacious roof. "Last guy I met who could fly used a broomstick. Guessing you don't really need that with those things."

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

Effy was pretty much a roof regular by now, and she'd seen some things, but... guy with wings up here? That was a new one.

Didn't want to go startling him, considering where he was standing, so for the moment, she stayed quiet, pulling out her lighter as she wound her way a bit closer.

[wwiii]

Okay, Warren. Okay, you can do this. Just take a deep breath, and... And there's somebody behind you, isn't there?

Warren glanced over his shoulder quickly to make sure. Yep. Definitely somebody else up here.

"Busy spot," he noted, trying an awkward little smile on for size. Next time, maybe he'd climb a tree.

[pastmewrong.livejournal.com]

"Usually," she agreed. Surprising, considering, you know, roof. "You should see it when it's warm." He had a 'new' sort of sheen on him, so she hazarded a guess that he hadn't been here over the summer.

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

A furry blue figure appeared on the edge of the roof in a puff of foul-smelling smoke. And did a double-take when he saw all the people there. "YAAAAAH!"

And like that? He was gone.


A few minutes later, a very NON-blue Kurt nonchalantly walked out onto the roof through the door, like a normal person. "Wow, is the roof always this crowded?" he asked.

[wwiii]

"Apparently it's worse in the summertime," Warren replied, looking somewhat bemused. Yeah, it had been kind of difficult to miss the puff, and the smell, and the hollering. "How is the completely normal life working out for you, Kurt?"

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

"Oh, fine, fine," Kurt told him. "COMPLETELY normal. You, too. Looks like you're lettin' it all hang out tonight, though, ja?"

[longislandiceme]

"I wouldn't know," Bobby shrugged, not commenting on the puff-of-smoke thing, since he knew exactly what it was. "I haven't really been up here much." And now he'd been up here twice in the same month. Funny how that coincided with the arrival of a certain winged mutant on the island.

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

"I was just expecting it to be a little more... private, you know?" Kurt told him. "It's the ROOF."

[longislandiceme]

At the rate he was going, Bobby was going to have to revise his assertion that he was not one of the hanging-out-on-rooftops people.

"...Hey, man," he greeted Warren. The slight hesitation there was surprise, yes, but not so much at the presence of the wings as the fact that they were you know, not under a coat.

...Not that he was wearing a coat either. Shh.

[wwiii]

"Oh, hey, Bobby." Warren's greeting came with a small, almost sheepish sort of smile. The hesitation was duly noted! "Welcome to the roof. Very popular this time of year."

Plenty of people who wanted to hang around in the cold. Probably mostly smokers.

[longislandiceme]

Bobby, at least, was not a smoker! He just liked the cold cause it was cold.

And he'd kind of been hoping that Warren might be found up here too, yes.

"I bet Bruce is real happy about that," he remarked. Guy seemed like the 'spends a lot of time brooding' type. Easy to recognize after living with Scott Summers.

[iamnotallgirl]

Jill was both bored and in kind of an emo mood for no good reason, so she headed up to the roof. This made sense in her head.

Then she saw the guy with the wings. "Holy cow."

[wwiii]

"Neither, actually."

... Well.

[iamnotallgirl]

"I didn't mean literally," Jill said. "Wait, are you from one of those worlds that doesn't have metaphors or whatever?" But they did have wings, apparently.

[bamf-tastic.livejournal.com]

"He's more of a bird than a cow," Kurt pointed out with a helpful smirk.

[iamnotallgirl]

"Whatever," Jill said. "He has wings!"

[longislandiceme]

"Hey... Jill, right?" Bobby checked. They'd talked like, twice, or something before, he thought.