The Roof, Tuesday afternoon

[notmyownage]

Graduation and the seniors leaving only stood to make Claudia realize that she'd been kind of anti-social, especially towards the end of the semester. Sure, avoiding people was something of a habit of hers, what with growing up around folks who couldn't even begin to understand her, but around here, most people seemed to take her brand of crazy in stride. Clearly, something would have to be done.

Which would be how she ended up on the roof with a baker's dozen bottles of diet soda, six rolls of Mentos, and several model rockets.

Yeah, she knew exactly what would happen when these things combined. That wasn't the point of this particular experiment.

[ooc: Open roof is open! It's a glorious day, and I'm jealous of Claudia's ability to enjoy it.]

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[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"So what are we blowing up?" Jake asked. He had no reason to be on the roof, other than the fact that he'd heard someone up here and he'd been curious.

[notmyownage]

Claudia grinned at him. "Model rockets. I considered loading them up with sparklers or something for homemade fireworks, but the diet coke would probably just put out the fuses."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Maybe I should have asked who you're aiming for," he grinned. "I leave you alone for a while and you come up with rockets."

[notmyownage]

"You expected anything different?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"No, would have been disappointed if you'd pined for me," he teased and moved closer to study the rockets. "So what's the plan, Doctor Genius?"

[notmyownage]

"Honestly? Set off rockets using mentos and coke and see how many people come up to go 'OH EM GEE, DOUBLE-YOU TEE EFF exclamation point, exclamation point.'"

Yes, this was a social experiement.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jacob laughed. "And hope none of them is security and they get you detention?" he checked.

[notmyownage]

"Detention is but a small price to pay for science!" Claudia smirked. "Even the soft sciences."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"Ooooh, last famous words," he teased and straightened up, turning to face her. "Ok fine, where do you need me?"

[notmyownage]

Claudia looked around and shrugged. "Uh. You wanna try setting one off? The trick is to get the rocket on the bottle before it actually explodes."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"How about you show me?" he suggested. "I wouldn't want to steal your glory or anything."

[notmyownage]

Claudia snorted. "Yes, mentos and coke is so glorious." She grabbed one of the two-liters and four candies, making sure she had a rocket on the ground next to her. "Okay, so. Coke. Mentos. Rocket." She dropped the candy in the bottle, put her hand quickly over the top, then grabbed the rocket, jammed it on, and jumped back.

"Lift off!" The ensuing diet coke geyser sent the rocket blasting into the air.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jacob was laughing as he watched the rocket go off and back down over the edge of the roof. "Besides that, they're completely harmless for consumption, I'm sure."

[notmyownage]

"And totally biodegradable!"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure it is," he said, grabbing another one of the bottles and the mentos.

"So this is what you came up with when everyone was meeting their future off spring and turned tiny?" he asked as he unscrewed the bottle, dropped the mentos in and slammed the rocket on it.

He jumped back quickly, but still got plenty of coke on his shirt for his trouble. Whatever, the rocket was off. "Cool."

[notmyownage]

"Well, in between being, you know, nine and all." She shrugged. "I kinda realized I'd been sort of a hermit. Can't have that."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

"You shouldn't," he agreed. "It's boring being a hermit." Even if he sometimes got it. "I missed you being nine? Maaaan."

[notmyownage]

"I spent most of my time telling people they were doing things wrong." Claudia shrugged. "I was kind of a brat."

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

That got another snort and he tried to wipe at the coke stains. "I missed pushing you in the mud to put you in your place?"

[notmyownage]

"I probably would have given you a lecture on the viscosity of the mud." Claudia shrugged. "Were you little, too?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

Jacob shook his head. "No, I got stuck. I missed the last three weeks."

[notmyownage]

"Stuck?" Claudia frowned deeply. "You should have told me. I'd've come help you out." Claudia had kind of a thing about people getting stuck places. She didn't think it should happen. Ever.

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

He laughed, sounding a bit nervous and rubbed at the back of his neck. "I couldn't exactly tell anyone." Except Firekeeper, Angua any telepath on the island but yeah....

[notmyownage]

"No phone?" Yeah, Claudia didn't really get how he was stuck. "Still." She took a swipe at his chest. "No disappearing or being stuck any more, yeah?"

[need-no-moon.livejournal.com]

No voice. He was this close to saying it out loud, but then he had no idea what she'd say.

"I'll try, but the island spirits might not like me," he joked instead.