The Roof, Wednesday Afternoon

[trigons_child]

With the reserve meeting canceled, after her morning class Raven retreated to the roof to meditate. She was still on edge after what had happened last night. She'd kept enough control to not turn on her friends, but her demon side had been far too easily provoked by Karla's life being in danger.

And the lust. Awkward didn't begin to describe it. Meditation was desperately called for.

She sat cross-legged near the garden, eyes closed as she sank into a light trance. She was still aware enough of her surroundings that she'd hear if someone else came up on the roof. The sun was bright and it was almost 100°F out, but she was able to heal any damage the sun did to her skin immediately. Who needed sunscreen?

She was also wondering how she was going to explain all of this to Anakin tomorrow without mentioning the word "orgy."


[ooc: Open like an open roof!]

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[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

Feeling a bit of nostalgia for his youth, James decided to take to the roof.

Using traditional means; he was not up to climbing the outside of this building in his condition. As he entered the roof area, he saw a student sitting like a Hadati hillman, though without the tartan, and moved to the edge of the roof to lounge for a bit, moving quietly enough that most people would not notice.

If she did, he would apologize for interrupting.

[trigons_child]

Raven didn't need sight or sound to tell her someone else was on the roof. She opened her eyes and nodded in greeting. "Hello," she said.

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"Did not mean to disturb," he said, quirking an eyebrow.

[trigons_child]

"It is no matter," Raven said, stretching her arms as they'd grown stiff while she meditated. "If I wished to ignore you, I could easily do so."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"That would be better than the reception I've received this week." He grinned, lopsided; he leaned against the rail. "Your fellow shop clerk tried to take my head off."

[trigons_child]

Raven tensed. "She did? She would have to have good reason to do so."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

Again, with that lopsided grin. "I said hello." He shrugged. "Not the best welcome I've ever had, to be sure." there was more to the story, but James did not know it.

[trigons_child]

"I have never known Karla to attack unprovoked," Raven said, making a mental note to ask her about it.

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"Apparently, she is not happy when first woken while working."

What? It's the truth!

[trigons_child]

"The weekend was very draining," Raven said, considering that. "If you startled her, then I am not surprised she reacted in such a way."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"You survived." It was a quetion and a statement. "I have no love for underwater places."

[trigons_child]

"I remained in Fandom," Raven said. Well, mostly. "But it was no safe haven here, and I tended to many injuries when people began to return."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

He smiled. "A healer's work is never done. You might wish to chat up Karla should you see her."

He may not have left on the best of terms.

He continued, a teasing tone. "I still owe her lunch. if I can do so without risk of life."

[trigons_child]

"I believe most of her lunches have been claimed by her boyfriend," Raven said. Well, not in so many words, but still. "Why do you believe you owe her?"

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"She was very helpful at at time I needed advice." Slight exaggeration. "And the lunch was to congratulate her with the lucky lad."

[trigons_child]

"It is in her nature to provide aid where she can," Raven said with a nod, puzzling over the appropriateness of that. "She is a very good person."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

"Except when first woken," he said, almost solemnly. He still had a bit of a mocking look in his eyes.

[trigons_child]

"She has never displayed any sort of aggression such as that toward me," Raven said thoughtfully. "Or any that I have seen." Except perhaps a maenad.

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

The maenad deserved it. "Most times, I believe you're right, unless she has an animosity towards those from the Isles."

[trigons_child]

"She has no animosity toward anyone who does not deserve it," Raven said, shaking her head. She gave him a curious look. "You seem very interested in her."

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

He grinned. "She reminds me of someone. Back home." Raven did not need to know who, specifically; it might reflect badly on his character.

[trigons_child]

"You do not have any romantic designs upon her," Raven said. Now that was a statement and not a question.

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

He shrugged. "She has someone. I would not want to come between them." He flashed her a quick grin. "Not that I would turn down a pretty face, though I doubt she would offer." Same with Raven.

[trigons_child]

"Good," Raven said quite firmly. "She is not just a 'pretty face,' as you say, and I am very protective of her." Karla's suitors all had to pass through her, a rule she'd just made.

[squire-hand.livejournal.com]

James was good at breaking rules. it was a thing. "Good. If her attitude is any measure, she needs protection."

Possibly from herself.

"I like her. There are a lot of pretty faces on this island, yours included, but I do not have designs on all of them."

He also hadn't met all of them.