The Deck -- Late Saturday Morning

[icecoldfrost]

If you listened to radio, there were apparently certain... rumors going around that one Emma Grace Frost was 'Difficult.'

Which in no way, shape, or form, had influenced herself to throw on a white bikini and go lay out on the deck today. While diamond. Far be it from Emma to be that spiteful.

She was simply trying to relax enough to change back. Really. Seeing how many rainbows she could cause or freaking out her fellow classmates was simply a side-bonus.

[OOC: Open deck, open post! I'm at woooooooork and should be amused.]

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[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

Alex might have stoked those rumors of being difficult. He didn't much care, she was difficult. And he wasn't going to be freaked out either by what she looked like right now.

For one, he was still kinda drunk from last night, for two, he'd taken his good painkillers to deal with still being stuck in a sling and for three, he didn't freak out.

"If the sun catches you just right, you might blind someone," he said, wandering closer to her.

[icecoldfrost]

"Are you saying that my beauty isn't blinding on a regular basis?" she drawled, lowering her sunglasses just enough to regard him over the frames. "For shame, Alex. I think my feelings might be hurt."

No they weren't.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Nah, your regular beauty isn't blinding at all," he said, wandering closer. "It's just normal. Nothing special about it."

[icecoldfrost]

"I would say 'bite me,' but I'm fairly sure you'd try, and then break your jaw," Emma replied. "Then you'd try to blame me, and I'd just laugh."

[glacial_queen]

Karla frowned at Alex's sling. "You still wearing that?" she asked. "Do you still need it for reminder purposes or are you tired of it yet?"

Big words from someone who was now sporting a think, pink scar on her midriff as a reminder to shield.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I'm fine," he said. He had painkillers, he was fine. "You sound like someone's mom."

[glacial_queen]

"Yeah, well, you look like someone's sickly grandmother," Karla retorted. "All bleary-eyed and cranky."

The time for hugging had clearly passed.

[intraspective]

Emma would surely not mind a Very Curious Puppy, who was ordinarily Zack, bouncing up on the deck in a scrabble of mostly uncoordinated paws, as Ino followed behind him, smiling slightly when the puppy glanced back to make sure she was there.

She tilted her head at Emma, offering her a smile, as the puppy wandered over to say hi, his tail wagging. The sparkling was fairly new, Ino was pretty sure.

//Newer and more fabulous than ever before?// she asked, figuring that with Emma, at least, being non-vocal--though she'd been talking to Zack-the-Puppy vocally for the last day and a bit--would require no explanation.

Alas, Ino. Alas.

[icecoldfrost]

"When did you get a dog?" Emma asked, holding her mystery paperback up away from any potential puppy-slobber. "Or is this one of our classmates?"

[intraspective]

Ino blinked.

//It's Zack,// she replied, a bit weirded out that Emma hadn't responded to what she'd said, even in part.

She neatly curled herself up in another lounge chair and was not particularly surprised when Zack bounced over to flop down on her in short order. He'd been doing that a lot. The flopping on.

Ino ruffled his fur. //What happened to you?//

[icecoldfrost]

"Cat got your tongue?" she asked acidly, raising an eyebrow at the doggie bouncing and flopping. It was like it was made out of rubber. Hyperactive sugar rubber. "Is that thing even house-broken?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Haven't seen you on the roof lately," Alex said, tilting his head at Ino and her canine companion.

[intraspective]

She glanced at him, as Zack wagged his tail enthusiastically. It was interesting that he'd noticed.

//Been busy,// Ino replied, then took a breath and made herself continue vocally. She didn't want to and she didn't like it, but between the way it made Zack, even as a puppy, happy and how she was relatively sure Emma would scathe at her... okay. She could try. "Ain't like I live on the roof, you know?"

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"I didn't think you did. I haven't seen any tents up there lately," he said, adjusting first to the voice in his head and then her regular voice. Whiplash. "I think everyone's been busy. He a pet or an unfortunate furry student?"

[glacial_queen]

Karla smiled at Ino and waggled her fingers at the puppy. Whether it was a new pet or Zack like radio had said, she was betting he'd be pleased by the attention. "Kiss, kiss," she said to them both. "Chasing rainbows in the sun?"

Hey, if Emma was going to be conveniently providing them, why not take advantage?

[intraspective]

His tail wagged vigorously enough that Ino gently shoved him off her, to his dismay. "Go see her," she murmured, quietly enough that no one else would hear. "I'm not going anywhere, I promise. You can come sit on me after to make sure."

Mmm issues. The puppy gave her a severely dubious look--she hadn't exactly planned on going anywhere with the Frisbee either--before wriggling happily over to see Karla.

"Something like that anyway," Ino said, in quiet response to Karla. "Hey."

[glacial_queen]

Karla gave Ino a small smile, but further greetings would have to wait until she was done petting the puppy and providing the requisite scritches. "This is Zack, right?" she asked, scratching a bit under his chin. "At least, that's what radio says."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

When Sookie felt low, she tended to go out and tan. So -- since last night (and the week before, of course) had been...well, awful -- here she was, wandering outside in her own bikini with a towel and some tanning lotion.

"I'm not sure you're really gonna tan like that, hon," she ventured softly when she found Emma.

[icecoldfrost]

"Hope springs eternal," Emma pointed out, wriggling her fingers at Sookie in greeting. "And at least I don't need to worry about burning."

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"This on purpose?" Sookie asked, gesturing to Emma in a very general sort of way as she laid down her towel. "Or did you get stuck again while I was in Dallas?"

[glacial_queen]

"As for me, I'll be happy if I come out of this mostly unburned," Karla said, taking a seat next to Sookie and slathering on the suntan lotion. "Hope you didn't mind me not coming to see you yesterday. I thought you and Bobby could use a day to decompress."

Karla had needed one.

"How're you doing?" she asked.

[justwantsquiet.livejournal.com]

"I've been better," Sookie said after a moment, taking off her sunglasses to look over at Karla. "Are you -- I mean, the island didn't decide to set you on fire while we were in Dallas, on top of everything else, did it?"

[glacial_queen]

After dealing with a hyperactive parakeet fluttering around her window all day, Karla finally took the hint and brought him out to the deck where he could fly around a little and because I think it's funny to have two of Shannon's modded characters up here. She'd made jesses out of spidersilk, but hadn't attached them yet--knowing how Warren felt about restraints, she was a little leery about tying them to his legs without reason.

Wow. The deck was busy today. "Kiss kiss," she said with a quick wave, before turning back to the parakeet on her wrist. "You behave yourself and don't go flying too high and you can stay as you are," she instructed him. "But if I have to fetch you, the jesses go on."

[icecoldfrost]

"Talking to animals now, are we?" she asked, glancing at the bird. "Please tell me that's not who I think it is?"

Because he couldn't very well babysit Karla for her if he was being a birdbrain.

[glacial_queen]

"It is," Karla said, giving Warren a fond look. "He changed sometime Thursday afternoon, while bitching about his homework. Since Hinata has a kitten that wants to eat both her roommate and her school-assigned fish, I volunteered to take him off her hands."