The Roof | Evening | Saturday | September 18

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On a lark, Alex had stuck his name in for Student Council just because he thought it'd be kind of hilarious to do and because he needed something to do. He didn't think he'd win and he really didn't think he'd end up president.

Telling someone like Alex that he was the president and seemingly giving him power inflated his already enormous ego. And that's why he was out on the roof, standing on the ledge and smoking. He was still irrationally angry at the world but hiding it better.

Right now, he was just enjoying his new title and new power even if he couldn't really order people to do many things. He still had it and that was fucking awesome. He'd probably even work enough to earn that title. Stranger things had happened.

[Roof's an open place, yep]

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Fresh air was what he'd been looking for, but Kyle knew there'd probably be someone up here. He hid a smile when he saw who it was. "You don't seem like the council type," he called.

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"I have many hidden depths," he said, carefully turning around (he did not need to fall off the roof) to see Kyle. "My love of academics might be in one of those depths."

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Kyle approached with a skeptical look. He took a seat a reasonable distance away, back against the ledge. "What about love for organizing dances?"

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"I like parties," he said, shrugging. "And I've been to all the dances before. It's not like it's hard. Music, decorations, food, spiked punch, done."

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"Does this mean I can get away with leaving all of that stuff to you?"

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"Don't I get to delegate shit since I'm president?"

Alex smirked over at Kyle and turned around so he could see the island again. When he wasn't in his head, he could appreciate how nice it looked.

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"That's what the juniors are for, isn't it? We're seniors now. We're supposed to be leaders or something. That's what they say on TV anyway."

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"That...is a very good observation, my friend," Alex said, looking really pleased by that idea. "Think they'll listen?"

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"You're the president," Kyle pointed out. "They'll have to listen."

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"See, what would I do without you?" Alex asked, laughing quietly. "You ever been on this before? A student council?"

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Kyle shook his head. "No school at home, haven't been on one here." He shrugged. "I wanted to do something, you know, for the school. For everyone else. I think I could be good at it."

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"No school at home?" Alex repeated, raising an eyebrow. "Where you from?"

[intraspective]

Ino laughed when she saw who else was on the roof.

"This a gathering spot for the seniors of StuCo?" she asked, amused.

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"LA," Kyle replied, "but end-of-the-world future LA. No time for school. You're from somewhere more normal?"

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"Iowa," he said and shrugged. "It's so normal, it's fucking boring. Not my idea of fun and I had no inclination to join any kind of council there."

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"We're plotting the takeover, yep," Alex told her, nodding.

[intraspective]

"Can I help?" she asked, wide eyed. "I'm good at plotting!"

Which was not actually a lie.

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"I think there's always room for more help," Alex decided, finally hopping down off the ledge so he could lean against it. "Our first thought was delegating all the work to the juniors."

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"They'd make you organize bake sales," Kyle said knowingly. Only he didn't know. So normal it's boring Iowa sounded pretty damned good to him with a house, parents, a car, a dog, going to school and worrying about algebra homework. For a month, anyway, and then he'd get restless. "If they try to make us organize bake sales, we'll have to take action."

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"I'm taking credit for making the juniors do everything we don't want to do."

[intraspective]

"Oh sure," she said, laughing. "Take the best bit of the credit for yourself! We've got to at least look like we're doin' work though, or else they probably won't be too impressed--they bein' the teachers and Principal Winchester."

[intraspective]

"While looking pretty," she amended. "Which we can totally do. Maybe all we do is stick up the posters? Because that way we can claim we're doing our part in staying connected to the student body by being out and amongst the student body."

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"If they try and make us organize bake sales, I'm starting a coup," Alex decided, making a face. "I ain't no girl and I'm not freaking baking for the good of the school."

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"Sure we'll do work, but half of it is getting the important stuff done and the other half is supervising, making sure everyone else does their part right."

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"We'll have to keep them busy so they don't think of it. Go on the offensive," Kyle decided.