The Deck ; Tuesday Evening

[necroslacker]

So, they were in Egypt now. Right, Sam was just going to stop trying to make sense of this magically moving island and it's time traveling ways. He wasn't even going to try explaining it to Ramon and Frank because all he'd get were blank looks and concern that was finally cracking up after everything that had happened the past few months.

Yeah, Sam was just going to keep the nature of the island to himself. It was bad enough Ashley and Brooke could pop up at anytime and pester him until he explained. That was more Brooke than Ashley since Ashley's patience wasn't that long.

The good thing about Egypt was that the weather had warmed up a lot and now he could sit outside on the deck with his feet propped up in front of him. His skateboard was underneath his chair and was getting a break after Sam had ridden it all through town earlier. It wasn't running but maybe he was working up to that.

It was just taking him awhile. Most things did.

[Open deck & post]

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[walkswithcoyote]

This weather was lovely. As a Montana girl, days like this were few and far between and Mercy had to admit that she enjoyed the warm weather - especially when it was also dry and not all humid.

She grabbed a book and headed out to sit on the deck and enjoy the evening. She smiled at Sam, then frowned when her nose caught a hint of - what was that? He smelled - no, it must just be some little thing that had crawled under the deck and died, probably nobody but her would notice the smell anyway.

"Hey, Sam."

[necroslacker]

Sam was never going to get used to smelling like death and he'd really never get used to other people smelling that even if she'd waved it off as something else.

"Hey, how's it going?" Sam asked, taking his eyes off the sky to give Mercy a brief wave. "Taking advantage of the non Iceland temperatures too?"

[walkswithcoyote]

That got a big grin. "Oh yes, this is wonderful!"

[necroslacker]

Sam wasn't as excited as that but he to each his own. He wasn't going to take that away from anyone. He shrugged a shoulder.

"I'm more used to chilly and rainy so Iceland wasn't bad but I'm good with putting my winter clothes away for awhile. It's freaking May, after all."

[walkswithcoyote]

"I was raised in Montana," Mercy explained, "So when you get weather like this you want to take full advantage of it!"

[necroslacker]

"And sitting out here with..." He nodded towards her book. "...that is taking advantage of it? I would have thought going swimming or tanning or something else summery would be more up that alley."

[walkswithcoyote]

"Ah," she said, waving her book at him. "Now, there's active taking advantage and passive taking advantage. This is passive. I'm in shorts and a tank top and I plan to stretch out on a chair and read and get a little sun. And maybe talk to a person or two who's around."

[necroslacker]

"I think you've missed prime tanning time," Sam remarked, gesturing at the slowly setting sun. "Unless you can somehow get some sun off the moon and if you can, that's just impressive."

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

Annie really shouldn't stop. She had to get to the causeway and make sure it worked right so she could still get to her meeting (she was going to guess Egypt in the BC days didn't have much in the way of support groups), but it wouldn't hurt to at least say hi when she saw Sam on the deck.

"What do you think, better than Iceland?" she greeted him.

[necroslacker]

"I can't complain about being able to wear short sleeves and fingers that aren't numb," he replied, giving her a wave with those nice and warm fingers. "What about you? Missing your parka?"

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"It is a nice parka, but I think I'm willing to put it away when it's May," she said, pretending to consider this. "Yeah, I'm not used to the moving yet. It's cool, but we're still moving through time and all."

[necroslacker]

"Honestly, I'm...trying not to think about it," Sam admitted sheepishly. "The more I do, the more my brain hurts, and the more I wonder if I've cracked up and gone a little insane. It wouldn't be the first time I've felt like that, actually."

Spirits coming at him in the night tended to do that to a guy. Luckily, he was getting more used to those nightly visitors.

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"I think I know how that feels," she said, totally casually. Of course, her moment like that had involved a real nervous breakdown. "So... forget I made you think about it even that much."

[necroslacker]

"You're fine," Sam said, waving a hand at her and smiling. "How's it been going with you? Been keeping yourself interesting? Don't let me down now. I vouched for you when we met."

He was teasing, Annie, he promised.

[annieadderall.livejournal.com]

"I can now say I've run from zombies, so I think I'm racking up the interesting points," she decided with a little smile. "How about you?"

[necroslacker]

"You're the second person to mention zombies to me."

And he was still regretting not taking that class. It might have been a little too open and exposed for him currently but zombies were right up his alley.

"I, on the other hand, have had to put a bookcase together without instructions and have done enough running to make my lungs pretty much hate me. I think I might have to retire from being interesting."

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

Remembering the nighttime view when they'd been in Iceland, Toby had been curious to see what the stars would look like in Egypt. Spotting other people out on the deck from his window, he'd opted for that instead of the roof, though, and wandered outside to wait for the sunset unless this post is already post sunset, la.

"Hey," he greeted the kid he recognized from Professor Skywalker's class earlier. "Not wasting any time when it comes to getting out and enjoying the climate, I see."

[necroslacker]

"I prefer being nice and thawed over being a Popsicle," Sam said, giving Toby a wave. It was still easy to recognize the other boy since the sun was setting but hadn't gone down just yet. "How's it going, man? Didn't get lost in Egypt during class?"

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"Not too badly," Toby said with a grin. "I had to resort to charades," and a bit of mind reading, but shh, "with a few of the locals, but I made it back in one piece, so I'm counting that as a win even if I didn't actually come in first."

[necroslacker]

"Didn't come in first, didn't come in last so I'm taking being consistent as a win," Sam agreed, nodding. "I just glad we didn't have to put together anymore freaking bookshelves. I think I might have just given up. Bookshelves for me are the closest empty space on the floor."

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"Seriously," Toby rolled his eyes. "It's not exactly a skill I thought I'd need anytime soon."

[necroslacker]

"I was trying to figure out how it saved me from dying," Sam agreed with a nod. "Unless there's a bookcase about to fall on me, I shouldn't be anywhere near death around one. And if a bookcase is about to fall on me and crush me, I'm pretty sure I won't be thinking of how it's put together."

[godgavemecable.livejournal.com]

"I guess it's something we could... put on a resume?" Toby tried. "Marketable skill. If being able to build a bookcase gets me a job, I suppose it'd keep me from dying of starvation or something." Yeah, he was totally reaching with that reasoning.

[tasenburn.livejournal.com]

Elle was taking advantage of the nice weather to wear shorts and a tank top, a vast improvement over having to bundle up for Iceland's weather.

She meandered out to the deck, magazine in hand, and claimed a spot on a comfortable deck chair.

[necroslacker]

"Deck's a popular place to be tonight," Sam said, nodding at the new girl. "Reveling in the non Iceland weather, I assume?"

[Sorry about that, I crashed a bit before this ping came in!]