The Roof, Saturday Morning

[abitlowkey]

Using magic on the remaining bruises from the complete moron Phobos was the goal for the day. Ikol's advice on the matter had only been mildly helpful (mostly confusing) and so he was left to his own devices on it.

This would be so much more simple had his elder-self thought to keep his knowledge of magic perfectly intact. Ugh.

For now, he sat on the roof in just his normal clothing from Asgard, hood down as he focused. People here didn't seem to realize this was a remarkably mild winter. Barely even worthy of the name 'winter' at that.

[[Open like a roof!]]

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[dressedinblood]

"The shuttle?" Anna asked, not really being familiar with this usage. And wondering as to Anakin's attention span if he already needed a change of pace. "I didn't come with everyone else. And I wasn't expecting to come here at all."

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

"A bunch of us rode over in this wheeled vehicle thing that they call a shuttle." Anakin's quizzical expression hinted at how slow he thought the so-called shuttle was. It didn't even fly, come on.

He shifted, tucked his knees up against his chest, and asked curiously, "How'd you get here, then, if you weren't expecting to?"

[dressedinblood]

"I fell through a portal," she told him, giving a little shrug. "Apparently it happens."

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

"I'm starting to realize that might be true of a lot of things around here," Anakin said, shaking his head like he didn't think it was entirely fair for things to be that random. Possibly because he didn't. "So you fell through a portal, and now you're a student. Welcome, then, I guess?"

[dressedinblood]

"And you came on a shuttle, and now you're a student, so welcome to you, too," Anna said. "I'm Anna."

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

"Anakin," he said, and held a hand out. "Anakin Solo, and I don't know about you but getting used to this place is harder than I thought it'd be."

[dressedinblood]

Anna held out her hand without thinking as she added 'Anakin' to the pile of 'what are people naming their kids these days?' He might find the lack of body heat...disconcerting. "I wouldn't know," she reminded him, "since I didn't have any thoughts ahead of time. But it's definitely...different, isn't it?"

[nonelikemesince.livejournal.com]

Beings in his universe ran at a pretty wide spectrum of standard temperatures, so he wouldn't have thought much of it if not for a tiny tingle of something in the Force that made him blink.

"Oh, right," he said sheepishly. "I just meant it's a lot different from where I came from, so . . . the principle still sort of applies, doesn't it?"

[dressedinblood]

Anna withdrew her hand a little quickly and said, "I think it might be different from everywhere. So, yes, I guess so."