Roof [Wednesday, Late Morning]

[withasword.livejournal.com]

One thing that could definitely be said about the roof, was that it was nothing if not refreshing compared to spending time cooped up in her room. Kate had no classes today, and given how she felt this week, the common room didn’t feel like it was the right place to be spending her time either. What were the chances it would be busy up here, really?

She’d brought a book, in case boredom did set in, but it’d been set on the edge of the roof and abandoned there, when it failed to hold her attention. Sometimes, you just didn’t want to read, or sit, or anything sedentary at all.

Even with the cooling air, she was still feeling the urge to fidget and twitch. So pacing. Pacing and muttering off a list of all things really, really unattractive. The Impala worm, food from the Grease Trap, giant toads...

[[open roof, twitchy necromancer.]]

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[wrongkindofsith]

After the, you know, Cara didn't even have words for it at this point, of Jamie's class, she needed to get away before she got herself expelled for doing something everyone would probably thank her for anyway.

She didn't know whether to be annoyed or glad Kate was already up on the roof. She 'settled' for more sneezing.

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"... You probably shouldn't try to do anything sneaky anytime soon," Kate advised.

She was so helpful.

[wrongkindofsith]

Incredibly helpful. Cara didn't know what she would have done without Kate there to point that out for her.

"If I was going to ambush you I wouldn't do it from here."

[withasword.livejournal.com]

Kate arched a brow, looking mildly amused, "Well, it's good to know you've thought this all through. I'd really hate to be ambushed poorly."

[wrongkindofsith]

"I don't do anything poorly." At least not when it came to fighting.

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"Nothing?" Why did that come out sounding like an innuendo? Any normal week, girls didn't really hit her radar. She opened her mouth to follow that up, then appeared to think better of it.

"I thought everyone had their weak points," she continued instead. "I can't make food look appetising." Her pie had once been described as looking like it had dismembered bodies beneath the crust. It was an insult that stuck with her, apparently.

[wrongkindofsith]

"Nothing important," Cara all but purred, since even half out of her mind with distraction she was wary of letting slip any weakness.

Then, because she could turn anything into an innuendo even when she didn't have an already healthy libido dialled up to eleven. "Trust me, I'm not worried about whether your food looks appetising."

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Oh rly. Kate huffed a short laugh, "Probably a good thing that's my only downfall then, isn't it?"

Okay, it wasn't, but why ruin a perfectly fun back and forth by admitting that?

[wrongkindofsith]

"A very good thing," Cara agreed, eyeing Kate like she was a juicy steak and she hadn't eaten in days.

[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

After waking up to a snarky argumentative argument to cover up whatever akwardness was going on there, Matt made a quick exit and headed to the roof to try and get some fresh air.

Only to hear a girl muttering about... did she say 'giant toads'?

"Someone else up here?" Matt asked tapping his cane on the ground as he navigated himself onto the roof.

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Kate halted her pacing at another voice. Her quiet spot, wasn't as quiet as she'd expected it might be. "Yes. But it's a free roof."

"I'm not completely against company."

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"Are you sure?" Matt asked gesturing with his cane to the entrance. "I know how important it is to be alone with your thoughts at times."

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"Too much alone time, way too many thoughts," Kate assured him, giving him a quick once over then mentally chastising herself for the direction of her own thoughts.

"I was starting to run out."

[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

Matt gave Kate a little chuckle and a grin.

"Well if you want company I should probably introduce myself," he replied. "Matt Murdock from New York."

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"Kate Daniels, Atlanta," she offered in return, raising a hand in half a wave, before realising that was probably dumb around someone using a stick to see.

"Points for actually coming from somewhere I've heard of." A fair number of people around here didn't.

[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

Matt tried to hide his grin at Kate's wave as he... well scanned her with his echo location.

Which is the blind-guy-but-has-superpowers-way of checking her out.

"Oh, I'm scoring points now," Matt said cheerfully as he did a little stretch of his arms and back. "What would I have gotten if I was just some guy from the boondocks of Kansas?"

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"I feel like I should say less..." But, she twitched a small smirk. "But considering I've lived in boondocks of Georgia, I probably shouldn't throw stones."

"Maybe I should lay out some kind of system."

[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

"I won't judge you from being from the boondocks if you won't judge me for never being out of New York until I came here," Matt said finding a comfortable spot to lean up against the wall. "So how exactly would I score using this type of system?" he asked.

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"Still a work in progress," Kate informed him, finding herself a convenient wall to slouch against nearby. "Any suggestions?"

See, now he had a chance to up his points without even trying.

[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

"Well I'm think being New York should probably score at a higher amount," Matt said with a sly grin. "Then again maybe should focus more on... more personable attributes when trying to rate someone."

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"Charm, intelligence and a good sense of humor?" she suggested. That was what a typical mix, right? Kate was hardly an expert, but that sounded about right.

[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

"Well I think I can at least rate myself high on the intelligence part," Matt joked. "Either that or I'm studying way too much for my own good. I'll have to let you decide on the remaining two."

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"You haven't taken offense to me yet, and have me listing attributes to support you scoring points," she pointed out. That boded well, surprisingly enough.

"Some would say that's proof of something."

[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

"Oh?" Matt asked as he twirled his cane a bit. "See, I'm not so sure. Why exactly would I find you offensive?"

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"Some people tell me I'm annoying." She shrugged. At least she was completely honest about that. Though she did smirk and add, "I wouldn't know why."

Because she was a smart-ass, that was why.

[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

"Hmm. I'd have to score someone at lower rate for being rude like that," Matt said with an exagerrated shake of his head. "And I'm from New York, so that's saying something."

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"The New York I know is probably a little different from yours," Kate admitted. She'd yet to find anyone with her world in common. "But the asshole ratio was pretty even with Atlanta from my end."

Kate disliked cities period, so it was never going to hit high with her.

[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

"Well I'm going to have to rate your score a bit higher anyway," Matt said with a shrug. "I'm not finding anything that would rate you as annoying. The other two qualities seem to be doing fine as well."

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"So you've decided to adopt my system?" Kate grinned, tipping her head back against the room. "I should really start charging some kind of commission on this baby," she joked.

[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

"Oooo," Matt said shaking his head jokingly. "That could be a problem. I'm pretty much broke. I don't suppose you'd take alternative forms of payment?"

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"Lucky for you," Kate said, "I understand being broke." So she was very open minded about bargaining. Amongst other things, this week.

She glanced across at him. "But it would still depend entirely what you were offering."

[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

"Well unless you want tutoring services on the American legal system, I'm not sure what else I can offer," Matt teased with a sly grin. "What did you have in mind? It's your system after all..."

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"I think I know about all I need to know about the legal system." Which was basically 'avoid it'.

"How is that the first thing that comes to mind?" Of all the odd enthusiams to have.

[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

Matt rubbed his chin as he pretended to think about it. "Well, I could take you down to my room and show you my etchings."

There was no etchings.

"And if that doesn't meet your needs maybe you'll find something else you'd like to have."

[withasword.livejournal.com]

"Etchings," she repeated, lips twisting in amusement. "Huh." Well, it sure beat any other plans she had for today. Which was mostly pace, and distract herself from everything going on around her.

"You make a compelling deal," she decided. "I'll bite."

[childhood-taunt.livejournal.com]

"Hopefully not too hard," Matt quipped as he twirled his cane once before offering Kate his arm. "I have delicate skin."

[withasword.livejournal.com]

Aww. Cute. Kate apparently decided to leave that to his imagination, saying nothing, but moving to snag her book before winding back to find his arm.

"Let's see what you've got, then."