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The Deck | Wednesday Afternoon

Jim really loved getting his classes over and done with at the beginning of the week. It left him so much time to do absolutely nothing of consequence. Sure, that sometimes led to boredom but Jim was a good hand at entertaining himself and finding things to do.

It was a little too cool to sunbathe on the deck but that wasn't going to stop him from planting himself on one of the loungers with a cold drink and some food he'd picked up from town. He hadn't actually had Chinese in a long time. It wasn't that prevalent in the wide open spaces of Iowa. Most of the time, he'd been left to fend for himself which meant sweets and food he could con the locals out of.

This was definitely better. His funds were starting to run a little low so he was going to have to do something about that especially with this party thing coming up this weekend but he had enough to get by till then.

Maybe he'd think about getting a job. Wouldn't his daddy be proud of that thought?

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Karolina was thinking about things, too. Different things, but still. And she was walking around, even if it was too cool to sunbathe, and she was really missing the break already.

The little wave at Jim when she wandered onto the deck came a little less awakwardly than before. "Hey, Jim."

"What's up, friend till the end?" Jim greeted easily, giving her a wave back. "What brings you out to the deck today? Please tell me it's my irresistible allure."

Karolina snickered a bit as she moved to take a seat on one of the loungers. "Oh, I think I'm mostly just trying to pretend it's not getting colder out here."

"You think pretending might actually stop winter?" Jim asked, glancing up at the sky. "I'm of the same mind. Once the warm weather goes, I'm done for."

"It won't stop it, but then I don't have to accept it's coming yet," Karolina shrugged. "I've never really had a real winter yet. On one hand, I'm a little excited. On the other..."

It was going to be cold and a little darker than she'd have liked.

"Where'd you live before?" Jim asked curiously. "Some place where the winter means it's seventy degrees and maybe it rains once a month?"

"Los Angeles," Karolina said, a little sheepishly because she knew it left her woefully unprepared for a Fandom winter.

Granted, 'Fandom winter' could also mean powdered sugar falling from the sky. "It'll be interesting."

"Here's some advice from someone who grew up in the Midwest where it ," Jim started, pushing his sunglasses up to see her a little better. "Make sure your jacket has layers. No pathetic thin stuff. And make sure you grab gloves, a scarf and a hat. People always forget to keep their fingers warm until they start going numb."

Karolina looked like she was actually really committing this to memory. Hey, she really didn't know how to handle winter, because she'd never had to! "I need to shop more. I have a coat and some scarves but that's really it."

Basically she was lucky to even own tops that didn't bare her midriff.

"Really, you want something that's wind resistant and waterproof," Jim said, actually being sincere about things. "I don't know if it snows here but if you get wet and it's freezing? You're gonna turn into a Popsicle. The only good part about that? I'm sure someone would volunteer to warm you up."

Yeah, and then Karolina would probably blush herself warm just at the offer. "Yeah, or, I don't know, I could... maybe use my powers, in a pinch?"

She was trying to get better about being open about the fact that she had them, at least.

"Powers?" he echoed, raising an eyebrow. "What kinda powers do you have that could make you all warm and toasty? You got an electric blanket in your back pocket? Or space heater in your purse?"

Karolina shook her head, though a space heater that fit in a purse would actually be pretty neat.

"No, um, like... super powers?"

"Super powers, huh?" Well, that was a first but he was gonna take it in stride like he did everything else. It wouldn't rattle him. "Anything good? I mean, if your super power is that you can run a fever, I don't know if I'd consider that really super."

Karolina chuckled a bit, but looking down. "Well, I can fly," she said. "So I could probably get myself somewhere warm pretty fast?"

"You can fly?" Jim asked, subtly trying to see if he could see wings on her back or something. "So, why do you walk anywhere? If I could fly, I would never walk."

"I like walking," Karolina offered, shrugging a bit. That was not the real reason, though. "And, my kind of flying... Kind of tends to draw attention."

What with the colors and the shimmering and everything

"Wow, I think I'm gonna crown you queen of making statements that just scream for follow up questions," Jim teased, snickering. "Why does your kind of flying draw attention? Do you have lopsided wings? Does smoke pillow from your...backside like one of those old time steam engines?"

Karolina just didn't like dumping it all on someone, because even with how much she thought it was cool, she still worried that she was going to get called a freak.

But, she also wanted to prove all those theories wrong, so she slipped her bracelet off. There was an immediate change in her appearance, spreading quickly from her wrist onwards. And yes, glowing in shifting hues of pink and blue and yellow all over her skin and hair? Eye-catching, wasn't it?

She chewed on her lip.

Jim's eyes widened and he was speechless for a few seconds. Yes, that was a rare, rare thing. He blinked a few times.

"Cooooool," he managed to say after finding his voice again.

Karolina smiled a little bit, a little shyly. She was still not used to compliments on this.

"Thanks. It's pretty nice."

"What's it feel like?" Jim wondered, sliding a little closer on his chair to get a better look. "Does it feel like anything?"

"Not really," she said, looking down at her bare, shimmering hands. "Flying feels weird, though. But great. All... fluttery."

It was hard to put it into words.

"Why do you turn colors?" Jim asked, still curious. "Is it a thing with the flying or is just...I don't know, decoration?"

"I don't know," Karolina admitted with a little shrug. "It's just... a thing."

To do with her heritage, but she shared that with very few people.

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