The deck, Tuesday afternoon

[tigerundercover]

Raven was, once again, technically lounging around the dorms naked, though to anyone looking, she seemed to be wearing a cute Esther Williams styled one piece in an usual, textured shade of dark blue. The day had turned out to be sunny and pleasantly hot, and she was taking full advantage of the chance to get in some sunbathing, warnings of the importance of sunblock having gone right past her fifties-minded love of a good tan. She had a tall glass of iced tea on the table beside her, and a mint new (and though she didn't realize it, first edition) copy of Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison open in her lap, though she wasn't really reading it, just now. She was focused instead on the grounds out past the edge of the deck, watching the shadows of the leaves play across the grass.

The only way this would be better, she decided, other than not being signed up for classes that required her to splash around in the mud, would be if Charles were around, too. She missed having him around to tease, and it would be so good to have someone she could actually look like herself around without having to worry about him reacting badly to it. Well, violently. Charles wasn't exactly a fan of her blue shape, but at least he never ran screaming from it.

Raven sighed, putting on a pair of sunglasses -- she could mimic them, sure, but not well enough to actually shield her eyes -- and tilting her face further into the sun. Maybe she'd show Anya sometime. She had at least already heard of mutants.

[ooc: introspective yet open deck!]

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[abitlowkey]

Loki took a seat, phone out and still typing out something for his loyal twitter followers. Who, admittedly, still believed him to merely being a roleplayer pretending to be the god of mischief.

But still.

It was important to be good to your fans.

"Hello," he said distractedly.

[tigerundercover]

Raven looked over, then tipped her sunglasses up onto her head. "Hi," she said, then offered her hand. "Raven."

[abitlowkey]

Loki peered down at the hand suspiciously for a moment before taking it. "I am Loki. A pleasure to meet you."

[tigerundercover]

"Are you new as well?" Raven wasn't sure if it was a 'I'm from a different world' thing that made some people look at her oddly when she tried to shake hands, or if she was just coming off as old fashioned.

[abitlowkey]

"Oh no, many just prefer to not shake hands with me," he replied easily. "Less here than at home, but the stigma remains."

[tigerundercover]

That garnered him a slightly confused look. "Why wouldn't someone want to shake hands with you?"

[abitlowkey]

"Occasionally because my past self had attempted to kill them at some point or other." A beat. "But I have not done that, I can assure you."

[tigerundercover]

"Past self?" What was he, some kind of kid-spiritualist? "And I'll take your word for that. Attempting to kill someone should probably get you expelled."

[abitlowkey]

"...I would not be so certain here."

[ultron_junior]

It was a nice, hot day, and Victor was also in a mood for a drink and a book on the deck. He hadn't heard from Karolina in a week; pretty soon he was going to start texting her again. But for the moment, he was setting that worry aside.

He pulled out a paperback book about chemistry and selected his own deck chair, tossing a "Hi" over to Raven before settling in. It was nice to be nice to the newbies, right?

[tigerundercover]

Raven noted the book cover -- another science nerd, interesting -- and nodded back. "Hi." She straightened in her chair, setting her book aside, and offered her hand. "I'm Raven."

[ultron_junior]

"I'm Victor," Victor said, shaking her hand. "I think you were trying not to die with me today."

He was hating that class right now. So much mud.

[tigerundercover]

"Ugh," Raven said with a smile. "Sorry I didn't see you. I was too busy trying not to ruin another perfectly good outfit."

That wasn't even remotely true. The joy of mimicking clothing was getting to rinse any dirt right off in the shower, afterwards.

"At least we're getting to see the world?"

[ultron_junior]

"I've never been to the Netherlands," Victor said. "Hope that if I did go, they wouldn't make me move furniture and jump over some giant mud pit."

[tigerundercover]

"You should have gone with the bike," Raven said. "It made me almost lose, but I couldn't resist going exploring a little."

[ultron_junior]

"See, I thought the furniture was the safe bet, right?" Victor asked. "But the stupid rope kept slipping, and ... anyhow, I came in eleventh. Pretty sure the Skywalkers feel sorry for me, 'cause I screwed up last week too."

He added, more thoughtfully, "There was good stuff to see?"

[tigerundercover]

"It was a whole new city," Raven said. "Of course there was."

[notvenom.livejournal.com]

"Hey Raven," Anya called as she walked by. After spending the day hitting kinetic shields, Anya needed to walk all that science out of her head. That, and she wanted to see every corner of the island.

And then stopped. Sure, it was sunny, but she hadn't imagined someone would go looking for a tan just yet. "Cool suit by the way." She had an idea of when Raven came from, so it actually made sense to her.

[tigerundercover]

"Hi Anya!" Raven waved back, propping her sunglasses up on her head. "Thanks! The color's not really in fashion, but . . . I just love it."

She sort of had to, since it was her natural skin tone.

[notvenom.livejournal.com]

"I have no idea of what's in fashion anyway, but blue totally suits you," Anya said, well aware she was sort of contradicting some fashion rule about telling someone how good they looked without even knowing what was on. Well, whatever.

"Next time you go tanning let me know so I don't have to do it alone."

[tigerundercover]

"That'd be fun," Raven decided. "Do you want me to call you? I'm hopefully getting a cellphone, tomorrow, though I'm not sure the operators on the island are very good at their jobs."

[notvenom.livejournal.com]

Anya didn't know about fun, but she did know about not being embarrassed out of her mind by lying there in a swimming suit. She didn't own a full body black super hero suit because of her ridiculous self confidence, after all. She still nodded eagerly though.

"You mean the thing that happened? I heard that's just part of the weirdness of the island. So, do you know what kind of cellphone you want yet?" she asked as she sat down next to Raven.

[tigerundercover]

Raven shrugged. "The tiny kind? I don't really know anything about them. Victor said he'd find something for me."

[notvenom.livejournal.com]

"But Raven, most are tiny nowadays," said Anya as she chuckled. "Hmm, Victor?" The way she said it was clearly in Spanish, with a strong V and R.

[tigerundercover]

Raven nodded. "Did I pronounce it wrong?" she asked, giving the way Anya pronounced it a try. "Victor. He's in 'Try Not to Die' with me. We were talking about going to see Amsterdam outside of class, and in return for helping with the fare, he offered to help me with computers, and. . . ." She shrugged. "So I'm going to try to go find him at work tomorrow, and learn about all the tiny phones and computers."