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."

[tigerundercover]

Well, that was less than reassuring. Raven stiffened a bit in her seat, resisting the urge to shift into a more defensive shape. "Are you saying I'm going to school with murderers?"

[abitlowkey]

"One can never tell with people," Loki replied. Because he was a troll. Sorry, Raven.

[tigerundercover]

Raven narrowed her eyes. "You're just saying that to scare me, because I'm new here," she decided, though she wasn't exactly certain of it. "I'm not so easy to fool."

She kind of was, actually. But she was working on that.

[abitlowkey]

"I would never!" Yes he would.

[tigerundercover]

"You just said your past selves tried to kill people," Raven pointed out. "Messing with new students doesn't seem like much of a stretch."

[abitlowkey]

"He's dead now, though!"

Kind of.

Ikol made a disgruntled cawing noise from a nearby tree.

[tigerundercover]

"Well," Raven said. "If you're going to try to scare people, you should at least maybe start smaller than 'the other students' are going to kill you." Never mind that she'd kind of given him a perfect opening for that one. "You want to work your way up to something like that."

[abitlowkey]

"The more time you spend here, the more you may believe me," Loki replied. "It is an... interesting place."

[tigerundercover]

"I already know about time travel and aliens and other worlds and mutants," Raven said, full of false self importance. "What else could there be?"

Oh. Honey.

[abitlowkey]

"Gods for one," Loki added. "The occasional invasion of forces most foul. Oh, there was one time where we were trapped by an evil witch. I did not like it at all."

[tigerundercover]

"Gods," Raven said, now in full skeptic mode. Her world wouldn't be dealing with those for a good several decades after her current time. "Let me guess, angels and demons, too?"

[abitlowkey]

"I have yet to meet a true angel," Loki said slowly. "But demons, yes."

HEY MEPHISTO. WHAT UP?

He gave her a little bow. "I am Loki of Asgard. Perhaps you have heard of me."

[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]

If Raven had been chewing gum, she would have snapped it at him. "Nope."

Norse mythology hadn't been that big in her circles, back home.

[abitlowkey]

"Yes," he replied. "Mine brother Thor teaches here as well."

[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."