Dorm roof, Tuesday afternoon

[intotheout]

It was a particularly gorgeous day out, and Tip didn't have any classes or work or anything she needed to get done. She did have a care package from home, full of snacks from Mom's current grocery store (which included basically anything that would stand up to being dipped or coated in dark chocolate), a case of birch beer, and the world's ugliest belt, courtesy of J.Lo.

She was absolutely rocking that ugly ass belt, thank you. She was also munching on chocolate covered edamame and flipping through the paperback her mom had sent her (a cheesy looking YA romance about gay dragons, excellent) and kicking her feet out into the open air in a manner that would probably make anyone afraid of heights moan and cringe. Rihanna was playing on her phone, the sun was shining on her face, and all was right and pleasant in the world.

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[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

Having spent the morning wandering through the preserve, Dipper headed to the roof with his notebook to transfer his final notes to his journal. He shouldn't have been surprised to see someone else up here but he was just a tiny bit.

"Oh. Hi!" he said with a little wave. "Mind if I hang out up here?"

[crimson_sister]

Lucille had decided to escape to the dorm room to enjoy the weather and the novel she was reading. She had expected privacy, and considered leaving when she saw that she would not be alone. She recognized Tip from class though, and she had seemed clever enough. Perhaps a conversation wouldn't be entirely pointless.

"Good afternoon," she greeted the other girl.

[intotheout]

"It's a free country," Tip said automatically, then blinked. "I mean, probably. Is Fandom still the US?"

[intotheout]

"Hi," Tip said, also recognizing Lucille from class. "How's it going? Want some chocolate covered snacks?"

She had more than enough to spare. Tip's mom was reacting to their separation by overdoing it on the comfort foods.

[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

"Technically I think we're in space but I'm not going to argue constitutional law," Dipper said taking a moment to think about Tip's question. "I'm going with basic human freedom. Thanks! I'm Dipper by the way."

[intotheout]

"Gratuity," Tip said. "Want some chocolate covered . . . stuff? Mom sent me kind of a lot of it." She held out the box of chocolate covered edamame. "It has varying degrees of pretend healthiness."

[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

"Can't go wrong with chocolate covered stuff," Dipper said picking up one of the edamame. He was just about to put it in his mouth before freezing up for a second.

"It's not... like a chocolate covered bug or anything is it?"

[crimson_sister]

Lucille did have a sweet tooth. "Thank you," she said. "I would very much like to try them. And I'm sorry that I don't remember your name from class."

[intotheout]

"Close!" Tip said cheerfully. "It's a soybean." Close in potential gross out reaction, anyway. "Think of it as sort of like an Asiatic chocolate covered peanut."

[intotheout]

"Gratuity," Tip said, passing over the box with its various moddable chocolate covered things. "You're Lucille, right?"

She'd always been pretty good at names. The ones she had the physiology to pronounce, anyway.

[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

"I can handle soybeans," Dipper said tossing it into his mouth. "That's relatively normal. Bugs? No way. Where'd you get the snacks?"

[intotheout]

"Care package from my mom." Tip tapped the box with her toe. "She's not taking me going away to school too well."

The last time she and her mom had been separated for this long, it was because her mom had been kidnapped by aliens. So it was pretty understandable, really.

[buzzkillcaptain.livejournal.com]

"Oh yeah? Are you guys pretty close or does she just have separation issues?" Dipper asked. "Not that I'm judging. I'd be at a total loss without my sister around."

[intotheout]

"It was just the two of us for a really long time," Tip explained. "And she and J.Lo aren't as tight." A beat. "J.Lo's an alien. My best friend. Not Jennifer Lopez." You'd think she'd be used to explaining that by now. "He's still back home with her, but they don't always get along that well, so I guess she misses me pretty hard. Who's your sister?"

[crimson_sister]

"I am," Lucille replied, picking one of the chocolate things and putting it in her mouth.

[intotheout]

"Do you mind if I ask when you're from?" She wasn't sure if that was a loaded question around here or not. But she was pretty sure by Lucille's clothes, if not her speaking style, she wasn't from anywhere near the same time Tip was.

[crimson_sister]

"I don't," Lucille replied. "I am from England in 1888. And yourself?"

She looked like she was from a time similar to Fandom's, but looks could be deceiving.

[intotheout]

"I'm from now," Tip said. "But my world had a big alien invasion that apparently no one else's did. Was it hard, adjusting to the future?"

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo had spent a good chunk of the day on AirTrek rides through town. And while she was now physically exhausted, she really felt like she hadn't gotten enough of the weather so she'd headed up to the roof, hair still disheveled from all the exercise, and the first thing she did was turn her face upward and close her eyes to just sort of soak up the sun and let the wind tug at her.

[intotheout]

Tip smiled, watching Ringo enjoy the weather. "Gorgeous out, huh?"

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Yeah," Ringo agreed softly. She took a deep breath, then let it out and looked over at Tip with a grin. "Like summer's here, but not the super-hot and gross part of summer, you know?"

She walked over to stand by Tip at the edge of the roof and enjoy the view.

[intotheout]

"You get used to those parts," Tip said, holding out her container of chocolate covered edamame to offer Ringo some. "Mostly by hiding inside when the humidity goes through the roof. I mean, assuming that the weather stays mid-Atlantic-y, and doesn't go all space on us."

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Well, last summer was just, you know, hot and summery."

Ringo grinned. "But even then I spent most of it outside. Hate wasting the daylight, you know?"

[intotheout]

"Sure." She did not. Tip enjoyed the sun, but she was just as happy inside with a nice reading lamp. She probably would have been perfectly at home in the 'indoor adventure' class, if a bit full of eye rolls at the teacher's vitriolic hatred of the outdoors. "You been out most of the day, then?"

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo nodded, reaching up to push back some hair that had come free from her pigtails.

"Yeah. Went out pretty early this morning, came back for lunch, but then went right back out." She let out a happy sigh. "I was just, I don't know, really in the zone, I guess."