roof | late afternoon | monday | january 4

[fratboybitch]

A little cold wasn't going to keep Alex from spending time on the damn roof. It was the quietest (unless there was someone interesting up there to talk to) place to smoke and it'd given him some pretty good memories. Cold just meant he had to wear a coat. Problem easily solved

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[new_to_liirness]

It had been a while since he'd been up there, and he'd been put into something of a contemplative mood since his class.

That was why Liir went up, with broom. He also had the Witch's cloak, since it was cold

When he noticed Alex there, he gave him quick, polite wave. Then it was just a matter of figuring out if it would be wise to fly at the moment. Was the wind too rough?

[fratboybitch]

"Hey man," Alex said, keeping his hands in his pockets so he wouldn't have to wave. Give them a little warm up since they'd been holding his cigarette. "Needed some fresh air too?"

[new_to_liirness]

"Indeed," he agreed with a soft puff of breath.

"And starting to rethink a flight. The wind is a bit much."

But he made his way over to Alex. He was up here, after all.

[fratboybitch]

"Flight?" Alex repeated, raising an eyebrow. "You hiding some wings somewhere?"

Half a year ago, he would have expected the answer to be 'no.' Now, it was even on what answer he'd get.

[new_to_liirness]

Liir held up the broom and waggled it a little.

"This. And" he pulled the cloak up a little tighter "with this. I'm not quite that mad yet."

Mad as in insane. He was relatively calm today, really.

[fratboybitch]

"Really?" Alex couldn't help the escape of some surprised laughter. "Thought that only happened in fairy tales and someone's acid trip."

[new_to_liirness]

He shook his head with a short laugh of his own. Thank the Nameless Name. No dirty jokes.

"Really. I thought everyone knew about that. Then again, I haven't gone out as much lately."

He scratched behind one ear as he considered that.

[fratboybitch]

"Been awhile since I've seen you," Alex said, shrugging. "And I don't think I've drowned my brain in enough alcohol to forget that. Genetic thing?"

[new_to_liirness]

He nodded quickly, glancing at the broom as it bucked a little. It certainly wanted to fly.

"It was my... mother's."

And there would always be that hesitation; there was nothing he could do about it. He might have had her acknowledge him and, in turn, he might have been able to acknowledge how he really felt about her but that lump? The accompanying anger? Wasn't going to go away any time soon.

"I claimed it after she died."

[fratboybitch]

That was something Alex could identify with. His mother wasn't dead but there'd been close calls in the past. Couldn't say he'd talk about his family any easier.

"Sorry, man," he said, giving what sympathy he could. "It's a nice broom. And if it let's you fly, even better. Kind of a legacy then, huh?"

[new_to_liirness]

"People die," was his only reply. It wasn't biting or harsh, but it was obvious he didn't want to talk about it.

"But I like the broom well enough. I'd be a rotting bit of sewage if not for it."

The prince and the Witch's son wasn't touching 'legacy' with a twenty foot pole.

"I'd offer to take you up, but I'm not sure that'd be possible."

[fratboybitch]

Alex waved a hand and shook his head. "I'm not much for that sort of thing anyway. Keeping my feet on the ground is hard enough sometimes. My luck, I'd fall and break my fucking neck. No offense against your skills. Just have shitty luck."

[new_to_liirness]

"I completely understand," he said with a wry smile.

[fratboybitch]

"Gotta be something that comes in handy," Alex said conversationally. "All the weird shit that goes down, if you don't wanna deal, you can just take off and not deal."

[new_to_liirness]

He actually smiled.

"Exactly. I'm shit in a fight and I know it, so I generally stay out of the way, scout, provide transportation when things come up."

[fratboybitch]

"And sometimes being shit doesn't really matter here. Island'll do what the fuck it wants with you." Stupid vampire place. "You ever tried to learn to fight or just not something you do?"