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[vestigiaflammae]

[It's noon on a Saturday, and the weather's nice... which means it's just wrong to be sitting in the library

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[bestmoirail]

[Nepeta had been eying him for a while. Or rather, she had been eying that frisbee he had been spinning like a cat watching a piece of string. Round and round and round and round an---aww he stopped :((

But perhaps for the best. It broke her out of the hypnotic trance she had been in enough for her to scamper forward towards him just in time to hear him speak]

Is something wrong?

[vestigiaflammae]

Stupid homework.

[He pulls the frisbee off his face, looking up -- he didn't recognize that voice.

Or the person, actually. Big yellow eyes and horns? He props himself up on an elbow.] Hey there! Does this stuff ever get easier?

[bestmoirail]

Unfurtunately I think it only gets harder! The longer you are here, the more likely you are to have to move to the advanced classes. [Le sigh. She shares your pain, Lea]

[vestigiaflammae]

Aw man. That's not what I wanted to hear.

[Sighing tragically and spinning his frisbee again.] Hey, what's your name?

[bestmoirail]

[She can't help but giggles a little]

My name is-- [but her attention instantly shifts to the frisbee and her eyes go wide as saucers. Once again she is staring at it go round and round and round...and then she shifts down, crouching low to the ground, tail high in the air. Just waiting for the right opportunity to pounce.]

[vestigiaflammae]

[Buh? Watching her stare at the frisbee, and then the tail, and --

Waitaminute he's got a sudden idea.]

Nepeta?

[...still spinning the frisbee, though.]

[bestmoirail]

[Sorry, Lea, but this one is now on a mission. She crouches a little bit lower and then launches herself into the air, trying to grab ahold of that frisbee with her mouth.

[vestigiaflammae]

Whoa, careful! [That thing has sharp edges! Also, he'd rather not get bitten, which means he's tossing it away over the bench into the flowerbed...]

[bestmoirail]

[Miss! And aww :(( she...shakes her head out though. Now that it isn't being spun in such a hypnotic manner she's got a hold of herself.]

Eheh, sorry. It just looked... [Actually she's not even quite sure what happened there. But she gives Lea her attention again, and only now realizes that he called her name]

Yea, Nepeta!

[vestigiaflammae]

Hey, nice to meet you face to face. I'm Lea, from the network, remember?

[He leans over the back of the bench, rummaging for his frisbee.]

[bestmoirail]

Oh! Lea! Of course I remember you. Heheh, it is! [Though...she kinda got the impression Lea might be a she from the name. WHOOPS. She's glad she never said anything like that over the network]

[vestigiaflammae]

[Definitely a good thing she didn't. He'd have been forced to use capital letters or something.

Recovering the frisbee, he's just going to stop for a minute and stare at her, because whoa, she really DOES look like an alien! Weird skin color, horns, tail.... He shifts, crossing his legs under him to free up the other side of the bench.]

So did they load you down with as much homework as they did me? -- oh yeah, if you want, you can sit down.

[bestmoirail]

[She moves towards him, plopping down and nods]

Yeeaa. They did. I should purrobably be doing it right now but. [Well. Honestly she didn't have much of a reason other than having absolutely no initiative. She waved it off.]

Some classes are interesting and it isn't that hard but once you are out of them you kinda just want to be done. Bluh. Homework makes it feel like the classes neeeveerrr end.

[vestigiaflammae]

Man, I know. I mean, it's the weekend! We oughta have some time off, but no. Piles of reading.

[He crosses his arms behind his head, making a face.] At least I haven't got any of those Saturday makeup classes to worry about.

[bestmoirail]

Furee time? Now, now. We can't have that! [She folded her arms and took on a mock stern expression]

After all if you have furee time you might relax and have fun! Not allowed!

[vestigiaflammae]

Everybody knows kids can't have fun, right? [He holds his own mournful look for a long moment before laughing.]

Guess I just have to make time! I haven't figured out what's fun to do around here yet, though.