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Room 311, Early Wednesday Afternoon (pre-cheer)

Jul 11, 2007 14:11

Alec had indeed finished, and parted with, his last project, leaving him with not much to do.

So he was sorting yarn.

...It was nice to know how much you had to work with, is all.

[OOC: Open, but thread with Rikku locked to her.]

knitting is so manly, rikku, 311

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the_merriest July 11 2007, 21:27:45 UTC

Rikku took a deep breath and stepped across the hall to Alec's doorway. And for the hundredth time, was grateful that Professor Skywalker had taken most of this off her shoulders. If she had to have this conversation with complete strangers, over and over again ...

She shivered and knocked quickly on the door.

x5_alec July 11 2007, 21:49:27 UTC

"Come in," Alec called out, rerolling a ball of yarn around one hand after measuring it.

the_merriest July 11 2007, 21:56:59 UTC

Rikku shifted the cat-filled bag on her shoulder and opened the door. "Alec?" she said hesitantly. "Are, uh, do you have a minute?"

x5_alec July 11 2007, 22:31:05 UTC

"Yeah, sure, Rikku," he said, flashing a grin at her in greeting. "Hey, those primers were awesome, by the way. Or should I say 'druca bnesanc fana yfacusa -- cu ruf'c so Al Bhed huf?'"

the_merriest July 11 2007, 22:37:42 UTC

Rikku's eyes lit up excitedly. "Whoa! Dude! Oui ryja hu etay ruf luum ed ec du rayn Al Bhed ykyeh! Ed'c paah ykac! Ev oui ajan fyhd maccuhc fa cruimt dudymmo ryhk uid, E zicd seccehk cbaygehk ed!"

x5_alec July 11 2007, 22:43:00 UTC

"Maccuhc fuimt pa luum!" he said, practically beaming. "Cu fryd fyc ed oui fyhdat y sehida vun, un tet oui zicd ku bcolrel yht cittahmo ghuf E ys yfacusa yht haatat du rayn vun ouincamv?"

the_merriest July 11 2007, 22:47:46 UTC

""E's dudymmo vnaa ev oui fyhd maccuhc! Dryd fuimt pa cu knayd!" she grinned. "And you're totally awesome but, uh, that's ... not what I needed a minute for. It was kinda something ... bad."

x5_alec July 11 2007, 23:06:15 UTC

"Something bad?" Alec echoed, cocking an eyebrow. "What's up?"

the_merriest July 11 2007, 23:08:53 UTC

"I, uh, I kinda need to talk to cheer today. But I wanted to talk to you first 'cause I don't know how well you, uh." She bit her lip hesitantly. "It's about Hamlet."

x5_alec July 12 2007, 02:59:50 UTC

"What about him?" He was looking at her shrewdly, but waited for her to speak.

the_merriest July 12 2007, 05:20:51 UTC

"He went home last week, to ... there's a whole mess, with his family, his uncle killed his dad and vengeance and ..." She bit her lip and stilled for a moment, then looked up. "He's dead."

x5_alec July 12 2007, 08:08:55 UTC

Alec's eyes widened and he stared a moment. "What happened?" he managed finally, voice lower in deference to her grief. Not that he wasn't upset at all, but it obviously had hit her very hard.

the_merriest July 12 2007, 08:15:00 UTC

"Some kind of a duel, with poison on the blades. His friend told me. I didn't ... he was shaken up and so was I and ... I don't know all of it. I wanted ..." Rikku closed her eyes for a long breath before opening them again. "I d-don't know how well you knew him, I mean, we were all in the mutiny but I didn't know some of you. And ... and cheer should know. I mean. I'd want to, if it were s-someone else."

x5_alec July 12 2007, 08:19:32 UTC

"He was a cheerleader," Alec said, frowning slightly as he watched her compose herself. "I didn't know him really well, but we're all in this squard together, right?"

the_merriest July 12 2007, 08:39:56 UTC

"Right," she nodded. "They deserve to know, I mean, even if it doesn't mean anything to them. Just to hear it."

She looked at him. "Do you ... would that be okay? For me to tell them? I'm not sure how everyone's gonna take it but ... yeah."

x5_alec July 12 2007, 09:02:46 UTC

"Definitely," Alec said. "He deserves to be remembered. Do you want me to tell Buffy?"

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