The Park - Late Friday Afternoon.

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Rose had gotten herself a cup of hot chocolate from the Perk, but she wasn't into sitting around inside. She was way too restless to stay still so she wandered around the island, staying carefully away from MCA and certain parts of the beach. There was a pink tree in the park that seemed more peaceful than the rest of the island, but she wasn't feeling the urge for peaceful and made her way over to the swings instead.

Swings were always awesome tyvm even if she was 19. She pulled out her phone, finally punching in the numbers of some people she hadn't seen for way too long. Calls done, Rose pumped her legs, seeing if she could achieve the ever-elusive 360 over the bars and wondered exactly why Lissa had sent her here. It didn't make any more sense than it had before, but she was starting to enjoy the idea more as she kept an eye out for anyone she knew.

[OOC: Open park, feel free to mod a call from Rose if you wish unless you're a STRIGOI. I missed my girl.]

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[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

After taking care of Effy (who was now a kitten), Alex found himself out for a smoke in the park. He had to do a double take when he spotted Rose because he hadn't seen her in so long.

"I'm not hallucinating, am I?" he asked, deciding that could be his greeting.

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"Yeah, you probably are," Rose replied, unable not to grin at seeing Alex. It felt like it had been a long time since she'd smiled like that. She jumped off the swing. "Do you usually hallucinate?"

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"Sometimes," he said, shrugging. "If I haven't had enough sleep but I got plenty of sleep last night and haven't consumed any drugs in awhile so and you don't look like a hallucination so maybe I'm actually seeing a blast from the past?"

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"Yeah, hallucinations usually look more freaky than me," she decided. "It's gotta be time travel then. You've slipped through times to last year. Weird, right?"

[brat_inslayage]

Kennedy was a little bit at loose ends today; not fretting, exactly (okay, maybe a little bit), but she had less focus for her restlessness. She'd been on a jog around the island and had stopped when her phone beeped with a new email (oh god, she was turning into one of those people now, huh?) to check-- something from Constance about a train showing up in Sunnydale full of dead people.

Which was interesting, but not particularly useful information, and she'd have been frowning over that for a while if not for the call that came in after that.

So, cue one Potential Slayer hurrying her ass over to the swingset in the park, grinning.

"Holy shit, look who showed up after for freaking ever."

[[i am about to flee home but had to tag in first!]]

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"I must have cuz you look old," he joked, wandering closer to her. "The years have aaaaaaaaaaaaaged you terribly, my friend."

No, she still looked good. No doubt about that.

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"...me looking old makes you think you went back in time?" Rose replied, unable not to smirk a little. "Your brain needs to be checked."

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"No, you looking old is just an observation I'm making because I can," Alex said, shrugging. "It's an honest assessment of what mine eyes are seeing. What are you, like thirty now?"

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"Kennedy!" Rose was grinning back and closing the distance for a hug. "God, it's freaking awesome to see you."

There was a decided lack of mention of the time, yeah.

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Rose made a face. "You just wish thirty would look this good," she snarked though her heart wasn't exactly in it.

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"I'm surprised to see you," he said honestly, tossing his cigarette away and smiling. "The undead cows get a little too boring for you?"

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"Didn't expect to me back," she admitted. "Lissa sent me for the day." With the cigarette gone, Rose figured it was safe to close the distance and go for a hug. Alex could just deal with it. "We're in Pennsylvania now. Not even any undead cows to handle."

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Pennsylvania?" Alex asked while he was hugging her. "Why the move? Don't tell me it's for their exhilarating sports teams."

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"Hell no! I could play sports better than any of those jackasses," she said instantly. "And they have stupid names. The Penguins? Who'd be scared of a Penguin?"

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Alex laughed because that sure was a vehement statement of her dislike right there. "I dunno, a ladybug? I'd think a penguin could at least crush a ladybug if they ever met."

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"Think a penguin would eat a ladybug," Rose considered. "I mean once you eat raw fish, a bug can't be that different..."

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"So, we've established that you're not in Pennsylvania for their astounding sports teams," he said, taking a seat on one of the swings and giving himself a kick. "What are you there for?"

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"Lissa's there," Rose said, sitting back on her own swing. "She's living at the Royal Court and going to school at Lehigh. I actually got assigned to her for real." It had been in the air there for a while.

[fratboybitch.livejournal.com]

"Congrats," Alex said sincerely. "That's what you wanted, right? Do your thing with Lissa? Things are okay, then?"

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She nodded, giving him an oddly shy smile. "Yeah. It's - kinda cool. Except for having to take econ exams."

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"Econ?" Alex repeated. "You have to go to school and do the guard stuff? How does that work? Same classes?"

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"Easiest way to stay close to her," Rose agreed. "I'm her near guard. No one's going to think a teenage best friend is a bodyguard, right?" She shrugged. "No one who didn't go to Fandom anyway. I've got a partner, but he does the far guarding stuff mostly, watches the perimeter, that sort of thing."

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"And how is your hot friend?" Alex asked, smirking. "Still hot?" Single?"

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"Hotter than ever," she smirked back. "And single but being an idiot about it. Why? You wanna set her up with someone?"

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"How does one be an idiot about being single?" Alex asked curiously. "And no, I'm not a goddamn matchmaker. I was just asking after her because I am a friend from afar."