The Park | Sunday Morning

[pursuedthestars]

It got boring staying inside your room for too long. Sure, Jim was a pro at entertaining himself but he also got bored easily and got curious even easier. There was crap going on around the island and he'd been hearing a rhyming voice for awhile now and staying inside his room just wasn't an attractive option even if it was cold out there.

That was okay, he could deal with cold. It just meant bundling up in various layers before heading out. He wasn't usually up this early and was kind of surprised how quiet it seemed right now. He could almost believe this was another sleepy town in the middle of bumfuck Iowa where nothing happened. He knew the truth but while he took a walk through the park, he could almost believe this place was normal and boring.

It was probably a good thing it wasn't. He'd probably get bored of that after awhile and take off. Boring and normal were just not good matches for Jim Kirk.

[Open place and post. Possible SP later in the afternoon when I head to dinner with my mom! ETA: And SP is about to commence! I will return all tags ASAP!]

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[cheerfailer.livejournal.com]

The park was about to make things interesting for him. At least if he was going past the pond. Because a familiar-ish figure was there, crouched down in an ill-fitting winter coat to coo at the flamingos.

Yeah, Suzy was handling being in the wrong Fandom just fine. At least now that she'd managed to get some weather-appropriate clothes the wear over her usual Roman garb.

She was also in kind of imminent danger of falling into the cold pond with the way she was leaning forward and trying to call the birds to her.

[pursuedthestars]

Jim didn't immediately recognize that the girl was familiar but he could see that she was about to take a swim if he didn't say something.

For a second, he warred with himself, not sure if he wanted to say something to someone he didn't know but then...

Damn him for being a good guy. "Unless you're wanting to take a swim, you might wanna slide back."

[cheerfailer.livejournal.com]

Suzy looked over her shoulder with a big smile and shook her head. "Oh, no, I'm totally fine, I have great balance!"

Yeah, she fell on her ass... basically as soon as she'd said that. But she just laughed. And, hey, it was better than it would have been to fall forward, because that would have landed her in the pond. "Oopsie."

[pursuedthestars]

And now Jim recognized the face and immediately wanted to go home and go back to sleep. Dammit. The use of 'oopsie' pretty much immediately told him this wasn't Natalie.

"Yeah, great balance," he noted with a raised eyebrow. "I'm impressed."

[cheerfailer.livejournal.com]

"Well, I usually do," Suzy claimed as she bounced to her feet with some actually impressive ease. "I want to be a professional level cheerleader, so I kinda have to. But maybe being stuck in Rome has made me a bit rusty."

The amount of babbling she could generate also set her apart from Natalie pretty firmly.

[pursuedthestars]

"Professional level cheerleader?" Jim repeated, raising an eyebrow. "That's actually a thing?"

[cheerfailer.livejournal.com]

Suzy chuckled. "Of course it is, silly!"

It also paid really poorly, but she hadn't really paid attention to that yet. Being high school aged and all.

[pursuedthestars]

Jim had so many questions.

"What are you doing here?" he wondered, going with that first. "You're not usually on this island, are you?"

[cheerfailer.livejournal.com]

"Well, sort of?" Suzy hazarded, glancing around and wrapping the coat more around herself. "I mean, this is still Fandom, right? But it looks way more modern than I remember. I fell down some stairs yesterday, and then everything looked like it does now."

[notconflicted]

Sia was definitely not bundled up for her run today, though she was very good at finding new tools in her anger arsenal, such as "It's cold" and "Why the hell was I conditioned to do things like this?" so she didn't look at all like she minded. Though that had to do with her being better at tamping down emotions and annoyances and less to do with actual comfort.

She slowed when she came across him, asking, "What brings you out?"

[pursuedthestars]

"Boredom," Jim said, slanting a glance her way. "Lots and lots of boredom."

[notconflicted]

"So you go for a quiet walk in a boring place?" she asked, looking amused.

[pursuedthestars]

"I'm looking to make my own fun out here," Jim said, shrugging. "Easier to do outside then inside a small dorm room."

[notconflicted]

"And how's that fun coming along?" Sia asked.

[pursuedthestars]

"To be determined," Jim said, shrugging. "Just got out here. Gotta give it time. What are you doing out here?"

[notconflicted]

"If the town's gone insane again, it's only a matter of time till we have to fight something or other. I find it's best to start preparing now," Sia explained.

She meant "preparing to kill all the things." And she was so looking forward to killing all the things.

[pursuedthestars]

"Preparing with a leisurely walk through the park?" Jim asked, raising an eyebrow. "You meditating or something?"

[noredemption4u.livejournal.com]

"Hello, Jim."

Oh, look. It was his favourite Mord'Sith.

[pursuedthestars]

"You haven't left yet?" Jim asked, making a face at that familiar voice. "Isn't there a BDSM club that's missing it's favorite dominatrix?"

He missed her so much!

[noredemption4u.livejournal.com]

"Still here, I'm coming to quite enjoy the place." She could tell!

"I wouldn't know, but if there is, I'm sure you could accompany me there." Because that's what happened when you gave her ideas, Jim.

[pursuedthestars]

"You haven't asked me nicely," Jim pointed out, shaking his head. "I go nowhere with someone whose not polite."

[noredemption4u.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I can be very nice," Denna drawled, starting to move towards Jim, her voice full of promise. "Especially to a well-behaved lad."

Her definition of well-behaved at least.

[pursuedthestars]

"You weren't very nice to me first time we met," Jim reminded her, staying where he was and lifting his chin. "That kind of thing sticks with a guy. It makes an impression."

[noredemption4u.livejournal.com]

Yes, Jim, stay where you were so Denna could get all up in your personal space, that suited her just fine

"Pleasure is merely the inverse of pain," she said softly. "As much as the agiel can give you of the one..." And she'd given him but the merest taste. "...I gave also give you of the other."

Not to mention that she wouldn't seduce him intending to beat him up and steal his wallet instead, either.

[pursuedthestars]

There was a fine line between pride and stupidity. Jim had enough pride that it sometimes made him do stupid things. Such as not taking off at the sight of her.

"I don't know if you're really my type," he replied, shaking his head. "You're a little...dull. You just keep telling me the same thing over and over again. You just use different words."