Kwik Stop Rooftop, Tuesday Afternoon

[rebelseekspizza]

"Stop starin' at it, you won't like it."

The cat had taken an interest in the bottle Dante had brought with him. The label on the bottle had half been peeled off already, and Dante idly scratched at it some more as he talked.

"Not kitty-proof. Okay? Stick with the milk. It's good for your bones."

The cat reached out and swiped at the bottle. Dante pulled a face. "You serious?" he said, tipping the bottle towards the cat for two seconds. It sniffed, then immediately recoiled.

Dante took a swig. "Told you. This is not the stuff you should be milking humans for."

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[good_for_six]

After the terrible, terrible movie in class, Isabela needed a distraction, and she had a good idea of where to find one.

"You up there today?" she called out from the street.

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante squinted down over the edge of the roof, making the barest effort to sit up. "Yeah," he called. "What's up?"

[good_for_six]

"Terrible sex movies." Truly a tragedy of the ages. "Not even in a fun way."

[rebelseekspizza]

And at that, Dante sat forward more. "What, like bad porn?"

[good_for_six]

"Worse." At least bad porn had actual sex in it. "Boring not porn."

Really, how did you make that kind of sex boring?

[rebelseekspizza]

"...So a crappy romance movie."

Dante pulled a face. "Ugh."

[good_for_six]

"It wasn't very romantic either," Isabela replied. "Unless you think creepy guys who are probably going to hide your body in their secret lairs are romantic."

That was going to be less funny in a decade or two.

[rebelseekspizza]

Ew.

Dante hopped up off the roof, bottle in hand. "Aw," he said, "That's got to have been terrifying."

[good_for_six]

"Actually, the terrifying part is I think it was supposed to be romantic and sexy."

It just failed horribly. On all fronts.

[rebelseekspizza]

"...A guy threatening to hide somebody in a secret lair?" Yeah, maybe Dante hadn't been following.

[good_for_six]

"He didn't go quite that far," Isabela said. "But it was the next step, he had that kind of vibe."

[rebelseekspizza]

"Why the hell were you watching the serial killer movie?" said Dante, who was still trying to work out if he should give Isabela a sip of his drink or not.

He took a swig. You know what, he liked this drink.

[good_for_six]

"It was for the sex class," Isabela said. "There was sex in it. Boring sex. Despite the whips and chains and blindfolds."

Clearly that meant she deserved alcohol for her suffering.

[soniaroadsqueen]

Ringo didn't go by the Kwik Stop on her daily ride because it was Tuesday. It just happened that it was on her route today. So she looked appropriately surprised when she saw Dante.

She skidded to a stop on the roof, giving both Dante and his cat plenty of space. "Hey, you."

Yeah. Really surprised.

[rebelseekspizza]

Aww, Ringo. It was almost like you liked him.

"Hey, if it isn't the cage fighter on wheels," Dante said lazily, squinting in her general direction without getting up.

[soniaroadsqueen]

Hey, hey, let's not say anything we can't take back!

"AirTrek," she corrected, rolling her eyes. "And I try to avoid fighting, remember?"

[rebelseekspizza]

Dante shrugged. "You've broken a few bones," he pointed out. "Counts for me."

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Not in a while!" Ringo objected, sounding just a bit too much like she was justifying herself.

[rebelseekspizza]

"Yeah," Dante said, "Let's go with that."

His expression was somewhere between 'demonic', 'sarcastic', and 'teasing'. It was a weird kind of middle ground.

[soniaroadsqueen]

It was, but it managed to feel oddly familiar.

Not that Ringo was going to let herself smile or anything.

"So, what have you been up to?" she asked curiously.

[rebelseekspizza]

"Same stuff I usually do," Dante said, shrugging. "Running around and getting laid."

And occasionally getting fucked up by demons, but, y'know.

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Guess I'm not really surprised," Ringo allowed.

She cocked her head slightly. "Do you ever go anywhere? I mean, off the island, or anything like that? Or do you just stick around here?" It wasn't like there wasn't plenty of stuff to do.

[rebelseekspizza]

"I usually go to Baltimore in the evenings," Dante said. "Hit up some clubs, meet some nice people."

Get really drunk, maybe something else, too.

[soniaroadsqueen]

"Yeah?" Ringo grinned. "Baltimore is pretty great. Good terrain for AirTrek." Buildings were important, and Fandom didn't really have enough for her taste.

[rebelseekspizza]

"Sure," Dante said. Now he just looked like he thought that was funny. "I guess there's that, too. But there's more to life than AirTrek, Ringo."