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The Roof, Monday Afternoon

Well, that was it for another term of workshops, then, and now there was a week to look forward to not a heck of a lot of anything at all.

Zack, of course, was going to kick that off by attempting to get in touch with the Director back in Midgar, to see if there was any important work for him yet. That phone call was met with no answer from Lazard, and so little success. That idea having fallen through, Zack decided to default straight to... Plan B.

...

The view of the clouds was way more awesome from the roof than it was down on the ground! And, in a rare moment of something not unlike planning ahead, Zack had even brought lemonade.

Now he was all set for whatever break week could throw at him, oh yes.

[Open roof, open post! Hi!]
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[personal profile] puppy_fair 2010-08-23 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"On its own, it doesn't," Zack replied, shrugging. "But if you slot it into a weapon or a piece of armor..." He pulled his glove off, revealing a bangle that he had tucked just underneath the cuff, slotted with a couple of similar spheres. "Then you can tap into whatever ability your materia supports. That one is Blizzard, which... doesn't cause an actual blizzard, but it is an ice spell."

[identity profile] theotherpeter.livejournal.com 2010-08-23 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"So it's... magical bedazzling," Peter said, tossing the materia back to Zack. "I'm not even going to try to understand that. I'm just going to accept it and move on."

This was a big step for Peter, really.
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[personal profile] puppy_fair 2010-08-24 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
Zack caught the materia with a chuckle and then shoved it back into his pocket.

"It's something like that, I guess," he admitted. "I really don't know all of the technical things behind how it works, either. Something about Ancients and power from the Lifestream, or something like that."

Because that explanation would totally make more sense. Yeah.

[identity profile] theotherpeter.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
"Sure," Peter said. "Lifestreams and ancients. Why didn't you just say that in the first place?""

He shook his head and stretched out his legs. "So, how much do you know about Rosalind, any way?"
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[personal profile] puppy_fair 2010-08-24 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
Zack tilted his head a bit at that. It kind of seemed like one of those out-of-the-blue questions, to him.

"Honestly? Not much. I think she knows more about me than I do about her, you know? Different timelines, same world, same employer back home. I do know she's really nice?"

Zack's concept of 'really nice' was pretty broad, it should be noted.

[identity profile] theotherpeter.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Just wondering," Peter said. "Sorry to just jump track there, but I pretty much exhausted my ability to talk about magic."
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[personal profile] puppy_fair 2010-08-24 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm going to go out on a limb and say you're from one of those worlds that thinks that magic is just stuff they made up for storybooks, huh?"

He grinned a little at that, kind of crookedly. He was in that weird middle-ground sort of reality that had magic and science, so that made conversation with most people into an adventure, one way or the other.

"And you know, now you have me all curious why you were just wondering, like that. Are you interested in her, maybe?"

Look, Zack didn't know much about her, but that wasn't going to stop him from being a snoop.

[identity profile] theotherpeter.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
Peter laughed. "You're right on the first part," he said. "As for interest, not in the sense you're thinking. She's just... I don't know. She baffles me, a lot of the time. I don't know how anyone our age can be so... Future Business Leader of America."
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[personal profile] puppy_fair 2010-08-24 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
That got a laugh out of Zack, yes.

"Clearly, you haven't met many people our age from my world. People have to grow up fast, there, usually." Or else die trying. "I don't think Rosalind was any exception to that. It just makes her that much tougher, you know?"

[identity profile] theotherpeter.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Tough is definitely the right word for her," Peter said. "Then again, tough girls are more fun to try and find the cracks."
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[personal profile] puppy_fair 2010-08-24 12:55 am (UTC)(link)
And that? That got a weird little sideways sort of look.

"I don't think she'd appreciate so much if somebody went looking for her cracks, man. Cracks are too close to breaking points as it is."

[identity profile] theotherpeter.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not trying to break her," Peter said. "Please, I'm not evil or anything. Just want to see what it takes to get her to smile."
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[personal profile] puppy_fair 2010-08-24 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
The sideways look persisted for a moment, but apparently that was a good enough explanation for Zack, because he was tucking away what could very well been his inner rabid doberman in favor of a slightly wary puppy once again.

"I've found that just being nice is a pretty good start," he offered.

It was the Zack way of things. Nice worked wonders with everyone. Usually.

[identity profile] theotherpeter.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Peter laughed. "I don't think she'd notice," he said. He picked up one of the water balloons and weighed it in his palm.
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[personal profile] puppy_fair 2010-08-24 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Zack was giving Peter what had to be just about the weirdest look ever, at that.

"I don't believe that," he decided. "Everybody notices when somebody is being nice to them. People might not necessarily react, but they do notice."

[identity profile] theotherpeter.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
"And if they don't react, then there's no point," Peter said. "Getting noticed is easy. Getting remembered, that's the hard part."
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[personal profile] puppy_fair 2010-08-24 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, if you don't try being nice, the alternative is being a dick," Zack pointed out, raising a pointed eyebrow. "If that's what you want her to remember you for, man, then it's your funeral."

No, really. This was kind of almost like a warning, Peter.

[identity profile] theotherpeter.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
"Who said anything about being a dick?" Peter said. "I'm not going to get anywhere if all I do is aggravate her. I really just, I don't know... have to figure out something. Hell, if I wasn't sure I'd get punched in the face, I really would ask her out."
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[personal profile] puppy_fair 2010-08-24 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
"So... your options are to get punched in the face either way," Zack pointed out, cracking a bit of a grin again. "You might as well just go for broke and do something nice, like give her chocolate or something."

... What? Girls totally liked chocolate. It was like one of the rules upon which the universe had been built.

[identity profile] theotherpeter.livejournal.com 2010-08-24 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Peter rolled water balloon between his hands as he thought that over.

"You know, I think I just might try that," he decided. "Thanks for the advice."
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