InsaneJournal

Tweak says, "Sealing. Sealing."

William St. John (sinjin) wrote in ipswich_rpg,
@ 2010-02-18 14:21:00

Entry tags:

!complete, 2010 02, libra malfoy, st. john allerdyce

RP: Melting Snow
Who: St. John, Libra
Where: The front yard of House #3
When: February 18, 2010, afternoon
Rating/Warning: Language.
Summary: John is bored.
Status: Complete

St. John didn't really want to get a job, but he wasn't sure what else to do. He didn't want to go to school, either, and anyway he was pretty sure the semester had already started. Everyone he lived with was boring and he thought it was too damn bad that both Bobby and Jaime's houses were full. Not that he really wanted to live with Jaime, but she was familiar and easy to annoy.

Not particularly feeling like trolling through the journals today, he made his way outside after dressing appropriately for the weather. The weather was another annoying thing. Did it have to snow so fucking much? It often made his thoughts drift to Bobby and what Kitty had said about his 'future.' He still wasn't sure he believed it, mostly because he couldn't really imagine fighting -- really fighting -- his friend.

Maybe he'd felt bad and let Bobby think he'd won.

He snorted at himself and glanced around at the white world in annoyance, his lighter already in his hand. In a sudden motion, he flipped the top off and lit it, outstretching his arm as he sent a jet of flames towards a pile of thick snow. Surely this was a productive way to spend an afternoon.

(Post a new comment)

my_ivory_tower
2010-02-19 12:04 am UTC (link)

She wasn't exactly over here for any particular reason. It was just nice to be out of the house while there was no snow falling.

And maybe she'd go visit Al.

Well, it had seemed like a sound plan until she saw the flames in the front yard. Having grown up in a place where green fire wasn't uncommon and any second year could spark a fire with their wand, Libra wasn't too fussed.

But she was curious.

Wandering over so she was in John's line of sight - but still well away from the flames - she watched curiously.

Was he seriously trying to remove the snow that way?

(Reply to this) (Thread)

sinjin
2010-02-19 12:21 am UTC (link)

He saw her, but at first he hadn't planned on stopping. It felt good to be destructive, but even as he thought the word to himself, he snorted. He couldn't really be destructive, not here. He couldn't just set a fucking tree on fire or blow up a car, not in the middle of supernatural lane which was probably being watched by the government.

When she didn't continue on somewhere and seemed to be watching him, he finally let the fire stop and snapped his lighter shut with a click.

"Can I help you?" John asked in a way that clearly wouldn't have won him any employee of the month awards had he been working in customer service.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

my_ivory_tower
2010-02-19 12:29 am UTC (link)

Libra recognized the tone easily enough. She'd heard words in that tone cross her grandfather's lips any number of times. A faint smirk ghosted across her lips before she shrugged.

"Not really. There's easier ways to do that. Ways that don't make it into an ice slick." It might not be snowing, but it was still below freezing ... once he took the flame away, the melted snow that hadn't evaporated would refreeze.

Not that she cared, but the first person to slip and break a leg might.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sinjin
2010-02-19 01:54 am UTC (link)

He flicked his lighter open and then closed a few times as he regarded her. Did she seriously think he was just doing this to melt snow? His lips twitched into something of an amused grin and he shook his head.

"Sure, there might be easier ways to get rid of snow, but that's not what I was doing," well, he supposed that's what he'd been doing technically, but it wasn't the purpose behind it.

"Who are you, by the way?" He questioned, figuring it was safer to ask since people could look like other people in this place. He didn't want to assume he knew her and then have it turn out that he didn't. Suddenly, he wondered if it could be the other way around. Could someone he knew look different in this reality?

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

my_ivory_tower
2010-02-19 02:30 am UTC (link)

"Libra Malfoy," she replied. She very nearly asked him what he had been doing before she decided she really didn't want to get into it. He seemed like the sort who'd be ... difficult for the sake of being difficult. "Who're you?" she returned as she studied him briefly.

She did glance past him toward the house, but she wasn't exactly in a rush to head up there. For all she knew, Al wasn't even there. Besides that, maybe people were still upset about Susan and Caspian being gone, and she wouldn't want to interfere with that.

Swinging her pale blue gaze back to him, she flexed her fingers slightly inside her gloves inside her pockets.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sinjin
2010-02-19 03:07 am UTC (link)

"I'm John," he replied. He wondered if Libra was her birth name or a 'codename,' but he figured it didn't really matter. "You looking for someone or just wandering around?"

He glanced briefly towards his house before returning his eyes to her, studying her. She was cute, he supposed. Not entirely randomly, since he was assessing her looks, he thought he should find someone to hook up with and make out on the couch in Jaime's house.

Maybe that would shut her up about his sexuality. Maybe if Libra wasn't busy he'd ask if she wanted to go make out or something.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

my_ivory_tower
2010-02-19 03:21 am UTC (link)

She shrugged. "Just wandering, mostly. Thought I'd see if Al - Albus - was home. Wasn't sure it was safe to walk by the fire zone though," she quipped. "He's my brother's best mate," she added, in case John thought she was looking for Albus for ... well, some other reason.

Not that she hadn't given it some thought on more than one occasion, though she wondered how much of it was just because she trusted Albus not to hurt her.

Shaking her head at her drifting thoughts, she refocused on John. "You're the one from the journals that always manages to piss off Jaime, aren't you?"

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sinjin
2010-02-19 03:33 am UTC (link)

He broke into a grin and nodded, "Yeah, that's me. Seems like all I have to do is say hi to someone and she has a fit about it." Of course, he was usually a lot more annoying than just a simple hi, but it was fun to make stupid comments and see who he could rile up.

"Wanna help me piss her off in person?" He asked, arching his brows. "Bet she'd have a fit to find me making out on her couch."

He didn't really expect her to go along with it, but even just asking was amusing. "But I guess if you wanted to see your brother's best mate, I'd promise not to set you on fire."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

my_ivory_tower
2010-02-19 03:59 am UTC (link)

Libra shook her head slightly, but quickly. A ghost of fear briefly shadowed her eyes, but it wasn't like he could know. "I'm not really ... much for annoying people. Even if they can't do anything to me."

She really didn't think Jaime would attack her or anything, but she'd rather not make enemies here if she didn't have to. She'd had more than enough of that at home, thanks.

"Besides, her ... boyfriend has a gun. He hasn't shot anyone yet, but the word's going around that it's only a matter of time."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sinjin
2010-02-19 04:31 am UTC (link)

He raised his brows at her reaction, but wasn't quite sure what was up with it. Maybe she really was afraid Jaime's boyfriend ... he blinked. He hadn't known Jaime had a boyfriend.

"Who's she dating?" He asked curiously, an amused grin curving his lips. She was dating someone and she was still cranky as hell? Maybe he was really bad in bed or not putting out or something. He tried to recall if he'd ever known Jaime to have a boyfriend, but couldn't really. Huh.

"Thanks for the info, though. Not that guns scare me," he clarified, but it was good to know that the fellow -- whoever he is -- had a gun. He knew if he was dating Jaime, it would only be a matter of time before he lost it and shot someone too, so he could relate.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

my_ivory_tower
2010-02-19 04:36 am UTC (link)

"Um. Malcolm? The ... one of the space ship captains. The one who lives in the house with ..." she made a sort of gesture. "James and Sirius, Dug and Neytiri," she recited. She was pretty sure that was their resident list, at any rate.

Unless someone had vanished.

"Guns don't scare you," she echoed. "Does your fire stop the bullets?" Or ... prematurely explode them, she guessed. Not that she knew much about Muggle stuff, but Vulture did, and sometimes he'd explain things to her.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sinjin
2010-02-19 04:52 am UTC (link)

The idea of Jaime dating a space captain was so absurd that he had to laugh. A space captain. What the fuck? "Malcolm the Space Captain," he echoed with a grin.

Some of his amusement was dampened when she had to ask why he wasn't afraid of guns, though. "Well... no," he admitted with a shrug of his shoulders. He just wasn't afraid of anything, or so he said.

"One of the mutants back home, the leader of the Brotherhood, he could control metal though. He could stop a bullet in midair or turn it back on the one doing the shooting," he informed her because talking about what Magneto could do was better than talking about what John couldn't do.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

my_ivory_tower
2010-02-19 05:09 am UTC (link)

"He usually goes by Mal," Libra said, uncertain why John was so amused. "He looks like our Herbology professor. But ... a lot of people here look like people I know from home. Surprised you don't resembled someone."

She listened as he went on and she shook her head slightly. "We don't really have people like that where I'm from. I mean, we have some wizards and witches that really excel in some areas, but they're all kind of the same areas. No one can ... just find things or start fires or stop bullets just by ... being themselves. Not without magic."

And she had her doubts about a lot of that happening even with magic.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sinjin
2010-02-19 05:38 am UTC (link)

He didn't know why he was so amused either. It was just ... well ... a space captain. It was absurd. Maybe he'd ask Jaime about him later when his boredom returned.

"Oh yeah. The FBI agent chick looks like Bobby's girlfriend from back home. It's weird as hell," he agreed with a shrug. "But maybe I do resemble someone, you just haven't met them."

He wasn't really sure what he thought about magic and he cocked his head to the side thoughtfully as he listened to her. He was inclined to believe they were all just mutants who thought their mutation was magic, but he didn't really know enough about what they could do to decide that.

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

my_ivory_tower
2010-02-19 05:45 am UTC (link)

Libra nodded. "Vulture ... he's an Auror from my world. My time. He looks like someone that was on Mal's crew." The more she thought about it, the more she realized there were a lot of people here who looked like people from her world.

"I think there was a girl who kind of looked like me, but she's not around anymore." Which then made her wonder where those people went. Did they really just randomly get sucked home?

Libra nodded toward the house before she took a step in that direction. "Going to go see if Al's around. But it was ... nice to meet you."

(Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sinjin
2010-02-19 06:01 am UTC (link)

He made a thoughtful noise and nodded. She had sort of looked familiar; he was pretty sure someone from Xavier's school looked like her or something.

"Yeah, all right. Good to meet you," he agreed and he thought that was true enough. He'd learned funny information about Jaime, after all, and that was pretty good. "See you 'round."

Now he just had to figure out what to do with the rest of his afternoon.

(Reply to this) (Parent)