spacing out on the roof... as you do.

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[Espio is sat on the roof again. The shiny curvaceous surface provides absolutely no obstacle to his climbing ability, and - as only a handful of cadets can actually reach him up here - it makes a nice quiet spot to sit and think.

Or, in this case, stare into space while holding a Rayquaza toy.

To say Espio is rather bewildered is a bit of an understatement, but at least it makes a change from his usual cranky self? Probably needs to be snapped out of it, though.]

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[fierybluebird]

[Watches for a bit and cowardly hides for a while before finally screwing up his guts and saying something.]

You probably want to punch me now, I take it.

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Repeatedly.

[fierybluebird]

[Sits down cross-legged next to him and offers his chin with a miming of punching it.]

One free one. Just one though.

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Even a hint might have been nice!

[redcinemareel]

[Well, Grell had wanted to find where Espio was, and HERE SHE IS!

She's not good at serious talks...just for the record.]

Enjoying the view?

[turnip-rage.livejournal.com]

Go away, Grell. I'm not in the mood.

[redcinemareel]

If I came when you were, you'd still give me the same response. [Grins and sits down. Not next to him, but definitely on the edge of the roof. Looks out at the horizon with a hum.

A moment of silence while she thinks.

Oh, forget it. There's no use in cushioning words.]

...I think it all went better than I expected. [YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS.]

[turnip-rage.livejournal.com]

You're kidding, right?

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How do you even know about it, anyway?

1/2 SORRY

[redcinemareel]

I hardly kid.

[Looks over to Espio with a raised eyebrow.]

I'm his mother. He told me days before he told you.

[Pauses for a moment]

Plus I was watching. [Looks back at the vast space before her.]

[redcinemareel]

[Sighs softly]

I also encouraged him to tell you.

[turnip-rage.livejournal.com]

You were watching?

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[redcinemareel]

I found Toby in the Quad. It was not my intent to spy, but my hunch was right about him telling you his feelings. Can you blame a mother for looking out for her son?

[And here she thought he'd latch onto the latter part of what she said. Huh.]

[turnip-rage.livejournal.com]

Well, you spied anyway, so whether you planned on it or not doesn't matter!

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See, I get the impression you were just being nosy!

[redcinemareel]

[She opens her mouth to give Espio a verbal tongue lashing of the DECADE, but decides not to. Bottling fury. It would explode or something later.]

Nosy? No, I could have easily hid myself in the tree above him.

[Stands on the ledge. TO HADES WITH BOTTLING ANGER!]

Why do I even BOTHER?! I only came to say thank you for not shattering his heart with your usual burly ways! [Curls her fists so tightly blood could have surely been dripping from them as her nails dig into the palms.]

I'm very proud of Toby, as he has come a long way, and I wanted to extend that to you. [Curls her lip in DISTASTE] I think I'll not be doing that...

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Yes, nosy! It's a conversation that should've been private. How would you have liked your mother watching every move you make, huh?! That's the kind of thing that'd send a normal teenager into a right mood!

And I came up here to get my head together! I didn't ask you for your input!

[redcinemareel]

...I doubt my mother would care. [Let's not even go there. PLEASE.]

[Steps off the ledge gracefully] And here I thought I was trying to be civil. [Sighs and GRINS. Grell will make him suffer through sharp smiles for being such a childish twat.]

Enjoy your pondering, then~! [Walks away, pausing beside him.] ...thank you. [Continues on, because that's all she wanted to say in the first place but NNNNOOOOOOOOO.]

[fierybluebird]

[Marco can take it, though his stubborn pride means he's not using phoenix powers to heal it, and just checks to see if his jaw is broken or dislocated.]

I couldn't. He's my son. I figured maybe I was wrong about him deciding to talk to you about it after all.

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What do you mean?

[fierybluebird]

[Waves a hand.]

Since he hadn't talked to you by then, I thought maybe he wasn't going to after all.

[Ugh. Jaw. Pain. Subside already jeez.]

[turnip-rage.livejournal.com]

Oh. Right.

So how'd you figure that's what's on my mind?

[fierybluebird]

You're more transparent than you think.

[turnip-rage.livejournal.com]

There's lots of other things that could be bugging me.

[fierybluebird]

Then you wouldn't have punched me with that much fervor. Quit trying to change the subject.

[turnip-rage.livejournal.com]

Hey, you gave me that one - I wasn't gonna waste it holding back! Besides, I'm not trying to change the subject. Just pointing something out.

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[fierybluebird]

Right.

So then it doesn't matter if I ask how it went?