un: j.griffin

[onebetter]

Hey, newbie here with four (4) questions! I'll try to make this short and sweet.

1.) What's the top 5 books in the library that you absolutely have to have read?
2.) How much does the STAR Club actually work with Runes in practice?
3.) Best free time places in Soleil? I'm fresh from the USA, France is all new for me.
4.) Any recently enrolled undergraduates up for a study group kind of thing? Can totally be casual and involve nice cafés etc. I figure I'm not the only one who came here from half the world away and needs to meet new people.

Comments

[onebetter]

Buzzkill.

[marmoron]

says the person with no sense of adventure

[onebetter]

How is going to a supernatural school on another continent not adventure enough for you yet?

[marmoron]

Doesn't count. You were always expecting to attend this place weren't you?
It's not an adventure if it was part of the plan.

[onebetter]

I never left Arizona before, does it really matter if I was expecting it or not?

Travel brochures aren't exactly top preparation.

[marmoron]

yeah you daredevil you.
reading travel brochures

[onebetter]

[ At this point James looks up from his phone to seek eye contact with Keith just so his exasperated expression can be seen. And then he goes back to texting because Keith started this and this is what they're doing now, apparently. ]

I wasn't referring to the brochure part, Keith.

[marmoron]

[That exasperated look is getting a bit of nonchalant grin as Keith puts his phone in his pocket and gets up to leavE because he's apparently done texting now..]

Should've made yourself clearer, James.

[onebetter]

[ Eugh, that grin is infuriating. James continues to scowl. ]

Improve your reading comprehension instead.

[marmoron]

Heh. You just make it too easy.

[Grinning, he starts pulling on his boots.]

You should probably fix that one first.

[onebetter]

[ That's it, Keith is getting a pillow tossed at him from up on James' bed. ]

Asshole.

[marmoron]

[Oh what the -- Keith blocks with his arm, laughing.]

You really wanna pick a fight, huh?

[A beat.]

Shouldn't you be doing that with someone who's uh... a little easier for you to take on.

[onebetter]

[ Keith is laughing and for a second James is genuinely startled by it. Laughter doesn't have a place between them - he can count the number of times he's heard Keith laugh at all on one hand. Is this place changing him so much...?

And then Keith makes his second comment and sentimental thought as well as the softer expression James had momentarily been wearing get swiped away instantly. ]

What, you're really going to retaliate a pillow by slicing me with your flame sword? You never knew where to stop.

[marmoron]

Why would I retaliate with my sword? I don't need to rely on magic to fight you.

[THIS IS.... APPARENTLY AN EARNEST QUESTION.]

[onebetter]

Because that's the only area in which I am so clearly outmatched by you?

[ Realizing just how arrogant Keith's original comment had been? Not fun. ]

[marmoron]

Oh.

[Boots on, Keith straightens up and tosses the pillow back at Jsmes.]

You wish.

[onebetter]

[ James catches the pillow effortlessly. ]

I don't wish, I know.

[marmoron]

[A shrug.]

You can think what you want.

[onebetter]

And you can remain arrogant but wrong.

[ Time to fluff this pillow and lay his head down on it again because well, clearly he is not at all invested in this conversation, look at how chill he is because he knows he's right. ]

[marmoron]

[There will be absolutely no such looking in James' direction. Instead, Keith picks up a roll of ace bandages from his table and plops it into his bag. His tone's staying flat, disinterested.]

Yeah. Arrogant of me to forget that sitting on your ass studying all day builds up strength and reaction time better than physical training. Guess I forgot we live in some crazy alternate reality.

[onebetter]

I do train, you know?

[ He hasn't really done it since coming here but that's only a few days.]

[marmoron]

[That one actually gets Keith to turn and actually look at James. A slow up-down-back up look at his roommate as he's lounging on his bed. His conclusion?]

Uh-huh.

[onebetter]

[ Yeah, because lying down for five minutes negates muscle build, jeeze. James pushes himself up on his elbows and scowls. ]

You think I'm lying.

[marmoron]

No? I just don't think you can beat me, that's all.

[onebetter]

Hmph. Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

You heading to the gym?