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[permutates]

Did you know we have an ice rink?

[ Because there is one! And Raven pans the camera around to see: yes, ice, places to sit around the ice, everything.

When she refocuses it on her, it's apparent that she looks slightly different from usual. She has dark hair, for one. And, for another, her skin is a subtle shade of green. ]

I didn't!

It's in the annexe.

Someone come skate with me.

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[megamind]

Oh, brilliant!

....I have no idea how to skate, but that's still brilliant.

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[fireincarnate]

[Jean's been trying her damndest to get back in the swing of things, and she can't help but smile at Raven's jubilance. It's a bit worn around the edges, but it's warm.]

I don't know, last time I skated I spent half the time on my butt. [And then in the water. Thanks, Wanda.]

[onlysurvivor]

That sounds fantastic!



...what's skating?

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It's not hard.

[ Don't mind her, she's doing little two-step spins on the ice. (Having left the camera sitting on the rail.) ]

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[permutates]

You'll probably do better this time.

[ She's left the camera on the rail, and she's skating in circles, letting her body remember how to move. ]

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It's like this - you have skates, which are a boot with a kind of blade on it - [ She holds up one foot, in explanation ] and you use them to glide across the ice.

[ She leaves the camera on the rail and demonstrates, doing a couple of little spins too. ]

[onlysurvivor]

A... metal blade.

[What, he's not gonna troll anybody. Much.]

[He shows up a while later. He looks over the skates before he puts them on. ]

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Don't you dare!

[ She shouts this while she's skating around, out on the ice. Just a forewarning, Kelsier. ]

[onlysurvivor]

Clearly, you have mistaken me for someone else. I would never cause any sort of trouble.

[He'll just burn a little pewter when he first steps out onto the ice. That keeps him from falling on his ass.]

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[ Don't mind if she stops by and gives you a little friendly shove WHAT IT'S NOT ICE SKATING IF SOMEONE ISN'T ON THEIR ASS (usually Charles) ]

[onlysurvivor]

[Flaring pewter only saves him from large bruise on his ass. So don't mind that little steel push sent your way Raven. Totally not to push your skates out from under you. He would never do that.

Now give him a minute while he figures out how to get back up. Ah, screw it. He iron pulls something above him to get him back on his feet.]

[spam]

[routemistress]

[Iris doesn't bother answering on the network; she just turns up and comes out onto the ice. She's no ice-dancer, but she's well able to stay upright at high speeds, a fact she demonstrates by shooting past Raven like a fluffly blonde projectile.]

Eeeeeee! I'd forgotten. Sokolov were going to organise ice-hockey or summat. Which I'm so up for I can't even tell you. I like the Easter basket thing you've got goin' on lately. Can you do lilac?

[permutates]

[ A yelp, and she goes skidding. She manages to twist her momentum around in a circle, and, just barely, stay on her feet. She throws her hands up in victory. ]

Hey, you're cheating!

[spam]

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I never met him.

[ She regrets it a little, now. He seemed like he was nice. Maybe if he comes back she'll see if they can be friends. His accent reminds her of Azazel, anyway.

She gives a little spin on the ice, and makes smaller circles, inside of where Iris is, keeping pace with her but slower. ]

I could do purple.

This is ... it's because of Ivy, though.

[megamind]

Depends on how uncoordinated you are. I mean, I'm super graceful [ lies, Megamind, so many lies ] but not everybody else is.

Who has the keys? [ Skates are dangerous! ] Did you request it?

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Alex does. I'm going to see if I can get a set too.

[megamind]

Ah, good.

[ Things to ask Eddie later: does he skate, and thus, can they have an ice-rink date. ]

[ Yes, he totally has priorities. ]

I'm going to assume you both know how to skate, then.

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What does it look like I'm doing?

[ She does another little spin. ]

Charles and I used to go in the winter.

[spam]

[routemistress]

[Iris' idea of changing direction on ice seems to involve either a rink-gouging handbrake-turn or hitting the wall and rebounding, but she watches Raven's spins and circles with headcocked interest.]

Oh, of course! Aye. I never quite managed to get close with 'er. I did try. I wish she 'adn't gone. Amazing woman. I've got a safe deposit full of seeds I were lookin' after for 'er and all. When I find 'em a planet I'll name it for 'er, I think. Maybe go find 'er and move 'er there too, if she likes.

[megamind]

Rhetorical, my dear. Teasing! [ He's grinning, though he does pause. ] On a less gentle ribbing based note, why the color shift, if I might ask?

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[ She pauses, glancing down at an outheld arm. She seems awkward, for a moment: girlish. ]

Do you like it?

[megamind]

I think it's a lovely shade and your hair's a nice compliment!

[ So there's that. ]

[spam]

[permutates]

[ She got good at tight maneuvering because she didn't like skating with the rest of the crowd, in endless circles around and around the winter rinks. So she went to the center, and more or less played on her own.

Thinking about Ivy leads all of those feelings to twist in her belly again. She'd wanted a lot of things, when she was around Ivy. Some of them she doesn't really have words for. ]

That sounds really nice.

She helped me. A lot. And she was beautiful.

[ There's longing in her voice. ]

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I was thinking about Ivy.

[ When she changed to it. ]

[megamind]

[ Megamind's expression falters, slightly. She and Megamind had a... tempestuous history, and it dims just a little, for a moment. ]

I'm sure her warden appreciates that.

She was an amazing woman, though.

[ She's gone now, though. He lost two lab partners in one sweep, and two former lovers. ]