Between A Parked Spaceship And A Woodworking Station On The MCA Roof | Thursday Evening

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It had occured to April this morning that she'd never actually been to the roof of her apartment building. Of course, "morning" for April on a day that she didn't have to work was, like, two o'clock, so it didn't really take her all that long before she actually made good on it.

By the time she made it up there, the sun was setting, and she had dinner in the sense that a pizza she'd bought on Sunday had been living in her fridge for the past half a week, so she figured she might as well bring what was left of it up to the roof (still in the pizza box, of course -- who bothered with plates?) and work on it there. The spaceship(s) and woodworking station meant there wasn't a lot of room, but if she hung out by the ledge and used that for a table, she was fine.

Huh. This was kinda nice.

[[open roof! this is because my paid trial runs out tomorrow morning and i felt wasteful. ALSO, because cataclysmicluck, that's why.]]

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Today had been... a day. After Jono's venture to the Perk that morning he'd mostly just sat back in his apartment, playing with Joni, messing around on his guitar.

It hadn't been all that different from any other day, except maybe for that weight that felt like it had been lifted from his shoulders.

But as the day rolled on, he found himself getting more and more antsy, and by the time the sun was starting to go down, he'd decided that the only thing for it was to step outside and get some fresh air. And what better way to do that than to fly, and take in that sunset from the rooftops.

He hadn't been up there long before he spotted a familiar face, and after a moment's consideration, he flew over to give her a nod hello.

"Dinner with a view, luv?"

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April... had not been aware that Jono could fly, honestly. So... blinking. A bit.

"Yeah, figured it'd be quicker than microwaving," she said with a shrug. Which was true, because... she didn't have a microwave yet. "Want?"

[furnaceface]

Jono considered the pizza for a moment, and then shrugged and stepped down onto the ledge of the roof.

"I might as well," he decided. "I haven't had dinner yet this evening, and pizza and I seem to get along well enough."

Unless it was extra hot chilli something. In which case, he would be regretting this decision shortly.

"Pizza always was better cold, at any rate."

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Fortunately for Jono, it was chili-free!

"Good, 'cause it's been in my fridge since Sunday," April reported. "Any longer and it'd probably turn colors."

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Jono considered the slice of pizza that he'd just picked up for a moment, and then shrugged and took a bite.

"I've eaten worse," he decided, and then bothered to chew. "The important thing is that there's nothing growing on it now."

... That was the important thing, right?

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"Nothing visible, anyway," April supplied, claiming a slice for herself. "But who knows."

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"If we both die," Jono ventured, "at least it was delicious."

Well. It wasn't utterly horrifying. That was about the same thing, when you hadn't eaten for as long as him.

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"Eh," April said dismissively. "They make it better in Pawnee."

They weren't the fourth-most obese town in the country for nothing!

"So," she said, in between bites while wishing she'd brought up a beer or something, "you fly, huh."

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"I fly," Jono agreed, shrugging as if it was really no big deal while somewhere deep down he was still marvelling over it. "I'm just full of surprises, luv."

He was kind of also wishing he'd brought a beer or two, honestly. Alas.

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"It looks less ridiculous now that we're not in the bar and you're not shitfaced," she informed him. Because this was a bit more impressive than hovering a few feet above the ground, yes. "Nice."

[furnaceface]

"Well, that's good to hear. I'd hate to think I look as ridiculous out here than I do when I'm three sheets to the wind and trying to remember how to land."

Which had been hilarious, okay?

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"Nope," April confirmed. "Good for you."

[furnaceface]

"I'll mark it in the calendar," Jono decided, finishing that slice of pizza and contemplating a second. "As... some sort of small victory for my self-esteem."

His self-esteem kind of needed it, sometimes.

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As it turned out, the mission had been the chaotic success that Reciprocity's missions usually were. But timing meant that Zayne had to get back to Fandom rather than dwell on the mission.

And so here he was, flying his shuttle into view and making a course for his landing pad. Realizing that he had to make sure not to disturb a person at the patio was a little weird. Who actually came up here to hang out? He'd have to ask that once the landing sequence ended and he climbed out.

Until then, have fun watching the shuttle!

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...Right, April hadn't expected that there might be people actually trying to land over here.

She did her best to watch all detachedly, because spaceships landing on roofs weren't exciting at all, okay, and she casually started on a slice of pizza while leaning back on the ledge for Zayne to land it.

Because she was cool. You know.

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Zayne opened the cockpit don't laugh and hopped out. "Hi. I don't usually see people up here when I'm coming in for a landing."

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April looked around, taking in all the woodworking and spaceships.

"But it's so scenic."

That was one hundred percent sarcasm, yup.

Even if the view was pretty nice.

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"If you like spaceships and aren't bothered by the occasional exhaust fume, sure," Zayne said, walking over. "Which means it's usually just me tuning up my swoop bike or getting ready for another trip back home or something."

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"Mm." Very expressive, April. "It doesn't completely suck."

Wasn't she polite?

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"No, the exhaust blows," Zayne joked. Before I realized he wouldn't make that joke. Dammit.

"Well, if it did, I'd just blame it on the previous owners of the building," Zayne said. "All I've done is maintain it and park my ship."

Of course, that meant he was paying the previous owners indirect compliments. He was actually polite without even trying!

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"Most of the not sucking has to do with the view," April amended. Because she couldn't not be difficult, especially to someone who was being polite. "Like, the one of the rest of this island."

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"Okay, then the rest of it's on the previous owners," Zayne joked. "But it is a nice benefit to being one of the taller buildings on the island. You really see a lot more than you would if you just climbed on the Perk's roof."

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"No one would ever climb onto the Perk's roof," April informed him. "I heard Tino and the barista have done it there."

Was she just screwing with him? Maybe a bit.

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"Tino... the guy at Caritas?" He took a quick glance toward the Causeway and felt relieved that he didn't have a good view of the Perk. "Right now I'm glad I own this building."

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"Seriously," April agreed. "No one wants Tino's sweat all over their roof. I'd rather take the spaceships."

Somewhere, a guy named Jerry Gergich was feeling oddly relieved.