Rp - Wandering the corridors

[kayewinnet.livejournal.com]

((OOC: sort of closed RP for River, Logan and Kaylee, but hey. It's the corridors, anyone can jump in!))

Kaylee is wandering the corridors of Hogwarts with her geranium. She's keeping up a steady stream of friendly banter with it, occassionally singing when she can't think of what to say. She seems to be looking for someone, as she checks each door, statue and cupboard she goes past for signs of magical concealment.

"and that's when I told him it wouldn't work on account of the engine missin' a rather vital part. So, he got all angry and I tried to improvise with a few spare parts for another model.."

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[r-tam.livejournal.com]

River, taking a walk (http://community.livejournal.com/hogwarts_hocus/328293.html?view=15780197#t15780197), senses Kaylee's mind before she sees her, and makes sure that their paths cross--- she hasn't seen her friend in too long. "Hello, Kaylee!" She looks at the geranium. "You've got one too?" She rolls her eyes, not unkindly.

[kayewinnet.livejournal.com]

Kaylee's face lights up when she sees River and she gives her friend a quick, one armed hug. "River!"

She steps back and takes a look at her plant. "Yeah, I gotta say. I homework sounded easy when Professor Crowley handed it out, but it's harder than it looks. Mine's doin' alright but I feel guilty if I leave 'er alone."

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

River returns the hug happily.

"You and Stephen both. He even started talking about the gorram thing while we were making love. I nearly threw it out the window."

[kayewinnet.livejournal.com]

Kaylee is a little stunned by this revelation about her 'little sister' but recovers quickly.

"Well, I ain't had anything like that to worry about. I can't work out what to call 'er though."

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

River grins unrepentantly at Kaylee. “What--- that we made love? We're getting married, after all." She sobers. "And I'm going to write to one of his friends, and his daughter. That's why I was walking around--- trying to think what to say."

[kayewinnet.livejournal.com]

Kaylee nods. "Are you gonna introuduce yourself an such? What will you say about...your past?"

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure. I mean... they're from the 19th century. And a lot of what happened to me probably wouldn't make sense even to someone from our time." She pauses. "Did you ever think about meeting our parents--- Simon's and mine? Or him meeting yours?"

[kayewinnet.livejournal.com]

"Well, it never really seemed like it'd happen, what with you bein' fugitives and all. I guess I did think about takin' him back to see my Dad though." Kaylee shrugs. "It was never very likely though, so I didn't fret about it."

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

River nods. "You're right about that." She cocks her head. "You were looking for Simon, weren't you?" she asks softly.

[kayewinnet.livejournal.com]

Kaylee looks sad and grim. "Yeah, I mean. Cap'n Mal went missin' and then just appeared out of a cupboard. I thought maybe...maybe he needs our help?"

Kaylee feels pretty pathetic now.

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

"Oh, that's a good idea! I hadn't thought of that, but it's so easy to get lost here! Have you asked anyone else for help?"

[kayewinnet.livejournal.com]

"Oh? No. I haven't asked anyone else. I didn't want to be a bother."

[thebadboyfriend.livejournal.com]

((Serendipity strikes again!))

It was perhaps lucky that Logan didn't hear River's assessment of his personality, as the eyerolling which would have resulted would probably have represented some kind of strain on the surrounding muscles.

He was mooching his way back towards Gryffindor from the kitchens, a butterbeer and a bag of Every Flavour Beans in one hand and the other occupied in pressing buttons to make the tiny ninja on the screen of his cell phone backflip its way over the heads of several tiny sumo wrestlers. Either his laptop's battery had run out, or it was giving in to the anti-tech magic of Hogwarts, but he couldn't get it to turn on this morning and he was bored. If something didn't happen soon, Logan thought, as he sucked a pepper-flavored bean, he might have to enroll in classes just to keep himself occupied.

[kayewinnet.livejournal.com]

Kaylee, having no idea who Logan is, smiles at him and steps back so he can get past where she and River are standing.

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

((OOC: repost for continuity))

River beamed at Logan. "Logan! We were just talking about you!"

[thebadboyfriend.livejournal.com]

Logan had looked up as Kaylee stepped back, registering the movement, and - a split second later - registering cute girl. His mouth was already turning up into a practiced smile when River spoke...making the smile become something just as flirty but quite a bit more warm. "Hey, you. You were, huh? Horribly misleading your friend, I bet." He turned the smile onto Kaylee. "Hi."

[kayewinnet.livejournal.com]

Kaylee's smile becomes a lot warmer too when she sees River knows him.

"Hi I'm Kaylee. I was on Serenity with River." She switches her geranium to the other hand and sticks her hand out for shaking.

[thebadboyfriend.livejournal.com]

"Hi, Kaylee," he says. He tucks away the phone in his jacket pocket, his smile inviting shared amusement at the mutual rearranging of things, and shakes her offered hand in a friendly, firm grip. Lingering handshakes are sleazy, and sleaze makes people wary - and then widens his smile. "Logan Echolls. Nice to meet you. And...Serenity's a spaceship, right? Was a spaceship? You're the first of River's old friends I've met."

[kayewinnet.livejournal.com]

Kaylee's handshake is surprisingly strong, her hands a lot more callused than he's probably used to in a girl.

"That's right, she's a firefly class with a radion-accelerator core." She catches herself babbling... "Not, not that you care of course!"

[thebadboyfriend.livejournal.com]

He grins. "Actually, sounds interesting. Can't say I know what it means, of course, but you obviously do, and spaceships are kind of automatically impressive."

"I know a little about cars," not that he ever did his own auto repair, of course, but Neptune being the way it was, it was just as well to know what things were supposed to look like under your hood, in case somebody cut your brake lines or something, "...do you still have cars where you guys come from? Or does everyone cruise around with jetpacks strapped to their backs?"

[kayewinnet.livejournal.com]

"Jetpacks? and fry our butts off? No, planetside it's all mules, trucks and hovercrafts."

She tilts her head to one side "similar to what cars are, I think. I had a look at the Batmobile, that's a car right?"

[r-tam.livejournal.com]

((...I have to start hitting "refresh" before I reply.))

"Speceships are wonderful! And Kaylee's the best mechanic flying." She's delighted that her friends seem to be getting along.

[thebadboyfriend.livejournal.com]

Logan's vaguely amused by River's enthusiasm, more definitely amused by the image of someone yelping as their ass caught on fire, and still somewhat bemused by the idea of comic book people hanging around in the real world. If you called this the real world.

"The Batmobile? Uh, yeah. Kind of a car. Most of the ones you see on the street have a few less, um, special features."

"So you're a mechanic? Cool. Are you doing much of that around here? I'm having trouble figuring out what makes some machines work and some not, with the magic around here."

[kayewinnet.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, not much to fix around here. I've had a look at some student's bikes and stuff but mostly I'm just a student too."

She smiles at him, encouragingly

"So, what do you do?"

[thebadboyfriend.livejournal.com]

He laughs. "Me? Get into trouble, mostly. Back in Neptune, I was still in high school. Haven't figured out what I want to do after...just hoping it doesn't involve jail time or untimely death." He shrugs. "Maybe I'll go travelling."