Liquid Ice

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:09 pm

Tereza sat with her legs in the pool. Her hair was wet, so she'd obviously been in the pool at some point. The length of her hair obscured some of the full-back tattoo that she had, the visible portion of which seemed to involve a mixture of flowering plant framed by ice.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:14 pm

Sam walks out in a fairly conservative one-piece, giving a faint wave as she approaches Tereza.

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:20 pm

Tereza waves back, seeming a lot more comfortable in her own skin now. "Water's fine. No ice monsters in here." She grins.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:23 pm

"And no fae to confuse me, aye?"

She walks over to sit nearby, similarly dangling her legs.

"How've you been?"

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:24 pm

"Better. Still not used to being... loose, I guess? But it's a good feeling, even if it is kind of scary. You?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:33 pm

"I guess it's not... quite the same, but this is the first my parents have really trusted me on my own."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:35 pm

"Parents worry, right? That's what they're supposed to do."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:41 pm

"They'd never let me get one of those, for example." She gestures to Tereza's back.

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:46 pm

"My parents had fuck-all to say about me getting this. This was a gift from a friend of mine." She moves her hair, giving Sam a look at what appears to be a flowering area surrounded by ice walls with a narrow valley entrance. "Not even sure where my parents are now. Probably still in Russia."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:47 pm

"Well it's... very pretty, aye?" She says, sensing she's settled onto an awkward subject.

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:51 pm

The hair fell back across it. "Yeah, I like it, even though I almost never see it myself." She smiled at Sam, "What you did fooling the punks was really awesome, by the way. Hadn't had a chance to tell you that yet."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:54 pm

"It's just kind of... what I do. It's not like I'd be able to fight them."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:55 pm

"I think you could learn how, if you don't know now. What did they work with you at Muir anyway?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:56 pm

"They worked with me on... not shapeshifting, mostly. At least for the year when I had to stay. I had trouble keeping my form."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:00 pm

"That's rough," Tereza said, looking back out over the pool. "At least it was a nice place to work on something like that."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:07 pm

"Guess so. Lots of... privacy."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:08 pm

"Lots and not quite enough all at the same time in my experience."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:12 pm

"Aye, folks checking up on you, but at least they were folks that understood if I ended up... weird."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:24 pm

"Yeah, they were an understanding bunch. Didn't really have much in the way of power issues to work through, but I had my own stuff to work on. And their help is probably why I'm here."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:26 pm

"And here's not bad at all to be, aye?"

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:34 pm

"Once you get past the fey visitor and taking down drug dealers and juiced up mutant thugs, it is. I won't lie, I've had the 'send me back' thought a few times," she says with a chuckle.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:36 pm

"I don't know, I thought you were fond of our fey visitor," she smirks.

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:38 pm

"She is cute," Tereza agreed, "Might be worth trying to break through that shell of hers. Jury's still out on that. I just get... friendlier when I get some alcohol in me."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:39 pm

"I'll admit she does have... striking looks," she concedes.

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:43 pm

"'Enchanted' you too, huh?" Tereza teases.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:44 pm

"I'm allowed to look," she protests, a bit of a blush spreading across her cheeks.

"God knows I haven't exactly been social since my powers came out."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:46 pm

"I've been social, it just wasn't all particularly positively social. And there's some things you just don't cop to being in a state-run mutant school in Russia."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:49 pm

"I think I'm just still... figuring things out."

"You ever feel like that? Like you'll never quite be your old self?"

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:52 pm

"My old self was a bad person. My current self is really a work in progress if I'm honest. I'm still not quite convinced I'm a good person yet."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:54 pm

"Well, 'unrelenting badarse' is a niche that works."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:07 am

"There is that going for me I guess. Just have to find a woman who likes that," she says with a smirk. "What about you? You want to be your old self?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:10 am

"I used to like dancing. A lot. That was before crowds got hard for me."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:12 am

"Like what sort of dancing?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:15 am

"I took a lot of formal classes, but what I really loved was clubs. My cousins would sneak me in."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:17 am

"Don't have to sneak in now. We could get you into some clubs around here. Hell, we could set up 'club' night at the XUB."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:18 am

"I know it's probably silly, but I always worry I'll slip again. So many minds in a club."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:34 am

"Well, then we'll set up something here where you're more comfortable and then we'll hit the clubs when you are."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:37 am

"I guess that works. I mean I'm... better than I was, aye?"

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 12:59 am

"You're absolutely fine. But there's no sense pushing yourself too hard."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Jun 30, 2015 1:00 am

"I just miss feeling... confident, you know?"

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