31st Dawn

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[There's some static and Cambot's feed comes up. Riku doesn't seem to know Cam's recording. He's sitting on a pipe in a hallway, looking at the stars outside. He seems to be thinking very seriously about something. He closes his eyes and sighs. The heat alone is enough to open his eyes wide.

Riku simply blinks. Slowly he raises his head and breathes out like one expecting to see their breath in the cold winter air. Instead is a puff of flame. The color is unsettling.]

...This can't be good.

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Probably, just like the rest of the crazy stuff lately. [His cambot feed is him right outside her door, though. ....There seems to be water down his front. He's slipping a drawing underneath the door. He pauses to see if she comes out, but with his back turned as it is, he doesn't seem to expect it. The drawing itself is actually two pictures. The first depicts something on his desk on fire. The second is him with a cloth over his face with water dripping from it onto the desk as he's trying to draw. ...One corner of the paper IS damp.]

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[Namine recognizes where he is, and does go to pick up the picture, looking around outside to see if he's still there. There may or may not be a towel in her hand.]

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[Riku was a few steps down the hall, but he stops when he hears her door open. He turns with a smile. He's cracked a lot of bad flame-related jokes, why not another?]

Doing anything tonight? We could have a... hot date. [He lets a few flickers of flame pass his lips.]

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[Oh good, he waited for her. Namine returns the smile, though she's not good at punning back. At least she laughs, a faint hint of pink on her cheeks.]

Actually, I'm not. Though I think the nature deck might get a little too hot if we're not careful.

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[Jokes came free when he ordered the snark.]

I was planning on avoiding the nature deck for a few days, unless we have to watch and see if the animals are breathing fire, too. This calls for something less flammable. Maybe ice cream and a swim?

Wrap this thread and the Xion one here?

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That's probably a good idea. We don't want to hurt anything there.

Ice cream and a swim sounds good. Give me a few minutes to get ready?

Sounds like a good idea

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Sure. I need to grab some towels and my trunks anyway. I can grab some ice cream bars and put them in a cooler and meet you there. Got a favorite flavor? [Besides sea salt.]

Okay, wrap here for reals?

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Chocolate's nice, thank you.

I'll get my things and meet you at the pool, then.