The Fyreborn Islands, Saturday, Fandom Time

[glacial_queen]

So after a week like the one they'd had, Karla's desire for a cheerful day at the beach had grown to something akin to need. In fact, she'd sent Jaenelle and Lucivar early to set up so that by the time her guests arrived, they could just pile into a Coach and go.

Which, in fact, was exactly what they did. Kyle barely had time to boggle at SaDiablo Hall (or the portal or even Warren's wings), before Karla and Holt were herding them into the Coach and leaping up to catch the Opal Wind to the Fyreborn Islands.

By the time they arrived, Jaenelle and Lucivar had set up the picnic--packed by Mrs. Beale and more akin to a movable feast--including a veritable mountain of small green berries to eat and share with the wildlife.

What wildlife?

Oh, you know. Just dragons. Just your usual, every day, average dragons. Pony-sized--not counting wings and the tails. Didn't anyone say, Kyle?

In Kaeleer, dragons were real.

[NFB, for those who know who they are]

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[offers-choices.livejournal.com]

Lucivar came from a matriarchy that prided itself on unreasonable males doing unreasonable things to protect the females they'd chosen to serve. Kyle was just lucky Lucivar couldn't toss Dinah into a room and Ebon-gray lock her in.

"No matter how strong and how fast you are, you can still be taken down by people who are prepared for you. Or even if there are just enough of them. And how many people in this Asylum of yours were sent there by you? How many of them not have a vendetta against you? How many of them know how you fight, how you think, how you react--and are willing to use that against you?"

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Not as many as-- other people." Dinah huffed, but couldn't meet Lucivar's eyes, her arms tightening around Kyle. "Which is why it's good they don't know my real name or address or what I look like... And why I have back up that works with me, instead of the way most metas seem to want to be loners, and..."

Okay. Scary thoughts are scary. But. "I can take care of myself better than most citizens of New Gotham, and it's not like I'm stupid about this or my partners." Train-surfing aside, and c'mon, like Lucivar wouldn't do that if he didn't have wings.

[offers-choices.livejournal.com]

Lucivar would totally do that and don't let him tell you different. He would do it even with his wings, as long as he somehow got access to trains.

"I'm so glad--" he started, only to stop abruptly and dart a glare at Jaenelle. She simply gave him a mild look in return, raising an eyebrow slightly. This stare-off continued for a few seconds until Lucivar just gave up, throwing his arms into the air for good measure. "I'm just glad you're not Kaeleeran, so I don't have to try to shake some sense into you."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"Me too," Dinah said, just barely managing to not stick out her tongue. "...if it helps, my partners only let me do this if I stay out of trouble and keep my grades up and don't get arrested. And it's not like I gave them a choice, anyway."

Somewhere, Barbara was feeling the Dinah-migraine, and wondering what was causing it.

"Because I would've done it without them if they didn't let me help."

[gothamlights.livejournal.com]

"So you might've heard: my girlfriend's insane," Kyle said conversationally. "We just try to work around it. Ow!"

Yeah, that smack on the arm was followed by a kiss, but still. It was the principle of the thing.

[offers-choices.livejournal.com]

Lucivar snorted. "I've met her. This is hardly news to me. Besides, she's friends with Karla. So insane is kind of an--Ow! Hey!"

He was rubbing the back of his head.

[changeable-eyes.livejournal.com]

Jaenelle was pursing her lips at him from over on her blanket. "So is your sister," she reminded sternly.

[offers-choices.livejournal.com]

"And I try not to hold that against you," he teased.

Turning back to Kyle, he explained, "Karla managed to get us tossed out of the High Lord's study the first time we met. Literally tossed out--and then she managed to land on me, pointy bits first."

Darkness, that girl had sharp knees and elbows.

[gothamlights.livejournal.com]

Kyle hooted, and put a hand over his mouth. "I kinda get the impression you don't want to make an enemy of her," he said, eyes still crinkling up. "I think she tolerates me because Dinah thinks I'm sweet."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

"You are sweet," Dinah pointed out, sharing a grin with Jaenelle. "But you wanna date someone who's not insane, we can find you some baby freshman next September and impress them so much with how you haven't been mugged yet. Hmmph."

[offers-choices.livejournal.com]

"Is that what attracted him to you?" Lucivar asked, chuckling now. "The lack of mugging?"

[gothamlights.livejournal.com]

"I'm still not really sure how this happened," Kyle said, musing, then ducking another swat. "There I was in statistics class, minding my own business, and this whirlwind comes up and compliments my calculator, tell me I must be really smart to have such a big complicated one, and then says I'd save her life if I helped her with the math. After that it's all a blur."

[blondecanary.livejournal.com]

Dinah squeezed him in a hug hard enough to hurt, laughing. "There was coffee! And studying! And some walks around New Gotham! And then there was dating, goofus." She grinned evilly all of sudden. "And you asking David if I was dating anyone."