Room 421, Saturday Morning

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa hadn't expected to wake up in her old dorm room. Was this Fandom's idea of the full reunion experience? It certainly did take her back, especially since the room was still decorated as it had been twenty years ago.

It was a nice touch, and she decided she preferred it to waking up in the hotel, although that would have had her Knight asleep in bed with her.

She would have to assume he was in his room, then. She wondered if she remembered his room number, after all this time?

Angelo jumped onto the bed, excitedly, interrupting her thoughts. ... Angelo?

"I've missed you, girl," Rinoa said, scritching behind her puppy's ears.

What other surprises did this island have in store?

(ooc: For reference! Most of the time, if she's in street clothes and so on, Rinoa looks like this -- mostly like herself, but with a golden-brown tattoo on her face. Later, at ze mixer, she is going to rock it Sorceress-style, by which I mean this. Both the fanart and the tattoo were done by the amazing furnaceface. And finally: door and post both OPEN, esp if the roomie wants to catch up!)

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[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

There was a knock on the door. "Sleeping in separate rooms for 'old time's sake' is silly," Squall called. At least, he assumed that's what had happened. It was the sort of thing Rinoa was likely to suggest.

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa laughed as she pulled herself up to open the door.

"This wasn't my doing," she said. "I think Fandom's playing Remember-When?"

She leaned up for a brief kiss, just as Angelo bounced over, barking excitedly.

"You see my point," she said.

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

Squall kissed her back and gave Angelo a dubious eye. "Hello there, girl!" he said, as he leaned down to pet the dog. "I can't decide if this is kind, or cruel," he told Rinoa. "But it's certainly Fandom."

[angelo_wings]

"I think it's a little of both," she said. "Was your room decorated the same? I have no idea how they even found most of my things."

Replicas? Had they taken surreptitious photographs?

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

"It's Fandom," Squall pointed out. "They might have just sent us back in time somehow, or something equally as crazy." He looked around and shrugged. "So... should we go say hi to people? Take a walk around the island? Or..." He smirked at her and nodded at the bed.

[angelo_wings]

He was now getting A Look. "You're incorrigible," she said. "You could at least act like you're not a teenager any more."

And then, as if it was totally unrelated, "We always used your room, didn't we?"

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

Squall nodded. "No roommate."

He shrugged and nodded at the door, then. "I'm NOT a teenager anymore," he pointed out. "What does that have to do with anything?"

[angelo_wings]

"Really?" she asked. "You've never heard that? It's supposed to be teenagers that have the out-of-control libidos. Which, I don't need to remind you, neither of us are."

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

"Since when am I ever out of control?" Squall countered. "We don't have anything important to be doing that it could interrupt, do we?"

[angelo_wings]

"We could go say hello to people," she reminded him. "That's kind of why we're here. We could do that at home."

Not quite so often, perhaps. Parenthood was tiring.

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

He leaned in to kiss her. "So, you'd rather go the whole weekend without? We could do that, too. That's okay."

[angelo_wings]

"You know," Rinoa said, when she broke off the kiss, "I could come stay in your room. I'm sure Lindsay wouldn't mind having the place to herself."

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

"She never minded, before," Squall pointed out.

[angelo_wings]

"I've been spoiled by our bed at home," Rinoa said, shaking her head. "How are we going to fit on one of those little twin beds?"

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

"We'll just have to get really close," Squall answered. "That's not a problem, is it?" It sounded fun, actually.

[angelo_wings]

"Depends," she teased. "Are you planning on snoring tonight, Mr. Leonhart?"

[whateverknight.livejournal.com]

"I'm not planning on it," Squall answered. "Are you?"

[angelo_wings]

"Smartass," Rinoa laughed.

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

Lindsay, now older with a different hair color, was a bit surprised to wake up in her old dorm room. It certainly was bringing back memories. Plus, it did give her an excuse to catch up with her former roommate.

"Rinoa, hi!" Lindsay greeted, grinning. "They are taking this reunion really seriously, huh?"

[angelo_wings]

"Lindsay!" Rinoa waved at her roommate. It would have been a hug, but she wasn't out from under her covers yet. Blame the lack of caffeine. "I can't believe they redecorated. Where did they even find all of this stuff?"

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"They must have used magic or something," Lindsay replied as she headed toward her closet. She was curious about what was in there. "Wow, they even found my old army jacket. I got rid of that thing so long ago."

[angelo_wings]

"I should have thought of magic," Rinoa said with a laugh. Especially considering her own skills on that front. "Okay, you have to try it on. I remember that jacket."

Inspiration struck. "So, wait, my old clothes are here, too?" she asked, stumbling out of bed. Curiosity seemed to be even better than caffeine. "I wonder if I still have that gold dress. I could wear that tonight, pretend I'm still a teenager."

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"Why not, it's a cute dress." The Lindsay of old likely would not have described any clothing in that way. She shrugged and then slipped the army jacket on. "Huh. It's almost like I never stopped wearing this."

[angelo_wings]

"I'm going to hope common sense prevails," she laughed, "and that I don't strut around like I'm still 19 and can wear skirts that short."

She had been trying to get her ex's attention, when she had bought that dress. Hey, it had worked ...

"All you'd need would be some dark hair dye and the right attitude," Rinoa said. "By the way, if I've never said it, I love your hair that color."

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"I never could wear short skirts." Mostly from lack of confidence back when she was a teenager. "And thanks. A few years ago, I got bored with my hair and tried something different. Kept it this way ever since."

[angelo_wings]

"Really?" Rinoa asked. "I think you could have totally pulled off the short skirts. It's all in the attitude, you know. Oh, wow, I do still have it."

She pulled out the dress, shaking her head. "I would never let Raine wear anything this skimpy."

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

Lindsay chuckled. "Pretty sure all parents say that."

She didn't have any kids herself. And not even because a droid baby scared her twenty years ago.

[angelo_wings]

"Probably," she agreed. "It's a good thing my dad never saw this dress, then."

General Caraway was not exactly a lenient parent.

"Which means Raine will have to sneak out and wear it, like I did," she said, rolling her eyes.

[mathletenomore.livejournal.com]

"Teenagers usually seem to find a way around that," Lindsay said with a laugh. "I can't imagine how my dad would have reacted. I mean, he hated me wearing the army jacket."

[angelo_wings]

Rinoa held out the dress. "This might have cured him of that," she teased. "Show up in a few slinky dresses, and he'd be begging you to put the army jacket back on."